Chapter 12 - A Fantastic Idea and Arrays Formations

The next day Mo Xie slowly woke up from his cultivation.

Opening his eyes, he approached the Life Gold Knife and held it lightly in his hands.

'Unfortunately I don't have an Electrolux on my conscience to give me a new martial soul…' When Mo Xie thought this far he suddenly had a bold idea.

'Electrolux managed to create a spirit ring completely different from the norm and with various abilities and left it to Yuhao. Is it possible to use the power of Life Gold and create a spirit ring that can have various abilities?' Mo Xie couldn't get these thoughts out of his head.

"First I need a way to analyze how spirit rings are formed…" Mo Xie muttered as he played with the carving knife in his hand.

"That's it! The innate ability of my Mystic Eyes! It can see through a lot of things, including laws. Can it help me analyze spirit rings?" Mo Xie almost screamed in excitement.

He quickly called his spirit rings. A purple and a black ring rose from his feet and spun around him. He made the purple ring stop in front of him and activated the innate ability of his Mystic Eyes.

When the ability was activated, Mo Xie felt his vision widen in his ring and his spiritual power began to rapidly deplete. Mo Xie felt he could see vague patterns on the ring, but his vision began to blur rapidly and he stopped his ability.

"It's possible!" Mo Xie didn't feel the least bit of sadness that he couldn't analyze the spirit ring right now. In fact, he was extremely happy.

Even though he didn't understand the patterns on the spirit ring, he confirmed that as long as his spirit power was enough, he might have an idea how to reproduce a new type of spirit ring. Those patterns also reminded him of some memories left by the Old Du.

"Arrays Formations! Although I don't understand those patterns, they are definitely Arrays Formations. If we consider the type, it must be an array related to the soul…" As Mo Xie muttered he decided to learn how to create arrays slowly.

Just the idea of ​​having a unique spirit ring made his blood boil. He took a deep breath to calm himself and tucked the knife into his storage ring. He will fuse with this knife after he is sure he can create his ring. Perhaps his method could even replace the Spirits Yuhao introduced in the original story.

He calmed down and began to cultivate his Heavenly Eyes.

Mo Xie was soon out of the orphanage. He was supposed to finish all his business in Star Luo City and then go to Gengxin City, the city of metal. In Gengxin City he will be able to collect various types of metals for his array practice, which will be extremely beneficial for him.

'I still don't know how the array in my memories compares to those used to make spirit tools here…' Mo Xie thought as he walked towards the battle arena.

At the moment, the most important thing is to earn some money and gather some materials before starting the trip. After buying the Life Gold Knife, he was left with a measly 10.000 gold coins and that is far from enough to support his purchase of spiritual metals.

A month passed quickly. That month, Mo Xie managed to save 50,000 gold coins and decided to deposit most of the money in the bank, as it was inconvenient to bring so much gold in his storage ring. He ended up getting a black card from Star Luo Bank, only one rank level lower than the highest in the Bank.

Through the battles in the arena, his spiritual power reached Rank 24 and was not far from Rank 25. Mo Xie also created some daggers and smaller weapons made of cold iron in Liu Kai's smithy and bought various delicacies to give Xiao Hei during the journey .

Mo Xie was now on the way out of the orphanage and was saying goodbye to Bai Chen and the other children in the orphanage, as well as Principal Ling. Xiao Hei was hiding in his clothes.

"Don't be sad, when I have time I will come back and visit all of you." Mo Xie comforted some children who had tears in their eyes.

"Little Xie, be careful out there and don't cause trouble just because you've become a spiritual master. There are many dangers around the world." Principal Ling continued to advise Mo Xie with a serious face.

"En, I know how to take care of myself. Principal Ling can rest assured that I will not do anything dangerous." Mo Xie nodded.

After a few more minutes of parting, Mo Xie finally turned and walked away in sight of worried eyes.

