Chapter 302: Dao Soldier

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Mo Hua was a little disappointed and couldn't help but ask, "Why?"

Zhang Lan explained, "The deployment of Dao soldiers is a secret of the Dao Ting. Dao soldiers usually act very secretly, emphasizing being as still as a mountain, as swift as the wind, and moving like thunder. Either they don't let others know, or once they are known, they use thunderous means to achieve a quick victory!"

"So," Zhang Lan laughed, "it's impossible to let you know how the Dao soldiers are acting."

"Then do they need my help?" Mo Hua asked.

Zhang Lan smiled slightly, "How could they possibly need your help..."

Zhang Lan stopped halfway through his sentence.

He suddenly realized that whether or not the Dao soldiers needed Mo Hua's help to exterminate the Black Mountain Stronghold this time was really uncertain, given that he was an array master.

A frontal battle might not require Mo Hua, but once arrays were involved, there weren't many array masters in the entire Tongxian City who were more reliable than Mo Hua...

Inside the Black Mountain Stronghold, there was a first-grade evil array master in the Foundation Building stage.

However, Zhang Lan didn't really want Mo Hua to take risks, so he said:

"Rest assured, you shouldn't need to act. Just stay in the city honestly and don't get lost again."

"Okay." Mo Hua nodded.

At a time like this, not causing trouble for them was perhaps also a form of help.

A few days later, Mo Hua saw Elder Yu, who immediately cautioned him:

"Don't go into the deep mountains, and especially don't go into the Black Mountain Stronghold."

"Elder, rest assured, I won't rashly enter the deep mountains again."

Mo Hua guaranteed, but then immediately felt a little doubt:

"Why are you suddenly cautioning me about this again?"

Elder Yu looked around and saw no one else, then lowered his voice and said:

"I asked Chief Supervisor Zhou, and the Dao Ting has already approved. Dao soldiers will be sent soon to enter the deep mountains and exterminate the Black Mountain Stronghold. I'm afraid you might follow to watch the excitement and also enter the deep mountains."

Mo Hua scratched his head.

He wasn't that fond of watching excitement, was he? And he wasn't the kind of person who would watch that kind of excitement.

Elder Yu looked at Mo Hua with a serious expression.

Qi Refining cultivation, Divine Sense Foundation Building!

Even now, he still found it a little hard to believe.

Although Elder Yu didn't understand arrays, he knew that Divine Sense was the foundation of an array master. With such profound Divine Sense, Mo Hua's future achievements in arrays would definitely be limitless.

So, no matter what, he couldn't let Mo Hua take any risks.

The Black Mountain Stronghold had four evil cultivators in the Foundation Building stage. If they knew Mo Hua's identity and array talent, they would certainly try to kill Mo Hua by any means necessary.

Elder Yu said, "You showed your face in front of the third boss. It's better to be careful and avoid them holding grudges."

Mo Hua thought about it and nodded, feeling that it was also right.

He had eaten the little ghost from the Visualization Diagram and also tricked the third boss. If he didn't show his face, the third boss would definitely have heavy doubts and might not be able to guess his details.

Even if the third boss discovered that the arrays in the Black Mountain Stronghold had been secretly and stealthily dismantled quite a bit, like being gnawed by rats, he might not suspect Mo Hua.

Because arrays were not something that everyone could learn, and the ten-something-year-old Mo Hua indeed didn't look like an array master.

But once he showed his face and was seen by the third boss to be an array master, and a demon hunter master at that, then all the accounts would be calculated on his head.

Although these accounts should have originally been calculated on his head anyway.

After all, he did all these things...

However, it was better not to provoke trouble if possible. He didn't want the third boss to remember him too much.

Dirty tricks were meant to be done in secret, so that others would want to hate but wouldn't know who to hate.

Mo Hua asked Elder Yu again, "When the Dao soldiers come, can I go see them?"

Mo Hua held up a small finger, "Just one glance!"

Elder Yu, like Zhang Lan, refused outright, "Impossible."

Mo Hua was a little disappointed.

Elder Yu then consoled him:

"Dao soldiers focus on killing and fighting. It's better for ordinary cultivators not to come into contact with them. Moreover, Dao soldiers act secretly and generally don't allow inquiries."

"Okay..."

Although Mo Hua still thought about it and wanted to know exactly what kind of Dao soldiers they were, he couldn't not listen to the words of Elder Yu and Zhang Lan.

Days passed, and Mo Hua still persisted in cultivating and practicing arrays.

