Chapter 552: Fellow Travelers

The sun was just rising.

In the mountain wilderness of green mountains and green waters.

The sky was blue and vast, the mountain forests lush green like a screen.

A small stream babbled as it flowed.

Two figures, one in front and one behind, were walking.

The person in front was tall and thin, wearing an ill-fitting, blood and dirt stained Dao robe, with stiff and strange movements, like a puppet pulled by strings.

The person behind was small and petite, with eyebrows and eyes like a painting, and light, nimble footsteps.

These two people were none other than Guai Daoist and Mo Hua.

They had already walked for one night and one morning.

Guai Daoist walked slowly, seemingly not in a hurry.

Mo Hua had no choice but to follow him at his pace, neither fast nor slow.

The person he was following was Guai Daoist…

Guai Daoist was ferocious and cunning.

Deep and calculating, skilled at confusing hearts.

The great demon Feng Xi of Tongxian City and the Dao Evil Corpse King of Nanyue City all originated from Guai Daoist’s schemes.

And just now, twenty Gold Core demon cultivators were also completely slaughtered by him using “Dao Heart Seed Demon”.

When Mo Hua followed behind him, he was at first nervous and very uneasy.

But after following for half a day and one night, he became numb, relieved, and gradually adapted.

He thought about it and felt that he should be temporarily safe.

Although he didn’t know Guai Daoist’s intentions, since he wanted to bring himself to see Master, then he would definitely not kill himself before seeing Master.

Moreover, he should also not perform “Dao Heart Seed Demon” on himself.

Once “Dao Heart Seed Demon” was performed, Master would definitely be able to see it and would also know that he was no longer his little disciple, and then Guai Daoist would no longer have a handle.

Mo Hua lightly breathed a sigh of relief.

At least before seeing Master, he should be “completely unharmed”.

As for after that, it was hard to say…

But first, he would see Master and then talk.

Mo Hua sighed a long breath again.

He still wanted to see Master one more time, otherwise, he feared that in this lifetime, he would never be able to see Master…

But he didn’t know what secrets Master held, and how many people, how many forces, were plotting against Master.

Now the Demonic Sect had set a killing trap.

Even Ethereal Realm old ancestors had taken action.

Gold Core cultivators, who were once unreachable in his eyes, were now like chives, sprouting everywhere.

His “Senior Uncle” Guai Daoist had used Dao Heart Seed Demon to harvest over twenty in one go.

In this kind of situation, Foundation Establishment cultivators were also ants.

Not to mention himself, this small Qi Refining cultivator.

Now in Da Li Mountain, demon cultivators were everywhere. With his own ability, he couldn’t return to Li Mountain City, couldn’t break the Soul Refining Banner, couldn’t enter the Five Elements Mountain Protection Great Array, and couldn’t see Master.

Only by following Guai Daoist could he sneak in.

Mo Hua nodded slightly.

Guai Daoist wanted him to lead the way to find Master.

He also wanted this Senior Uncle to “protect” him so that he could go back and see Master.

Even though Senior Uncle would also kill him.

But currently, it seemed that as long as he stayed by his side, no other people could kill him.

After all, he was the one who could raise Dao Evil, a “Daoist” of the Demonic Sect…

The thought of being able to see Master again.

Mo Hua’s footsteps also lightened quite a bit.

Guai Daoist, who was walking in front, had a slightly condensed gaze.

He didn’t know what Mo Hua was thinking in his heart.

Clearly, at the beginning, his expression was somewhat uneasy.

But after walking for a while, it was as if he had figured something out, and he had a relaxed expression, swaggering behind him.

Just like… he was following him to visit neighbors?

This little brat… had such great courage…

Didn’t he know who he was?

Guai Daoist walked in front without saying a word, still engrossed in his own thoughts.

Mo Hua carried his small hands behind his back and followed.

As he walked, Mo Hua felt a bit bored.

This “Senior Uncle” of his limped and walked too slowly…

Walking to Li Mountain City like this, it would be the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.

Mo Hua wanted to ask, but didn’t dare to ask much, fearing that he would provoke Senior Uncle’s anger.

But after walking for another period of time, he finally couldn’t hold back. He then walked a little closer and softly asked:

“Senior Uncle, aren’t you in a hurry?”

“You walk, isn’t it a little slow…”

“If we keep going like this, my Master will be caught by those demon heads…”

“Can’t you walk faster?”

