Chapter 761: Copper Coin

In the pitch black of the late night, there was an oppressive and dead silence. But Mo Hua could see the scarlet Qi energy in the night, and vaguely heard the low roars and hisses of demon beasts.

After that, the white bone ground trembled. Blood-colored array patterns connected to each other, and a wave of evil and strange divine sense aura emanated from afar. On the ground, a long passage built with white bones appeared. This passage, like a giant snake, snaked through a blood-colored stream and a white bone riverbank, leading to the farthest point, the gate of Wan Yao Gu.

Mo Hua was shocked and immediately understood. Although he couldn't see the concrete array patterns, the flow of the array method's divine sense power gave him a very clear feeling. He had seen this array method! It was precisely the divine path array method drawn on the bone bricks in front of the dry well in the blood-colored small fishing village, used for "opening the door". Only the array method on this long white bone passage was larger in scale, more complex in array patterns, and higher in rank. Moreover, it was also more evil and strange.

The sixteenth full moon, the blood stream boiled, and the white bone passage manifested. The demon cultivators bowed their heads and clasped their hands in front of the path, exceptionally respectful. After an unknown amount of time, an old, hoarse voice like a wild beast sounded: "Set out."

Then, one by one, the demon cultivators began to walk onto the white bone passage like dispirited walking corpses, taking slow steps. The demon cultivators walking in front had extremely heavy demonic energy, obviously higher in status. They walked empty-handed. The demon cultivators behind either carried the corpses of demon beasts or shouldered huge storage bags. Among them were also those dragging carts. On the carts were extremely tough second-grade iron cages, and imprisoned inside the cages were some injured, rare second-grade demon beasts. These demon beasts were alive, but tightly bound by iron chains with sharp barbs piercing into their flesh, making them fundamentally unable to move. Following at the edge were just some scattered demon cultivators with no status. All the demon cultivators, wrapped in black robes one by one, walked on the white bone passage like walking corpses, dutiful and respectful, and dared not overstep by half a step. It seemed only this passage could enter Wan Yao Gu. Once they stepped wrong, they would suffer ten thousand calamities and never recover.

Xun Ziyou sent a message to Mo Hua saying: "We'll follow at the very back to go in..." The demon cultivators at the back were weaker in strength and also weaker in perception. Even if they were discovered, it would be easy to escape. If they mixed in front where powerful demon cultivators gathered, if any accident happened and a flaw was exposed, they would inevitably fall into the siege of these demon beasts. He was in the late stage of Golden Core, so he wasn't afraid. But Mo Hua was only in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, and not a body cultivator. He was extremely "fragile" and extremely precious, unable to be bumped, touched, or even lose a single hair. He definitely couldn't be allowed to take risks.

Mo Hua also nodded honestly. Wan Yao Gu was dangerous, so he definitely had to follow behind Elder Xun. The two waited for a while longer, looking at the full moon in the night. The team of demon cultivators on the blood stream bone path gradually went farther, and the demon cultivators following at the back were also sparse and increasingly few. Mo Hua was just preparing to move and follow when Xun Ziyou suddenly pulled him. Mo Hua turned his head, somewhat puzzled, only to see Xun Ziyou's solemn face, and he said in a low voice: "Someone from the valley has come out!" Mo Hua felt a chill in his heart, and before long, he indeed discovered a wave of astonishing demonic energy surge up from afar.

Golden Core demon cultivator! Mo Hua's pupils contracted. He turned his body to look in the direction of the aura, only to see that the demonic energy in the direction of Wan Yao Gu suddenly thickened, and two powerful figures appeared in the haze.

"Two Golden Core demon cultivator elders?!" Mo Hua was shocked. The demon cultivators entering the valley all stopped their steps and prostrated themselves in kowtow. They knelt on the ground, arching their backs and waists, like humble "human ladders". The two demon cultivator elders stepped on these kneeling demon cultivators, transforming into two bloody winds, and directly rushed out of the valley. For a time, a sea of blood boiled, and demon cries rose from all sides.

