Immortality Through Array Formations

Chapter 1709: Chapter 873: Opening the Casket (Part 3)

”What is it?”

”It’s about the Taia Sect and the Rushing Void Sect...”

Mo Hua’s gaze slightly narrowed.

Wang Chen said, ”On the Rouge Boat, there are quite a few disciples from the Taia Sect and the Rushing Void Sect. Once this matter is investigated, the problem becomes too significant.”

”The main issue is still the Dao Conference.”

”It seems the Taia Sect and the Rushing Void Sect are trying to manipulate the Taoist Court, but it seems not too smoothly. If the negotiation fails, then at this Dao Conference, these two sects are likely doomed...”

Wang Chen shook his head, with some sighs.

”And the Taixu Sect is in the same alliance with the Taia Sect and the Rushing Void Sect. If Taia and Rushing Void both fall, the Taixu Sect might also be unable to hold on...”

Wang Chen felt some worry, so he particularly reminded Mo Hua.

Mo Hua nodded, ”I understand.”

He thought for a moment, then instructed Wang Chen, ”There might be significant changes in the Qianxue state boundary, with unforeseen calamities and blessings. If you hear anything from the Gui Water Sect, secretly tell me.”

”Likewise, if you encounter any trouble, even life-and-death situations, you can come to me. I might be able to guide you to a way out...”

If it were someone else, Wang Chen might not care.

But the one who spoke was Mo Hua.

Wang Chen solemnly saluted, ”Thank you, Junior Brother!”

...

After Wang Chen left, Mo Hua returned to the Disciple’s Residence, with thoughts surging.

Gui Water Sect...

Mentioning the Gui Water Sect, Mo Hua thought of the Water Prison Sect.

And when he thought of the Water Prison Sect, Mo Hua suddenly remembered he still had an important item in his possession.

The Water Prison Forbidden Box!

He closed the doors and windows, secured the Formation, and then took out the Water Prison Forbidden Box from the Storage Ring.

This forbidden box is a Forbidden Item of the Water Prison Sect’s Sect Leader, sealed with the Water Prison Sect’s Forbidden Technique. The method to open the box is only known by Xiao Zhenhai.

Mo Hua guessed that it requires cultivating some secret Cultivation Technique, then using refined blood to nurture the forbidden box. Once the Cultivation Technique’s fire control is up to standard and the refined blood is well-nurtured, the box can be opened.

Of course, this is just a guess.

He had no idea about the specific technique, so he could only ”pick peaches,” trying to snatch the box before the ”Water Yama” opened it.

But he had underestimated it.

After getting the box, Mo Hua, for a time, could not open it.

So he threw it into the Storage Ring, thinking he would study it later when he had time.

However, with many things happening later, Mo Hua temporarily forgot about it, only recalling it now.

Afterward, Mo Hua specially took half a day, not practicing Formation, but staying in the Disciple’s Residence, focusing on studying the Water Prison Forbidden Box.

After half a day, he finally figured out the method to open the box.

The key was still the Pupil Skill.

But this Pupil Skill for opening the box was somewhat special.

It’s like having an embedded ”password,” requiring the activation of a specific soul in the Life Soul to visualize the Water Prison Map to open the forbidden box.

Normally, this wouldn’t be difficult.

But Mo Hua’s Life Soul harbored an Evil Embryo, so he could only proceed cautiously, trying a bit at a time.

Fortunately, it was just ”unlocking” and not really using the Pupil Skill.

Mo Hua made a subtle attempt and found no significant issues.

About two incense sticks later, a flash of Golden Light flared in Mo Hua’s eyes, the red glow on the forbidden box faded slightly, the entire box dazzlingly radiant, emitting a crystalline blue light like crystal.

A water mark emerged, splitting the forbidden box in half.

This seamless treasure of the Water Prison Sect was finally opened.

Mo Hua couldn’t help but feel a little excited.

He released his Divine Sense, confirming there was no danger, and then carefully opened the forbidden box. Looking inside, he found a few Jade Slips lying there.

These Jade Slips were polished extremely thin, exquisitely crafted, like jade paper, attached to the small forbidden box.

On the Jade Slips were engraved the forbidden markings of the Water Prison Sect.

It likely signified that they were exclusive to the Water Prison Sect, not to be shared outside.

But since the Water Prison Sect no longer existed, external sharing was no longer a concern.

Mo Hua went through the Jade Slips one by one and then appeared somewhat shocked.

The contents on these Jade Slips were indeed the supreme legacy of the Water Prison Sect, each priceless.

A movement technique called ”Water Shadow Illusion.”

