Chapter 353: Confiscating the House

An family donated several tens of thousands of spirit stones. These spirit stones, delivered through Mo Hua's hands, were sent to the Dao Ting Si and piled up in the Dao Ting Si's warehouse, to be centrally dispatched for use when building the great array.

And the An family also received the gratitude of Elder Yu, the Dao Ting Si, and the Dao Bing Si, as well as Mo Hua's favor.

But, there still weren't enough spirit stones.

Mo Hua furrowed his brows, looking at the great array jade slip, calculating the needed spirit stones. He discovered there was actually still a gap of several tens of thousands of spirit stones, and couldn't help but feel puzzled:

Does a typical great array really need so many spirit stones?

Mo Hua's memory was excellent. He remembered Mister Zhuang saying that using up all the spirit stones from a small-scale spirit mine could probably build a small-scale great array.

Although this was without accounting for the craftsman's wages and the spirit stones consumed during the great array's operation.

But now, so many spirit stones, equivalent to several small-scale spirit mines, were budgeted, and it was still not enough.

Was this really just a first-grade ten-pattern great array?

"Mister Zhuang wouldn't deceive me, would he..."

Mo Hua muttered in his heart.

However, matters had already reached this point, and contemplating these things was meaningless.

On the contrary, the higher the grade of the great array, the naturally stronger its power, and the greater the certainty of hunting and killing Feng Xi.

Mo Hua now even hoped the great array's grade could be a bit higher.

Anyway, he had already learned how to build it.

Now the biggest problem was how to solve this gap of several tens of thousands of spirit stones.

Mo Hua thought for a moment, then ran to find Commander Yang of the Dao Bing Si again, and said:

"Uncle Yang, the spirit stones aren't enough."

Commander Yang sighed, and said somewhat helplessly:

"All the spirit stones that could be collected have been collected. The Qian family also sent spirit stones, the An family also donated spirit stones, the loose cultivators who could donate have all donated. The Dao Ting Si applied for some, but it won't be too much..."

Commander Yang chattered as he calculated, suddenly raised his head, saw Mo Hua's calm expression, not at all anxious, and said curiously:

"Do you already have an idea?"

Mo Hua smiled.

Commander Yang was somewhat astonished, "You really have an idea? This is several tens of thousands of spirit stones."

Mo Hua didn't keep him in suspense, and softly said to Commander Yang:

"We can seize property..."

"Seize property?" Commander Yang was startled, "The Qian family's spirit stones have all been handed over. Seizing their property again wouldn't be very good."

"Not the Qian family."

Commander Yang pondered slightly, looking at Mo Hua, and vaguely added a hint of wariness:

"It wouldn't be seizing the An family's property, would it... Although they donated quite a lot, they definitely still have some left at home. If we search and scrape, we can still get some oil and water, but..."

But first courtesy then military, first deceive then kill, eating a meal and then smashing the pot, leaving no room for maneuver.

This method was truly too ruthless.

Commander Yang looked at Mo Hua, a chill rising in his heart. He didn't expect Mo Hua's heart to be actually so cold and hard.

Mo Hua was speechless, "Where did you think of? How could I seize the An family's property..."

Commander Yang breathed a sigh of relief.

Right, Mo Hua wasn't that kind of person.

"Then whose property do you want to seize?" Commander Yang asked curiously.

Mo Hua flipped out a standard jade pendant from his storage bag. The craftsmanship was exquisite, and at a glance, it was not cheap.

Commander Yang was somewhat astonished, "A family jade pendant?"

Mo Hua nodded, then flipped the jade pendant over. On the front of the jade pendant, a character "Kong" was engraved.

The Kong family...

Commander Yang thought for a moment, couldn't quite figure it out, and asked: "There's still a Kong family in Tong Xian City?"

"Not Tong Xian City, it's the Kong family of Qing Xuan City."

Mo Hua's expression was a little serious, his gaze slightly condensed, and a hint of cold light appeared in his eyes.

Commander Yang looked at Mo Hua's expression, and softly said: "Did they offend you?"

Mo Hua shook his head, "On the contrary, they didn't offend me... It's just that they themselves have done too many bad things."

Mo Hua told Commander Yang about the matters of the Qing Xuan City Kong family, including how they bribed the Qing Xuan City Dao Ting Si, how they colluded, how they hired assassins, as well as the fate of Ji Qingbai's family...

Commander Yang was naturally upright, and upon hearing this, was greatly angered: "Truly outrageous!"

Subsequently, Commander Yang was again somewhat doubtful, "This jade pendant..."

Mo Hua explained: "This jade pendant belongs to Kong Sheng. Kong Sheng is a direct descendant of the Kong family, and usually does all sorts of evil. He's not a good person..."

"I infiltrated Black Mountain Stronghold to gather information, and discovered that Kong Sheng was also inside, and had a very good relationship with the evil cultivators. It seems the Kong family and Black Mountain Stronghold have collusion!"

The evil cultivators locked Kong Sheng in a single room and even sent him food, showing their relationship was indeed not bad.

Kong Sheng wanted to make a deal with the evil cultivators, exchanging his life. Saying there was collusion was not an exaggeration.

Mo Hua fabricated the story with reason and evidence.

"Then how did this jade pendant come into your hands?" Commander Yang asked again.

"I picked it up!"

Commander Yang looked at Mo Hua suspiciously: "Picked it up?"

Mo Hua nodded, "The evil cultivators killed Kong Sheng and used him to feed pigs. I just conveniently picked it up..."