Xun Ziyou's gaze solidified, and he blocked Mo Hua behind him. Mo Hua hid behind Elder Xun, quietly poking his head out and narrowing his eyes to steal a peek. He saw two scarlet blood lights wrapping around two figures, getting closer and closer. The powerful demonic force pressure made Mo Hua's scalp tingle slightly. He saw these two demon cultivator elders, like two running demon beasts, getting closer and closer. In the blink of an eye, they were already less than four or five hundred zhang away. Xun Ziyou's gaze was slightly cold, and he tightly gripped the spiritual sword treasure connected to his heart in his hand. The Golden Core spiritual power also began to silently operate. The atmosphere was stagnant for a time. Mo Hua was also a little nervous.

Just at this moment, those two demon cultivator elders turned their escape light and, without any hesitation, escaped towards the dense forest outside. They looked quite urgent. Xun Ziyou's hand gripping the spiritual sword loosened a bit, but his gaze was still somewhat solemn, and at the same time, there was also a hint of doubt. After the two demon cultivator elders disappeared, Mo Hua quietly asked: "What did those two bad egg elders go to do?"

Xun Ziyou shook his head slightly. "Looking at their appearance, they seem to have an urgent matter?" Mo Hua said. Xun Ziyou thought for a moment, and suddenly a feeling of unease arose in his heart. It was so late, and two demon cultivator elders were so urgent to leave the valley, exactly for what? Xun Ziyou cared very much. He looked at the color of the sky, and then looked at the team of demon cultivators. He estimated that it would probably take another hour to get close to Wan Yao Gu, so he said to Mo Hua: "There's something fishy about this matter, I'll follow to see, you stay here."

Tracking a Golden Core demon cultivator definitely couldn't bring Mo Hua. Xun Ziyou thought for a bit and then said: "Within an hour, if I come back, we'll enter the valley together." "If I don't come back, you just don't go in, and we'll make a long-term plan for this matter..." After Xun Ziyou finished, he admonished again: "Absolutely don't go in alone."

"Mm mm!" Mo Hua nodded. He still knew the importance of this. After finishing, Xun Ziyou chased after those two Golden Core demon cultivators. Mo Hua had no choice but to wait in his original place. At the same time, he was also curious in his heart. What did those two demon cultivator elders, so late at night, rush out of the valley to do, not even caring about concealing their traces? But now, he couldn't guess no matter how much he thought, he could only wait patiently.

On the big tree in front of Wan Yao Gu, Mo Hua waited like this. But he waited for a long time. He waited until the demon cultivators below became fewer and fewer, the boiling blood stream gradually calmed down, and the white bone passage was about to close, but Elder Xun still hadn't come back. Mo Hua was a little worried. "Elder Xun... won't have an accident, right?" He was an elder of Tai Xu Sect, a descendant of Old Master Xun, a great cultivator in the late stage of Golden Core. He shouldn't be so easily killed, right... Mo Hua was very worried about Elder Xun. He turned his head again and looked at the distant Wan Yao Gu.

On the white bone passage, the demon cultivators were getting fewer and fewer, and the demonic energy was also getting fainter and fainter. It was estimated that it wouldn't be long before Wan Yao Gu closed again. Mo Hua sent a message to Elder Xun: "Elder Xun, are you okay?" "Are you back?" But the message sent out was like mud sinking into the sea, with no news. He didn't know if Elder Xun didn't see it, or if he was delayed by something. Mo Hua was a little anxious.

What to do? Go in alone? Mo Hua immediately shook his head. He wouldn't go. It was too reckless... But if he didn't go now, he would have to wait another month, and by that time, he still didn't know what changes would happen. If there was an accident, and Wan Yao Gu was sealed or destroyed, the Four Symbols array method and divine path array method inside would probably be impossible to learn. "Four Symbols array method and divine path array method..." Mo Hua had a struggle between heaven and man in his heart, and finally sighed. Forget it. Although he really wanted to learn these two types of array methods, the current situation was indeed not suitable for taking risks. He would honestly wait for Elder Xun to come back and then make a long-term plan. Mo Hua nodded slowly.