Guai Daoist’s body paused, but he didn’t answer. Instead, he continued walking forward.

Mo Hua saw that he had no reaction and wasn’t angry, so he relaxed and became a little more courageous.

“Perhaps I didn’t ask the right question, so Senior Uncle disdains to answer…”

Mo Hua then picked some other things to ask:

“Senior Uncle, why are you going to find Master?”

“Senior Uncle, is your relationship with Master not good?”

“Senior Uncle, is a Daoist very powerful?”

“Senior Uncle, if you are seeded with Dao Heart Seed Demon, will you definitely die?”

“Senior Uncle…”

Mo Hua chattered incessantly, like a little chatterbox, talking endlessly.

Guai Daoist finally couldn’t hold back. He stopped in his tracks, turned his head, and his pitch-black pupils looked at Mo Hua.

Mo Hua immediately and honestly shut his mouth.

After that, there was no talking all the way. They passed another small mountain village.

The mountain village was sparsely populated. Normally, some poor loose cultivators should be living here, relying on spiritual plants for a living. It was quite remote and undisturbed.

On the right side of the road, there was a small noodle shop.

In the green mountains and green waters, the fragrance of noodles wafted out.

Mo Hua then stopped.

Guai Daoist walked a bit and found that Mo Hua had stopped. He turned his head and looked at him with empty and indifferent eyes.

“I’m hungry, I can’t walk…”

Mo Hua said truthfully.

He had walked for a day and a night.

He wasn’t a body cultivator, and his physical strength was also weak. He had been nervous the whole way, so he hadn’t felt tired.

Now that he had figured it out and smelled the fragrance, he suddenly felt his stomach rumbling with hunger and couldn’t walk.

Guai Daoist looked at Mo Hua, and his expression became complex.

Kill him… still can’t kill him…

Dao Heart Seed Demon… also can’t perform it…

If he didn’t let him eat his fill, he wouldn’t be able to walk again…

Guai Daoist stood dryly for a long time, clearly without expression or action, but it was as if he had indeed sighed. Then he turned his body and started walking towards the small noodle shop.

Mo Hua’s eyes lit up, and he immediately followed with a smiling face.

The small noodle shop was run by a couple of Qi Refining loose cultivators.

Their realm was low, so they opened a noodle shop along the road to support themselves.

Mo Hua had scanned it with his divine sense before. This was indeed just an ordinary noodle shop, and this couple were also just ordinary cultivators.

There were a few guests, mostly nearby loose cultivators, nothing abnormal.

Mo Hua and the other person entered the door.

The shop owner, with an honest face and wearing coarse cloth clothes, welcomed them up and asked with an enthusiastic expression:

“Two honored guests, what would you like to eat?”

After he finished speaking, he just wanted to glance at Guai Daoist.

Mo Hua hurriedly walked forward, waved his small hand, attracted his sight, prevented him from looking at Guai Daoist, and then took out two spirit stones and said in a clear voice:

“Two bowls of noodles, make them fast!”

Mo Hua calculated.

The spirit stones for eating noodles were to be given by himself.

Senior Uncle looked like this, it should be impossible for him to treat him…

He also didn’t dare to let Senior Uncle treat him…

Senior Uncle’s mood was changeable.

If he really provoked him and he performed Dao Heart Seed Demon again, killing everyone in this small shop, that would be his sin.

The shop owner saw the spirit stones, his expression was joyful, but he was also a little troubled:

“Little brother, two spirit stones are a bit too much, two bowls of noodles don’t need this much…”

“It doesn’t matter…”

Mo Hua waved his hand, “Just add more vegetable toppings.”

The shop owner then looked joyful and agreed with many thanks.

Mo Hua looked at the shop owner’s expression and inexplicably felt some emotion.

Two spirit stones were nothing to him now, but to these bottom-level loose cultivators, it was very likely their income for a whole day…

In this world, some people had millions of spirit stones and squandered without restraint.

Some people, every day, “pinched pennies”, carefully calculating their lives…

Mo Hua sighed a breath.

Guai Daoist’s expression moved slightly, and he looked at Mo Hua in surprise.

After that, the two people were seated.

There were still a few sporadic guests in the shop.

Mo Hua specially chose a remote corner, and even used his small body to block Guai Daoist, not letting Guai Daoist look at others, and also not letting others look at Guai Daoist.

