Chapter 263: Hidden Array

Mo Hua thought for a moment and felt that having more identities was a good thing.

The cultivation world had nine provinces, vast and without boundaries.

In case he traveled outside in the future and encountered difficulties, having more identities would provide more options.

"Thank you, Uncle Zhang!" Mo Hua said sincerely.

"Remember to also thank Old Palm Si when you have time; without his approval, you wouldn't have this waist token," Zhang Lan said.

"Then please thank Palm Si for me. If there's anything else, I'll still help."

Being able to "pluck wool" made Mo Hua much more enthusiastic.

Zhang Lan laughed, "Okay, I'll go back and tell Palm Si."

After a while, Jiang Yun served them food, a total of five or six dishes, with meat, vegetables, and also good wine.

Zhang Lan raised an eyebrow. "Not bad, you're quite generous now."

Mo Hua chuckled, "Go ahead and eat, it's all on me."

With over a thousand spirit stones, Mo Hua could invite Zhang Lan to eat for a month without a problem.

"Alright, then I won't be polite."

After running around for a long time dealing with the matters of Guangtou Tuo and Kong Sheng, eating wind and sleeping outside, his mouth was bland, and Zhang Lan indeed wanted to reward himself.

Zhang Lan ate while Mo Hua also held a small bowl beside him, picking what he liked to eat.

The two ate and chatted, and after they were full of wine and food, Zhang Lan left.

Mo Hua thought about the map issue for a while but still had no clues, so he temporarily put it aside.

Let's see if Zhang Lan can get anything out of the one-eyed man.

Mo Hua still focused his mind on the stealth technique first.

He really wanted to learn the stealth technique.

Stealth technique could hide, scout, protect oneself, and even manipulate people.

On the surface, stealth seemed useless, but used properly, it was a spell integrating offense and defense.

Advance could attack, retreat could defend.

Advance could attack when the enemy was unprepared, retreat could escape and hide for a thousand li.

Even if his stealth technique was detected, he still had Lingbo Wei Bu as a fallback, unlike Diao Lao San, who fell into a dilemma with no way to advance or retreat and ended up in a dead end.

Even if he encountered a chaotic battle situation among cultivators, he could handle it with ease.

Mo Hua still remembered what Kui Lao taught him, "There are ten thousand spells, each with its merits, the wonder of use lies in one's heart."

The stealth technique truly conformed to this sentence from Kui Lao.

However, Mo Hua's spirit root wasn't very suitable, so what he cultivated was a half-baked stealth technique.

Mo Hua frowned and thought.

Cultivators' spirit roots were different, and their abilities varied. Where there were strengths, there must be weaknesses.

Since the stealth technique had flaws, were there no other ways to remedy them?

Mo Hua thought for a long time and could only think of one method: arrays.

This was also what he was most skilled at.

He took out the "Qian Zhen Lu" that Mr. Zhuang gave him from his storage bag, flipped through it for a long time, and read until his eyes were blurred, but he couldn't find any arrays related to stealth.

Mo Hua scratched his head and first went to ask Bai Zisheng.

"Stealth array?" Bai Zisheng was a bit surprised. He looked around and lowered his voice, "Do you want to be a thief?"

Mo Hua rolled his eyes at him and emphasized, "I am a proper cultivator!"

"Then what do you want to learn this array for?"

"Of course, it's for self-protection," Mo Hua said.

And for manipulating people...

Of course, Mo Hua didn't say this reason because it didn't sound proper.

Bai Zisheng was a bit straightforward and didn't doubt him. He nodded and said,

"Indeed, the stealth technique is very suitable for self-protection."

"Do you know the array diagram for a stealth array?"

Bai Zisheng shook his head and turned to ask Bai Zixi, "Zixi, do you know?"

Bai Zixi also shook her head, "This is a rare array. The Bai family's scripture pavilion should have it, but I didn't bring it out."

Mo Hua felt a bit regretful. Then he could only trouble Mr. Zhuang.

Immediately, he was a bit doubtful again. "Why would the stealth array be a rare array? Is it because the stealth technique is rare?"

"Right," Bai Zixi's voice was clear, and she nodded.

Seeing that Mo Hua didn't quite understand, Bai Zixi patiently explained to him again:

"The spirit root is special, the inheritance is scarce, this spell is difficult to learn, and arrays that can achieve the same effect are also relatively rare."

Mo Hua understood.

The inheritance of stealth technique was difficult to obtain, and the requirements for spirit roots were relatively strict, requiring a single water spirit root to learn.

If mixed with other attribute spirit roots, it would be like Mo Hua, who learned it half-baked. The water form would attach to his body, but he couldn't be completely invisible.

Therefore, cultivators who mastered the stealth technique were scarce, so stealth arrays were also relatively precious.

