Chapter 744: Tai'a

Refine Demon Mountain, outer mountain.

In a certain mountain forest, several disciples wearing Ta'a Gate Daoist robes walked slowly, their gazes vigilant, looking around.

The leading person was tall and straight, with a handsome and elegant face, holding a red-gold Huangfeng long sword in his hand.

It was Ouyang Feng, a senior brother from Ta'a Gate, whom Mo Hua had encountered when he first entered Taixu Gate.

There were also five other people.

Among the five, four were slightly older, with late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation, and were from the same batch as Ouyang Feng.

In addition, there was a small cultivator following behind, whose skin was slightly dark, looking somewhat thin and weak, with a rather wooden and tense expression.

The group walked for a while, and a senior sister from Ta'a Gate instructed the small cultivator:

"Xiao Mu, we can only take you twice to familiarize yourself with the terrain of Refine Demon Mountain. After that, hunting demons is up to you."

"The sword competition is in two years. Your senior brother is very busy and may not have time to look after you. Do you understand?"

The small cultivator called "Xiao Mu" secretly glanced at Ouyang Feng, who was walking in front, tall and straight with sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, and nodded slightly.

"Senior Sister Qian, I know," he said in a low voice.

This senior sister was named Ouyang Qian, and she was also from the Ouyang family. Hearing this, she smiled and patted Xiao Mu's head, instructing him:

"Refine Demon Mountain is dangerous. Be more careful."

"Okay."

Xiao Mu said nervously.

But he was naturally wooden and not good with words, so he didn't say much.

The group walked on and reached the mountainside. A long-faced senior brother from Ta'a Gate named Ma suddenly frowned and said:

"It's been a long time since I came to the outer mountain. How are all these mountain peaks occupied?"

Ouyang Feng's gaze shifted slightly.

The senior sister from Ta'a Gate named Ouyang Qian also released her divine sense and said in surprise after a moment: "How are there so many people in this mountain?"

They were all disciples in the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

Refine Demon Mountain is very large, and the demon hunting areas for disciples in the middle and late stages of Foundation Establishment are also different.

And because the mountain terrain is complex and the mountain paths are intricate, the routes up the mountain also vary for different demon hunting areas.

The mountain peak they were on was the outer low-grade demon beast area.

When Ouyang Feng and the others were still in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, they came here to hunt demons.

Later, they entered the inner mountain to hunt and kill demon beasts of the second grade and above, and then they stopped coming.

According to their previous experience, there shouldn't be too many disciples entering the mountain at this time, and the outer mountain should be relatively empty. Unexpectedly, there were so many disciples in the mountain.

"Disciples from He Sect?"

"Looking at the Daoist robes... Taixu Gate?"

Everyone looked at each other.

In the Qianxue State, the strongest are the four major sects.

But the four major sects in Refine Demon Mountain have special territories and generally do not interact with each other.

Besides the four major sects, they never expected that the ones who could occupy the mountain peaks were not the experts with heavy sword qi from the Twelve Streams' Break Gold Gate.

Nor were they other sects at the forefront of the Eight Great Gates.

It was actually Taixu Gate, which had always been lukewarm, not anxious or impatient, and was unknowingly on the verge of falling behind...

"How could it be Taixu Gate?"

"I don't know..."

"What powerful sword Dao inheritance does Taixu Gate have?"

"Our three sects have some origins historically. Ta'a casts swords, Chongxu has sword qi, and Taixu Gate is sword intent?"

"I don't know. The elders rarely mention it."

"Sword intent is too difficult, right? Foundation Establishment basically can't cultivate it, right?"

"Then what do they rely on to hunt demons?"

"Cultivating martial arts, or spells?"

Everyone had some puzzled expressions, so they continued to walk forward, but chose small paths, and their movements were also relatively hidden.

Only then did they see that on this road, team after team of Taixu Gate disciples, wearing unified armor, holding spirit tools, and advancing and retreating in an orderly manner, were coming and going in the mountains.

Although they were far away, they still saw some demon hunting scenes.

First, the disciples scouted, then stalked, and then set up array traps.

After the array exploded and the demon beast was severely injured, a group of disciples went up to surround and attack. Their actions were clean and neat, and their cooperation was very tacit, as if they had practiced many times before.

The people from Ta'a Gate were secretly alarmed.