Commander Yang pondered: "Since Kong Sheng colluded with Black Mountain Stronghold, how could he be killed by evil cultivators to feed pigs?"

"Where do evil cultivators follow rules? They like to kill their own people. Black-on-black is also possible..."

Mo Hua found a reason.

Commander Yang felt it was very reasonable.

If evil cultivators acted according to common sense, would they still be called evil cultivators?

"Alright then..."

Commander Yang knew that Mo Hua was definitely hiding something from him. Some details were definitely not the truth.

But he didn't mind either.

Having this jade pendant proved that Kong Sheng had indeed stayed in Black Mountain Stronghold, so the Kong family couldn't escape responsibility.

At that time, they would go to Qing Xuan City to verify, list the Kong family's crimes, and then the Dao soldiers could be dispatched to directly seize their property. If anyone resisted, they would be directly surrounded and eliminated.

Normally, their Dao Bing Si wouldn't intervene in this kind of local force, but now with a great disaster before them, their actions could not be so mindful of procedures.

As long as the surface matters were reasonable, they could just supplement the evidence and documents later.

Commander Yang weighed the jade pendant in his hand and nodded.

Subsequently, he thought of something, and looked at Mo Hua strangely:

"You hid this jade pendant for so long. Were you planning to frame the Kong family early on?"

Before, the opportunity was not suitable, and taking out this jade pendant would have been useless. Now, at a critical moment, it was just right to use it.

Mo Hua then said seriously:

"This is called the net of heaven is vast, though its meshes are wide, it lets nothing through. The Kong family violated the laws of the Dao Ting, and their property was seized by the Dao Bing Si. It's a reasonable matter. What does it have to do with me? I may have done nothing..."

Mo Hua pushed everything away cleanly.

Commander Yang was startled, then shook his head helplessly, a sigh rising in his heart:

This child, Mo Hua, is so clever and so good at using means. He hoped that in the future, he wouldn't go astray and fall into the demonic path. Otherwise, the trouble could be big.

"It seems I still need to think of a way to make him join the Yang family. The Yang family has an upright family style. With subtle influence, Mo Hua will surely not act wrongly."

Commander Yang's mind went in a circle and still returned to this thought...

After these matters, Mo Hua didn't need to manage them.

Commander Yang personally led the Dao soldiers to Qing Xuan City and seized the Kong family's property, but the outcome surprised Mo Hua greatly.

Not only was the Kong family's property seized, but they were also exterminated.

According to Commander Yang, they had only surrounded the Kong family that day, questioned their crimes, but didn't expect some Kong family disciples to strike first, arrogantly attacking the Dao soldiers.

Even some other Kong family disciples were still jeering.

While another part of the Kong family disciples, who knew what this matter meant, were already pale-faced and fleeing for their lives.

Dao soldiers were a symbol of the Dao Ting's authority.

Attacking Dao soldiers without reason was equivalent to defying the Dao Ting.

Commander Yang, with a face as sunken as water, was not polite. With a flick of his long spear, the Dao soldiers under his command, like a long dragon, directly began suppressing and killing the Kong family cultivators.

The Kong family only had two early-stage Foundation Building cultivators, and they had been renowned for years, their fighting methods unfamiliar. Naturally, they were no match for Commander Yang and his Dao soldiers.

One of the Kong family's Foundation Building elders was pierced through the chest by Commander Yang's spear in just a few rounds, and then kicked to the ground with one foot, gasping for breath.

The Foundation Building period Kong family head knew he was not an opponent and was also decisive, directly fleeing.

Other Kong family disciples collapsed instantly.

Originally, the number of Dao soldiers was not large. Although they could overwhelm the Kong family disciples, they couldn't hold them and could only let them scatter and flee.

But unexpectedly, things changed again.

The loose cultivators in Qing Xuan City had a deep grudge against the Kong family.

They had suffered the Kong family's bullying for years, with nowhere to report their grievances, not knowing how much blood and tears they had shed.

Since the Kong family had Foundation Building cultivators guarding them, these loose cultivators were not their opponents and were essentially helpless.

But now, the Kong family's two Foundation Building cultivators were overwhelmed by the Dao soldiers, one dead and one fled.

Hundreds of years of accumulated resentment, along with boundless anger, poured out together.

The loose cultivators of Qing Xuan City's eyes turned red and they began to slaughter the Kong family's cultivators.

As long as they were Kong family cultivators, wearing the Kong family's clothes, once they escaped from the Kong family, there would be loose cultivators firmly holding them, and then other loose cultivators would rush up and hack them to death with knives.

The Kong family head could have originally escaped, but was also blocked by the loose cultivators.

He was a Foundation Building cultivator and was not afraid of these Qi Refining period loose cultivators. But these loose cultivators were not afraid of death in general, advancing one after another, surging towards him like a tide.

Many loose cultivators didn't even use Dao methods, just relying on a surge of bloodiness, fearlessly rushing towards the Kong family head, wanting to bite off a piece of his flesh, even using their lives to drag him down and not let him escape.

The Kong family head killed one, and another came. Killed one, and someone else pounced up. He continuously killed more than ten... But this not only failed to make the loose cultivators fearful, but instead aroused their bloodiness and hatred.

The loose cultivators desperately entangled him, interspersed with various angry curses:

"Give back my son's life!"

"My mom and dad died in your beastly hands!"

"Kong family old dog, you deserve to die! Even if I die, I want to eat your flesh and drink your blood!"