Chapter 602: Plucking Heads

"I... my master is Yu Yichen, a fifth-rank senior array master." Shao Siqi stammered.

Su Hu beside him seemed to understand something and quickly explained, "Master Yichen passed away ten years ago. Siqi now cultivates alone."

Ye Yuan looked Shao Siqi over and nodded, "In that case, I'll teach you a set of arrays. If you can fully comprehend it within ten days, I'll grant you a great opportunity. How about it?"

Shao Siqi was dumbfounded, still not having recovered. A Sea of Transformation realm martial artist claiming to give him a great opportunity sounded somewhat ridiculous.

Seeing him dazed, Su Hu rushed over and slapped the back of his head, "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and agree!"

"Huh?" Shao Siqi finally snapped out of it and shook his head, "No, my master was immensely kind to me. I won't switch to another master!"

Su Hu was furious, looking at him with disappointment, "You fool! Master Yichen has already passed away. Now you have a better opportunity, yet you don't cherish it!"

Shao Siqi said stubbornly, "Although my master is no longer with us, I have no intention of taking another master!"

Ye Yuan smiled, "You don't need to become my disciple. I'm merely fulfilling someone's request to give you a great opportunity. How much you comprehend depends on you. However... you only have ten days. If you haven't grasped it by then, it means you're not qualified. City Lord, may I borrow your training room?"

Shao Siqi was taken aback, not expecting Ye Yuan to say such a thing.

In the training room, when the eighteen sword puppets appeared before Shao Siqi, he felt as if he was being toyed with.

"A... a third-rank array?"

"Go ahead and try entering the array. But breaking it doesn't count; you must fully comprehend the array." Ye Yuan said.

Breaking an array and comprehending an array were two completely different concepts. With Shao Siqi's Soul Sea realm strength, breaking it by force was not a problem.

But comprehending the Minor Nine Revolutions Linked Array was not so simple.

"Hmph, just a small third-rank array, what's so great about it? I don't need ten days; three days will be enough!" Shao Siqi said disdainfully.

He could instantly cast quasi-fourth-rank arrays, so he thought comprehending a third-rank array was naturally no trouble, no matter how complex.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "I've already reduced the difficulty of this array a lot, but it's still impossible for you to comprehend it in three days."

Even with his own ninth-rank array master attainments back then, it had taken him several hours to comprehend it. For a mere fourth-rank array master to fully comprehend the complete Minor Nine Revolutions Linked Array was nearly impossible.

When Ye Yuan was in the city defense array, he had sensed that this array master was unusual, so he decided to test him.

Seeing that he could even instantly cast quasi-fourth-rank arrays made Ye Yuan's eyes light up, prompting him to fulfill Wei Xiao's request and pass on Lu Linfeng's legacy to Shao Siqi.

Moreover, from what he had seen so far, Shao Siqi's character was quite good.

Shao Siqi, full of disdain, rose and entered the array.

But as soon as he entered, he immediately felt something different, and the contempt on his face vanished.

"This... is this really a third-rank array? How can a third-rank array be so profound?" Shao Siqi quickly immersed himself in comprehending the array.

Seeing this, Ye Yuan smiled, "Let him tinker here. We need to get down to business."

Su Hu suppressed the shock in his heart and followed Ye Yuan out.

Calm and steady, powerful, with extremely high array mastery—what kind of monstrous talent was this youth!

...

Three days later, at the northern drill ground, tens of thousands of martial artists gathered, a spectacular sight.

On the high platform, Su Hu looked down imposingly and said in a clear voice, "As you all know, Redlight City is already an isolated city and cannot hold out for many more days! The Alliance has sent Young Master Ye to Redlight City to lead everyone in a breakout!"

As soon as Su Hu made this introduction, the crowd below immediately erupted into chaotic noise.

"What? Sending a mere kid at the Sea Transformation realm to save us? Has the Alliance already abandoned us?"

"A brat at the Sea Transformation realm leading our breakout? What a joke!"

"A kid whose hair hasn't even grown in—what can he do? City Lord, we'll follow you. Send this kid packing!"

"Hey, don't say that. Since the Alliance sent this kid, he must have some exceptional skill. Kid, if you've got the guts, go outside the city and bring back a few heads for us to see. If you're going to lead our breakout, at least show us your strength!"

As soon as this man spoke, it immediately drew a burst of laughter.

Not to mention the Sea Transformation realm, even Su Hu, a peak Soul Sea ninth-layer expert, wouldn't dare go down and bring back a few heads!

Ye Yuan beside Su Hu seemed to have anticipated this situation. He looked at the martial artist with a faint smile and said, "If I go out and bring back a few heads, will you all listen to me?"

"Oh, taking it seriously? Hahaha, fine. As long as you can bring back a few heads, we'll all listen to you! What do you say, everyone?" the martial artist said with a loud laugh.

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

...

The other martial artists naturally didn't believe that a kid at the Sea Transformation realm would dare go out of the city to bring back a few heads, and they all joined in the jeering.

The vast majority of these martial artists were rogue cultivators, used to being undisciplined. Subduing them was no easy task.

Although Su Hu was doing a decent job as city lord, he had only suppressed them with force, not truly made them obedient.

Ye Yuan looked at that martial artist and said with a smile, "What's your name?"

"What? Remembering my name to pick a fight? I go by the same name wherever I go, Chu Shi is who I am!" The martial artist raised his head and said.

This Chu Shi had considerable strength, having reached the fifth level of the Soul Sea realm.

A mere kid at the Sea Transformation realm was naturally beneath his notice.

With so many people here, would Su Hu really dare to kill someone in front of them? If a riot broke out, Su Hu would be in deep trouble too.

Most of these rogue cultivators were unruly and unruly, and among them, the law of the jungle prevailed.

To make them submit, you had to show real strength.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Chu Shi, is it? I'll remember that!"

As he spoke, Ye Yuan moved and vanished from before Chu Shi.

The martial artists below looked at each other in bewilderment; no one had seen how Ye Yuan left!

Seeing this, Chu Shi's face darkened, and he said to the martial artist beside him, "You don't think that kid actually went outside the city to fetch a head, do you?"

"Hah, how could that be? That kid is just a bit good at movement techniques. With his meager strength, how could he?" The martial artist replied.

Before his words faded, Ye Yuan's figure had already reappeared on the platform.

And in his hand, he was holding a martial artist from the Windstorm Realm.

When the crowd looked, their expressions changed!