Hongmen Banquet is here.
Ye Feng sneered in his heart, but showed a flattered expression on his face: "The city lord is so polite! Serving the city lord's palace is a duty. If you have any business, please tell me, sir, it's okay."
The smile on Wei Jin's face became even brighter, and the flesh on his fat face was squeezed together. "It's not a big deal. The Lord of the City recently obtained an ancient treasure called "Dragon Locking Pillar". It is said to be a torture tool used by the ancient dragon clan to suppress rebellion. It contains a trace of the evil spirit of the real dragon and is extremely powerful. Unfortunately, this treasure has been damaged over the years and the breath is no longer there. It is stable and often backfires. Many weapon masters in the city are at a loss. The Lord of the City thinks that Master Ye's skills may be able to repair it."
Ye Feng listened and understood.
This is not asking him to repair the magic weapon. This is clearly a carefully designed trap. The evil spirit of the real dragon in the "Dragon Locking Pillar" has a strong impact and suppression effect on the soul. On the surface, my cultivation is only at the "early stage of Nascent Soul". If I try to repair this treasure, once I am hit by the evil spirit, I will definitely use my true cultivation and soul power to resist. When the time comes, your cultivation in the divine transformation stage and your powerful soul will be instantly exposed.
What a trick to "lead the snake out of its hole".
"This..." A look of embarrassment appeared on Ye Feng's face, "This is the treasure of the ancient Dragon Clan. I am afraid that this young man will not be able to take on a big responsibility because he has little talent and little knowledge."
"Hey, Master Ye, why should you be humble?" Wei Jin waved his hand, not giving Ye Feng a chance to refuse, "The city lord said, it doesn't matter whether you succeed or not. Master just needs to give it a try. Just think of it as a novelty before going to the banquet. Master, please?"
He stood up and made a "please" gesture, with a strong meaning in his smiling eyes.
Ye Feng knew that there was no way to escape this trip. He quickly calculated in his mind, then stood up and laughed: "Since the Lord of the City is so gracious, I would rather obey my orders than to be respectful. Just in time, I also want to see what the legendary dragon treasure looks like."
The City Lord's Mansion.
Situated on the central dragon vein of Taixuan City, it covers an area of thousands of acres, with pavilions, pavilions, eaves and painted walls. Its level of luxury far exceeds any palace in the world. Every step in the mansion is a scene, and every five steps is on the first floor. The formations are densely covered, and the aura is so rich that it turns into a white mist visible to the naked eye, lingering in the rockery and flowing water.
Wei Jin led Ye Feng through the nine-curved corridor and did not go to the banquet hall, but to a heavily guarded side hall. The palace door was made of ten thousand-year-old black iron, with dense sealing runes engraved on it. There were eight guards standing on both sides wearing heavy armor and whose cultivation was in the middle stage of becoming a god. Their auras were as dense as a mountain.
"Master Ye, the 'Dragon Locking Pillar' is inside. The city lord and several distinguished guests have been waiting in the hall for a long time." Wei Jin said with a smile, then stepped forward and cast a spell. The heavy black iron door slowly opened with a "creep" sound.
A violent and desolate aura rushed from the hall.
Ye Feng narrowed his eyes and walked in calmly.
In the center of the hall, there is indeed a dark golden stone pillar about three feet high and as thick as a bucket. The stone pillars are covered with marks from knives and axes, as well as deep cracks where bones can be seen. The most eye-catching thing is the lifelike relief of a five-clawed black dragon coiled around the pillar. The black dragon's eyes were closed tightly, its scales were broken, but it still exuded a terrifying dragon power and evil aura that could tear the world apart.
Just standing in front of this stone pillar, Ye Feng felt as if his soul was being stabbed hard by countless steel needles, and there was even a faint dragon roar in the sea of consciousness.
The dragon soul origin in his body actually felt a little restless at this moment.
Sitting on the main seat of the main hall was a middle-aged man wearing a purple and gold robe with an elegant face who looked to be in his forties. He did not deliberately exude coercion, but there was an air of calmness and control over everything in his movements. This person is Li Xuanyi, the master of Taixuan City and a great monk in the late Mahayana period.
Below Li Xuanyi, there were several people sitting, and one of them was Xiao Wuhen. He still looked like that, waving his fan, and when he saw Ye Feng coming in, he winked at him.
"This must be the weapon-refining wizard from the Eastern Region, Master Ye Fengye, right?" Li Xuan spoke, his voice gentle, with a power that penetrated people's hearts.
"Rogue cultivator Ye Feng, I have met the city lord and all the seniors." Ye Feng saluted without being humble or overbearing, and his eyes swept across the hall, taking in all the expressions of everyone.
