Chapter 458: Riot

After Mo Hua spent a few days, he "digested" the Iron Corpse Elder, purified its evil thoughts, and his divine sense grew significantly.

"Not inferior to the Iron Corpse Elder, divine sense comparable to Foundation Building..."

Mo Hua was overjoyed.

With his divine sense enhanced, and with the manifestation of spiritual power condensed into spells and arrays in the divine sense battle, Mo Hua's control over spiritual power became more refined, and his comprehension of the Spirit Hub Array deepened by another layer.

But it stopped there.

After that, no matter how Mo Hua practiced or thought about it, he couldn't comprehend anything further. His comprehension of the Spirit Hub Array had reached a bottleneck.

Mo Hua thought about it and felt that this shouldn't be his problem.

After all, learning the Spirit Hub Array, whether it was the consumption of divine sense or the comprehension of laws, had not yet reached the point where he was completely exhausted and unable to proceed.

Encountering a bottleneck now should be a problem with the array itself.

The Spirit Hub Array in his hand was incomplete.

An incomplete array couldn't thoroughly comprehend the fundamental principles of spiritual power.

"Looks like I need to find a way to find the complete Spirit Hub Array..."

Mo Hua silently said to himself.

For the time being, he still needed to deal with the Zhang family's "zombie" diagram.

He would "eat" the zombies within the diagram, from weakest to strongest, one by one.

Using battle to nurture battle, he would "eat" the disciples and grandchildren, strengthen his divine sense, and finally deal with the zombie ancestor.

This was Zhang Quan's ancestor.

But according to the Iron Corpse Elder, this zombie ancestor still had many tricks up its sleeve.

Knowing oneself and one's enemy leads to victory in a hundred battles.

He needed to find a way to figure out its details before he could think of ways to target it.

Furthermore, Mo Hua was still not very familiar with the manifestation of divine sense.

Although he had fought repeatedly before and the manifestation of spells and arrays was somewhat similar, Mo Hua was still not completely satisfied.

The manifested spiritual power was not real enough;

The manifested spells were slightly inferior in power;

And the manifested arrays were still a bit slow...

This level was effortless for dealing with small zombies.

He could also barely suppress and kill the Iron Corpse Elder.

But facing this zombie ancestor of the Zhang family, Mo Hua felt no confidence.

Although for ordinary cultivators, the Zhang family's evil thoughts and full house of zombies, having devoured countless people, had already become extremely strong.

Being able to suppress and kill walking corpses and the Iron Corpse was already not bad.

But Mo Hua felt that he was Mister Zhuang's disciple.

Since his master taught him divine sense manifestation, he must learn it very, very well, otherwise he would definitely lose his master's face and also fail his master's expectations for him.

So, he needed to cultivate divine sense to the extreme.

And divine sense manifestation also had to be cultivated to the extreme!

Manifesting spells and arrays required the manifestation of spiritual power as the foundation.

Manifesting spiritual power required a deeper understanding of the essence of spiritual power.

The deeper the understanding, the more real the manifestation and the stronger the power.

And understanding the essence of spiritual power involved the Spirit Hub Array.

So, while Mo Hua was "eating" the zombies, he was also preparing to go and find that complete Spirit Hub Array.

Moreover, this Spirit Hub Array was also related to the traitor of the Little Spirit Hidden Sect.

Instructor Yan had spent most of his life wanting to resolve this sect grudge.

His life's obsession was to retrieve the Spirit Hub Array and personally kill that betrayer who disrespected his master and destroyed his ancestors.

Instructor Yan had shown him the kindness of knowledge.

A drop of water's kindness should be repaid with a spring.

If the mastermind behind the mines and corpse cultivation was indeed that traitor from the Little Spirit Hidden Sect, Mo Hua wouldn't mind letting the person who deserved to die die as they should.

The clue to the Spirit Hub Array was hidden on Zhang Quan's body, and Zhang Quan was locked up in the Dao Court Division.

These days, Mo Hua's thoughts had all been used to catch zombies.

But he had also been paying attention to the news from the Dao Court Division.

When Si Tu Fang and Si Tu Jin came to deliver gifts, Mo Hua casually and indirectly inquired about some things.

Si Tu Fang's gifts were array diagrams and some array books.

This was previously agreed upon.

It was both Si Tu Fang's gratitude and the Si Tu family's goodwill.

One could receive rewards for having merit.

He had helped a great deal with the matter of Walking Corpse Village.

Moreover, it was something related to arrays.

Mo Hua accepted them at ease.

Besides that, there were also some brushes, inks, papers, inks, Si Tu family's spiritual fruits specialties, and various spiritual meats, etc.

They weren't very precious but were very thoughtful.

Mo Hua also accepted them.

He could make pastries with the spiritual fruits to give to his little senior sister to eat.

He could stew the spiritual meats to give to his master and little senior brother to eat.

And there were still some strange and odd fruits, he didn't know what they tasted like, but they looked dry and crisp, so Mo Hua also planned to fry them and give them to Puppet Old to taste...

After receiving the gifts, serving tea, and exchanging a few pleasantries, Mo Hua asked:

"How is Zhang Quan doing?"

Si Tu Jin hesitated a little.

Si Tu Fang hesitated for a while, then shook her head and said:

"Didn't get anything out of him..."

"Did you use torture?"

"Used it," Si Tu Fang sighed, "broke five or six sticks, but he just wouldn't speak, not a single word."

