Chapter 644: Chapter 644: Trading Zone

Seeing the Sword Qi approaching, Song Jian’s brows raised. He formed a sword with his right hand, lightly tapping the Sword Qi. “Bang” A sound like metal clashing rang out in mid-air, and a strong force burst forth, causing a gust of wind in the small courtyard.

Song Jian’s eyes lit up. The power of this Sword Qi was almost on par with his max-level Earth Teeth Assault. Moreover, from these three transparent crystals, Song Jian felt a familiar sensation.

“This is the most basic Sword Qi array, formed with three Sword Stones. Those who can create Sword Stones are called Sword Array Masters. If you’re interested, you can look into it,” Qi Leng smiled and said, “You can go to the trading area in the sect, where you’ll find everything you want.”

Song Jian nodded and put the matter aside, chatting casually with Qi Leng.

After Qi Leng left, Song Jian continued to level up his Qingyun Sword Skill until it reached max level. Then he put away the book “Detailed Explanation of Qingyun Sword Technique.”

Now, the skills Song Jian had mastered included Earth Teeth Assault at max level, which could be fused. However, when he put “Earth Teeth Assault” and Qingyun Sword Skill into the fusion column, he found that their fusion rate was only 2.32%.

“It seems that to fuse skills, you need to choose those with similar types and effects. The fusion rate will be higher,” Song Jian thought as he closed the fusion column.

After making simple preparations, Song Jian left his residence directly.

“This place is like a small town!” Song Jian walked in the trading area of Qingyun Mountain and looked at the buildings on both sides of the mountain road with a surprised expression on his face.

Those entering included inner disciples, direct disciples, and Swordmasters of the Qingyun Sword Sect, making the place quite lively.

There were numerous shops in the trading area, mostly owned by Swordmasters, and the majority of the customers were inner disciples.

Song Jian casually glanced at the shops on both sides while walking towards the center of the trading area.

At the center of the trading area, a stone pillar stood erect. Many people were gathered around the pillar, seemingly examining something.

With the stone pillar as the center, a circle with a diameter of ten meters was drawn on the ground. As Song Jian stepped into the circle, he instantly felt a breath drilling towards his forehead. This breath touched the skin of his brow, giving a tingling sensation like being electrocuted.

Instantly, a large amount of information composed of text and images flashed before Song Jian’s eyes. Eventually, the information twisted and condensed into a thick book that appeared in his mind.

With a thought, Song Jian’s consciousness made contact with the thick book and gently flipped to the first page.

“Weapons,” “Materials,” “Pills,” “Sword Techniques,”…

What first caught Song Jian’s eyes was a densely packed index. He hesitated for a moment and directly chose “Sword Array.”

Hum~

A soft buzz sounded in his mind, followed by a plethora of information regarding sword arrays.

“Basic Sword Array Course”

“Completed Sword Arrays for Sale”

“Sword Array Materials”

“Sword Array Shops”

…

All sorts of information related to sword arrays appeared before Song Jian.

After looking through them for a while and gaining a general understanding, he then moved onto the “Sword Techniques” section.

All kinds of sword techniques appeared before him. Some were already fully mastered by the Qingyun Sword Sect. If these techniques were chosen, a specialized Swordmaster responsible for explaining them would be available, in addition to the technique books.

However, there were many other sword techniques that the Qingyun Sword Sect had obtained from other places, with few practitioners. If such techniques were chosen, self-exploration would be required, and the possibility of encountering various issues was high.

“As expected, the higher the tier of the sword techniques passed down by the Qingyun Sword Sect, the higher the required level of the Qingyun Sword Skill!” Song Jian thought as he browsed through the information.

“Cultivating sword techniques on my own is too slow. Unless I can get a book like the ‘Detailed Explanation of Qingyun Sword Technique,’ it’s better to level up sword techniques during combat…” Song Jian thought, “I should follow my original plan and learn more about sword arrays.”

Soon, after filtering, Song Jian was left with only a few pieces of information.

“Course: Basic Sword Array, Instructor: Zhao Tianliang, Array Level: Advanced, Class Time: Every Wednesday 9 am to 11 am; Fee: 2 points.”

“Buying 10 grams of Mysterious Iron Pure Gold at a reasonable price, items for trade available: ‘White Tiger Sword Formation Analysis,’ ‘Cloud-rising Steps,’ ‘Roaring Tiger Sword Techniques,’ Flowing Cloud Sword (blue), Golden Silk Armor (blue),…”

“Items sold in-store: ‘Basic Sword Array Analysis,’ Sword Spirit Grass, Sword Stone (blank), Spirit Accumulation Pill, Blood Replenishing Pill,…”

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“It doesn’t seem easy to learn about sword arrays…” Song Jian frowned. There were specialized teachers in the sect to teach sword array knowledge, but it required points.

These points were like the currency circulating within the Qingyun Sword Sect, and any item could be exchanged with points. As a direct disciple of the Sect Leader, Song Jian received a welfare of 100 points a month. However, the class time was short, and there were still five days until the next class. Song Jian couldn’t wait that long.

As for the remaining options, Song Jian didn’t have the items they wanted in exchange.

“It seems like I can only check out those shops selling sword array knowledge,” Song Jian thought to himself.

Among the information he chose, there were three shops selling basic sword array knowledge. Song Jian headed directly towards the one closest to him.

According to the information left on the webpage, Song Jian quickly found a shop.

This shop was located at the end of a narrow alley on a mountain road, built on a huge rock. The shop was a bit remote, so there were no customers inside, making it very quiet.

Inside the shop, there were shelves lined with various items, making it look like a general store.

“What do you need?” A middle-aged man’s face emerged from behind the counter. He looked somewhat chubby, with round, rosy cheeks and a pair of small, shrewd eyes.

“I need some basic books on sword arrays,” Song Jian said.

The middle-aged man stuck his head out, looked Song Jian up and down, and upon seeing the purple clothes on his body, he muttered quietly: “Another brother who has been promoted from inner door to direct disciple. Do you really think learning sword arrays is so simple? Better to buy some finished products for self-defense instead of wasting energy and time to learn this…”

As he said this, the middle-aged man came out from behind the counter and picked up a thin booklet from the shelf. He handed it to Song Jian and said, “Ten points. Also, the items sold in this store are non-refundable.”

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