Chapter 87

Although he did not know why Yue Heng insisted on giving his lecture at the Taishang Wine Tower, Lei Pangzi still left with the three stone slips that recorded Yue Heng's illusion, and went to negotiate with the Taishang Wine Tower overnight.

Storytelling, like a concert, requires as many supporters as possible. The organizer, the host, and the merchants, none of them can be overlooked. Lei Pangzi was much more shrewd in various professional negotiations than Yue Heng.

Yue Heng only needed to focus on preparing the script, but the next morning, his plan seemed to have some issues.

Liu Jingtong sent a car to pick up Yue Heng early in the morning and took him to a secluded and quiet courtyard on the third floor. This was the center for the study and restoration of magical arrays in the entire county academy, still filled with mystery, desolate, and rarely visited by people.

In Liu Jingtong's stone house, Yue Heng saw something different from last time. There were four large cabinets, each with five to eight rows, and each row was divided into storage compartments of varying sizes, with labels on the outside.

"Yue Heng, I told you before that learning magical arrays is a long-term systematic process. It may take two or three years for an ordinary person to achieve results, and the difficulty is evident. But since Dean Huo decided on your punishment, I couldn't wait to jump out and pull you into learning magical arrays. This is for the Spring Hunt that will begin in less than a month!"

"Mr. Liu, I don't understand. Is there a shortcut to learning magical arrays? Can I master a powerful array that significantly enhances my strength in less than a month?"

"No, not to significantly enhance your strength, but to save your life!"

Liu Jingtong explained, "Our course will start with the warning array disk I gave you a few days ago. I will demonstrate practical operations, tell you how to sense, repair, and enhance the array disk. However, I don't have time to explain the basic principles of arrays to you, nor do I have time to demonstrate the basic maintenance and changes of primary arrays. You must thoroughly understand every action and every word of mine, integrate and truly grasp the core of this warning array disk."

Yue Heng needs to study the basics on his own, reading the array principles on the bookshelf. The warning array disk given by Liu Jingtong a few days ago only has a significant deterrent sound effect. How to better add mechanical beasts, how to expand the other functions of the array, all these need to be tested by him personally.

"In five days, I want you to thoroughly master the core of this warning array disk. In the next five days, I will give you five low-level warning array disks with different arrays for you to study on your own. In the last ten days, I will teach you how to repair the damaged Fuxi array disk. This array disk will be your most relied-upon tool for the Spring Hunt, and its power will exceed your imagination!"

After Liu Jingtong lined up the array disks that would be used in the next month, he finally took out the damaged array disk with several corners missing. He had studied it for a few days and had a general understanding of its condition.

Yue Heng was surprised. Could it be that Lei Pangzi really found a treasure? He had used his divine sense to check, and the core area of this damaged array disk was a large black mass, with most of the array pathways already damaged and blocked, making it basically useless.

"Mr. Liu, can I really fully understand the content of this array disk in a month?" Yue Heng swallowed, sensing that this was not an ordinary array disk.

Liu Jingtong nodded and said seriously, "You must understand it, so you can have the strength of a third-level array master. In the Spring Hunt, as long as you are not surrounded by demon generals, you will not be in danger!"

So powerful!

Yue Heng was pleasantly surprised and became serious.

The Spring Hunt was approaching. The task for the child scholars was the easiest, while the tasks for the students and scholars were clearly more difficult. Knowing that Ji Jingyu and others were even prepared to kill in the Spring Hunt, he now had to join the second-level student circle. The importance of this warning array disk was self-evident; otherwise, he might be stabbed in the back without knowing it.

Moreover, the "Spring" and "Life" array symbols in his body had no combat power. Yue Heng secretly lamented. If he added this damaged array disk, would he really have to cower and hide during the Spring Hunt?

So he still needed to find other ways to gain offensive means, perhaps by seeking help from Lei Pangzi or using contribution points to purchase some powerful magical weapons and talismans.

Yue Heng quickly made a study plan for the next half month. Liu Jingtong took him around the stone house, introducing various materials and tools, opening the cabinets, and teaching him to identify the materials.

Then, the master and apprentice sat side by side at the stone table. Liu Jingtong pushed over a disk identical to the one in Yue Heng's carriage and asked, "Yue Heng, tell me first, how do you understand this warning array disk?"

Yue Heng took it, his divine sense entered, and the world in his eyes turned into a grid of array pathways.

