Chapter 204 - Spiritual Arrays

“Spiritual Array! He actually laid a Spiritual Array in front of himself!”

Not only Xiong Xizhe, even the observing Martial Realm Cultivatoad expressions of disbelief on their faces. Yang Junshan had actually placed a spirit array in the chessboard array and defeated Xiong Xizhe with ease!

Was the difference between the two of them really that great? Could it be that Yang Junshan was pretending to big to eat the tiger? Could Xiong Xizhe have deliberately lost?

The disparity between the two was just too great, so great that one could not help but wonder if there was any trick to it. So much so that everyone watching the game, including Shi Jingxuan and Xiong Xiying, were all looking at the two of them suspiciously.

However, when they saw Xiong Xizhe holding onto the edge of the square table with both hands, and his fingers sinking into the wood, it was obvious that he was unreconciled to the loss of this game of chess. Thus, everyone looked suspiciously at Yang Junshan.

But if it was really like that, then Xiong Xizhe should be furious from embarrassment, and seeing that Xiong Xizhe was still trapped in the chess game and could not extricate himself, it was clear that he did not think that Yang Junshan was messing with him, could it be that there was something wrong with the Chess?

Previously, it was precisely because you were not familiar with the Chess that you revealed your weakness. After setting up the Jade Fragment Array, you were also familiar with the Chess, and in the end, I still underestimated you, and was not able to see through the hidden Jade Fragment Array in terms of Spiritual Awareness. After you familiarized yourself with the Chess, I still feel that I am one step inferior to you in terms of the Chess’s deduction, so winning against you is natural, but I did not dare to lose but it is also logical!

Hearing Xiong Xizhe’s words, everyone nodded their heads, and finally understood the whole story. Even though there were still suspicions in their hearts, since even Xiong Xizhe himself had given a reason, they were originally different Chess s, so there was nothing they could say.

Yang Junshan on the other hand, secretly thought to himself, since the other party has found a reason, and attributed the reason for his failure to his knowledge and deductions, then he would not need to waste time explaining and so he laughed: “This round, Fellow Daoist Xiong was careless, but I was lucky!”

Unexpectedly, Xiong Xizhe said in a serious tone: “I was careless, but you might not have been that lucky. My attainments in formations are indeed inferior to yours!”

When he stretched out his hand, it was already a white jade board that was three inches wide, and he said: “This records the spirit materials and methods required to refine the Chess, but the method written here can only be used to refine a low-ranked chess board. It is not that I am being stingy, but my Xiong Family only has the method to refine a low-ranked chess board, and it is also something that we have to pay a large price to obtain.”

Xiong Xizhe’s straightforwardness and candor caused Yang Junshan to look up high, and this made it difficult for him to connect the person in front of him with the Xiong Family’s disciple who had provoked him earlier. He thought that the provocation he had done earlier must have been done out of helplessness, and was most likely done by Xiong Xiying and Shi Jingxuan.

Yang Junshan received it with both hands, and said in a serious tone: “Every grade and rank board refining method has its own inheritance, I know this point, to be able to obtain the low grade board refining method, for me, it is already Fellow Xiong’s generosity, many thanks!”

Xiong Xizhe waved his hands, as if he still wanted to say something, but it was clear that he had his reservations. In the end, he still nodded slightly towards Yang Junshan, stood up and put away the Chess s, then walked out of the rear hall.

Seeing that Xiong Xizhe was ignoring the rest of them, he walked out of the rear hall and caught up to his in just two steps, “Third brother …”

Xiong Xizhe suddenly turned around, but it was not because of Xiong Xiying’s call. Instead, he looked at Yang Junshan and said: “The inner array formation is unmoving like the mountain, the outer array formation is magnetic light, and what you have placed on the board is actually the array diagram of the Xishan Village’s village protection formation?”

Seeing Yang Junshan nod with a smile, Xiong Xizhe hesitated for a moment, after saying “brilliant”, he still turned and left.

Xiong Xiying was still waiting for another voice to urge him to stay, but unexpectedly, a shadow flashed in front of him. Blacksmith Zhang was already standing in front of him, and said: “What, you want to use oil to cover your legs if you lose the bet? Where is the Jade Coins that was just pressed down by us? The Big Young Master has a lot of money, we village men still need to buy rice to eat! ”

Xiong Xiying suddenly jumped up like a cat whose tail has been stepped on, threw a money pouch onto the square table, and shouted: “This young master will owe you two such a small amount of money?”

After he finished speaking, he snorted and left the back hall in a rage, directly leaving. Xu Sanniang’s “gege” laughter came from far behind as she said: “This time you did not come in vain, I never thought that you would be able to earn a set of Jade Coins from Young Master Shi. Young Master Shi, be more straightforward, take it out?”

