Arriving at Hesroth's place, they found him and Nathan talking to each other. It seemed Hesroth had completed his enlightenment, and from the energetic look on his face, he appeared ten years younger. Nathan wasn't any different, he looked concentrated on his Cultivation these days, and the way he was progressing was fast, already being second-level Qi Sensing stage.
Once they saw Xue Mo and Lu Yao, Nathan and Hesroth got up and gave a small bow. Although Xue Mo and Lu Yao didn't care for such things, Hesroth still insisted. Waving his hand, Xue Mo made them stop and sat with them.
"Yao and I will enter into another seclusion. We will leave in a few months once the war ends," Xue Mo said while sipping tea that Hesroth just brewed. He appeared to relax, but that was because no poison could harm his body even if he were to get poisoned.
Exchanging looks, Hesroth and Nathan looked uncomfortable. "Speak what's on your mind?" Xue Mo didn't beat around the bush and asked them.
"Master, me and Hesroth have discussed and found that we were greatly lacking in many things and wanted to ask if you can help us," Nathan replied while scratching his head.
Getting curious, Xue Mo gestured for them to elaborate. "Master, from what I can see, my knowledge in Arrays and Nathan's of Formations have reached a bottleneck. We were trying to create the Array Formation Teleportation that disciples could carry to rescue them when necessary! Although we both know the Array and Formation of individual ones, we couldn't combine them when we tried to combine them. We don't know how to progress from here."
Xue Mo got the gist of the situation and looked at Lu Yao. Feeling his gaze on her, Lu Yao sighed and said, "I can help you two."
Hesroth knew that Lu Yao was a great Rune Master and wasn't surprised. Though Nathan didn't know how great this Mistress of his was, the sole fact that she was his Mistress and Xue Mo's Partner stopped him from doubting her abilities.
Lu Yao's last breakthrough in Rune Creation allowed her to feel and control Mana and even write with it instead of using special inks. While she worked on the Rune aspect, Xue Mo, who had immense knowledge of Arrays from his Past life, worked on the Array part.
Both of them had seen how the combination worked and the basics of it, and with some practice that they did in their free time, they quickly mastered it. Nathan and Hesroth stared at the two workings, one with Arch Energy and Mana looking mesmerized.
Xue Mo and Lu Yao wrote in the air, and both parts slowly inched near each other, beautiful shapes and weird words combined in the air. In less than an hour, Xue Mo and Lu Yao finished. The same thing that held Nathan and Hesroth back was quickly done by Xue Mo and Lu Yao and in unprecedented time!
After they finished making the Array Formation, Lu Yao didn't stop. Using her space Magic, she imbued it into the new creation, stunning Hesroth and Nathan. They had no idea that she could use space Magic.
When she completed the procedure, the Array Formation shined in transparent grey before solidifying it in the air. The scene was weird; the shape, instead of dispersing, remained. Nathan and Hesroth felt that they should stop getting surprised. Xue Mo and Lu Yao cannot be measured by what they know or understand.
"Alright, this thing will last for one week before dispersing. I manipulated space and made it that way. Use this and learn how to create it," Lu Yao voiced lazily. She knew how significant what she and Xue Mo made but didn't bother caring.
"Happy now?" she glared at Xue Mo, who was smilingly gazing at her. He purposely asked her to show off as he didn't want others to look down on her, even if they wouldn't openly show it.
Xue Mo didn't reply, making her huff in annoyance before going to their room. She knew why he did it, but she didn't care. If it wasn't for them, she didn't want to use her knowledge. Even when she taught in the Academy, she only taught the basics and made it easier for them to comprehend. She didn't give any more info than necessary.
"As I said, we will be going into seclusion. If there are any problems, you deal with it," he looked at Hesroth. "I don't care what you do; just let the best survive! Scratch that, you two go and personally check the performance of the students; if anyone that is subpar survives, I will blame you!" Xue Mo said before preparing to leave.
"Oh, I will give you one week before you need to go. Don't waste the opportunity Yao gave you and learn this Array Formation!" He added before entering the room.
Xue Mo's threat woke them up. They nodded thoughtfully and concentrated on the Array Formation. They knew that he meant what he said, and they would be fools if they underestimated his threats. In that week, Hesroth and Nathan concentrated on the Array Formation more than ever before.
Back in the room, Lu Yao inquired, "why do you keep reminding others to finish this war? Although I am also sick of this low world that has nothing interesting or challenging but rushing them isn't good."
"This is important because it would make them get used to following my orders. If one of them screws up, they need to see what happens to him, so they don't repeat mistakes. I don't want to have sheep under me; only the strong and obedient can survive. Do you think I like repeating this? You know me! I don't even want to talk with them, but in this life, having a great force is good. Unlike other organizations, we will only take the best, monsters that deserve to reach the top, and all this is necessary. Shaping the leaders into my image will let them shape the younger generations into that same image. It's all in the basics!"
She nodded her head at his clarification. Everything he said was correct. Also, she knew that he didn't like talking. Although he doesn't show it, she still notices how his eyes go cold when he talks to other women. Even though it's for seconds, she always sees. She wasn't any different and acted the same way. One of the reasons she likes sleeping was to ignore all these things. After all, her hate and disgust for other men hadn't reduced; she just got used to suppressing it.
The air-dropped a couple of degrees due to the emotions Xue Mo and Lu Yao were having, but it wasn't the time for these useless thoughts, so he said to diffuse the atmosphere.
"Anyway, let's start. We are already at a stage where we don't need food or water, so we will Cultivate nonstop until we reach the peak of the Arch Condensation realm. Once we do, we should go somewhere else to breakthrough; you will know why later."