Chapter 665: Luring Kill

"What should we do now?" Hao Xuan subconsciously looked towards Mo Hua.

Mo Hua pondered for a moment, then said, "First let's go find Cheng Mo and the others. They're definitely still being chased, and if we leave them, they might be in more danger..."

"But..." Hao Xuan said weakly, "There are only two of us... while those human traffickers, there are at least twenty or more..."

"Did you use your Taixu Order to send a message asking for help?" Mo Hua asked.

Hao Xuan nodded, then shook his head.

"I sent one, but it was no use. This is a barren mountain, the yuan magnetic field is very weak and easily interfered with, and it's a bit far from the sect gate. The message for help might not be able to be sent out..."

Mo Hua was startled upon hearing this, and also used his Taixu Order to try.

He found that the yuan magnetic force was indeed weak, and the magnetic patterns were interfered with. It seemed that it really couldn't be sent out.

He had never sought help before when going out on tasks, so he didn't know that sending messages with the Taixu Order had this restriction...

Mo Hua then tried using the message order that Uncle Gu had given him.

The ink traces on the text were dim, flickering between bright and dark.

There was obvious lag in the yuan magnetic field. He didn't know if it had actually been sent out or not, but it was clearly better than the Taixu Order.

Mo Hua was a bit puzzled, pondered for a moment, and probably understood.

The array method of the Taixu Order was more advanced, but also too complex. Sending messages was just a basic function within it, so the effect wasn't as good as a single message order.

And the Taixu Order's array method was controlled by a core array hub.

The core array hub was located at the Taixu Gate mountain gate.

The closer to the mountain gate, the better the yuan magnetic signal of the Taixu Order. Once far away, the magnetic flow weakened.

Moreover, they were now located outside the border of Qian Xue State, separated by a state border. The functions of both the Taixu Order and the message order would be severely limited.

Whether they could be used was still uncertain...

But no matter what, the message for help should still be sent out.

Mo Hua then sent a message saying:

"Uncle Gu, there are human traffickers, over twenty of them, in the barren mountains outside Xiao Yun City..."

After that, Mo Hua didn't worry about it.

Seeking help was something that needed to be tried, but there was no need to have too much hope.

Mo Hua asked Hao Xuan, "Where did Cheng Mo and the others escape towards?"

Hao Xuan thought for a bit, pointed in a direction, "They ran towards the mountain peak to the west..."

Mo Hua looked towards that mountain peak.

The night was deep, a pitch-black expanse. If they were to go find them, he didn't know how long it would take.

Mo Hua asked Hao Xuan, "How is your injury?"

Hao Xuan said bitterly, "I can follow you, but I estimate I can't lift a hand or be of much help..."

"It doesn't matter," Mo Hua said.

He didn't need Hao Xuan to lift a hand either.

The other side had many people, and with Hao Xuan's cultivation, making a move wouldn't be very useful anyway.

He just needed him to point the way.

The two of them were about to set off, but before setting off, Mo Hua wanted to check the two black-clothed cultivators in the mountain cave again, search their bodies, and look at their appearances.

He wanted to know, what identities were these human traffickers who dared to sell cultivators near the border of Qian Xue State...

The black-clothed cultivator in the mountain cave had his legs cut off by the gold blade array, and was then finished off by Mo Hua with the fireball technique, his whole body scorched black.

But Mo Hua's fireball technique had deliberately avoided his face, in order to leave a clue.

The light in the mountain cave was dim.

The black-clothed cultivator lay on the ground, having already breathed his last.

Mo Hua walked closer, lifted his mask, and his pupils involuntarily shrank.

Beneath the masked black cloth was a face with rotten flesh, making it impossible to see his appearance. Even his blood was a dirty black.

"This is..."

Mo Hua released his divine sense, carefully probed for a moment, and was somewhat in disbelief.

"Demonic qi..."

This black-clothed cultivator, before death, leaked his own demonic qi, allowing the demonic qi to rot his flesh, blur his face, and pollute his spiritual power.

