Chapter 396.
Chapter 396
Zhan Luo drank the spirit wine in the cup, this Xu Chuniang as a casual cultivator, with her own strength to this point, and can also become a formation master, it is evident that there is a chance.
What was even more rare was that she didn’t look very old.
Although in the cultivation world, many cultivators had the ability to keep their faces, a person’s true age could still be seen more or less.
If she was a resourceful one and cultivated properly, she might be able to add another Jindan stage guest secretary to the Zhan family.
“Go invite her over.”
“Yes.”
The old man quickly realized that the young lady had aroused her love for talent.
Xu Chuniang was a little surprised when she learned that Zhan Luo wanted to see her, as the other party was the Zhan family’s young lady, why would she suddenly approach her?
Although she had been observing formations over the past few days, all she had seen were the laws and appearances of some formations when they were in operation, and she thought that there was nothing out of the ordinary in her behavior and demeanor.
Xu Chuniang was puzzled in her heart, but she did not show it on her face, and followed the old man up to the third level of the cloud boat.
The old man brought the person to the third level of the cloud boat, and then spontaneously retreated.
Zhan Luo revealed a hint of a smile, “Fellow Daoist Xu, please take a seat, this is an impudence, it’s only right that you don’t blame me for being abrupt.”
Xu Chuniang bowed and then sat down as she was told, “I wonder what Third Miss is looking for me for?”
“This Spirit Wine is still from my Great Grandfather’s place, please try it to see if it suits your taste.”
Zhan Luo first poured a cup of spirit wine for her before making her words clear without any delay.
“I saw that you have been residing at the rear of the boat, seemingly observing the cloud boat formation, and guessed that you should be a formation master, which is why I had the audacity to invite you.”
Xu Chuniang nodded her head slightly, she knew that she couldn’t hide her actions from the Zhan family, and didn’t think of hiding it, and frankly admitted it.
“I saw that this formation was new and strange, so I looked at it a few more times.”
“This boat protection array is formed with two third grade water arrays as the core, supplemented by ten second grade arrays combined, the protective effect is extremely amazing, that is, the power of a YuanYing can resist three strikes.”
Underneath Zhan Luo’s bland tone was a calm confidence.
Even if one looked at Pingfeng Island, there were only a few families that could build such a cloud boat.
She poured herself a cup of spirit wine and took a shallow sip, “Can Fellow Daoist Xu see what these ten auxiliary formations are?”
Xu Chuniang thought back, “I can only see four of them.”
“Fellow Daoist has good eyesight.”
A hint of appreciation appeared in Zhan Luo’s eyes as she refilled her wine again.
“When the cloud boat is traveling, it would have only opened one main formation and four auxiliary formations. The rest of the formations would only be activated in the event of an enemy attack.”
Zhan Luo was originally only somewhat interested in this female cultivator, but at this moment, she really had some recruiting thoughts.
With the other party’s formation talent, if she was lucky enough to be able to form a dan, she could definitely become a great help to the Zhan Family in the future.
With a slight thought, she took out a thin bone piece from her storage ring and pushed it in front of Xu Chuniang.
“This contains all the auxiliary formations in the Boat Protection Formation, since you are interested in formations, I will gift it to you.”
Xu Chuniang was shocked instead of happy, no reward without merit, how could she take someone else’s things for nothing?
“This object is valuable, I cannot accept it.”
“There’s no harm, for the Zhan family, this little thing is nothing, placing it here with me is just dust.”
Zhan Luo looked like she didn’t care, and that was indeed the case.
In the boat protection array, those two water-based arrays were the core, and the auxiliary arrays were of limited value.
Why not use a small favor to enlist a formation master?
However, Xu Chuniang still politely refused, and Zhan Luo didn’t force herself to do so, putting away the bone fragments with a calm demeanor, still with the same talkative and laughing demeanor.
“I know a great deal about the five islands of the Southern Line, and I’ve heard that you, Taoist Friend, came from a nameless island, I wonder which one you specifically came from?” Zhan Luo appeared to be chatting idly, but in reality, she was sniffing around to inquire about Xu Chunyang’s origins.
Xu Chuniang heard the other party’s words, and regarding her origins, she had already thought of a way to respond.
“The island I came from had no name, and was even washed away by a sea beast a year ago. I drifted in the sea for a long time until I met the people of the Cheng family and was able to come to Nansha Island.”
Zhan Luo asked some other questions, and Xu Chuniang answered them all evasively.
After three rounds of drinking, Zhan Luo insisted on exchanging the soul breath on the token before smiling and getting up to see her off.
“The Hunting Competition is up to three months long, if Sister Xu has nothing to do, she can always come over and find me.”
Only until the other party’s silhouette completely disappeared from sight did she put away the smile on her face.
Zhao Hu Cheng stepped out from a room, “Third Miss.”
“Can you see anything? Is what she said true or false?”
Zhao Hu Cheng had a skill, within a certain range, he was able to detect the truth of other people’s words.
This was also the reason why he only had an early Jindan cultivation, yet Zhan Luo held him in extraordinarily high regard.
Unbeknownst to him, Zhao Hu Cheng, who had always been invincible, shook his head this time.
“Her divine sense is very powerful, and I can’t perceive any divine soul fluctuations. Before I could avoid arousing suspicion, I gave up after trying twice with no effect.”
When a cultivator lied, the divine soul fluctuations would reveal abnormalities, and the art he practiced was based on this.
Zhan Luo frowned slightly, “What kind of reasoning is this, can it be that her divine sense is even stronger than yours?”
When Zhao Hu Cheng used this technique, he had also failed.
It was just that in most cases, it failed when casting it on someone whose divine sense wasn’t weaker than his.
It was the first time that it had failed on a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Zhao Hucheng’s eyes flickered, “Perhaps, it’s not known if she has a Divine Sense-type secret treasure on her.”
Zhan Luo reluctantly accepted this.
“Since you can’t perceive it then forget it. In my opinion, 80% of what she said is true.”
Only cultivators from small islands with short insights would stay in the Cheng Clan’s Book Pavilion for months at a time.
“Although this Xu Chuniang has some formation talent, she’s a bit unaware of the ways of the world.”
Zhao Hucheng nodded slightly, “People like this usually don’t lie.”
“Not knowing how to be flexible is actually a good thing in certain situations. If such a person is sincerely loyal to the Zhan family, there’s no need to worry that she’ll betray later.”
Zhao Hucheng was slightly stunned, “Then Third Miss Fang, why didn’t she mention anything about solicitation?”
“To make the other party sincerely bow down to me, that’s called solicitation. If the other party only bows to the power of my Zhan family, then in the future, they can naturally bow to a power stronger than my Zhan family.”
Zhao Hucheng couldn’t help but be convinced that Third Miss was worthy of being a member of the Zhan Family, and knew the way to manage people.
Zhan Luo nodded her head, and after sending Zhao Hu Cheng away, she called in the Foundation Establishment Elder who had been guarding the entrance to the third level of the Cloud Boat.
“Uncle Fu, has Cheng Qingjia agreed to the request I mentioned?”
Zhan Fu gave a slight salute, his tone slightly dissatisfied.
“Miss, that brat doesn’t know what’s good for him, not only did he reject my offer, but he also said something about trying to cultivate hard to restore his ancestor’s honor.”
“Oh? He actually has this kind of heart?”
In Zhan Luo’s eyes, some surprise appeared.
(End of Chapter)