Chapter 444: Attack the Stockade

Yan Jiaoxi looked at Mo Hua's array formation, feeling somewhat shocked in his heart.Mo Hua, in turn, looked at Yan Jiaoxi, similarly shocked in his heart.The outwardly stern and upright Yan Jiaoxi didn't even blink when he was deceiving people.Not only did he tell lies and deceive Zhang Quan, but he also created a cover for himself, dispelling Zhang Quan's worries.Indeed, one cannot judge a person by their appearance.Mo Hua realized he had underestimated Yan Jiaoxi.But would Yan Jiaoxi really help Zhang Quan set up the Manifest Dust Array?Mo Hua was a bit curious.If the Manifest Dust Array was truly set up inside Walking Corpse Village, although he could still find ways to infiltrate, it would take a lot more trouble.Yan Jiaoxi went back to prepare the "Manifest Dust Array".Mo Hua followed him back and understood with just one look.What Yan Jiaoxi was preparing was fundamentally not the Manifest Dust Array, but a rather obscure, and not very useful, five-pattern earth element array.When this array was activated, it would also produce some dust, but it fundamentally had no effect of manifesting hidden things.It looked similar, but it was fundamentally not the same thing at all.Yan Jiaoxi was relying on the fact that most cultivators in Walking Corpse Village were "array illiterate" to openly deceive them...Mo Hua's small face was serious, and he summarized in his heart:He indeed still needed to read more books, increase his knowledge, and learn more cultivation knowledge.This way, he could openly deceive others, and they wouldn't even notice.Otherwise, he would be tricked like a fool and not even know it.Mo Hua immediately felt a bit worried again.What Yan Jiaoxi was doing had risks.Once discovered, if he suffered Zhang Quan's suspicion, or even hatred, Yan Jiaoxi would have a very hard time escaping and would probably be in danger of losing his life.Yan Jiaoxi was only taking this risk to cover himself...He had to quickly rescue Yan Jiaoxi, then exterminate Walking Corpse Village, capture Zhang Quan, and snatch his bell.Mo Hua nodded, then, like a ghost, he quietly left Walking Corpse Village without anyone noticing.After leaving Walking Corpse Village, Mo Hua found Bai Zi Xi nearby.Bai Zi Xi was just hugging her knees, sitting under a rock, her slender hand pinching a tree branch and drawing something on the ground, occasionally lifting her head to look in the direction of Walking Corpse Village.Just as Mo Hua, hidden, approached, Bai Zi Xi suddenly lifted her head and looked towards an empty spot, saying softly:"Junior brother?"Mo Hua revealed himself and said, puzzled:"Little senior sister, you can see through my hiding technique?"Bai Zi Xi shook her head, "I guessed."Mo Hua obviously didn't believe her, but he didn't ask for details. Instead, he turned his gaze and looked at the ground.He remembered that little senior sister was just drawing something on the ground.A layer of fine, soft soil was spread on the ground.What Bai Zi Xi had been drawing on it were piles of smiling small faces, one next to another, with eyes but no eyebrows, mouths but no noses."Little senior sister, what are you drawing?" Mo Hua asked curiously.Bai Zi Xi pointed at Mo Hua, "You."Mo Hua was stunned, "Me?""Yes." Bai Zi Xi nodded slightly and said: "I draw one every hour. I want to see how long you'll make me wait."Mo Hua was a bit embarrassed. He had been eavesdropping inside and had unknowingly spent a little too long, forgetting that little senior sister was still outside waiting for him.Immediately, Mo Hua looked at the small faces on the ground and again muttered softly:"I'm not this ugly, right..."Bai Zi Xi's willow eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she said with a hint of anger:"You think I drew them ugly?"Mo Hua shook his head repeatedly, "Not ugly, not ugly."Bai Zi Xi then nodded in satisfaction and asked again:"Did you inquire about everything?"Mo Hua thought for a moment and replied: "I inquired about some things, but I was discovered. We can only think of ways to strike first.""Okay."Bai Zi Xi looked at Mo Hua, then erased all the small faces on the ground, and said: "Let's go.""Okay."Mo Hua nodded, and before walking away, he looked at the ground again.There was still one smiling face left on the ground, with simple lines and natural brushstrokes. The outline of the corners