Chapter 575: Strange Robe

However, the problem is that my drawing speed is still not fast enough...

Controlling the ink with divine consciousness consumes a lot of divine consciousness. Drawing on the ground as an array makes the drawing difficult, so it is very hard to draw quickly.

Mo Qing felt a bit regretful.

Currently, it seems that I can still only prepare in advance, using intentional calculation against unintentional, ambushing the enemy. I cannot cast spells in battle like with a "spell."

Unless the opponent is an idiot.

There is still one more problem, which is that it's too expensive...

A Grade 2 array requires at least seventy or eighty spirit stones to activate the array core.

An array like the Di Huo Zhen, which is a Grade 2, thirteen-pattern, initial-level top-grade array, requires at least one hundred spirit stones.

This is no small sum.

Every time a Di Huo Zhen explodes, it means one hundred spirit stones are burned...

For disciples of aristocratic families and sects, these spirit stones might not be a big deal.

But for Mo Qing, it seems very "luxurious."

Besides spirit stones, there's also spirit ink.

A Grade 2 Di Huo Zhen requires the consumption of Grade 2 spirit ink.

Converting that to spirit stones is also very expensive.

The Di Huo Zhen that Mo Qing is currently drawing uses his own mixed, cheap, inferior spirit ink.

If he used better quality spirit ink, the power of the Di Huo Zhen should be stronger, but at the same time, the cost would be higher...

For cultivators to cultivate, "methods, wealth, companions, land" are indeed all indispensable.

Mo Qing sighed.

"Forget it, take it one step at a time..."

I'll figure out how to earn spirit stones later.

The current urgent matter is still to learn and use the Grade 2 Di Huo Zhen.

The power of the Grade 2 Di Huo Zhen is great, far exceeding Mo Qing's expectations, which made Mo Qing very happy.

Similarly, his subsequent plans will also be smoother.

"Use the Grade 2 Di Huo Zhen to trap and kill the Grade 2 demon beasts in Da Hei Shan, then extract their demon blood, mix spirit ink, then use the spirit ink to set up the Grade 2 Di Huo Zhen, kill Grade 2 demon beasts, draw blood again, mix ink again..."

This way, a virtuous cycle is formed.

Spirit ink is produced, used, then produced again, and the spirit ink accumulates more and more.

Array practice, usage, then practice again, and the array becomes more skilled with more use.

The only cost is the one hundred spirit stones used to drive the array core.

Exploding a Di Huo Zhen burns nearly one hundred spirit stones.

Mo Qing felt a little pain in his heart.

However, cultivation always requires paying a price.

These costs, compared to the spirit ink and array skill level, are nothing.

In the following days, Mo Qing began to hunt demon beasts using the Di Huo Zhen, just like when he first entered Da Hei Shan.

Mo Qing thought about it and didn't call Elder Yu and the others.

Hunting Grade 2 demon beasts is still very dangerous.

Even if Elder Yu is in the Foundation Establishment stage, facing a Grade 2 demon beast head-on can easily lead to unexpected mishaps.

Da Hu is different.

It is a Grade 2 demon beast and also a tiger. Its flesh is very solid and it can resist and fight.

Mo Qing first used his powerful divine consciousness to scan the mountain and find a Grade 2 demon beast, then observed its habits and selected a suitable ambush spot on the path the demon beast must pass.

Then, using divine consciousness to control the ink, he drew the Grade 2 Di Huo Zhen on the ground.

Then Mo Qing and Da Hu found a place to hide and lie low, extending one large and one small head, staring at the trap on the ground, and watching the surrounding movements.

Outside the Di Huo Zhen, Mo Qing also set up a Grade 2 Ci Zheng Zhen.

Once a Grade 2 demon beast enters, it will be entangled by the Ci Zheng Zhen, and after a few breaths, it will be swallowed by the Di Huo Zhen.

The power of the Grade 2 Di Huo Zhen is very strong.

Once triggered, the explosion sound rings out, and fierce flames surge.

Inside the Di Huo Zhen, the flame spiritual power surges, turbulent like waves, and as red as magma.

When Da Hu saw the situation, he still felt a little scared, but the more he saw, the more he gradually got used to it.

After the Di Huo Zhen explodes, the Grade 2 demon beast inside the array will generally be injured.

