Chapter 756: Divine Path Forest

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Mo Hua cultivated while attending classes, and at the same time waited quietly.

He was waiting for Elder Xun to come find him.

Logically, he had told Elder Song about the demon cultivator matter, and Elder Song had then told Elder Xun.

Elder Xun was the duty elder of Lian Yao Mountain.

By rights, he should have come to find Mo Hua to ask questions and inquire about the specific situation, both emotionally and logically.

After all, the demon cultivator matter was no small thing, especially since it was happening inside Lian Yao Mountain.

But Mo Hua waited for a long time, and there was no movement at all.

It was as if the entire sect didn't take it seriously.

Elder Xun also completely failed to come find him.

Mo Hua touched his chin and pondered in his heart.

Not coming to find him indicated two possibilities:

One was that this Elder Xun was a "slacker," neglecting his duties, and fundamentally didn't care about the matters of Lian Yao Mountain, only wanting to muddle through.

But this was impossible.

The demon cultivator matter was very serious. Even if Elder Xun neglected his duties, it was impossible for him not to realize the seriousness of this problem.

Moreover, his surname was Xun, and he was a descendant of Old Mister Xun.

With Old Mister Xun's strict character, if this Elder Xun was truly so lazy, he wouldn't even have the qualifications to be an elder.

That left the other possibility:

This Elder Xun already knew about the demon cultivator matter.

Perhaps... he had always been watching from the side.

Because he already knew everything, there was no need to ask Mo Hua again.

To a certain extent, this also verified Mo Hua's guess.

Mo Hua's eyes flickered slightly, and he couldn't help but start thinking...

Inside the mountain gate hall of Lian Yao Mountain.

It was time for the ten-day break again, and disciples from various sects came to enter the mountain to hunt demons.

Xun Ziyou also came on duty early.

According to custom, an hour later, Mo Hua would come to the mountain gate, and then, either in groups of three or five, or alone, leisurely enter the mountain.

After entering the mountain, he would either hunt demons, practice swords, or tinker with some strange and peculiar things.

And before that, he had a little time to brew a pot of tea, look at the mountain scenery, and then read the reports copied by the Dao Ting Division, and see how the war situation in the barbaric wilderness was progressing.

Xun Ziyou entered the mountain gate, brewed tea, and had just sat down. He glanced towards the window and couldn't help but tremble, spilling tea all over the floor.

Hanging on the window was a handsome head.

Mo Hua was just lying on the window sill, looking at him with bright eyes.

Xun Ziyou took a deep breath, his eyelids twitched, and he said without a good spirit: "You child, what are you doing so early in the morning?"

He had just been brewing tea, in a leisurely mood, and completely didn't realize that Mo Hua would be lying on the window.

Mo Hua supported himself on the window sill with both hands and said very seriously:

"Elder Xun, I have a very important matter to discuss with you!"

Xun Ziyou was startled, gently sighed, and waved his hand: "Come in then."

Mo Hua then jumped down from the window sill and walked into the room.

"Want some tea?" Xun Ziyou asked.

Mo Hua nodded.

"Sit down," Xun Ziyou said, then personally poured a cup of tea for Mo Hua, "Tell me, what is this important matter?"

Mo Hua took a sip of tea, feeling the taste was not bad, but a bit hot, so he quietly put down the teacup, then said with a serious face, getting straight to the point:

"Elder Xun, there's a dangerous demon cultivator inside Lian Yao Mountain!"

Xun Ziyou was stunned.

So that's all it was, and he made it sound so important.

"Oh," Xun Ziyou responded softly.

"Elder, you already know?"

Mo Hua's gaze was like a torch, his eyes clear and transparent, staring at Xun Ziyou's expression.

Xun Ziyou didn't know why, but being looked at by Mo Hua made his heart a little uneasy, and for a moment he subconsciously said:

"Still don't know..."

"But," Mo Hua's eyes lit up, "Didn't Elder Song tell you?"

Xun Ziyou was stunned.

Oh no, he had forgotten about this matter...

Elder Song had indeed mentioned it to him.

But he already knew about this matter clearly, so he just vaguely responded and didn't take it to heart.

