Immortality Through Array Formations

Chapter 747: Chapter 574: The Mysterious Robe_3

Mo Shan examined it closely for a moment, then suddenly his eyes widened, his mouth agape in disbelief.

“Is this… the bone of a Second Grade Monster Beast?”

“Hmm.” Mo Hua, nibbling on a chicken leg, nodded and said, “Dad, you really do have good eyesight!”

Mo Shan didn’t know what to say.

Was it really a matter of good eyesight…

Remembering the strange events in the deep mountains, he asked:

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“How… where did you get this from?”

After some thought, Mo Hua decided not to hide the truth, “I needed Spiritual Ink for my Formation Painting, so I bribed a Big Tiger with some dried fish. Then we teamed up to kill a Second Grade Monster Beast; it ate the meat, and I collected the blood…”

“These bones, these teeth, were all left over after the Big Tiger had its fill…”

“I thought they might sell for Spirit Stones, so I brought them back…”

What Mo Shan heard sounded like a fantasy.

Bribing a tiger with dried fish?

Hunting a Second Grade Monster Beast?

This tale sounded like something a child would concoct; who would believe it if he told others…

But Mo Shan couldn’t help but believe it…

Mo Shan fell silent for a moment, then couldn’t help asking, “How many… how many Second Grade Monster Beasts have you killed?”

Worried that his parents would be anxious, Mo Hua said, “It wasn’t me who killed them, it was the Big Tiger. I just helped out a tiny bit…”

“I didn’t keep count of how many were killed…”

“It seems there were at least eight or nine…”

“And there are a lot more bones that I’ve left in the yard…”

Mo Shan and Liu Ruhua looked at each other, momentarily lost for words…

Second Grade Monster Beasts…

Once upon a time, Second Grade Monster Beasts roamed unchecked in Big Black Mountain.

It was possible that not one would die over the course of a hundred or two hundred years…

Yet since Mo Hua’s return, in just a short span of one or two months, eight or nine had died…

Mo Shan sighed and looked at Mo Hua helplessly.

Well, it might be for the best to go to Qian State for study…

He was only fifteen after all; if he grew up a bit more, and his knowledge of formations improved even further, Tongxian City, the entirety of Big Black Mountain, even the entire Big Black Mountain State boundary might not be able to withstand his antics…

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Later, Mo Shan helped Mo Hua sell the materials from these Second Grade Monster Beasts.

The fur was damaged by the Big Tiger’s claws, the bones had all been gnawed on, and the claws and teeth had some damage from the combat, all considered “substandard goods.”

But as they were indeed materials from Second Grade Monster Beasts, the price was still quite good.

In Big Black Mountain State boundary, there were no Second Grade Formation Masters.

But there were a few Second Grade Artifact Refiners.

These materials could be used to craft Second Grade Spiritual Artifacts.

Having estimated their value, Mo Shan figured that selling all of them would bring in approximately five to six thousand Spirit Stones, though they had to be sold in batches since other stores or passing merchants couldn’t take in so much at once.

Mo Hua was overjoyed.

This way, the problem of the Spirit Stones needed for the Second-grade Earth Fire Formation was also solved.

Learning formations, painting formations, using formations…

Not only would he not be at a loss, but he would also earn some Spirit Stones, as well as accumulate a large amount of Spiritual Ink.

However, Mo Hua’s happiness didn’t last long before he noticed something was amiss…

The Second Grade Monster Beasts in the deep mountains had suddenly become much scarcer, as if they were all hiding, afraid to show their faces…

In the past, Second Grade Monster Beasts would stroll through the deep mountains, swaggering fearlessly.

But now, when they saw the Big Tiger or Mo Hua, they would flee as if they’d seen a ghost, early on…

Even their movements became cautious; they were afraid of stepping into an Earth Fire Formation.

During their hunting, they also preferred to make it quick, a hit-and-run.

After being seven or eight parts full, they would immediately return to their dens to hunker down, hiding deep within, terrified of being detected by Mo Hua’s Divine Sense…

Mo Hua was somewhat helpless and a little angry.

“To think that Second Grade Monster Beasts have no backbone at all!”

But with things as they were, he had no choice but to carefully store the already prepared Spiritual Ink and use it sparingly.

The timidity of the Second Grade Monster Beasts was also a good thing, in its way.

At least from now on, the Monster Hunters heading into the mountains would have a much safer time.

When Elder Yu learned about Mo Hua’s deep mountain hunts of Second Grade Monster Beasts, he was both shocked and, after thinking about it, not so surprised.

Hunting Second Grade Monster Beasts…

Such a thing, he himself wouldn’t have dared to even contemplate before.

But over these four or five years, all the things he hadn’t dared to dream of had come true one by one…

Elder Yu felt a touch sentimental, then regained a determined look.

“The pursuit of Tao Cultivation is endless. I’m not old yet and must continue to cultivate. The Golden Core may be far, but there’s nothing I can’t dare to dream of…”

The deep mountains became quiet.