The physical body of a demon beast is much stronger than that of a cultivator, so even if it is swallowed by the Grade 2 Di Huo Zhen, it will generally not die immediately, only suffer injuries, big or small.

These injuries vary depending on the type of demon beast.

If it is a demon beast known for defense, such as an earth-attributed or metal-attributed demon beast, it will generally be lightly injured, close to moderately injured.

Demon beasts with average defense will generally be moderately injured.

Those with weak physical bodies will be severely injured.

For a Grade 2 demon beast, causing this kind of injury is already very strong.

Afterward, Da Hu takes action.

In a demon beast battle, one side is ambushed and injured, while the other side is at ease and full of blood energy. When they fight, there is originally no suspense.

Moreover, there is still Mo Qing assisting at the side with fireball techniques to consume and finish off.

One person and one tiger cooperate tacitly.

Basically, the battle will end in less than half an hour.

Then Mo Qing bleeds, and Da Hu eats the meat.

After resting and preparing for a few days, they repeat the old trick.

Even if a Grade 2 demon beast is strong, it cannot withstand this combined force of a cultivator and a demon beast, the combination of arrays and spells, and the kill-trap of ambush and trapping.

Mo Qing's spirit ink accumulated bottle by bottle, more and more...

Da Hu ate inner cores one by one, more and more...

Mo Qing's Di Huo Zhen became more and more skilled, and Da Hu's strength also grew significantly.

But Mo Qing's spirit stones were also rapidly being consumed.

Mo Qing was a little worried.

"I need to find a way to earn some spirit stones..."

The spirit ink I mixed myself is a bit rough. It's okay for my own use, but if I sell it, I probably won't get much of a price.

Moreover, in a place like Tongxian City, no, perhaps not only Tongxian City, but the entire state boundary of Grade 2 Da Hei Shan, there might not be any Grade 2 array masters.

It's estimated that no one will buy it either.

Furthermore, I use ink like flowing water. Although there seems to be a lot of spirit ink now, it might not be enough for my own use...

Drawing arrays for others to earn spirit stones...

I'm very busy now and don't have this free time.

Unless it's a last resort, he also doesn't want to ask his parents for spirit stones.

He still wants his parents to keep more spirit stones, so that they can all successfully establish their foundations in the future...

Mo Qing frowned deeply in thought, then suddenly startled and looked towards the scattered demon beast bones inside Da Hu's cave...

Da Hu swallowed the inner cores and ate the demon meat, but these Grade 2 demon beast bones were still left.

Not only the bones, but also some claws, teeth, and fur.

Mo Qing pointed at these demon beast materials and asked Da Hu: "Do you still want them?"

Da Hu was full and lay lazily on the ground, his round belly facing up, very comfortable.

Hearing Mo Qing speak, Da Hu raised his head, looked at Mo Qing, then looked at the bones it had eaten, got up, picked up a large bone, and put it in Mo Qing's arms.

The meaning was probably: "I don't want it, it's all yours."

Mo Qing was overjoyed, then took out several storage bags and packed in the various scraps, broken bones, claws, teeth, and other Grade 2 demon beast materials.

But he still left a few large bones for Da Hu to grind his teeth on.

Afterward, Mo Qing carried the storage bags, big and small, back home.

Meanwhile, in Da Hei Shan, some hunters felt uneasy.

Not only hunters, but also merchants coming and going, and traveling cultivators, all felt uneasy.

Recently, the deep mountains have been unusually frequent.

Shocking explosion sounds, as well as powerful, scorching spiritual power fluctuations, were often transmitted.

The angry roars of Grade 2 demon beasts shook the mountain forest.

Occasionally, surging demon power and turbulent blood energy would surge, and it would take a long time before they calmed down...

It was as if Grade 2 demon beasts were fighting to the death.

Moreover, it wasn't just once...

In Tongxian City, Elder Yu's expression was somewhat grim.

Yu Chengyi, Yu Chengyong, and Mo Shan and the others also frowned tightly.

"Grade 2 demon beasts, fighting to the death?"

"The demon power surge is too terrifying..."

"Could it be that a strange treasure has appeared?"

"Da Hei Shan is a poor mountain and lacks resources, what strange treasure could there be?"

"...Why did this change suddenly occur?"

"It was all good before..."

