Before leaving Guangyou Island, Yang Hong also left a teleportation array, captured from the Nanlin Seahorse clan, on Guangyou Island.
It was said that it could transmit messages and small amounts of supplies within 100 million li. With 36 medium-grade spirit stones, it could transmit 10 times continuously for items weighing under 10 jin.
He instructed Ni Zhennan that if he received any intelligence or goods not from him, he must contact him immediately.
After agreeing on a secret code, Yang Hong left with peace of mind.
It took Yang Hong more than 130 days to travel from Rendao Island to Guangyou Island. On the return trip, he arrived back at Rendao Island in only 72 days.
Firstly, the route was familiar, and secondly, his cultivation had advanced further, so his speed naturally increased.
"Master, you're back."
As soon as Yang Hong returned to Rendao Island, Hua Xinlei, using earth遁, appeared before him to pay his respects.
"Not bad, your earth遁 technique is getting more and more proficient. You can even sense the fluctuations of my earth遁 technique upon my return."
Seeing Hua Xinlei suddenly appear, Yang Hong was very pleased.
Hua Xinlei only knew two spells so far: earth遁 and wood arrow.
Because he learned little, he mastered them well. His earth遁 had reached the Great Accomplishment level, and with a few more insights, he would reach the Proficient level.
"Master, I practice every day when I have nothing to do, so I'm fast."
Hearing Yang Hong's praise, the 2-meter-tall young man scratched the back of his head and smiled sheepishly.
"Good. Keep practicing when you have free time. The more you practice, the more proficient you'll become, and practice makes perfect.
Keep it up."
Yang Hong patted Hua Xinlei and praised him again.
Hua Xinlei bowed and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Master."
Yang Hong waved his hand and then asked, "Alright, no need for so much ceremony. Did you need me for something?"
"Yes, Master.
Before, Lan Fangxuan told me that all the seeds planted could not be eaten; ordinary tamed wild beasts, when slaughtered and cooked, could eliminate demonic energy..."
"Taming wild beasts successfully has temporarily solved the food problem. Here are a few medicinal cuisine recipes, and the demonic energy on low-level demons can also be completely removed."
Hua Xinlei briefly reported on the situation on Rendao Island. Everything was going smoothly. Afterwards, he entered the First City to find Lan Fangxuan.
"How are the fellow countrymen you rescued from the Nanlin Seahorse clan being taught?"
Lan Fangxuan smiled and took credit, "Through our teaching, they can walk normally, eat, drink, and relieve themselves. They are also learning to speak."
Lan Fangxuan spoke excitedly, while Yang Hong listened with a helpless expression.
Initially, Yang Hong had planned to kill the humans raised by the Nanlin Seahorse clan directly. However, thinking that he would encounter such humans continuously in the future,
he temporarily suppressed his urge and handed over the teaching task to the people from the former Kuang She Island.
The 61,200 cultivators at the Qi Refining early stage who were brought from Guangyou Island were also to teach these people, and incidentally, to teach the humans of the former Kuang She Island to cultivate.
"Lan Fangxuan, I've found some helpers for you."
"Helpers?"
Lan Fangxuan looked around Yang Hong and saw no one, so he was a little confused.
To his astonishment, Yang Hong released more than 60,000 people.
"This—this—Senior Yang, do you have a spatial artifact?"
"Yes."
Yang Hong did not hide it from Lan Fangxuan's inquiry.
"This is one of the spoils from my trip."
As he spoke, Yang Hong showed Lan Fangxuan a ring on his right middle finger.
It was a golden, shiny, and rather ostentatious ring.
A normal storage ring only had a storage space of about 10 zhang wide.
This was Yang Hong's illusion. Some things should be revealed, but some secrets must be hidden and disguised.
He did not introduce anything further to Lan Fangxuan, but instead looked at the human cultivators from Guangyou Island who had just emerged and were still groggy.
"This is Rendao Island, where you will live from now on.
You have all had loved ones brutally killed by the fangs of demons, and the humans on Rendao Island lived a life a hundred times, even ten thousand times more miserable than yours before."
"I saved your lives, and you will help me teach the island's people to cultivate.
You can also learn and cultivate the Profound-grade cultivation techniques on my Rendao Island."
"As long as everyone performs well and cultivates diligently, in the future, I will also bring out better cultivation techniques, Earth-grade and even Heaven-grade!"
As soon as Yang Hong finished speaking, the previously quiet square became lively.
"What—Heaven-grade cultivation techniques?
Cultivation techniques that will surely lead to becoming an immortal!"
"Even without Heaven-grade cultivation techniques, Earth-grade cultivation techniques can lead to becoming an immortal."
"I only need Profound-grade cultivation techniques. I'll be satisfied if I can live a few more years."
After letting these people discuss for a while, Yang Hong continued.
"There will be cultivation techniques, elixirs, and spirit stones.
But they won't be given for free. You will have to complete some tasks to obtain them."
"And those who cannot complete the tasks are trash, and I will directly eliminate them."
A carrot and a stick!
The people from Guangyou Island shivered, recalling Yang Hong's terrifying killing prowess from before, and warned themselves to do their best to complete the tasks.
In fact, the tasks Yang Hong assigned were very simple, mainly focused on teaching.
The task was to teach everyone on Rendao Island to cultivate, as well as normal human life and social skills.
To restore the humans on Rendao Island to normal, true humans!
After assigning the tasks, Yang Hong did not keep an eye on these humans all the time.
