After working for both the righteous and demonic factions, I became a big shot.

Mo Wuyai glared at him: "You sure know how to pick up a bargain!"

Youmingzi ignored his words and looked at Shen An, saying, "I want to push the Qinglong Market model to the Grand Elder so that the other peaks can follow suit, but we old folks can't explain it clearly. You have to go and explain it to the Elders Council in person."

Shen An pondered for a moment and nodded: "This disciple is willing to give it a try."

This is actually a good thing; he has no reason to refuse.

Seeing that his offer was indeed insufficient, Mo Wuyai pondered for a moment before speaking, "How about this, you can have the title of 'Guest Elder' on Wuyai Peak. You don't need to become an apprentice or move here. Just come over a few times a month and I'll give you this amount each month."

After saying that, he held up three fingers.

Thirty thousand spirit stones!

Shen An remained calm, but quickly calculated in his mind that Elder Mo Wuyai's favor was far more valuable than spirit stones.

"I am deeply grateful for the kindness shown by the two elders. I respectfully accept their invitation."

Shen An stood up and cupped his hands in greeting to the two men, his face displaying just the right amount of humility and gratitude: "Regarding the matter of being a guest elder of Wuyai Peak, this disciple will go to the peak to pay his respects later; as for the elders' council that Elder Youming mentioned, this disciple is ready to go at any time."

Mo Wuyai and Youmingzi exchanged a glance and then stood up one after the other.

As Mo Wuyai reached the door, he turned back and glanced at him: "By the way, your eye for treasures is even more accurate than that kid Xue Wuhen's. If there's anything I'm unsure about in the future, I'll have to ask you for help."

Shen An smiled and readily agreed.

After seeing the two off, Shen An closed the cave door again and let out a long breath.

From this day forward, his foundation in the Divine Demon Sect has deepened, and Lan Yue Peak is his greatest asset.

Mo Yuanfeng's status as a guest elder is a new advantage, coupled with You Mingzi's endorsement from the elders' council. With these three layers of protection, even if someone wants to investigate or harm him, they will have to think twice about the weight of these three!

That night, Shen An took another Enlightenment Pill, which was suitable for Foundation Establishment stage cultivators.

A Foundation Establishment stage enlightenment pill costs 10,000 spirit stones!

After taking it, his insights and talent barely reached the level of a genius.

However, there is still a considerable gap between her and Senior Sister Feng Qingyu.

He estimated that he would need to consume all the enlightenment pills for the Nascent Soul stage before he could barely catch up.

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Three days after the competition ended, Shen An remembered that he still had a reward to claim.

It wasn't that he wasn't in a hurry, but he had just been too busy these past few days. He had just made an appearance at Wuyaifeng, and Xue Wuhen had sent someone to invite him for drinks. He hadn't had a chance to reply yet.

The reward is finally on the agenda.

A two-day tour of the Sutra Repository and a mid-grade magic weapon—this is a hidden perk!

The Sutra Repository and the Magic Artifact Storehouse are both located on the east side of the main peak of the Divine Demon Sect. The two buildings are not far apart and are separated by a blue stone path.

He first went to the artifact storehouse, which was managed by an old deacon with gray hair. He had never broken through to the Qi Refining stage, but he had managed the storehouse his whole life.

The old deacon took a heavy sandalwood box from the shelf and placed it on the counter. He opened the lid and found three mid-grade magic artifacts inside: a short dagger, a bronze shield, and a dusty gray cloak.

Shen An picked them up one by one and examined them. The short dagger had good attack power, but he was not used to using short weapons. The bronze shield was good for self-defense, but it was too heavy and not suitable for his fighting style, which relied on speed and agility.

Finally, he picked up the gray-black cloak, shook it open, and looked at it. The fabric felt rough and was completely inconspicuous, not much different from what a roadside hermit would wear.

The old deacon slowly added from behind the counter: "This cloak is called 'Concealment.' It's not very useful, but it makes it harder for divine sense to detect you. Unless someone is two major realms higher than you, they generally can't see through your movements."

Shen An held onto the cloak tightly. It was a good thing. Although it wasn't an offensive magic weapon, it was more useful than anything else for someone like him who needed to run around.

The shoes Elder Qingxu gave him before the competition were already a life-saving artifact. With a cloak to conceal his movements, the two items combined would make it difficult for even a cultivator in the Void Refinement stage to see through him if they weren't careful.

Shen An respectfully said, "This disciple chooses this cloak."

After all, the Qi Refining stage cultivators here are probably all hidden masters.

The old deacon glanced at him, said nothing, closed the wooden box and handed it to him, quite surprised that the demonic cultivator would be so polite.

Shen An folded the cloak and put it into his storage bracelet. As he walked out of the magic artifact storehouse, he let out a long breath.

With the cloak of concealment in hand, I no longer need to worry about meeting up with Feng Qingyu or heading to Qinglong Market.

After leaving the ritual implements storehouse, walk a few steps along the bluestone path to reach the scripture repository.

The person in charge of the fifth floor was a Golden Core cultivator who looked to be in his forties. After verifying the token, he pointed to the innermost row of bookshelves: "You can browse the books on the fifth floor, but you can't take them out or make copies of them."

Shen An quickly scanned the entire floor and found that the number of books on the fifth floor was less than he had imagined, but each one was of unusual age, with ancient and neat handwriting on the cover.

He slowly walked around the bookshelves, his gaze landing on a thin, old book in the corner, with the words "Supplement to the Compendium of Formations" written on its spine.

He pulled out the book and flipped through it. The more he looked, the more he felt that these things could be pieced together to form a complete framework for a grand formation.

When he turned to the last page, he discovered that the original owner was a master of formations, and this booklet was just a rough draft he had jotted down casually, with no intention of ever letting it circulate.

With a slight thought, Shen An put the old booklet back into the corner of the bookshelf, then walked to the table by the window, sat down, and began to quickly memorize it.

Yes, he didn't choose to study mental techniques or martial arts moves; instead, he chose formations.

The reason is simple: the current righteous and demonic paths have a rather rudimentary understanding of formations, but he doesn't lack anything else while juggling three paths.

However, items like formations are too expensive in the system store, and since he currently needs them, he naturally wouldn't let them go when he came across them.

Moreover, he remembered that the patriarch of the Divine Demon Sect was a master of array formations.

Nowadays, people don't pay much attention to the use of formations, so he can take advantage of the situation.

He spent almost the entire two days next to that book on formations, turning the pages one by one and memorizing the key information.

The following afternoon, the Golden Core cultivator guarding the building came up to remind him that the time had come. Shen An stood up, stretched his stiff shoulders, put the books back in the corner of the bookshelf, and walked towards the door on the fifth floor.

This harvest was enormous!!!

This book on formations was of great significance to him, and it was one of the things he needed most urgently.

After all, compared to magic weapons and one-time talismans, array formations can be used multiple times, and their construction mainly relies on comprehension and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, so they are not that expensive.

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