Yu Chengyi pondered: "Not only demon beasts, but there are also extremely strong spiritual power fluctuations. Could it be... that other Foundation Establishment high-level cultivators have come to Da Hei Shan to hunt Grade 2 demon beasts?"

"To hunt Grade 2 demon beasts, how can you not need seven or eight Foundation Establishment cultivators..."

Elder Yu shook his head: "So many Foundation Establishment cultivators, such a big battle, it's impossible for us not to know..."

Mo Shan also nodded: "That's right, moreover, there haven't been any external Foundation Establishment cultivators in Tongxian City recently..."

"External Foundation Establishment cultivators..."

Yu Chengyong thought for a while, "It's hard to say, there is one..."

Mo Shan was slightly startled and frowned: "Who?"

Everyone was startled and thought of something, silently looking at Mo Shan:

"Your son..."

Mo Shan's face was full of astonishment.

Oh right, Qing'er established his foundation...

He was originally happy about this for a long time.

But because Mo Qing, although he established his foundation, still looks like a child as before, eating good food every day, learning arrays every day, he subconsciously ignored this matter...

He forgot that his own son was already a "Foundation Establishment" cultivator.

Moreover, Mo Qing did just come back from outside recently...

"Qing'er... what has he been doing recently?" Elder Yu asked intentionally.

Mo Shan shook his head.

He really didn't know this.

He only hoped that Mo Qing could do what he wanted to do, whether it was cultivation or drawing arrays, as long as it wasn't against the righteous path and Mo Qing liked it, he wouldn't interfere.

As long as he can be safe and happy, that's good.

And Mo Qing is a Grade 1 array master...

He fundamentally doesn't understand arrays, and even if he asked, he would be completely confused.

Furthermore, his own Foundation Establishment is imminent, and he is also busy with the Hunter Guild's affairs, so he is usually quite busy.

Elder Yu thought for a moment, although he felt it was impossible, he still tried to ask:

"That Qing'er... has he gone to the deep mountains these past few days?"

Mo Shan recalled for a moment and nodded: "He occasionally goes, bringing a pile of dried fish, saying he wants to feed cats..."

"Feed cats..."

Everyone was a little stunned.

Feed what cat?

What cat can there be in the deep mountains that can be fed?

The atmosphere was a bit subtle.

"Could the movement in the deep mountains be caused by Qing'er..." someone said weakly.

Mo Shan laughed: "How is that possible..." Then he was startled and his smile disappeared.

The other hunters were also silent.

It seems impossible...

But when this matter is put on Mo Qing, it seems that there is nothing impossible...

After all, the deep mountains of Da Hei Shan were just blown up once by Mo Qing using a large array, and the entire mountain shape changed...

But this matter is difficult to conclude, so Elder Yu only let Mo Shan go back and ask Mo Qing, and then everyone dispersed.

Mo Shan went home full of doubts, and Liu Ruhua was just cooking.

Mo Qing followed behind his mother, saying, "Mother, I want to eat this...", "Beef is delicious...", "This needs to be a little spicy..."

Then, like a little glutton, he took a bite of this and tasted a bit of that.

It was fundamentally impossible to see that he was already a Foundation Establishment cultivator...

Mo Shan's eyes showed concern, but he was also a little helpless and didn't know how to speak.

Dinner time, there was a table full of dishes, very rich.

Mo Qing ate very happily.

Suddenly he thought of something, took out a storage bag, and asked: "Dad, look at this, can it be sold for spirit stones?"

Mo Shan was startled, still thinking it was an array, and just wanted to say he didn't understand, but took it over and looked, only to discover it was demon beast materials.

He was very familiar with demon beast materials.

Mo Shan reached out, took out several demon bones, looked at them a few times, and frowned.

"Never seen..."

In Da Hei Shan, there were actually demon beast materials he had never seen before?

Mo Shan examined it again for a moment, then suddenly started and opened his mouth wide, his face full of disbelief.

"This is... Grade 2 demon beast bones?"

"Um." Mo Qing gnawed on a chicken leg and nodded: "Dad, your eyesight is really good!"

Mo Shan didn't know what to say.

Is this a matter of good eyesight...

Mo Shan thought of the anomalies in the deep mountains and then asked: "You... this, how did you get it?"

Mo Qing thought for a moment and didn't hide anything: "I need spirit ink to draw arrays, so I used dried fish to bribe a big tiger, and then we joined forces to kill Grade 2 demon beasts. It ate the meat, and I bled them..."