This day, Mo Hua was tired from drawing arrays, so he sat at an eight-immortal table in the eatery and flipped through an array book, resting for a while.

There was still a plate of pastries on the table, crispy and crunchy, which Liu Ru Hua had just tried making.

Mo Hua looked at the book while eating the pastries.

After a while, Zhang Lan came and saw Mo Hua, wanting to say something but stopping.

Mo Hua was slightly startled, and immediately knew what was going on, but still pretended not to see him.

Zhang Lan cleared his throat for a while, then walked closer to Mo Hua, coughed, and asked, "Reading a book?"

Mo Hua nodded, chewed the pastry, and didn't speak.

Zhang Lan hesitated for a while, not knowing how to open his mouth.

Mo Hua pushed the pastries towards Zhang Lan and said unhurriedly, "Uncle Zhang, do you want to try some? My mother just made them, they're really good."

Zhang Lan wasn't in the mood to eat, but still tasted a piece, his eyes brightened, and he found that they were indeed quite good.

The two ate pastries for a while, and then Zhang Lan hesitantly opened his mouth:

"Mo Hua, can you do me a favor?"

"Yes." Mo Hua answered very straightforwardly, his eyes slightly brightened, and he asked again, "However, is there any benefit?"

Zhang Lan nodded and said, "Yes, it will be counted as merit in the Dao Ting Department."

"Deal!"

Mo Hua said goodbye to his mother and went out of the eatery with Zhang Lan, walking towards the outside of Tongxian City and entering the outer mountains of Big Black Mountain again.

Zhang Lan didn't say anything the whole way, and Mo Hua didn't ask anything either.

Zhang Lan secretly glanced at Mo Hua and saw him humming an unknown little tune, his footsteps light, his expression joyful, and his gaze still with some anticipation. He couldn't help but ask:

"You seem... quite happy?"

"Yes." Mo Hua said quickly in a light voice.

"Why?"

"Aren't you taking me to see the Dao soldiers?" Mo Hua replied.

Zhang Lan opened his mouth, "How did you know?"

Mo Hua thought for a moment, then listed the reasons one by one for Zhang Lan to hear:

"You were hesitant at the door, so there must be something. You didn't promise before, but now you've changed your mind."

"I asked you if there was any benefit, and you said it would be counted as merit in the Dao Ting Department, so it's a matter of the Dao Ting Department."

"Elder Yu told me that the Dao Ting has already allocated Dao soldiers."

"Both you and Elder Yu didn't want me to enter Big Black Mountain, but now you're bringing me to the outer mountains without a word, and the Dao soldiers are acting secretly..."

"Thinking about it, the only possibility is that the Dao soldiers dispatched by the Dao Ting have already arrived at Tongxian City and are secretly stationed in Big Black Mountain, but they' encountered some difficult matter and want to ask me for help."

Zhang Lan's expression was complex. This little head turned too fast...

Mo Hua said happily, "Are we really going to see the Dao soldiers?"

Zhang Lan said helplessly, "Yes."

Mo Hua's expression brightened, but he then asked doubtfully, "Did you talk to Elder Yu?" He hasn't let me enter the mountains recently."

Zhang Lan sighed and said, "Yes."

"Elder Yu actually agreed?" Mo Hua was a little surprised.

Zhang Lan sighed again, "Elder Yu was dead set against it. I had to bring up the Dao Ting Department, and even the commander of the Dao soldiers, and guaranteed to him that I would protect your safety no matter what. Elder Yu had no choice but to nod in agreement."

Zhang Lan looked at Mo Hua and continued:

"Originally, I also didn't want to let you enter the mountains. However, matters have their priorities. Now there is indeed something that needs your help. And as long as you don't enter the Black Mountain Stronghold and don't encounter those bosses, relying on your hidden technique and Passing Water Step, you are actually very safe, even safer than most of us cultivators."

After Zhang Lan finished speaking, he felt a little emotional in his heart.

He had been worried about Mo Hua before, not wanting him to enter the mountains and not wanting him to take risks again. But after thinking carefully, their worries about Mo Hua were actually already 'outdated'.

The time when Mo Hua was most worthy of worry was when he secretly and stealthily entered the Black Mountain Stronghold alone, and kept making small moves, and even met the third boss directly.

Things were different now. Mo Hua had Divine Sense Foundation Building, and his hidden technique was probably undetectable even by evil cultivators in the Foundation Building stage.

With Mo Hua's cleverness and intelligence, and his understanding of Big Black Mountain, plus this seamless hidden technique, he could truly be like a fish in water in Big Black Mountain. Their current worries were actually a bit redundant.