Chapter 2281 - 1958: Trust? (2)

Chapter 2281: Chapter 1958: Trust? (2)

Seeing Song Yun focusing on the blueprint, Huang Shiyun said, "Since you can create the Taohuayuan Token, I think you must have some knowledge of arrays. This is an array blueprint; see if you can understand it."

Song Yun looked up at Huang Shiyun and asked, "Where did you get this blueprint from?"

Huang Shiyun replied, "I drew it myself."

Song Yun asked, "Where is the array on the blueprint supposed to be set up?"

"Well..."

Huang Shiyun hesitated and then showed a troubled expression, saying, "I can’t tell you about this. In short, breaking this array is of great significance to our Huang Family. Because of this array, both my uncle and third uncle got injured."

Since Huang Shiyun wasn’t willing to say, Song Yun didn’t pursue it further, instead asking a different question: "Your uncle and third uncle should both be at the Early Stage of Core Formation, right?"

Huang Shiyun nodded, frowning, "The four statue soldiers in this array can’t be killed no matter how hard you hit them, really a headache."

Song Yun laughed, "This Four Soldiers Star Breaking Formation is not something that can be forcefully broken by those in the Early Stage of Core Formation. If they try hard, they’ll only hurt themselves."

"Isn’t that right, my uncle and third uncle both... Ah! What did you just say, Four Soldiers Star Breaking Formation! You recognize this array!"

Huang Shiyun snapped back to her senses, exclaimed.

Song Yun nodded and said to Huang Shiyun, "Yes, I recognize this array."

Huang Shiyun’s face showed joy, she couldn’t help grabbing Song Yun’s hand, and realizing her excitement, she quickly withdrew her hand and asked, "Then do you know how to break this array?"

"Very simple." Song Yun raised his hand to point at the center of the blueprint, saying, "The name Four Soldiers Star Breaking Formation actually already indicates the method to break it. Star refers to the floating sphere in the middle, just destroy it to achieve the ’star breaking’ purpose, and the Four Soldiers Star Breaking Formation will be broken by itself."

Huang Shiyun looked suspicious, pondering, "Does your method really work? And to destroy this sphere, you must pass through the four statue soldiers, how can that be done?"

Song Yun laughed, "The Four Soldiers Star Breaking Formation doesn’t require the person breaking it to destroy the star, but rather the four statue soldiers to destroy that sphere."

"Controlling statue soldiers?" Huang Shiyun was more confused, frowning, "How is that possible."

Song Yun didn’t explain, but instead asked, "Do you have a jade pendant?"

"I do."

Huang Shiyun took out a good-quality jade pendant and handed it to Song Yun.

Song Yun asked, "This jade pendant shouldn’t hold any special significance for you, right?"

"No."

Huang Shiyun shook her head, looking puzzled.

"Since it doesn’t hold any special meaning, you can give it to me for use."

After saying this, Song Yun placed the jade pendant on the table, concentrated, and released his True Qi, inscribing an array mark on the back of the jade pendant.

When he finished, the jade pendant emitted a faint glow, almost as if it had awakened.

Huang Shiyun looked at the jade pendant, confused, and asked, "What are you doing?"

Song Yun handed the jade pendant back to Huang Shiyun, saying, "Using other methods to break the array might be too difficult for you. So, I’ve made this array plate; as long as you’re in the Four Soldiers Star Breaking Formation and inject True Qi into the array plate, the four statue soldiers will be under your control. You can have them destroy the sphere, and the Four Soldiers Star Breaking Formation will be destroyed."

"So magical!"

Huang Shiyun stared at the jade pendant in her hand for a while, then looked up at Song Yun and asked, "The way of arrays is profound and vast, and no one in Taoyuan understands how to make an array plate. How do you know so much?"

"It’s a secret." Song Yun winked at Huang Shiyun, smilingly urging, "Alright, hurry and help them break the array, don’t waste time here."

Huang Shiyun nodded, solemnly saying, "Song Yun, if your array plate really works, the Huang Family will certainly reward you handsomely."