He wanted self-reliant and strong humans, not protected infants.
Afterwards, except for checking with his divine sense once a month, he did not bother with them anymore.
It was impossible to judge good or bad in a short period, so he would let them develop first.
He also needed to cultivate.
After going out for more than 200 days, he had only cultivated 143 types of fourth-tier spells and accumulated 1716 martial arts values.
Now that he was back, it was time to cultivate properly.
Yang Hong's cultivation was extremely simple: it was to pour spiritual energy into spirit plants.
Through years of research and practice in pouring spiritual energy, Yang Hong had accumulated a lot of experience in this regard.
The multiple returns of poured spiritual energy would be higher in areas with abundant spiritual energy, and could be further increased by pouring spiritual energy into spirit plants on spirit gathering array nodes.
For this purpose, he set up a twice-fused, third-grade spirit gathering array in the central area of Rendao Island, with dimensions of 81x81x81, containing 531,441 array nodes.
Upon completion of the array, all the spiritual energy on Rendao Island was concentrated in the center of the island, within a hundred li radius.
In just three hours, the spiritual energy concentration in this area reached the level of a fourth-grade spirit land.
"Master, Hua Mu City has no spiritual energy. Is this your doing?"
Yang Hong was just feeling the rapid increase in spiritual energy when Granny Xiaopu's voice suddenly sounded behind him, with a hint of childish fierceness.
"Heh heh—Xiaopu.
Yes, it's my doing.
I've adjusted Rendao Island's spirit gathering array."
As he spoke, Yang Hong ruffled Xiaopu's cute watermelon-shaped hair.
"I knew it was Master's doing.
Now that Hua Mu City has no spiritual energy, those demons are in a panic."
Xiaopu, while dodging Yang Hong's playful grasp, said with a wronged expression.
"It's alright. Tell those demons that this is a normal phenomenon. The spiritual energy will recover soon and even improve further."
"Also, Xiaopu, you need to be fierce. If any demon disobeys, hit them. If you can't beat them, tell Hua Xinlei or Yu Kewei to have big brother and big sister help."
After a brief explanation, Yang Hong sternly admonished Xiaopu.
"Mhm mhm—Xiaopu is very fierce. Those demons in Hua Mu City are very obedient."
Xiaopu, who was only a meter tall, with a rosy, baby-faced appearance, clenched her small fists and pouted her lips, looking exceptionally cute.
Not fierce at all.
"Alright, Xiaopu is very fierce."
Yang Hong smiled, a smile like that of a doting father.
"Hmph—Master is mean. Xiaopu won't talk to you anymore."
Xiaopu snorted and used wood遁 to run away.
Xiaopu's true form was the Qing Shen Pu Cao, a type of spiritual grass that calmed the mind and spirit. After evolving into a demon, she was also a kind-hearted demon.
Even when asked to be fierce, she could only be "milk-fierce."
However, due to her true form, wherever she appeared, both humans and demons would become calm, their distracting thoughts greatly reduced, and everyone would be willing to listen to her.
Therefore, under Xiaopu's management, Hua Mu City was even more orderly than when Xiaokui managed it.
As spiritual energy from the surrounding world continued to flow in, it only took 3 days for the spiritual energy to return to its original level.
After 10 days, the overall spiritual energy level of Rendao Island improved to the upper grade of third-tier.
With the operation of the array, it would take less than 10 years for the entire island's spiritual energy level to reach fourth-grade spirit land.
And the increase in spiritual energy concentration was merely a secondary effect.
"Ding—You poured 750 days of cultivation into a fifth-grade, nine-star Sword Grass, obtaining a 100-fold cultivation return, gaining 75,000 days of cultivation."
"Ding—You cultivated the 'Palm Thunder Technique' for 75,000 days. Palm Thunder has been upgraded to Proficient."
"Ding—You poured 750 days of cultivation into a fifth-grade Blue Moon Peony, obtaining a 200-fold cultivation return, gaining 150,000 days of cultivation."
"Ding—You cultivated the 'Five Thunders Bombardment Technique' for 150,000 days. Five Thunders Bombardment has been upgraded to Proficient."
"Ding..."
Ten consecutive infusions resulted in a minimum return multiple of 100 times, with a peak of 1289 times.
"Hahaha—It's just as I predicted. A minimum of a hundredfold cultivation return. My cultivation speed of techniques has increased more than tenfold."
He planted sixth-grade spirit plants at the 81 array nodes and had 14 transformed flower and tree demons suppress the central core array nodes.
The thrice-fused spirit gathering array had many array nodes. If it was left undisturbed, it could normally accumulate spiritual energy.
Once Yang Hong poured spiritual energy into the spirit plants, it would cause turbulence in the spiritual energy within the array, requiring intelligent demons to help regulate it.
Of course, this was also an opportunity for those demons.
One infusion was equivalent to 900 days of their cultivation, a supreme opportunity for their cultivation and evolution.
To maximize value, Yang Hong temporarily gave up cultivating spells and focused on cultivating cultivation techniques.
Completing a sixth-tier secret art only yielded 18 martial arts values.
However, cultivating a yellow-grade high-rank cultivation technique could yield 19-27 martial arts values, comprehensively surpassing the cultivation effect of a sixth-tier secret art.
Upon completing a Profound-grade low-rank cultivation technique, one could obtain at least 31 martial arts values, a several-fold increase in efficiency.
Unless something unexpected happens, Yang Hong plans to cultivate all the way to the Nascent Soul realm!