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Chapter 551 The Array Master Asks for a Price, Three Merchants Seek a Solution

The second day after returning to the Gu family.

Just as Ye Xiao laid the materials list back on the table, footsteps came from outside the door.

Gu Zhaoheng pushed the door open and came in: "Jin Cancan erected an image last night."

Ye Xiao's fingertip paused on the paper: "You've become a Grandmaster?"

"Um."

Gu Zhaoheng sat down opposite him: "The news that came out from the Jin family this morning is that they didn't hold a banquet or make any fuss. Those who need to know already know."

Ye Xiao nodded.

Not surprising.

Before entering the Zhaogu Ruins, Jin Cancan was already capable of standing upright.

She had been holding back that step, waiting for the main spring at Zhaoguxu.

Now that Quan has finished eating, there's no reason for him to wait any longer.

Two sentences flashed through my mind.

I continued forward.

"Hurry up and catch up."

just now.

She did indeed take another step forward.

Gu Zhaoheng looked at him for a moment: "Not in a hurry at all?"

"She lost to you before."

"Now you've become a grandmaster before me."

Ye Xiao pushed the list of ingredients on the table toward her: "We're still missing five items."

Gu Zhaoheng lowered his head.

Of the twelve items, the six that had already been decided upon were marked.

A separate entry was added next to the description of Dingmai Jade Marrow.

What remains truly uncertain is only the Five Elements.

Gu Zhaoheng watched for a while, then suddenly laughed: "He just became a grandmaster, and this is what you're thinking about first."

"There is no conflict."

"Too."

She leaned back in her chair: "You've really been busy ever since you came to the capital."

Ye Xiao asked, "Has the Shang family sent a message?"

Gu Zhaoheng raised an eyebrow slightly: "How did you know?"

"If there's no news, you wouldn't have come over early this morning."

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Gu Zhaoheng stared at him for a couple of breaths: "You were here before you came back."

"Knowing you're still in Zhaoguxu, I only left a message asking you to go there after you return."

Ye Xiao folded up the materials list and stood up.

Gu Zhaoheng asked, "Now?"

"Um."

"Where's the food?"

"Come back and eat."

Gu Zhaoheng watched him walk towards the door: "Will you be back tonight?"

Ye Xiao paused briefly: "Come back."

She couldn't help but chuckle: "We're getting closer and closer now."

Shang Family Green Eaves Building.

When Ye Xiao went up to the second floor, the female attendant in plain clothes was already waiting at the end of the corridor.

The door is pushed open.

Shang Xiaotang sat behind the desk. Today, the table was not covered with stacks of account books, but only five narrow sheets of paper were neatly pressed down.

The first four have shipping labels attached.

The last one is empty.

Ye Xiao sat down: "Found it?"

"We found significantly more than last time."

Shang Xiaotang pushed the first one over: "This one is the same, it's in the royal city."

The second card followed immediately: "This one too."

"The goods were always there, but we couldn't agree on the ownership and price. The Shang family took over again these past two days, and once the price was settled, we'll reserve these two items for you."

The third one.

Shang Xiaotang pointed her finger at the paper: "This is the secondhand goods from Dingzhou that I told you about before."

"The person has been reconnected, the items are still there, and the specifications have been rechecked; they are the same as what you ordered."

Ye Xiao asked, "Have we arrived at the royal city?"

"We just entered the West City Joint Warehouse last night."

Shang Xiaotang paused for a moment: "But I can't produce it right now."

Ye Xiao looked up.

Shang Xiaotang didn't rush to explain; the fourth shipping label had already been pushed over: "This one wasn't originally on the Shang family's usual shipping route."

"Following the old goods market in Dingzhou, we eventually found a copy in the hands of another interstate merchant."

"The actual goods have been confirmed."

"The other party is willing to let go."

Ye Xiao asked, "What's the price?"

"later."

Shang Xiaotang turned the four labels over one by one.

In the lower right corner of each document is the price that Shang has re-verified.

She recited it in sequence.

Even a single piece is far inferior to the chalcedony of the vein.

Even when all four are combined, it's still quite heavy.

Ye Xiao read it from beginning to end.

What I can offer right now is not enough to pay off.

There's still quite a difference.

Shang Xiaotang rested her chin on her hand: "How is it?"

"lack."

"How much is missing?"

Ye Xiao refolded the four shipping labels: "There are many."

Shang Xiaotang smiled and said, "You brought back the main spring from below Zhaoguxu."

"After returning, we still couldn't close any deals."

Ye Xiao looked at her: "The main spring can't pay the bill for me."

Shang Xiaotang was stunned for a moment.

He then laughed out loud: "That's true."

Ye Xiao looked at the delivery label again: "How long can it be kept?"

Shang Xiaotang stopped smiling: "These two things from the royal city will last three days."