"These bones and teeth were all left over after Da Hu ate..."

"I thought they could be sold for spirit stones, so I brought them back..."

Mo Shan and Liu Ruhua listened as if they were listening to a heavenly book.

Bribe a tiger with dried fish?

Hunt Grade 2 demon beasts?

These words are like a child making up a story. Who would believe them if they were said...

But Mo Shan had to believe it...

Mo Shan was silent for a moment, and couldn't help but ask: "You... killed how many... Grade 2 demon beasts?"

Mo Qing was afraid of worrying his parents, so he just said: "It wasn't me who killed them, it was Da Hu who killed them. I only helped a little..."

"I didn't count how many were killed..."

"It seems there are already eight or nine..."

"There are still many bones, I put them in the courtyard..."

Mo Shan and Liu Ruhua looked at each other, speechless for a while...

Grade 2 demon beasts...

Once, Grade 2 demon beasts rampaged without fear in Da Hei Shan.

Maybe one or two hundred years would pass without a single one dying...

Mo Qing came back, and in just one or two months, eight or nine died...

Mo Shan couldn't help but sigh, looked at Mo Qing, and was somewhat helpless.

Forget it, it's good to go to Qian State to study...

He is only fifteen years old. If he grows up and learns more about arrays, this Tongxian City, the entire Da Hei Shan, and even the entire state boundary of Da Hei Shan, may not be able to withstand his activities...

Afterward, Mo Shan helped Mo Qing sell these Grade 2 demon beast materials.

The fur was badly scratched by Da Hu, the bones were all gnawed, and the claws and teeth were also damaged after the fight, so they were all considered "substandard products."

But after all, they were Grade 2 demon beast materials, and the price was still quite good.

In the state boundary of Da Hei Shan, there are no Grade 2 array masters.

But there are still several Grade 2 weapon refiners.

These materials can be used to refine Grade 2 spiritual tools.

Mo Shan estimated that if they were all sold, they would probably get five or six thousand spirit stones. They just needed to be sold in batches. Other business pavilions or passing merchants couldn't take on so many at once.

Mo Qing was also overjoyed.

This way, the problem of spirit stones for the Grade 2 Di Huo Zhen is also solved.

Learning arrays, drawing arrays, using arrays...

Not only will he not lose money, but he will also earn some spirit stones and stockpile a large amount of spirit ink.

But Mo Qing wasn't happy for a few days before he discovered that something was wrong again...

The Grade 2 demon beasts in the deep mountains suddenly became much less, and it seemed they had all hidden up and didn't dare to show their heads again...

Before, the Grade 2 demon beasts walked in the deep mountains, swaggering and fearless.

But now, when they see Da Hu and Mo Qing, they run away early as if they saw a ghost...

When walking, they are also careful and cautious, afraid of stepping on a Di Huo Zhen.

When hunting, they also pay attention to quick battles and quick decisions.

After eating their fill, they immediately return to their nest holes and hide deep, afraid of being discovered by Mo Qing's divine consciousness...

Mo Qing was very helpless, and also a little angry.

"How can a dignified Grade 2 demon beast have no backbone!"

However, since things have come to this, he is also helpless and can only temporarily give up, collect the spirit ink he has already mixed, and save it for later use.

And the timid Grade 2 demon beasts are also a good thing.

At least in the future, hunters entering the mountains to hunt demons will be much safer.

Elder Yu knew that Mo Qing was hunting Grade 2 demon beasts in the deep mountains, and he was shocked, but after thinking about it, he wasn't that shocked anymore.

Hunting Grade 2 demon beasts...

This kind of thing, I didn't even dare to think about before.

But in these four or five years, the things he didn't dare to think about before have all become true one by one...

Elder Yu was a little melancholy, but then his gaze became firm again.

"Cultivation is endless, I am not old yet, I still want to continue cultivating. Although the Golden Core is far away, there is nothing I dare not think about..."

The deep mountains quieted down.

The hunters of Da Hei Shan also returned to their usual days.

Mo Qing squatted in the deep mountains for a few days, but didn't even see the shadow of a Grade 2 demon beast. He could only temporarily give up, turn around and continue researching the Di Huo Zhen...

Just about to leave Tongxian City, his speed of setting up arrays with divine consciousness is still not fast enough...

