Stronger from Earth
Chapter 335 - 334: Array Map
Federation University has a long history, established with the collaborative efforts of dozens of powerful figures under the lead of the Federation, and it gathers top experts from various fields to nurture professional talents.
Of course, every university boasts about its strength and its contributions to nurturing students, but in fact, the biggest role of a school is the humanistic environment, and 70% of a student’s success is due to their own efforts.
Wang Xuan strolled quietly through the campus, three people followed silently behind him, with only the slight sound of grass being trampled underfoot.
"How are you doing at Federation University?" In Wang Xuan’s eyes, many places here were set with arrays, the array bases were rich in spiritual qi, with students practicing quietly.
The patterns of the arrays were hidden underground, on buildings, and rockeries, integrated with the environment, invisible to ordinary students, but to Wang Xuan they were chains, clear in their runes and energy membranes.
Hongze replied, "Reporting to Master, since entering Federation University, I have been diligently practicing daily, focusing on martial arts outside of classes, refining my physique, and nothing else."
After all, being a good student from a young age, Hongze usually behaved properly, making the most of his time to improve himself.
Wang Xuan said, "Some things are fine as long as you understand them, don’t expend too much energy, the higher you go, the smaller the fields you can explore. You need to understand this.
Cultivating isn’t just about meditation and qi refining; it’s also about enhancing your experiences and mind realm. The pills you need for cultivation will be prepared by me, saving you eight hours of hard work daily.
Also, I’ll teach you mind techniques; by being able to multi-task, you can maintain eighty percent efficiency while doing other things daily, making your overall daily cultivation eighty percent more effective, leaving plenty of free time.
You must know that luck and opportunities don’t come by staying at home, so you need to venture out, maybe establish your own guild or join a battle team; I won’t restrict you."
Wang Xuan followed the intersecting array patterns toward the center, amazed by the array master’s skill as he saw one layer upon another of arrays nested together.
He finally stopped when a towering cyan giant tower appeared before him; this tower was the core of the entire Federation University array.
"This is the dojo of the Dean of the Array Dao Institute, rumored to be a True Immortal, one of the top five array masters in the Federation.
The Qingyun Tower has nine hundred and ninety-nine levels, and every student can enter. The Dean once said that anyone who reaches the hundredth level before graduating would become his disciple," Hongze said.
However, in reality, those who reach the hundredth level are generally array geniuses, with one such talent appearing every twenty sessions, and they graduate having entered the Earth Immortal Domain.
Wang Xuan nodded and said, "Wait for me here." He could see the master’s profound mastery of the Array Dao.
Array Dao also aligns with the laws of the universe; by applying those rules and borrowing the power of the heavens and earth, it becomes infinitely profound.
Upon entering the tower, he instantly felt disoriented; Wang Xuan was trapped in an array map, and it was evident that to exit, he had to break this array.
Instead of choosing violence, Wang Xuan looked down; the ground was engraved with numerous diagrams and text detailing the principles and setup process of this array map.
With a small understanding of its mysteries, breaking it would be easy, like knowing how to make a mecha is difficult but reading the manual makes piloting it much easier.
"A simple Fire Dragon Array?" Wang Xuan had learned Array Dao and knew this was among the simplest arrays, yet he carefully studied the diagrams, learning Array Dao.
A single breath passed, and Wang Xuan was already enlightened.
He glanced at his personal panel, and just like with learning pill recipes, independent array maps could also be considered a skill.
Name: Wang Xuan
Age: Twenty-five
Height: One meter ninety
Realm: Peak of Earth Immortal
Cultivation Skills: Third-Layer Limit of the Creation True Scripture Earth Immortal Chapter, Third-Layer Limit of the Mixed Element Martial Scripture Earth Immortal Chapter, Third-Layer Limit of the Divine Elephant Golden Bell Shield Earth Immortal Chapter, Third-Layer Limit of the Heart Spirit Demon Scripture, Entry Level Nine Breath Qi Cultivation, Instant Flowering Minor Achievement, Fourth-Layer Limit of the Primordial Spirit Sword Embryo, Fire Dragon Array Perfection...
Source Point: Six and a half million
"Fire Dragon Array (Perfection) can be accelerated, would you like to accelerate?" Time Spirit prompted.