"This array disk, when I first checked the array, it seemed very simple, like a simple circular Fuxi array. There were no eight trigrams, no yin-yang energy, only the core module at the center, with a series of regular warning arrays extending from the standard access interface."

Yue Heng tried to draw the array in his divine sense on paper and quickly drew a pattern similar to a circular maze, with a black mass representing the unknown in the center.

Then he said, "Lei Pangzi told me that the two main features of the mechanical devices made by craftsmen are beast soul energy and sensing drive. The sensing drive is related to the operator. A qualified sensing drive interface can connect to the talent of a scholar, the martial soul power of a warrior, the mental power of a spirit master, or the energy fluctuations of other mechanical weapons, thus being controlled."

Then Yue Heng pointed to several special nodes in the maze array pattern and said, "So I tried placing these mechanical devices at the corresponding nodes in the array. Indeed, after the warning array was activated, these mechanical devices also became effective due to the infusion of talent."

When Lei Pangzi explained what interface standards, fluctuations, and resonance of different mechanical weapons were, Yue Heng understood it after just one explanation.

Actually, it's similar to the concept of a USB interface, except that USB uses circuit board technology, while the Central Yuan world uses a unified standard of talent, soul power, and mental power as the medium, with the same effect.

If an array has two talent overflow nodes, then these two nodes can connect to two mechanical devices with sensing drive modules. If the array has ten nodes, it would be equivalent to having ten USB interfaces, greatly enhancing its expandability.

Lei Pangzi said that mechanical devices, even the flying swords and magical weapons that scholars can drive, as long as they can be recognized and resonate, can be added to the array. This is a common form of combining scholar arrays with mechanical devices, and Yue Heng deeply agreed.

Liu Jingtong was increasingly unable to understand Yue Heng. He knew that Yue Heng had a high understanding of some natural sciences, but he did not expect that he also had a remarkable foundation in array principles.

"Since you understand these principles, I don't need to explain them in detail. You are right. This warning array disk, which I call 'Jing,' is not based on any Fuxi oracle bone symbol. It is a warning array disk I created myself, not based on any functional array symbol!"

Liu Jingtong's explanation left Yue Heng with many doubts.

"Master, does every Fuxi array disk have to be based on a Fuxi oracle bone symbol?"

"Of course, otherwise they would not be able to communicate with the Fuxi star power, borrow the various Fuxi arrays in different places, or be driven by the talent of the divine palace."

"But you said... I understand! You extracted the core function of an official array disk and created a simulated array!"

"Smart!"

Liu Jingtong was in high spirits. Teaching Yue Heng was so easy; he could quickly grasp everything. It felt like having a kindred spirit.

"Next, I will tell you the true secret of the Fuxi array disk!"

Liu Jingtong's hands glowed blue, and his divine sense entered the array divine sense area of Yue Heng and the "Jing" array disk. The two divine senses connected, and they could see the same array pathways.

Yue Heng was truly entering the study of arrays for the first time, humbly seeking guidance.

It turns out that each officially produced Fuxi array disk contains an unbreakable core array. This array is the black area that array masters see. The core array is responsible for communicating with the Fuxi stars. Without it, the array disk is useless.

After the Divine Punishment Year, the core array was controlled by the ten-nation coalition, and it was strictly sealed, listed as the highest human secret. All array disks circulating outside were equipped with encapsulated cores, to prevent anyone from cracking the true core array and causing disorder in the production of array disks.

"The true core array can be seen clearly, but after being re-encapsulated with different Fuxi oracle bone symbols, we can only know the functions of the encapsulated core array, the number of nodes, and whether it can be expanded, etc. The core becomes a black mass."

Liu Jingtong finished explaining and smiled proudly, "However, excellent array masters are not limited. The Fuxi star power verification function of the core array can actually be replaced by other arrays. Although this replacement is unstable and flawed, it at least points out a bypass route!"

Yue Heng was excited and asked, "How many replacement arrays are there? Are they effective? Are there any side effects?"

Liu Jingtong withdrew his divine sense and sighed, "In the past ten years, I have only discovered one, which I found just two months ago. However, I heard that array masters from other countries have better deceptive arrays, but each person is very secretive and will not easily reveal them, only privately exchanging them."

Sigh...

Yue Heng took a deep breath. There were some things he hated but could not change.

"Next, I will demonstrate how to completely strip the array from the 'Jing' array disk! Open your eyes wide and watch carefully!"

The old and the young thus devoted themselves to the study of arrays, forgetting to eat and sleep. In the secluded courtyard on the third floor of the academy, another technical enthusiast was added.