Chapter 442: Behind the Scenes

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Mo Hua went along the roof, avoiding corpse cultivators, left the gate of Xing Shi Cun, and walked to the big rock under, where he met with Bai Zixiao and Bai Zichen.

Bai Zixiao asked: "Why did you take so long?"

Mo Hua squinted and smiled, saying: "I found Strict Instructor!"

"Is Strict Instructor okay?"

"Mm," Mo Hua nodded, "I will save Strict Instructor in a few days."

Bai Zixiao was doubtful, "Why wait a few days? Just save him now. I will rush in and slaughter all the corpse cultivators!"

Mo Hua said indifferently, "Okay, then you go."

Bai Zixiao was a little stunned, scratched his head and said:

"Forget it, you have a lot of bad ideas in your belly, so I'll listen to you."

Mo Hua was displeased, "You have more bad ideas in your belly."

Bai Zixiao sighed to himself:

"I also want more bad ideas, but unfortunately, my nature is upright, and I can't come up with bad ideas."

Mo Hua whispered: "I think it's because you are stupid..."

Bai Zixiao then reached out to mess up Mo Hua's hair, "You dare to call your senior brother stupid again?"

The two people whispered and quarreled.

Bai Zichen picked up a tree branch and knocked each of them on the head, "Speak properly!"

"Oh."

The two people answered honestly.

Thus, the three people began to discuss what to do next.

Bai Zixiao thought for a while and said:

"We can set an ambush on the must-pass road, and then catch Zhang Quan. At that time, the group of 'corpses' in Xing Shi Cun will be leaderless, and we can take the opportunity to destroy Xing Shi Cun again..."

Mo Hua just thought about nodding, suddenly thought of something, and shook his head again, saying:

"No."

"Why not?" Bai Zixiao asked doubtfully.

Mo Hua pondered and said: "Behind Zhang Quan, there should be other people."

"What people?"

"The people who draw the array laws for him."

Mo Hua's expression was somewhat solemn, "The array laws that Strict Instructor drew for Xing Shi Cun are all conventional Five Elements array laws, and they are all used for the mountain village buildings."

"But the ones used to refine corpses are completely different evil arrays."

"Zhang Quan can't draw this kind of array law. I just looked around, and it seems no one in Xing Shi Cun can draw it either."

"At least among the corpse cultivators I've seen, no one can draw out this kind of array law."

"What's more, this is Xiao Ling Yin Zong's Spirit Hub Array. It is fundamentally not something a general array master can draw."

"If we don't figure out who this person is, killing Zhang Quan and destroying Hei Shan Cun is of no help."

"The array law is the key. As long as this person knows the array law, they will still constantly kill people, buy corpses, refine corpses..."

"Moreover," Mo Hua paused for a moment, and then sighed, saying:

"This is Strict Instructor's sect inheritance's ultimate array. I don't want any cultivators to use this ultimate array to do bad things..."

Bai Zixiao heard the words and nodded, saying: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Bai Zichen also nodded slightly and asked Mo Hua:

"Have you thought about what to do?"

"Mm." Mo Hua nodded, and then said:

"We will release Zhang Quan back to Xing Shi Cun, and then secretly watch him to see who he contacts and who helps him draw the array laws..."

"After clarifying these matters, tell Situ shijie, unite the Dao Court Department, and confiscate Xing Shi Cun."

"Then catch Zhang Quan again, seize his corpse-controlling bell, and restore the Spirit Hub Array diagram."

"It is best to pull out the cultivators behind him as well..."

"Cut the grass and remove the roots to absolutely prevent future troubles..."

Mo Hua said everything seriously.

Bai Zixiao nodded in agreement, but still said worriedly:

"It is estimated that it won't be that smooth..."

"Master said that all matters require advance preparation and planning, but plans always can't keep up with changes. We will adapt to the changes at that time," Mo Hua said.

"Good!"

After the three people finished discussing, they began to act according to the plan.

The first step was to wait for Zhang Quan to return to the village.

But this first step had some accidents.

This Zhang Quan seemed overly cautious...

He is still wandering randomly in the wild mountains, drilling into mountain caves, hiding in forests, setting traps, fighting wits and courage with the air, and is stubbornly not returning to the mountain village.

Zhang Quan thought he was cautious and thorough, but he didn't know that all his actions were seen by Mo Hua.

Mo Hua was completely confused.

Is he really that cautious...

Moreover, looking at his appearance, he can still continue to "crouch" down.

Mo Hua felt tired just watching.

Even with Mo Hua's patience, he couldn't wait any longer.

So the three people discussed and acted separately.

Mo Hua first returned to Xing Shi Cun, familiarized himself with the layout of the village, drew the array diagram of the buildings, and conveniently chatted with Strict Instructor to see if there were any omissions.

Bai Zichen responded to Mo Hua outside the village.

Bai Zixiao then went to find Situ Fang to discuss the mobilization of manpower in advance and prepare for the extermination of Xing Shi Cun.

Five full days passed before Zhang Quan returned to the mountain village.

His figure was disheveled, and his expression was haggard, but his heart felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted.

After a bout of wits with invisible and non-existent trackers, Zhang Quan spent a lot of thought and effort, and finally confirmed that he had shaken off Mo Hua's track, and only then did he dare to return to his old nest for refining corpses.

Although occasionally, there was still a subtle feeling.

Something seemed to be clinging to his body like a bone maggot.

But after spending so much time and using so many methods, even if something was following him, it should have been shaken off.

Zhang Quan sneered.

He had lived for so many years and had so much cultivation experience, which was much higher than that little ghost who had just left the thatched hut.

That little ghost who was good at hiding could never track him down again!

Zhang Quan's heart was greatly relieved, and he was full of joy. He strode back to his secret, unknown, and unspeakable Xing Shi Cun.

