Path of Alchemy Mastery-Chapter 286 - 287: Origin of the Array

"You still don’t understand me now, so you keep scolding me, but once you truly understand this great one here..."

"What’ll happen after I understand you, stop scolding you?"

"Of course not, once you truly understand this great one here, you’ll want to beat me up."

This was a conversation between Mu Can and Wang Cai, from which it is clear that this dog understands himself a bit. That’s why it has been urging Mu Can to conceal his identity after ascending to the Supreme Interface, to not reveal the fact that he is a disciple of the Heavenly Dao thief—otherwise, it would be very easy for him to be assassinated when he is at his weakest.

"Calling you fat only makes you huff," Mu Can is now different from before. Ever since he last confronted Wang Cai, Mu Can is no longer afraid of him mentally.

After all, he had already fought with the dog; there’s no need to care about face when dealing with Wang Cai—the more you want face, the more weaknesses you reveal to Wang Cai.

"Alright, this great one won’t argue with you. It’s not easy to come out here, so let this great one show you what is really going on around here."

Seeing Mu Can’s expression, Wang Cai felt a bit uneasy. This person in front of him had dared to bite a dog; if Mu Can were to be provoked and bite back, what then? A good dog shouldn’t fight with humans.

"Alright, have a good look then. It’s good you’ve come out—this place is said to be full of opportunities. I’ve wandered around for half a day and found nothing; it’s perfect to use your sharp dog... oh, no, I meant, your sharp Spiritual Sense."

Mu Can quickly changed his statement upon seeing Wang Cai’s growing displeasure.

Upon hearing Mu Can correct himself, Wang Cai nodded contentedly, sat down cross-legged on the ground, his upper body erect, and behind him, specks of light began to emerge, forming a halo around Wang Cai.

With a dignified treasure-like presence, Mu Can had never imagined he would one day use these four words on a big black dog.

But he had to admit, the current Wang Cai really looked the part and even Mu Can couldn’t pick out any faults.

The pinnacle of a dog’s life—this dog could be described as the peak achievement of dogkind.

Wang Cai sat cross-legged like a human, with two beams of light shining from his canine eyes, scanning the surroundings, occasionally shaking or nodding his head, leaving Mu Can completely baffled.

"How is it, what’s going on here?" Mu Can couldn’t hold back any longer and asked.

Only then did Wang Cai put away his Divine Skills and lazily got up, appearing utterly indifferent.

"What’s the rush? Don’t you know better than to disturb Wang Cai while I’m casting spells?" Wang Cai glared at Mu Can with a look of self-importance.

Mu Can silently told himself not to get angry multiple times and managed to suppress his fury.

This dog was really beyond redemption; once they were out, Mu Can would have to make him understand what true cruelty was. freeωebnovēl.c૦m

"So, what did you find?" Mu Can forced a smile at Wang Cai.

"That smile is too fake."

"You... are you going to talk or not?" Mu Can couldn’t put up with it any longer, this damn dog was really overstepping his bounds.

"Look at you, getting angry again. You still need to work on your mental cultivation, alright, alright, don’t be mad. Two pieces of news for you—one good and one bad. Which one do you want to hear first?" Wang Cai, seeing that Mu Can was genuinely getting irritated, hastily changed the topic.

"Let’s hear the bad news first." Mu Can didn’t want to dwell on the petty calculations with this silly dog; he would keep account and settle them later. The priority now was to understand what was happening here.

"The bad news is that you’re trapped here. If you can’t break the Array here, I’m afraid you won’t be able to leave." Although it was bad news, there was no sign of fear on Wang Cai’s face, as if being unable to leave was a minor issue for him.

"What’s the good news?"

"The good news is that the Array Eye of this Array should be a treasure of a decent grade. As long as you find this Array Eye, you can not only break the Array but also find yourself a little fortune." Wang Cai spoke at a leisurely pace, acting all the more pompous at such a crucial moment.

Hearing the good news, Mu Can’s eyes lit up—he trusted the judgment of this dog. If Wang Cai said the grade was decent, then the treasure must indeed be desirable.

"Array, so this place is all within an Array? But why would someone set up an Array in the Immortal Ancient Secret Realm?"

Mu Can has always wanted to study Arrays but has not yet had the time to delve into it.

"Bark! Never say you’ve been around this great one, it’s too embarrassing for dogs." Wang Cai, hearing Mu Can’s words, spoke with a disdainful face.

Damn it, once again despised by a dog, Mu Can found that talking with Wang Cai never ended well—either getting bitten by a dog or looked down on. So he simply stopped talking, eagerly waiting for Wang Cai to continue.

They say even a dog can’t hide a couple ounces of sesame oil; although Wang Cai was at the peak of his dog life, deep down he was still a dog. Seeing Mu Can no longer pressed him for answers, he couldn’t help himself and continued to explain.

"It seems I need to give you a primer on Array knowledge. You should know; back in the day when I followed the old master, I specialized in studying Arrays for a while." Wang Cai stood upright, with his front paws crossed behind him like a schoolmaster from the Mortal World.

Mu Can acted nonchalant, but his ears were pricked up, listening attentively.

This dog might be smug, but he did have some real knowledge and skills.

"Arrays are originally from the very fabric of the world. If you boil it down, you can think of an Array as a special kind of energy field. Such a field, created from Spiritual Energy, due to different energy flows, has different effects. No one knows how the first Array was discovered. Maybe in the ancient times, when human cultivation hadn’t formed a system, someone accidentally found a particularly dry spot in a swamp, or perhaps in a particularly hot place found an unusually cool spot. Upon close inspection, it was discovered that it was that kind of terrain that determined the direction of Spiritual Energy flow, creating this phenomenon."

Pause for a moment, seeing that Mu Can was completely captivated by his topics, Wang Cai nodded in satisfaction and continued.

"Such an Array is a natural Array. One characteristic of natural Arrays is that they are more invisible and harder to detect than man-made Arrays, and their effects are also more elusive."

"So you’re saying that the origin of Arrays actually comes from those special terrains formed naturally in the world?" Mu Can asked.

He had never imagined that the origin of Arrays could be naturally formed by the world itself.