So he waited for another half an hour. Elder Xun still hadn't come back. Similarly, the gate of Wan Yao Gu actually hadn't closed. Mo Hua then felt a little strange. "Not closed the door? What does that mean?" "Waiting for me to go in?" No way, right... He didn't have such a big face. Mo Hua stared at the demon cultivators below again for a while, and then discovered that at the very edge of the white bone passage, several demon cultivators were guarding a coffin. Separated by a distance, and covered by black robes, Mo Hua couldn't see their faces clearly, but he could vaguely perceive their emotions. They were very anxious, as if they were waiting for something. Mo Hua frowned. What were they waiting for? Mo Hua was very curious. He thought for a moment, then lightly and quietly got up and leaped down to a big tree nearest to them. At this distance, he could just hear the voices of these several demon cultivators. Only their mouths and noses, as if all demonized, emitted voices that were also a bit like the breathing of wild beasts, not like human voices. Mo Hua listened for a moment and gradually distinguished.

"...How... so long..." "...Delayed the time..." "...Seems there was... a bit of an accident..." "...Discovered..." "If not faster, Wan Yao Gu is really going to close..." Mo Hua's brows furrowed tighter and tighter. Just as he was puzzled, he heard some movements from afar. Mo Hua followed the sound and saw a demon cultivator walk out from inside the dense forest, carrying a sack on its back. After the demon cultivator walked closer, it threw the sack on the ground and said in a muffled voice: "That person didn't break their promise, the 'goods' have been sent." A demon cultivator stepped forward and opened the sack. Inside the sack was a person, with their mouth open, revealing a small wooden-looking head. Mo Hua lowered his head to look, a shock in his heart. "Xiao Mu Tou?!" How was he caught here? Ouyang Mu inside the sack didn't know what he had encountered, he was just in a coma and hadn't woken up.

Just as Mo Hua was puzzled, movements came from afar again, and two more demon cultivators walked over. One of the demon cultivators was also carrying a sack. Upon reaching the front, it threw the sack on the ground. "It took a bit of effort, damn..." That demon cultivator kicked the sack, "Still quite stubborn." Mo Hua's heart tightened. Who was caught this time? "Dead or not?" A demon cultivator said. "No, the young master instructed that only being alive is useful, how could we possibly deliver a deadly blow..." As he spoke, a demon cultivator opened the sack. Inside the sack was a small pale face. Mo Hua was very surprised. Song Jian? He was actually also caught? Although Song Jian was okay, he wasn't familiar anyway, whether he was dead or alive was just not important. Mo Hua breathed a sigh of relief.

Subsequently, a group of demon cultivators gathered together, still not moving, seeming to be still waiting for something. Mo Hua frowned, "Still someone to be caught?" A trace of bad premonition vaguely arose in his heart. Indeed, not even a stick of incense time passed, and another batch of demon cultivators came from afar. This time there were a total of four demon cultivators, and they were all at the peak cultivation of Foundation Establishment. Their demonic power was thick, looking no different from demon beasts. One of the demon cultivators was also carrying a sack. Walking to the front, it threw the sack on the ground and opened the bag mouth. As expected, inside was a handsome young man - Linghu Xiao. The arrogant Linghu Xiao was now covered in scars, also in a coma and not awake. A demon cultivator sighed: "This kid is really damn hard to deal with, he is indeed Chong Xu Sect's sword dao genius..." "You four Foundation Establishment peaks, catching one Foundation Establishment mid-stage, is still so strenuous?" "What do you understand? Killing is easy, capturing alive is difficult, and you can't waste him." "Moreover, in the future, how do you know what his identity will be?" A demon cultivator coldly chuckled: "Who knows, maybe us things that are neither human nor demon, will still have to look up his nostrils and see his face to live. How dare I really deliver a ruthless blow and offend him?" The demon cultivators beside them nodded, "This is true." "However," a demon cultivator with an old and decrepit voice sighed: "I've lived so long, and I've truly never seen any sect genius so young, who can have such frightening sword qi attainment..." "Even enough to compare with the heavenly pride of the four great sects." "Fake it with time, this child's talent must be immeasurable." A crowd of demon cultivators had various thoughts for a time. There was envy, jealousy, and more was indifference. There was even schadenfreude. The path of cultivation is long. Even if talent is outstanding, as long as one step is wrong, then ten thousand calamities will not recover. Now, they were about to bring this "sword dao genius" to step on this step of "ten thousand calamities not recovering"...

