Published: February 12, 2025
"Have you made your choice?"
Jie Su walked over and sat next to Ye Zhongming. Seeing him still looking at various formations on the terminal, he casually asked.
"Do you know how many people have approached me in the past few days?" Ye Zhongming turned off the screen and smiled at Jie Su.
Jie Su shrugged, feeling somewhat speechless. "These people, really... They were so adamant before, saying that formations are confidential, that they can't be shared with outsiders, and that under pressure, they could only teach you a few large formations. Now, well..."
In this matter, the future star of the Su Clan had a new understanding of the loyalty of his clan members.
At the end of the agreement a few days ago, Ye Zhongming had mentioned using Xiu Ge and Luo Zixin in exchange for formations, which was firmly rejected by the Su Clan members at the time.
Ye Zhongming had originally given up on the idea, but who would have thought that just an hour later, someone would come to him, saying they could teach him some formations in exchange for those two urgently needed items from the Su Clan.
After all, the Xiu Ge and Luo Zixin that Ye Zhongming was supposed to hand over to the Su Clan needed to be distributed uniformly within the clan. When would they actually receive them, and how much would they get? These were all issues.
So now that the clan had opened the door to teach Ye Zhongming several large formations, it wouldn't be a problem to teach him some small and medium-sized formations as well.
Thus, other factions, aside from the clan leader's and Ke Lan Su's branches, soon found Ye Zhongming and proposed some conditions, offering a list of twenty formations—ten small and ten medium—in exchange for one hundred and fifty Xiu Ge, as well as Luo Zixin capable of producing fifty small formations and one hundred medium formations as 'law models.'
Before both sides could finish negotiating, people from Ke Lan Su's faction arrived as well, and naturally, their purpose was the same. By the time Jie Su showed up, the awkwardness between them was evident.
In the end, Yao Han Su directly stepped in and set limits for each faction on trading with Ye Zhongming: no more than ten small formations, no more than five medium formations, and trading large formations was strictly prohibited.
As a result, Ye Zhongming needed to prepare three hundred and fifty Xiu Ge and thirty small formations, along with fifteen medium formations' worth of Luo Zixin.
Of course, these were divided into three portions for the three direct lines to share.
However, even so, some people were still secretly looking for Ye Zhongming, wanting to continue this kind of trade.
"I can be sure that your Xiu Ge formula, Luo Zixin, and that ancient formation technique were all obtained after you arrived in the universe. Sometimes I can't help but feel jealous, wondering why you can do these things when I've spent so many years without achieving the same."
Jie Su patted Ye Zhongming on the shoulder and continued, "At the same time, I'm very grateful that you are my friend and will support me wholeheartedly."
"In the past, I always thought that cooperating with the Star-Eye Clan meant the Su Clan would give, nurturing a potential teammate. Now I don't think that way anymore; I believe you are a very good and powerful teammate. Do you know? I've never felt as confident as I do now."
Although Jie Su said this out of jealousy, he showed none of it and didn’t ask Ye Zhongming how he obtained these things. He genuinely felt fortunate and that the ideal was within reach.
"You've become sentimental," Ye Zhongming chuckled.
Jie Su spoke from the heart, but how could Ye Zhongming truly believe that the Star-Eye Clan could stand on equal footing with the Su Clan now? No matter what he presented, overall, it was still the Su Clan that was helping the Star-Eye Clan and him more.
"By the way, the formations used by your subordinates have been under study by the elders these past few days. They believe they resemble a lost ancient formation—the Kan Ci. Although it’s just a small formation, it has always been renowned for its strong attack power. Who would have thought it could also utilize people as a formation? The elders are experimenting to see the possibility of combining warriors and formation masters."