Card Apprentice Daily Log

Date- 1 April 2321

Time- 01:12

Location- Sky Blossom City, Southern Watch military base

"Repay your teacher? When it suits you, you want to be called a teacher. Old man, have you gone senile. When did you become my teacher? Didn't you take off saying genius doesn't require personal guidance?" I yelled, responding to Lorenzo's claims that I betrayed him. I received zero guidance from Lorenzo, yet he dared to claim that he was my teacher. Researchers are shameless and worse than thieves when it comes to sharing credit. Each of them is a credit hog.

"What? Brat, how dare you speak to your teacher like that? Now tell your teacher how you were able to arrange a temperature control array as a temporary array." Lorenzo was beyond shameless. I bet he had no limits to stop him from satisfying his curiosity.

"Old man, didn't you say that you would instead teach a stone than teach me? Now you are proclaiming yourself as my teacher, have you no shame?" For a renowned array master, Lorenzo surprisingly showed zero pride right now.

"Boy, Didn't you use my materials on array formation to get started with array formation? Haven't you heard the saying that books are the best teachers? Since my books helped you master array formation, I am your teacher." Lorenzo stooped down to lying and was one step away from begging.

"Who said that? It must be some nutjob similar to you. Old man, leave me alone. I am too busy trying to finish my paper on how to arrange a temperature control array as a temporary array. So please shoo…." I said this because after running all simulations of the remaining 46 simulations, my slave consciousness was finally able to decide on a procedure for arranging a temperature control array as a temporary array. The chosen procedure was efficient compared to the other methods. Still, it wasn't as efficient as when I arranged a temperature control array as a temporary array by myself, using my mind as the core.

But this much efficiency was the best I could get with average array formation techniques and methods used by regular array formation masters. Still, the difference in the efficiency and soul energy spent wasn't that great. So I decided to publish this procedure to arrange a temperature control array as a temporary array.

Honestly, I couldn't get this far without Lorenzo's notes because they not only taught me about convention array formation and techniques used to arrange them in detail but also pointed out where the conventional techniques and methods were lacking.

Lorenzo had written his experiences, thoughts, and research on the various techniques and array formation blueprints. He pointed out ways to increase the efficiency of the different array formations based on his experience and gave a very detailed explanation regarding the subject. His insight into the basic, intermediate and advanced array formations was profound, which saved me a lot of trouble and time. Lorenzo's notes did help a lot. So I guess I can cut him some slack.

"Boy, come on, let the past be water under the bridge. Please don't waste time resenting it, enjoy the present and build towards a hopeful future. Let me in. I can help you with the paper. I published countless papers. Trust me." Lorenzo no longer demanded that I tell him how I arranged a temperature control array as a temporary array. Instead, he started to play nice.

"Fine, old man. Since you are persistent, I will forgive you and be the bigger person here. Watch and learn." I used the procedure I just decided on earlier to give Old Lorenzo a demo of arranging a temperature control array as a temporary array.

"..." Old Lorenzo sensed every single change in nature's soul pathway and the techniques I used to achieve those changes. And made a mental note of it to replicate the same. As an array master of the card emperor realm, his connection to nature was stronger than a regular array master. His insight into the surrounding nature's soul pathway was also profound. He wasn't renowned in the field of array formation for nothing. His knowledge, skills, and experience spoke for themselves.

Soon I began to set up the temporary array, and then the room temperature varied on my wimp. The cabin would be cool for a second and warm for another. I switch between cold and heat, trying to point out to Lorenzo where the critical function of my array lies.

"Did you notice how I switch between the heat and cold temperatures? That's the key of the array formation." I said after demonstrating the temperature control array formation as a temporary array formation.

"I did. First, I thought you had managed to combine the heater and cooler array without using a modified core. I couldn't be more wrong. Instead, you used a heater array to increase the room temperature and then reversed it to decrease the room temperature. That switch of soul energy at room temperature, how did you achieve it?" Lorenzo described the crux of the temperature control array formation based on the insight he gained by deduction. Scary, but I guess this much was to be expected. After all, he was well versed in both Heater and Cooler array formations. And if he couldn't deduce this much, his years of experience would be considered a waste.

"Now that's the million-dollar question. If you recall the techniques I used to arrange the array formation, then you will have a rough idea of why I chose those particular techniques to arrange the heater array over the conventional techniques you mentioned in your notes." Each technique used to arrange an array had its specific functions. By determining those functions, one can determine the influence of the array over the soul pathways utilized in the array formation.

"Umm... I noticed that you used different techniques to arrange the heater array formation. Wait, these techniques are used to control the size of the soul pathway. Why are these techniques able to achieve similar results as the conventional techniques used in heater and cooler array." Lorenzo's mind raced, trying to recall every technique used to arrange the array and the effect of their presence in the array, but he could not put his finger on it.

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