Array Dao Primer

Watched like that by a beautiful female cultivator, He Song's expression remained unchanged, though he felt somewhat awkward inside.

Though he did not know what it was like when others came to purchase primers on the Hundred Arts of Cultivation,

one look at Ping'er's resentful expression told him

that he might well have been the strangest guest she had ever received.

Starting with the Alchemy Primer, Ping'er's mouth had never stopped moving. Only after she had introduced every single primer on the Hundred Arts of Cultivation in the tray did she finally stop.

Even He Song had lost count of how much she had said during that time. He had nearly drifted off listening to her.

Fortunately, he had not fallen asleep.

He Song silently counted himself lucky, and when he looked at Ping'er again, there was now a trace of admiration in his gaze.

She was truly dedicated. So long as the guest did not tell her to stop, she really would not stop.

Female cultivators as honest and earnest as Ping'er were truly rare these days.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist. Have you decided which primer you want?" Taking the teacup He Song handed her, Ping'er's gaze softened considerably.

He Song truly was the only person she had ever received who had made her introduce every single primer on the Hundred Arts of Cultivation.

What other cultivator came to the Spirit Skill Pavilion without a goal already in mind? The moment they entered, they would state what they needed.

But He Song was different, as though he had come to the Spirit Skill Pavilion to listen to a storyteller.

And the crucial part was that He Song had not told her to stop, so she truly could not stop either. Those were the Spirit Skill Pavilion's rules.

Her throat had nearly started smoking from all that talking. In the past, she might not have spoken this much in an entire day.

Fortunately, He Song seemed to have realized something in the end and gave her a cup of spirit tea.

That made her feel much better.

She even made excuses for He Song in her heart.

This Fellow Daoist He probably had not done it deliberately.

With that thought passing through her mind, Ping'er's gaze toward He Song soon softened completely.

"I'll still take the Array Dao Primer. Thank you, Fellow Daoist." After thinking for so long, He Song had already made up his mind.

Array Dao.

It was difficult—truly difficult.

A cultivator without talent, even if they painstakingly studied it for decades, might not be able to set up even the simplest Spirit Gathering Array.

Even cultivators with some talent needed years upon years of study before they could enter the door.

It could be said that without another steady source of income, studying Array Dao was nothing less than a bottomless pit for Rogue Cultivators.

While studying Array Dao, most cultivators' cultivation would stagnate.

With all their attention on Array Dao, they simply could not squeeze out much time for cultivation.

Being left behind in cultivation by those of the same age was one thing.

But if one had no talent for Array Dao, spent decades studying it painstakingly yet still failed to enter its door, while their cultivation lagged far behind their peers as well—when those two things piled together, that was what truly drove people to despair.

Even with talent for Array Dao, one still needed years upon years of study to get started. For cultivators in the Qi Refining stage, cultivation was the most important thing.

To waste so much time on Array Dao would make Foundation Establishment difficult in the future.

Thus, few Rogue Cultivators studied Array Dao.

Even sect disciples and members of cultivation families would not deliberately research Array Dao unless they were deeply interested in it.

The reason was nothing else.

It was simply too difficult!

Yet difficult as it was, once one entered the door of Array Dao, it could also bring cultivators extremely generous returns.

Take the simplest Spirit Gathering Array, for example.

After learning the Spirit Gathering Array, one could set it up where one lived, gathering the surrounding spiritual energy for one's own use.

Once the concentration of spiritual energy increased, one's cultivation speed would naturally be much faster than that of other cultivators.

Besides that, the Spirit Gathering Array had other uses as well.

For example, it could nourish Spirit Fields.

Or one could help other cultivators set up Spirit Gathering Arrays and earn substantial compensation that way.

Becoming an array master was difficult.

But after truly becoming an array master, whether one set up arrays for others or used Spirit Gathering Arrays to nourish Spirit Fields oneself, the profits one could gain were immense.

Rare things were precious. That saying was not false at all.

And He Song—

he possessed a soul more powerful than those of other cultivators.

He also possessed endless lifespan.

Beyond that, he was a Spirit Plant Farmer who could make use of Spirit Fields.

With all these advantages supporting him, choosing the Array Dao Primer became the natural course of events.

"Please wait a moment, Fellow Daoist. I will fetch the Jade Slip for you." Carrying the tray, Ping'er took her leave.

Naturally, the primers on the Hundred Arts of Cultivation could not possibly be books.

That huge pile of books in the tray had merely been introductions to the primers on the Hundred Arts of Cultivation.

The true Hundred Arts of Cultivation could not possibly be brought out before a customer had confirmed their intention.

One hundred Spirit Stones per copy.

There were at least dozens of books in that tray.

If they had been genuine and someone snatched them, the loss would likely have immediately amounted to several thousand Spirit Stones.

If such losses happened a few more times, even the Spirit Skill Pavilion within Bamboo Mountain Immortal Market could not bear them.

What Ping'er had said was only normal.

Very soon,

Ping'er returned once more.

This time, however, all the books in the tray she carried had disappeared.

In their place was a Jade Slip gleaming with faint traces of light.

The Jade Slip had an impressive appearance. At a glance, it was clearly a fine treasure.

He Song handed over one hundred Spirit Stones.

Only after Ping'er put away the Spirit Stones did she place the tray before He Song.

"Just press the Jade Slip against your forehead, Fellow Daoist," Ping'er's voice soon said.

He Song nodded. He then picked up the Jade Slip from the tray and pressed it to his forehead.

Before reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm, cultivators had yet to develop divine sense. If they wished to read the information inside a Jade Slip, they could only press it against their foreheads.

However, after achieving Foundation Establishment and developing divine sense, there would no longer be any need to press a Jade Slip against one's forehead. One merely needed to extend one's divine sense into it.

And a medium for storing information like a Jade Slip could only be created by someone at least in the Foundation Establishment Realm, after they possessed divine sense.

It could be said that what He Song was experiencing now was a service provided by a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

The Jade Slip pressed against his forehead.

He Song's mind immediately swelled as a massive flood of information surged out of the Jade Slip and rapidly imprinted itself into his memories, making it impossible for him to forget.

The information was somewhat overwhelming, leaving He Song feeling mildly uncomfortable.

But that discomfort soon vanished.

With his powerful soul, when faced with such a sudden flood of information, his processing speed was naturally greater than that of other cultivators.

Only an instant passed.

He Song, who had closed his eyes to receive the information from the Jade Slip, opened them again.

Everything contained in the Array Dao Primer had already been imprinted in He Song's memories, detailed beyond compare.

After reviewing all the contents of the Array Dao Primer in his mind and confirming that nothing had been missed, He Song looked at Ping'er.

"Fellow Daoist Ping'er, may I ask where your pavilion purchases its tea leaves?" Remembering that drinking tea could increase cultivation, He Song hurriedly asked.

In the world of cultivation, cultivation could be said to be the foundation of everything.

And cultivation was something that required steady accumulation over time.

Meditating and cultivating every day.

Using Spirit Stones for cultivation.

Consuming pills and refining them into one's own spiritual power.

All these things required time.

But the tea leaves He Song had drunk today were not among them.