Chapter 175

C175 – Broken Array

Yin Xu did not make the guests wait too long. The civil servants and generals had memorized every detail of his plan, so when Yin Xu announced its completion, they felt it was too quick.

“That’s it?” Even the Emperor expressed his doubts. All they saw was Yin Xu placing a few stones in the arena. Those with sharp eyes could tell they were unpolished jade, but that was all.

Could he really defend against a group of experts like this? It seemed like a joke.

Yin Xu walked over calmly and nodded at the emperor, “Yes, that’s enough. Let them begin.” Then, he walked to Teng Yu’s side, ignoring the shocked and doubtful expressions around him.

Teng Yu took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands. His gentle expression and considerate actions almost blinded everyone.

No one doubted Teng Yu’s feelings towards Yin Xu, but no one supported their so-called true love.

The emperor waved his hand, and Commander Xu, upon receiving the order, led a hundred elite soldiers to cautiously approach the array.

Yin Xu hadn’t asked them to evade while he was setting up the array, so they clearly saw his movements. But the more they saw, the less danger they felt.

When they were ten meters away from the array, Commander Xu, out of caution, made everyone stop and sent two clever guards to scout ahead.

Those two guards weren’t foolish. They took out anything they could from their pockets and threw them into the formation, including bags of broken silver and a few copper coins.

The objects were thrown into the formation without any resistance.

Everyone held their breath, anticipating an unbelievable scene. Unfortunately, after a while, the formation remained unchanged, and the items lay there untouched.

“This... This is too ridiculous!” Some people began to feel that Yin Xu was deceiving them. How could such a simple thing offer any defense?

Teng Yu said coldly, “The competition we agreed upon is for people, not random objects!”

Seeing this, Commander Xu heaved a sigh of relief. Standing here today, representing the Emperor, if he lost, his future prospects would be bleak.Gét latest novel chapters on nov(e)lbj/n(.)c/om

Moreover, Yin Xu had seized the limelight shortly after entering the palace, earning high regard among the guards. Commander Xu could foresee the day he would be replaced.

Today was the best opportunity for him to turn the tables.

“Attack!” he ordered the two pathfinders.

The two of them didn’t wait for his orders. Seeing no changes along the way, they let their guard down and quickened their steps towards the formation.

“Eh...” Some spectators immediately noticed something was off.

Teng Yu shushed them, signaling them to remain silent.

In their eyes, the two guards appeared to be walking in circles around the formation without stopping. Could they be surveying the terrain?

Commander Xu became anxious and shouted, “What are you doing? Why aren’t you entering?”

Even the people in the stands held their breath, waiting for his answer. Only Teng Yu and Yin Xu remained relaxed.

They trusted Yin Xu completely; nothing he said would surprise them, while the latter maintained an indifferent expression.

The guard scratched his head and stammered, “It’s just like what I see now.”

“What?”

“It’s the same as what we see from here. The formation is still there, the people are still there. There’s no difference.”

Commander Xu frowned, “Go back and take thirty steps this time!”

“Yes sir!”

The guard obediently left. However, after walking thirty steps and turning around, he was shocked to find the people in front of him had vanished, leaving only a small array of stones in an empty plaza.

He walked a few more steps and realized the situation was unchanged. He immediately understood he had followed in his colleague’s footsteps and was trapped.

He tried shouting, but no one answered him. It was as if he were the only person in the entire square, terrifyingly alone.

All the guests turned to look at Yin Xu simultaneously. Seeing him being fed tea and pastries by the Third Prince, appearing so relaxed, their scalps tingled with unease.

Yin Xu swallowed the food in his mouth and kindly reminded them, “Don’t forget there’s a time limit to every game.”

Commander Xu’s heart skipped a beat, and his lips turned white. He couldn’t think of any effective measures.

“Why don’t we try removing the rocks from a distance?” Someone proposed a bright idea, which was immediately adopted.

They found a few bows and selected some guards with exceptional archery skills to aim their arrows at the stones on the ground.

Although they had never seen this kind of formation before, it was likely that the small stones were central to it and could not escape its influence.

For the bodyguards, skilled in piercing trees with arrows from a hundred steps away, hitting the stone was a simple task compared to their usual training.

Despite their accurate shots, the target didn’t budge. Instead, all the arrows split in two and fell to the ground.

The guards lowered their heads and set aside their bows, shrugging to indicate their helplessness.

Commander Xu, out of options and pressed for time, ordered, “Let’s attack together. We’ll bypass the formation and surround that area, then attack on my command!”

The guards moved swiftly, positioning themselves according to Xu’s orders. On his command, they raised their weapons, focused their inner force, avoided their trapped comrades, and aimed at the stones.

“Bang...” The square was filled with flying sand and rocks, creating deep pits in the bluestone floor. Just as everyone felt triumphant, they noticed the small stones still stubbornly stuck in the holes.

As for the guards who thought they had broken through the array, they rushed in like headless flies, unable to find a way out.

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