"Okay," one of the tallest and strongest demon cultivators among them, his gaze solidified, and he said in a low voice: "Enter the valley early." His tone was somewhat solemn. "There was a bit of an accident before we came, the two elders helped to drag, but it's not necessarily going to drag on for too long. Enter the valley early, seal the big door, isolate from the world, to avoid having too many complications and causing side issues." As long as they entered the valley, they would be safe. "Good." A crowd of demon cultivators nodded and said. They opened the lid of the coffin beside them, stuffed Linghu Xiao, Ouyang Mu, and Song Jian three people into the coffin, and then sealed the coffin well. In front of Mo Hua, a line of demon cultivators pushed the coffin, along the white bone passage, towards the distant Wan Yao Gu.

Mo Hua sucked in a breath of cold air, his head aching. Troubled... He immediately sent a message to Elder Xun again: "Elder Xun, big matter! The demon cultivators caught Tai A Sect's Ouyang Mu and Chong Xu Sect's Linghu Xiao, and went towards Wan Yao Gu inside." But Elder Xun still had no reply. Mo Hua frowned. "What to do?" Go out to save them? But his own strength was not enough, ah. This group of demon cultivators, most of them were in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and even had Foundation Establishment peaks. Even if he exhausted his means and killed several, it would be no use. Such a big movement, other demon cultivators would definitely come to support. And he wasn't a body cultivator, carrying Ouyang Mu and Linghu Xiao two people, he fundamentally couldn't escape. What's more, the two of them were still sealed inside the coffin. It was estimated that it wouldn't be that easy to open the coffin either. Relying on his own strength, he couldn't save them...

"Report back to the sect?" Definitely not in time either. Even if the sect mobilized people later and attacked Wan Yao Gu greatly, it wouldn't work. In case these demon cultivators were forced anxious, they might directly "tear the ticket", and those two, Xiao Mu Tou and Linghu Xiao, would probably be in much more danger than not. "Then just ignore them like this?" Mo Hua shook his head again. The words that demon cultivator said earlier, although vague, Mo Hua could also roughly guess. Wan Yao Gu was closed for a month. Once Xiao Mu Tou and Linghu Xiao entered Wan Yao Gu, it was obvious what would happen. By the time the valley mouth opened again, a month would have passed, and who knew what the two of them would look like. Very likely, the next time the demon cultivators came out of the valley, the two people who had fallen into the demonic path would just be walking out wearing "black robes". Mo Hua sighed. Song Jian didn't matter. But Xiao Mu Tou and Linghu Xiao couldn't be ignored. How they fell into the hands of the demon cultivators, Mo Hua temporarily didn't know. But if he didn't think of a way, these two children were afraid they would truly end up here and never be able to turn back. Mo Hua sent a message to Elder Xun again: "Hey, Elder Xun, are you there?" Elder Xun still had no response. There was no way, Mo Hua could only send a message again: "I'll mix into Wan Yao Gu to see first..." The array method was still secondary, but he wanted to find a way to save Xiao Mu Tou and Linghu Xiao first.

