Chapter 269: Discover

Mò Huà revealed his body shape and said in surprise, "When did you see me?"

Elder Yú seemed to be smiling but not smiling, "Of course, from the moment you entered the door."

Mò Huà looked a little dejected, seemingly still unable to hide from a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

"Was it divine sense perception?" Mò Huà asked again.

Elder Yú shook his head slightly, "No, I heard it."

Mò Huà was stunned, "Heard it?"

"That's right." Elder Yú said, "I've been a demon hunter for so many years, staying in the mountains year-round, hunting demon beasts, but as long as there's a little rustle in the wind, I'll detect it."

"And this is my home. I was doing nothing but drinking tea in this living room. Now the hall is empty, suddenly there's an extra person's breath. How could I not detect it?"

Elder Yú looked at Mò Huà and explained with a kind smile.

Mò Huà nodded, feeling it made sense. Immediately, he thought for a bit, and his eyes lit up.

"Then if the environment is messy, and I squat there without moving and making no sound, can you discover me?"

"Well..."

Elder Yú stroked his beard, a little hesitant.

To say he couldn't discover him, this Foundation Establishment Elder, it would be a bit embarrassing.

But to say he could definitely discover him, he was really not sure.

Just now, when Mò Huà entered the room, he actually didn't notice at first.

It wasn't until Mò Huà moved that, although he was light-footed, the subtle sound of footsteps still reached his ears.

He listened to the sound to determine the position, then swept with his divine sense, and only then did he discover a vague human shadow, a hidden little cultivator.

This aura was very familiar.

And someone who could use a hidden technique, was young, and dared to run into his living room to play, besides Mò Huà, there was no one else.

Elder Yú simply pretended not to see him and teased Mò Huà for a while.

But now that he thought about it, if he hadn't heard the sound and deliberately swept with his divine sense, he might not have been able to discover Mò Huà.

Elder Yú frowned, thought for a bit, and finally said truthfully:

"In that case, it's really hard to say."

Mò Huà's eyes lit up, "Elder Yú, how about we try it?"

Elder Yú wanted to say "I still have things to do later," but seeing Mò Huà's bright eyes, he didn't say it.

"Anyway, it's not something important, just rest for a bit and play with Mò Huà."

Elder Yú said silently in his heart, he also wanted to know how effective Mò Huà's hidden technique was.

"Okay, find a place to try it out and see if I can discover you." Elder Yú nodded and said with a smile.

The two came to the outskirts of Tōngxiān City and found a quiet foot of a mountain.

Here, trees were numerous and grass was lush.

"I'll go into the forest first and hide well, you come find me."

After Mò Huà finished speaking, he walked into the forest and hid behind a large tree in a patch of grass. After that, he cast the hidden technique, concealed his body, neither moved nor made a sound.

Elder Yú silently counted fifteen breaths before walking into the forest. As soon as he released his divine sense, he couldn't help but frown.

Looking at it suddenly, it seemed he really couldn't find Mò Huà's figure.

Elder Yú had to steel his heart and start from the edge of the forest, searching patch by patch of grass.

After spending the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Elder Yú finally vaguely perceived a small figure within the patch of grass behind the large tree.

Elder Yú raised his eyebrows and also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

He finally found him, otherwise he would have lost face.

Elder Yú coughed and looked at the patch of grass where Mò Huà was, pretending to be relaxed and said, "Come out."

Mò Huà revealed his body shape. His expression was not disappointed, but rather expectant, and he asked Elder Yú:

"Elder, how is this hidden technique?"

Being found was normal, Mò Huà just wanted to test how effective this hidden technique was in front of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

"Not bad." Elder Yú nodded and praised, "If you don't move or make a sound, a general Foundation Establishment cultivator, if they don't specially release their divine sense to check carefully, might not be able to discover you."

Mò Huà's expression brightened.