Meanwhile, Mo Hua was already waiting for him in his old home.

Seeing Zhang Quan enter the door, Mo Hua was even happier than Zhang Quan.

During these few days in Xing Shi Cun, Mo Hua concealed his body and almost explored the entire village. He was already feeling bored and started looking for things to do.

He even counted how many coffins were in the village...

Zhang Quan swaggered into the gate of Xing Shi Cun.

Mo Hua's eyes lit up, and he displayed Ling Shui Bu, agilely leaping several times among the roofs, and then entered the innermost room, climbed onto the beam, sat cross-legged, and waited patiently.

This room was spacious, hidden, and had complete array laws. Inside were all items for refining corpses.

He guessed that this was Zhang Quan's secret room.

Indeed, after a while, Zhang Quan walked into the room and walked under Mo Hua's eyes.

Mo Hua concealed his body and even drew a concealment array nearby beforehand.

Zhang Quan was completely unaware.

The room was quiet. On the surface, there was only Zhang Quan.

Zhang Quan let out a long breath, then burned incense and bathed, changed into a decent set of clothes, and then sat in meditation for a while to regulate his breath. Then, corpse cultivators came over one after another to report the situation in the village to him.

The corpse cultivators reported respectfully, Zhang Quan sat high and listened, and Mo Hua sat on top of his head, pricking up his ears to eavesdrop.

Most of the things these corpse cultivators reported were some trivial matters in the village.

How many traveling merchants were robbed this month, how many cultivators were killed, how many corpses were bought...

How many Xing Shis were refined, how many were successful, and how many failed;

How many spirit stones were spent, how many materials were used;

Which materials for refining corpses were not enough and needed to be purchased, which Xing Shis were out of control and needed to be dealt with, etc...

These things were scattered.

Mo Hua listened on the beam and gradually understood the operating rules of Xing Shi Cun.

Xing Shi Cun had bandits and corpse cultivators.

Ordinary bandits, as long as they dared to kill people and were willing to kill people, could join Xing Shi Cun after killing someone.

But entering Xing Shi Cun did not necessarily mean they would be taught the methods of refining corpses.

They needed to pass an examination, endure some qualifications, and gain Zhang Quan's trust before they could become proper corpse cultivators.

Corpse cultivators were evil cultivators of the corpse path who refined and controlled corpses.

Corpse cultivators needed the corpses of cultivators to refine corpses.

There were several sources of corpses.

One kind was robbing and killing.

The cultivators in the village were not evil cultivators before entering the village, but just bandits who habitually robbed roads, killed people, and plundered goods.

Only this "goods" not only included spirit stones and spirit tools, but also the corpses of cultivators.

The bandits of Xing Shi Cun would bring the corpses back to the village to be used for refining corpses after killing people.

The second was to buy.

Employing Wang Lai and others to kill mine cultivators and buy corpses.

Or buying from other grave robbers.

Of course, the main source was still mine cultivators.

After all, there were many mines in Nanyue City, and many mine cultivators, and in the eyes of these people, the lives of mine cultivators were cheap and not worth many spirit stones.

After buying the corpses, they would refine them.

Mo Hua had briefly looked at this before.

The methods of refining corpses did indeed require the use of herbs, corpse-nurturing coffins, corpse-controlling bells, etc., as his little senior sister had said.

But the specific methods were somewhat complex.

Which herbs to use, in what proportion, to boil into rotten-smelling medicinal juice.

Then use the medicinal juice to soak the corpses.

After soaking for enough days, put them into a corpse-nurturing coffin to refine.

During the refining process, the corpse cultivators would still pace back and forth around the coffin every day, shaking the corpse-controlling copper bell while pacing.

This process was tedious, but the division of labor was clear.

Like the herbs for refining pills or the refined iron for refining tools, the corpse cultivators of Xing Shi Cun treated corpses as a kind of "material" for refining corpses, not people.

Their expressions were also cold and numb, as if it were natural.

Mo Hua frowned as he watched.

He even thought about directly drawing some reverse spirit arrays to collapse and dismantle Xing Shi Cun.

But after thinking for a moment, he still endured it.

Impatience spoils great plans; he could not act on impulse.

The corpse cultivators of Xing Shi Cun always reported some trivial matters in the village and did not involve the array laws for refining corpses.

Mo Hua listened for several days and found no clues until three days later, when he finally heard some clues.

A corpse cultivator asked Zhang Quan in a low voice:

"Boss, do you want to send the corpses?"

Mo Hua's heart moved when he heard the words.

Send corpses?

What corpses? Where to send them? Why send them?

Perhaps... are they sending them to draw array laws?

Mo Hua remembered that some newly refined Xing Shis in Xing Shi Cun had no array laws at the heart脈 location.

Since they didn't, they must be drawn.

Send corpses... That is to say, he doesn't draw them himself, nor are they drawn in Xing Shi Cun, but they are sent to someone else to help him draw?

Mo Hua held his breath and concentrated, very eager to know where these corpses were sent, to whom, and who would help Zhang Quan draw the array laws?

But Zhang Quan shook his head, "Don't send them."

That corpse cultivator was slightly stunned, then hesitated and said:

"If we don't send them again, I'm afraid it will be a bit late. Those Xing Shis... can't be controlled..."

Zhang Quan's gaze was cold, "If they can't be controlled, just discard them and feed them to other Xing Shis. Do I still need to teach you this?"

That corpse cultivator quickly lowered his head and said: "Yes."

After the corpse cultivator retreated, Zhang Quan snorted coldly again and began to close his eyes to cultivate.

Mo Hua frowned a bit.

This Zhang Quan was a bit unconventional.

Thank you to book friend PYHuang for the reward.

(End of this chapter)