Chapter 795: Strange Shadow

Chapter 794 Strange Shadow

"Record in Mo Hua's name?"

Xun Ziyou was stunned.

Elder Xun glanced at him faintly, "Why? Not okay?"

"No," Xun Ziyou said awkwardly, "Actually, it's not not okay. This time, being able to discover Wanyao Valley, exterminate this group of demon cultivators, and rescue those three children, Ling Huxiao, was indeed all thanks to Mo Hua. But..."

Xun Ziyou was a little troubled, "This is still a bit against the rules, it might be difficult to convince the public..."

Elder Xun's face sank slightly, "Convince the public about what? Those with ability do more work, and those who work get more rewards. Our Taixu Gate was able to cut down a piece of fatty meat from Duanjin Gate, isn't it all thanks to this child Mo Hua? Whoever has an opinion, let him come and find me. I want to see what excuses he can find."

Xun Ziyou smiled bitterly, "Yes..."

Elder Xun said, "At that time, you handle it yourself. Choose some clean ones, less involved in cultivation industries, first assign them to me here, and then transfer them to Mo Hua's name."

"If others ask, just say it's my decision. Of course, if others don't ask, don't spread it either. The less trouble, the better..."

After Elder Xun finished speaking, he sighed softly and said with emotion:

"Loose cultivators have it hard cultivating, especially with spirit stones. Without spirit stones, you can't take a single step."

"He's at a low realm now, it's not that obvious, but in the future when his cultivation rises, every swallow and spit will be like a sea of spirit stones. How can he manage without some family background..."

"Old ancestor, you are right," Xun Ziyou said.

But in his heart, he still felt a little bit of a grievance.

If someone else heard this, it would be strange if they didn't think Mo Hua was your own grandson...

However, Mo Hua's merits in Wanyao Valley this time are indeed great, so dividing some rewards to him is also reasonable.

Xun Ziyou cupped his hands and said:

"Then after the matters with Duanjin Gate are discussed, I will, as you instructed, select some industries and assign them to Mo Hua's name. The spirit stones from the annual profits will also be given directly to him..."

Unexpectedly, Elder Xun interrupted, "Don't give them now."

"Don't give them?" Xun Ziyou was a little surprised.

Elder Xun nodded and said, "Store them first, don't give them to him."

Seeing that Xun Ziyou was a little confused, Elder Xun continued, "He is still young now, what does he need so many spirit stones for?"

"With more spirit stones, it's easy to go bad and also easy to become lazy and not know effort."

"One day in the future, if he truly lacks spirit stones for cultivation, then give them to him at that time."

"Giving help in times of need is always better than giving flowers in times of plenty."

The same favor, giving help in times of need, people will remember your kindness.

Giving flowers in times of plenty, sometimes people won't be that attentive.

This is a little selfishness of Elder Xun.

He wants Mo Hua to remember more of Taixu Gate's favors.

Of course, in his heart, he still has a little worry.

That is the "Strange Daoist"...

Mo Hua's divine sense talent is really too strong, possibly even stronger than the "Strange Daoist". Once he goes astray, the consequences are unimaginable.

It's not impossible for him to become an even more terrifying demon head than the "Strange Daoist"...

Therefore, this sum of spirit stones must wait until Mo Hua truly grows up and guards his own Dao heart before it can be safely handed over to him.

Otherwise, it would just create "great evil".

Elder Xun didn't say these words.

Xun Ziyou also didn't understand the inside story, he just nodded and said:

"Old ancestor's considerations are valid."

After that, the two chatted for a while longer.

When the matter was almost finished, Xun Ziyou cupped his hands and said, "It's getting late, this disciple will take his leave first."

"Hmm," Elder Xun nodded.

Xun Ziyou was silent for a moment, a doubt crossed his mind, but after hesitating again and again, he still didn't ask.

Fifth-grade void array...

He didn't ask, and Elder Xun didn't mention it either.

It seemed like everyone had forgotten.

But Xun Ziyou knew in his heart that this was the most crucial point. Only at this level, involving a fifth-grade array and a Cave Void great power, was it something he could not inquire about, much less touch.

Even if the old ancestor investigated something, it would be impossible to say it out.

On the contrary, it was Mo Hua...

"Old ancestor," Xun Ziyou slowly opened his mouth and said, "Is this child Mo Hua's path of cultivation very different from that of ordinary cultivators?"

Elder Xun's face was calm, "How is it different?"

Xun Ziyou frowned, "His divine sense seems to be much stronger than cultivators of the same realm, and moreover, he can use his divine sense to invade certain types of visualization objects, and he seems to be very familiar with the ways of evil spirits..."

"These, surely, you didn't teach him, did you, old ancestor?"

