Long Aotian shouted, "Hold formation! Watch the direction you're responsible for. The enemy may not come from only one side!"
Sure enough, dense ranks of several dozen people swept in from the left and right to outflank them.
Long Aotian called out, "Front and rear, pull back! Don't let the enemy cut the formation in half!"
The people at the front and back hurriedly moved closer to the center force, and at once felt a little safer. Sure enough, the enemy might not necessarily strike the head or chase the tail.
Long Aotian shouted again, "Right wing becomes the vanguard, left wing becomes the rear guard!"
It was like a diamond, with the two sharp corners moving inward and the two obtuse corners stretching outward, turning from a horizontal diamond into a vertical one.
Tang Xiaohao suddenly saw a familiar face. "Uncle Zhang!?"
Tang Xiaohao burst out laughing. "Uncle Zhang, it's me! Tang Xiaohao of the Tang Sect!"
Tang Xiaohao had seen someone he knew, so naturally he perked up with pride.
He shoved Zhang Xuanfeng and a subordinate aside. "Move! Useless things, you're in the way."
Then he ran over, laughing loudly. "Uncle Zhang, it's me!"
That man flipped down from his horse. "Young Sect Master?! How is it you? Why are you here?!"
Tang Xiaohao cupped his fist. "It's been over a year since Uncle Zhang was last a guest at the Tang Sect. Uncle Zhang, you're still in such good health!"
"Hahaha! Young Sect Master, you've also been improving by the day. You're no longer the little brat you were back then! Why are you here?"
And so there came another round of explanation, about why the Great Array had lost its restrictions, blah blah blah...
Uncle Zhang understood and patted him on the shoulder. "That's fine