"However." Elder Yú reminded Mò Huà again, "Foundation Establishment cultivators' divine sense also varies in strength, even if I don't discover you, it doesn't mean others won't. You still need to be careful when acting."

Mò Huà said seriously, "Elder, don't worry, I know."

Elder Yú nodded, then sighed in his heart.

To be able to hide to this extent was already very impressive. How strong was Mò Huà's divine sense now?

He wouldn't catch up to Foundation Establishment soon, would he...

Elder Yú thought in his heart, suddenly remembering something, and asked:

"How did you learn the hidden technique?"

Before, he was very concerned, but didn't ask.

If he remembered correctly, the hidden technique should be a spell that only single-system water spirit root, or extremely special yin spirit root could learn.

Mò Huà was a small five-element spirit root, with mixed water element, so he should not be able to learn the hidden technique.

Mò Huà smiled mysteriously, "I drew an array."

"Oh." Elder Yú suddenly realized.

Mò Huà was an array master. If he had a problem, he naturally relied on arrays to solve it.

"Is this array very rare?" Elder Yú asked.

In his impression, he had not heard of any array master who could draw a hidden array, nor had he seen spiritual tools that could hide.

He had only seen a few cultivators who knew hidden techniques, like that Diao Lǎo Sān, but this kind of cultivator was also very rare.

Mò Huà nodded, "Yes, it's very difficult to learn."

Although the hidden array was a nine-pattern array, the brush strokes were special, and the divine sense required to draw the array was almost to the level of nine-pattern and a half.

A general one-grade array master's divine sense wouldn't reach this threshold, so they naturally couldn't learn it, which is why it was very rare.

Elder Yú nodded slightly.

Since Mò Huà said it was difficult to learn, then this array must be truly difficult, no wonder he had never seen it.

Elder Yú felt curious again and asked:

"With this array covering, can you really see nothing?"

Mò Huà then activated the hidden array separately. His body was invisible, but his hands and small head still had a faint outline.

Seeing this, Elder Yú was a little disappointed:

"This array still has some flaws, the hidden effect is not that good."

"Yes." Mò Huà also agreed, "So I learned a half-baked hidden technique, plus this flawed hidden array, only then can I be invisible."

The effects of the two hidden methods were not good when used separately, only when used together could he become invisible.

"This is double hiding... um, one and a half, I guess." Mò Huà said.

Elder Yú touched his chin and pondered, "The effect of these two overlapping seems to be better than the effect of a pure hidden technique, especially at night."

At night, the sky was dark, and even if others broke through one layer of hiding, Mò Huà's body still had another layer, making it difficult to be detected.

Normal cultivators wouldn't think that someone could wear two layers of hiding on their body.

Mò Huà smiled a little proudly.

Even the Foundation Establishment Elder Yú praised his hidden effect as good, finally not wasting his effort.

The two chatted, and the sky gradually darkened. Elder Yú patted his head, "I forgot, I still have things to do."

"Important things?"

"Minor things." Elder Yú said with a smile, "It's getting late, let's go back first."

"Okay."

Elder Yú then took Mò Huà back. When they reached the intersection of Nán Street, Elder Yú exhorted Mò Huà a few sentences, then turned and went to the refining tool shop.

Mò Huà then went home alone. Walking on the road, he was in a joyful mood.

Learning the hidden technique, whether it was for sneak attacks, escaping, or strategizing, he had more room for choice in advancing and retreating.

Anyway, others couldn't see him.

Mò Huà couldn't help but laugh out loud, humming a little tune. As he walked, he suddenly remembered something, stopped, and his heart trembled.

Can't see...

Elder Yú's words from just now echoed in his ears:

"With this array covering, can you really see nothing..."

Array covering... can't see...

In Mò Huà's mind, that cliff suddenly appeared, and the ten-thousand-zhang abyss under the cliff.

"Could it be... covered by a hidden array..."

Mò Huà's pupils constricted slightly, and he muttered to himself.