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Chapter 556 Three Formations Established, Rules Initially Formed

The following afternoon, another official document was delivered to Qingyanlou.

The current and old maps were tucked under the notepad, with the battle situation listed on a separate page. Details such as how long the shutdown would last, which parts couldn't be touched, how payment would be settled, and even the most recent maintenance record were included.

Shang Xiaotang handed over the items and smiled, "You're learning pretty fast."

Ye Xiao compared the old and new images, then glanced at the payment slip: "Go take a look."

This trip was to a transfer center south of the royal city.

The convoy of cars outside the compound had already blocked half the street.

The sun was shining on the cart shafts, and the driver at the front hung a bag of hay near the animals' muzzles, then squatted in the shade of the wheels to wait. Every time the gate opened, someone outside would get up to look, and seeing that the cart was still parked, would sit back down.

Five delivery lines share one main warehouse.

One of the lanes breaks down every three rounds. Once the cargo is blocked at the junction, the following vehicles can no longer get in.

The original array master had already prepared the dismantling tools, ready to stop the main array and then disconnect the two connected branch lines together.

The method isn't wrong.

This demolition will take at least half a day.

After Ye Xiao arrived, he first stood by the table and watched for three rounds.

The main display panel's light pattern remained consistently even.

The problem lies in the branch line backflow.

The retreat was slow in the first two rounds, but it was still holding on. In the third round, before the residual force of the previous force had dissipated, the new force had caught up, and the two forces squeezed into a single point of contact at the same time.

A flash of chaotic light.

Snapped.

The array patterns around the cargo door went out again.

Several more sighs were heard outside the courtyard.

Ye Xiao unfolded the old map, his gaze following the connection point back to the original location, finally landing on a copper cover at his feet.

"Stop only on this one road."

The array master next to him looked up: "Where's the main array?"

"Go ahead."

The branch line stopped separately.

The copper lid was lifted.

Ye Xiao used the array needles to stabilize the backflow and quickly found the tilted splice at the bottom of the trough.

Return to its place.

Then correct the joints on both sides.

It didn't take long before he put away the needle and closed the cap: "Open."

The flashlights lit up again along the branch lines.

Round 1.

Smoothly.

second round.

It's still going smoothly.

By the third round, the manager had already approached, his eyes fixed on the array pattern on the side of the cargo door.

The connection point glowed slightly.

Zhen Guang walked straight over.

This time, it didn't stop.

Immediately, someone inside the cargo door shouted at the top of their lungs, "You can move now!"

The password was relayed all the way to the outside of the courtyard.

The driver at the front ripped off the hay bag, climbed onto the carriage shaft, and tightened the reins again.

The first truck creaked as it rolled over the track.

The second one.

The third one.

The long queue that had been stuck for half a day finally started moving again.

The wheels rolled over the stone surface one after another, and the shouts of the driver and the calls of the shop assistant carried back to the back of the street.

The transfer center, which was just a moment ago congested and stuffy, suddenly came alive again.

From shutdown to restoration.

It hadn't even been fifteen minutes.

The array master looked down and glanced at the dismantling tools that had been prepared at his feet.

It was all useless.

He spent half a day investigating where the formation was broken.

Ye Xiao arrived, and only looked at the tricycle.

The main trading platform remained open, the two branch lines were not dismantled, and not a single item he had prepared was touched.

After the initial surprise, only genuine admiration remained in their eyes.

He squatted down again, crossed out the two marks on the old map that were intended for disassembly and inspection, and wrote down the new inspection marks.

Only one line is stopped.

A few days later.

Ye Xiao arrived at the beast marrow cold storage.

The door to the warehouse was still closed, but wisps of white vapor were already seeping out from the cracks in the door.

The two auxiliary formations were sometimes visible and sometimes hidden.

Each time the light shifted, the outer ring of the copper trough emitted a dull, trembling sound, causing the thin layer of frost accumulated along its edge to fall off continuously.

The warehouse cannot be shut down.

The goods cannot be moved.

The old array master in charge of verifying the array had already prepared the repair method. On the array diagram that was handed over, several positions on the outer ring had been marked as to be dismantled.

Ye Xiao looked around and walked along the copper trough all the way to the warehouse door.

The return flows of the two auxiliary formations meet right here.

A three-foot-long copper lock beam is horizontally attached to the groove.

The main array plate is located on the right side of the door, while two guards stand on the left and right auxiliary plates, their hands always resting on the copper handles of the control plates.

The lights lit up simultaneously again.

Tongliang gently pushed it up.

A small gap was visible at the bottom edge, but it quickly disappeared back into place.

Ye Xiao looked at it twice, took out two array needles and held them in his right hand, while his left palm rested above Liang's body.

"Activate both auxiliary formations to their maximum power."

The old master immediately frowned: "The two sides are now vying for strength. If we lift it any higher, the lock beam will definitely jump."

After he finished speaking, he didn't move his hands, but turned to look at the manager in charge of the cold storage.

The person in charge's expression tightened.

The main vault is filled with high-level beast marrow.

