Chapter 107: Chapter 107: What, He’s Not Farming Anymore?

Meditating cross-legged in the Spirit Field, Chen Mo’s perception was remarkably stronger than that of ordinary people. When someone approached, his eyes snapped open instantly. He shot to his feet and, bolstered by the Spirit Snake Body Technique, appeared outside the Array in a flash. He still did not want to expose the secret of the Curved Water Shadow Array. Therefore, Chen Mo blocked anyone who came near, keeping them outside the Spirit Field.

"What is it?"

Xia Wan, who had been agonizing over how to start a conversation, was startled by his sudden appearance. She stumbled back two steps in a panic, her heart pounding wildly in her chest.

"Greetings, Fellow... Fellow Daoist..." she stammered, before calming herself down. She figured that since this was their first meeting, she couldn’t leave a bad impression on him.

"Who are you?"

Chen Mo had actually recognized her the moment he laid eyes on her. However, the complicated circumstances surrounding her weren’t something he could share with outsiders, so he had to pretend he didn’t know her.

"I am Xia Wan. I’d... I’d like to make friends with you, Fellow Daoist."

Her coy manner of speaking, coupled with her exquisite face, did indeed evoke a heart-stirring sense of delight. Chen Mo looked her up and down. Whether it was her facial features or her figure, she was undoubtedly top-tier—leagues better than the Female Cultivators at the Fragrance Pavilion in the Ancient Dust Marketplace. It was no wonder the former Pavilion Master here had treated her as his exclusive plaything.

"I don’t have time," Chen Mo waved his hand, his tone slightly hostile. A Female Cultivator like her was no better than Lan Ling. Once you got involved with her, you would never be able to shake her off.

"Huh?" Xia Wan hadn’t expected him to refuse so bluntly.

She stood to the side, her hands constantly rubbing against each other in front of her chest as the pride buried in her heart involuntarily surged up. Back in the day, a single whisper from her on the pillow could determine the life or death of a Spirit Plant Cultivator. Her every frown and smile had left countless Cultivators with a captivated Divine Soul. She had assumed that the man before her would be an easy catch and had even started considering what benefits she could wring out of him. Who would have thought he would actually reject her! For a moment, resentment gathered in her chest.

Seeing the Spiritual Qi begin to condense within her body, Chen Mo frowned. "Are you trying to pick a fight?"

At those words, Xia Wan deflated like a punctured balloon. Her clenched hands loosened. He was right! This man was a Cultivator of Purple Cloud Peak. If she recklessly attacked him, how would it be any different from courting death? Taking a deep breath, she gritted her teeth and said, "Farewell!"

Just as she turned to leave, an image of Song Yunxi flashed into Chen Mo’s mind. The corners of his mouth curled up. "The current Pavilion Master likes going to the Fragrance Pavilion."

Xia Wan, who had already begun walking away, trembled all over. A moment later, she quickened her pace.

...

The incident with Xia Wan was merely a minor interlude that brought no ripples to Chen Mo’s life. However, far away in the Ancient Dust Marketplace on the other side of Purple Cloud Peak, a man arrived at Chen Mo’s former residence.

Yi Tingsheng examined the house, which stood out distinctly from the other small wooden cabins, and knocked on the door. He wondered, "The Spirit Plant Cultivator who bought my seeds is this rich? No wonder, no wonder."

Just as he was lost in thought, the door clicked open, and a middle-aged Female Cultivator stepped out. Yi Tingsheng froze.

"Are you looking for me?"

"You? Are you... Isn’t this the residence of Fellow Daoist Chen Mo?"

Hearing Chen Mo’s name, the Female Cultivator immediately revealed a look of deep fascination. Ever since his story began circulating throughout the Ancient Dust Marketplace, the value of this house had skyrocketed, with many a Spirit Plant Cultivator expressing a desire to move in. A Spirit Plant Cultivator, who had once been as lowly as one could possibly be, had actually become sworn brothers with the Pavilion Master! Who wouldn’t want to ride his coattails to the top?