With that, she tightly clenched the jade pendant in her hand and ran off hurriedly.

Once Huang Shiyun left, Song Yun’s smile faded, showing a serious expression, contemplating, "Four Soldiers Star Breaking Formation! Based on the information combined from ’Yin Xi’s Real Man’s Record’ and ’Yin Xi’s Manual’, this array was casually invented by Master Yin Xi when he was bored, and now actually appears in Taoyuan. Maybe what the Four Soldiers Star Breaking Formation is protecting is related to Master Yin Xi."

"Good thing I kept a hand, the Four Soldiers Star Breaking Formation, no matter how bad it is, is indeed a protective array, how could a simple array plate break it so easily? By then, when the Huang Family fails to break the Four Soldiers Star Breaking Formation, they’ll surely come to me, and I can find out if it’s related to Master Yin Xi."

...

Huang Shiyun took her jade pendant, stepped onto a carriage, and left Huang Town.

In just a few minutes, the carriage stopped at a post station.

"Oh, it’s Miss Huang, please come inside!"

Seeing Huang Shiyun stepping down from the carriage, the post station’s owner, a man in his forties, smiled and beckoned Huang Shiyun to enter.

Taoyuan is not very large, so few people need to stop midway, and the post station’s business is naturally not very good.

Inside the station, apart from two porters delivering goods sitting under an outside shed having tea and chatting, there were no other guests.

Huang Shiyun walked straight into the post station, asking, "Boss, do you have a private room?"

"Yes, please come this way."

The owner gestured politely, leading Huang Shiyun to a private room, and when closing the door, gave her a knowing look and then left.

Once the owner was out, Huang Shiyun lifted a straw mat covering the floor, revealing a secret hatch.

She opened the hatch and descended, closing it behind her.

The underground passage was quite spacious, about seven or eight meters wide and high, with loose soil around, but firm ground beneath showing signs of frequent walk.

Huang Shiyun walked through the passage for about twenty minutes before exiting into a cavernous space.

In front was a suspension bridge about thirty meters long; its planks were decayed, and its iron cables rusted, scarcely holding together.

Below the suspension bridge, only visible for about thirty meters, lay a hazy fog; beyond it, nothing could be seen, nor any sound heard, giving a sense of danger.

At the other end of the bridge was a platform about a hundred square meters in size; in its center was a cave entrance with stone doors over three meters high open wide, with ’Yin Xi’s Residence’ engraved above.

Having seen these sights countless times, they held no novelty for Huang Shiyun.

Instead of crossing the bridge, she leapt across to the platform and entered Yin Xi’s Residence.

"Second brother, Yin Xi’s Residence was discovered over ten years ago, yet we still can’t break this array; are we to continue wasting time like this?"

"Yes, second brother, as Family Head, you must devise a plan for us."

"Second uncle, the array set by Master Yin Xi is not something we can break. Continuing like this may lead not only to injuries but possibly death."

"Everyone, whatever Master Yin Xi left behind is surely a world-class treasure; for the Huang Family’s sake, no matter how difficult it is, I will find a way to break the array. That’s all for today, let me think and plan again."

At this point, the Huang Family members were about to leave.

Huang Shiyun heard their conversation and hurriedly called out, "Father, don’t rush to leave, I have a way."

"You have a way?"

Huang Zhengtao looked at Huang Shiyun with disbelief, spoke with a serious tone, "Shiyun, don’t joke around, you don’t understand arrays, and you’re only at Foundation Establishment Middle Stage; how could you possibly break this array."

The others all shook their heads, thinking Huang Shiyun was joking.

Huang Shiyun hastily brought out the array plate Song Yun made, saying, "This is an array plate made by Song Yun; he said with this, the four statue soldiers can be controlled to destroy the central sphere and the array will naturally be broken."

Hearing this, the crowd was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.

Huang Zhengtao’s face sank, angrily saying, "Shiyun, how could an outsider possibly understand arrays? Don’t mess around here; go home with us."