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165: Five Elements Traveling FormationLin Jingyu and Yun Momo followed behind Qin Yue, smoothly crossing the tall threshold. Stepping inside, the scene before them suddenly opened up, completely overturning Lin Jingyu’s perception of a “shop.”

The internal space of Tianfa Pavilion was far more vast and profound than it appeared from the outside, clearly utilizing an extremely clever spatial expansion Formation.

The dome was extremely high, as if covered by a deep night sky.

And within this “night sky,” the most astonishing sight appeared: hundreds of “stars” of varying sizes, shapes, and emitting different colors and intensities of light, were slowly rotating and floating according to some profound trajectory.

Those were not luminous pearls, but rather miniature, yet perfectly detailed, Formation models.

Some were like perfectly round spheres, with blue, wave-like light patterns flowing across their surfaces—those were water-attribute defensive Formations.

Others resembled spinning fiery lotus pedestals, emitting scorching heat—those were fire-attribute offensive Formations.

There were also mere illusory images of slowly rotating Formation Flags, with runes flowing across their surfaces, presenting myriad phenomena... And even illusory images of miniature mountains, rivers, cities, and fortresses floated in specific areas, clearly models of entire large-scale mountain-protecting Grand Formations.

Under the intertwining of countless Formations, a peculiar energy field permeated the air, with various attribute Spiritual Qi fluctuations and the low hum of rune operations converging.

This formed a grand and indescribable “Sound of Formations,” shaking one’s heart and soul.

Lin Jingyu looked up, mouth slightly agape, eyes wide, like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, completely speechless and awestruck by this unimaginable sight.

His heart was in turmoil. Could a mere shop in a place like Southeast Market Town possess such means?

What immense power would it take to construct such a scene?

Qin Yue looked at Lin Jingyu’s dazed expression, a smile unconsciously curving her lips, clearly not the first time she had brought someone here.

She did not rush him, merely standing quietly to the side, waiting for him to adapt to the shocking sight.

His gaze swept across this brilliant Formation Diagram star sea, and Lin Jingyu’s heart rate involuntarily accelerated. His vision was ultimately firmly drawn to a huge Formation Flag suspended in the center of the dome, like stars surrounding the moon.

That Formation Flag was several zhang long and wide, its surface displaying five colors: gold, green, blue, red, and yellow, with light flowing endlessly.

On the flag’s surface, illusory images of mountains, rivers, plants, and clouds continuously appeared and vanished, subtly forming a self-contained, naturally circulating miniature space.

Vast and boundless Five Elements Spiritual Qi fluctuations emanated from the Formation Flag like a tide, majestic, weighty, as if capable of suppressing a corner of heaven and earth.

Above the Formation Flag, five large characters, written with Dragon and Phoenix strokes and seemingly condensed from Five Elements essence Qi, slowly rotated—”Five Elements Roaming Formation.”

Next to it was a line of smaller text: First-tier High Grade Composite Grand Formation.

First-tier High Grade!

And a Composite Grand Formation?

This thing was incredibly powerful, probably comparable to a Second-tier Grand Formation.

Lin Jingyu’s heart clenched, and his breathing quickened a few beats.

He could almost imagine, if this Formation were deployed in the Lin Family ancestral land, drawing upon the Five Elements power of the earth veins within several li to form an endlessly circulating barrier, how terrifying would its defensive power be?

It would probably be far more powerful and stable than the Liu Family’s triple-layered High Grade Formation! The safety of the clansmen would be unprecedentedly guaranteed!

An uncontrollable longing instantly surged in his heart. If only he could buy this set of Formations... However, this thought had just arisen when it was cruelly extinguished by cold reality. Even with his toes, he knew that such a treasure of the sect, a High Grade Grand Formation, would cost an astronomical sum.

With the Lin Family’s current “fortune,” which they had painstakingly scraped together, they probably couldn’t even afford a corner of the Formation Flag.

He smiled bitterly to himself, forcing his gaze away from this alluring treasure, silently vowing that one day, his Lin Family would also possess such a foundation.

Just as Lin Jingyu was trying to calm his emotions, Qin Yue had already led them through this dazzling array of Formation Diagrams and stars to a long counter made of some warm jade stone, positioned against the wall.

Behind the counter stood a young Attendant, dressed in Tianfa Pavilion’s uniform green robes, with a delicate appearance, looking no more than seventeen or eighteen years old.

He was clearly well-trained; although his cultivation was only at the Qi Refining Fifth Layer, he maintained a respectful yet not obsequious demeanor and clear eyes in this environment full of treasures.

Qin Yue walked directly up to this Attendant, getting straight to the point, her voice clear and pleasant, still distinct in the humming environment:

”Fellow Daoist, please fetch a set of medium-sized Spirit Gathering Formations, with a coverage area of about one li.”

Upon hearing this, the young Attendant immediately showed a professional and respectful smile:

”Of course, Shopkeeper Qin, please wait a moment.”

He did not turn to search, but calmly raised his right hand, pointed a finger at the slowly rotating star sea of Formation Diagrams above, and with a faint flicker of spiritual light at his fingertip, gently tapped.

Amazingly, with his tap, a star above, about the size of a fist and emitting a soft green glow, seemed to be summoned.

It immediately deviated from its original trajectory, drawing a beautiful arc like a shooting star, and landed precisely and lightly in the Attendant’s open palm.

The light dispersed, revealing its true form—not a star, but an exceptionally exquisite Formation model!

It was an octagonal Formation Plate, palm-sized and forged entirely from an unknown green metal, densely engraved with incredibly precise Formation patterns as fine as hair, with spiritual light slowly flowing through the patterns.

Surrounding the Formation Plate were thirteen small triangular Formation Flags of the same material, each embroidered with different Spirit Gathering runes, their surfaces moving without wind, emitting a faint suction.

The entire set was about five inches in circumference, suspended an inch above the Attendant’s palm, with spiritual light flowing, beautiful and exquisite.

”Shopkeeper Qin, this is the ’Green Spirit Gathering Array,’ First-tier Medium Grade quality, medium-sized, with a standard coverage area of one li, and excellent Spirit Gathering effect when fully activated.”

The Attendant respectfully displayed the miniature model to Qin Yue, while clearly stating the price:

”This set of Formations, including one main Formation Plate, thirteen Spirit Gathering Formation Flags, and one control Jade Slip, costs one thousand six hundred and twenty Low-Grade Spirit Stones.”

One thousand six hundred and twenty!

Lin Jingyu heard this number, and despite being mentally prepared, his eye twitched uncontrollably.

He felt as if his heart was firmly squeezed by an invisible large hand, hurting so much he almost gasped. And this was just for the Spirit Gathering Formation! The cost for the Spirit Enlightenment Formation was still to come!

He suppressed the pain, took a deep breath, and tried to maintain his composure. Stepping forward, he began to take Spirit Stones out of his Storage Pouch at his waist.

One by one, warm Low-Grade Spirit Stones, with faint Spiritual Qi fluctuations, were quickly stacked on the smooth jade counter, forming a small pile.

He silently chanted, ”For the spirit eye! For the Lin Family!” as if this could alleviate some of the agonizing pain.