Chapter 260: Tang San Learns Array Formations While Searching for Treasure Lands

Returning to Wuhun City, Tang San was in an exceptionally good mood.

Wuhun City sat upon a treasure mountain without even realizing it.

At the mere thought of this, Tang San could not help but feel happy.

Although he had not yet found the treasure land, he believed that through his understanding of such places, he would find one sooner or later.

The San Da Bao Di are also known as the three great treasure-gathering basins.

In the past, he did not believe that such treasure-gathering basin lands could exist in the world.

However, through Dugu Yan's description, that place inside the Sunset Forest was highly likely to be the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Unfortunately, it was destroyed by a Meteorite.

But since the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had appeared, what about the other two great treasure-gathering basins?

Tang San guessed that since the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well could appear in this world, the other two great treasure-gathering basins must also exist, only they were rarely known.

It was just like how people in this world did not initially know what medicinal herbs were useful for.

Later, the Spirit Hall announced the profession of Alchemist, but in Tang San's view, the current level of this profession remained at a primary stage of utilizing medicinal herbs.

Alchemists also existed in his past life; they were very rare, but their status was always very noble.

Tang San felt this was an opportunity; others did not know, but only he knew the upper limits of this profession. If he could find a treasure-gathering basin, the prospects would be simply unimaginable.

Subsequently, Tang San picked up his Mobile Phone, not to look at information regarding Cultivation, but to look at records of landscapes, terrain, and local customs.

He did not find any information or similar content regarding the other two treasure lands.

However, there was one piece of news that surprised Tang San after he read it.

In the Extreme North, there was an active volcano; its summit emitted heat, rolling and rising into the air, yet the mountain body was covered in ice and snow.

A normal large mountain usually had a snow-capped peak and lush greenery on its body.

But this volcano broke that Rule; its summit was steaming hot, as if revealing the raging fire within its heart, while the mountain body was covered in ice and snow, forming a unique landscape.

Although this was an active volcano, its appearance was slightly strange.

Unlike other volcanoes, its summit was shrouded in heat, as if covered by a mysterious veil.

The substances within that heat were permeated by white mist, making it impossible for people to see the situation inside clearly.

This made people even more filled with curiosity and awe toward this volcano.

Some adventurers had gone up before, but none of them ever came back down.

It was not until many years later that a level 89 Spirit Douluo, refusing to believe the rumors, ran up there.

Half a year later, he miraculously came back down.

Moreover, his cultivation had broken through to level 90.

According to him, when he went up that day, he lost his way.

He wandered aimlessly in the white mist for many days without finding a path, and the food he carried was all eaten.

At this time, he saw a hot spring, and many plants grew beside the hot spring; they were brightly colored, and one could tell at a glance that they were highly poisonous.

Being hungry, he saw a plant that looked like a sweet potato among these plants.

Why he could tell it looked like a sweet potato at a glance was because half of the sweet potato underground was exposed.

He was too hungry at the time to care about so much, so he dug up the sweet potato and continued to search for a way out.

This sweet potato was very large, about the size of a basketball.

After eating one bite, it contained a lot of energy, enough to go without food for several days.

Relying on this special sweet potato, he persisted; as the sweet potato was eaten less and less, suddenly one day, his cultivation broke through.

He had been stuck at level 89 for seven or eight years and thought he would never break through in this lifetime, but he did not expect to break through now.

Because he had broken through, he felt extremely excited and walked with a light, floating sensation.

However, the human body clearly did not get comprehensive nutrition just by eating the energy of the sweet potato; although he would not starve to death, his physical strength was clearly insufficient.

An accident occurred; he missed a step, fell from a slope, and passed out directly.

When he woke up again, he saw ice and snow, and it was fortunate that his strength was high and his martial soul was the Ice Cold Dragon Lizard, so he did not freeze to death.

Seeing the ice and snow, he knew he had finally walked out.

Originally, there was still a little bit of the sweet potato left, which he had kept in his hand as a life-saving item, but it was lost when he fell from the slope.

After descending the mountain, he told others about his experience.

Because there was nothing to prove the existence of the sweet potato, but his cultivation had truly broken through, a portion of people who were not afraid of death brought sufficient food and stepped into the white mist again.

However, these people were clearly not so lucky and never came back down.

The matter of the summit sweet potato was later treated as a story and passed down.

……

Seeing this story, Tang San felt that this was definitely a true story and not something fabricated at will.

Moreover, this sweet potato was not an ordinary sweet potato; it was a type of Immortal Herb called the Earth Dragon Gold Melon.

This explained why this Spirit Douluo could break through.

