"No need, I can handle it myself."
Ye Hao shook his head, politely declining Ye Yu's kind offer.
This time, as long as outer disciples didn't make a move, those who acted would at most be handyman disciples.
Their realm wouldn't exceed Sixth-Layer Qi Refinement, whereas Ye Hao had already advanced to Sixth-Layer Qi Refinement and even mastered great perfection level Fire Snake Technique.
Moreover, he had so many First-Tier high-grade Fireball Talismans on him.
Even if he faced a Seventh-Layer Qi Refinement cultivator, he wouldn't be afraid.
Ye Yu looked at Ye Hao with disbelief. "You really don't need it?"
"I really don't."
Ye Hao shook his head with a smile.
Hearing Ye Hao say this, Ye Yu stared fixedly at his expression.
Seeing that Ye Hao's expression remained so relaxed, Ye Yu slowly began to relax as well.
He was no longer so worried.
Ye Yu immediately nodded. "It seems you really don't need it. That puts my mind at ease."
"Otherwise, if something really happened to you, staying in Baiyun Sect alone wouldn't be any fun for me."
Ye Hao patted his shoulder lightly and smiled. "Rest assured, I'm confident."
Afterward, he stood up, rolled up his sleeves, and reentered the spirit field.
He began weeding.
Although the Ear-Gathering Technique could allow him to remove these weeds easily...
...the feeling of pulling up weeds by hand was still a kind of pleasure in its own right.
After staying busy for several shichen, Ye Hao finally left his spirit field and headed to the spirit field where Senior Brother Wan Bao was, arriving just in time to see him working in his spirit field.
"Junior Brother Ye, what brings you here?"
Sensing someone walking toward him, Wan Bao looked up and saw Ye Hao approaching from a short distance away, immediately calling out a friendly greeting.
Seeing that Wan Bao's face showed none of the despondency from a failed breakthrough, but instead a cheerful mood, Ye Hao nodded slightly to himself.
It seemed this was quite normal; after all, when Wan Bao attempted his breakthrough, he had already anticipated that his chances of success were minuscule.
Thus, after failing the breakthrough, Wan Bao accepted it calmly.
He quickly calmed his mindset.
"Senior Brother Wan Bao, I'd like to borrow your plantain leaf to make a trip to the market."
Ye Hao cupped his hands and looked at him.
If he relied on his own legs to walk there, a round trip would cost half a day.
With Wan Bao's plantain leaf, a round trip would take only one shichen.
"Sure."
Wan Bao nodded.
Shrunken down, the plantain leaf was only the size of a palm; only by pouring spirit qi into it with full effort would it return to normal size.
He tossed it directly to Ye Hao.
After catching it, Ye Hao couldn't help teasing Senior Brother Wan Bao with a smile, "Senior Brother Wan Bao, aren't you afraid I'll run off with your plantain leaf?"
"And handing it over to me so easily without even asking what I'm going to the market for?"
Wan Bao chuckled and shook his head, having already grasped a bit of Ye Hao's mindset. "If you wanted to say, you would have already. Since you haven't, I won't press."
"However, if there's really anything you can't resolve, you can come to me anytime."
"Though seeing how you look right now, you probably already have a solution."
Since Ye Yu knew the news about Ye Hao being targeted, Wan Bao naturally knew as well.
Yet seeing Ye Hao's relaxed demeanor...
...it was clear Ye Hao already had a solution, so there was no need to worry too much.
After all, just from how Ye Hao casually pulled out Fireball Talismans earlier, one could see he was by no means simple.
Perhaps the ones who truly needed to worry this time were not Ye Hao, but those fellows planning to target him.
"Just some minor trouble, I can resolve it myself."
"Then I'll take my leave first. When I return, I'll return this plantain leaf to you, Senior Brother."
Having said that, Ye Hao cupped his hands and took his leave.
...
Half a shichen later, at the market at the foot of Baiyun Sect's mountain.
Duobao Pavilion.
It was a massive, seven-story building.
Natural treasures, spiritual pills and miracle medicines, divine weapons and sharp armaments could all be bought here.
It was said that several Foundation Establishment cultivators were stationed inside.
Furthermore, higher-ups of Baiyun Sect even held stakes in it, so absolutely no one dared to make trouble inside Duobao Pavilion.
"Hello, do you have array formations for sale here?"
Ye Hao looked around before turning to walk toward a counter.
Behind the counter was a female cultivator with a tall figure and skin white as snow.
She had a clear and pretty face.
On Earth in his past life, she would undoubtedly be a natural beauty.
Yet in this world, a female cultivator of such appearance could only be considered plain.
In this world, the higher a female cultivator's cultivation realm, the higher her appearance.
As their realm rose, they would continuously reshape their physical body, making it gradually tend toward perfection.
Cultivators of higher realms even possessed a unique aura around them that would attract those of the same realm.
High-tier cultivators had a special effect on low-tier cultivators that was almost like suppression, which some also referred to as pressure.
"Young Master, what rank of array formation do you need?"
Hearing that the youth in front of her actually needed an array formation...
...Cheng Rou's eyes instantly lit up, and she hurriedly responded.
"A First-Tier offensive array formation, and one that I can set up on my own."
Ye Hao stated his requirements.
The reason he needed to set it up by himself was that he didn't want anyone else to know he had laid an array formation inside his wooden hut.
"Young Master, if you wanted a First-Tier utility array formation, that requirement would be easy to satisfy."
"However, finding one that you can set up on your own is a bit difficult."
"Moreover, the price is on the higher side."
Upon hearing Ye Hao's specific requirements, a look of difficulty appeared on Cheng Rou's face.
Ye Hao looked at Cheng Rou and said bluntly, "Rest assured, as long as the effect satisfies me, the price can be discussed."
"In that case, let me recommend the Red Fire Strike array disc to you."
"As long as you place it down, it will automatically set itself up, covering a radius of ten meters."
After saying that, Cheng Rou retrieved a light red stone disc from behind and placed it on the desktop.
The patterns on the stone disc were extremely clear, emitting a faint fire-attribute aura.
"This is a First-Tier mid-grade Red Fire Strike array disc. Once activated, it can unleash five fire blades, with power equivalent to a Seventh-Layer Qi Refinement Fireball Technique. Consuming ten spirit stones, it can run continuously for an hour."
"The drawback is that after the array formation is triggered, there's a half-breath delay."
Ye Hao gently stroked the array disc before looking up at her. "How many spirit stones?"
"Young Master, for just 200 low-grade spirit stones, this First-Tier mid-grade Red Fire Strike array disc is yours."
After speaking, Cheng Rou stared closely at Ye Hao in front of her.
Very few people needed this kind of array disc. Although it saved the expense of hiring an array master to set up an array formation, its price was correspondingly several times higher than hiring one.
Therefore, this array disc had been sitting in the treasury for several years already.
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