Chapter 126: Borrowing People

“Borrowing people?”

“Mm-hmm.” Mo Hua nodded.

“What do you need to borrow people for?”

“I have a small matter and need help. Sixth-layer Qi Refining is fine, fifth… no, fourth is fine too.” Mo Hua said.

Yu Chengyi thought about asking Mo Hua what he wanted to do, but then figured since Mo Hua was an array master, it must be related to arrays. If he told him, he wouldn’t understand anyway, so asking was pointless.

His father, Elder Yu, had instructed him to take care of Mo Hua. If he didn’t, and his father found out, he would definitely be in trouble.

His father was pleasant towards Mo Hua, but had no pleasant expression for him.

Yu Chengyi’s heart tightened, and then he said: “Just a small matter, no problem.”

Mo Hua was still preparing to explain further, not expecting Yu Chengyi to agree so readily. He happily said:

“Thank you, Uncle Yu!”

Yu Chengyi pointed out several sixth-layer Qi Refining cultivators from behind him and instructed them to follow Mo Hua and ensure his safety. If Mo Hua needed anything, they were to help.

Still feeling uneasy, he also said to a slightly older demon hunter:

“Old Zhao, you follow too and keep an eye on things.”

Old Zhao showed surprise but still nodded and said: “Alright.”

“Uncle Yu, that’s enough, no need for so many people.” Mo Hua quickly said.

The demon hunter called “Old Zhao” had a strong aura and was likely in the late stage of Qi Refining. Adding the five in the middle stage of Qi Refining, there were already quite a few people.

He just wanted to hunt a first-grade middle-stage demon beast, there was no need for so many people.

Yu Chengyi waved his hand, “It doesn’t matter, let them follow, I’ll be more at ease.”

It’s better to have more people, otherwise if something went wrong and this little array master, Mo Hua, had an accident, his father would definitely flay him alive!

This was Da Hei Mountain after all, where demon beasts were abundant, so they couldn't be careless.

If he weren’t unable to free himself, he would even want to follow them himself.

“Then if I borrow so many people, will you have enough manpower on your end, Uncle Yu?”

Mo Hua asked with some concern.

Yu Chengyi felt a warmth in his heart, patted Mo Hua’s shoulder, and said:

“It doesn’t matter, my side are all veterans, you can rest assured.”

Mo Hua nodded, then said: “Then we’ll leave first, goodbye, Uncle Yu!”

“Go ahead,” Yu Chengyi said, and after thinking for a moment, he instructed again:

“Finish up quickly and come back early, don’t stay in the mountains. Da Hei Mountain is very dangerous.”

Mo Hua then led several demon hunters into the mountains.

“Brother Mo, what do you want to do?”

A young demon hunter quietly asked.

Mo Hua turned his head to look, and said in surprise: “Da Ping?”

Da Ping’s surname was Zhou, his father was Zhou Cheng, who had previously commissioned Mo Hua to draw an iron armor array and had even specifically come to thank him.

Mo Hua had only seen Da Ping once, so his impression wasn’t deep. That’s why he hadn’t recognized him in the crowd just now. At this moment, when Zhou Da Ping spoke, he recognized the familiar voice and identified him.

Zhou Da Ping was a bit introverted and shyly said: “Brother Mo, you still remember me?”

“Mmm,” Mo Hua said, “I’m taking you all to hunt a demon beast.”

Zhou Da Ping was stunned, and the other demon hunters exchanged glances.

Old Zhao was also shocked upon hearing this.

This little kid has such guts!

Relying on just a few of them in the middle stage of Qi Refining to hunt a demon beast, it was uncertain whether they could return alive…

No wonder Yu Chengyi asked him to keep an eye on things.

Zhou Da Ping hesitated and said: “Brother Mo, a few of us… we can’t kill a demon beast either.”

After speaking, he weakly added another question, “What realm demon beast is it?”

If it was a first-grade initial stage, then there should be no problem.

“Mmm, a first-grade middle stage, I can’t kill one in the later stage either.”

Zhou Da Ping only felt his eyes go black. He couldn’t kill one in the later stage, but they couldn’t even kill one in the middle stage…

“Rest assured,” Mo Hua patted his chest, “I’ve planned everything, leave it to me!”

Zhou Da Ping still wanted to say something, but didn’t know what to say, so he could only follow Mo Hua with determination.

Old Zhao on the side then became extremely vigilant.