“Sigh, I know.” Shi Jingxuan’s slightly anxious voice came from behind him, “Don’t always stand in my way, I naturally won’t renege on my debt, but at least let me send you two, Young Master Xiong, off. Brother Xi Ying, Brother Xi Ying, don’t be in sucurry to leave ….”

Xiong Xiying pretended not to hear anything, and walked even faster with her head lowered!

In the corner of the rear hall, Shi Nansheng let out a bitter laugh as he muttered to himself, “This is good as well.

A few days later, An Xia hurried back from the Chenyu County, exhausted and accompanied by the Xishan Village’s caravan.

An Xia had settled the caravan properly and rushed back to the Yang Mansion. Seeing Yang Junshan, he asked: “Xiaoshan, why are you in sucurry to recall the caravan?”

Yang Junshan hurriedly passed a cup of tea over, then passed a list over, and said: “There’s no rush, Seventh Uncle just returned to take a sip of tea, please take another look at this list.”

As An Xia drank her tea, she glanced over the list. Her eyebrows slowly furrowed as she said, “Xiaoshan, the quality of the items here is not high, but it’s not that easy to find. What do you want to use these items for?

Yang Junshan laughed and said: “It has something to do with the village protection formation, but it will not affect the progress of the array, the spirit materials on it are just something you need to pay attention to, if you have time, just do your best to collect it, if you really can’t find it, there is no need to force it.”

Originally, I was worried that you would be able to handle everything in the village while your father was in seclusion. I didn’t expect that everything was in order, and the progress of the village protection formation had also increased greatly, so I realized that Lin Chengsi was not only investigating the Xishan Village’s terrain, he had even started to mark the terrain around the Western Mountain. What, Little Mountain, do you want to expand the entire Western Mountain and its surrounding regions into the village protection formation? ”

Yang Junshan laughed: The Xishan Village will eventually expand, and we can’t not look into the long term. Furthermore, the lone Western Mountain, other than the Xishan Village, has no other villages around, and even if we increase our Spirit Origin Stage, there is still a possibility of developing the Desolate Lands at the back of the mountain, if we take it in earlier, we might save ourselves the jealousy in the future.

An Xia laughed: “That’s true, you can rest assured regarding the matters of the village. As for the matters of the merchant caravan, they originally did not earn much from walking in Yuxian, but after this trip to Chenyu County, not only did they not earn any Jade Coins s, they almost lost.”

“Currently, the entire Yuxian is panicking, everyone is deliberately changing the Jade Coins in their hands into spiritual valley, the price of the food that couldn’t bear to fall has increased again. From the information I gathered during this period, this year’s harvest for Yuxian, and even for the entire spiritual valley, has dropped by at least thirty to forty percent. Although it is not as serious as the disaster of the giant locust from the last few years, the scope of this incident is far too wide, and more than half of the spiritual valley’s production is going to be reduced, this is serious.”

An Xia paused for a moment, then said: “This time, when you urgently needed me back, I would ponder on the road. There is still a batch of spiritual valley s in the village that you have accumulated over the years, and they are not small in number. Although you have the confidence that you can complete the main body of the formation this year, once the formation is completed, the operation, management, repair and the like of the formation will all require a large amount of resources. This is simply a bottomless pit, so we can take this opportunity to gather some of it. ”

Yang Junshan listened to what An Xia had to say, and after seeing that he was almost done, he nodded: “Seventh Uncle is right, but your nephew does not want to touch the spiritual valley s that have been saved up in the village all these years, after all, these spiritual valley s are not only ours, but also the entire Xishan Village.

An Xia’s eyes immediately lit up when she heard that, and said: “Xiaoshan, do you have some sort of plan now?”

Yang Junshan nodded, and said: “Uncle, have you forgotten where the caravan was previously making the most money?”

An Xia blurted out, and said: “Of course I earn the most from doing business outside the Yuxian, but the situation at the border is so tense …”

As he spoke till here, An Xia was startled suddenly. He raised his head and said happily: “The border trading road is about to open up again? I’m afraid I can’t go any further. Could it be that the taxes at the Merchant Road checkpoint have been lowered? ”

Yang Junshan laughed: “Uncle guessed half right, the border trade is indeed going to start, but we will not open up any more trading routes, we will open up the field, and trade at the border.

“field? That’s not a bad idea, “An Xia continued to ask:” Is the news reliable?

Yang Junshan nodded his head: “It’s reliable, but not many people know about this news yet, so we need to use this chance to stock up a large amount of supplies. Since the Mengyu County, the Ling Zhang County and the Huyao County’s trading road are in disarray, the moment the field opens, we have to makuge profit the moment they start, if not, when the three big shots react, the resources they can use would far surpass ours, and if they want to have the chance, it will be difficult.”

At this time, An Xia’s body had already been swept clean by the journey, she stood up and said: “I will handle the matter of collecting supplies, I guarantee that Ling Zhang County and Huyao County will be in urgent need of them.”