Chapter 792: Departure Valley

“Another fan door?”Xun Ziyou was a little surprised.“Hmm.”Mo Hua nodded.He stared at the Refining Demon Diagram in front of him again.In the nightmare constructed by the Refining Demon Diagram, most of the divine path array formations had been abolished by him, and the demon spirits had mostly entered his belly.Now the Refining Demon Diagram in reality was a little less gloomy and a little less of the divine charm of array formations, like the remnant wreckage of an array medium.And a nightmare is a reflection of reality.The Refining Demon Diagram in the "nightmare" was constructed based on the current Myriad Demon Valley. The two would have differences, but the pattern was similar.In the nightmare, the Refining Demon Diagram was a blank wall painting.Behind the wall painting was a separate grotto-heaven.So in the real world, behind the Refining Demon Diagram, there should also be something special...“Break through?”“Hmm!” Mo Hua nodded and said, “There are still things inside.”Xun Ziyou frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, then nodded, took out his Life Spirit Sword, urged his sword energy with his Gold Core Realm spirit power, and chopped at the wall painting.The wall painting cracked open in response, but it was thick and bottomless.Xun Ziyou chopped several more swords. Path after path of sword energy seeped into the stone wall. Only after more than ten swords did he completely chop through the wall painting.Stone chips rustled and fell, and dust flew up.When the dust dispersed, it revealed a narrow passage behind the wall painting, and behind the passage, a door painted with a sheep horn demon head.“Sheep horn evil carving…”Xun Zixian’s face turned pale, and he exchanged glances with Xun Ziyou.“All evil spirits with sheep horns are of ancient origin and are not ordinary.”“But this venerable sheep horn evil carving… I have never seen it before, nor do I know what kind of evil spirit it specifically symbolizes. I probably have to go back and ask the old ancestor.”“Oh…” Mo Hua nodded.“Elder, please rest assured, I will definitely avoid it,” he swore solemnly.Xun Zixian breathed a slight sigh of relief.Xun Ziyou’s expression was still somewhat grave. “Do you want to go in?”Xun Zixian pondered for a moment and slowly said, “Let's go in and take a look first.”Mo Hua knew that there should be no danger behind this door.The most dangerous things were all inside the "nightmare" of the Refining Demon Diagram.These dangerous things were either eaten by him, killed by him, or "scared" away by him.However, since the atmosphere had reached this point, he still pretended to be "as if facing a formidable enemy".After all, he didn’t say anything about what happened inside the Refining Demon Diagram, and Elder Xun and the others didn’t know.Shangguan Xuan stayed outside, guarding Linghuxiao and the other two.The secret behind the door wasn’t important to him.Xun Ziyou then used his sword to chop open the sheep horn door.The door was painted with divine path array formations, but this array formation defended against divine thoughts and sealed evil spirits. Naturally, it couldn’t defend against the sword energy of the Gold Core Realm.After the door was broken open, it was a gloomy green inside.After Xun Ziyou entered, he could see a large hall when he looked up.Inside the hall, bone lamps were burning, swaying with eerie green bone fire.The surrounding decorations were solemn and strange. The walls were painted with wall paintings of the same style as the Refining Demon Diagram outside, obviously a continuous line.And in the center of the main hall, more than ten people were sitting side by side.Each person had a lamp placed in front of them.However, these lamps were all extinguished.These more than ten people were ice cold and had no breath.Xun Ziyou and Xun Zixian exchanged glances, their expressions slightly startled.Moreover, there wasn't a single wound on these people's bodies. They were perfectly intact, as if their divine souls were directly obliterated?The two of them involuntarily turned back and looked at Mo Hua.Xun Ziyou asked, “Mo Hua, do you know what's going on?”Mo Hua shook his head and said, "guessing":“Perhaps they did too many bad things and suffered retribution, or perhaps they were companions with evil spirits and suffered backlash, and their divine consciousness was eaten by evil spirits.”He also didn’t lie.These people did suffer retribution.Their divine consciousness was indeed eaten by Sword Bone Head, this "evil spirit".Xun Ziyou and the two saw Mo Hua's pure and innocent look and didn't know what to say for a while, only sighing.Xun Zixian then said, “Let's just say that these people were companions with evil spirits, and their divine consciousness was eaten by evil spirits.”This sentence was equivalent to a "conclusion".These people died on their own and had nothing to do with others.Xun Zixian silently looked at Mo Hua.It has even less to do with Mo Hua…Xun Ziyou also understood his meaning and nodded.Mo Hua's gaze silently glanced at these more than ten demon cultivators. His gaze moved slightly, and he discovered that Jin Gui, Jin Yicai, and Jin Yixuan, these three disciples of Duanjin Gate, were unexpectedly among them, and he nodded slightly.