CHAPTER 41: DOMINATING THE ELDERS.

"Young Master Wu, please, this way." The elder said with a bright smile as he ushered Jun Wu forward.

The raging sound of battle echoed above them, but the Array Formation Masters seemed not to care about it.

Array Formation Masters were moving back and forth as they tried to repair the broken array.

Arriving before the group of Array Masters, Jun Wu saw Elder Feng, Elder Shen, Elder Kang, and a few more elders he did not recognize.

Among the elders, there were those from the Yuan clan who were also looking at Jun Wu curiously.

Feeling the various gazes on his body, Jun Wu’s expression was calm, not intimidated by their stares.

"Now that the Young Master is here, we can finally push for the repair in one swing motion." Elder Kai said, his voice filled with authority.

"Elder Kai, we can’t follow your suggestion. Doing that would make the array formation fragile, which will serve no purpose." An elder from the Yuan clan countered.

"We’re best at defensive formation. I suggest we do it according to our plan." She insisted.

All the elders wore conflicted looks. This was the situation among the Array Masters. Both the Array Association and the Yuan clan would not surrender to each other.

They had been debating on which formation diagram to use, wasting precious time while putting the lives of everyone defending the city wall on the line.

Jun Wu had an expressionless face as he watched the argument between the two factions and shook his head.

Even at the expense of other people’s lives, they couldn’t stop their petty schemes.

"Elder Kai, why don’t we decide which array formation diagram to use? With every second wasted on debating, people are dying..." Elder Shen said seriously, not caring about Elder Kai’s cold, piercing gaze.

The Yuan clan’s elders also looked at her with unfriendly gazes, but she was unfazed.

Before Elder Feng opened his mouth to speak, Jun Wu beat him to it.

"I agree with Elder Shen. I did not risk my life to come to the city wall to see you bickering like market women. If you are not going to decide which defensive formation to use, I’d better return to my mansion."

All the elders were stunned.

They looked at Jun Wu with wide eyes. Elder Kai and the elders from the Yuan clan were a force to reckon with in the Mystic City.

Yet...

From the corner of her eyes, Elder Shen looked at Jun Wu, and the corner of her lips tugged with a faint smile.

"Nonsense! What do you know?" Elder Kai snapped. "You’re just a kid who was lucky to become a Grade 1 Array Master. You must learn to respect elders, otherwise, I wouldn’t mind teaching you a lesson."

Jun Wu did not back down and replied. His voice was cold and sharp. "What elder? You and I are both Grade 1 Array Masters. Don’t you dare throw your useless pride around me."

Huh!

Even Elder Shen couldn’t help but suck in a cold breath. She did not expect the calm boy to be this forceful and domineering.

In a few short statements, he tore all the prideful masks from Elder Kai’s face without batting an eye.

Elder Feng looked at Jun Wu, then at the furious Elder Kai, and swallowed the lump in his throat.

Indeed, they were all Grade 1 Array Masters. They did not have the authority to order him around any longer.

With how forceful Jun Wu was, he realized his previous schemes might be useless.

For a moment, silence reigned among the elders. Each person was lost in thought.

"Fine! Since the Young Master has spoken, we’ll follow his suggestion." An elder from the Yuan clan broke the silence.

All the elders nodded, as no one wanted to lose the last shred of dignity they had to a kid, young enough to be their grandson.

The Yuan clan brought out their defensive array formation diagram and placed it on the table.

Elder Kai snorted and brought forward the Association’s defensive array diagram.

With the two array diagrams present, all the elders became serious as they studied them.

Looking at the two array diagrams, Jun Wu could not help but click his tongue. Each diagram was filled with flaws.

’No wonder the protective formation was easily shattered.’ He thought.

’Now, this is my chance to increase my standing in the city.’ He mused.

Previously, he was only known as a young Array Formation Master.

But to many Array Masters, they believed he had little experience and could not compare to the experienced elders.

But now, he would change that.

"Where is the array diagram for the city wall?" He asked, breaking the elders’ concentration.

"It is these two array diagrams. We combine them to create the city defense array formation." Elder Kang responded, looking at Jun Wu curiously.

Not only him, some of the elders raised their heads and looked at him, waiting to hear his thought process.

Elder Kai sneered. "Young Master, do you have anything to say about it?"

"Yes...." Jun Wu nodded, ignoring his condescending tone.

He pointed at the two diagrams. "I learned the protective formation was broken from the western region, which is node 18 and 36."

"So what?" Elder Feng responded.

Without looking at Elder Feng, he continued. His voice was steady and clear. "Combining the two arrays is not a bad idea, but node alignment is wrong."

"Node 18 and 36 overlapped with node 18 and 36 of the Yuan clan array, which made the flow of energy difficult."

"Ordinarily, this wouldn’t be a problem, but when the array is under pressure, the distribution of energy will be slower in this region, making the formation break quickly."

Jun Wu explained calmly.

"I agree your words seem to make sense, but this does not prove anything. Node overlapping is not a strange concept. Or are you suggesting it is wrong to overlap a node?" The leader from the Yuan clan countered.

All the elders nodded.

Elder Feng and Elder Kai sneered.

’You just made it easy for me to tear you to pieces.’ Elder Kai grinned inwardly.

Since his disciples lost woefully in the competition, he had harbored hatred for Jun Wu.

And he couldn’t wait to tarnish his rising image.

Jun Wu did not know what was going on in Elder Kai’s mind, and even if he did, he wouldn’t have cared.

His gaze focused on the Yuan clan, and he asked, "I thought they said you’re the best in defensive formation?"

Hmm?

All the elders gasped in disbelief. The Yuan clan Array Masters were also stunned.

How dare he ridicule them?

Before they could respond, Jun Wu continued.

"Do you even understand what these patterns are?" He pointed at the various patterns on the array diagram.

When they heard his question, everyone was stunned.

Understanding the Patterns?

This was the first time they had heard such a concept.

Elder Shen couldn’t help but ask. "Young Master, what do you mean?"

"Each pattern around a node tells how the node would handle the incoming energy. Some energy is fierce, while some are gentle. Some serve as delay, while some serve as accumulation."

"Each pattern has a meaning, and when you combined the two array diagrams, you did not think of the patterns. You merely forced the two formations together."

"For the Yuan clan array, it was a fierce diagram that used a lot of energy. But for the Association’s array, it was an accumulation diagram."

"What do you think would happen when two opposite forces collided?" He asked and raised his head to look at the stunned elders.

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