Chapter 1318 Array Cultivators

In fact, according to the Taichu Sect's current situation, if no more resources are obtained and only relying on what's in the Taichu Sect's warehouse,

it's just enough for the entire Taichu Sect to use for less than a hundred years.

Moreover, this usage must be in a way that nothing is wasted.

One must know that besides cultivation, using resources for things such as Artifact Refining or alchemy, how could one ensure those resources aren't wasted?

After all, whether it's an Artifact Refining Expert or an Alchemy Master, their success is built upon a countless pile of materials. It's not like deciding to become an Artifact Refining Expert makes you one.

They've gone through countless failures to acquire more knowledge points to progress, gradually consolidating these points into mistakes to avoid in their future Artifact Refining.

And these mistakes are their experiences. It's like Yuan Chu; he has used countless materials in Artifact Refining. Even if you asked him to count the total materials used from learning Artifact Refining to now, he couldn't calculate it clearly.

But if a detailed report were placed before him, even knowing he used many materials, he'd still be astonished.

Even if Bai Feng listed his Artifact Refining materials before Yuan Chu, Yuan Chu would be surprised.

Because for both Artifact Refining and alchemy, their required materials are usually not predictable, sometimes causing daily material losses enough to refine several top-tier Magical Treasures.

Yet these materials were ruined by those Qi Refiners. Of course, it's not that they were ruined but turned into the practice experiences of those Artifact Refiners, knowing where the pitfalls are.

This way, they won't hit the same pitfalls in future Artifact Refining.

When Yuan Chu was teaching Bai Feng Artifact Refining, he shared all the pitfalls he encountered, letting Bai Feng avoid them, thus forming an Artifact Refining lineage, passing on some Artifact Refining techniques to Bai Feng. Besides supporting with resources, very little else can be imparted, just ensuring disciples don't repeat the same mistakes, letting them advance progressively in their own style.

This is the inheritance method for Artifact Refining or alchemy, but Array inheritance differs, relying on one's creativity, and many old Arrays have fixed formats and placements.

After mastering these old Arrays, it tests your creativity. If your mind is broad, you can combine countless new Arrays. If too conservative, you can use older Arrays to get by.

After all, the newer the Array, the less likely it is to have countermeasures, making it less likely someone will break it.

But if an Array is too exceptional, others will study how to bypass it to avoid falling into it. However, without practical experience, the chances of breaking an Array are much slimmer.

Trying to break an Array based solely on assumptions is simply laughable.

Older, especially famous Arrays, often have countermeasures, though some are so powerful that countermeasures haven't appeared yet. Despite their power, deploying them involves significant resource costs, usually deemed not worth it unless no other suitable Arrays are available.

These Arrays generally have high costs and limited use, being inconvenient and resource-intensive, leading few people to use or study how to break them. It's impractical to research breaking an Array you might never see more than a couple of times in life; some people never even see such Arrays.

So if you're ever trapped by such an Array, it just means you're out of luck.

Unless you can foresee being enveloped by such an Array, trying to break it would imply leisure.

And indicate you're a wealthy person, with abundant resources, not needing to be frugal.

Typically, Arrays sought to be broken are common ones with good effects, requiring few resources, offering great cost-effectiveness, hence attracting many attempts to break.

Once a method to break them is found, others will develop even more economical methods, enhancing said method's thriftiness.

Only then can this thriftiness be widely adopted and continually economized, rendering the Array breakable at a moment's notice, after which it falls out of use.

Those cultivating Arrays will continue developing high cost-effectiveness Arrays of their own.

To sum it up, practitioners of Arrays lead a tough life for progress; any delay leads to obsolescence and leaves their Arrays useless, discarded by the times without purpose.

Most who practice Arrays won't delve into other Immortal Techniques as these would impede their Array cultivation time.

Delay in Array cultivation equates to fewer opportunities for understanding Arrays.

Comprehending Arrays to create new ones is akin to novel writing, flowing seamlessly when inspiration hits.

An understanding of Arrays aligns with this; inspiration births new Arrays, though one cannot grasp the arrival time of such inspiration; even masters like Zhen Chu cannot predict it.

Such things resemble luck—ephemeral and elusive, impossible to consciously feel.

Thus, Array practitioners lead arduous lives, seeking inspiration while facing others' attempts to breach their work.