This was not how sect disciples hunt demons.

Even if Dao soldiers came to hunt demons, they would not be more effective than this.

Moreover...

The long-faced senior brother from Ta'a Gate named Ma frowned and said: "Taixu Gate, when did they specialize in array methods?"

The traps used for ambush, the armor worn, the spirit tools held.

Without exception, all of them had specialized arrays drawn on them.

Based on the habits of demon beasts, the characteristics of traps, and the structure of spirit tools, they specially designed array diagrams, refined them into tools, standardized them into demon hunting processes, and could promote them among disciples...

This was fundamentally not something ordinary disciples could do.

They knew the difficulties involved in hunting and killing demon beasts from the beginning, stumbling along the way.

They also knew the terrifying advantage of this complete set of demon hunting processes.

Taixu Gate's "demon hunting," compared to the disciples of other sects, was already a completely different concept.

Ouyang Feng's eyes showed contemplation, and he instructed:

"Go back and tell the next batch of junior brothers to avoid these mountain peaks in Refine Demon Mountain, and don't easily provoke the disciples of Taixu Gate."

Although Ta'a Gate and Taixu Gate have some origins, they are now two sects after all.

Since they were separated, their feelings would eventually fade.

What's more, the disciples below never paid attention to these things.

Disciples of the same sect still fight openly and secretly and have friction, not to mention disciples of different sects.

And in Refine Demon Mountain, cultivators hunting demons, skinning materials, and earning merits are always prone to disputes.

If their own sect disciples really had a conflict with Taixu Gate disciples, according to the current situation, they would definitely suffer heavy losses.

Taixu Gate's hunting method, with five people per team, refined arrays, and complete spirit tools, advancing and retreating in an orderly manner like Dao soldiers, was more than enough to deal with powerful demon beasts, let alone cultivators.

If it were really used to target cultivators, the situation would be unimaginable.

Since this was the case, it was best to avoid it in advance to prevent conflict between disciples of both sides, forming enmity, and leading to an uncontrollable situation.

What's more, Ouyang Feng himself had a shallow friendship with the disciples of the same batch from Taixu Gate.

Thinking of the origins of their ancestors again, both emotionally and rationally, he did not want these junior brothers and sisters to become enemies with Taixu Gate.

"Okay."

The other Ta'a Gate disciples said solemnly.

Ouyang Feng looked around, glanced at Xiao Mu beside him, and said:

"These mountain peaks are all occupied by Taixu Gate. I'll take you to a more remote place and personally kill some demon beasts for you to see..."

He patted Xiao Mu's shoulder, "After that, it's up to you."

"Okay!" Xiao Mu nodded solemnly.

Ouyang Feng's expression showed a trace of gentleness, but in the depths of his eyes, there was worry.

Afterward, the Ta'a Gate group crossed several mountain peaks, left Taixu Gate's territory, reached the edge of the mountain forest, and worked together to kill two demon beasts.

Ouyang Feng remained silent.

Ouyang Qian then told Xiao Mu the precautions for hunting demons one by one.

Xiao Mu listened carefully.

"You've just entered the mountain, your experience is still shallow, and your methods are unskilled. Remember not to be too greedy. At first, just kill powerful demon beasts like tigers, leopards, and bears."

"You should start by killing weak demon beasts..."

"Demon beasts are cunning. You must be very vigilant. You can't relax until the demon beast is completely dead, otherwise, it will cause a big disaster."

"Some demon beasts have thick skin and a lot of blood, and some have strange demon power, either attacking at close range or spitting water, fire, or poisonous gas from a distance. Be prepared beforehand."

"Remember, you can't entangle with demon beasts alone."

"At least form a team of five, and then..."

Ouyang Qian was patiently speaking to Xiao Mu when she suddenly started, looked up, and saw a golden light flash in the sky, followed by sword qi overflowing and bursting outward.

A gray eagle was minced by the sword qi, bursting into a cloud of blood mist, and fell with a thud.

Ouyang Feng's pupils shrank slightly.

The expressions of the other people also changed.

"Imperial Sword!"

Ouyang Qian's beautiful eyes were slightly surprised, and she murmured:

"Such a fast imperial sword!"

"The distance is also outside a hundred zhang. Peak Foundation Establishment? Or Gold Core?"

"The sword qi hasn't crystallized yet. It doesn't look like Gold Core..."