Mo Hua was puzzled: "He doesn't feel pain?"

Si Tu Jin frowned and explained:

"It seems to be a special cultivation method that can make his skin and flesh like a zombie's, his senses numb, and he doesn't feel pain."

"Then use other methods?" Mo Hua thought for a bit and said again:

"I remember, Uncle Zhang told me, the Dao Court Division's punishments are varied, there are finger pinching, severed meridians, poisoned eyes..."

"Zhang Lan told you these..."

Si Tu Fang complained endlessly in her heart.

She noted down Mo Hua's words.

Next time she went to the Zhang family to complain, Zhang Lan's "crimes" would increase again.

Subsequently, Si Tu Fang said helplessly: "Used them, but they were all useless."

"Alright..."

Mo Hua was a little regretful.

"I will try to ask again, if Zhang Quan says something, I will tell you again." Si Tu Fang said.

"Mhm mhm, thank you, Sister Si Tu!"

Mo Hua also nodded and said.

After Si Tu Fang and Si Tu Jin left, Mo Hua pondered:

"How to make Zhang Quan confess?"

He didn't know if arrays could be used for torture...

Before Mo Hua could think of anything, two nights later, there was a sudden disturbance in South Yue City.

The streets were filled with people and scattered firelights.

There were also noisy shouts from cultivators and dense fluctuations of spiritual power.

Mo Hua heard the noise, but at that time, he was in his sea of consciousness catching zombies and couldn't be distracted, so he didn't pay attention.

The next day, Si Tu Fang came.

She had injuries on her body and a haggard expression.

Mo Hua asked with concern: "Sister Si Tu, what happened?"

Si Tu Fang said regretfully: "Zhang Quan died."

Mo Hua was startled, "Died?"

Si Tu Fang sighed, "Last night at midnight, there were cultivators who broke out of jail, wearing black clothes, acting covertly. By the time the Dao Court Division noticed, it was already too late..."

The Dao Court Division was indeed negligent in its defense.

But the most important thing was that they didn't expect anyone to be so bold as to dare to break out of the Dao Court Division's prison.

This was going against the Dao Court.

If investigated, it would be punished by implication!

Mo Hua's expression was also solemn, and he asked:

"Did they break out of jail to save Zhang Quan?"

Si Tu Fang nodded.

Mo Hua was puzzled: "Since it was to save Zhang Quan, then why did Zhang Quan still die?"

Si Tu Fang said: "At that time, the battle was chaotic, I don't know who, but someone stabbed Zhang Quan to death with a sword, and then set a fire, burning down half of the Dao Prison, along with Zhang Quan's corpse, it was all burned..."

Mo Hua frowned, "One sword killed Zhang Quan... this person should be in the Foundation Building realm."

"Yes." Si Tu Fang also furrowed her brows tightly, "The jailbreakers had a Foundation Building cultivator, the Dao Court Division had Foundation Building cultivators, and other sects and families, hearing that the Dao Court Division was in chaos, also had Foundation Building cultivators come to help fight..."

"In the chaos, it's basically impossible to know who killed Zhang Quan and who set the fire."

"This matter... is a bit strange." Mo Hua thought.

Si Tu Fang nodded, "I suspect the jailbreak was false, and killing to silence was true."

"What happened to those jailbreaking cultivators later?" Mo Hua asked.

Si Tu Fang said helplessly: "They are all dead too."

Mo Hua's mouth dropped open, a little surprised, "All dead?"

"Mm."

"Really... not a single one left alive?"

"Yes." Si Tu Fang sighed helplessly, "Even these dead jailbreakers may not be the real jailbreakers."

"Their identities?"

"Still investigating, but may not find anything."

Mo Hua muttered with furrowed brows: "Actually, all dead..."

"Then for this matter, the Dao Court Division's responsibility should be very big, right." Mo Hua asked again.

Such a thing as a jailbreak should be thoroughly investigated to the end, right?

Si Tu Fang thought for a bit, but shook her head:

"Hard to say..."

Indeed, two days later, this matter was again let go.

Si Tu Fang found Mo Hua, her expression a little angry, and also a little helpless.

Mo Hua also learned the outcome of the incident from Si Tu Fang's mouth.

The document reported by the South Yue City Qian Palm Division to the Dao Court wrote:

"Dao Calendar twenty thousand twenty-five years, fourth month first day...

Unidentified black-clothed cultivators jailbroke prisoners, suffered thunder suppression from the Dao Court Division, prisoner Zhang Quan is dead, jailbreakers all executed.

Dao Prison is damaged by half, one officer dead, ten injured... Need two thousand eight hundred thirty-six spirit stones as compensation..."

Although there was a jailbreak, the jailbreakers were all dead, and the prisoner was also dead.

Although the Dao Court Division paid some price, it maintained the Dao Court's face.

Roughly, merits and demerits offset.

Even if they pursued, there was nowhere to pursue, because they were all dead...

At most, they would receive some not painful or itchy reprimands.

Mo Hua was a little shocked.

This was truly bold and careful.

Clearly doing such a rampant thing as a jailbreak, but being able to give an account to superiors and subordinates.

In the end, they made a big thing small, and a small thing nothing...

Mo Hua showed a thoughtful gaze.

The big fish behind the scenes surfaced.

But it bit the hook, ate the bait, broke the line, and swam away...

(End of this chapter)