But now he had contradicted himself.

He couldn't reveal that he was tracking Mo Hua, so he couldn't know about the demon cultivator matter.

But Elder Song had mentioned it to him, so he "should" have already known about the demon cultivator matter.

Xun Ziyou's head hurt a little.

It was over, he had been trapped by this child!

His thoughts quickly turned, and then he said with a solemn expression:

"Elder Song did say something, but this matter is quite dangerous and not something you disciples should be concerned about, so I couldn't tell you."

Xun Ziyou again raised his head and looked at the sky, "It's getting late, go into the mountain early, go early and return early..."

Xun Ziyou wanted to send Mo Hua away early.

"Okay." Mo Hua nodded, finished the tea in the teacup, stood up and walked away.

Xun Ziyou breathed a sigh of relief.

This child was so young, why was he like an "old fox"? He had to be on guard when talking to him.

However, it was a success in muddling through.

Xun Ziyou said silently in his heart.

But Mo Hua only walked halfway, then turned back again, looking at him with a deep gaze, as if thinking.

Xun Ziyou's heart tightened, "What is it now?"

Mo Hua thought for a moment and asked:

"Elder Xun, that demon cultivator drilled into a piece of mountain forest. I'm going to look later, do you want to go together?"

Xun Ziyou's eyelids twitched, he struggled for a moment, and finally sighed.

"Okay then."

This child was full of tricks. If he really went, he couldn't stop him even if he wanted to.

Rather than that, it was better to follow along, it would be safer.

Moreover, Mo Hua formally invited him.

He was going with him with the identity of "Elder Xun" to investigate the demon cultivator matter.

Not with the identity of a secret "bodyguard."

So, it didn't count as a leak, and it didn't violate the ancestor's instructions.

Xun Ziyou found an excuse for himself in his heart.

"Elder Xun, let's go then."

After Mo Hua finished speaking, he swaggered and walked ahead.

Xun Ziyou followed behind, looking at Mo Hua's generous back, and for a moment his heart was a little puzzled again.

This child... wouldn't have guessed his identity, would he?

No way...

Xun Ziyou frowned.

Inside Lian Yao Mountain.

Mo Hua led the way, and after about half an hour, the two arrived at that dense forest.

This time he had a "bodyguard," and Mo Hua was full of confidence.

Looking at the mountain forest in front, Xun Ziyou still wanted to pretend and asked: "Did that demon cultivator really drill into this piece of mountain forest?"

Mo Hua looked at him silently.

Xun Ziyou was a little embarrassed by Mo Hua's gaze and sighed helplessly in his heart.

Forget it...

He then asked: "Can you find that demon cultivator?"

Mo Hua shook his head, "Not yet."

He looked into the distance, taking in the dense mountain forest, "There's an array set up inside this mountain forest. I have to first restore the array, research it, and then I can find the path into the deep forest, and I can also find the whereabouts of that demon cultivator."

Xun Ziyou nodded slightly, thinking in his heart that his guess was correct.

There was indeed an array set up inside this mountain forest to cover divine sense probing.

Xun Ziyou asked: "Do you know what kind of array is set up inside this mountain forest?"

Mo Hua nodded, "It's a special divine path array. Through the underlying array patterns, it transforms the form of divine sense to achieve the effect of restraining, sealing, and suppressing divine thought power..."

Xun Ziyou had a blank expression.

Divine path array?

Where was there such a thing as a "divine path" array in the existing inheritance system of the Two Instruments, Three Talents, Four Images, Five Elements, Six Trigrams, Seven Stars, and Eight Trigrams arrays?

Although he was not proficient in arrays, it didn't mean he was completely ignorant of them.

Moreover, his ancestor was a top-tier Fifth Grade Array Master in Taixu Gate, and one of the few in the entire Qian Xue State.

Under the influence of what he had heard and seen, even if he hadn't eaten pork, he had at least seen pigs run.

He couldn't draw arrays, but he knew something about their origins.

But he had cultivated to this day and had never heard of the four words "divine path array."

Even his ancestor had never mentioned it.