He didn't want people to recognize his identity.

Mo Hua then hurried outside the mountain cave.

Outside the mountain cave, another black-clothed cultivator lay dead, having been blown up by the earth fire array. But at this time, his body had also been corroded by demonic qi, becoming a pool of rotten flesh.

Mo Hua's heart felt slightly cold.

This was the first time he had encountered something like this...

After dying, they self-destructed their physical bodies, self-polluted their spiritual power, and didn't dare to reveal their identities.

But...

Mo Hua frowned.

Where did the demonic qi on their bodies come from?

Why hadn't he detected any of it before?

Hao Xuan followed Mo Hua, and also saw the dirty appearance of these two black-clothed cultivators, involuntarily covering his mouth, and said hesitantly:

"These two people... how did they get like this?"

Mo Hua shook his head. He then flipped open their storage bags, and found that inside their storage bags, except for some spirit stones, pills, and commonly used standard spirit tools, there were no other clues indicating their identities.

"So cautious..."

Mo Hua muttered silently.

Hao Xuan said, "Then we..."

Mo Hua said, "Never mind, finding Cheng Mo and the others is more important."

Anyway, there were over twenty people in this group in total.

Two had died, but many were still alive.

Mo Hua simply didn't believe that each of them could self-destruct their dao body and cover up their identity before death...

"Let's go," Mo Hua said.

"Oh," Hao Xuan nodded.

He didn't understand these matters either, but following Mo Hua should always be the right choice.

After all, it was Mo Hua who had just saved him.

Hao Xuan still remembered the earnest admonishment his parents had given him before he entered the sect:

"Xuan'er, although you have a Cave Void Old Ancestor, you are one of your ancestor's one hundred and fifty-six great-great-grandsons. Your ancestor might not even remember who you are..."

"Your talent is not outstanding compared to others, and you have more than enough compared to those below you. Your heart nature is also not ruthless enough, so it may be very difficult for you to stand out in the sect."

"Since that's the case, just find a way to keep a low profile..."

"It doesn't matter if you don't learn anything else well, as long as you learn body techniques well."

"Later, when you travel in the cultivation world, if you encounter danger, run if you can. If you really can't run, just follow closely behind a reliable person, and don't show off yourself."

Hao Xuan had a feeling that Mo Hua was the kind of "reliable" cultivator his parents were talking about.

Although he was younger than himself, his cultivation was weaker, and his height was also shorter.

But he had the appearance of someone very "skilled" at setting traps, killing, searching corpses, and so on.

Although it was a little scary, if he called him "little senior brother" and followed him, it should be alright...

Hao Xuan silently nodded.

After that, Hao Xuan led the way, and the two of them displayed their body techniques, hurrying together towards the west face of the barren mountain.

Hao Xuan had a wind spirit root and cultivated wind system body techniques, which were exquisite.

What surprised him was that Mo Hua's body techniques were also very unusual. His posture was light, moving like flowing water, traversing mountains and ridges without any effort.

The two of them walked for half an hour, and in front of them was a vast mountain forest.

The forest trees were deep and dense, and the night was dark, making it impossible to see the path ahead clearly.

Hao Xuan didn't recognize the way, looking left and right, and then silently looked towards Mo Hua.

Mo Hua raised his eyes and looked into the distance. Among his gaze, cause and effect patterns subtly floated. After a moment, he said, "Follow me."

"Um," Hao Xuan nodded repeatedly.

Thus, Mo Hua led the way again, with Hao Xuan following behind.

The two of them moved through the forest, turning left and right. Although there were no obvious traces on the ground, Mo Hua could always find a path to walk.

Hao Xuan watched, feeling strange in his heart.

They walked for an unknown amount of time, and blood traces appeared on the ground again.

There were traces of knives, swords, axes, and chisels on the trees on both sides, as well as remnants of mountain earth and flame spiritual power breath.

"Open Mountain Axe! Departing Fire Sword!"

"It's Cheng Mo and Si Tu Jian!"