Xun Ziyou's expression was somewhat solemn, "What is the origin of this child exactly? Where did he get these inheritances?"

Elder Xun neither affirmed nor denied, only said:

"Don't ask too much, just know it in your heart, and don't mention it to others."

"Old ancestor..." Xun Ziyou was a little confused.

Elder Xun said meaningfully, "If you don't ask, you won't know. If you don't know, then there's no cause and effect."

"Sometimes, no cause and effect is a good cause and effect..."

Xun Ziyou was stunned, then nodded solemnly.

Elder Xun waved his hand, "Go and get busy."

"Yes," Xun Ziyou saluted and said, "Disciple takes his leave."

After Xun Ziyou left, Elder Xun's expression was silent.

He knew some things about Mo Hua in his heart, but he had never asked.

That person surnamed Zhuang's heavenly secrets derivation was close to great success.

Before he died, he must have done something to this child, using heavenly secrets fog to cover up some crucial cause and effect.

As long as Mo Hua doesn't reveal the secrets about him, he is safe.

But if he speaks up, even if he tells himself, it's not necessarily safe...

Elder Xun's gaze was deep, and he slowly sighed.

The night was deep.

In the secret room of a certain great hall.

Mister Tu was undergoing "punishment".

Wanyao Valley was exterminated. Over the years, almost all the demon cultivators he had raised were destroyed, and the hatched demon spirits were also devoured completely.

A wisp of his remnant soul was erased, and his origin was greatly injured.

Even if it was just a little bit more, the "young master"'s divine soul would also be forever stuck in a nightmare.

This was the most tragic loss so far.

Losing Wanyao Valley in the demon-refining mountain also meant losing a boundless treasure trove.

The materials from the demon beasts, the flesh of the demon evils, the evil thoughts of the demon spirits, and other things that were driven by the God Lord and gathered in large quantities by the demon cultivators, all lost their supply.

Although there was a reason for the matter, a divine punishment was inevitable.

This was also the most severe "torture" Mister Tu had received so far.

He personally saw and personally experienced the various tortures of the Three Thousand Great Wilderness, the human world like a prison.

After receiving the punishment, Mister Tu's skin was rotten and his bones were exposed, collapsing on the ground, almost losing his human form, like a pile of trampled "flesh".

At the same time, what was even more painful was his divine soul.

After who knows how long, Mister Tu finally slowly recovered from the endless pain.

The pain of divine punishment was branded on his divine soul.

His skin and flesh were gradually recovering, turning back into a human shape.

Mister Tu knelt down shakily in front of the white sheep bone statue of the god in the forest, his mouth trembling as he said, "Sinful slave, thank... thank the God Lord for bestowing..."

Although the God Lord inflicted torture.

The divine punishment was unprecedentedly severe.

But Mister Tu knew in his heart that the God Lord was still merciful after all.

The God Lord understood him.

The loss in this battle, tracing back to the source, was because the opponent was a "fierce god".

How can mortals compare to gods?

It was the fierce god that was too strong, not that he was too weak.

In front of gods, no matter how thorough the preparations, no matter how meticulous the plans, sometimes it is all in vain.

And this battle, although the loss was tragic, also yielded a huge harvest at the same time.

Mister Tu prostrated himself on the ground, saying with fear:

"The true enemy of the God Lord has shown his face... in front of this sinful slave."

"This is a young fierce god who has not been hatched for long!"

"This revered god's divine power is a golden god sword, but it is ancient in shape and crude in body, seemingly a sword but not a sword."

"Using a sword as divine power, it is clear that its killing nature is heavy!"

"The ten thousand demon spirits in the demon-refining map have been slaughtered empty, visible is its deep fierce nature!"

"This revered god must be a fierce god among the evil gods."

"And the claws and followers of this fierce god are, first of all, Taixu Gate!"

"Even Chongxu Gate and Tai A Gate cannot escape the connection!"

"Within these three sects, there must be high-level cultivators who secretly believe in this fierce god, are driven by this fierce god, saddle up for it, and carefully lay out arrangements to protect this young fierce god's safe growth and command one side."

"And the purpose of this fierce god..."

Mister Tu kowtowed, his teeth chattering, "It is precisely the God Lord!"

The room suddenly darkened a little.

Mister Tu felt fear in his heart and spoke faster, "The God Lord is in deep sleep, his divine thoughts are silent, and his divine might is not shown."

"This fierce god is then bold, wanting to take this opportunity to covet the God Lord, secretly steal the God Lord's authority, plot for the God Lord's position, and even..."

"Dare to touch the God Lord's divine marrow!"

A yin wind suddenly rose, and the blood color in the secret room became heavy, as if supreme pressure was descending, making people suffocate.

The God Lord was angry!

Mister Tu knelt on the ground, not daring to lift his head.

