Chapter 274: Visualization

Mo Hua was startled and immediately lay on the house beam, not moving at all.

At the same time, a divine sense swept over from his body, but failed to detect his concealment.

The burly man withdrew his divine sense, having gained nothing, and said angrily, "Who's there, sneaking around?"

That middle-aged cultivator frowned, also released his divine sense, sweeping around.

A clearly more profound divine sense passed through the house beam, focused on Mo Hua's body, and saw through the hidden array that concealed Mo Hua.

But beneath the hidden array, there was still another layer of concealment from a hidden technique.

It was already night, and the house beam was dark, making it difficult to detect even a half-baked hidden technique.

That middle-aged cultivator saw through one layer of concealment, but still didn' Hua, he hesitated slightly before also withdrawing his divine sense, saying softly:

"No one, no need to suspect ghosts."

The burly man said, "Impossible, someone is watching me!"

The middle-aged cultivator glanced at him, "Nonsense, aren't I watching you?"

The burly man neither affirmed nor denied, his expression still fierce, "Something's wrong, someone is definitely peeping in the dark!"

Mo Hua's heart sank, and his heart tightened.

The middle-aged cultivator retorted, "Are you saying someone has infiltrated?"

"Not impossible," the burly man said.

The middle-aged cultivator sneered contemptuously, "Do you know where this is?"

Without waiting for the burly man to answer, the middle-aged cultivator then laughed coldly:

"This is the deep mountains of Da Hei Shan, it's our evil cultivators' stronghold for shelter!"

"At the door, I've set up a hidden array. On the high walls, I've set up multiple arrays. This house, this room, every brick and tile, are all painted with arrays by me."

"Ordinary cultivators, who can discover this stronghold, who dares to come to this stronghold, and who can enter this stronghold? Let alone dare to peep under our noses."

Mo Hua was secretly surprised upon hearing this.

This middle-aged cultivator is actually that array master, and a Foundation Establishment cultivator at that!

Even though the middle-aged cultivator said so, the burly man still didn't want to let it go; he still believed his intuition.

"Someone is indeed peeping!"

The middle-aged cultivator's expression then gradually turned cold, "By saying this, are you looking down on my arrays or despising my divine sense?"

The burly man didn't speak.

In terms of seniority, he was a rank below the middle-aged cultivator; in terms of arrays, he was completely ignorant; in terms of divine sense, he was far inferior.

If the middle-aged cultivator said there was no one, then there should be no one.

The burly man's blood threads in his eyes gradually faded, and his fierceness also gradually dissipated. He cupped his hands in apology:

"Third Brother, don't blame me, I was being abrupt."

The middle-aged array master's expression eased slightly, he nodded, and no longer pursued the matter, but asked:

"Did you not drink blood tonight?"

The burly man nodded, "Didn't drink, drank some wine, feeling a bit restless and irritable."

Having finished speaking, the blood threads in the burly man's eyes gradually reappeared.

Bloodthirsty, restless and irritable, thus overly suspicious, and somewhat seeing ghosts.

The middle-aged array master understood, his gaze deepened slightly, and he said:

"Find some time to drink some blood, don't mess up your state of mind like this and ruin the big matter."

The burly man nodded, increasingly feeling thirsty in his throat. This wine made him even thirstier, and his heart was irritable, always feeling someone was secretly watching him.

This feeling was exceptionally uncomfortable.

The burly man's eyes became more bloodshot, his eyes almost blood red, and he stood up and cupped his fists, saying:

"I'll leave first."

The middle-aged array master asked, "Perhaps human blood isn't enough, want to drink demon blood? Want me to take action?"

The burly man said, "No need, Third Brother is busy, no need to trouble you."

Having finished speaking, the burly man left. The middle-aged array master sat for a while, finished the wine, and also entered the depths of the rear stronghold.

Mo Hua waited for another hour in the same spot, confirmed that both had indeed left and were not pretending to leave to trick him, and then let out a breath.

"Elder Yu was right, with these two layers of concealment, as long as I stay still, even Foundation Establishment period cultivators might not be able to discover me."

Especially that middle-aged cultivator, who was even an array master, couldn't discover the concealed Mo Hua.

This fully demonstrated the effectiveness of Mo Hua's concealment method.

But Mo Hua didn't dare to be arrogant.

Eavesdropping on Foundation Establishment evil cultivators was still quite dangerous. Even if they couldn't discover him, it was best not to take this risk again.

Mo Hua was secretly vigilant.

If his hidden technique was truly seen through, even with a movement technique like Ling Bo Wei Bu, he might not be able to escape from a Foundation Establishment cultivator's hands.

It seems he should come to this rear stronghold less often in the future.

Especially these two Foundation Establishment evil cultivators, it's best to avoid them if possible.

Mo Hua then spent another two days researching the behavioral patterns of these two Foundation Establishment cultivators.

That burly man usually cultivated in the rear stronghold during the daytime, but once it was evening, he would leave the stronghold alone, destination unknown.

Mo Hua guessed that he should be going to find blood to drink.

This burly man cultivated evil arts and needed to drink human blood, but he was already in the Foundation Establishment stage, and human blood wasn't enough. So he could only go drink demon beasts' blood.

Some demon beasts eat human flesh and drink human blood.

So his drinking demon blood was similar to drinking human blood.

As for that array master, he should also be an evil array master. He stayed in the depths of the rear stronghold every day, God knows what he was tinkering with.

Mo Hua couldn't guess, and didn't dare to go look.

