Chapter 1057: Mr. Tu

Outside Lieyan Shan.

A group of elite disciples who had survived the disaster prepared to retreat.

Cheng Mo looked left and right, and suddenly asked, "Where is the little senior brother?"

Si Tu Jian said, "The little senior brother told me to let us go first, and he would come later."

Ling Hu Xiao frowned and said, "Is the little senior brother alright?"

Si Tu Jian replied, "The little senior brother said he would be fine and not to worry."

Ling Hu Xiao nodded. "Then let's wait for the little senior brother for a while."

"Alright."

"Once the little senior brother comes out, we'll return to the sect together."

The group of Tai Xu Gate disciples then gathered outside the Dao Ting Si's encampment, waiting for Mo Hua to meet up with them. But they waited and waited, and still did not see that familiar figure.

Just then, a distant boom sound echoed, the mountain peak collapsed, and evil energy spread. The entrance to the evil path great array on Lieyan Shan was sealed shut again.

And they still had not seen their little senior brother.

Everyone's faces changed.

"The little senior brother didn't come out!"

"Is he still inside that evil demon mountain?"

The group exchanged glances, their expressions extremely heavy.

Si Tu Jian frowned in thought. As he raised his eyes, he saw Gu Chang Huai in the distance with a depressed expression. He immediately stepped forward and asked,

"Gu Dian Si, where is our little senior brother?"

Ling Hu Xiao, Cheng Mo, and the other Tai Xu Gate disciples all looked at Gu Chang Huai, their gazes bright with anticipation.

Gu Chang Huai suddenly realized how extraordinary Mo Hua's "status" was in the hearts of the Tai Xu Gate disciples.

Gu Chang Huai sighed. "Mo Hua... he stayed inside the great array."

Everyone's faces were greatly shocked. "Gu Dian Si..."

"Mo Hua... he wants to save people."

"Save who?"

Gu Chang Huai shook his head.

Si Tu Jian and the others roughly guessed that this was a secret of Dao Ting Si and not convenient to disclose, so they also did not ask further.

But their little senior brother was missing...

"How about we... go back and help the little senior brother too?"

Si Tu Jian shook his head and calmly said, "The entrance has collapsed, the great array is sealed, we can't go back."

"And there are so many demon monsters..."

"Moreover, even if we go back, we can't help the little senior brother. We don't understand the matters of the great array and will become a burden..."

The expressions of the Tai Xu Gate disciples were all a bit downcast.

Gu Chang Huai then said, "You... return to the sect first. We, Dao Ting Si, will be responsible for Mo Hua's safety."

It was already difficult enough to save these elite disciples, they couldn't let anything happen to them again.

Ling Hu Xiao, however, shook his head firmly. "I'll wait here. When Mo Hua comes out, we'll return to the sect together."

The other Tai Xu Gate disciples also nodded with serious expressions one after another and said,

"If the little senior brother doesn't come out, we won't leave!"

"If we're going back to the sect, we'll go together!"

Gu Chang Huai was moved and no longer insisted.

On the other side, disciples from other sects had already begun to leave one after another, but halfway through, someone suddenly asked,

"Why aren't the Tai Xu Gate leaving?"

"It seems they're waiting for Mo Hua..."

"Where's Mo Hua?"

"It seems he's still inside the great array?"

The crowd's faces changed. "Still inside the great array?"

"I just heard them talking to the Dao Ting Si Dian Si, they said Mo Hua wants to save people, that's why he hasn't come out yet..."

All the elites from the various sects stopped in their tracks.

Mo Hua had already saved them.

Now they had all come out, but Mo Hua was still inside that gloomy and terrifying evil path great array, to save people...

Mo Hua's impression in their hearts suddenly became somewhat blurred.