of the mouth contained a smile, also innocent and pure.Just looking at it made his heart overflow with happiness.Mo Hua couldn't help but wonder, what was little senior sister thinking in her heart when she drew these small faces?What expression did she have when she drew these small faces?Was it the same as these small faces, with the corners of her mouth also holding a smile?What did little senior sister look like when she smiled?Mo Hua was a bit dazed."Junior brother?"Bai Zi Xi turned back and saw Mo Hua standing still, so she called out."Oh."Mo Hua snapped back to his senses, narrowed his eyes and smiled, displayed his movement technique, and immediately followed.After leaving Walking Corpse Village, Mo Hua found Si Tu Fang.Bai Zi Sheng had already told Si Tu Fang about the matter.Si Tu Fang said: "I wrote a letter back to my family and also informed Elder Jing about this matter. The family has also agreed to the matter of exterminating Walking Corpse Village...""This matter will borrow the name of Dao Ting Si, but in reality, the manpower mobilized will be from my Si Tu family."Mo Hua nodded.Dao Ting Si's manpower was not reliable, and to exterminate Walking Corpse Village, Dao Ting Si's manpower was definitely not enough.But the Si Tu family...Mo Hua asked again: "How many cultivators will the Si Tu family mobilize?""Around two hundred."Mo Hua was slightly surprised, "So many?"South Yue City was just a small immortal city, and Si Tu Fang was just here to gain experience, yet she could mobilize so many cultivators.And these were not ordinary cultivators, but cultivators skilled in killing, who could participate in extermination and were proficient in Dao methods.Si Tu Fang said: "I used my father's connections."Mo Hua said, puzzled: "Won't it be a bit, making a mountain out of a molehill...""Around two hundred cultivators is still okay, right..." Si Tu Fang said."No," Mo Hua thought for a moment, then said more directly:"This matter actually has no real benefit to the Si Tu family, right..."Among families, family styles also differed greatly.Some families were indeed solely profit-oriented, exploiting and oppressing, bullying with power.But there were also some families with upright family styles, whose disciples hated evil like enemies. Once a family disciple violated ancestral teachings or acted wrongly, they would receive severe punishment.Even more so, they would be removed from the family genealogy and expelled from the family.But even if the Si Tu family acted more upright, it was not very likely that they would mobilize so much manpower for Walking Corpse Village, this unrelated matter in South Yue City.Si Tu Fang hesitated a bit, feeling that there was no need to conceal it, so she said to Mo Hua:"The benefit to the Si Tu family is not big, but it has benefits for me."Mo Hua didn't quite understand.Si Tu Fang then explained:"The status of family disciples is not solely based on cultivation and talent.""The experience of family disciples is actually also a form of assessment.""Those who perform well in their experience, establish great merits, and achieve much will be more valued, and their status within the family in the future will also be higher.""This time, it is my father who is considering my future, which is why he used his connections and mobilized some family manpower.""If we can establish merit by exterminating Walking Corpse Village, the Si Tu family will bypass South Yue City's Dao Ting Si and report directly to Dao Ting."Of course, this was only part of the reason.Si Tu Fang looked at Mo Hua and the other two.Her father's agreement was to a certain extent also because of Mo Hua and the other two.One array master with limitless potential in the future, and two disciples from large families, even if they didn't deliberately try to get closer, they still wanted to build good relations.Thinking of this, Si Tu Fang said somewhat ashamed:"So, in this matter, I have a selfish motive..."Mo Hua nodded in understanding, yet he didn't mind. Instead, he said righteously:"As long as we can exterminate Walking Corpse Village, we are doing a good deed. If we do a good deed and get some benefits, it is also reasonable.""Uncle Zhang Lan once told me that in this world, some people do bad things, seize benefits, and instead receive respect from others; some people do good things, get some benefits, and instead suffer