Chapter 329: Collapse

Mo Hua told Zhang Lan and Commander Yang about this matter. Since they were from aristocratic families, they should know something.

"Turn Life Transform Essence Pill?" Zhang Lan gradually furrowed his brows, and his expression became heavy. "I've never heard of this kind of pill."

Zhang Lan looked at Commander Yang, who also shook his head, "I haven't heard of it either."

Mo Hua was a little surprised. This pill was so obscure that even Zhang Lan and Commander Yang hadn't heard of it.

Zhang Lan then said, "Copy the pill furnace and herb diagrams for me. I'll send them back to my clan to ask."

Commander Yang also said, "Give me a copy too. I'll ask as well."

Mo Hua copied a set for each of them and asked, "How long will it take to get a reply?"

Zhang Lan thought for a moment, "It's hard to say. If it's fast, less than a week. If it's slow, it will probably take half a month."

"Because our realm is low, many transmission methods can't be used, so it will take a bit longer," Zhang Lan sighed again.

Mo Hua nodded.

About six days later, Zhang Lan received a reply letter from his clan.

Zhang Lan then found Mo Hua and said with a heavy expression, "This is not an ordinary evil pill!"

"The Turn Life Transform Essence Pill refines the life of cultivators and transforms it into medicinal power for cultivation. It is a pill inherited by some great demonic sects, a true demonic path method!"

"These several herbs, Refine Soul Grass and Wither Life Vine, are indeed used to refine the Turn Life Transform Essence Pill."

Mo Hua was startled. "How did the Qian Family Old Ancestor get this pill formula?"

Zhang Lan shook his head. "Perhaps he obtained it unintentionally, or perhaps someone deliberately gave it to him. There are too few clues now, so there's no way to know."

The next day, Commander Yang also received a reply letter from his family. The reply in the letter was almost the same as what Zhang Lan said, but it added a bit more.

"The Turn Life Transform Essence Pill is extremely precious even in demonic sects. The method for refining it is a secret of the demonic sects and is not easily spread."

"To refine this pill, you need to create extremely heavy killing karma. First, you refine people into Human Life Pills, and then use the Human Life Pills as a medicinal guide, with human flesh and blood as medicinal materials, to Turn Life Transform Essence and increase cultivation."

"Refining one furnace of this pill can take several decades, even up to a hundred years. During this time, you must continuously kill people to refine the pill. Only then can this Turn Life Transform Essence Pill be refined successfully."

"So, even demonic path sects find it very laborious to refine one furnace of this pill."

A chill ran down Mo Hua's spine. This matched the Qian Family Old Ancestor's behavior perfectly.

The Qian Family Old Ancestor built Black Mountain Stronghold, raised evil cultivators, killed people, and refined pills.

First, he refined Human Life Pills to extend the life of himself and the Qian Family Great Elder. Then, he used the Human Life Pills as a medicinal guide to refine the Turn Life Transform Essence Pill.

Mo Hua had asked Old Mister Feng, and while the Human Life Pill could extend life, it had limitations. If taken continuously, the medicinal power of the Human Life Pill would gradually decline, the extended lifespan would become shorter and shorter, and eventually, the medicinal power would become completely ineffective.

The Qian Family Old Ancestor couldn't rely on Human Life Pills to live forever. So, his purpose was to first use Human Life Pills to cling to life, cling for another hundred years, until the Turn Life Transform Essence Pill was refined. Then he would take the Turn Life Transform Essence Pill, increase his cultivation, break through his realm, and become a Foundation Building late stage cultivator.

Breaking through from the Foundation Building mid stage to the Foundation Building late stage could increase his lifespan by one hundred years. Thus, he would have another hundred years to live! And after reaching the Foundation Building late stage, with one hundred years of time, he would no longer be limited to this small corner of Tongxian City. He could go to higher-grade states and seek the Core Formation method!

With one hundred years, anything was possible!

Zhang Lan and Commander Yang also thought of this, and their expressions were shocked.

"But there's one problem," Zhang Lan said with doubt again, "The pill furnace in Black Mountain Stronghold has already been destroyed. Does that mean his furnace of pills has also been destroyed?"

Commander Yang thought for a moment, "It seems so..."

But everyone's faces didn't show relief. The Qian Family Old Ancestor was extremely calculating, and things shouldn't be so simple.

"Does the Qian Family have pill furnaces?" Mo Hua asked.

Zhang Lan nodded. "Yes, there were several pill furnaces inside the Qian Family Old Ancestor's cave mansion. They were all destroyed during the battle when we surrounded and killed him."

"What about the Qian Family's other pill furnaces?"

"You mean... the pill furnaces that look normal on the surface?"

Mo Hua nodded.

Commander Yang nodded, "I'll send the Dao Soldiers to completely destroy all the Qian Family's pill furnaces, leaving none behind!"

Zhang Lan added, "I'll also go and tell the Head of the Dao Court. All the pill furnaces in Tongxian City, whether private, aristocratic family, sect, or alchemy business, must be reported and checked one by one. We cannot let any slip through the net."