“This time, Duanjin Gate can’t escape…”“Even if they don't die, they will have to shed a layer of skin.”However, he didn’t say it out and showed an indifferent look.Anyway, the elders could find out the identities of these people with a little investigation.Mo Hua’s gaze left the bodies of these more than ten dead demon cultivators and turned to look up.Upstairs, there were luxurious screens and emerald bead curtains.Behind the screens and bead curtains, a luxurious demon skin seat was vaguely visible.Xun Ziyou and Xun Zixian also noticed it, and their gazes immediately sank.Having such a seat meant that behind Myriad Demon Valley, there was still a behind-the-scenes person with a noble identity hidden.The two figures flashed, broke the screens, lifted the bead curtains, and walked to the upper part of the main hall.It was empty on all sides, and there was no one.At the same time, not a single trace was left.Mo Hua’s divine thought moved, and he quietly used a little Heavenly Mechanism Derivation, and he could see a trace of causal clue remaining nearby.These causal traces were shallow and faint, but they hadn't completely dissipated.This indicated that there were still people here just now.Soon, Elder Xun Zixian’s gaze condensed, and he looked towards a seemingly ordinary screen in the corner, painted with splendid mountains and rivers. He slapped his palm, and spirit power permeated out.The screen received the force, and the array patterns on it flashed. It only supported for a moment, and then completely shattered, revealing an entrance.“Quick! Go look!”Xun Zixian said in a deep voice.Then he took the lead and entered the entrance.Xun Ziyou and Mo Hua also followed.However, after walking a few steps, they reached the end. The crowd looked up, and their expressions were all startled.In front was a room, a secret room more than two zhang long and wide.It was completely incompatible with the atmosphere of the great hall outside.The great hall was gloomy and oppressive, but inside this secret room, it was luxurious and elegant, burning refreshing sandalwood, not like a demon valley secret room, but more like a young master’s “study”.However, at this time, there was not a single book or jade slip in the study.Even in order to avoid leaving traces, all the furnishings had been destroyed, clean and tidy, not a single one was left.What remained was only a wisp of sandalwood scent, whether it was there or not.“Ran away?”Xun Zixian frowned.Xun Ziyou snorted coldly, “Ran really fast.”Mo Hua was not surprised.He guessed that this young master must have run away early.In this Myriad Demon Valley, his only chance to catch this mysterious young master was in the nightmare, to catch his divine soul, seal him with the God Locking Array, and let him become a "toy" in his palm.Once this young master escaped in the nightmare, he certainly couldn’t catch him.Unless this “young master” was a fool.But this was absolutely impossible.Since he was honored as “young master”, his origin must be prominent, and his aptitude, mind, and methods were all extraordinary.Otherwise, it would be absolutely impossible for him to be selected by the Great Wilderness Evil God, feared by so many demon cultivators, and sincerely admired by numerous disciples of sects who entered the demon path.Even Mr. Tu had to self-destruct his remnant soul to protect him and escape.This young master’s true origin must not be ordinary.Otherwise, Mo Hua would have no way to deal with him.But Mo Hua was a little unsure about this matter.After all, he was a loose cultivator, not a direct descendant of a big family, had no old ancestor of the Cave Void Realm, and even less did he have any old ancestor willing to plant a Life Long Life Symbol for him.His understanding of the Life Long Life Symbol was also really limited.“Later, if I have a chance, I want to find Mr. Xun to ask about the matter of the Life Long Life Symbol.”“In case I encounter similar Heaven’s Chosen who are of prominent origin, have too ‘hard’ a background, and have planted the Life Long Life Symbol, I should at least have some preparation in my heart…”Mo Hua concentrated and pondered.On the other side, Xun Ziyou and Xun Zixian searched the study again, but still gained nothing.“The wall gecko broke its tail, and it broke really cleanly…”Xun Ziyou shook his head and laughed coldly, and said in a deep voice, “Let's go back first, and after a while, I'll call people from the sect. I'll dig three feet into this mountain valley, inch by inch, and find out if there are any other clues…”“Hmm.”Xun Zixian nodded slightly.Mo Hua suddenly said, “Something’s not right.”Xun Ziyou was slightly startled, “What’s not right?”Mo Hua pondered and said, “There should still be ‘secret passages’ and so on…”From the time he scared away the “young master” in the nightmare, to the time he left the nightmare, helped the three little wooden heads “revive”, then broke open the wall painting, entered the great hall, and found the study…These things added up to only about half an hour’s effort.Within this half an hour, if that “young master” wanted to escape, he would definitely leave a hidden passage.This secret passage could leave the Myriad Demon Valley and avoid the Gold Core cultivators, Elder Xun and the others, who had already entered the valley…However, Mo Hua still didn’t find this secret passage.