For instance...
Array knowledge.
After harvesting a large number of spirit stones, Yang Hong, in addition to the daily tasks of ripening spirit plants and brewing wine,
Engaged in spending!
He infused all the spirit stones into the array nodes, continuously refining the existing arrays' deficiencies and further enhancing their power.
By the third transaction, Yang Hong proposed his desire to purchase array secret manuals.
"Senior, what quality of arrays do you seek? We cannot procure very high-quality arrays."
"Indeed, Senior. Our demon race has not had a Grade Seven array master for a hundred thousand years.
The highest is only a Grade Six array master."
"Our Cat Demon tribe possesses some array heritage, but the highest is Grade Five. The highest we can trade is Grade Four,
I fear it may not meet Senior's discerning eye."
"Alas~ Our Green Fish tribe's arrays are also only Grade Four. Compared to Senior's arrays, they are mere trash."
Upon hearing Yang Hong's request, the demon kings sighed mournfully.
They had already regarded Yang Hong as a Grade Six array master. Otherwise, how could the defensive array of Jade Slip Island have remained completely unresponsive to the combined attacks of thirty demon kings?
[Heh heh~ I would never tell you that I am actually a Grade Three array master.]
Yang Hong, within Jade Slip Island, smirked and inwardly chuckled with pride.
The intelligence of the demon race was indeed different from that of humans. They only knew how to set up simple arrays and research them,
But rarely researched array combinations.
As a transmigrator, Yang Hong understood the power of combinations all too well.
The combined effect of Jade Slip Island's arrays was a testament to this.
Yang Hong modulated his tone and offered words of comfort to the demon kings.
"Alright, alright. I only want some Grade Four arrays to study.
It's about learning from others and improving, isn't it? Perhaps it can help me advance my path of arrays a little faster?"
Hearing Yang Hong's words, the demon kings all offered their admiration and flattery.
"Senior possesses great wisdom, knowing to learn from others and improve."
"This is what is meant by 'borrowing a stone from another mountain to polish one's own jade'."
"We congratulate Senior on further advancing in the path of arrays and entering the ranks of Grade Seven array masters."
"We wish Senior a swift ascent to becoming an array master."
After all, compliments were free, and they said whatever sounded good.
As for whether they were sincere?
Definitely not!
These demon kings were inwardly cursing Yang Hong, wishing for him to fail in his array research and ultimately suffer qi deviation.
Yang Hong paid no heed to the demon kings' thoughts; all he cared about was acquiring the arrays.
"Hahaha~ You are truly eloquent.
Then I shall accept your well wishes.
Return and bring all the Grade Four arrays you can trade.
I want all Grade Four arrays. I will give you spirit fish at double the market price, and you can trade them all for Grade Four spirit fish."
"Ah~ Really?"
"Thank you, Senior, for your generosity. I shall return to my clan immediately to fetch the jade slips."
"I'll rush back too."
"Senior, please wait and see. Next month, at the latest, I will bring the array jade slips."
All the demon kings were initially indifferent when Yang Hong mentioned double the market price, but the prospect of trading entirely for Grade Four spirit fish made them restless.
Just last month, a Grade Six late-stage demon king of the Cat Demon tribe consumed a Grade Four spirit fish. Not only did he gain a superficial understanding of the rules of creation, but he also broke through to the Grade Seven demon lord realm.
This piece of news had already begun to spread. The demon kings present were all aware of it, and they themselves desired to obtain a Grade Four spirit fish for their own consumption.
Now that the opportunity had arisen, not being proactive would be foolish.
Yang Hong was unaware of the demon races' hidden motives, nor did he need to care.
However, by the second month of trading, he had obtained 122 Grade Four array jade slips.
In exchange, he had paid with Grade Four spirit fish, which he now rarely consumed.
"So, the arrays of the demon race are not without combinations; they are simply in another form of combination.
It can be called fusion."
After perusing the Grade Four array jade slips, Yang Hong felt a sense of sudden realization.
If his array combinations were like 1+1=2, an additive process,
Then Grade Four arrays were like 2x2=4, a multiplicative process.