Xun Ziyou looked at Mo Hua, who was speaking confidently, and almost thought that this Foundation Establishment small disciple was seriously talking nonsense to him...

Mo Hua was talking and talking, then raised his head and looked at Xun Ziyou. Seeing his strange expression, he realized something and asked:

"Elder, do you know about divine path arrays?"

Xun Ziyou was stuck by the question.

He struggled internally for a moment, then coughed and calmly nodded, "Slightly heard of it..."

Mo Hua nodded and praised: "As expected of an elder, you know so much."

Xun Ziyou wasn't happy at all.

He, a dignified late-stage Golden Core Elder, actually had to rely on telling this little lie to save face in front of a disciple.

Mo Hua didn't know what Xun Ziyou was thinking, but continued:

"I'm still not sure exactly what kind of divine path array this is. I have to go inside this mountain forest, find the place where the array is set up, copy down the array patterns one by one, and then research them..."

Hearing this, Xun Ziyou felt a surge of emotion.

A "professional" array master was probably like this...

Xun Ziyou nodded and said: "Okay, I'll go in with you. You just have to find the array, you don't need to worry about anything else."

Mo Hua smiled brightly, "Thank you, Elder Xun!"

With a late-stage Golden Core acting as a "bodyguard," he felt more at ease and could openly "harvest vegetables"!

Mo Hua stepped into the mountain forest.

Xun Ziyou followed behind.

The two strolled like this for about half an hour, but Mo Hua's brows slowly furrowed.

"No..."

Clearly, in his perception, the divine path array was not just inside the mountain forest, but everywhere. But after entering the mountain forest and searching for half a day, he still hadn't found a single array medium.

Not only Mo Hua, but Xun Ziyou was also very puzzled.

He said there was an array, but where was the array?

The entire mountain forest was empty, and sweeping with divine sense yielded nothing.

Xun Ziyou turned his gaze to Mo Hua, just about to say something, when he saw Mo Hua suddenly start, turn around and walk to a large tree, his expression thoughtful.

Xun Ziyou also walked closer and looked at the tree.

This was a Second Grade old tree, with a lifespan of several hundred years. Its bark was mottled, its branches and leaves towered, and it was about as thick as five people hugging it.

"Is there something wrong with this tree?"

"Yes," Mo Hua nodded, and said with certainty: "If I'm not mistaken, the array is hidden inside, and it's not a general method of concealment."

If it were a general method of concealment, with his experience, he would have seen it long ago.

Mo Hua thought: "Perhaps... these arrays were carved inside the tree when it was still small, and then as time passed, as the tree gradually grew, the array and the tree merged, their aura completely one, so others couldn't discover them."

Xun Ziyou was secretly alarmed.

Could there be such a careful method of setting up an array?

Could Mo Hua, this child, actually see through it to this extent?

And...

Xun Ziyou's gaze slightly condensed.

If this was really the case, it meant that someone had started setting up this array in Lian Yao Mountain several hundred years ago.

Mo Hua obviously also thought of this point, so he asked:

"Elder Xun, can you tell exactly how old these trees are?"

He himself hadn't planted trees and wasn't too clear.

But Elder Xun was the elder of Lian Yao Mountain and should know more than him.

Xun Ziyou looked at the towering big tree in front again, pondered slightly, and slowly said:

"Looking at the appearance, it's probably four or five hundred years old..."

"Four or five hundred years..." Mo Hua frowned.

This age was a bit distant.

Xun Ziyou saw Mo Hua's brows furrow tightly and couldn't help but ask: "Is there something you want to say?"

Mo Hua thought for a moment and nodded:

"Four or five hundred years indicates that someone started planning very, very early, setting up a divine path array in this mountain forest to hide traces, and then providing a hiding place for demon cultivators."

"I just don't know why they did this..."

Xun Ziyou's expression was solemn, as if thinking.

Mo Hua looked at Xun Ziyou, thinking in his heart that he had only reminded him up to this point.

There were more things he couldn't say.

Xun Ziyou also silently remembered this matter in his heart, planning to investigate thoroughly after returning.

But the priority was still what Mo Hua called, this "divine path array."