At a glance, this movement technique had an uncanny similarity with the Water Shadow Step, yet the two were entirely incomparable.

According to the Water Prison Sect’s ”grade” of Taoist skills, this Water Shadow Illusion is the most core, top-tier movement technique.

It is more profound than the Water Shadow Step learned by Water Yama and Xiao Zhenhai.

The ghost-like ”Water Shadow” that can be cultivated with this movement technique also has a much higher upper limit.

In other words, the Water Shadow Step learned by Water Yama and Xiao Zhenhai is essentially a ”castrated” downgraded version derived from the Water Shadow Illusion in this Forbidden Box.

Moreover, there is also a ”Water Prison True Skill.”

This refers to a cultivation technique, and its name seems simple.

However, any spell point with the words ”True Skill,” whether it’s a cultivation technique, Taoist skill, or swordsmanship, holds a significant position in the sect’s legacy.

Mo Hua glanced at it with some envy.

But he is not a pure Water Spirit Root, his Spiritual Root grade is inadequate, and he is even less likely to give up Heaven Yan Jue to retrain this Water Prison True Skill.

Even if he really learned it, the amount of Spirit Stones and rare Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures required by such a ”Sect Leader” level cultivation technique are countless, something he simply cannot afford to cultivate.

He only casually skimmed it, already discovering the cultivation technique required no fewer than seven or eight types of rare Spirit Grass and Pills that he had never heard of, but whose rarity was apparent at first glance.

Never mind...

Mo Hua shook his head.

Without a ”wealthy destiny,” he simply can’t afford to cultivate such a technique.

Better stick to Heaven Yan Jue.

Mo Hua set aside the ”Water Prison True Skill” and then began to look at the next Jade Slip.

As his Divine Sense immersed into it, a name both surprising and expected emerged:

”Water Prison Skill.”

Superior Taoist skill of the Water Prison Sect, rarely seen in the cultivation world, capable of bypassing Golden Body to exert strong control over cultivators!

Indeed, the classics of this Taoist skill were hidden in the Water Prison Forbidden Box.

Just that, there’s one problem...

Xiao Zhenhai didn’t open the Water Prison Forbidden Box, how did he learn this superior Water Prison Skill?

Does he have other methods, or was the Water Prison Skill he learned another ”castrated” version?

Mo Hua was puzzled.

Unfortunately, Xiao Zhenhai is already dead, there’s no way to ask him.

Mo Hua shook his head, then turned to the next Jade Slip.

This was the last Jade Slip.

Mo Hua immersed his Divine Sense into the Jade Slip, only to find under his perception that it was completely blank.

”Empty?”

”Impossible... How could a Forbidden Item as important as the Water Prison Forbidden Box contain an empty Jade Slip?”

Mo Hua furrowed his brows.

”Encrypted?”

Fortunately, when it comes to encryption and decryption, he is rather familiar.

Mo Hua studied the seemingly ordinary ”blank” Jade Slip up and down for a while and then sighed with relief.

It’s not Original Magnet encryption...

If it were truly Original Magnet encryption, with his current Yuan Magnetic Formation skills, he certainly couldn’t decipher it.

Considering Mo Hua’s understanding of the Water Prison Sect, this is probably ”Pupil Skill” style encryption.

The Water Prison Sect has extremely strict lineage, differentiating high and low, and levels of respect and superiority.

The Seven Souls Blood Prison Pupil Skill can practically be said to be one of the most core legacies of the Water Prison Sect, containing the Dao of Divine Soul, using this for ”encryption” is naturally the safest.

But the Water Prison Sect Ancestor probably never thought the Water Prison Sect would one day be ”raided” by the Taoist Court.

These legacies scattered out, and the rules he set all fell into chaos.

Thus, this ”treasure’s” encryption, especially for Mo Hua, became ”virtually useless.”

Mo Hua spent some more time, finally seeing through the mist of Divine Thought to the text within the Jade Slip.

Upon looking at it, Mo Hua frowned.

This is a very strange Jade Slip.

What it recorded seems to be a Taoist skill, but this Taoist skill is not complete.

It appears someone is continuously trying, deducing, improving, and iterating the skill patterns of a certain Taoist skill, and then recorded the different skill pattern results on the Jade Slip...

Mo Hua’s pupils narrowed, his heart shocked.

This is... a Forbidden Technique?

The true secret hidden within the Water Prison Forbidden Box, was it a manuscript for the development of a Forbidden Technique?

Mo Hua flipped to the end, where he saw a few scribbled and sinister blood-red characters at the end of the Jade Slip:

Forbidden Technique · Senluo Water Prison.