Watching Hua Xinlei, whose fist intent had been comprehended, and then looking at his own, which was stuck at 98% of the Courageous and Fearless fist intent,
Yang Hong decided to use Hua Xinlei to hone his fist intent.
However, Yang Hong was destined to be disappointed.
After half a year of continuous sparring with Hua Xinlei, Hua Xinlei had already comprehended his second fist intent,
but his own fist intent remained stuck at 98%!
He also understood that what he lacked was comprehension, not practice.
Perhaps, he needed another killing to break through that last glimmer of realization in his heart.
Thinking of this, Yang Hong looked at the bright-eyed Hua Xinlei with a touch of helplessness.
"Alright, that's all for the fist technique training. You can continue your own cultivation from here.
If you want to leave, I'll escort you out."
"Master, I don't want to leave. I still want to learn fist techniques from Master."
Hearing Yang Hong suggest he leave, Hua Xinlei thumped his head and knelt down again.
"Get up. When Yu Ke'wei returns, you'll still need to go out and gain experience with her."
"Master~~"
"Let me finish speaking."
Hua Xinlei was about to pledge his loyalty again, but Yang Hong glared at him, silencing him.
"The reason I'm having you leave Jade Stream Island is not just for you to gain experience, but more importantly, to help me collect cultivation resources.
This includes spirit stones, demon cores, cultivation techniques, spirit herbs, spirit ores, and all sorts of other resources."
"Furthermore, I can't stay on Jade Stream Island indefinitely. When the time is right, I'll have to leave too."
Yang Hong explained patiently. He genuinely wanted to leave.
He had been in the Myriad Demon Archipelago for nine years, and he was starting to worry about the situation in the Great Sui Dynasty.
"Master's command is Xiao Shu's mission. Whatever Master commands, Xiao Shu will surely strive to complete."
Hua Xinlei was truly sincere. Upon hearing Yang Hong's words, he knelt down again.
Yang Hong was so exasperated.
"Alright, get up!
I'll also impart the immortal cultivation fist techniques to you."
When Hua Xinlei quickly mastered all the immortal cultivation fist techniques and comprehended a new artistic conception, Yang Hong almost doubted his own existence.
What kind of tree was this?
Not only was its fist technique cultivation fast, but its comprehension of artistic conceptions was also so quick. It was defying the heavens!
What brought Yang Hong some comfort was that Hua Xinlei's cultivation of spells was extremely slow. Even after transforming for over a year, he had only learned one offensive spell, [Wood Arrow Technique].
He hadn't learned any other spells!
This should be Hua Xinlei's innate flaw.
Now, Yang Hong required him to spend at least two hours every day practicing the two escape spells, [Wood Escape] and [Earth Escape].
Yang Hong's plan was to send Hua Xinlei out once he learned these two escape techniques.
Of course, if Yu Ke'wei returned before Hua Xinlei learned the escape techniques, he would still be sent out.
Seeing him was irritating.
Although this fist technique genius was cultivated by himself and was 100% loyal,
who wouldn't be annoyed when seeing someone more talented than themselves?
Of course, Yang Hong wouldn't be jealous of Hua Xinlei's talent. After all, Hua Xinlei was at least one of the subordinates he had cultivated.
He had the System.
With the System's help, he could instantly learn and quickly master any cultivation technique, spell, or martial art.
This was an advantage that no normal cultivator could possess.
Moreover, Yang Hong's comprehension was not bad. In the past year, he had already thoroughly understood Grade 4 formations and begun researching Grade 5 formations.
The cultivation of formations became increasingly difficult as one progressed.
It not only required more knowledge but also a certain level of comprehension of "Dao" and "Rules" to learn.
Grade 4 formations only required understanding the concept of fusion and learning three-dimensional array deployment.
For a Blue Star transmigator who had graduated from university, this was not a big problem.
Yang Hong only needed to look at a few formation jade slips to comprehend it naturally.
However, Grade 5 formations were a completely different concept, another level entirely.