Although his words were a bit venomous, his attitude was also very arrogant, his methods were also very insidious, and the things he did were also extremely annoying, he did indeed, with the power of one person, unite the disciples of various sects and successfully allow everyone to leave the magic cave. Even now, he was still inside the magic cave alone, "sacrificing himself for others" to save more people...

This Mo Hua didn't seem like an "evil person" either?

Perhaps, it was the exact opposite?

Everyone's expressions were silent.

The remaining anger and hatred, intertwined with gratitude, admiration, shame, and other various emotions, echoed in their hearts, a taste that was hard to describe.

Ao Zheng from Long Ding Sect was the first not to leave. He said in a deep voice, "I'll stay too."

Shen Zang Feng frowned but said nothing.

Xiao Ruo Han stood there coldly, not moving, obviously not willing to leave alone either.

As elites of the four great sects, their self-respect was even stronger.

To be helped by the Mo Hua they hated, yet turn around and leave, this would make them despise themselves from the bottom of their hearts.

Therefore, they stayed, not for Mo Hua, but for their own "Dao heart," for the belief in their cultivation of the Dao, for the upright faith in their hearts.

They did not want to be "fleeing" villains.

Among the eight great gates, Shi Tian Gang from Jin Gang Gate slowly said,

"Mo Hua has shown kindness to our Jin Gang Gate, we will also wait."

The group of Jin Gang Gate elites nodded.

Among the other various sects, Qin Cang Liu from Duan Jin Gate, Lu Zhen Long from Zi Xia Gate, and Feng Zi Chen from Xiao Yao Gate also all stayed.

Song Jian from Duan Jin Gate was actually a bit worried about Mo Hua, but on the surface, he still wore a cold smile, pretending to be merely "following the crowd."

Ye Zhi Yuan from Da Luo Gate had been withdrawn ever since he was mocked by Mo Hua for not being able to "fly far with a sword."

At this time, he was also not willing to leave.

Mo Hua was the opponent he recognized. Sooner or later, he wanted to personally strike and kill Mo Hua with the Da Luo flying sword to wash away the previous shame.

Before that, he did not want Mo Hua to die first.

When the leading elites did not leave, the disciples of the other sects naturally also all stayed.

At this moment, the elites of the four sects, eight gates, and twelve streams, after escaping the blood sacrifice great array, were all gathered outside Lieyan Shan, silently waiting.

Their thoughts were each different. Some were for the deep affection of their sect, some for the self-respect of being elites, some held gratitude, some harbored hatred, some were just following the crowd...

But no matter the reason, at this moment, the elite children of various sects in the Qian Xue territory all looked towards Lieyan Shan, silently waiting for that one figure...

Inside Lieyan Shan.

The blood sacrifice great array was still operating, the evil energy was dense, and Mo Hua was still "visiting" everywhere with a curious expression in the magic cave filled with blood.

The evil cultivators inside Lieyan Shan had all been killed by Dao Ting Si, no one could disturb him from researching this Huang Tian blood sacrifice great array.

The flesh and blood demon army needed bloodline nourishment and could not leave the mountain valley too far. As long as they did not approach the valley entrance, the danger was not great.

The evil spirits wandering in the air were even less worth worrying about.

Therefore, Mo Hua was quite "in his element" while mingling inside this great array. He could dismantle whatever he wanted to dismantle, see whatever he wanted to see. Simply put, no one, and no demon, came to stop him.

Just like this, Mo Hua took another stroll around the periphery. From the practical applications of the evil array and the details of the array construction, he broadened his array thinking a bit, enriched his practical experience with great arrays, and benefited greatly.

After finishing his stroll and feeling that it was enough, Mo Hua turned and headed towards the secret array pivot room.

Inside the secret array pivot room were four Golden Core evil array masters.

Now, these four Golden Core evil array masters were all dead, their corpses still at the scene, with broken limbs and separated heads and bodies.

This was also something Mo Hua had specifically instructed Uncle Gu about beforehand.

