The Quest for Immortality

Mo Hua spoke eloquently, each word clear and distinct.

Lugu listened to every word carefully.

Thinking about these words, there seemed to be no problem, and Lugu eventually nodded:

”Alright.”

Thus, the Shugu Tribe, having just severed ties with the Bi Fang Tribe, officially allied with the Danque Tribe and the Wutu Tribe under Mo Hua’s orchestration.

And the first thing they did after forming the alliance was to use the Bi Fang Tribe as a target.

This action demonstrated the ”friendly” alliance between the two sides and showed their sincerity to each other.

This time, it was not ”staged.”

Nor was Mo Hua sowing discord.

The Danque Tribe and the Shugu Tribe had truly ”colluded together.”

When the false becomes true, it doesn’t matter whether it’s false or true anymore.

”Dan Zhu, Lugu... those two bastards!”

Bi Jie was burning with anger, wishing he could skin and dismember them, grind their bones to dust, and scatter their divine souls into the Endless Abyss.

But all he could do was rage helplessly.

Under the dual attack of the Danque Tribe and the Shugu Tribe, especially with the oppressive forces of both their Bone Heavy Soldiers, the Bi Fang Main Department under Bi Jie had no strength to fight back. After losing over a hundred people, Bi Jie was utterly disheartened and had to retreat in anger, fleeing Wusha Mountain Realm in disgrace.

He already saw Lugu and Dan Zhu as dead enemies.

From then on, there was almost no possibility of an ”alliance” between Bi Jie and Lugu.

Mo Hua also learned a lot:

”First, sow discord and create barriers, making the enemy fight internally, and further divide them.” .

”Then, make distant alliances and attack nearby, using pressure and incentives to draw in some enemies and attack others, eventually causing the strong enemy to ’split’ or even ’disintegrate,’ and ultimately disappear without a trace...”

It seems simple, but in practice, it requires skill, and the effects are excellent.

Mo Hua nodded with satisfaction, feeling very rewarded.

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With Bi Jie’s defeat and Lugu ”bought off,” the threat of Wutu Mountain Realm was thus eliminated.

The temporary alliance between the Shugu Tribe and the Danque Tribe also made the atmosphere within the Mountain Realm much more harmonious, without the previous tension and killing intent.

Even between different tribes, there would occasionally be exchanges of goods.

The Wutu Tribe exchanged grains for the bone materials of the Shugu Tribe.

The Wutu Tribe wasn’t lacking in food, but the Shugu Tribe was short on it.

To address the food shortage, some of the ”surplus” Barbarian Slaves in the Shugu Tribe were also traded to the Wutu Mountain Realm, which, to some extent, supplemented the ”manpower” Mo Hua lacked.

Everything seemed stable.

But Mo Hua knew, ”Born from worries, perished in ease,” is an eternal truth.

If things remained this stable, a great calamity might soon arrive.

Mo Hua also had to seek a breakthrough.

After careful deliberation, he felt that under the current situation, he could attempt to ”counterattack” the Vermilion Bird Mountain Realm.

Failing to retreat when needed, failing to consolidate when needed, blindly fighting and killing, is ”reckless adventurism.”

Similarly, failing to advance when needed, failing to strive when needed, remaining complacent, is foolish ”conservatism.”

The Vermilion Bird Mountain Realm is a Third Grade Mountain Realm, with a larger territory, more tribes, a more chaotic situation, and more perilous.

This is the main field of Golden Core, with the fateful evilness entangling, unable to deploy the large formation ”Mountain Collapse, Extinction,” it’s somewhat beyond Mo Hua’s control.

Controlling karma and fortune is also very difficult.

The entire process will undoubtedly be fraught with challenges.

But if he doesn’t try, and tackle it step by step, the current situation won’t change at all, and his power won’t truly grow.

Moreover, by this time, Mo Hua must seriously think of ways to ”digest” up to twenty-four patterns.

Originally, he vaguely felt that relying solely on ”eating” for Divine Sense was not a good method.

This means of relying on devouring external telekinesis to enhance one’s own Divine Sense ultimately seemed somewhat ”devious.”

The Divine Sense obtained in this way was ultimately not solid. His foundation was not as stable as it was before, when he tempered himself bit by bit using formations.

But Mo Hua was truly at a loss.

Divine Sense Proving the Dao was already an obscure path of Tao Cultivation, and Mo Hua had evidently taken the wrong turn.

This led to the requirement for Divine Sense to increase his realm being extraordinarily high.

So high, it wasn’t even ”human” standard.

Without relying on ”eating,” he might truly never achieve Core Formation in his lifetime.

First, exhaust all means to achieve Core Formation, then consider the issue of the Divine Sense Foundation.

This was also a choice made out of necessity.

”I just don’t know if the Third Grade Vermilion Bird Mountain Realm, which I could once only ’taste slightly’ due to my weak position, holds any ’big fish’ that can fill my stomach...”

Mo Hua hoped silently in his heart.

If he could directly consume twenty-four patterns, that would be great.

He might be able to achieve Core Formation directly...

A month later, Mo Hua roughly settled all the plans, then wrote a Jade Slip and sent someone to deliver it to Lugu within the Wusha Mountain Realm.

Along with the Jade Slip, there were two newly crafted sets of Bone Heavy Armor.

This was the agreed remuneration and the ”sweetener” for Lugu.

Mo Hua wanted to take Lugu with him back to the Third Grade Vermilion Bird Mountain Realm.

Lugu is the Main General of the Shugu Main Department, a late-stage Golden Core Cultivator. In the Third Grade Mountain Realm, his strength would be even greater. If he could really be ”won over,” it would undoubtedly be a tremendous aid.

With Lugu’s help, Mo Hua’s plans in the Vermilion Bird Mountain Realm would surely be twice as effective.

And when Lugu saw the Bone Heavy Armor, he was delighted in his heart. He also agreed to Mo Hua’s proposal.

After receiving Lugu’s reply, Mo Hua breathed a sigh of relief, but then frowned, feeling that Lugu’s agreement was so straightforward that it seemed somewhat off.

Mo Hua thought for a moment, then took advantage of the night to sneak into Iron Skill Bone’s tent.

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In the Elder’s tent of Iron Skill Bone under the night sky.