criticism from others...""This is definitely not right.""Everyone has selfish motives, so Sister Si Tu, you don't need to take this matter to heart."Si Tu Fang was slightly startled when she heard this, and her heart was slightly comforted. Subsequently, she said in surprise:"Zhang Lan actually told you such things?"Mo Hua nodded repeatedly, trying to restore Zhang Lan's image:"Uncle Zhang isn't always just fooling around, being unreliable, always not serious..."Si Tu Fang paused.Are you praising him or harming him here...Subsequently, Si Tu Fang thought of something and again frowned, saying:"I just don't know the strength of Walking Corpse Village... I don't know if these two hundred cultivators from the Si Tu family can exterminate it."Mo Hua thought for a moment and said: "A bit reluctant."Si Tu Fang couldn't help but ask: "How do you know?""I went in and looked. I even counted how many coffins were inside," Mo Hua said as if it were obvious.Si Tu Fang was startled, wanted to speak but stopped, and after a long while, she finally sighed helplessly:"You are truly courageous."And your abilities are also truly not small.Si Tu Fang looked at the young Mo Hua, her gaze becoming more and more incredulous.Mo Hua didn't know what Si Tu Fang was thinking in her heart, but he broke it down for Si Tu Fang, counting the strength of Walking Corpse Village:"I have investigated everything clearly...""Inside Walking Corpse Village, there is only one Foundation Building, Zhang Quan.""But there are four or five Iron Corpses.""These Iron Corpses are a bit weaker than Foundation Building cultivators, but their skin is as hard as iron. When they really fight, they won't be at a disadvantage.""Besides, the living people inside Walking Corpse Village are not many, just over two hundred.""Some of them are bandits, they bully the weak and fear the strong, very easy to deal with.""The rest are just Corpse Cultivators...""Corpse Cultivators who refine corpses, their own cultivation and Dao methods are also average, similar to Zhang Quan, but the tricky part is that they control corpses...""Once the Corpse Cultivators control corpses, even if one person only controls two or three Walking Corpses, the strength of Walking Corpse Village will double or even triple. This way, it's a big trouble.""Except for that, there are still arrays in the village. These arrays, although..."Mo Hua originally wanted to say "not too high level," but then he remembered that this array was drawn by Yan Jiaoxi.Yan Jiaoxi already had the strength of a first-rank array master. In the general second-rank states, this level of array is already not bad.Mo Hua then changed his words and said: "Although... but they are also very tricky. With the blessing of the arrays, the entire village is easy to defend and difficult to attack. A forced attack will definitely result in many casualties..."Mo Hua laid bare the entire situation of Walking Corpse Village.Si Tu Fang's mouth was wide open, not knowing what to say.If she didn't know Mo Hua, she would almost think that Mo Hua was the "village head" of Walking Corpse Village.What exactly did this child, Mo Hua, do?How could he investigate Walking Corpse Village so thoroughly?But this definitely involved Mo Hua's cultivation or Dao methods. Si Tu Fang felt that it was better not to ask.For Mo Hua's sake, the fewer people who knew, the better, including herself.Immediately, Si Tu Fang frowned again.Calculating this way, wanting to exterminate Walking Corpse Village was not just "reluctant", the chance of winning was probably extremely low.Even adding South Yue City's Dao Ting Si wouldn't work.And even if they won, it would probably be a pyrrhic victory, and who knew how many cultivators from the Si Tu family would die.Si Tu Fang was a bit unwilling.These cultivators were all mobilized through his father's entrusted connections.Although they were all Qi Refining cultivators, the lives in the Qi Refining period were still lives.In the future, they could all possibly reach Foundation Building, or even cultivate Golden Core and become a help to the family.If they were all buried here in Walking Corpse Village...Si Tu Fang was frowning when she suddenly saw Mo Hua's relaxed expression, and then she said, puzzled:"Do you still have a way?"Mo Hua's large eyes rolled, and he smiled brightly, nodding and saying: "Yes!"(End of this chapter)