Mo Hua was just preparing to move when he hesitated again. He always felt that it wasn't too safe. Wan Yao Gu was unpredictable and dangerous, there were many demon cultivators, and there were Golden Core demon cultivator elders in charge. A slight carelessness would probably cause big trouble. But this risk seemed to have to be taken again. But to really take this risk, no one would back him up. Mo Hua wrinkled his brows. He suddenly realized that he was still a little lacking like this... He was only at Foundation Establishment now, and the future path of cultivation was still very long. On the long road ahead, he wanted to save back his master, break through realms, travel through the Nine Provinces, and seek absolute arrays... He would encounter countless dangers, and it was impossible for someone to always back him up. Whether it was Uncle Gu or Elder Xun, it was impossible for them to always follow him and be his "bodyguard". In the future, if he was alone and encountered dangerous matters, would he just retreat three steps? Mo Hua slowly shook his head. He now already had some cultivation experience and knew that wealth and honor are sought in danger. All opportunities must necessarily be accompanied by "risk". The greater the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish. The greater the opportunity, the greater the risk. Blindly seeking stability might cause opportunities that are delivered to his door to be given away, and from then on, he would live an ordinary, mediocre life. But, if he didn't seek stability, he might also be harmed by greed and self-destruct. Neither of these two options were too good... Mo Hua was a little conflicted.

What to do? He thought for a moment, and suddenly his heart moved. Matters have fortune and misfortune, and people have disaster and blessing. Isn't there a method that can grasp "fortune and misfortune, disaster and blessing" in one's own hand? Like this, desperate situations might not necessarily be unable to meet life. Encountering misfortune might also not necessarily be unable to turn into fortune. Mo Hua's eyes lit up, and then his brows wrinkled again. "But... how exactly to do it?"

Mo Hua thought and thought, and suddenly a figure with gentle eyebrows and eyes, an immortal wind and dao bone, and extraordinarily handsome, floated into his mind. "Master..." Mo Hua was startled, and then carefully thought about it. Up to now, the figure he had encountered who was most capable of "tending fortune and avoiding misfortune" was his master. Except for the very end, when the heavenly secrets were completely calculated and there was no life in desperation. Before this, master did everything with a calculation that missed nothing, looking at ease. And the reason why master could do this was precisely because of the absolute knowledge in the divine consciousness dao - Tian Ji Yan Suan! Fortune and misfortune are categories of heavenly secrets cause and effect. Then, according to reason, through Tian Ji Yan Suan, one can naturally spy on the fortune and misfortune in the heavenly secrets, and the disaster and blessing in the cause and effect. Mo Hua couldn't help but think: If he could truly be like master, see through heavenly secrets, derive cause and effect, divine fortune and misfortune, and spy on disaster and blessing... In the future, even if he was alone, facing a situation surrounded by enemies, with no one to rely on and no aid, he could also borrow heavenly secrets to escape, rely on cause and effect to plan matters, seek life in desperate situations, and seek opportunities in risks. No matter how big the wind and waves, he could catch a big fish! Mo Hua's spirit vibrated, and then he began to ponder. But how to calculate? How to divine fortune and misfortune and measure disaster and blessing through Tian Ji Yan Suan? Master fundamentally hadn't taught him... Mo Hua scratched his head. He began to recall, among all the cultivators he had encountered, who was good at "fortune-telling and divination", and which methods he could learn from.

On the white bone path, the coffin sealing Xiao Mu Tou and Linghu Xiao had gradually gone farther. If he didn't seize the time, it would be too late. He had to hurry and think of a way to do a divination first... Mo Hua was anxious in his heart and racked his brains: "Turtle shell divination?" But he didn't have a turtle shell in his hand... "Counting yarrow stalks?" In such a short time, where could he get yarrow grass to count one by one. "Compass?" He did have array disks, and also directional compasses, but the heavenly secrets algorithm seemed to use a special heavenly secrets compass, which was very precious, and he couldn't get one... "Forget it, I'll use whatever I have..." Mo Hua began to flip through his storage bag to see if there was anything he could reluctantly use to do a divination... But everything in the storage bag was for array method use. Array disks, ink, array pens, array book jade slips, etc. And some spiritual tools and spiritual swords, as well as common pills. These had nothing to do with divination. Mo Hua had no choice but to flip through the Na Ring again. Flipping and flipping, Mo Hua suddenly was startled, and discovered a "copper coin" lying in the corner of the Na Ring. He had no impression of this copper coin before, it seemed it shouldn't have been in his Na Ring originally. But on the copper coin, there was a very familiar aura. Mo Hua was startled, then his gaze was desolate, and his heart was sore. It was master's copper coin... "Did master... leave this for me?"

(End of this chapter)