"Senior is really domineering," Shen Yuan's voice came from behind. "You're the one who started fighting without a word, and now you're the one telling me to stop. I may be a junior, but senior can't just be molded like a dumpling, can you?"
The old men exchanged glances, Void Formation Drawing —enchanted soldiers?
Is this really the same useless son whom these other young men described as being disliked and sent away by the Shen Family?
"Young man, calm down. We were just testing you, we meant no harm." The old man, having weathered many storms, was adept at shamelessly repeating the original words.
He admitted that he had been too arrogant. A group of sorcerers had closed the distance and wanted to crush their opponents, but they hadn't expected that the opposing team not only had First Rank martial artist, but also that he himself possessed such abilities!
Now surrounded by so many soldiers and with First Rank martial artist at close range, and more importantly, they don't even know what other abilities that kid has, if they want to fight again, they would have to use their forbidden techniques. But at their age, they really don't want to risk fighting unless absolutely necessary.
"Testing?" Shen Yuan stepped out of the eye of the storm with a half-smile. "What are you seniors trying to test?"
"Just a curious test, a curious test." The old men chuckled dryly, " The Shen Family is truly remarkable. To have such a prodigy is truly enviable."
"Seniors, you flatter me." Shen Yuan said calmly, "Since it was a misunderstanding, please stop the spell!"
"We're old and can't be easily frightened. Perhaps you should ask your guards to put away their weapons?"
The elderly man at the head of the group smiled and said, "Clearly, with all these martial artists less than three zhang away, asking them to withdraw their spells would be like leaving them at the mercy of others."
Shen Yuan didn't make things difficult for him, because he knew that if a fight broke out, his side would be the most likely to get into trouble.
After all, they are a family with a thousand-year history. Which of these elders doesn't have some secret techniques or unique skills? Being overconfident and allowing a martial artist to get close doesn't mean they don't have a backup plan to retaliate. If they are really pushed to the limit, it might not be a good thing.
Shen Yuan waved his hand gently. "General Di, please step back."
As they spoke, the huge eye of the storm gradually weakened under the opponent's wave of his hand. After receiving Shen Yuan's instructions, the soldiers also put away their weapons and slowly glided back to Shen Yuan's side in mid-air.
The elders were increasingly shocked by this scene. This young man could weaken the core power of the magic array with just a few gestures. This meant that the magic array he drew in the void could actually be precisely controlled. Without materials to stabilize the energy, how could he so precisely control such a massive amount of energy using only the magic array? What kind of skill was this?
It seems the patriarchs were right; there's a great secret in Jiangnan!
This Shen Family brat, a third-rate sorcerer, has only been in Jiangnan for two years, yet he possesses such abilities.
"Since the seniors have all arrived, there's no need for this junior to escort them." Shen Yuan smiled at the group of direct descendants who were already stunned, "In that case, farewell!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he was escorted by a group of soldiers and ascended into the sky. Then, following the huge eye of the storm, he quickly disappeared from everyone's sight!
"That magic array can still be moved?" the tall, thin elder at the head of the group asked blankly.
"Such secret techniques are truly deadly weapons in the military. No wonder Yuchi Peng was defeated here. We must report this to our superiors as soon as possible."
The others nodded quickly.
"Uh..." It wasn't until this moment that the group of disciples reacted, and they hurriedly said, "Elder, we're just... letting him go like this?"
The elders looked at the other party strangely upon hearing this. Let them go?
It's obvious they let their group go, isn't it?
"That young man from the Shen Family is strange," one of the elders explained reluctantly. "We can't take any risks. Let's go."
The group of young men stood there dumbfounded, not reacting for a long time. After a while, they came to their senses and looked sharply at Shen Yang was still standing in the same place!
Shen Yang was also stunned. Although he had been somewhat obsequious earlier, deep down he didn't think much of Shen Yuan. He just thought the other party had gotten lucky and learned some tricks. After all, the way of formations was indeed a side path in the world of sorcerers, and even if there were some tricks, it was not considered a great achievement.
But he never expected that his useless half-brother could actually force these aristocratic elders to stop when he got into a fight!
That's incredible!
"This person is also a member of the Shen Family?" Suddenly, the elders all became kind and benevolent.
"Greetings. Greetings to all the seniors," Shen Yang said, his voice trembling as everyone stared at him.
"No need to be nervous," the elders laughed. "Since you are companions, you should return to the capital together. We old folks have some questions, and we wonder if you would be willing to clear them up for us old fogies?"
Shen Yang:"."
I really don't know anything!
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"Sir, is everything alright?"
On their way back, seeing Shen Yuan still unable to dispel the great formation after a long time, Di Yun and his group immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
The Martial Edge Formation is one of the military formations developed by the academy. Currently, only two people in the entire Heaven Academy have mastered this technique: one is Mr. Xiao An, who has consistently topped the Heaven Academy's calculation rankings, and the other is Mr. Shen standing before us.
However, neither Mr. Xiao An nor the seemingly composed Mr. Shen in front of him were actually very skilled. In order to cooperate with them, Di Yun had gone to Liuzhou half a month ago to work with Shen Yuan on this formation. He knew very well what would happen if the formation could not be closed.