Weird Daoist’s expression was indifferent, and he seemed not to care.

These loose cultivators were just ants, and he didn’t put them in his heart.

Not long after, the shop owner brought up the noodles.

The noodles were very full, and the vegetables were also very full, with even two pieces of meat on top.

It didn’t look like spiritual meat, a bit like demon beast meat, with a slight fishy smell, but not heavy. It wasn’t stewed too soft, but it could be eaten.

Compared to what his mother made, it definitely couldn’t compare.

But the taste wasn’t bad either, the noodles were very fragrant, and the soup was very thick.

Mo Hua was never picky and was also very hungry, so he held the big bowl and slurped the steaming hot noodles.

After eating for a while, he lifted his head and found that Guai Daoist didn’t even touch his chopsticks.

Mo Hua ate noodles while pondering…

This “Senior Uncle” of his, with Dao Heart Seed Demon, used another’s body. Counting it up, he should now be considered a “dead person”.

Dead people naturally didn’t need to eat.

Mo Hua frowned and began to ponder other problems…

Senior Uncle… where was he before he parasitized?

Was he not following Master’s traces all the way?

When did he calculate Master’s position and then start to lay out?

And…

Before in Da Li Mountain, his appearance timing was also too coincidental…

When did he calculate the traces of little senior brother and little senior sister?

Mo Hua ate a few mouthfuls of noodles, still couldn’t hold back, and quietly glanced at Guai Daoist, softly saying:

“Senior Uncle…”

“Before in Da Li Mountain, weren’t you already on the side early on?”

“Then watched that Saint Child surround us.”

“Waited until little senior sister, and little senior brother and them, broke the life-saving talisman, no longer had the power to protect themselves, you then acted…”

“Were you not, also unable to deal with the life-saving talisman?”

Mo Hua said while nodding, feeling that his deduction was quite reasonable.

Guai Daoist finally couldn’t hold back. His pitch-black eye pupils looked at Mo Hua and said the first sentence on this road:

“Eat noodles…”

His voice was flat and cold, and seemed a bit unhappy…

“Oh.”

Mo Hua honestly lowered his head and ate the noodles in the bowl.

Until he finished the noodles in the bowl, Mo Hua didn’t speak again.

Then he lifted his head, looked at Guai Daoist, and involuntarily looked at the bowl of noodles in front of Guai Daoist, licking his lips.

Every drop of food is hard-earned.

Cannot waste.

Mo Hua silently stretched out his small hand, moved Guai Daoist’s noodles to his front, then buried his head and ate with a huff, huff, huff…

Guai Daoist’s originally wooden face stiffened for an instant.

His pitch-black pupils looked at Mo Hua, somewhat unbelievably…

After finishing two bowls of noodles, the two people were on the road again.

Mo Hua ate a little full, his belly round, and then walked in front, strolling to digest.

Guai Daoist walked behind, looking at Mo Hua’s back puzzled.

This little thing… is very strange…

He some cannot see through.

It seems that by senior brother, some means were laid, some secrets were hidden, and some cause and effect were concealed…

Senior brother he… exactly on this child’s body, what secrets were hidden?

What cause and effect were also concealed?

Moreover, he treated this child like a treasure, hid him so deep, concealed him so strictly, didn’t let himself know at all…

If he himself hadn’t stood out, he wouldn’t even have realized that senior brother he actually still took such a little disciple…

Guai Daoist again sized up Mo Hua, and involuntarily frowned.

Spiritual roots were very poor, and the flesh body was extremely poor.

There was also no special bloodline.

Divine sense… although separated by something, it was vaguely unclear, but it was still not bad.

Besides, he was just clever and quirky, and his behavior was indeed somewhat…

Unexpected…

With such aptitude, what exactly did senior brother fancy about him?

Furthermore, the most strange thing was…

He always felt that this child’s breath was both strange and familiar…

Clearly, it should be the first time he saw him, but it was as if he had already had many dealings with him, and had many causes and effects…

Guai Daoist’s empty eye pupils flashed a trace of confusion.

What dealings could he have with this Qi Refining little cultivator?

What cause and effect could there be?

Guai Daoist looked at Mo Hua, and his pupils became a bit darker.

“It doesn’t matter…”

“Wait until I see senior brother, everything will be clear…”

On the road outside Li Mountain City, the two people were still walking.