With multiplication, who would bother with addition?
After finishing all the Grade Four array jade slips, Yang Hong felt a sense of enlightenment, and he naturally broke through to become a Grade Four array master.
It was as simple and natural as a primary school student who only knew addition suddenly being shown the multiplication table by an older student.
"The gap between Grade Three arrays and Grade Four arrays is not significant; it's truly just a thin veil that needs to be pierced."
He lamented, and then Yang Hong began to set up a Grade Four spirit-gathering array.
On a one-mile radius plain, he placed eighty-one spirit stones,
Then, at an appropriate depth underground, he placed nine spirit stones, and finally, he fixed nine spirit stones in the air at precise locations.
"Hum~"
After a muffled sound, the spirit stones on the ground and in the air simultaneously vanished.
"It's done!
The key to Grade Four arrays is to transform planar arrays into three-dimensional ones."
"Why didn't I think of this before?
Indeed, a self-taught path has significant limitations."
He succeeded in array formation on the first try, and Yang Hong marveled as he moved about within the array space.
He meticulously experienced the changes in the surrounding space and the fluctuations of the heaven and earth spiritual energy.
"As expected, it's a reward. The effect is three times stronger than the Grade Three spirit-gathering array."
Once one principle is understood, all principles are understood.
Over the next three days, he successfully set up all 122 Grade Four arrays.
"The gap between Grade Four arrays is quite large.
The weakest arrays are three times more powerful than their Grade Three counterparts, while the strongest are a staggering twenty-eight times more potent."
After studying those arrays, Yang Hong still had many reflections.
The jade slips mentioned that truly excellent Grade Four arrays should be a hundred times more powerful than their Grade Three counterparts.
Evidently, the demon kings had held back some secrets.
"This should be enough for now."
With new arrays, it was natural to replace the old ones.
All arrays were upgraded to Grade Four. Yang Hong fused them whenever possible and combined them if fusion was not an option.
The only pity was that he couldn't find a replacement for the [Spirit Transformation Array], which made the energy conversion between arrays less smooth.
"Fellow Daoists of Jade Slip Island, please come out and meet us. Hei Kangzhi and Hei Kangsui of the Silver Star Black Fish tribe request an audience."
Just as Yang Hong was experimenting with improving the quality of the [Spirit Transformation Array], a domineering and loud voice echoed.
Simultaneously, a vast spiritual pressure descended upon the entirety of Jade Slip Island.
In a moment of carelessness, a scan of Yang Hong's spiritual consciousness revealed him using his true essence to support spirit stones while setting up an array, his cultivation level laid bare.
"Scoundrel, you are only Grade Four! You are only Grade Four!
My sons, attack!
Break in, I want to tear this scoundrel to pieces!"
Yang Hong was about to feign a reprimand,
When he unexpectedly heard the enraged orders from the demon race outside.
"Is the arrival a Grade Seven demon lord?"
Yang Hong immediately considered a possibility: only a Grade Seven unified realm demon lord would possess such potent spiritual pressure.
"Bang bang~ Rumble~~"
Almost instantly, two Grade Seven demon lords launched their attacks,
Along with several dozen great demons and demon kings.
Further in the distance, the demon kings of the 29 tribes also stirred, contemplating that if the master of Jade Slip Island was merely a Grade Four demon, then...
However, they no longer had a choice.
All they could do was gape in astonishment.
Two orange fireballs appeared successively, engulfing the two Grade Seven demon lords.
When the fireballs dissipated, in the space,
There was nothing!
A Grade Four array, the [Crimson Fire Burning Heaven Array].
The [Crimson Fire Burning Heaven Array] with 128 array bases, fused 12 times, with a power increased by 2 to the power of 12!
"Crack crack~"
After a chain lightning strike, three demon kings and thirty great demons who were attacking were directly locked by the lightning chain.
Yang Hong then captured them and imprisoned them in his scale space.
The [Wind Cloud Lightning Array] with 385 array bases, combined 99 times.
"Who else?"
Yang Hong's calm voice, amplified by the array, echoed throughout the 3,000-mile sea.
"..."