Hao Xuan was secretly surprised in his heart, and finally couldn't help but ask in a low voice:

"Mo Hua, how did you find this..."

Mo Hua said solemnly, "Intuition!"

"Oh..."

Hao Xuan was somewhat half-believing and half-doubting, unsure whether he should believe him or not for a while...

Mo Hua said in a low voice, "It's not far just ahead. Let's go take a look."

"Okay," Hao Xuan said a little nervously.

Thus, the two of them lowered their bodies and walked a few steps forward. Hao Xuan turned his head, only to find that Mo Hua had suddenly disappeared, and he panicked, saying in a trembling voice:

"Mo... Hua..."

Mo Hua's figure reappeared beside him.

Hao Xuan was startled.

"I forgot, you can't hide your body..." Mo Hua took out a jade pendant from his storage bag and handed it to Hao Xuan, "This is a water concealment jade, given to me by a kind uncle from the Dao Court's Si... 'borrowed' from him. You can use it first, it can hide your body."

Hao Xuan took it blankly and nodded.

Then the two of them displayed their concealment techniques and approached the other side of the mountain forest.

The other side of the mountain forest was a flat small hillside, with open terrain. Below it was a small stream, and the stream bank was covered with crushed stones.

At this time, there were two sides of cultivators in a melee by the small stream.

One side was wearing black clothes and covering their faces, totaling nine people.

The other side only had three people.

Mo Hua recognized them with a glance from the corner of his eye.

Among them, one person had several blood marks on his upper body, wielding two large axes, seemingly forced to a dead end, shouting loudly. That was Cheng Mo.

Another person was displaying the Departing Fire Sword, his face pale. That was Si Tu Jian.

There was also a disciple, with a heroic appearance, displaying a long spear, fighting desperately with the black-clothed cultivators. Although he was tired from the long battle, his cultivation was also very good.

Mo Hua looked at him and found that he didn't actually recognize this person.

"Who is that person..."

Mo Hua pointed at the disciple using the long spear, lowered his voice, and asked Hao Xuan.

Hao Xuan quietly glanced at him and said in a low voice:

"His name is Yang Qian Jun, from the same batch as us, but not from the same disciple residence, and not in the same class. I estimate you haven't seen him..."

"Oh oh."

Mo Hua nodded.

Yang Qian Jun... surnamed Yang... uses a spear...

Mo Hua said in a low voice, "A disciple of the Yang family of the Dao Soldier Si, right?"

Hao Xuan was a little surprised, "You know about the Yang family too?"

"I know a little..."

Hao Xuan nodded and said, "Yes, he is a direct descendant of the Yang family, and he cultivates the Yang family's ancestral spear techniques. His cultivation is very strong..."

"The Cheng family and the Yang family have a friendship, and Cheng Mo and Yang Qian Jun also know each other."

"We were supposed to catch three early Foundation Establishment criminal cultivators this time, so we called on him, and the five of us acted together."

"Oh," Mo Hua nodded, and then said puzzlingly:

"You five people, you, Cheng Mo, Si Tu Jian, Yang Qian Jun... who else?"

"Yi Li..." Hao Xuan said.

Mo Hua was startled, "Yi Li... Elder Yi of the Dao Law Elder Yi's family?"

"Yes," Hao Xuan glanced around, didn't see Yi Li's figure, and sighed, "I don't know how Yi Li is doing..."

"Did he escape, or... was he more likely to meet with disaster..."

Hao Xuan's expression was very worried.

Mo Hua released his divine sense, swept over, and suddenly pointed at a cultivator lying on the ground in the corner and said:

"Isn't that Yi Li?"

Hao Xuan looked in the direction Mo Hua pointed, his expression startled, and then he nodded repeatedly:

"Yes, it's Yi Li!"

Mo Hua then understood.

His surname was Yi, he was a child of the Yi family, and he necessarily specialized in spells, being a spirit cultivator.

In this kind of melee, spirit cultivators were very disadvantaged.