Although the foundation of Grade 5 formations was still the same: Tai Chi, Two Poles, Three Authorities, Four Symbols, Five Elements, Six Harmonies, Seven Stars, Eight Trigrams, Nine Palaces, and Ten Directions basic formations.
The idea of combination was still combination plus fusion.
But the method of fusing formations was no longer a simple 1+1 or 2x2; it involved profound laws like rules and the principles of the Dao.
These things were a great test for Yang Hong, who cultivated through the System.
Therefore, even after collecting 18 jade slips, Yang Hong could not deploy even a single Grade 5 formation.
No wonder it was always said in the cultivation world that Nascent Soul stage cultivators were true cultivators, and Grade 5 Demon Kings were true demons.
These words had their own inherent logic.
One day, seeing Yang Hong fail to deploy a formation again, Hua Xinlei, the little follower, suddenly said.
"Master, I feel like when you deploy formations, you're missing some kind of spiritual charm,
like the difference between your Hundred Flower Wine brewing technique and your Hundred Fruit Brew technique, it's missing the spiritual charm of creation."
"Spiritual charm?"
Hearing Hua Xinlei's words, Yang Hong muttered to himself, finding a glimmer of an idea.
"Master, why don't you try adding the spiritual charm of creation you comprehended into the formation to see the effect."
Hua Xinlei continued to suggest.
"That won't work. My understanding of the spiritual charm of creation is too shallow to be applied to formations, or even to similar spells."
"Do you think I don't want to brew [Hundred Flower Wine] in one go?"
Yang Hong rolled his eyes and directly refused Hua Xinlei's suggestion.
He wasn't an idiot; he had already tried it.
"Master, perhaps the spiritual charm of creation isn't suitable for formation deployment. Why don't you try other spiritual charms?"
"Hmm?"
Yang Hong began to suspect this possibility.
The spiritual charm of creation was too gentle, belonging to the rules of life;
while he had 18 Grade 5 formations, 3 defensive and 15 offensive.
They were all destructive formations, seeming to be in opposition to the rules of life.
"You have a point.
I'm going to practice Wood Escape and Earth Escape."
"Oh~~"
Although Yang Hong agreed with Hua Xinlei's suggestion, he still patted his sturdy arm, telling him to go practice the escape techniques.
Seeing Hua Xinlei's dejected expression, he chuckled.
He recalled in his mind the formations he had mastered, as well as the spells and spiritual items he possessed.
"【Heaven-Shattering Earth-Sealing Gale Array】 This is a top-grade Grade 5 formation, a wind attribute offensive formation, and its power looks formidable.
I have already comprehended the Clear Breeze Sword Intent, and cultivating wind element spells, and then comprehending wind element spiritual charm should be faster."
After much thought, Yang Hong decided to cultivate wind element spells in the coming days.
However, Yang Hong's decision brought considerable trouble to the outer demons.
He had learned thousands of wind element spells, many of which were synthesized by the System. This time, to comprehend wind element spiritual charm faster, he focused on practicing the Grade 4 secret technique [Bone-Scraping Hurricane Technique].
This was a technique that consumed a huge amount of energy, requiring Yang Hong, a Golden Core cultivator of ten million years, to consume one-tenth of his true essence with each use.
Such immense consumption meant terrifying power.
Even if Yang Hong cast the spell towards the sky, the wind force generated by the [Bone-Scraping Hurricane] could still stir the sea within a radius of 2,000 miles, lifting tens of thousands of tons of seawater into the sky each time.
Among this seawater, of course, were fish, including the 30 batches of Jade Stream Wine Spirit Fish farmed by the demons.
This dealt a severe blow to their farming industry.
If it were only once or twice, the impact would not be significant.
But Yang Hong practiced at least 10 times a day!
Their farming industry was directly rendered unviable.
However, looking at the terrifying tornado and the even more terrifying defensive formation, they could only vent their anger in their hearts.
After all, they still needed to buy spirit fish from Yang Hong.
But these demons all knew that Yang Hong's cultivation was only Grade 4, so how could they be reconciled?
Some demons were already harboring dangerous thoughts.