After Zhang Lan finished speaking, he thought for a moment and then said to Commander Yang, "We need to search the Black Mountain Stronghold again carefully."

Commander Yang nodded, "I'll personally lead the people there and search meticulously!"

"As long as we find and destroy the Qian Family Old Ancestor's pill furnace and prevent him from refining the Turn Life Transform Essence Pill, he won't be able to cause any more trouble."

Mo Hua frowned slightly. He always felt as if he had overlooked something. Something very crucial...

Zhang Lan saw his heavy expression and thought he was still worried, so he comforted him, "Don't worry. No matter how cunning the Qian Family Old Ancestor is, his schemes are all in the dark. As long as they are brought to light, schemes and tricks are useless."

Mo Hua had worries in his heart, but he still nodded.

After that, the matters of searching the Qian Family, checking the pill furnaces, and searching Black Mountain Stronghold all proceeded in an orderly manner.

These matters were the responsibility of the Dao Court and the Dao Soldiers Division. Mo Hua couldn't help with them, so he focused his mind on solving the Fu Array collapse.

He spent nearly a month, intermittently, and finally finished calculating the Fu Array collapse solution. Originally, it wouldn't have taken so long, but matters came one after another, delaying him for some time. Fortunately, it was finally calculated.

Mo Hua was very curious about whether the Fu Array collapse solution could really injure Foundation Building cultivators. He wanted to find an opportunity to test the power of the Fu Array. However, there were definitely no Foundation Building cultivators available for him to test on, nor were there any second grade demon beasts.

Mo Hua didn't know if his concealment technique could deceive the perception of second grade demon beasts. Demon beasts were different from cultivators. Besides vision and demon sense, they were also very sensitive to smells.

And different demon beasts had different racial talents and different perceptions of the outside world. Some had good vision, some had keen demon sense, and some were sensitive to blood energy.

Even if his concealment technique could deceive a certain type of second grade demon beast, it might not necessarily deceive all demon beasts. After all, human body structures were the same, but the types of demon beasts were varied.

In a situation where he had no prior understanding, recklessly jumping around in front of second grade demon beasts was undoubtedly like a short-lived person hanging himself, thinking life was long.

In this situation, first grade late stage peak demon beasts were the limit Mo Hua could find. Even if something went wrong and he couldn't defeat them, he could still run.

Mo Hua first set up an array. This was a set of first grade Earth Fire Fu Arrays. The power of the Fu Array collapse solution was unrelated to the array type. It was only related to the array's divine sense strength, spiritual power amount, and the number of array patterns. As long as the array's strength was high enough, even if it was just a concealment array, it could produce powerful power after collapsing.

Mo Hua chose the Earth Fire Fu Array to make a comparison. Mo Hua had tried before that triggering this set of Earth Fire Fu Arrays could heavily injure first grade late stage peak demon beasts.

And he now wanted to see how powerful this set of Fu Arrays would be if it collapsed. Would it be stronger than the explosion power of the Earth Fire Fu Array, and exactly how much stronger?

Everything was prepared, and in Mo Hua's sight, a Black Bear Pi appeared. The Black Bear Pi's black fur was like thorns, its eyes were like copper bells, and its body was huge. It was one of the most powerful demon types in Great Black Mountain. It was also one of the demon beasts that made demon hunters most fearful.

But now, looking at it, Mo Hua didn't feel much fear. All fear came from one's own weakness. Although Mo Hua's cultivation wasn't strong now, he had certain self-protection abilities even against Foundation Building cultivators, not to mention first grade late stage demon beasts.

He might not be able to kill this demon beast, but this demon beast also couldn't kill him.

However, soon it was different. What Mo Hua was going to do now was to verify whether he could kill this first grade late stage peak demon beast relying on his array skills and the array collapse solution!

Setting traps, placing arrays, covering tracks, using demon stench grass to cover his breath... Mo Hua was already very familiar with the whole process.

The Black Bear Pi walked along the route Mo Hua expected without any worries. In Great Black Mountain, there were not many cultivators or demon beasts that posed a threat to it. It killed whatever it wanted to kill and ate whatever it wanted to eat.

What's more, it didn't detect any abnormalities. Soon, it walked into the trap Mo Hua had arranged and triggered the array Mo Hua had drawn.

The moment the array was triggered, the spiritual power suddenly reversed. The Fu Array collapsed with it!

Mo Hua's pupils contracted. Just like when he collapsed a single array before, the spiritual power reversed and then decomposed and annihilated. The movement was not big, and it was silent.

But the difference was that the scale of the collapse this time was much larger. The range of spiritual power reversal and dissolution covered more than half of the Black Bear Pi's body.

Half of the Black Bear Pi's body instantly disappeared, turning into black ash and annihilating into nothingness. It was as if someone had suddenly used a hand to pinch and break the void, and together with half of the Black Bear Pi's body, it was all pinched and broken!

The powerful Black Bear Pi, with half of its body remaining, fell to the ground with a bang and perished on the spot!

Mo Hua's expression was shocked, and he was horrified in his heart. He murmured, "This is the true... array collapse solution..."

This is the true... Great Dao Extinguish Solution power!