Especially since they were outnumbered, they were more easily targeted.

In the melee, he, a spirit cultivator, must have been surrounded and attacked at close range, and was the first one taken down.

Fortunately, he had only fainted, and his life was temporarily safe.

But after a while, that might not be the case...

Mo Hua observed the situation again.

These black-clothed cultivators had very solid foundations. If Mo Hua guessed correctly, they were probably all from prominent families.

Like this, the three people on the other side, Cheng Mo and the others, might not be able to hold out for much longer.

Under the encirclement of the nine, the three of them moved slower and slower, their spiritual power operations gradually lagged, and they were clearly all gritting their teeth and struggling to support themselves.

Being able to hold out until now was already very impressive.

Hao Xuan looked a little nervous.

Mo Hua thought for a bit, and said to Hao Xuan, "Your body technique is quite good, right?"

Hao Xuan didn't understand, and nodded slowly, "My parents were afraid that something might happen to me, so they told me to specialize in body techniques..."

Mo Hua then said in a low voice, "Wait a while, you show your head, scold them a few sentences, draw them over, and then I'll use an array to deal with them..."

Hao Xuan was startled, then nodded.

The other side had many people, and they had few. They indeed needed to use an array to possibly win.

Just...

Hao Xuan looked left and right, "Where is the array?"

"It doesn't matter..." Mo Hua said, "You go draw them over, and I'll set it up."

Seeing that Hao Xuan didn't believe him, Mo Hua then emphasized,

"I set up arrays very quickly!"

"Alright then..."

Hao Xuan muttered, he was about to stand up, when he thought of another problem:

"How to draw them..."

Mo Hua patiently said, "You just need to show your head, let them see you, then pretend to panic, turn around and run. They will definitely split off people to come chase and kill you."

"Will they be that stupid..." Hao Xuan was a little worried.

Mo Hua said, "They want to kill to silence witnesses and dare not let the news leak out, so as long as you show your face, they will chase you no matter what."

"What if they don't chase..."

"Then you scold them."

Hao Xuan was a little hesitant, "I'm not very good at scolding people..."

"It doesn't matter," Mo Hua's eyes lit up, "I'll teach you!"

Hao Xuan was startled, "Do you often scold people?"

Mo Hua immediately shook his head, "I don't scold people either, but I know an elder who is very skilled at scolding people. By chance, it just so happens that I remember some scolding words..."

Mo Hua secretly told Hao Xuan some scolding words.

After Hao Xuan listened, he was greatly shocked.

It was as if a frog at the bottom of a well had jumped out of the well's mouth. Only now did he realize that there could actually be people in this world who could scold others like this...

"Remembered?" Mo Hua asked.

Hao Xuan nodded solemnly.

"Good, go ahead!" Mo Hua said, "But you need to remember, there's no need to fight. Once others chase you, you turn around and run..."

"Okay!"

Thus, Hao Xuan mustered his courage, walked out of the mountain forest, stood at the edge of the forest, and shouted loudly towards the black-clothed cultivators surrounding Cheng Mo and the others:

"Cheng Mo! Hold on! I'm here!"

After that, he rushed towards the other side.

The black-clothed cultivators on the other side were stunned for an instant.

After that, they recognized Hao Xuan, and seeing that he wanted to throw himself into the net, their gazes became ferocious, and they drew their knives and sneered.

Hao Xuan was startled, and immediately turned back and ran.

The black-clothed cultivators looked at each other.

One of them frowned for a moment and said coldly, "Go chase him! Cannot let the news leak out!"

"Yes!"

Two black-clothed cultivators nodded in agreement, then drew their knives and chased after Hao Xuan.

Hao Xuan, according to Mo Hua's instructions, led these two people into the mountain forest, then turned left and right, hiding behind a large stone.

After that, there was a "boom" sound, and an explosion sound rang out on the flat ground.

A burst of violent spiritual power fluctuation was transmitted.

Hao Xuan shuddered in his heart, and when he looked up again, he saw that the two black-clothed cultivators were lying straight on the ground.

