Chapter 450: Opening the Coffin

Bai Zisheng and Bai Zixi listened to Mo Hua's words and personally witnessed the hardships of mining cultivation. They both furrowed their brows and were somewhat silent.

The atmosphere for a moment was somewhat depressed.

Mo Hua thought for a moment, then suddenly pointed his finger towards the north and said:

"We'll first go to that mountain forest over there."

Bai Zisheng was startled and said: "Go to the mountain forest to do what?"

Mo Hua said: "Aren't you wanting to eat wild boar? There's one there. Let's catch it and bring it back to make for you to eat."

Bai Zisheng paused, then was greatly joyful. He couldn't help but pat Mo Hua's shoulder:

"Worthy of being my good junior brother!"

Bai Zixi then also lightly smiled.

The three people went to the mountain forest and caught a wild boar.

A first-grade late-stage wild boar was no match for the three people at all.

After catching the pig, Mo Hua brought it back. According to the method his mother taught him, he removed the gamey smell, dissolved the blood and dirt, added spicy fragrant seasoning, and started the pot to stew.

The pig meat was very hard and tough, and the stewing time was a bit long.

It took a full day before the fragrance spread out.

After Mo Hua cut it up, he put it on a dish and carried it to give to Yan Jiaoxi and Zhuang Mister to have with their drinks.

Yan Jiaoxi was temporarily also living in the cave mansion.

When he had free time, he would visit Zhuang Mister.

The two people sat in the courtyard, feeling the breeze, drinking wine, eating meat, and chatting about the past events of the Xiao Lingyin Sect and the rise and fall of the Da Lingyin Sect that followed.

Yan Jiaoxi praised this wild boar meat endlessly.

He absolutely did not expect that Mo Hua not only learned array methods well but also was quite skilled at cooking.

Zhuang Mister tasted a mouthful and also slightly nodded.

In taste, although it was somewhat worse than what he had eaten in Tongxian City before, eating it in his mouth felt warm and comfortable in his heart.

After all, it was his little disciple who had personally made it for him.

Under the big tree in the courtyard, Mo Hua and the two sat side by side.

Bai Zisheng ate heartily, wishing he could eat an entire pig.

Bai Zixi, however, ate very elegantly, her manners quiet, gentle, and refined.

Mo Hua ate a few mouthfuls and also nodded with satisfaction.

The weather was hot, and it was cool under the tree.

A clear wind brushed through the trees, stirring the dappled tree shadows.

Mo Hua suddenly felt that such days were also quite good...

He had a Master, a senior brother, and a senior sister.

He also had an old friend like Yan Jiaoxi come to visit.

He just didn't know how long such days could last...

After eating and drinking their fill, Mo Hua began to handle the important matters.

He wanted to deduce the Lingshu array patterns, comprehend the Lingshu array, and use this first-grade twelve-pattern array to temper his divine sense, causing his divine sense to advance further and step into the realm of first-grade thirteen patterns.

Thirteen patterns was the limit of divine sense for Foundation Building early stage cultivators.

Mo Hua could then also take the crucial step towards Foundation Building.

The Lingshu array needed to be deduced.

The first thing to research was Zhang Quan's controlling corpse bell.

The controlling corpse bell was a demonic path evil tool. On the surface, it was completely integrated, with the array hidden inside.

Mo Hua did not understand refining tools much, so he had no way to start and did not know how to disassemble it.

Finally, it was Bai Zixi who flipped through some cultivation classics and only then figured out the disassembly method.

Disassembling the controlling corpse bell was very troublesome. It required quite deep refining tools knowledge and some special refining tools techniques.

Bai Zixi patiently explained to Mo Hua, but Mo Hua was still confused.

Besides arrays, Mo Hua was mostly not very proficient in other cultivation skills, far inferior to Bai Zixi.

Thus, this controlling corpse bell could only be disassembled by Bai Zixi.

Bai Zixi did not know from where, she took out a small refining tools furnace, its style exquisite, its material expensive, and the furnace fire condensed like mercury.

Then she took out a series of refining tools tools from her own storage bag.

She had gold scissors, silver tweezers, jade needles, and so on.

Mo Hua had never seen these refining tools tools.

He had only seen a big hammer...

Like the big iron hammer Master Chen swung when refining tools.

Bai Zixi explained to Mo Hua:

"Spiritual tools have different specifications, and refining tools tools are different. Knives, guns, swords, and halberds generally use hammers; rings, pendants, bells, and drops require more exquisite tools."

"Mm-hmm."

Mo Hua repeatedly nodded, full of admiration.

After that, Bai Zixi began to demonstrate to Mo Hua how to disassemble the controlling corpse bell.

She first placed the controlling corpse bell on the furnace fire to burn, and after it reached a certain heat, she took it down. Then with her fair and tender jade hand, she either used gold scissors, or silver tweezers, or pinched jade needles, little by little, separating the inner and outer layers of the controlling corpse bell.

Bai Zixi did it with ease.

Mo Hua watched, still muddled.