His martial soul was the Ice Cold Dragon Lizard, which itself carried the bloodline of the Dragon Clan.

Although it was of the Ice Attribute, Dragon Lizards were naturally born with the Earth Attribute.

The attributes matched, which was the reason why he could break through.

If it were any other Immortal Herb, eating it directly like that, even if he did not get poisoned or explode to death, he would not have lived long.

One could only say that this Spirit Master was lucky, like a blind cat bumping into a dead mouse.

After finishing it, even Tang San sighed at the good luck of this Spirit Master.

If he guessed correctly, this mountain top, even if it was not a treasure-gathering basin like the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, was at least a place similar to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Treasure-gathering basins could only be formed by natural terrain.

In the Sunset Forest, he had confirmed that an Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had once appeared there, which proved that this world was capable of giving birth to an Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Therefore, it was not strange at all that there might be another Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well on top of an active volcano in the Extreme North; after all, it was impossible for a world to have only one treasure land, and it was possible for two identical treasure lands to appear.

The Extreme North, however, was Tang San's base of operations.

He subsequently sent a message to his believers, asking them to search for the active volcano from the story in the Extreme North.

Not long after, the believers sent a message back, saying they had found three active volcanoes that matched Tang San's description.

That easy?

It was too smooth, so smooth that Tang San simply could not believe it.

Ever since he started studying the Alchemist materials, he felt that everything had been going very smoothly.

The days of being at his wit's end, struggling, and being destitute while pursuing the Soul Guidance Master profession had never appeared again.

He was indeed suited to be an Alchemist; he had chosen the right path, and everything was going smoothly with one stroke of good luck after another.

There were three mountains that matched the description, and this required him to go and check them personally.

If others went up, although they might never be able to come back down as described in the story, one could not prevent them from encountering an Immortal Herb up there; if it were destroyed, that would be bad.

Therefore, Tang San decided to go up and check it himself, but there was a problem at the moment: if he went to search for it, he certainly would not be able to return in a day or two, and he did not want to give up his job at the Spirit Hall Academy.

After all, he was not a student; relying on his staff ID, he could now view all the materials, and he had even boasted about this in front of Yu Xiaogang and the others before.

Although they had also registered, the materials they saw were different; they could not see the materials for Soul Guidance Master, Alchemist, or Array Master on their Mobile Phones at all.

There were too many materials; some could not be printed, and it was impossible for him to memorize them all in a short time, let alone transcribe them—there were too many materials, often numbering in the thousands, so who knew how long that would take to copy.

Asking for leave for a day or two was fine, but for a few months, it was simply impossible; the number of guards was regulated, and the number of people needed for each post was already arranged long ago; if someone was missing, it had to be filled in time, and it was impossible to keep a position open indefinitely just because of one person.

His originally excited heart was doused with a basin of cold water.

Many people had their eyes on this position, and once it became vacant, someone would immediately fill it; he had paid a great price when he applied for it back then.

His believers had bribed the management of the academy guards, giving him a high score during the written exam, and at the same time, his own strength had to be sufficient, as he had eliminated other applicants in actual combat.

If he asked someone else, Tang San really could not rest easy.

Besides the Immortal Herb, if that place was also a treasure land, he would also plant some medicinal herbs.

After thinking for a long time, Tang San thought of a solution: if only he knew how to set up a Teleportation Array.

He could find someone to cover his shift for a few days, and after he found the treasure land, he could directly set up a Teleportation Array; then he could go whenever he wanted—wouldn't that be wonderful!

However, did he have any talent for Arrays?

Ever since he was blocked in the Soul Guidance Master profession, Tang San had specifically looked into it, and the study of these professions all required talent.

Those with talent entered the door quickly, while those without talent, even if they exhausted their whole lives, would have limited achievements.

Talent was something that could not be tested; one could only study and try.

Sigh, if only Yu Xiaogang could help him research Arrays.

Yu Xiaogang's talent was likely not good, but Yu Xiaogang was good at summarizing and should be able to help him learn Arrays better.

What a pity!

Yu Xiaogang was currently suffering from Qi deviation!

Tang San had previously paid attention to food that permanently increased attributes, but the increase was not much, and it needed to be eaten frequently.

Not to mention the high price, it also required a reservation, and it was very difficult for ordinary people to get one.

Moreover, for the same dish, the more one ate, the less it increased, and eventually, after eating too much, it would stop increasing altogether.

The actual improvement and the price were completely mismatched.

After learning this, Tang San stopped looking into it, but Yu Xiaogang should also know this principle; yet, he was trapped in it, and no one could pull him out.