"Brother Xie, just wait, I'll catch up quickly." Bai Chen yelled.

Mo Xie just waved his hand and didn't turn around.

He walked quickly and left towards Gengxin City. According to the map and his speed, it would take about ten days on the road.

During the trip, Moxie decided to go through the knowledge of arrays in his mind. Even though he couldn't practice at the moment, he could still study the theory behind it.

According to his memoirs, the levels of arrays formation are divided equal to those of blacksmithing. They are: Junior, Intermediate, Advanced, Master, Grandmaster, Sublime and Divine.

Currently, Mo Xie is at the Advanced Blacksmith level and a few steps away from the Master level.

Arrays can have the same functions but with different levels. One example is the spiritual energy gathering array. A junior-level array and an intermediate-level array have different efficacies, and the creation difficulty increases with each level.

Looking at the different junior level arrays, Mo Xie began to study them seriously, while running through his mind the various patterns used in each array and comparing them with others. Mo Xie was like a sponge, absorbing all the knowledge into his mind.

When he realized, he was in front of the gates of Gengxin City.

He quickly entered through the gates and looked for an inn to rent a room. After getting a place to stay he searched several stores that sold spirit metals and bought some for his practice.

'Hmm, should I go to a bet house and see if my eyes can find some rare spirit metals?' Mo Xie already had enough metals to help him in his initial practice, but the higher levels demand a lot more metals to practice.

Mo Xie decided it's best to look for hidden metals in smaller stores before heading to the bet house.

"I shouldn't draw too much attention for now... If I can't get anything from the stores I can go to a betting house." Mo Xie muttered. Lucky for him, he got several relatively expensive metals for a bargain at the stores and returned to the inn when he decided he had enough at the moment.

"After I'm done with these metals I better open a smithy and get some commissions and earn some money to get more metals…" Mo Xie sighed. Learning to create arrays costs a fortune.

Returning to the inn, Mo Xie locked himself in his room and took Xiao Hei out of his clothes and left him on his bed.

"Little thing, hold on a little longer. When we're done here I'll take you to the forest again." Mo Xie spoke while stroking Xiao Hei's fur.

*Purr* Xiao Hei just lay down on the bed.

Mo Xie smiled and began his practice by taking out various metals and the Life Gold Knife. He couldn't merge with it at the moment, but he could use it to create arrays.

The first array he decided to create was the spiritual power gathering array. Of all the ones he saw, this was the most basic and simplest to do.

Mo Xie took the knife and began to carve the array in a piece of spirit copper. The Spiritual Power Gathering Array consisted of 3 normal array patterns and one more pattern acting as the core. When it is finished, depending on the metal it was carved from, it can last for 3 hours before being activated again. Its duration and complexity also increase with the level of the array.

With it being carved in spirit copper, it can last up to an hour before needing to be activated again. Mo Xie saw that there are several ways to make an array that does not need to be activated continuously, but these methods require some rare metals and other combinations of arrays that are at least at the advanced level.

In the end he decided to take it one step at a time.

Mo Xie failed 5 times before successfully creating his first formation. He had a bitter smile on his face. Five metals were wasted and became scrap only in creating a junior array. He didn't even want to think about higher-level spending.

Mo Xie activated the array and noticed a slight improvement in the spiritual power in his room, but it was an almost insignificant change. Shaking his head he continued his practice.

Just like that, various metals were used to improve his proficiency in creating various arrays of gathering spiritual power, barrier, stun, and various other junior-level arrays.

"I still need to get used to creating those arrays and decreasing the consumption of my mental power…" Mo Xie muttered and decided to rest and cultivate for a while.

'Let's take it easy and set a goal of creating advanced arrays before going to Shrek.' Finishing his thoughts, he sat on the bed beside Xiao Hei and closed his eyes, starting his cultivation after activating the various arrays he created.

Even though the spiritual power boost in the room is like a drop of water in the ocean, it's still better than nothing.