The two people walked very slowly, but also step by step, little by little approaching Li Mountain City.

The closer to Li Mountain City, the heavier the demon qi.

And outside Li Mountain City, there were almost no local cultivators.

Mostly demon cultivators.

Besides, there were just some very unfamiliar cultivators, wearing luxurious clothes, with special spirit tools, various techniques, and superior and rare Dao methods, from each family and sect of the Dao Court.

These cultivators were definitely outsiders.

Even possibly, they came directly from Dao State where the central Dao Court was located.

Their numbers were numerous, and their realms were also high.

Not Foundation Establishment, just Gold Core, and not even one Qi Refining cultivator.

The entire Da Li Mountain seemed to have become a chess game, and all the cultivators still here were all chess pieces.

Mo Hua involuntarily frowned.

“Are Master’s secrets really that big?”

What exactly did they want to obtain from Master?

Mo Hua shook his head.

All of this, he completely didn’t know.

He also remembered Master’s exhortation:

“Master… has great heavenly opportunities, and even more shocking secrets… But these, all cannot be passed to you, and even more cannot be told to you.”

“Passing them to you will bring you a great heavenly disaster.”

“Even just knowing will stain you with cause and effect.”

“So you cannot know anything, and also don’t want to know anything…”

If you don’t know, then you don’t know.

It’s good if I can see Master…

Mo Hua silently said in his heart.

Just after approaching Li Mountain City, the road was not peaceful all the way.

The peripheral cultivators were still restrained.

While closer, the killing intent became heavier.

Mo Hua followed Guai Daoist, and in his sight, it was all a scene of blood rain and foul wind, with countless cultivators fighting and dying.

On the surface, most were Dao Court cultivators killing each other with Demonic Sect cultivators.

In secret, there was also killing among Demonic Sect cultivators, with bloody and cruel methods.

Even on the Dao Court side, some people actually plotted against each other for interests or past grudges.

After killing, they would also forge the scene and frame the demon cultivators.

These were scenes he had never seen before.

Indeed, right is right, and demon is demon, but at this moment, right and demon seemed to have no difference again…

Mo Hua looked straight and shook his head.

The human heart is indeed very complex…

And his own situation also became subtle.

Because he was following Guai Daoist.

Guai Daoist’s breath was gloomy and strange, and one could tell he was a demon cultivator without even looking.

While Mo Hua was a child, looking innocent and pure, but in this place of blood rain and foul wind, and following a strange Daoist walking together, he looked abnormal at a glance.

In the field, all righteous and demonic forces, almost no one recognized Mo Hua.

Just a small Qi Refining cultivator.

No one cared about his righteousness or evil, no one cared about his stance, and even less would care about his life or death.

So all the way, every three to five times, someone would want to kill Mo Hua.

The righteous path was still okay, after all, they followed some rules and didn’t easily kill.

But the demonic path was different.

Some saw Mo Hua as fair and tender and wanted to eat Mo Hua;

Some saw Mo Hua as not right and wanted to eliminate him quickly;

Some saw Mo Hua as a child and wanted to take him to refine pills;

There were even shameless female demon cultivators who saw Mo Hua grow handsome and cute and wanted to harvest and supplement Mo Hua…

Once this happened, Mo Hua would immediately hide behind Guai Daoist and find Senior Uncle as his “backer”.

And Guai Daoist also came without refusal.

Whoever dared to stand in front of his cultivators, regardless of righteousness or evil, would all have their minds collapsed or commit suicide or kill each other by him using Dao Heart Seed Demon…

Mo Hua just hid behind and watched.

These scenes were perhaps some bloody, some cruel.

But he was from a hunter origin, and he had seen many bloody scenes of hunting demons, so he was not afraid.

Mo Hua then watched Guai Daoist, standing facing the wind, with his gaze pitch-black and indifferent, not moving a finger, then he would toy with these either ferocious or overbearing demon cultivators to death, slaughtering them completely…

No matter how many times he watched, Mo Hua always felt very shocked.

But as he watched, he then involuntarily had a doubt:

“This Dao Heart Seed Demon is so powerful…”

“Can I learn it?”

Thanks to ChanSO, San Qing, Lei Da Shu, Chen Ge, Er Ting Wei Xu, Ran Shao Yu Ci, Basa, From Overseas Guo Guo, Fen Dan Gao De Xiao Bing, Zsytssk for the rewards.

(End of this chapter)