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"This is the outer mountain of Refine Demon Mountain. Who exactly is using imperial sword?"

Several people had grave expressions.

Xiao Mu recalled the sharp sword light of the imperial sword that had just broken through the air, and his face was full of admiration.

"This imperial sword is so powerful... I just don't know why the quality of the spirit sword is a bit poor..."

He said silently in his heart.

In Ta'a Gate, the long-faced senior brother named Ma, with slightly narrowed eyes, said to Ouyang Feng: "Golden sword light, mixed with metal and stone qi. It seems to be the sword arts of Break Gold Gate..."

"This person is likely an expert sword cultivator from Break Gold Gate."

Senior Brother Ma paused and then said, "Brother Feng, how about we go make friends?"

Ouyang Feng's gaze sank slightly.

The others were also startled, "Break Gold Gate?"

"What's the point of making friends with Break Gold Gate?"

"Break Gold Gate is narrow-minded and has a bad reputation. If it's really someone from Break Gold Gate, even if their sword arts are good, they're probably not good people. Different paths, different goals. There's no need to make friends."

Senior Brother Ma shook his head, "How can it be so arbitrary? A sect is a sect, and an individual is an individual. There are ultimately differences."

"Moreover, in recent years, our Ta'a Gate has forged ahead and is already ranked first among the Eight Great Gates."

"Break Gold Gate is similarly ambitious. Although it is ranked among the Twelve Streams, it is actually no worse than the Eight Great Gates."

"Our Ta'a Gate, if we want to go further, cannot do without making friends widely. How can we inherently reject other sects because of sect biases?"

"Senior Brother Ma... is indeed reasonable," Ouyang Qian pondered slightly, looked at Ouyang Feng, "Big Brother Feng, what do you think?"

Ouyang Feng silently glanced at Senior Brother Ma, his gaze somewhat obscure, not knowing what he was thinking, and finally nodded and said:

"Let's go take a look."

He also wanted to know when Break Gold Gate produced such a genius who could use imperial sword to chop down a gray eagle from a distance.

If such a person was not a Dao friend, he would definitely be a great enemy in the future.

The group followed the mountain path towards the direction where the gray eagle demon fell, but when they approached, they were all stunned.

Even that Senior Brother Ma was speechless.

At the place where the gray eagle fell, there was no expert imperial sword user from Break Gold Gate.

Only a small cultivator was skinning it.

He held a small knife in his fair and tender hands, slowly shaving off the eagle's feathers and cutting its skin and flesh.

Seeing Ouyang Feng and the others arrive, he raised his head, revealing a young face with eyebrows like a painting, but already with a hint of heroic spirit, and said with a smile:

"Senior Brother Feng, long time no see!"

The people from Ta'a Gate were astonished and all looked at Ouyang Feng.

Ouyang Feng was also startled. When he saw the young face clearly, he said in surprise: "Mo Hua?"

"Yeah." Mo Hua nodded with a smile.

Ouyang Feng's gaze moved away from Mo Hua's body and looked at the bloodstains on the ground, the already gutted fierce eagle demon, then raised his head again and looked at Mo Hua, saying in quite some surprise:

"This eagle..."

"I picked it up!"

Mo Hua's lie came out of his mouth.

It wasn't that he wanted to lie, but if he told the truth, saying that he had learned imperial sword, used breaking air imperial sword, and chopped down this eagle demon, others wouldn't believe it.

Moreover, it was better to keep a low profile if possible, otherwise, it would be very troublesome to explain.

The expressions of the Ta'a Gate people were complex.

Walking in the mountains, just happened to have an eagle-class demon beast, chopped down by someone, falling in front of you, letting you pick it up...

Where is such a good thing?

But... if he didn't pick it up, could it be that he killed it?

This was even more impossible.

In the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, what kind of sword could he use? Moreover, there was no sword qi on his body, and he clearly wasn't a sword cultivator.

Ouyang Feng looked around in all directions and asked again: "Are there any other cultivators nearby?"

Mo Hua shook his head, "I don't know about that."

Ouyang Feng released his divine sense and scanned in all directions, finding no traces of other people.

He again sized up Mo Hua, his eyebrows jumped, and he asked: "You... didn't enter the mountain alone, did you?"

If it were others, he would definitely not think this way.

But if it were Mo Hua...

