Chapter 816: Cave

"Little Shunzi and Little Shuizi, how have their cultivations been recently?" Mo Hua asked Old Yu Tou.

Old Yu Tou heard the words and his expression was gratified. "These two children are still quite diligent in their practice. Their cultivation progress isn't slow either, which has saved me a lot of worry. Speaking of which, this is all thanks to benefactor. If it weren't for benefactor's help, these two kids would probably be in more danger than safety. How could they be so lively and bouncing now?"

Once he mentioned this, Old Yu Tou sighed deeply and his mood became emotional.

Mo Hua modestly said, "I didn't do anything either."

He then turned his head, his gaze looking deeply at the two children in the courtyard, and slowly said, "Have they been experiencing anything unusual recently?"

"Unusual?" Old Yu Tou didn't understand.

Mo Hua said, "Just if their practice has any mistakes, or if after being taken away last time, their bodies still have any aftereffects and so on."

When it came to his two little grandsons, Old Yu Tou's expression became solemn.

He thought seriously for a while, his brows tightly furrowed, but in the end he still shook his head. "Nothing unusual."

Then his expression became somewhat nervous again. "Benefactor, did something happen?"

"No," Mo Hua also breathed a sigh of relief. "I was just asking casually as a precaution. It's good if there's nothing unusual."

Old Yu Tou then felt relieved.

He personally poured a cup of tea for Mo Hua again and said, "Have some tea, have some tea."

Mo Hua didn't say anything more either.

Just like this, it wasn't until noon when the sun gradually set that Mo Hua stood up and said goodbye.

"Benefactor, why not stay a little longer? In the evening, this old man will make some fresh food and properly entertain you..." Old Yu Tou warmly tried to keep him.

Mo Hua reluctantly said, "There are still matters in the sect, I cannot delay my practice."

Cultivators prioritize cultivating the dao, so Old Yu Tou wasn't in a position to keep him any longer.

Little Shunzi and Little Shuizi, the two children, also woke up. Seeing that Mo Hua wanted to leave again, their expressions were a little lost and they were reluctant to part. They saw Mo Hua off to the outside of the village.

Mo Hua gently touched their little heads, smiled, and instructed them a few sentences, then turned and left.

After the Old Yu Tou family, they started to get busy with their livelihood again.

Old Yu Tou mended the nets for a while, tidied up the fishing tools, then bent down, hands behind his back, and took his two little grandsons away from the small fishing village and arrived at the bank of the Smoke Water River.

There were some fish traps set along the river bank.

The grandpa and two grandsons then began to collect the traps along the river bank, checking inside the fish traps to see if they had caught any greedy, foolish fish or shrimp.

After collecting for a while, they arrived at the ferry.

A boat was docked at the ferry.

On the boat was Old Yu Tou's son, Yu Da Chuan. He had gone to the river early and caught quite a few fish. Afterward, the four members of the family began to sort the fish on the boat.

Big fish with good spirits and appearance were kept to be sold.

Fish with average appearance or defects that couldn't be sold for a good price were kept for themselves to eat.

Some small fish that hadn't grown up were released back into the river.

The family worked hard together. Although it was tough, there was also joy in it.

After they finished being busy, Little Shunzi and Little Shuizi said, "Grandpa, we want to go touch fish."

Old Yu Tou knew that his two little grandsons were tired and wanted to play, so he waved his hand and said, "Go ahead, go ahead..."

But he still warned with a serious face, "You can only go to the river beach. You're not allowed to go into the deep water, otherwise you'll be dragged into the water by the water demon and eaten alive."

The two little grandsons both nodded. "Okay, Grandpa, don't worry."

"Go ahead."

The two children happily ran away.

They followed the river path and ran to the river beach downstream, where they began to touch fish in the river beach.

The water on the river beach is shallow and full of small fish, which aren't worth catching, but there are no water demons either. So generally, it's a place where young children play to practice their water affinity and touch fish.

Little Shunzi and Little Shuizi played in the shallow water for a while, then began to touch fish.

The fish they were touching were a very small kind, like seedlings, with fleshy bodies and no bones.

The two children cultivated the "White Wave Art" that Mo Hua gave them, as well as the White Wave body technique and the technique of driving water and avoiding demons from the same source as the cultivation method. Their water affinity was already very good.

In addition, having been offered as sacrifices to the River God once, their divine souls were assimilated and stained with some of the River God's aura. Therefore, in the water, whether playing or touching fish, they seemed to be like fish in water.

The two children's aura had an affinity with the river water. Added to their quick eyes and hands, a small scoop of their hand would yield a small fish.

After scooping for a while, Little Shunzi, who was slightly taller, said, "I've scooped ten already! What about you?"

Little Shuizi counted and said, "Nine."

Little Shunzi nodded. "Then I'll scoop ten more, and you scoop eleven more. Then we'll be exactly the same, and we'll go back. These small seedling fish can be raised in some clear water. When Brother Mo comes next time, we'll invite him to eat small roasted fish."

Little Shuizi said in a clear voice, "Okay!"

They remembered Mo Hua's kindness, and also remembered that Mo Hua had treated them to spiritual meat today, so they also wanted to invite Mo Hua to eat delicious small roasted fish.

Mo Hua, who was on the side, was slightly startled and his expression was a little complex.

He saw all of this.

When he left the village, he didn't go back to the sect, but instead hid his body and quietly followed behind Old Yu Tou's family.