And Mo Hua, on the side, had already started using the fireball technique to finish them off.

The process was smooth, and the means were skilled.

Hao Xuan almost suspected that his "little senior brother" was a veteran at trapping, deceiving, kidnapping, killing, and robbing goods.

After Mo Hua finished them off, Hao Xuan immediately ran up, only to see Mo Hua with an unhappy face.

"Senior brother, what's wrong?"

Mo Hua pointed at the two black-clothed cultivators on the ground.

Hao Xuan took a look and found that these two people were already a blur of flesh and blood, their faces completely unrecognizable.

Their death state was exactly the same as the previous two black-clothed people.

"While alive, they couldn't sense the demonic qi, but as soon as they die, the demonic qi will lose control and pollute and corrode the flesh, blood, and spiritual power together..."

Mo Hua's expression was a little solemn.

Hao Xuan was also a little alarmed in his heart.

He was a child from an orthodox family. Before, he had only heard about the many evil and strange methods of the "demon path," but it was all just hearsay. Now, he had personally witnessed it.

It seemed that the dangers of cultivating the dao had suddenly become real...

Mo Hua, on the other hand, was not surprised.

He stood up and formulated another "enticement" route for Hao Xuan.

After that, Hao Xuan returned to the edge of the small stream in the mountains and shouted loudly towards the group of black-clothed people, "I'm back again!"

The black-clothed cultivators were stunned for a moment again.

But they didn't chase after him.

At this point, even a fool knew there was a problem.

Hao Xuan then remembered the words Mo Hua had taught him, and said loudly, but one by one, scolding:

"You bunch of useless things..."

"Cowards!"

"When you were born, did you not leave your guts and leave them all in your mother's womb?"

"Grandpa is scolding you like this, and you can still act like shrinking head turtles!"

"Perhaps your father is a turtle? You are all also offspring of green-headed bastards, so you can endure it?"

"Since that's the case, why not introduce your mother to me? Perhaps she can give birth to more turtle brothers for you..."

These words stunned the black-clothed cultivators.

Even Cheng Mo and the others were a little unbelievable.

This Hao Xuan... he hasn't been possessed, has he...

He usually doesn't scold people, how did his scolding skills advance by leaps and bounds in such a short time?

Cheng Mo and the others were a little confused.

The black-clothed cultivators came back to their senses, yet they couldn't stand it.

One person gritted his teeth and said, "Big brother, I'm going to kill that boy!"

"Cut him into pieces!"

The leading black-clothed cultivator frowned: "There must be a trick..."

Another black-clothed person nodded:

"The two brothers who chased just now are not seen now. I don't know if they were led away or fell into an ambush."

But someone else said angrily:

"I don't care! He humiliated me like this. Today, I must cut open his belly to vent the hatred in my heart!"

The leading black-clothed cultivator frowned: "No."

That person sneered, "Don't forget, you may not be qualified to command me. Before, I gave you face, so I listened to your orders, but in terms of identity, I may not be much worse than you!"

The leading black-clothed cultivator was angry: "You!"

But that black-clothed person ignored him, but pointed at two people himself:

"Let's go. Although we say we can't reveal our identities, with our background, we absolutely cannot suffer such humiliation!"

Thus, three black-clothed people chased after Hao Xuan to kill him.

And in the field, there were only four black-clothed cultivators left.

Four compared to three, although they still had an advantage, this advantage was already very weak.

Cheng Mo and the other three also gained a lot of confidence, seeing a chance to escape, and even a hope of counter-killing.

On the other side, three black-clothed people sneered viciously and chased after Hao Xuan.

They thought to themselves, three against one, it would be easy.

Even if there were some ambushes, as long as they were careful, there would be no big problem.

But they all didn't know who was waiting for them in this dark mountain forest...

Half an hour later.

The red light of the array flashed, and firelight filled the air.

After the smoke and dust dissipated.

These three black-clothed people with arrogant faces were also lying straight on the ground, having breathed their last.

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