Mo Hua nodded, feeling grateful in his heart. He asked Bai Zixi, "Is there anything you want to eat?"

Bai Zixi hesitated for a moment, took out a recipe book from her storage bag, turned to the page with a folded mark, and pointed at a pastry named "Hua Hao Yue Yuan" on it, saying:

"This."

Mo Hua took a look. The name was Hua Hao Yue Yuan, which was a bit like a mooncake with flower fillings.

Osmanthus, peach blossoms, locust flowers, crabapple blossoms, etc., were all there.

The fragrance of flowers was strong, but he didn't know if the taste would be strange with so many flowers mixed together.

Mo Hua took the recipe book, put it into his storage bag, and said, "Okay, I'll ask Mother to make one to see."

"Mmm," Bai Zixi's gaze was clear and shining brightly.

Mo Hua was preparing to go find Mr. Zhuang, and as soon as he turned his head, he saw Bai Zisheng looking at him eagerly. He said helplessly,

"What do you want to eat again?"

Bai Zisheng blurted out, "Rabbit meat!"

"That's troublesome."

"No hurry, just remember to bring some for me when you have time," Bai Zisheng said.

"Alright then."

Bai Zisheng also said gratefully, "I'll help you fight later."

"Good," Mo Hua nodded, "I'll definitely call you if there's a fight."

It's just that Aunt Xue might not be willing to let you fight.

Proper young masters from wealthy families had heavier cultivation lessons and more rules, instead of being free.

Like Qian Xing and Kong Sheng, although they were free, they were also lawless.

Mo Hua sighed in his heart, then went to pay his respects to Mr. Zhuang and asked about the stealth array.

Mr. Zhuang heard this and said, "You still can't learn it now."

Mo Hua weakly asked, "Is it very difficult to learn?"

"It is a bit difficult to learn," Mr. Zhuang said, then looked at Mo Hua, "However, it's not difficult for you."

After all, you can even draw those difficult and complex arrays into shape...

Mr. Zhuang said silently in his heart.

"Is it because of divine sense?" Mo Hua guessed.

"That's right," Mr. Zhuang nodded.

Mo Hua said in surprise, "This stealth array, it wouldn't also have ten array patterns, would it..."

"How could one array have ten array patterns? Arrays with ten patterns aren't that cheap yet."

Mr. Zhuang laughed and shook his head, then added:

"The stealth array only has nine array patterns, but the array patterns are special, and drawing them consumes more divine sense. The divine sense required is also more than that of a general nine-pattern array of the same grade."

"Its divine sense amount is above nine patterns but not up to ten patterns."

Mo Hua asked again, "How much more exactly?"

Above nine patterns, not up to ten patterns.

It seemed like only one pattern difference, but the amount of divine sense differed by one time.

As Mr. Zhuang said before, nine patterns were for refining qi, and ten patterns were for building foundation. Divine sense from nine patterns to ten patterns required crossing the gap from refining qi to building foundation, and the divine sense also had a huge difference.

Mr. Zhuang laughed, "Didn't I give you the nine-pattern half-reverse spirit array before?"

Mo Hua nodded.

"If you learn that, your divine sense will be enough to learn the stealth array," Mr. Zhuang said.

"Then the divine sense required for the stealth array is probably nine and a half patterns?"

"Nine and a half patterns are still a bit short," Mr. Zhuang said very precisely.

"Disciple understands, thank you, Mister."

Since he had a goal, it was simple, and nine and a half patterns of divine sense were not that far away for Mo Hua.

After Mo Hua left, Mr. Zhuang frowned and thought deeply, not knowing what he was thinking about.

Inside the bamboo room, Kui Lao's figure gradually appeared.

Mr. Zhuang then said to Kui Lao, "You were right, it is indeed a bit difficult to have the divine sense of the foundation-building realm in the refining qi realm."

"Mo Hua's divine sense growth is quite fast, isn't it?" Kui Lao said faintly.

Mr. Zhuang's gaze was deep. "It's quite fast, but still not fast enough."

Kui Lao's gaze turned to him blankly.

Mr. Zhuang then said, "Among all the cultivators I've seen, his divine sense growth is already the fastest, but to use this to break through the limit of refining qi divine sense, it might still be far from enough."

"How long will it take?"

"Hard to say," Mr. Zhuang shook his head, "Based on the current progress, it will take at least five years, and at most ten years. And divine sense growth is slower the further along you go. If something goes wrong, it's possible to spend several decades building foundation."

Kui Lao frowned, and the room was silent for a while.

"Is there any method?" Kui Lao said.

Mr. Zhuang's fingertips tapped the armrest of the bamboo chair, his gaze changing erratically. After a long time, he sighed, "Let me think about it."