If both auxiliary formations reach their maximum strength simultaneously, and the outer ring truly cannot withstand the pressure, the losses will far exceed just the cost of repairing the formations.

He hesitated for a moment, then looked at Ye Xiao: "Master Ye, are you really going to do this?"

"If we can't control this round—"

Ye Xiao looked up.

If you feel this is inappropriate.

He paused for a moment.

"I can leave now."

The manager paused for a moment.

Ye Xiao looked at him and said, "The formation is yours, and the goods are yours too. I won't force you to gamble."

"But since you're letting me fix it, do it my way."

There was a moment of silence in front of the warehouse gate.

The two auxiliary formations remain in the open and in the shadows, one visible and one hidden.

The trembling sound beneath the copper beam came one after another.

After looking at it for a moment, the manager finally gritted his teeth and said, "Do as Master Ye says."

He turned to look at the old formation master.

"Two auxiliary formations."

"Fully open."

The old array master remained silent for a moment, then turned around and guarded the main storage array plate: "Alright."

He raised his hand.

"Both sides should attack together!"

The two guards gripped the bronze handle tightly at the same time.

next moment.

Push it down hard!

hum!

Both auxiliary formations were raised simultaneously.

The low hum in the copper trough suddenly turned sharp, and two bursts of light surged in from the left and right, crowding together towards the area below the lock beam.

The two backflows, which were originally obscured by one strong and one weak flow, finally collided completely at this moment.

clang!

The three-foot-long copper beam suddenly sprang up!

The frost crust along the edge of the trough shattered with a deafening roar, and a large cloud of white mist rushed out in front of us.

The two guards' expressions changed, and they had only taken half a step when Ye Xiao's left palm landed.

boom!

The qi at the edge of his palm suddenly tightened.

The momentum of the copper beam suddenly stopped.

The violent recoil slammed into his forearm along the base of his palm, instantly taut half of his sleeve. Ye Xiao's left shoulder sank, and he planted his feet firmly on the stone surface, forcefully pressing the three-foot-long copper beam back into the array groove.

Boom!

The beam fell.

The frost on both sides of the copper trough cracked open, and the frost fragments spread along the ground.

The accumulated force beneath the beam is still pushing upwards.

The vibrato of metal grew increasingly taut and sharp.

Ye Xiao's left palm remained motionless, while the two array needles in his right hand fell one after the other.

The first needle is used to stabilize the flow on the left side.

The second stitch is inserted into the right-side connection point.

With the needle tip probing into the groove, Ye Xiao twisted his finger, straightening the two misaligned copper joints one by one.

The copper beam vibrated and hummed under his palm.

The needle tip never deviated.

next moment.

The two forces that were originally clustered together suddenly separated and retreated back along their original copper troughs.

The sharp, piercing vibrato quickly subsided.

This round of light is about to fade.

On the main array plate in front of the old array master, the array patterns that were previously flickering have now become bright and stable.

He stared intently for two breaths before his brows finally relaxed.

"It's connected!"

Ye Xiao said, "Revert to the original file."

The two guards immediately turned the copper handle back.

The auxiliary array's light then faded.

The intermittent array patterns along the gate reconnected into a single line, extending along the base of the wall towards the depths of the main vault.

The white steam that had been constantly billowing out from the cracks in the door began to gradually recede inward.

Ye Xiao was still pressing down on the copper beam.

After the new round of array light had completely passed and he confirmed that there was no more obstruction in the backflow of the slot, he pulled out the two array needles one by one.

The bronze beam beneath his palm, which had been constantly pushing upwards and making metal hiss, was now quiet and showed no signs of rebound.

Ye Xiao withdrew his hand.

The two guards instinctively stepped aside.

One person looked down at the copper beam in the trough.

The other person's gaze remained fixed on Ye Xiao's left hand, which he had just withdrawn.

Just now.

They were both ready to step forward at the same time.

As a result, they didn't even touch a beam from beginning to end.

The old master didn't rush to issue the verification seal.

He first re-examined the two connection points, then returned to the main storage array and went through the entire cycle again.

After confirming that everything was correct, they returned to Tongliang.

He tapped his fingers.

when.

when.

Two deep, resounding echoes.

Clean.

There was no background noise.

The old master stared at the bronze beam for a moment.

When Ye Xiao suggested activating both auxiliary formations at the same time, his first reaction was that it was too risky.

The main array panel is now lit up and stable, and the copper beams have been repositioned in their slots.

The old formation master hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Formation Master Ye, when you activated both auxiliary formations at full power just now, did you already know the problem was under the beam?"

Ye Xiao put the array needles back into the box: "All I can see is that the two sides are flowing back and forth, mutually obscuring each other."

The old master's eyes flickered.

Ye Xiao looked at the two bronze troughs that had stabilized: "Normally, if one side is strong, the other side is weak. Whichever side shows a mistake first, it will quickly be overshadowed by the array power of the other side."

"In that case, let's push both sides to the extreme."

"What's hidden will eventually have to be revealed."

Following his gaze, the old master looked at Tongliang again.

After a moment, he asked again, "So you were standing here from the beginning?"

"Um."