If it can't be closed, the eye of the storm will gradually shift in time and space, causing the wind elements around them to become chaotic. The soldiers will fly around aimlessly in the sky like headless flies, and in severe cases, they might even be pulled into the eye of the storm and spun around. Within fifteen minutes, they'd be vomiting up their gallbladders.
The key point is that some soldiers couldn't help but vomit during the rotation. Can you imagine? A group of men being swept into the eye of the storm, huddled together, with all sorts of foul-smelling bodily fluids and vomit spraying everywhere?
Anyway, Di Yun didn't want to experience it again, even though he had already experienced it several times.
"Shut up!" Shen Yuan was also sweating profusely as he worked on the array structure, trying his best to recover the energy.
That's why he decisively withdrew after gaining some advantage; if he stayed to show off, he'd be risking his life.
Military-grade magic arrays are the most valuable asset that future graduates of the Heaven Academy will possess. Currently, there are not many in the entire Heaven Academy who can independently master Void Formation Drawing. Shen Yuan is well aware that once this is mastered, the Heaven Academy's array formations will be worthy of the name " Heaven Academy." Even in the entire magic world, such mobile magic arrays that can directly enhance soldiers' combat power will be highly sought after, and the status of ordinary magicians will never be higher than that of array masters!
However, this kind of formation now involves two problems: one is the energy source, and the other is the energy recovery.
Most of the array masters in the academy are only at the fifth or sixth rank. It is impossible for someone of this level to form a large array using their own spiritual power. Even for Above First Rank sorcerer, it is quite difficult to bless hundreds of soldiers with elemental power using their own spiritual power.
Therefore, array masters must learn to achieve great things with small resources, using their meager spiritual power to manipulate vast elemental forces to form arrays.
Forming a spell array requires immense magical energy. If a sorcerer cannot rely on themselves, they must rely on external objects. However, the Earth Academy has now solved this problem. High-quality Rune Stone can store vast and pure energy. As long as the Heaven Academy sorcerers do not make any mistakes in drawing the array structure, they can preside over a large array that blesses hundreds or even thousands of soldiers. Above First Rank sorcerers can bless a large array that blesses tens of thousands of soldiers!
The storage problem is solved, but the recycling problem is troublesome.
Although in Jiangnan, one can rely on the Power of Faith from various mountain and river systems and the various forces and pantheons of the Underworld and City God to convert energy, making it much easier to collect energy than in the ordinary mortal realm, it still cannot be abused. If it cannot be recycled, the large amount of energy released will not only cause ecological disorder in the surrounding area, but also be a huge waste of magical energy.
Therefore, Lord Chen Ying researched a method to recover the energy of a spell array using empty energy Rune Stone.
However, this method is very difficult to put into practice, at least dozens of times more difficult than releasing energy. First, the array must be shut down, then the magical energy must be allowed to flow back, and then the magical energy must be allowed to obediently return to its empty Rune Stone.
The difficulty of the operation had almost driven Shen Yuan crazy several times, and this time was no exception.
But no matter how difficult it is, he has to grit his teeth and do it. The academy only provides a limited amount of magical energy to its students each month. Even though the students of the Heaven Academy are blessed with two Rune Stone every day, it is not enough for a large amount of research. He used up almost three months' worth of energy limit just to show off this time. If he can't recover the energy, he will have to beg for food from his junior brothers and sisters for the next three months!
Fortunately, this time fate didn't play tricks on him, and he was able to successfully retrieve the energy back into the Rune Stone.
He quickly placed the Rune Stone in his palm like a mother hen protecting her chicks, examining it carefully, afraid that the energy might go out of control again if he wasn't careful.
Everyone else breathed a long sigh of relief; thankfully, Mr. Shen performed as expected today.
"Excellent!" A praising voice came from the side. Everyone was startled by the voice and quickly looked over, for they all remembered the voice—it was the Lord's voice!
Shen Yuan was taken aback, almost dropping the Rune Stone he was holding like a treasure. He looked at the other person cautiously.
After a long pause, he took a breath and bowed, saying, "My lord."
Although he had made up his mind to pledge allegiance to Chen Qing, he still had some reservations these days and tried his best to avoid the other party. He never expected that the other party would take the initiative to come to him this time.
"You did a good job, knowing when to advance and when to retreat. Not only is your learning ability impressive, but your grasp of situations is also excellent." Chen Qing nodded in satisfaction.
"The Lord knows?" Shen Yuan was taken aback again. He had only just returned, and the other party already knew about his performance. Could it be...?
"Of course I won't let you risk your life alone." Chen Qing quickly gave his answer, "After all, you're facing those old monsters from powerful families. How does that feel?"
"I'm quite nervous."
"Anything else?"
"Mmm, that feels good."
"Hahahaha!" Chen Qing burst into laughter.
"Thank you for your protection, Lord. Without your protection, I wouldn't dare to act so arrogantly."
"Want to put on another show?"
"Huh?" Shen Yuan was stunned. "My lord, what do you mean?"
You need to go to the capital!
Shen Yuan: "!!!"
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