“Secret passage…”Xun Zixian’s gaze was solemn. He released his divine sense again and swept it. His expression suddenly moved slightly. He walked to a seemingly plain wall on the right side of the study. He operated his spirit power, and a pale white crystalline light flashed between his palms. He slapped it down with one palm.But the wall remained motionless.Xun Zixian’s expression changed, and he immediately said, “Call for people! Call the other late-stage Gold Core Elders as well!”Xun Ziyou didn’t dare neglect and immediately sent a message.However, in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, several more Elders from Tai Xu Gate walked in.Mo Hua recognized most of them.There were also a few people he found relatively unfamiliar, estimated to be newly promoted Elders.Conversely, these Elders all recognized Mo Hua.After all, in Tai Xu Gate for hundreds of years, there were disciples favored by Old Ancestor Xun, but there was only Mo Hua who was favored to such an extent.A group of Elders came in, all first silently looked at Mo Hua, and then discussed with Elder Xun Zixian.Xun Zixian said, “There is a high-grade array formation behind this wall.”The crowd was all alert when they heard this.Mo Hua was also startled.Even Elder Xun, a third-grade array master, said it was a “high-grade array formation”…An Elder asked, “What grade?”Xun Zixian shook his head, “It’s not easy to say yet.”“What do we do now? Do we want to solve the array?”“We can’t solve it.”“Then… break the array?”“We can’t break it… this array formation is very strong, and the movement is too big. Once it is forcibly broken, the consequences are hard to say,” said Xun Zixian.“…Then what?”Xun Zixian said in a deep voice, “Demolish it.”“Demolish it?”“Hmm,” Xun Zixian nodded, reached out and pointed out an approximate range, “Although this array formation is strong, the range is not large. Demolish it from the side of the stone wall, just avoid this array formation…”“It seems troublesome, but this is currently the only feasible method.”The crowd thought for a moment and all nodded.Xun Zixian looked at Mo Hua again and said, “Mo Hua, you go outside first. Here are all Gold Cores. When we move our hands, spirit power will overflow. Don’t accidentally injure you again.”“Hmm, hmm.”Mo Hua obediently nodded.He was still quite self-aware of his own physical strength.After Mo Hua left the study, he waited in the great hall for a while.The Gold Core Elders of Tai Xu Gate, either with their bodies, or with sword energy, or with various spirit tools, began to excavate the wall according to the range of the array formation designated by Xun Zixian, avoiding the array patterns.Although Mo Hua was waiting outside, he was curious and still paid attention to the movement inside.After the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, the movement inside stopped.Mo Hua blinked his eyes and quietly slipped in again.The entire study had been demolished beyond recognition, with only one wall remaining, and the other two walls were completely hollowed out.Behind the wall, a passage was indeed hollowed out.Xun Zixian said, “Let’s go in and take a look…”He turned his head and saw Mo Hua again. Just as he was about to say something, Mo Hua had already run behind Xun Ziyou, looking well-behaved.Xun Zixian had no way to deal with him and didn’t say anything.The crowd of Gold Core Elders, mutually alert, walked inside.They walked and walked, and then walked into a small mountain cave.The mountain cave was narrow and simple.Similarly, there was nothing on all sides, only an ancient and simple stone platform left in the center, looking ordinary.The crowd was all surprised when they heard this.Xun Ziyou’s cold sweat flowed straight down. He immediately wanted to pinch and break the Void Sword Order to call the old ancestor, but Xun Zixian grabbed his hand.Xun Zixian shook his head, “The array formation is already destroyed…”Xun Ziyou then let out a long sigh of relief.If it was an intact fifth-grade array formation, if it contained killing formations with void power, this group of Gold Cores would undoubtedly die if they touched it.If it was a teleportation-type array formation, it would transmit a strong enemy. After killing people, they would use the array formation to leave. Then they would have no way to deal with it and would die in vain.Life and death were almost between a single thought.So for the first time, Xun Ziyou instinctively wanted to pinch and break the Void Sword Order to ask the old ancestor to come.But since this fifth-grade array formation had been destroyed, it was temporarily unnecessary to ask the old ancestor, to avoid making things bigger.Xun Ziyou frowned, “When was this array formation destroyed?”Xun Zixian’s gaze sank slightly, “It was destroyed not long ago…”“Not a single movement?”