"Are you a friend of Fellow Daoist Chen?"

Yi Tingsheng hesitated for a moment before nodding.

"Then you don’t know where he went?"

"I just came back from an adventure."

"Oh." The Female Cultivator stared at him for a few seconds. "He went to the White Snake Marketplace."

"The White Snake Marketplace? What is he doing there?" Yi Tingsheng had set foot there once in his early years. All the Marketplaces at the foot of the mountain were largely the same, so it hadn’t left much of a lasting impression on him.

"What is he doing there? Do you really think he’s still farming like the rest of us?"

"Huh?!" Yi Tingsheng was dumbfounded. "He’s not farming anymore?"

"With his current status, why would he still farm?"

Upon receiving a confirmed answer, Yi Tingsheng immediately became depressed. The Cultivators of Purple Cloud Peak had finally left, allowing him to successfully enter the mysterious cave and secure a new batch of seeds. But now, before he could even reach his buyer, the buyer had actually quit farming.

Who was he supposed to sell these seeds to now?!

Yi Tingsheng was extremely frustrated. His easy mark had slipped through his fingers—no, his easy mark had stopped farming altogether!

...

One month later, midsummer arrived.

As the rain fell time and time again, the Spirit Plants in the fields grew rapidly. Similarly, the weeds grew just as fast.

In previous years, Chen Mo would carry a shovel into the fields and weave through the rows alone to clear out the weeds. However, doing so ended up delaying his cultivation time. Since all he wanted was to dedicate himself entirely to the grind, he picked back up the Grass Killing Array that he had only half-learned.

Just like the Curved Water Shadow Array, the Grass Killing Array also required an Array Hub. More specifically, it needed one Array Hub in each of the four cardinal directions: east, south, west, and north. The array utilized Life-taking Gold Stones soaked in rooster blood. These were also a Companion Ore found in Ore Veins, though their value was significantly lower than that of the Green Concealing Stone.

Before Ban Xiaowei left, he hadn’t taken the four blood-soaked Life-taking Gold Stones with him. Chen Mo originally assumed the man would return after ten days or half a month, but unexpectedly, he ended up waiting for an entire spring and summer.

For several days in a row, Chen Mo had been pondering over the essence of the Grass Killing Array. Every time he practiced Seeking Dragon, he could pinpoint the target accurately, yet his Walking Snake technique was always lacking. It was clear that this stemmed from a lack of understanding of the Array Formation!

At this moment, as per usual, he gripped a Life-taking Gold Stone in his hand. Tapping his feet lightly, he moved swiftly through the Spirit Field. Once he located the four Array Hubs, he relied on Qi Mechanism Attraction, attempting to use Celestial Time and geographical advantage to find the method for Array Formation. However, after a series of mistakes, he failed once again.

"How could this happen?" Chen Mo began to doubt his life choices once more.

He knew his Talent in Array Formation wasn’t high, but his success with the Curved Water Shadow Array had restored some of his confidence. Yet now... he couldn’t even set up an array that was no more complicated than the Curved Water Shadow Array. He felt like a complete failure.

With Ban Xiaowei’s ten days of instruction and his own continuous enlightenment over the past several days, Chen Mo distinctly felt that he had grasped the essentials of the Grass Killing Array. Yet when he put it into practice, he hit a wall at every turn. Nothing seemed to work the way he expected!

"This is harder than advanced calculus!"

Cursing himself internally, he dove back into his enlightenment. He refused to accept this outcome. The array had clearly been taught to him—why couldn’t he set it up?

What Chen Mo didn’t know, however, was that if he had chosen a different spot for his Array Formation, this relatively simple Tier One Grass Killing Array would have been successfully established ages ago! The reason he failed time and time again wasn’t a lack of deep comprehension, but rather because it involved the concept of a Stacked Array!

Could overlapping two arrays into one ever be the same as setting up two separate arrays?

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