The first time they attacked Lieyan Shan, find a few Golden Core Dian Si, and sneak into this array pivot room, kill these several Golden Core array masters first, their heads must be moved, and also, do not look at their eyes.

In a great war, kill the array masters first.

This was Mo Hua's insight and experience as a senior array master over the years.

Uncle Gu had also implemented it very well.

Mo Hua nodded and then looked towards the table.

The wine cup was still on the table, the eyeball in the cup turned, and blood water seeped out of the eyeball itself, merging with the wine, a fresh red piece.

Mo Hua thought about it, but in the end, he still resisted drinking it.

This thing was a bit strange and evil, it was best not to taste it.

According to Mo Hua's guess, this should be a means for evil array masters to improve their array Dao attainment by borrowing evil and strange external objects to supplement their spiritual sense.

But in this world, there were originally not so many good things, everything had a price.

Evil array masters borrowed evil objects, supplemented their spiritual sense, enhanced their sea of consciousness, and comprehended arrays.

Or perhaps they falsely created killings, using human flesh, bones, and skin to lower the array threshold and draw stronger arrays. All of this would come at a price.

They would, on the evil path, sink step by step, fall step by step, and finally become dependent on the evil path, forever unable to touch the true array Dao path.

Arrays still needed to be learned by oneself, bit by bit, practiced one time after another, with single-mindedness, constantly researching. Only in this way, what was learned was truly one's own and could be truly integrated.

Sometimes, shortcuts were instead detours.

The true "shortcut" was just to walk along the right path and always persevere...

Mo Hua stood in thought, his gaze gradually becoming clear, and in his heart, he also bit by bit abandoned the "temptation" of the evil array. Only after his Dao heart was firm again did he continue to research the array disk in front of him.

This was the array disk where the "core" array pivot was located.

Moreover, it was a three-grade array disk.

Mo Hua tried to use his spiritual sense to intervene with this array pivot. He tried several times, but all failed.

His spiritual sense, although it had stepped into the Golden Core realm and already had twenty patterns, still seemed not to be at the level where it could control the array pivot of a great array.

The great array's array pivot was resisting his spiritual sense.

Mo Hua was not convinced. He took a deep breath and continued to try constantly, relying on the extremely tough and pure gold spiritual sense after being transformed by the Dao, enduring a super strong load that ordinary array masters could not bear at all, to forcibly penetrate the core of the great array and seize the control of the great array's array pivot.

Finally, after dozens of "great effort yields miracles" attempts, the great array's array pivot finally exceptionally recognized Mo Hua's spiritual sense level and opened up some authority to him.

Mo Hua's spiritual sense also finally intervened in the Huang Tian blood sacrifice great array's array pivot.

With a boom, his sea of consciousness shook.

Mo Hua endured the severe pain and slowly opened his eyes.

Before his eyes was a boundless expanse of blood.

Innumerable array patterns, like blood vessels, extended in all directions, weaving and spreading outwards.

Evil power flowed within these "blood vessels," borrowing the array patterns to link every aspect of the great array, making the Huang Tian blood sacrifice great array seem like a shocking "huge monster," just slowly reviving...

Mo Hua's spiritual sense communicated with the Huang Tian blood sacrifice great array. Seeing this scene before his eyes, his first reaction was just how small he was.

The great array's blood color was vast, like a vast sea, boundless.

And he was just a grain in the middle of this vast sea of blood.

Mo Hua's heart was shocked, and he suddenly realized that his previous "underestimation" of the size of this great array was significant.

This blood sacrifice great array was truly too huge, it was fundamentally not something he could "control."

"This is a quasi-three-grade great array pattern ah..."

Mo Hua was a bit disheartened, and at the same time, a suffocating sense of powerlessness was born in his heart.

His previous cognition was still too "narrow," and he was also a bit "sitting in a well and looking at the sky," self-righteous.

He still thought that through the array pivot, he could, to a certain extent, tamper with this blood sacrifice great array.