"The Shang family can only hold onto these two items for three days at most. Any longer, and the owner will have other buyers; we can't keep blocking them indefinitely."

She pointed to the third one: "This one from Dingzhou is a bit looser. The goods have already arrived at the Shang family's warehouse, and the other party has a history of dealings with the Shang family."

The last one.

"This one is the tightest."

"The other party has more than just the Shang family asking about the goods. If you keep delaying, someone else can take them away at any time."

Ye Xiao nodded.

He didn't ask if the Shang family could arrange the marriage for him first.

They didn't press the lapis lazuli medal any lower.

He thought for a moment: "Are the pay high for array masters in the royal city?"

Shang Xiaotang was reaching for a cup of tea.

The movement stopped.

She looked up: "You know how to play?"

"I know a little."

Shang Xiaotang didn't say anything.

She stared at him for two breaths.

Ye Xiao asked, "What?"

"It's nothing."

She slowly withdrew her hand: "It's just this one point that I'm a little hesitant to take it literally now."

Ye Xiao did not answer.

Shang Xiaotang, on the contrary, became interested: "If someone is truly capable, of course they'll be highly skilled."

How tall is it?

"Let's see what you can solve."

She thought for a moment: "There are quite a few capable fighters in the royal city."

"But a high-level array has been destroyed—"

Shang Xiaotang raised her chin: "Even if you get a seventh-realm grandmaster, or even stronger, to help, would that make a difference?"

Ye Xiao didn't speak.

"If we really ask them to break through by force, it's not impossible."

She smiled slightly: "But what if the door breaks? What about the formation? What about the things in the warehouse?"

"That's not called repairing an array."

"Call for the house to be demolished."

Ye Xiao's lips twitched slightly.

Shang Xiaotang pointed to the four product tags on the table: "What's truly valuable about a formation master is the things that can't be stopped behind the formation."

"If a convoy stops for a day, the expenses for that convoy will be calculated."

"The value of the goods burned that day was an astronomical figure," she said, looking at Ye Xiao. "The high-end warehouse was shut down for a day."

After she finished speaking, she pulled out a black-edged urgent contract from the side cabinet.

The paper is thicker than ordinary contracts.

The upper right corner bears the marks of three business companies.

The base service reward at the bottom has been changed once.

It wasn't written on the spur of the moment.

Shang Xiaotang pushed the urgent contract in front of Ye Xiao: "Perfect."

"We just raised the pay last night."

Ye Xiao lowered his head.

Chengxi Joint Warehouse.

Array cultivator.

The three parties agree.

Shang Xiaotang said, "The Shang family and two other large trading companies share a high-end warehouse in the west of the city."

"Three main vaults and six subsidiary vaults."

"The nine treasuries share the same main spirit-locking array."

"The stuff inside is all high-end goods."

"Medicinal herbs, animal marrow, casting materials, and several batches of items whose quality will decline after leaving their original spirit-locking environment."

She picked up the third shipping label and waved it lightly in front of Ye Xiao: "By the way."

"The one you wanted from Dingzhou is also inside."

Ye Xiao looked up: "Is there a problem with the formation?"

"It started getting chaotic last night."

Shang Xiaotang nodded: "First, the return flow from one of the main warehouses was unstable, then all three warehouses had problems at the same time, and even the auxiliary warehouses behind them dared not ship goods normally anymore."

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"Zhen is still alive."

"And that's where the trouble lies."

"It's completely ruined. All three companies have no choice but to accept the loss, stop stocking, and re-lay out the shelves."

Shang Xiaotang tapped the urgent contract with her fingertip: "Everyone knows it can be dismantled."

"But the difficulty lies in not demolishing it."

Ye Xiao continued reading the urgent contract.

Shang Xiaotang said, "Last night, the three families summoned all four array masters they usually cooperate with."

"After watching both, they didn't accept the highest tier."

"It's not that it can't be fixed."

"The solutions they offered were all to halt operations, clear the inventory, and dismantle and inspect the premises."

"It can be saved."

"But the three companies offered this top-tier emergency contract because they didn't want to help in this way."

"The remaining two are still in the joint warehouse."

"They are all people who have repaired the great formations for the royal city's merchants and aristocratic families for many years."

"One of them judged that there was a problem with the core of the main formation and wanted to stop the main formation first and investigate from the central axis outwards."

"Another person believes that the return flow of the three major repositories has interfered with each other and is preparing to separate the three main repositories and arrange them one by one."

She paused for a moment, then added, "They can all be repaired."

"At least one day at the fastest."

"It will take two or three days if it's slow."

Ye Xiao asked, "Can't the joint warehouse be shut down?"

"If you're considering repairing the formation, of course you'd think stopping for a day is no big deal."

Shang Xiaotang placed the urgent contract and four delivery slips together: "The three companies are calculating how much goods will be lost after a one-day delay."