Tang San truly looked down on these dishes; if he could obtain an Immortal Herb, even if he did not refine it into a pill and just ate it directly, he would obtain a permanent attribute effect, and the effect would be far beyond what the dishes could compare to.

Then he could only learn Arrays himself now; as long as he learned Arrays, he could set them up anywhere, and the problem of getting lost would not exist.

The idea was beautiful, but when he opened the Array materials on his Mobile Phone and saw a pile of Rule Runes, he immediately felt confused and his head swelled.

Even a Primary Array was written over sixty full pages.

Level 1 Fire Ignition Array, the simplest, most primary Array.

Following the records in the materials, Tang San copied it mechanically and set it up more than a dozen times; he did not expect to succeed once by accident.

This success greatly boosted Tang San's confidence.

So that was it.

For an Array, one only needed to engrave the Array patterns to learn it.

The only difficulty was that an Array needed to be engraved in one go, which had a very high requirement for Spirit Power.

Relying on his Level 9 Spirit Power, Tang San successfully engraved the Level 1 Fire Ignition Array.

Succeeding in just over a dozen attempts, Tang San felt that his talent was absolutely unprecedented and would never be surpassed.

What a pity, the Fire Ignition Array was the simplest and most basic Array created just to ensure that there were enough people learning Arrays.

Ordinary people could learn it in a dozen or so attempts.

Tang San had no one to guide him and was working behind closed doors, so he felt he was very impressive.

However, he was indeed impressive; without understanding the content of the Array, he had managed to do it by relying on multiple attempts, and this point had already surpassed most people.

The premise was that most people also learned like him, understanding nothing and mechanically engraving the Array.

Fire Ignition Array, not bad; from now on, he would never worry about having no fire in the wild.

The next Array to learn was an attack Array, the Fireball Array.

After this Array was activated, it would condense ten large fireballs at once to attack the target, with power equivalent to the attack of a Soul Saint.

This second Array was already this powerful?

He was already starting to learn an Array equivalent to a Soul Saint's attack?

That's right, that was exactly it.

Studying at the Spirit Hall Academy, graduates of an Advanced Academy are basically Soul Kings or Soul Emperors, and those with exceptional talent are directly Soul Saints.

At this time, there is an opportunity to apply to the Research Academy to continue studying; only at the Research Academy can one come into contact with professions such as Soul Guidance Master, Array Master, and Alchemist.

Since their individual strength is already so high, if the arrays they learn are of low power, it is difficult to pique their interest.

Interest is the best teacher.

The teaching method advocated by Jerry is interest-based learning.

In the field of Array Masters, the first array allows you to get started quickly and increases your confidence; the second array is meant to pique your interest.

The subsequent learning is just like clearing levels in a game, progressing layer by layer; if you have not researched and understood the previous level, it is difficult to learn the materials for the next level.

In this way, everyone's interest in learning is kept hooked.

What a pity!

Others have teachers personally guiding them, teaching them hand-in-hand.

But Tang San does not!

The complexity of the second array is more than ten times that of the first array.

Of course, if there were a teacher to guide him, it would be a different matter.

Tang San does not know these things.

After buying the materials and reading the information on the second array, he began to continue copying it mechanically.

Tang San's Spirit Power is sufficient, but when the final engraving of the array is completed, it is a cyclical process; it is impossible to activate it only once.

If it is a cycle, where to start and where to end is very particular.

Tang San does not understand these things and engraves the array by blindly following the pattern.

If one route is engraved incorrectly, this array cannot be completed.

For the Fireball Array, besides the Rule Runes on it, if the array pattern routes are deduced, there are thousands of types, but only one is correct.

One in a thousand.

The difficulty can be imagined.

For someone like Tang San, he must either persist in engraving all the array pattern routes or just bet on his luck.

That is, provided he can deduce all the array pattern routes himself.

If he only deduces a few dozen types, there might not be a correct one among them.

Before Tang San started engraving, he studied it a little and found twenty routes; starting the engraving from these routes felt relatively smooth.

Tang San really has the Zhujiao Guanghuan on him!

Among the twenty routes, one of them is the correct one.

And Tang San found the correct route on his fourth attempt at engraving.

Succeeding in learning it in four attempts immediately made Tang San feel that an Array Master can turn things to dust with a snap of the fingers!

At this rate, he would be able to finish learning the subsequent arrays very quickly.

He could not help but sigh that his talent for arrays was so high.

With his enthusiasm soaring, Tang San engraved the Fireball Array several times, succeeding every time, and his self-confidence exploded.

Having completely mastered the second array, Tang San flipped open the information for the third array.

(End of this chapter)