Transcending Evolution - Chapter 8

Transcending Evolution Chapter 8: Repairing the Array

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For what reason this was, Gu Yue was also not clear. He merely thought that compared to the vast sea of power and complexities within his spiritual space, the diagrams of the practice room seemed… simple.

“There is a problem with the arrangement of these arrays.” At this point, there was simply no need for Aunt Mei to lead him, Gu Yue randomly wandered around all the cultivation rooms and in no time, had already looked at all five pillars of the arrays.

“A problem?” Aunt Mei was endlessly stunned as she looked at Gu Yue who seemed to be frolicking around as he scurried around from one cultivation room to the next. Gradually, she started to have a thread of faith.

The placement of the five pillars were all kept confidential, and they were also disguised with the utmost care, even if the average person came to these cultivating rooms, they may not even find one. Even hired Rune Masters would need a bit of guiding to find them.

But it was like Gu Yue already knew the position of these pillars and went straight to them like a goal. Not looking over even one, within the hidden, a thread of a Rune Master’s elegant manner was already showing.

After muttering to himself for a while, Gu Yue said: “These five pillars of the array, regardless if it’s location, choice of material or design, their goal should all be to produce a grade four assembly array, but …. there is a problem with the technique. Although the arrangement of the array was successful, the power was overall weakened.”

“You can even make out this?!” Aunt Mei finally came out of her shock. This was the Martial Building’s biggest regret, besides a few others, almost no one knew. It was only because Aunt Mei had followed them for so many years that she had the chance to hear the owner even mention it.

Grade-3 assembly arrays were something many martial buildings had; and could not be regarded as rare. Grade four assembly arrays were very few though. If Chu Huan Martial Building could have a grade-4 assembly array, even if it’s one, then would be enough for countless Evolutionists to rush in through their doors like ducks. The development of the martial building would expand and the future would be hopeful.

Back when they were making the array, they were originally aiming for a grade 4 assembly array. But unfortunately, the Rune Master they had hired back then had just became one not too long ago, so their experience was lacking and finally, failed through lack of a final effort. Although the array was successfully made, the power dropped to grade 3.

“The essence of arrays is the change of law, if the material is different, the diagram naturally needs to change, being able to see through this bit isn’t something hard.” Gu Yue waved his hand, not minding it before suddenly wrinkling his brows and flabbergastedly said: “Eh, this array was actually messed around by someone, good technique, good method!”

“You can tell?” Aunt Mei’s face finally changed and she looked excited as she nervously asked.

“Amateurs go to where the crowds are, experts go to the doorway.” Gu Yue proudly smiled and cunningly said: “How is this hard? In the eyes of people who do not understand runes, the array is like a heavenly book, an unproficient marvel.”

“Obvious at a glance? We had found more than ten famous rune masters, and they couldn’t even find out where the problem occurred. Yet you could see through it with a few glances?” Aunt Mei suspiciously said: “You didn’t hear some random words from before and know that the practice rooms here cannot be used and deliberately came to swindle right?”

“Aunt Mei, me being a handyman here isn’t just some one or two day matter already, even if I wanted to swindle you, I would not be able to swindle the entire martial building or, let alone you, and expect to continue working here, right?” Gu Yue was stunned, forced a smile and pointed at the arrays on the pillar, saying: “You can take a look here, this should be one of the crucial points of the array, the link is the extremely important five character rune. However, this pattern of the array has been blocked by someone, and so instead, a few more lines were added as well.”

“What’s wrong with this?” Aunt Mei widened her eyes, looking at the place Gu Yue was pointing at. But no matter how she looked, she did not understand even a bit of it, she could only look at it blankly.

“There is naturally a problem. The array isn’t something you can change as you wish, the difference of a hair is the same as a thousand miles, this small change in a short time isn’t a problem. But as long as the array operates for a period of time, the added lines would naturally collapse and therefore the array would naturally not work.” Gu Yue then praised, “This method,while not brilliant, is nevertheless effective. This man is extraordinary!”

Gu Yue was unboundedly happy, the nervousness from before had now been completely swept clean. A clearly mysterious array in front of his eyes was like an ancient landscape painting, he could clearly understand it. Even the hidden so-called malfunction trick was not overlooked. This kind of ability, don’t mentioned the common rune masters, even those great run masters were far from it’s equal.

You need to know, resolving arrays is an extremely complicated and demanding matter; it requires a lot of analyzing and reasoning, there is absolutely no success with a simple reasoning. To be able to see through it at a glance, there would only be one situation, and that was being far higher than the one that made it, it would be like a college student going to learn elementary mathematics, it was naturally easy.

“Since you can find out the cause, then can you fix this array?” Aunt May did not really understand it, in her eyes, all the lines looked the same, so how could she see a problem? But listening to Gu Yue talking clearly and logically, she couldn’t help but be convinced and asked.

