"Of course, I know a thing or two!" Zhang Hao said indifferently.
"Then what do you think of the array this Old man set up?" The Old man stroked his beard and smiled, his expression arrogant.
Of course, this Old man also felt he had the capital to be arrogant.
In terms of martial arts cultivation, this Old man might not be one of the best in the Northern Region. But in Array Dao research, he felt he was definitely one of the top ones in the Northern Region. How many Array Dao Masters of the third stage could there be in the Northern Region? Perhaps not even second-stage Array Dao Masters!
Array Dao Master, this is a very noble profession. It is even more mysterious than an Alchemist. He accidentally obtained a handwritten copy from an Array Dao Master in the Hao Xian Sect. He only briefly dabbled in it, but he became madly infatuated with Array Dao. He even loved it more than martial arts.
It's just a pity that he explored everything himself, without any guide, so he inevitably felt a bit lonely. He only had a half-understanding of many Array Dao knowledge.
"Utter nonsense!" Zhang Hao smiled faintly, his expression full of mockery.
"Cough cough..."
The Old man was a bit exasperated.
"Impudent brat, what do you know?"
Zhang Hao said to himself, "Old man, the array you set up has the form but no spirit. It's just a superficial display. Of course, Old man, you might think your Big Dipper Seven Stars Array can operate, right?"
The Old man nodded repeatedly and said, "That's right, it can naturally operate. Doesn't that mean this Old man succeeded?"
The Old man was very proud. In his opinion, in the declining background of Array Dao, being able to successfully set up the Big Dipper Seven Stars Array was already quite commendable.
"But Old man, don't you know that the Big Dipper Seven Stars Array absorbs the power of stars as its source? It's not activated by spirit stones. You've put the cart before the horse and missed the most valuable aspect of the Big Dipper Seven Stars Array." Zhang Hao shook his head, looking like a child who couldn't be taught.
The Old man's face immediately showed shame. Indeed, according to the Array Dao Master's notes, the Big Dipper Seven Stars Array does absorb the power of the Big Dipper's stars to operate. However, after he set up the Big Dipper Seven Stars Array, it simply couldn't absorb the power of the stars no matter what. So, he settled for the next best thing. He prepared to use spirit stones to achieve the same goal. Of course, it seemed to achieve a similar goal, but doing so ultimately resulted in an inferior outcome.
"Little friend, but this Old man still cannot make this Big Dipper Seven Stars Array absorb the power of the stars." The Old man now saw that Zhang Hao also seemed to have some knowledge of Array Dao and quickly asked humbly.
Zhang Hao laughed heartily and said, "Then there was a problem when you set up the array."
Without waiting for the Old Man to speak, Zhang Hao said seriously, "The Big Dipper Seven Stars Array is set up according to the upper three stars, Yu Chong, and the lower three stars, Xuan Ji, with the array foundation occupying seven positions: Tian Xuan, Tian Ji, Tian Quan, Yu Heng, Kai Yang, Yao Guang, and Tian Shu. But Old man, did you perhaps reverse the order? And your setup is full of mistakes! It's not that I'm criticizing you, but if the person who invented this array saw you ruining his Big Dipper Seven Stars Array like this, if he's not dead yet, he'd probably come looking for you to fight to the death."
The Old man listened, feeling extremely awkward. Perhaps, given his status and position, this was the first time someone dared to speak to him so directly.
Zhang Hao stepped forward and changed the positions of a few array flags of the Big Dipper Seven Stars Array. His technique was smooth, without any trace of clumsiness, and extremely skilled. Changing the array flags did not cause any disruption to the array.
Zhang Hao just fiddled with it like that, and it really worked wonders. The Big Dipper Seven Stars Array began to operate automatically and started absorbing the corresponding power of the stars continuously.
"This... this is simply too magical." The Old man looked at Zhang Hao in shock.
"This is nothing, it's very simple. Old man, if you Cultivate well, you will improve sooner or later." Zhang Hao said nonchalantly, with a pretentious attitude.
"Yes, yes, yes..."
The Old man was very humble. At this moment, this Old man had already determined that the youth before him definitely had much higher Array Dao cultivation than himself. Therefore, he probed Zhang Hao, asking, "Little friend, what stage Array Dao Master are you? From what I see, you should definitely be beyond the third stage, right?"
Zhang Hao thought to himself, third stage my foot, even three more stages wouldn't be enough. But he just shook his head and said, "What stage doesn't matter. For us cultivators, we stopped caring about these external false names long ago."
After speaking, Zhang Hao yawned and said to the Old man, "Okay, it's very late, I should go to sleep too. Old man, although at your age, you need very little sleep, you shouldn't stay up late. It's not good for your health."
With that, Zhang Hao left with big strides, without waiting for the Old man to speak.
The Old man said with great emotion, "He is indeed a master! From his appearance, he seems to be someone from our Hao Xian Sect too?"
The Old man came back to his senses, but by the time he wanted to ask Zhang Hao's name, he was already gone.
Zhang Hao, however, was in a good mood and thought to himself: No wonder many people feel good about being a teacher. Especially when you see an Old man old enough to be your Grandpa acting like a student in front of you. This feeling is great!
The next day
Zhang Hao came to the Registered Disciple area.
Every so often, Zhang Hao would come here to find Murong Longcheng, Liu Jie, and others. This time, because he was on a mission, he hadn't been here for a long time.
But upon entering the residence of Liu Jie and the others, Zhang Hao found it empty. There was no one in the house. And from the look of the house, it seemed that Liu Jie, Murong Longcheng, and the others hadn't been back for several days.
"Strange, could they have gone on a mission?"
Zhang Hao frowned and was about to leave. Suddenly, he noticed a youth lurking nearby, seemingly observing something.
"You, come here!" Zhang Hao beckoned to the youth.
When the youth saw that Zhang Hao had discovered him, he didn't dare to hide. He could only walk out timidly and respectfully said to Zhang Hao, "S-Senior Brother, hello!"
This youth recognized that the Disciple uniform Zhang Hao was wearing belonged to the Inner Sect. He was only a Registered Disciple. Naturally, he didn't dare to offend Zhang Hao.
"I ask you, where did the people here go?" Zhang Hao looked at the youth and asked in a deep voice.
the youth quickly said, "I... I don't know!"
Zhang Hao saw from the youth's eyes that he was not telling the truth. He sneered and said, "If I hear that answer again, be careful or I'll cripple you and make you a cripple for life."
the youth immediately trembled with fear and quickly said to Zhang Hao, "I'll tell you... I'll tell you... Liu Jie and the others went to hunt the Three-Eyed Green King Tiger."
"What?" Zhang Hao's face changed.
Zhang Hao naturally knew what the Three-Eyed Green King Tiger was. That was a high-stage Wang Beast. It was equivalent to a high-stage Martial King among Humans. Moreover, the combat power of beasts at the same stage is generally greater than that of ordinary Human Martial Warriors. This was even more reason why Liu Jie and the others couldn't contend with it. How could the Mission Hall give them such a terrible mission!