But now, looking at it, with such a huge scale and such a complex structure, just "understanding" this great array was already extremely difficult.

Mo Hua was a bit defeated, but after a short period of disappointment, he slowly calmed his mind again.

It was right that it was large.

It was also right that the array was complex and difficult to understand.

Only this could be called a great array.

A great array of this level was the only one qualified to become the lifelong pursuit of countless array masters in the world.

Even his own "superficiality" and "underestimation" were also right.

Only by knowing how small one is can one become strong.

It is precisely by knowing one's shortcomings and insufficiencies that one has a direction to work towards and can become stronger step by step.

"The array is vast and profound, there is still much, much more for me to learn..."

"In other words, I can become very, very strong..."

Mo Hua looked at the vast and smoky sea, the grand and magnificent great array before his eyes, and the fighting spirit in his heart gradually rose again.

After that, he no longer hesitated and began to dissect and analyze this quasi-three-grade Huang Tian blood sacrifice great array from the easiest to understand two-grade array pivot sections, starting from the internal center, bit by bit researching it...

Mo Hua did not understand the three-grade part.

But Mo Hua could comprehend most of the two-grade array pivot and speculate on the structure and function of the three-grade array pivot through the interpretation of the two-grade array pivot.

With the identity of a main array master, from the perspective of "great array design," he grasped the overall complex array building idea macroscopically.

Soon, Mo Hua immersed himself in the great array research.

He learned more and more things, and his comprehension became more and more profound.

But the more he learned, the more he felt how little he knew.

The deeper his comprehension, the more he felt how shallow his comprehension was.

This was exactly what Mo Hua needed.

The praise of others and the title of array Dao leader would make him self-righteous, immerse himself in past achievements, and stand still.

These were meaningless to him.

What he truly needed was to always be one with the array and be "thirsty" for the great Dao array principles.

Forever know his ignorance, know his shallowness, only in this way can he become strong forever, forever pursue his "Dao"...

Time passed by bit by bit.

Mo Hua immersed himself in the great array research, only feeling his insights increasing, for a time completely forgetting himself.

He didn't know how long had passed, but Mo Hua suddenly felt a chill down his back, and even the temperature in the room had become much colder.

He withdrew his spiritual sense from the array pivot, turned his head to look, and saw that behind him, at some point, a person was standing there. The person was thin and tall, cold, terrifyingly powerful, with unfathomable cultivation, and carried a thick aura of an evil god.

Mr. Tu...

The air solidified for a moment.

Mo Hua raised his head and looked at Mr. Tu.

Mr. Tu also lowered his head and looked at Mo Hua.

The two of them looked at each other like this for a long time. After a moment, Mr. Tu slowly opened his mouth, his voice like a night owl:

"Can you understand it?"

Mo Hua shook his head and said honestly,

"It's too difficult, I don't understand it very well..."

Mr. Tu's pupils, which were deathly white, constricted slightly.

Then he turned his head to look at the head and body separated corpses in the room, released his cold spiritual sense again, scanned the surroundings of Lieyan Shan, his expression instantly turned cold, and he looked at Mo Hua and asked,

"Where are the evil array masters I nurtured?"

Mo Hua whispered, "It seems... they're all dead..."

Blood threads burst from Mr. Tu's eyes, floating like parasites.

Mo Hua's heart skipped a beat. He quickly waved his hand and said,

"It has nothing to do with me, Dao Ting Si killed them!"

"Uncle Gu led Dao Ting Si, broke into Lieyan Shan, and killed all the evil array masters!"

Mo Hua pushed all the credit to Gu Chang Huai.

Blood energy surged around Mr. Tu, and his voice was like the low roar of a demon beast.

"Gu Chang Huai—"

The several Golden Core evil array masters whose heads and bodies were in different places in the room were indeed cut off their limbs by wind blades and died at the hands of Gu Chang Huai.

Not to mention the other evil array masters.