After a moment, everything dissipated.

In Mister Tu's heart, there seemed to be a "divine sign".

It seemed that the God Lord had given him some enlightenment.

Mister Tu's eyes, for an instant, were empty and cruel, revealing an evil and strange dignity. After a moment, they returned to normal.

And Mister Tu was stunned for a moment, his expression ecstatic.

He suppressed the shock and excitement in his heart, and piously knelt and worshipped, saying:

"Receiving the God Lord's bestowal, the old slave will certainly exhaust all his strength, lay out a net covering heaven and earth, and surround and capture this revered fierce god."

"Let this revered young fierce god become the most abundant sacrifice at the God Lord's revival ceremony!"

"Let Him know, offend my lord's divine might, even if you are a god, you must die without a doubt!"

After Mister Tu finished speaking, the blood color in the room gradually faded.

The oppressive atmosphere also completely disappeared.

Mister Tu slowly stood up, but his expression was very solemn.

Surrounding and hunting a fierce god... it is inevitably extremely difficult.

He didn't know how much price he had to pay, how many people had to die, and how many demon evil spirits had to turn to ashes...

But all of this is worth it.

Moreover, that revered fierce god is still young, his divine rank is only two, and his innate divine power is not fully developed. Even if he is strong, he has a limit.

If he is not killed now, he will certainly become a big trouble in the future!

That revered fierce god...

In Mister Tu's mind, he involuntarily recalled the scene he saw when his wisp of remnant soul was finally destroyed.

Golden light all over the sky, a young god's body, a crude but terrifying "god sword".

This scene was what he "calculated".

After the remnant soul dies, everything concerning the remnant soul will also perish.

He originally should not have known.

He borrowed the God Lord's thought force and derived it himself, only then did he see the scene that his remnant soul saw before it died.

He only dared to derive himself.

Even if he had eighteen more guts, he would not dare to derive a revered fierce god.

And deriving his own remnant soul, what he saw was this scene.

Besides, there was no other clue.

He couldn't see the fierce god's face, nor could he see His form.

This was originally nothing, what truly made Mister Tu care was that he vaguely seemed to see the pupils of this revered fierce god.

This pair of pupils was deep like a cold pool, with a flowing luster, very complex and strange, seeming to contain many layers of different powers.

And among them, what made his heart palpitate the most was a layer of "black shadow".

This was absolutely not an ordinary black shadow.

In this layer of black shadow in the fierce god's pupils, it vaguely seemed to contain a kind of strange divine thoughts algorithm.

A name floated in Mister Tu's heart.

He only felt his whole body turn cold.

Mister Tu immediately shook his head and said, "Impossible, that person's Dao, no matter how terrifying or strange, his hand absolutely cannot reach so far..."

"Moreover, still under the God Lord's eyes."

"Impossible..."

Mister Tu murmured.

In the darkness, there was a flow of cause and effect, and Mister Tu then threw this suspicion to the back of his mind and forgot about it.

Only, he never realized whether he actively forgot or was forced to forget...

In the Qianxue State boundary, undercurrents surged on all sides.

Mo Hua's days, on the contrary, became peaceful.

Every day, he lit a divine incense, visualizing the "Taixu Map" that Elder Xun gave him - Mo Hua also didn't know what this map was called, he just played to his strengths and casually named it.

Visualize the Taixu Map, refine the Dao heart.

Besides, attending classes, cultivating, and learning arrays were still as usual.

After several days, the remaining mottled and messy desires and thoughts of evil spirits in his sea of consciousness were almost purified.

Mo Hua spent some more time consolidating his sea of consciousness.

In this way, his divine sense realm was also completely stabilized.

Nineteen patterns!

Mo Hua was happy in his heart.

Generally speaking, the divine sense of Foundation Building realm cultivators is strongest at this level.

His senior brothers, who were a generation older than him, now all have less strong divine sense than him.

Even some inner disciples at the peak of the Foundation Building stage, if they don't learn arrays and don't walk the path of divine sense, their divine sense is not as strong as his.

Mo Hua was very satisfied.

Moreover, although his cultivation did not grow, benefiting from his divine sense consecutively breaking through two realms and his divine thoughts being further strengthened, his main cultivation methods, including arrays, spells, and shallow "divine thoughts turning into swords", also had obvious improvements.

Only though...

Thinking of divine thoughts turning into swords, Mo Hua slightly frowned again.

His divine thoughts turning into swords was "disabled".

It could only be used in the world of divine thoughts, including visualization maps, illusions, dreams, or nightmares.

It couldn't be used in reality.

But the orthodox "Taixu Divine Thoughts Turning into Swords True Secret" should not be like this...

Mo Hua thought of the sword cultivator senior in the small fishing village again.