“The other has an ulterior motive, so although it isn’t a simple damage, repairing it is a lot easier.” Gu Yue frowned, if he was able to cultivate Yuan Qi or if he had some more mental power, he would be able to condense telekinesis and draw an array on empty air, making repairing a like a breeze since it was a little more difficult right now. “Unfortunately, my cultivation isn’t high enough, so I can only think of another way.”

“What other way?” Aunt Mei eagerly asked, she was willing to have anyone in this crisis since she was also unable to hold back watching their golden customers leaving one by one from the martial building.

“Let me think.” Gu Yue frowned, this was indeed a difficult problem. Without Yuan Qi or mental power, no matter how high his array ability is, he would not be able to fully display those abilities. It was just like a full teapot, but the pot mouth would not open so the tea could not be poured out.

“Hurry up and think, I will go find Miss to come over.” Aunt Mei was unable to wait and was also unable to deal with the so-called restricted area in the martial building, so she turned and ran.

“Uh, I say, she really is worthy of being an instructor of the martial building, how can she run so fast?” Gu Yue was stupefied, it looks like this matter has really been a tough one, to the point it has beaten the martial building to the limits. Merely seeing a glimmer of hope and the always cold faced Aunt Mei turned so eager.

Moments later, a face that was still ice-cold yet unable to cover up the joy in her eyes, Qin Xue quickly walked in. She had clearly used a lot of effort to calm her mood, but her tone was still urgent.

“You could find the problem of the array?”

“It was just by a fluke.” Gu Yue cunningly answered.

“Help me fix the array, and you can put any condition in return.” Almost without hesitation, Qin Xue resolutely said. She originally just saw that Gu Yue was full of confidence in himself and could easily resist Aunt Mei’s imposing pressure, therefore, she wanted to see his ability.

Naturally, she had not thought that he would be able to solve the problem. She merely thought that if he had the talent of being a rune master, then she could try to nurture him. If she was really able to nurture a rune master, then next time they were in such trouble, the martial building wouldn’t be so passive.

Of course, trying to find anyone in a crisis, it wasn’t like there wasn’t a hint of hope in the depths of her heart. But that is merely a hint, to actually hear that Gu Yue had unexpectedly found out where the problem in the array, she also found it hard to believe.

“Miss, Xiao Yue only have the cultivation of a body refining boundary, it is uncertain if this array can be fixed.” Aunt Mei tightly followed, heard what was said and answered.

“The reward can be slowly discussed, let’s first give it a try!” Gu Yue paid them no heed and waved his hand: “So who will help me?”

“I will!” Qin Xue’s eyes flashed and coldly said. She was naturally not convinced by Gu Yue’s words; it was just that she had found several rune masters from the black market to come take a look, but it was to no avail – they weren’t even able to find the right pillar of the array. Gu Yue having the courage to set on the task, had already made her have a whole new level of respect for him. “How do you do it?”

“Simple, you control the True Yuan in your body well and follow my guidance and smoothly input it into the array.” Gu Yue adjusted his position and lightly said while facing her right, extended hand.

If this were someone else, they would certainly ask some more questions. For example, a refine body boundary grade 2 side dish, would you really be able to bear my True Yuan? Or repairing the array, why are you not using a rune brush, rune ink and so on. But Qin Xue’s temper was cold and did not ask anymore than she already had. In any case, whether or not he could fix the array, they would naturally see the outcome in a moment and the results were all that mattered.

“Alright!” Responding with one word, Qin Xue stretched out a delicate hand and fit it closely with the back of Gu Yue’s right hand, her True Yuan quietly rushed out like a clear spring, and slowly poured into Gu Yue’s body. She was a martial art expert in the end; she could easily tell Gu Yue’s constitution and that he was only able to withstand a very limited amount of her True Yuan energy, so she poured her Yuan Qi in very carefully.

With their two hands touching, Gu Yue could feel her hand was warm and soft, gentle even. It felt good, and he couldn’t help but be moved. However, the Yuan energy flowing into his body made his heart shake and he hurriedly dispersed those thoughts, condensing his mental power to guide this frightening amount of Yuan.

That’s right, it was frightening. Qin Xue was already controlling the delivery of her Yuan energy in a detailed degree, yet Gu Yue could only use the word ‘frightening’ to describe it. It was as if there was a mercury pillar in his meridians bubbling and moving, that kind of weight and pressure was a visceral feeling, making him want to wish for death.

“Too strong! So this is the True Yuan of a martial artist at the Yuan Gathering Boundary? If this really enters my body and could not be controlled, then I’m afraid even one thread of it would be able to kill me. A trace of cold sweat beaded on his forehead, Gu Yue used his mental power to it’s utmost to guide the True Yuan along its proper course.

This is the way Gu Yue thought of, since he didn’t have True Yuan energy or telekinesis himself, then he would rely on an external force. Qin Yue who is at the summit of Yuan Gathering Boundary had an abundant amount of Yuan energy, and because of her cultivation, controlling said energy wasn’t a difficult matter. The only problem was that she did not know how to repair an array.

That being said, she would need Gu Yue’s guide to have her True Yuan flow through the back of his hand and take it along with his own qi. With his mental power guiding it, it became possible to change the array.