The Quest for Immortality

Mo Hua’s complexion was a bit pale.

Dan Zhu asked curiously, ”Gentleman, why do you ask about Dragon Armor?”

Mo Hua glanced at Dan Zhu, pondered for a moment, then looked around to ensure no one else could hear before speaking in a lowered voice:

”Could the Shugubu be forging ’Dragon Armor’?”

Dan Zhu was taken aback again, his face full of shock.

Seeing Dan Zhu’s expression, Mo Hua realized this young man had obviously never entertained this idea nor thought about such a matter.

In the Wildland, tribes can contend and battle endlessly, but towards the Royal Court and the Desolate Royal Family, they remain quite ”loyal”.

They generally don’t harbor thoughts of ”rebellion”.

Towards the ”Dragon” symbolizing the Desolate Royal Family, they maintain sufficient reverence.

But Dan Zhu reveres; what about Bi Jie?

Would he revere?

Based on recent interactions with Bi Jie, Mo Hua felt that with Bi Jie’s ambition, he likely wouldn’t hold reverence for the ”Dragon”.

What he likely holds is ”coveting”.

Mo Hua imagined himself as Bi Jie and contemplated.

If the Dragon forging secret technique were truly hidden in the Shugu Barbarian Armor, then as ”Bi Jie”, I would certainly do whatever it took to acquire this batch of armor.

No matter the cost, even if it meant a relentless pursuit, that would be mild.

Mo Hua even felt that Bi Jie’s approach thus far was ”moderate”.

If it were myself, no, if it were my former self.

If anyone dared to vie with me for the Formation, I’d simply blast apart the Stone Palace. Once everyone died, I’d proceed to search for things.

Of course, now I’ve ”mended my ways” and can’t do that anymore.

Mo Hua was puzzled:

”So is the secret of the Shugubu the ’Dragon Pattern Barbarian Armor’?”

”Is this why Bi Jie hangs onto it like a starving wolf?”

”After all, this chance comes once, and he’s even afraid to tell others, or his own tribe?”

Mo Hua considered this possibility yet couldn’t confirm it, so he thought to verify it himself.

He took out paper and pen and began recording and transcribing the incomplete Formation Patterns on the Shugu Barbarian Armor, then started to deduce on his own.

This was a very complex and mysterious method of Formation Patterns.

It was an approach Mo Hua had gradually figured out, inspired by Mr. Tu.

Dan Zhu, just taking a glance, couldn’t help but be astonished.

He was a genius, having been exposed to ”Holy Patterns” as a child, and even had a certain level of proficiency in them.

But seeing Mo Hua personally draw Formations and deduce chaotic Patterns, he realized what true ”proficiency in Holy Patterns” was.

”Could it be only by mastering Holy Patterns to the level of Mr. Witch can one become a Shaman?”

”Does the threshold for being a Shaman really have to be this high? No wonder those qualified to become Shamans in the Barbaric Land are so few...”

Dan Zhu’s heart was secretly shocked, and he couldn’t help but observe Mo Hua’s Formation technique, marveling at Mo Hua’s exquisite mastery, even becoming enthralled by the myriad mystical changes between those Holy Patterns.

But as he watched, Dan Zhu suddenly felt a slight sting in his Sea of Consciousness.

He was stunned and, upon realizing, suddenly understood it was a sign of Divine Sense overexertion.

Divine Sense exhaustion?

Dan Zhu found it somewhat unbelievable.

Shaman was deducing Second Grade Holy Patterns, why would it lead him, a Golden Core Cultivator, to show signs of Divine Sense depletion...

Moreover, Witch seemed to do all this effortlessly, clearly accustomed to it.

Could Witch’s Divine Thought be stronger than his own Golden Core?

Dan Zhu felt quite shaken, then he remembered Mo Hua had said:

”Those who serve deities possess mighty Divine Thought, derived from the Divine Lord.”

Endowed with divine strength...

Dan Zhu looked deeply at Mo Hua, growing increasingly assured and reverent.

He no longer watched Mo Hua paint Holy Patterns, instead dismissing others, not allowing anyone else to see, as he stood guard nearby, acting as a ”protector” for Mo Hua.

...

Mo Hua remained focused, calmly deducing the Four Symbols Residual Patterns of the Shugubu.

But after deducing for a while, he detected something amiss.

These ”residual patterns” of the Shugubu appeared to be Monster Patterns, but the deduction path was completely different from the ”Dragon Transformation” method.

At least, there was a significant deviation from the method Mo Hua previously attempted to deduce ”Green Dragon Formation Patterns”.

This indicated that the final path deduced from these residual patterns likely wasn’t ”Dragon”.

And within this, there was a major distinction:

Not a dragon, or not an Azure Dragon?

Not ”Azure Dragon” meant there could be other kinds of ”dragon”.

Master Xia from the Taoist Court once told Mo Hua, the dragons in the world are varied, classified into different levels.

There are True Dragons, Karma Dragons, and Flood Dragons.

The Barbarian Cultivators in the Great Wilderness might hold superstitions about the ”Azure Dragon”.

But Mo Hua knows that when viewing the Nine Provinces of the Cultivation World, the Azure Dragon of the Great Wilderness is merely a type of ”Karma Dragon” among Heaven and Earth’s beings.

Moreover, in the Barbaric Wilderness, aside from Azure Dragons, there might indeed be other ”Karma Dragons”.

What the Shugubu conceals could be Barbarian Armor with other kinds of ”Dragon Patterns”.

And if it’s not a dragon, the possibilities are even broader.

It might be other Four Symbols Sacred Beasts in the Great Wilderness, or different from Great Wilderness legends, akin to Heaven and Earth Divine Beasts like Pixiu, or even some powerful monster beasts...

It’s like finding a needle in a haystack, making it even harder to ascertain.

Mo Hua had no choice but to patiently consider, trying to deduce a portion first, to perhaps use the Formations’ ”Four Symbols-shaped Patterns” to backtrack and speculate which type of beast these patterns might be related to.