That senior's divine thoughts turning into swords could be used in reality.

Relying on the sword secret, through the external release of divine thoughts, condensing sword intent, and uniting with sword qi, it could chop blood and flesh demon evils, and also chop ghosts and evil spirits.

But his own could not.

Mo Hua tried many times, no matter how he tried, it didn't work.

Foundation Building period cultivators can indeed externally release divine thoughts.

But this external release can only passively perceive, but cannot actively attack.

At most, it can just actively "control objects".

But controlling objects itself does not rely on divine thoughts to kill, but relies on divine thoughts to control things, such as spirit swords or other spirit tools, to carry out attacks and defense.

Mo Hua sighed.

"Exactly how can I learn the true divine thoughts controlling swords?"

"Is my divine sense still not strong enough?"

Mo Hua was startled. He suddenly remembered that a long time ago, Huangshan Jun seemed to have indeed said the divine sense requirement for divine thoughts controlling swords:

"At least Gold Core stage, above twenty patterns..."

"And, Gold Core stage doesn't necessarily mean you can cultivate it..."

"After all, divine thoughts turning into swords is sword qi giving birth to sword intent, sword intent manifesting sword qi, not pure, using divine thoughts to manifest sword qi..."

Mo Hua scratched his head.

Twenty patterns, Gold Core divine sense, he didn't know how long he would have to wait.

Those who cultivate with divine sense all know that the amount of divine sense required to break through a major realm's one pattern is extremely terrifying.

He just tempered his divine sense from nine patterns to ten patterns for a very long time.

From nineteen patterns to twenty patterns, it's even more unimaginable. The gap in between is probably as vast as the sea.

Mo Hua thought again:

"My divine sense is special, I don't necessarily need exactly twenty patterns. After nineteen patterns, try again when it gets stronger?"

But this brings up another problem.

After nineteen patterns, how can I break through?

Being able to reach nineteen patterns now, to a certain extent, can be said to be due to good luck.

Mister Tu had been raising such a large wave of demon spirits in Wanyao Valley for who knows how long, and the result was that he benefited from it and swallowed it all in one go.

Refining so many evil spirits just fully fed the heavenly Dao seal, allowing his divine sense to break through after eighteen patterns and go straight to nineteen patterns.

But Wanyao Valley is the only one.

Even if Mister Tu is more magical, it is impossible to raise a second "demon spirits place" in the Qianxue State boundary.

Since that's the case, he can only leave the state boundary.

But he is still confined...

Mo Hua's mind moved slightly, "Should I find some time to ask Elder Xun if he can lift my confinement?"

"But what excuse should I find?"

Mo Hua found it a bit difficult.

Just when he was hesitating and undecided, not knowing what "justifiable reason" he should find to convince Elder Xun, Elder Xun found him first.

"This is an eighteen-pattern array map."

Elder Xun handed a stack of thick array maps containing some Five Elements and Eight Trigrams arrays to Mo Hua and admonished him:

"Although your divine sense is already nineteen patterns now, you still need to learn arrays step by step. Start with eighteen patterns, learn them solidly, and then learn nineteen patterns. Don't be overly ambitious."

"Yes, old mister," Mo Hua said respectfully.

Elder Xun looked at Mo Hua, and a hint of hidden desire appeared in his gaze, "Your divine sense... can it be a bit stronger?"

Mo Hua was stunned.

Nineteen patterns, isn't it strong enough?

"You mean... twenty patterns?" Mo Hua said in a low voice.

Elder Xun said impatiently:

"How can it be twenty patterns? No matter how good your luck is, no matter how heaven-defying your talent is, you can't reach twenty patterns in the Foundation Building realm!"

Having Foundation Building late stage divine sense in the Foundation Building mid stage and having Gold Core realm divine sense in the Foundation Building realm, can that be the same concept?

There is a big threshold between Foundation Building and Gold Core.

Whether it is cultivation or divine sense.

"Oh, oh," Mo Hua nodded.

Elder Xun looked at Mo Hua, his gaze revealing a hint of hidden desire, "Just being a bit stronger than now is good."

A bit stronger, then a bit more insurance.

The matter concerns the future of the sect, the more insurance the better.

"A bit stronger?" Mo Hua's eyes lit up, and he nodded, "Yes!"

Then Mo Hua pretended to be difficult and said in a low voice, "However, in the Qianxue State boundary, it's probably not possible. I need to go out, find some opportunities, and experience some tempering..."

He didn't say what this "opportunity" was, or what "tempering" was.

Elder Xun also didn't ask, he just looked at Mo Hua with meaningful eyes, nodded and said:

"Good, I won't confine you. After the new year, you can go anywhere."

He wanted to see how far Mo Hua, this child, could "temper" his divine sense when he was allowed to do whatever he wanted...

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