He wants to draw faster.

"But how can I draw faster?"

Mo Qing has already done his best.

His divine consciousness has fourteen patterns, which were originally extremely thick, and then through the layered structure of Tian Yan Mi Jing, it condensed like mercury, and his divine consciousness control is already very strong, very strong.

He learned Ling Shu Jing, and his divine consciousness control of spiritual power is also meticulous.

Tian Ji Yan Shen deepened his understanding of arrays.

In his realm, it is impossible for anyone to draw faster than him...

But it's still not enough...

Puppet Grandpa said, "World spells, only fast is unbreakable."

The same goes for setting up arrays with divine consciousness.

Mo Qing knitted his clear eyebrows, his eyes showing deep thought.

He has used all the methods he should use, except...

"Tian Ji Qi Suan..."

Mo Qing has not seen Master draw arrays. Up to now, the person who sets up arrays the fastest is his Master Uncle, that is, Qi Dao Ren.

And Qi Dao Ren's arrays are based on "Tian Ji Qi Suan."

If I learn it, can I control the ink with divine consciousness faster and set up the Di Huo Zhen?

Mo Qing always felt that his understanding of Tian Ji Qi Suan was still not profound enough.

Now, the Tian Ji Qi Suan he has mastered is still very, very far from his Master Uncle's.

"Learn from Master Uncle?"

Mo Qing's heart moved slightly.

In his sea of consciousness, the scene of Qi Dao Ren using "Qi Dao Zhen Tian Zhen" to seal the Wan Mo Dian and exhaust the Feathering and Golden Core demon cultivators reappeared.

There was also the scene of Qi Dao Ren using "Tian Ji Qi Suan" to quickly break the Xuan Tian Da Zhen, which reappeared again and again.

"Tian Ji Qi Suan..."

Tian Ji Qi Suan, the division of demonic thoughts, can quickly solve arrays.

Naturally, it can also quickly set up the Qi Dao Zhen Tian Zhen...

Mo Qing thought about it, but found no clues. Suddenly, an inspiration struck him.

Tian Ji Qi Suan and Dao Xin Zhong Mo are one inside and one outside.

If my comprehension of Tian Ji Qi Suan is not enough, then I can refer to "Dao Xin Zhong Mo" to reverse-engineer the principle of Tian Ji Qi Suan?

"Dao Xin Zhong Mo..."

Dao Xin Zhong Mo, which is based on Tian Ji Qi Suan, is to turn one's body into a demon, divide one's demonic thoughts, form demon seeds, and plant them in other people's Dao Hearts.

I am a righteous cultivator and cannot practice "Dao Xin Zhong Mo" and divide demonic thoughts...

Then, instead of dividing demonic thoughts, can I divide my own divine thoughts?

The method should be the same.

If I don't enter demonhood, it naturally won't count as "Dao Xin Zhong Mo"...

"Divide divine thoughts..."

"Let's try..."

Mo Qing began to close his eyes, learning from Qi Dao Ren, using the method of Tian Ji Qi Suan, according to Qi Dao logic, to divide a part of his own divine thoughts.

This division is based on strange calculations, complex and profound.

Mo Qing only "copied and imitated," recalling the scenes of Master Uncle setting up and solving arrays again and again.

He didn't know how long passed, when Mo Qing suddenly had an realization.

Strange Dao suddenly opened up, and his divine thoughts began to divide...

In the sea of consciousness, on Mo Qing's divine thought incarnation, suddenly appeared more strands of black patterns.

These patterns were like divine thoughts peeled off from Mo Qing himself, and also like Mo Qing's divine thoughts, extending outward based on a certain great dao law.

Divine thoughts split into Strange Dao...

It was similar to the initial layered structure of divine consciousness, but also different.

This division was more like re-"compiling" and "deriving" his own divine consciousness using Tian Ji Qi Suan.

Mo Qing felt both pain and wonder.

Vaguely, he seemed to feel his own divine thoughts gradually merging with Strange Dao...

He didn't know how long passed, when this strange thought division finally ended.

Mo Qing opened his eyes and found that his body was hazy, with a layer of strange-colored ink shadow splitting off. Every movement he made would produce a shadow.

This layer of ink shadow draped over his body, both like a virtual shadow.

And also like a piece of...

Pure, pitch-black, ink Daoist robe!

(End of this chapter)