Xun Ziyou asked Mo Hua:

"Do you want me to chop open the tree for you to see the array inside?"

"No need," Mo Hua said, "The movement would be too big, and this mountain forest array is very likely to be centered around divine thought, with trees as hubs, echoing each other, moving one hair and affecting the whole body. If we chop the tree, it's estimated that it will affect the divine thought flow, thereby feeding back to the array hub and alerting the enemy."

"And another possibility is that the trees serve as array mediums, fitting together with the array as one. If the tree breaks, the array inside might also fail..."

Xun Ziyou nodded as if he understood but didn't.

What this child said was a bit profound, and he actually didn't understand it very well.

Anyway, the tree couldn't be chopped.

"Then what will you do?" Xun Ziyou asked.

If he couldn't chop the tree, he couldn't see the array patterns, so how could he learn the array?

"I'll just look," Mo Hua replied.

"Look?"

Xun Ziyou was stunned.

How to look?

Just as Xun Ziyou was puzzled, he saw Mo Hua sit cross-legged, take out paper and pen, and stare directly at the big tree with a thoughtful expression.

At the same time, Mo Hua's body revealed a strange and profound aura.

This was completely different from the feeling he had given people before.

Xun Ziyou's pupils slightly shrank.

This aura...

Elder Xun also counted as "one of his own," so Mo Hua didn't hide some of his methods.

Of course, Elder Xun was not an array master, nor did he follow the path of proving the Dao with divine sense, so even if he used some divine thought methods, Elder Xun shouldn't be able to see the details.

Mo Hua fused the Heavenly Mechanism Strange Calculations and Heavenly Mechanism Derivation Calculations, his gaze was distinct in black and white, then fused into one, concentrating on the big tree, analyzing the array aura that was completely integrated with the big tree.

This aura was wrapped in the deepest part by the tree's wood qi.

Covered by layer upon layer of barriers.

Mo Hua derived calculation by calculation, his divine sense seeping in layer by layer.

Finally, he didn't know how long it took, but Mo Hua perceived some pale white aura.

This aura was not the spirit qi of grass and wood, nor the spirit power of the array, but the aura of divine thought.

But these divine thought auras were pale white, fog-like divine thought, just the divine thought of ordinary cultivators, not yet transformed.

Moreover, although these divine thoughts were pale white, they were cold and icy, and seemed a bit evil.

Obviously, the cultivators who drew these arrays were not proper people.

Moreover, there was even a trace of the Great Wild Evil God's aura within.

This trace of aura was very hidden, almost imperceptible.

If Mo Hua hadn't fought with the Great Wild Evil God for so long, and also eaten offerings, divine skeletons, and incarnations of the evil god, and swallowed quite a bit of the Great Wild Evil God's divine marrow.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to perceive it.

"Indeed... on the surface, there are no traces of the Great Wild Evil God anywhere, but in the dark, His shadow is everywhere..."

Mo Hua sighed slightly in his heart.

Then he calmed his heart and began to derive calculations while recording the array patterns.

Xun Ziyou stood silently behind him, on one hand being alert to the nearby mountain forest, seeing if any demon cultivators or dangerous demon beasts appeared, endangering Mo Hua's safety.

On the other hand, he was also looking out of the corner of his eye to see what Mo Hua was recording.

But soon he discovered that he couldn't understand what he was seeing...

This was a very alternative array pattern, completely different from any array system he knew.

Stroke by stroke, although it formed a system on its own, it could build into a complete array logic.

But looking at it, it was completely unclear.

Xun Ziyou suddenly felt a little fortunate in his heart.

It was a good thing he didn't stubbornly learn arrays at the beginning of his cultivation and listen to his ancestor's instructions to become an array master.

Otherwise, if he had learned arrays until today and discovered that he couldn't understand the arrays drawn by a one- or two-grade small array master, wouldn't his Dao heart completely collapse?

Xun Ziyou sighed, took a deep look at Mo Hua, then put away his thoughts and stopped looking at what Mo Hua was drawing—he couldn't understand it anyway, but he used all his energy to guard the surroundings and look for hidden dangers.