These kids didn’t know the severity of the situation, but he had been in Da Hei Mountain for so many years and clearly knew that even a first-grade middle-stage demon beast was not easy to deal with.

Yu Chengyi asked him to look after them. If something went wrong, he wouldn’t be able to explain it.

“Hope nothing goes wrong…”

Old Zhao could only silently pray in his heart.

Mo Hua walked along the mountain road for a while, then stopped in front of a patch of forest.

This was the boundary between the forest and the mountain cliff, where two paths intersected. The terrain was narrow, and demon beasts entering or leaving the forest had to pass through here.

The wild grass was deeper nearby, and there were also mountain rocks that could provide cover.

Mo Hua set up a trap, laid down an array, eliminated any traces, and then covered the scent with bloody grass. He then led everyone to hide behind the mountain rocks.

“We’ll wait here. When the demon beast comes and triggers the trap, I’ll activate the array, and we… no, you all can then take action.” Mo Hua said.

He wouldn’t go up and cause trouble.

Da Ping and the others nodded, while Old Zhao raised his eyebrows slightly.

He had heard that there was a young son in Mo Mountain whose array drawing was quite good.

But this was a demon beast, with thick skin and tough flesh, could arrays really be useful…

Old Zhao’s eyebrows wrinkled again.

Zhou Da Ping was a bit uneasy, “Brother Mo, can this really work?”

Mo Hua comforted him, saying: “Rest assured, I’ve tested it, no problem.”

Zhou Da Ping nodded, but was still a bit uneasy, gripping the knife in his hand tightly.

The other demon hunters were also not much older and were all holding their breath, not even daring to make a sound.

Waiting was a bit agonizing, and several people had serious expressions.

Only Mo Hua looked relaxed, even feeling bored, picking a blade of grass and casually drawing array patterns on the ground.

After an unknown amount of time, Da Ping gently touched Mo Hua, “Brother Mo… they’re coming.”

His voice had a slight tremor due to nervousness.

Mo Hua’s spirit immediately became alert, he threw away the blade of grass, and poked his head out to look. Indeed, he saw a goat-shaped demon beast walking out of the forest.

The demon beast’s pupils were blood-red, and its mouth was covered in blood, as if it had just dismembered and eaten its prey.

But perhaps it had eaten too much, as its vigilance was not high.

After it slowly walked into the trap and was bound by the wood binding array, Mo Hua then threw a fireball from a distance, activating the ground fire array.

An explosion rang out, fierce flames rolled, spiritual power overflowed, shattering the surrounding mountain stones.

Zhou Da Ping and the others stared, dumbfounded.

Mo Hua said: “Go!”

The crowd then came back to their senses and immediately no longer delayed. They all drew their knives and threw punches, pouncing towards the demon beast.

After a short while, the demon beast lay on the ground.

Mo Hua poked his small head out and asked from a distance: “Is it dead?”

Looking at the demon beast that had fallen after only a few rounds, Zhou Da Ping was stunned for a long time, then slowly said:

“D-dead.”

Mo Hua then ran over and used the blood drawing technique to draw the demon blood.

Fresh red demon blood, guided by Mo Hua’s divine sense, flowed into a bottle.

“Brother Mo, this is…”

Zhou Da Ping couldn’t help but ask.

“For drawing arrays.”

Mo Hua answered while drawing the blood.

“Oh, oh.” Zhou Da Ping then stopped asking.

After Mo Hua finished drawing the blood, he saw Zhou Da Ping and the others still standing there dumbly, so he asked:

“Aren’t you going to skin it?”

“Huh?”

“The demon beast, skin it and take the bones, then go sell them.”

They then came back to their senses, and all took action, processing the demon beast well and putting it into storage bags.

Mo Hua calculated the accounts for them. He figured out how many spirit stones the array cost and how many spirit stones it cost to activate it. After selling the demon beast and deducting these costs, the spirit stones would be divided equally among everyone.

Da Ping quickly shook his head: “No, this is all your credit, how can we take the spirit stones?”

The crowd also all declined.

“You all helped, you deserve this.”

“But…”

Mo Hua wouldn’t let them refuse. He waved goodbye to them, “I’m going back first. If there’s anything next time, I’ll find you all to help again.” After saying that, he happily went home.

Da Ping and the others stood where they were, looking at each other, their expressions inevitably a bit complex.

After selling the demon beast, each person could divide up seven or eight spirit stones.

They had never earned so many spirit stones before…

Five more chapters finished.

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