Seeing that he could be of help to Butterfly Dance, Yuan Ya grinned from ear to ear, doing nothing but chuckling foolishly.
"Also, Xiao Jian, I have set up an array in the mountain's shade. This is the method for entering and leaving it—take a look." Xiao Hua smiled faintly, took out a jade pupil from his robes, and handed it over. "If there is anything you do not understand, ask me now."
"Oh? Senior..." Xiao Jian was somewhat puzzled. "Have you not been meditating in seclusion these past few days?"
"I have something to attend to shortly and must go out. Although Tongzhu Kingdom's pursuers were slaughtered outside Black Cloud Ridge earlier, it is impossible to erase all traces of them. If Tongzhu Kingdom intends to investigate, they will certainly come to Black Cloud Ridge, just as we previously expected. Black Cloud Ridge merely has many demons; against the power of an entire kingdom, it likely has little ability to fight back. With this array, you can all hide within it without worrying about being discovered!" Xiao Hua explained. "Of course, you must still put on a proper show outside, making people think you left Black Wind Ridge to avoid disaster."
Xiao Jian accepted the jade pupil and extended his divine sense to inspect it. Astonishment appeared on his face as he cried, "Senior, this array of yours... can protect several hundred lesser demons?"
"It should be able to." Xiao Hua smiled and asked in return, "Even if it cannot, do you have any other method?"
"Many thanks, Master!" The Black Bear Spirit was overjoyed. He had not thought much about it himself, but those old bear spirits certainly had, and they had chattered incessantly in his ears these past few days. Now that he heard Xiao Hua had