Even if Gu Chang Huai did not personally act, they also died at the hands of Dao Ting Si.

"This Gu Chang Huai, repeatedly, ruined my great plans. If I had known this earlier, I shouldn't have worried so much and should have killed him at all costs..."

Mr. Tu thought to himself.

Although he didn't know why Gu Chang Huai could do all this, why he could break through the great array's seal, enter the valley, kill the evil Dao array masters he had cultivated with great effort, and even save everyone from the sacrifice.

But thinking that this Gu Chang Huai was a pawn appointed by that "fierce god of Tai Xu," Mr. Tu gradually understood.

To be chosen by a fierce god and work for a god, one must have extraordinary qualities and strategies and abilities that ordinary people find difficult to achieve.

It was not strange that he could do things that ordinary people could not.

What's more, this Gu Chang Huai had always been in opposition to the god master, and was not a good person from the beginning.

But thinking that the array masters he had nurtured were all killed.

The elites he had captured for sacrifice had also mostly escaped.

Mr. Tu's face turned gloomy and began to contort. Then, a pair of pupils with trembling blood threads looked towards Mo Hua.

After all, if anyone had ruined his plans, this Tai Xu Gate array Dao leader was also not to be underestimated.

If it weren't for him, the blood sacrifice great array would not have been opened so hastily.

Even many previous matters had the shadow of this little devil named "Mo Hua"...

The wounds on his flesh and spiritual sense from being punished by the god master for his exposed scheme began to ache faintly again.

Mr. Tu's eyes then revealed an uncontrollable killing intent.

Mo Hua perceived this killing energy and immediately said with a serious expression,

"A person who achieves great things must be calm. They must learn to control their emotions and absolutely not let a moment of anger rush to their head, otherwise they will ruin things."

Mr. Tu felt a tightness in his chest, and his face contorted.

After a moment, he examined Mo Hua with a sharp gaze and asked, "Do you know who I am?"

Mo Hua shook his head. "Anyway, you're an evil demon from an outer path, why would I care who you are?"

Mr. Tu chuckled coldly. "Aren't you afraid I'll kill you?"

Mo Hua said with certainty, "You don't dare to kill me!"

"Why?"

Mo Hua snorted coldly. "I am the Tai Xu Gate's array Dao leader, with an old ancestor covering me. The people from Dao Ting Si are also nearby. It's best if you don't provoke me. I'll just pretend not to see you and won't be your enemy. But if you harm me, my Tai Xu Gate's old ancestor will definitely make you scatter to the winds and become dust."

His words were arrogant, but Mr. Tu did not doubt them.

This little boy named Mo Hua in front of him did indeed hold this weight in Tai Xu Gate.

But...

Mr. Tu asked Mo Hua, "Inside this mountain, there is only you, no Dao Ting Si, and no your old ancestor, don't you know?"

"My old ancestor protects me... how could it be possible for you to see through?"

Mo Hua's face was as usual, and his mindset was also very peaceful, but he controlled his calf with his spiritual sense, making it tremble slightly.

How could Mr. Tu, this experienced old demon, not see through this kind of "forced calmness"?

At Mo Hua's age, having this calmness was already quite good.

But in the end, he was still too inexperienced. He could control his expression but could not control his body, revealing the fear in his heart...

Mr. Tu chuckled coldly and said slowly, "Let me guess..."

"Dao Ting Si did come to save you... But you are an array master, and you feel like a very powerful array master, feeling that there is no array in the world that you cannot learn, even a great array. Therefore, you secretly, slipped away here, wanting to go back to others and research this Huang Tian blood sacrifice great array..."

"After all, this is a great array, you can't resist it. But this is an evil array, you can't let others know."

"But the unfortunate thing is that there are countless flesh and blood demons inside this valley, and Dao Ting Si also didn't dare to stay long."

"You delayed for this period of time. When you came back to your senses, everyone else had already withdrawn, and only you were left in this valley..."