Wang Xuan affirmatively chose, and instantly the power of time enveloped him. He began inscribing the array, making it operate repeatedly ten, a hundred times, until no further progress could be made, thoroughly understanding the Fire Dragon Array.
If mastering the Fire Dragon Array required actual operation, Wang Xuan would need some time, but now it was completed in a single breath.
He started breaking the array, and as soon as he acted, the Fire Dragon Array began shifting, transforming into another mode, but no matter how it changed, the essence remained, and Wang Xuan broke through it in a breath.
The first level consisted of basic arrays like the Fire Dragon Array, Water Dragon Array, Wind Dragon Array, Gold Dragon Array, Cyanwood Array, and Enigma Array...
In just three minutes, Wang Xuan had passed the first level, entering the second, which was slightly more difficult than the last but still basic.
Second level, third level... twentieth level!
An hour later, Wang Xuan had reached the twentieth level; the higher he went, the fewer the array maps, and the more challenging they became.
While studying arrays in the Qingyun Tower, Wang Xuan immersed himself in the Array Dao; perhaps outside only an hour passed, but under the guise of time power, his spirit had endured for years, even decades.
Like an apprentice, diligently and meticulously learning, despite being at the Peak of Earth Immortal, beginning anew with every array map, mastering each to perfection.
In the blink of an eye, ten days had passed, unnoticed by all, as Wang Xuan quietly climbed to the eight hundredth level, mastering thousands of arrays, all textbook example arrays encompassing extensive array knowledge.
Wang Xuan spent a million Source Points, directly researching the Array Dao to the Celestial Immortal level, benefitting from his profound wisdom and strong spiritual cultivation, his learning capability far surpassing an average Peak Earth Immortal.
Only when his spirit became exhausted did he stop; continuously using Time Spirit, he had ceaselessly studied for decades, truly tired.
Casually breaking an array capable of trapping a Divine Infant cultivator, Wang Xuan exited the Qingyun Tower, where Hongze and the others had patiently awaited outside for ten days.
"Such a wonderful place," Wang Xuan sighed deeply; the array master was indeed selfless, placing his life’s learnings in the Qingyun Tower.
As long as one diligently studies, they can progress step by step, steadily advancing in the Array Dao field, yet few students can sit and study, given they are in the prime of their youth.
"Those array geniuses who became disciples often said so; they learned vast arrays of knowledge here, laying the foundation to go further in the Array Dao domain."
In the few months since enrolling, Hongze had heard legends of the Qingyun Tower; at the beginning of each academic year, many students attempted to clear its levels, but talents with extraordinary array gifts were far too rare.
"If you have no other engagements, you can also visit, observe the grand formations of mountains and rivers, which contain profound mysteries. If interested, I can teach you Array Dao," Wang Xuan offered.
Hongze scratched his head and nodded, wondering how his master could excel in everything: every field including Alchemy Dao, Array Dao, Sword Dao, Primordial Spirit Techniques, and more.
After staying at Federation University for a few more days and giving Hongze some guidance on his cultivation, Wang Xuan left, having heard that there once was a Talisman Tower here, but unfortunately, that great master relocated after founding his school, much to Wang Xuan’s regret.
He felt that learning this knowledge allowed him to draw parallels, accumulating wisdom to speed up the perfection of the Creation True Scripture and enhance his cultivation.
"Sigh, how can such a prodigy exist in this world?"
At the highest level of the Qingyun Tower, an elder kept sighing; it had taken him three hundred years to research his array mastery to the eight hundredth level.
And Wang Xuan, entering the Qingyun Tower, researched step by step, reaching the eight hundredth level in just ten days.
Such rapid progress astounded even Huang Jiuqu, making him think Wang Xuan was the reincarnation of a Divine Being.
"Immortal Martial Taoist, truly worthy of the name."
Huang Jiuqu praised, albeit regretfully, that since Wang Xuan had reached the eight hundredth level, why didn’t he continue further?
Thinking that since Wang Xuan showed above-average talent and interest in the Array Dao, he would continue ascending this Qingyun Tower.
Yet until Wang Xuan left, this Immortal Martial Taoist never returned.