“There was an array master who arranged means in advance. Once it self-destructs, the array patterns will self-erase, the movement will not be big, and it will not leave too many traces, especially the core array formation…”Xun Ziyou’s brows were tightly furrowed, and then he slowly sighed and said:“The water in here is a bit frighteningly deep…”“This auxiliary array formation is exposed, which means that behind these cultivators, there is at least one fifth-grade array master of the Cave Void Realm.”“A fifth-grade array master, ah, throughout Qianxue State, they are all countable…”“And this fifth-grade array master can actually bypass the ears and eyes of many powerful cultivators in Qianxue State Boundary, and secretly set up a fifth-grade array formation in Refining Demon Mountain, perhaps…”Before he finished speaking, Xun Zixian gave him a look.Xun Ziyou turned his head and saw Mo Hua beside him, listening very carefully with a serious face. He couldn't help but have a headache.Xun Zixian then said, “Let’s go back and talk first.”When he said this, he was looking at Mo Hua.Meaning, quickly bring this child Mo Hua back.Xun Ziyou naturally understood that this kind of matter at the Cave Void level, even if they Gold Cores touched it, if they were not careful, they would easily die and their dao would disappear.Not to mention Mo Hua, this small Foundation Establishment disciple.“I’m fine, don’t worry about me…” Mo Hua said.Cave Void array master, fifth-grade array formation, void teleportation…He still wanted to hear more secrets behind it.But just as he finished speaking, his sea of consciousness suddenly trembled, transmitting a stinging sensation.It seemed as if ten thousand demons were roaring and howling in his ears.The demons were ferocious, evil shadows were numerous, and malicious thoughts entwined his body, eroding his dao heart bit by bit.At the same time, a "bloodthirsty" impulse also surged in his heart involuntarily.It seemed as if he was about to turn into a "demon beast".Noticing Mo Hua's abnormality, Xun Ziyou and the two were both startled.“Mo Hua, what’s wrong?”“I, no…”Mo Hua gritted his teeth, frowned, and desperately suppressed the vicious thoughts in his heart, but ultimately he still couldn’t suppress them.His gaze suddenly turned ferocious, and he opened his mouth and bit Xun Ziyou's arm.Like a "small tiger" choosing someone to devour, his expression also became ferocious.Xun Ziyou: “…”Mo Hua gnawed a couple of times but couldn’t gnaw through.Xun Ziyou looked bewildered and didn’t know what to do.On one side, Xun Zixian’s expression condensed. His sleeve brushed past Mo Hua, and a wave of spirit power gently brushed over the acupoints on Mo Hua's forehead.Mo Hua’s gaze gradually became dull, and then he fell into a deep sleep.Xun Ziyou looked at the fainted Mo Hua, his expression somewhat grave, and asked Xun Zixian:“What’s wrong with this child? Possessed?”Xun Zixian frowned and said, “A little…”Xun Ziyou thought for a moment and said in surprise, “Could it be that he got stained with some evil spirits inside the Refining Demon Diagram?”Xun Zixian slowly said, “Very possible…”“Then what? Can it be saved?”Xun Zixian thought for a moment and sighed, “Let’s bring him back first and let the old ancestor take a look…”He did know some methods to deal with evil spirits, but these methods varied from person to person and from "evil" to "evil".They were sometimes useful to some people, sometimes useful to some evil spirits, sometimes effective, sometimes not. The effect was also hard to say, and he didn’t dare guarantee it.Moreover, this child Mo Hua was a bit special, and he didn’t dare to make a move casually.If something went wrong, they couldn’t afford it.Knocking him out first and bringing him back to the sect for the old ancestor to see should be the most stable approach.Xun Zixian pondered in his heart.“Good!” Xun Ziyou nodded.“Right,” Xun Zixian suddenly thought of something and said again, “This child bit you…”Xun Ziyou said indifferently, “I’m fine.”Xun Zixian shook his head, “No, see if his teeth are okay…”Xun Ziyou was startled, “He bit me…”Xun Zixian nodded, “I know, but if you ‘chip’ his teeth, the old ancestor probably won’t give you a good look either.”Xun Ziyou’s scalp tingled. He pinched Mo Hua’s cheek and looked at his teeth, then breathed a sigh of relief, “Good, not bad.”“That’s good…”“Hmm.” Xun Zixian nodded.After Xun Ziyou no longer nagged, he directly took the “possessed” Mo Hua back to the sect.Two days later.Tai Xu Gate.Inside a quiet pill room.Mo Hua opened his eyes, and it was all white.He still felt dizzy, and there were still evil spirits of some kind, calling like ghosts in his ears, making his brain ache.This seemed to be the "aftereffect" of eating too much at once, eating too full, and not yet digesting it.Mo Hua had not yet recovered.Mo Hua raised his head and narrowed his eyes to look. He found Old Mister Xun, who had white hair all over his head, sitting by his bed, holding a vermilion brush in his hand, and hooking something on a thick stack of array papers, seemingly correcting array formation homework.(End of this chapter)