Zhang Ling cupped his fist towards the woman, exchanged a few polite words, and then scanned the remaining three people.
Huang Ying also looked at the others with a smile, and then introduced them to Zhang Ling.
Besides Hong Shan, a dark-faced burly man sat not far from him, grinning with a seemingly simple and honest appearance. This man was named Tu Fei. However, Zhang Ling sensed a fierce aura from him, not to be underestimated.
There were also two others, one was an ordinary-looking gray-haired old man known as Qinghuo Shangren, who held a smooth treasure pearl in his hand, constantly playing with it.
The other was a white-clothed female cultivator surnamed Feng, who looked charming and appeared to be only in her twenties, but had a cold face and a demeanor that kept people at a distance.
Including Zhang Ling, there were exactly five people.
"We have gathered enough people. I will personally explain some matters regarding the formation. If we can practice beforehand, we will be more comfortable when setting up the formation later."
"Sister is right. I still don't know what formation we are setting up," Hong Shan giggled, smoothing a strand of hair in front of her forehead.
"Sister Hong is overthinking it. It's not that I intentionally concealed it from you, but Elder Chen instructed that we can only disclose this matter when we have enough people."
"Haha, please tell us quickly, Fairy. I, Tu, know nothing about formations and need a detailed explanation."
"Fellow Daoist Tu, don't be anxious. The formation we are setting up is very simple. We only need to skillfully use a few formation flags. I believe with everyone's cultivation, there will be no mistakes, or it will be difficult to explain to Elder Chen," Huang Ying said with a meaningful smile as she glanced at Zhang Ling and the others.
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the five people changed slightly, as these words had a clear warning meaning. However, Huang Ying then began to introduce the formation they were about to set up.
"We are going to set up a set of gold and earth dual-attribute formation called the Golden Rock Sealing Spirit Formation. This formation was originally used to seal off earth veins. This time, we are going to hunt a fifth-order earth-attribute demon beast, and this formation can just restrain its earth escape ability."
Sealing Spirit Formation, and an earth-attribute demon beast. Zhang Ling's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he began to calculate in his mind.
Although he didn't know much about formations, Bai Xinyao had given him a book called "Introduction to Formations," which contained some introductions and knowledge about formations.
Sealing Spirit Formations are a type of formation that is only used in some special places. Their general function lies in the words 'Sealing Spirit.' It is said that powerful Sealing Spirit Formations can even seal off a piece of heaven and earth.
"Hmm, judging from Brother Wang's appearance, could it be that you have some understanding of formations?"
While Zhang Ling was thinking, Huang Ying seemed to notice his subtle expression and suddenly asked. This question made the others turn their attention to Zhang Ling.
Zhang Ling could only awkwardly shake his head, pretending to be ignorant.
"Hehe, I, Wang, don't know anything about formations. I just read a few books on the introduction to formations in my spare time."
Seeing that Zhang Ling didn't want to say more, Huang Ying giggled and didn't inquire further, and began to explain the mysteries of the Golden Rock Sealing Spirit Formation to everyone.
As the explanation went on for more than two hours, this woman spoke eloquently and seemed to be a rare formation master!
For the next three days, everyone did not leave this small shop.
Including Huang Ying, there were a total of six of them. In addition to listening to this woman explain the mysteries of the formation every day, each person also received two formation flags of different colors, and they practiced this formation in the open space of a small courtyard.
Until the morning of the fifth day, under the leadership of Huang Ying, everyone walked out of the small shop together and set off towards their destination.
As for where to go, Huang Ying didn't say much, only that it was not far from Bishui City. As for the Jindan elder of Lantang, he seemed to be waiting for them at the destination.
The fact that the six of them were acting together was also the intention of Lantang. They did not head towards the several city gates of the Immortal City, but instead rented a large carriage and headed towards the west of the city.
Half an hour later, they stopped in front of a palace built of black marble.
The palace was not very large, but it was very high off the ground, connected to a hundred-foot-high stone staircase. The surrounding area was full of wooden buildings, which seemed a bit abrupt, and there were only a few cultivators coming and going around.
"Let's go in. This is the Xingyun Hall of Bishui City," Huang Ying said softly and took the lead to walk in.
Soon, the six of them reached the top of the steps and saw the full view of the hall. A gray stone plaque hung under the eaves, with the three large characters 'Xingyun Hall' written on it.
There was no one at the entrance of the hall. Only two strange-looking bronze statues were placed there, looking very desolate. It seemed that this place had been built for a long time.
The six people calmly walked in.
The hall was empty. After passing through a short section of bluestone road, the group entered a circular stone gate.
Suddenly, the scene in front of them opened up, and a spacious hall with a length and width of thirty to forty feet appeared before their eyes. In the hall, several cultivators and a middle-aged scholar in white were talking about something.
Behind them, there was a row of parallel teleportation arrays of different sizes. These arrays were roughly the same, all built on Qinghei platforms that were one zhang off the ground. There were also some huge square stone tablets standing around with some runes appearing on them. They looked like altars.
Zhang Ling didn't look at those teleportation arrays much, but instead, a flash of light flashed in his eyes, and he glanced at the few cultivators.
Four cultivators, three of whom were actually in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, only one young female cultivator was in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. The white-clothed scholar and an old man in a green robe carrying a sword on his back were as strong as them, and they were both in the False Core realm.
When Zhang Ling and the other six walked in, these people looked over in surprise. The white-clothed scholar was fine, he just glanced at them and returned to normal.
When the other three cultivators saw Zhang Ling and the others arrive, they all showed joy. The sword-bearing old man among the three laughed and bowed to the group.
"Fellow Daoists, this poor Daoist is Feiyun. May I ask if you are also going to hunt demon beasts? Why not teleport together with us? How about we split the teleportation fee equally per capita?"
Zhang Ling was stunned for a moment, looked at the people next to him, and none of the five of them responded, but looked at Huang Ying.
"Daoist Priest is polite, but we have important matters and it is not convenient to travel with you," Huang Ying smiled, stepped forward two steps, politely said to the old Daoist, then cupped her fist, bypassed the old Daoist, and went to the white-robed scholar on her own, and Zhang Ling and the other five naturally followed closely.
The sword-bearing old Daoist's face twitched, wanting to get angry, but in a blink of an eye, he saw Zhang Ling and the other five, his face changed, and he also noticed their cultivation levels, all of them were at the peak of Foundation Establishment.
Seeing this, the old Daoist helplessly smiled bitterly, and retreated to the side with his two companions and talked in a low voice.