He had previously done missions with Mo Hua and knew that this little junior brother looked innocent, but was bold and careful, with many schemes, and dared to think and act.

Entering Refine Demon Mountain alone, he might not be unable to do it.

Mo Hua had indeed entered the mountain alone.

He wanted to practice imperial sword alone.

One sword, one eagle, a net gain of eight hundred merits.

This kind of thing was not suitable for bringing others, and there was no need to bring others.

But strictly speaking, he wasn't really alone in the mountain.

All over the mountains were his "little junior brothers," scattered on nearby mountain peaks, so he was like a fish in water in the mountain.

"Not exactly," Mo Hua pointed towards the mountain peak behind him, "I have many little brothers."

Ouyang Feng and the others were all startled, not knowing what this little junior brother was saying...

What did "have many little brothers" mean?

But Ouyang Qian and the others were not familiar with Mo Hua and couldn't ask too many questions.

Ouyang Feng was relatively familiar with Mo Hua, but it was not convenient to reminisce in front of the other disciples of Ta'a Gate.

And on the other side, Mo Hua had already skillfully skinned and deboned the gray eagle, stuffing all the materials into his storage bag.

Although he said that the eagle was picked up by him.

But even if it was picked up, it was still his!

Since it was his, he wanted to put it into his storage bag early to avoid any unexpected changes.

Seeing Mo Hua's lively eyes and his never-lose-anything appearance, Ouyang Feng couldn't help but laugh and shake his head, a gentle smile outlining the corners of his mouth.

He turned his head again and looked at the dull Xiao Mu beside him, sighing slightly in his heart.

This child Mu, if he had half of Mo Hua's cleverness... no, even one-fifth would be good.

He wouldn't suffer losses so easily in the future.

"It's getting late, we'll leave first and won't disturb you," Ouyang Feng said, then looked at Mo Hua and instructed, "Be careful in the mountain."

"Okay, okay." Mo Hua nodded, "Senior Brother Feng, rest assured."

Ouyang Feng said no more and walked out towards another mountain path, but he didn't walk long before he suddenly stopped.

One scene after another from Refine Demon Mountain floated in his mind again.

Taixu Gate's disciples, entering the mountain to hunt demons in advance...

Traps, armor, spirit tools... all with arrays on them.

Standardized hunting.

Mo Hua just said, "I have many little brothers..."

Ouyang Feng's heart trembled, and his expression was quite unbelievable.

"Could it be..."

Ouyang Feng couldn't help but turn his head and look at Mo Hua again.

Mo Hua had already packed the gray eagle. His body was slim, his face was white and clean, but his hands were stained with demon blood, and his face was calm.

Looking at the dead fierce gray eagle in front of him, it was as if he was looking at a chicken he had just killed...

Ouyang Feng's pupils shrank, and he immediately said:

"Mo Hua."

Mo Hua was startled and looked at Ouyang Feng with some confusion. He saw that Ouyang Feng pondered for a moment, then pulled a small Ta'a Gate disciple with slightly dark skin and a thin build to the side, and said warmly:

"This is Ouyang Mu, he is my younger brother..."

A trace of pain flashed in Ouyang Feng's eyes, then he smiled at Mo Hua and said, "If you meet in the mountain in the future, I'll have to trouble you to take care of him a bit."

As soon as these words came out, Ouyang Mu was slightly startled.

The other Ta'a Gate disciples were also all shocked.

Ouyang Feng was from the direct line of Ta'a Gate, with a superior spiritual root and excellent talent, and was quite respected by the disciples of the same sect.

Although he looked amiable and elegant, he was proud in his heart and never asked people for favors.

But he never expected that today he would actually speak to a small cultivator from a lower batch and another sect, asking him to take care of his younger brother.

This was beyond everyone's expectations.

Mo Hua didn't feel anything.

He had a very good relationship with Senior Brother Feng, and he had followed him and mixed in with many tasks at the beginning, receiving quite a bit of care from Senior Brother Feng.

Now taking care of his younger brother a bit was also appropriate.

"Okay, okay." Mo Hua nodded repeatedly, "Senior Brother Feng, rest assured. If I have the opportunity, I will definitely take good care of him."

Mo Hua looked at the thin and dark small cultivator beside Ouyang Feng again and silently remembered his name:

Ouyang Mu.

(End of this chapter)

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