The Monster Hunter of Big Black Mountain, too, returned to his routine days.

Mo Hua squatted in the deep mountains for several days, but since he hadn’t seen any traces of Second Grade Monster Beasts, he had to give up temporarily and turn to studying the Earth Fire Formation again…

He was about to leave Tongxian City, yet the speed at which he laid out Formations with his Divine Sense was still not fast enough…

He wanted to paint faster.

“But how can I paint any faster?”

Mo Hua had already tried his best.

His Divine Sense had fourteen patterns, which were already incredibly profound, and after being restructured by the Heaven Yan Jue, it was as condensed as mercury. His control over it was already very strong.

He had learned the Spiritual Pivot Formation, and his control over Spiritual Power with Divine Sense was also meticulous.

Heavenly secret Calculation deepened his understanding of formations.

At his level, it was not possible for anyone to paint faster than him…

But it was still not enough…

Grandpa Gui once said, “In all spells, only speed is unbeatable.”

The same principle applies to laying out Formations with Divine Sense.

Mo Hua furrowed his handsome brows, his eyes reflecting deep thought.

He had tried every method he could think of, except for…

“Heavenly secret Tricky Calculation…”

Mo Hua had never seen his master paint Formations; to date, the fastest person he had seen lay out a Formation was his own master’s senior, Gui Tao’s person.

And the formations of Gui Tao’s people were based on “Heavenly secret Tricky Calculation”.

If he learned it, could he lay out the Earth Fire Formation faster with Divine Consciousness Control Ink?

Mo Hua always felt that his understanding of Heavenly secret Tricky Calculation was not profound enough.

The Heavenly secret Tricky Calculation he had mastered was still very far from his master’s senior…

“Learn from Master’s senior?”

A thought flickered through Mo Hua’s mind.

In the Sea of Consciousness, the scene where Gui Tao’s person sealed the Ten Thousand Demons Hall with “Gui Tao’s Heaven Sealing Formation” and massacred the Feather Transformation and Golden Core Demon Cultivators reemerged.

The scene where Gui Tao’s person broke the Mysterious Heaven Great Formation in a short time with “Heavenly secret Tricky Calculation” also replayed over and over.

“Heavenly secret Tricky Calculation…”

Heavenly secret Tricky Calculation, Demonic Thought Differentiation, can quickly solve formations.

Naturally, it can also quickly lay down Gui Tao’s Heaven Sealing Formation…

After thinking for a moment and finding no clue, Mo Hua suddenly had a burst of inspiration.

Heavenly secret Tricky Calculation and Planting Devil in Taoist Heart are opposites of each other.

If his understanding of Heavenly secret Tricky Calculation was insufficient, should he reflect on the principle of Planting Devil in Taoist Heart in reverse to contemplate that of Heavenly secret Tricky Calculation?

“Planting Devil in Taoist Heart…”

Planting Devil in Taoist Heart, based on Heavenly secret Tricky Calculation, transformed one’s body into a demon, differentiating one’s Demon Thought, forming a Demon Seed, and planting it in someone else’s Taoist Heart.

Being a Serious Cultivator, he couldn’t perform “Planting Devil in Taoist Heart” or differentiate Demon Thought…

So, if one does not differentiate Demon Thought but instead one’s Divine Thought, could that also work?

The method should be the same.

Not turning to demon, it naturally wouldn’t count as “Planting Devil in Taoist Heart”…

“Differentiating Divine Sense…”

“Let’s give it a try…”

Mo Hua started to close his eyes, imitating Gui Tao’s person, using the method of Heavenly secret Tricky Calculation, based on the logic of Gui Tao, to differentiate a portion of his own Divine Thought.

This differentiation, rooted in Tricky Calculation, was intricate and mystical.

Mo Hua could only “draw a gourd based on the scoop”, recalling over and over his master’s senior’s scenes of laying out and solving formations.

After an unknown period, Mo Hua had an epiphany.

As Gui Tao’s ways opened up to him, his Divine Thought began to differentiate…

Within the Sea of Consciousness, on the Incarnation of Divine Sense of Mo Hua, suddenly there appeared fine, pitch-black patterns.

These patterns seemed like Divine Thought peeling off Mo Hua himself, and yet, they also resembled the extension of Mo Hua’s Divine Thought based on certain Dao Laws.

The Gui Tao differentiation of Divine Sense…

It was similar to the previous reconstruction of Divine Sense, yet different.

This differentiation seemed like recompiling and evolving one’s Divine Sense through Heavenly secret Tricky Calculation.

Mo Hua felt both pain and wonder.

In a state of confusion, he seemed to feel his Divine Thought fitting with Gui Tao’s ways bit by bit…

Only after a long time had passed did the process of Demon Thought Differentiation come to an end.

When Mo Hua opened his eyes, he found that his body was shrouded in a misty layer of Gui-colored ink shadows, producing afterimages with every movement.

This layer of ink shadow, draped over his body, seemed like an illusion.

And also like a piece of…

Pure, pitch-black, Ink Taoist Robe!