"Once all nine warehouses are shut down, any goods that can be moved will need to be resealed and re-transferred."

"Those that cannot be moved must be protected elsewhere."

"There are also several batches of medicinal herbs and animal marrow whose quality has declined as the environment has changed."

She pointed to the black-bordered urgent document: "Really, let Jiuku stop for a day."

"The amount burned was far greater than the reward written on this document."

Ye Xiao looked at the bottom: "How do we settle for the highest tier?"

"Don't dismantle the main formation."

"Do not empty the three main treasuries."

"Today, we will get the entire joint warehouse running smoothly again."

Shang Xiaotang said, "And it doesn't count if the warehouse door is opened once."

"After the repairs are completed, the three main warehouses and six auxiliary warehouses will make three consecutive trips."

"atresia."

"Open the door."

"Return flow".

"All three wheels are stable."

"Only when all three families work together will they verify the formation and place the seal."

Ye Xiao glanced at the payment: "Enough for four items?"

"enough."

"There's still some left."

Ye Xiao reviewed the battle situation log again: "Can we go now?"

Shang Xiaotang did not answer.

Instead, she looked at him and asked, "You really know how?"

"meeting."

"What level?"

Ye Xiao thought for a moment: "I'll only know after I see it."

Shang Xiaotang remained silent for two breaths.

He suddenly laughed: "At least this is more reliable than knowing a little bit."

She stood up: "Let's go."

Chengxi Joint Warehouse.

Before even entering the courtyard, Ye Xiao smelled an extremely mixed odor.

The scent of herbs.

The fishy smell of animal materials.

There's also the cold, hard smell of high-grade minerals that have been sealed in the storage array for a long time.

The three main warehouses are located side by side deep within the courtyard.

Six auxiliary warehouses are arranged on both sides behind.

Nine warehouses.

They must be extremely busy on weekdays.

Today, however, a large number of heavy vehicles are stuck in the outer area.

Many boxes have been unloaded, but no one continues to send them into the warehouse.

All three main vaults were closed.

Of the six auxiliary warehouses, only two are still cautiously shipping goods.

There was no lock on the warehouse door.

Grayish-white patterns slowly meandered along the corners of the door, the base of the wall, and the stone surface.

Time flies.

Time is slow.

Occasionally, the outer ring of the first warehouse would suddenly light up, and the array patterns in front of the second warehouse would dim slightly.

soon.

The third reservoir will suddenly rebound.

The entire formation is still alive.

But nobody dares to predict what will happen in the next round.

There were more than twenty people standing in the courtyard.

The managers of all three businesses were present.

The two most conspicuous figures are the two array masters.

An elderly man with gray hair squatted in front of the main array stone plate, holding an array needle in his hand.

Another middle-aged array master stood guard outside the second storehouse, with several newly copied array diagrams spread out beside him.

Shang Xiaotang led Ye Xiao into the courtyard.

Several managers looked over at the same time.

One of them stepped forward: "Miss Shang."

"There was another chaotic turn just now."

Shang Xiaotang asked, "Is it under control?"

"Suppress it for now."

The manager looked at Ye Xiao.

Her gaze first fell on his face, then on the heavy black longsword at his waist: "And this is—"

"The person who has just received the highest-level urgent contract."

The manager paused for a moment, then asked, "Him?"

Shang Xiaotang looked at him: "Is there a problem?"

The manager immediately shook his head: "No."

She just glanced at Ye Xiao again.

The gray-haired old man had also looked up.

He was much more direct than the manager: "To repair the array?"

"Um."

The old man's gaze lingered on Ye Xiao for a moment: "Majorly focused on martial arts?"

"Um."

The middle-aged array master next to him also looked over.

He frowned slightly: "We can still hold on for now."

"Young people can watch it if they want."

"Don't touch it yet."

His tone was neither polite nor malicious: "This is not a place for remnants of an army to test their skills."

"One wrong move and all nine treasure chests could be locked up."

Ye Xiao nodded.

The middle-aged array master handed over the current array diagram: "It's all here."

"Each of the three main warehouses is currently experiencing problems."

"The first warehouse has slow return flow."

"The second warehouse took away too much of our forces."

"The lock array pattern of the third vault keeps repeating itself."

"The problems with the auxiliary repositories all originated from the three main repositories."

The gray-haired old man said, "Judging from the current map, the problems are scattered."

"Therefore, I advocate stopping the main formation first."

"Recheck from the central axis outwards."

The middle-aged array master continued, "I plan to separate the three main vaults first."

"One by one, in rows."

"Both methods can save the battle."

"It's just that we can't catch the highest time limit."

He looked at Ye Xiao: "If you're just here to try your luck, then just watch and that's it."

Ye Xiao reached out and took the array diagram.

"Let me check the formation first."