Before, he still thought his ancestor was making a fuss, sending a late-stage Golden Core like himself to secretly take care of a Foundation Establishment middle-stage little ghost.

Now it seemed that with such array talent, it was already not bad that his ancestor hadn't sent a Feather Transformation Realm to secretly protect him...

So, after the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Mo Hua recorded most of the divine path array on a tree, then put away his pen and ink, stood up, and said:

"Let's go ahead."

Xun Ziyou looked around and nodded.

Mo Hua walked to the front, looked left and right, then found another big tree, continued to sit down, and derived and recorded the array patterns one by one.

Xun Ziyou still guarded by his side.

So, they calculated for a whole day, and Mo Hua recorded a thick stack of array patterns.

During this time, it was always calm, with no demon cultivators or other dangers.

The sun set over the mountains, and the sky was also quickly darkening.

Xun Ziyou then said: "Let's go back first."

"Okay," Mo Hua agreed.

Before clarifying the deep secrets of this dense forest, it was best not to stay in the forest overnight.

The two then walked back.

Xun Ziyou always sent Mo Hua to the mountain gate and said goodbye to Mo Hua: "I still have to stay in the mountain, you go back to the sect yourself, be careful on the way."

"Okay," Mo Hua nodded.

Xun Ziyou thought for a moment, then said again: "Tomorrow is still the ten-day break, if you still want to enter the mountain forest and copy the array, remember to come find me, I'll take you in."

Mo Hua's eyes lit up, and he laughed: "Thank you, Elder Xun!"

Elder Xun nodded slightly.

After that, Mo Hua walked alone, leaving Lian Yao Mountain and heading towards Taixu Gate.

As he walked, Mo Hua expected in his heart.

He wanted to return to the sect early, sort and research the thick stack of divine path array patterns he had copied down, and see if he could restore the complete divine path array set up in the dense forest.

Moreover, this divine path array was obviously much more profound than the divine path array he had obtained in the small fishing village before.

If he guessed correctly, the function of this divine path array would also be of great use to him!

Mo Hua's lips curved into a smile, his footsteps light, and he hadn't even reached Taixu Gate when he met an acquaintance on the road.

It was Ouyang Mu.

With Ouyang Mu was another Tai A Gate disciple, who seemed to be a grade higher, his body shape was tall and thin, and his face was also long.

Mo Hua greeted: "Little Wooden Head."

The Ouyang Mu in front heard, turned around and saw Mo Hua, his expression involuntarily showed joy, and he quickly greeted:

"Senior Brother Mo."

The Tai A Gate disciple with the long face beside him saw the situation, his expression a little surprised.

Mo Hua walked closer, and Ouyang Mu then introduced:

"This is Senior Brother Ma from our Tai A Gate, he's the same grade as my elder brother."

Mo Hua then remembered that he had seen this "Senior Brother Ma" from Tai A Gate when he first entered Lian Yao Mountain and met Senior Brother Feng.

Mo Hua greeted according to general etiquette.

That Senior Brother Ma also returned the greeting.

"Senior Brother Ma was entrusted by my elder brother to bring me some cultivation necessities like pills, spirit tools, and jade slips..."

Ouyang Mu said with a smile.

Although he had such an excellent elder brother and was compared to him every day, Ouyang Mu was under great pressure and also received quite a few cold shoulders.

But he still respected and yearned for his elder brother very much.

Ouyang Mu had also just come out of Lian Yao Mountain and wanted to return to the sect, so they were just on the same road.

Mo Hua walked with Ouyang Mu for a while, chatting about some trivial matters of Lian Yao Mountain.

The Senior Brother Ma beside him, on the other hand, spoke little, and there was a trace of caution in his gaze.

When they reached the road intersection, Mo Hua said goodbye to them.

Ouyang Mu and Senior Brother Ma returned to Tai A Gate.

Mo Hua then entered Taixu Gate.

Just as he entered the mountain gate, Mo Hua's face gradually grew cold, and there was a trace of solemnity in his gaze.

He had just perceived a trace of...

Evil god aura from that "Senior Brother Ma".

(End of this chapter)

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