"Now, no one is coming to save you at all..."

Mr. Tu's tone was ice-cold. Every sentence he spoke, Mo Hua's face turned a shade paler, as if all the calculations in his heart were being exposed by Mr. Tu.

"You... you're talking nonsense... You... these are all your blind guesses, they're not right at all..."

Mo Hua's tone was panicked.

He was telling the truth. Mr. Tu was indeed just blindly guessing, and not a single sentence was guessed correctly.

It was a pity that Mr. Tu didn't listen to these truths at all. He only saw Mo Hua's panic and incoherent speech.

Language could deceive people, but instinct could not.

Mr. Tu chuckled coldly. He also didn't plan to actually kill Mo Hua.

This Mo Hua was an extremely precious "chip," and he had great use for him.

Moreover, he had reservations in his heart and indeed did not dare to kill Mo Hua, at least not yet...

Mr. Tu looked at Mo Hua with a gloomy expression, his voice hoarse and low, saying,

"Your little tricks can't fool me. Honestly follow me and listen to my words, I won't kill you."

"Otherwise, I will cut open your chest and belly, dig out your intestines and heart, refine you into a demon puppet, and you will not enter reincarnation in life or death."

Mo Hua's face was full of fear, and his heart was unwilling, but he still obediently nodded.

"As long as you don't kill me, I'll listen to everything you say..."

Mr. Tu nodded slightly and turned to leave. Suddenly, his heart palpitated, and he couldn't help but suspect,

"Is this little boy deceiving me?"

Mr. Tu's cold pupils looked at Mo Hua again.

His expression didn't seem fake. He was indeed "forcing himself to be calm." Amidst the arrogance, there was a hint of nervousness. If he was acting, this little boy's scheming was too deep, and his acting was also too good.

As the saying goes, a son of a thousand gold does not sit in a precarious position.

Given this little devil's identity and position, there was fundamentally no need for him to risk himself and fall into his hands.

But all this was still too coincidental in the end.

Why did everyone else leave, leaving only this little boy alone in this magic cave?

Why?

Perhaps it was... the god master?!

Mr. Tu suddenly realized, and then suddenly, everything became clear.

This was the god master manipulating cause and effect from behind.

The god master knew that this little boy carried great cause and effect and also knew that this little boy was the key to Its revival. However, this little boy had always stayed in Tai Xu Gate before, under heavy protection, and there was fundamentally no opportunity to act.

Now, this little boy was trapped in the blood sacrifice great array, his luck was disrupted by the great array's evil energy.

No one protected his cause and effect.

Thus, the power of the god master could take advantage of the weakness and enter, utilizing this little boy's obsession and delusion with the evil Dao great array, intercepting his cause and effect, along with his entire person.

Everything was the enlightenment of the god master!

The god master was in the dark, controlling everything!

Mr. Tu breathed a long sigh of relief, his faith in the god master becoming more pious, and he felt that the god was even more profound and unfathomable.

As for the threat from this little boy...

This was inside the blood sacrifice great array. Everything was protected by the god master.

And this little boy himself was just a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

His realm was there, still within his sight.

"I, the esteemed Yu Hua, can die at the hands of a Foundation Establishment cultivator?"

Mr. Tu chuckled coldly in self-mockery.

After thinking properly, he stretched out his pale palm. His fingertips turned into blood threads and fused into the array pivot in front of him. The array pivot changed accordingly, and the blood threads penetrated into the stone wall, transforming the entire stone wall into flesh and blood.

The entire array pivot stone wall was also like a demon's flesh and blood mouth, slowly opening, revealing a dark and deep passage behind it.

"Follow me."

Mr. Tu commanded and then stepped into the blood-smelling passage.

Mo Hua nodded, his face full of despair, but he still obediently followed Mr. Tu into the blood-smelling demon's mouth.

(End of this chapter)