Occasionally, this evil array master would also go out, always taking advantage of the night.

Mo Hua guessed he should be going into the deep mountains to draw some arrays.

But that was just a guess. He didn't dare to follow; following would be truly seeking death.

Mo Hua gradually figured out the routines of these two Foundation Establishment evil cultivators.

After that, as long as he avoided meeting them, he would have nothing to fear in this Hei Shan stronghold.

After all, even the Foundation Establishment evil array master and the burly man couldn't discover him, let alone these Qi Refining period evil cultivators.

Moreover, that evil array master himself said it was impossible for someone to infiltrate Hei Shan stronghold and even peep under their noses.

Other evil cultivators probably believed even less that someone could infiltrate.

Mo Hua thought for a bit and decided to stay in Hei Shan stronghold for a few more days.

One was to draw a complete map of Hei Shan stronghold, and two was to eavesdrop on more intelligence about Hei Shan stronghold.

Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win a hundred battles without defeat.

The power of Hei Shan stronghold was too great. Without knowing the inside story, he was fundamentally no match.

He just needed to avoid risks as much as possible and avoid meeting with Foundation Establishment period evil cultivators.

The evil array master had strong divine sense, and the burly man had keen instincts; neither was easy to deal with.

Immediately, Mo Hua became curious again.

Exactly how many Foundation Establishment period evil cultivators were there in this Hei Shan stronghold?

Mo Hua began to eavesdrop everywhere, trying to figure this out.

Finally, one evening, two evil cultivators guarding the night, drinking and chatting, talked about the "bosses" of Hei Shan stronghold.

These two evil cultivators, one was strong and had a ferocious knife scar on his face.

One was pale-faced, thin and dry, grown like noodles.

Mo Hua didn't know their names, so he simply called one "Dao Ba Lian" and the other "Mian Tiao Ren".

As for what "guarding the night" meant, Mo Hua also knew.

It meant guarding the mountain gate of Hei Shan stronghold at midnight.

If there were criminal cultivators throwing themselves in to join, they would open the gate and welcome them in.

If something unexpected happened, or if there were cultivators trying to escape, they could also give a warning.

Guarding the night was quite boring and uninteresting.

The night mountain wind was cold, so they huddled around a fire, eating dry hard dried meat, drinking bad wine, and chatting.

Mo Hua just sat on the roof behind them, concentrating and listening.

Mian Tiao Ren roasted by the fire while muttering, "Hei Shan stronghold has a curfew, but this Fourth Boss still goes out every evening."

Mo Hua's expression changed upon hearing this.

Fourth Boss?

It should be that burly man with bloodshot eyes who likes to drink blood.

Mo Hua pondered for a moment, then suddenly was startled.

"Boss" should be the various leaders of Hei Shan stronghold.

That burly man was a Foundation Establishment cultivator, ranked fourth, was the Fourth Boss. That also meant that within this Hei Shan stronghold, there were at least four Foundation Establishment evil cultivators!

Mo Hua listened, covered in cold sweat.

Four Foundation Establishment evil cultivators, plus hundreds of murderous evil cultivators.

Even if the Immortal City's Demon Hunting Masters and the Dao Ting Division were all dispatched, they probably wouldn't be a match at all.

The old head of the Dao Ting Division was old and frail, not good at fighting. Although Elder Yu was powerful, he was also absolutely no match for four Foundation Establishment evil cultivators.

Once the Foundation Establishment cultivators were defeated, the rest would be a one-sided massacre.

Mo Hua was covered in cold sweat, then calmed down and continued to listen, wanting to hear more news.

Dao Ba Lian listened to Mian Tiao Ren's words and only said coldly:

"If you were the boss, you wouldn't need to follow these rules either."

Mian Tiao Ren smiled awkwardly, a bit dissatisfied.

Immediately he asked curiously again, "You say this Third Boss hides in the rear stronghold every day, what exactly is he doing?"

"He's an array master, what else could he do?"

Mian Tiao Ren didn't believe it, "Arrays are so boring, what's so good about practicing them? Isn't Third Boss bored?"

"That's why Third Boss is an array master, he's the boss, and you can only guard the gate at night," Dao Ba Lian said disdainfully.

Mian Tiao Ren laughed coldly, "By saying that, aren't you also guarding the gate? Aren't you also guarding the night with me?"

Dao Ba Lian's expression turned cold, "Are you seeking death?"

Mian Tiao Ren was displeased. The two were somewhat tense for a while, but they didn't actually fight.

Evil cultivators had violent tempers, but they also knew restraint.

After a moment, their emotions calmed down. Mian Tiao Ren felt bored and suddenly laughed lewdly:

"You say, won't Third Boss be hiding women in the rear stronghold, enjoying himself night after night?"

Dao Ba Lian glanced at him faintly and snorted coldly, "Nonsense."

"How do you know?" Mian Tiao Ren asked somewhat disappointed.

"I've seen it."

"You've been to the rear stronghold?"

"I delivered things to Third Boss several times."

"What did you see?"

Dao Ba Lian frowned, thought for a bit, and said, "Third Boss in the rear stronghold wasn't drawing arrays, he was just looking at a map..."

Mo Hua, who was carefully listening, suddenly felt his heart move.

What map?

That Third Boss was an array master, and he drew arrays in the evening. Could it be some rare array diagram?

"Not impossible..."

Mo Hua nodded, suddenly startled. A word suddenly surfaced in his heart.

"Could it be... Visualization Diagram?!"