Deep within the bamboo forest, clouds and mist swirled.
When Chen Yu visited Yang Hongli's bamboo house, he found it empty. He only learned from Cultivators passing along the bamboo path that his senior brother had been staying in a bustling little courtyard near the lotus pond for the past few days.
The Dao of Arrays was difficult to learn and even harder to master. Setting up an Array by simply copying a model was ultimately a hollow imitation, lacking any grasp of the deeper principles.
But once mastered, one could secure a respectable position and stipend even within the intensely competitive Three Elements Sect.
As for someone like Yang Hongli, whose attainments in the Dao of Arrays at such a young age nearly matched those of an elder in his twilight years, Spirit Stones were never a concern.