"If Suoliang jumps, will you catch him?"

Ye Xiao closed the array box.

"I made it jump, so I can't let someone else catch it for me."

The old master glanced at him.

After he said that, he remained silent for a long time.

Finally, he looked down at the bronze beam, let out a soft breath, and solemnly signed his name and seal on the array verification book.

After finishing writing, he closed the verification book, and when he looked up again, his tone had changed.

"The formation has been tested."

"Correct."

The third case.

The price was the highest.

After observing the scene, Ye Xiao did not sign his name on the formation contract.

The manager chased after him all the way to the door: "Master Ye, the price can be raised."

Ye Xiao stopped in his tracks.

"The formation isn't broken."

The manager was taken aback.

Ye Xiao raised his hand and pointed to the load-bearing stone pillar in the warehouse.

Half a ring of old marks was visible on one side of the column base.

The stone base is now half a foot away from its original position.

"Was it moved during the expansion of the warehouse?"

The steward followed his hand and looked over: "Move it."

"It used to be too narrow here for trucks to turn around, so we moved it outward by half a foot."

Ye Xiao unfolded the old map again.

The load-bearing column in the picture is still in its original position.

The array points on the ground remained in their original locations.

The only thing that was moved was the pillar.

He first tapped the old image with his fingertip, then lowered it to the ground: "The array points haven't moved."

"The load-bearing position has shifted."

"The first two groups have been adjusting the main structure. If it doesn't return to its proper place here, no matter how smoothly the previous adjustments went, the formation will still become chaotic at this stage."

The steward looked down at the half-circle of old marks at the base of the pillar.

He then glanced at the main chart, which had been modified several times.

The phrase "price increase" that he had been talking about earlier was not uttered this time.

"So what do we do now?"

"Pillars back in place."

Ye Xiao put away the old map: "Don't touch the main board yet."

"Continuing to fix it will only make the wrong spot even more solid."

The manager remained silent for a moment.

"I'll have someone change it tonight."

Day two.

The supporting stone pillars were returned to their original positions.

The steward personally stood guard by the main plate, watching it from morning until afternoon.

One round.

Two wheels.

Three-wheeled vehicles.

In the past, the array patterns would become disordered at this time every day, but this day, everything went smoothly from beginning to end.

The main board has rotated again.

It remains the same.

The steward stood there, watching for a long time.

That afternoon.

A payment was delivered to Qingyanlou.

The amount delivered was still based on the original full price quoted by the company for repairing the array.

Not a single penny was missing.

After looking at the bill, Shang Xiaotang looked up and asked the steward, "The furniture hasn't been touched, yet you're still charging full price?"

The manager smiled wryly: "Master Ye didn't touch the main plate."

"But if it weren't for his trip, we don't know how many more times we would have had to dismantle that plate."

"The employer means that this money should be paid at the original price."

Shang Xiaotang glanced at the bill and simply told them to leave it behind.

When Ye Xiao returned, she pushed the bill in front of him: "That company delivered it for the full amount."

Ye Xiao glanced at it.

"Refund a portion."

Shang Xiaotang raised an eyebrow: "Only charging for watching the battle?"

"Um."

Ye Xiao pushed the bill back.

"I didn't fix the formation."

"Settle according to the price of the formation."

Shang Xiaotang glanced at him, but didn't ask any more questions. She picked up her pen and started counting again.

Cross out the "Repair Formation" column.

They only kept the money for watching the battle.

That evening.

The extra reward was returned intact.

Two days later.

A new urgent message was sent to Qingyanlou again.

The signature is still from the same company.

The warehouse location was changed to another place.

This time, in addition to the current drawings, old drawings, and maintenance records, there was an extra stack of documents attached.

Expansion records over the past three years.

Column shift record.

Record of wall alterations.

Even which of the warehouse doors was later widened was marked out.

The next few days.

As more posts were sent to Qingyanlou, the number of omissions that required repeated questioning gradually decreased.

The current drawings, old drawings, and maintenance records, as well as the duration of the shutdown and the areas that cannot be touched, were mostly sorted out before the equipment was delivered.

The bills for services are getting longer and longer.

Someone paid in cash.

Some people are willing to offer high-grade elixirs as a reward.

Some people also listed out the quality and weight of the array materials, casting materials, and exotic beast bones, letting Ye Xiao choose for himself.

Some businesses didn't even bother to set prices; they first asked Shang Xiaotang, "What is Master Ye lacking lately?"

Shang Xiaotang never reported Ye Xiao's secrets to outsiders, but simply pushed the goods list that the other party brought back back: "List out what you can transfer first."

"If there's something suitable, he'll choose it himself."

This day.

The three urgent repair requests were delivered to Qingyanlou almost one after the other.

Shang Xiaotang had already screened them all.

The situation was explained clearly.

The pay is sufficient.

She laid out the three sets of information, then flipped the third company's payment slip to the top: "This company just added another 30%."

Ye Xiao didn't check the price first.

Let’s look at the array first.

After reading the first copy, I kept it in front of me.

Place the second portion on the right.

I flipped through the third copy once and pushed it back.