He lifted his head, just wanting to ask something, then saw Bai Zixi's eyes like autumn water, her gaze focused, occasionally blinking once, her long eyelashes slightly fluttering.

Mo Hua watched somewhat engrossed and for a moment forgot what to say.

After a while, Bai Zixi finished disassembling the controlling corpse bell. She lifted her eyes, looked towards Mo Hua, and said in a gentle voice:

"Did you see clearly?"

Mo Hua was somewhat guilty and shifted his gaze:

"I saw clearly..."

Bai Zixi nodded with satisfaction.

The controlling corpse bell had been disassembled by Bai Zixi.

Mo Hua then gathered his thoughts, calmed down, and researched the array on the bell.

But soon, Mo Hua frowned.

The array on the controlling corpse bell was not the absolute array...

The array above was based on the five elements' water system, turning water into blood, and condensing the array with human blood, using the blood array to control and guide the iron corpse.

It was not the Lingshu absolute array that Mo Hua had previously speculated, which emphasized spiritual power control.

Mo Hua was very disappointed.

"Not right?" Bai Zixi asked.

"Mm." Mo Hua nodded.

Bai Zixi suggested: "Do you want to look at the other arrays in Corpse Raising Village?"

"Okay."

Thus, Bai Zixi opened her storage bag and let Bai Zisheng help place all the objects related to arrays, big and small, that were previously plundered from Corpse Raising Village, in the courtyard.

Mo Hua let out a breath.

Fortunately, he had prepared beforehand.

If the complete Lingshu absolute array was not in the controlling corpse bell, then it must be in Corpse Raising Village.

Now all the array foundations of Corpse Raising Village had been moved here by him. He did not believe he still couldn't find it.

Thus, Mo Hua began to search one by one.

Simple arrays could be seen through at a glance, so he just threw them back into the storage bag.

For obscure arrays, Mo Hua just recorded the array patterns.

Some objects had arrays hidden very deeply and were obscure, so he made a separate mark to disassemble and research them carefully later.

Bai Zisheng and Bai Zixi were also helping.

Their divine sense was not enough, so they could not learn the absolute array, but they could still distinguish.

Just like this, they kept searching for a day.

They still gained nothing.

Mo Hua obtained some rare, obscure arrays, but these arrays were not absolute arrays.

"Strange..." Mo Hua frowned and said.

"Could this array not be in Corpse Raising Village?" Bai Zisheng asked.

Mo Hua thought for a moment, shook his head, "Not very possible..."

Arrays always needed to be used.

There was a Lingshu array on the walking corpse's body, so naturally there must also be one on the iron corpse's body...

"I previously thought that both walking corpses and iron corpses were controlled by the controlling corpse bell."

"Then the arrays on their bodies should be the same, at most there would be some differences in array strength."

"But now there is no Lingshu array on the controlling corpse bell. Then the controlling corpse array was very likely just drawn on the iron corpse's body!"

"Zhang Quan used the controlling corpse bell to control the iron corpse, and then used the Lingshu array on the iron corpse's body to radiate out and control more walking corpses!"

Bai Zixi showed surprise.

Bai Zisheng also opened his mouth wide, "How did you think of this?"

Mo Hua said: "Array principles are interconnected. The more arrays you learn, the more naturally you can think of it."

Bai Zisheng pondered: "Very possible."

"Iron corpse?" Mo Hua asked.

"In the Dao Court Office."

Mo Hua immediately stood up and said: "There's no time to lose. We'll go find Situ sister and ask for an iron corpse."

Mo Hua and the two then went to find Situ Fang.

Situ Fang said in surprise: "What do you want the iron corpse for?"

Mo Hua said: "Research research."

Situ Fang was somewhat confused.

This was something that could be researched...

Research what?

He couldn't possibly be researching refining corpses, could he?

Mo Hua then said: "It's related to arrays."

Situ Fang was slightly startled. She understood a little in her heart, but still frowned: "Very dangerous."

"It doesn't matter," Mo Hua guaranteed: "I am an array master. I'll draw more arrays to ensure that even if it goes out of control, it won't cause any trouble."

After finishing, Mo Hua added: "After researching, I'll return it."

Situ Fang hesitated for a moment and nodded:

"Okay, but you all have to be low-key and can't let others know."

Mo Hua smiled: "Thank you, Situ sister!"

His smile was clear and sincere.

Situ Fang shook her head helplessly. She really couldn't do anything about Mo Hua.

There were a total of five iron corpses in Corpse Raising Village.

Situ Fang gave one to Mo Hua.

The iron corpse was hidden in a coffin, and the coffin needed a carriage to pull.

Mo Hua again used good words to coax Da Bai for a long time, and only then did Da Bai secretly pull out the coffin containing the iron corpse from the Dao Court Office and send it back to the cave mansion.

It was still the original side room.

Mo Hua again reinforced the arrays.

Because he had to imprison an iron corpse, he had to be more careful. The arrays Mo Hua used this time were at least first-grade compound arrays.

The arrays spread like spiderwebs, covering every corner of the room.

After the preparations were finished, Mo Hua was about to open the coffin.

(End of this chapter)