Chapter 1437: 1438: Swindling and Deceit

Capítulo 1437: Chapter 1438: Swindling and Deceit

The cracks all over the Foundation Stone have completely destroyed the once complete Array patterns, though they haven’t harmed the essence.

Moreover, there are some other Foundation Stones filling in, acting as a bridge to allow the Array to continue operating.

In the Array’s central space, quite a few are present, and one elder with childlike features and an appearance similar to Yuan Chu walked straight towards Yuan Chu.

The next moment, this elder directly smacked Yuan Chu on the head.

Smack!

A loud noise sounded, and Yuan Chu was immediately slapped to the ground, falling face-first, making Lin Qian’s brow twitch.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that Yuan Chu was somewhat simple-minded, perhaps his grandfather had smacked him stupid.

“You troublemaker, causing problems again.” Yuan De glared at Yuan Chu, scolding him.

Yuan Chu rubbed his head helplessly, feeling resigned, “Where did I cause trouble again?”

“You haven’t caused trouble? Your nonsense isn’t causing trouble?” Yuan De glared at Yuan Chu, pointing to Yuan Li beside him, “Your cousin said you brought back a talented Array Master who can repair the family array?”

“Yes!” Yuan Chu quickly nodded, getting up from the ground.

Smack!

Another slap, making Lin Qian’s heart tighten, feeling deep sympathy for Yuan Chu.

In his eyes, that slap was really harsh.

“You believe whatever people say, and you just blurt out the family array’s damage like that?” Yuan De raised his hand again at the climbing Yuan Chu, “Do you want to be deceived once more before learning your lesson?”

His words sparked Lin Qian’s interest, it seemed the elder understood his grandson was being framed.

Probably to account to others, the only option was to pretend to drive his grandson out.

Actually, this behavior was also to protect Yuan Chu.

Otherwise, according to ancestral rules, Yuan Chu should be executed, yet he’s alive and kicking here, and can participate in the upcoming trials.

“Don’t hit me, my friends really are capable!” Yuan Chu retreated in fright at his grandfather’s action.

Yuan De heard his grandson’s words, looked up at Lin Qian and the others, full of suspicion.

He himself didn’t believe his grandson could really find an Array Master to repair the family array.

Being involved with arrays himself, he knew how profound an array mastery was needed to succeed in repairing the family array.

Also, he was very suspicious of Lin Qian and the others’ motives.

His gaze involuntarily turned to Lin Ancestor and Ye Xuanyan, sensing danger from them, definitely not ordinary people.

Yuan De was truly afraid his foolish grandson would be deceived again.

Then, Zhuge Ming stepped forward, speaking to Yuan De, “Master Yuan, I truly can repair your family array.”

“Moreover, I can help improve the family array.”

When Zhuge Ming’s words fell, the central space fell silent.

Then, laughter erupted around them.

“Haha, did we hear wrong? What’s this young man thinking?”

“How dare he think of repairing our family array and even improving it?”

“Young people these days have such high aspirations!”

In the central space, the Yuan family’s array masters laughed heartily, thinking Zhuge Ming was simply overestimating himself, how could such a thing succeed?

But they didn’t realize that such an undertaking was incredibly easy for Zhuge Ming.

“Haha, Clan Leader, did you hear? The person Yuan Chu brought is just a big-talking fraud.” Yuan Li couldn’t help but mock.

An elder next to him shook his head, “Brother, this guy is just a fraudster. It’s better to eliminate him to prevent the news of our damaged family array from leaking.”

Yuan De heard Zhuge Ming’s words and also shook his head slowly, thinking the young man might be exaggerating.

Improving the family array, did he think the Yuan family’s array was like cabbage?

“Plus, I don’t think this youngster even sees what the issue with the array is.” The elder continued to mock with hostility.

This elder was Yuan Li’s grandfather and also the current most powerful array master in the Yuan family.

This method of repairing the Foundation Stone was his doing.

“Can’t see?” Zhuge Ming chuckled, “The soul energy supply segment of the array was severed, this simple issue and I can’t see it?”

“Your Yuan family’s array consists of eighteen array hubs, 3,465 nodes, spanning the entire underground of Zongyuan City.”

“The central hub space we’re in supplies the entire array’s soul energy, just need to embed Soul Crystals on this Foundation Stone.”

“But someone damaged the Foundation Stone, causing the rupture of the array patterns on it, and the later array masters couldn’t revert the damaged foundation stone, only patch the rupture instead.”

“Unfortunately, in the realm of arrays, even a tiny deviation leads to large errors, this patch in the rupture markedly increases soul energy consumption.”

“Yet, your Yuan family can do nothing, restoring the array requires re-etching patterns on the Foundation Stone. Unfortunately, your Yuan family’s top array master’s level is far too low.”

Here, Zhuge Ming looked provocatively over, having already learned from Yuan Chu that the Yuan family’s chief array master was this elder.

“You…” The elder’s complexion changed, pointing at Zhuge Ming. He hadn’t expected this young man to have some skill.

Beside him, Yuan De nodded inwardly, realizing the young man wasn’t just an opportunistic fraudster, though he looked at Yuan Chu discontentedly, “You brat, how could you reveal detailed information about the family array!”

Hearing his grandfather, Yuan Chu looked aggrieved, “Grandfather, when did I tell anyone, do I have that ability?”

Yuan Chu’s words made Yuan De realize his grandson lacked array talent, barely understanding mid-level arrays, let alone the family array.

Could it be this young man saw all this himself?