"Master Ye, there is no need to be polite." Li Xuanyi smiled slightly and pointed to the stone pillar, "This is the 'Dragon Locking Pillar', Master, please take a look. The core of this object is damaged, and the Dragon Evil is out of control. I wonder if Master has a way to repair it?"
Everyone's eyes were instantly focused on Ye Feng, with curiosity, scrutiny, and a hidden murderous intention.
Ye Feng walked up to the "Dragon Locking Pillar", knocked it pretendingly, stretched out his finger, and scratched it a few times, frowning, as if he had encountered a huge problem.
"Hiss...this Dragon Evil energy is really overbearing." He shook his head and said to Li Xuanyi with a troubled face, "Lord City Lord, this thing... I'm afraid it's not easy to repair. This Dragon Evil has been entangled with the origin of the pillar, affecting the whole body. If you want to repair it, you must first repair it. The dragon evil was temporarily suppressed and withdrawn, but this evil spirit could not be shaken at all without the cultivation of the soul in the late stage of spiritual transformation. I am just a Nascent Soul, so I really can't help it."
After hearing this, the smile on Li Xuan's face remained unchanged, but a trace of disappointment and coldness flashed in his eyes. Could it be that I really guessed wrong? Is this kid really just a lucky Nascent Soul cultivator?
"Master Ye is being humble." On the side, an old man with a hooked nose snorted and said, "We all know that Master Ye is not only a master of weapon refining, but also a master of formations. Perhaps, using the method of formations can have miraculous effects?"
Ye Feng glanced at the old man and recognized him as the chief weapon refining master of the City Lord's Mansion, Grandmaster Wang. It seems that this is also one of the "actors" in today's scene.
"Grandmaster Wang is right." Ye Feng slapped his thigh and suddenly realized, "Why didn't I think of that! It might be possible to use formations! But... setting up the formation requires materials. I need "North Sea Xuanjing" as the base of the formation, "Nine Netherworld Iron" as the center of the formation, and supplemented by the juice of "Tianxin Vine" to reconcile the dragon evil... These materials are extremely rare and priceless..."
He reported over a dozen extremely rare treasures in one breath, each of which was enough to bankrupt an ordinary cultivator.
Everyone in the hall twitched when they heard this. Does this kid really don't understand or is he just pretending not to understand? This is the lion's opening!
Even Xiao Wuhen, who had been watching the show, almost couldn't hold back his laughter. He finally saw that Ye Feng was not only thick-skinned, but also had a dark heart. This is when I seize the opportunity and prepare to extort a lot of money.
Li Xuanyi's expression finally changed. He took a deep look at Ye Feng, showing no emotion or anger. "The materials Master Ye mentioned are in the treasury. Wei Jin."
"My subordinate is here." Wei Jin stepped forward immediately.
"Go and get the materials as Master Ye said."
"Yes."
Wei Jin took the order and left, and the hall fell into silence again. Li Xuanyi stopped talking, just picked up the teacup and tasted it slowly. The atmosphere became a little weird for a while.
Ye Feng felt happy. He wants these materials, but it's not all blackmail. These are the top materials necessary for him to upgrade his sword and deploy a stronger "Little Star Fighting Formation". Today's opportunity is simply pie in the sky.
Soon, Wei Jin held a storage bag and handed it to Ye Feng respectfully.
"Master Ye, all the materials you need are here."
Ye Feng's consciousness swept away, and he suddenly became happy. Good guy, the City Lord's Mansion has a really strong family background. Not only did he have what he asked for, but the portions were also generous.
"Thank you, City Lord!" Ye Feng said sincerely to Li Xuanyi, "Let's start setting up the formation now!"
After saying that, he was not polite. In front of everyone, he waved his sleeves and poured out all the materials in the storage bag, piling it up like a hill.
Then he began his "exaggerated" performance.
I saw Ye Feng sometimes making secrets, sometimes stamping his feet, muttering something in his mouth, firing out the "Nascent Soul Stage" mana one after another, and arranging those precious materials piece by piece around the "Dragon Locking Pillar". His movements seemed extremely mysterious, but in reality... they made no sense. He made it all up on the spot.
Although most of the people in the hall could not understand the formation, they still felt that the way he set up the formation looked like a country dance master.
Li Xuanyi’s brows wrinkled more and more tightly.
Only Xiao Wuhen was shaking his fan with a playful smile on his lips. He understood. Ye Feng is using an extremely clever method to "corrupt" openly! Eighty percent out of ten of those materials were all stored in his storage ring without anyone noticing through his ingenious techniques during the process of setting up the formation. The remaining 20% was used by him to set up a formation that was flashy, looked bluffing, but was actually useless.
"This bastard..." Xiao Wuhen cursed in a low voice, but in his heart he admired Ye Feng's boldness and fell to the ground.
An hour later, Ye Feng was sweating profusely and called it a day.