With his current nineteen-pattern divine sense and his mastery of the small five elements stealth technique, it was impossible for any cultivator in the entire small fishing village to see through his disguise.

He hadn't expected that Little Shunzi and Little Shuizi would actually care about him so much.

Mo Hua felt a little moved for a moment.

Pure goodwill is often more precious.

The two children were still touching fish.

Little Shunzi was slightly older and more clever and lively, and he scooped faster. Very quickly, he had scooped ten more small seedling fish.

After that, he stopped. He waited for his younger brother Little Shuizi to also scoop eleven, so that both of them had exactly twenty fish. Then he said, "Let's go back."

"Okay." Little Shuizi said happily.

The two little children, just like that, each carrying a small fish basket, held hands and carefree walked back to the village.

After they left, in front of the empty, uninhabited river beach, Mo Hua slowly showed his body.

Looking at the backs of the two children, Mo Hua's expression was puzzled and he murmured in a low voice, "Nothing unusual... Could it be that I guessed wrong?"

A moment later, Mo Hua's body disappeared without a trace again.

The sun set in the west, dyeing the evening sky red.

In the small fishing village, the fishing cultivators who had gone out to catch fish also returned home one after another, and cooking smoke curled up.

Little Shunzi and Little Shuizi also returned to their own home.

The family gathered together, talking and laughing as they ate dinner. After the meal, Little Shunzi and Little Shuizi practiced for a while, then safely and soundly went to sleep.

Mo Hua's gaze condensed slightly. He sat cross-legged on a large tree branch outside the village and began to close his eyes and nourish his spirit.

Time passed bit by bit.

The crescent moon hung high, the night grew thicker, and the small fishing village became quieter.

As midnight approached, Mo Hua, who had been closing his eyes and nourishing his spirit, suddenly opened them.

At the same time, there was also movement in the fishing village.

Two small black shadows quietly flipped out over the wall of Old Yu Tou's house. After landing, they walked along the village path and together headed towards the outside of the village.

It was Little Shunzi and Little Shuizi, the two children.

Mo Hua's gaze flickered slightly. His body was like a ghost as he quietly followed behind them.

The two children were completely unaware.

They walked all the way to the outside of the village. In the dark night, they walked along the desolate river beach, always walking downstream, and walking further and further into a remote area.

They walked all the way to the foot of a desolate mountain.

The two children looked at each other, then supported each other and climbed up along the rugged mountain rocks.

They climbed all the way to the halfway point of the mountain, where the mountain shape was flat and wild grass was everywhere.

And among the wild grass, there was a mountain cave.

The two children then knelt in front of the cave and respectfully said, "Senior, we have come."

After a while, an old voice came from inside the cave. "Good, I passed down the cultivation method to you. Have you been practicing well?"

Little Shunzi respectfully said, "We remember Senior's instructions and are not slack."

Little Shuizi also nodded on the side.

"Very good..."

The voice inside the cave seemed a little weak, and was accompanied by suppressing coughs.

After a while, this old voice said again, "Next, I will teach you some other things."

The two children's eyes brightened. "Senior, what else will you teach us?"

"Didn't you say..." The person inside the cave coughed. "Your grandfather, dad, and mom often go to the river. They are afraid of being eaten by water demons, so they want to learn some body protection techniques. This way, at critical moments, they will also have the power to save themselves and others..."

"Next, what I teach you is a technique that can turn the water energy you cultivate into dense hidden weapons, used to numb and kill enemies."

The two children were overjoyed and both kowtowed, saying, "Thank you, Senior!"

Little Shuizi was then a little curious and asked, "Senior, what is the name of this technique?"

"Yes, and the cultivation method that Senior taught us, I don't know what it's called either..." Little Shunzi also said.

The person inside the cave still said in a hoarse voice, "You don't need to ask, and there's no need to bother. No matter what inheritance I teach you, just learn it well."

The two children hesitated a little.

Although they were young, they were also grateful for the senior's kindness in imparting the dao, but they were not foolish people. Not revealing their origin, and even not saying the name of the inheritance, meant there was something wrong with this.

The old voice inside the cave then said, "Some matters, knowing is disaster, not knowing is a blessing."

"Knowing everything too clearly is not necessarily a good thing."

"Don't you want to increase your cultivation? Don't you want to build your foundation? Don't you want to look forward to the Golden Core after building your foundation? Don't you want to learn a good skill, live righteously, and never be bullied again?"

The two children's expressions were stern as they nodded and said, "Yes!"

"Since you want to, then learn well and don't ask about other matters."

"Yes, Senior."

The person inside the cave said, "Now we begin. I will teach you the oral formula of this technique, the key points of spiritual energy operation, connecting meridians... You must remember well."

Little Shunzi and Little Shuizi said solemnly, "Okay!"

After that, the old voice began to teach the key points of the technique.

The two children also listened very seriously.

"This technique and the cultivation method I passed down to you are from the same lineage. By learning the cultivation method, the power of the technique can be increased by one level. Without the addition of the cultivation method, this technique is only ordinary."

"The most important aspect of using this technique lies in attacking the unprepared and catching the opponent off guard. Once spiritual energy condenses into a hidden weapon and seeps into the opponent's body, it is like a maggot poison that clings to the bones, causing extreme pain and being difficult to remove."

"And the difficulty of this technique lies in the high requirements for spiritual energy control. The meridian pathways are complex and require years of accumulation and practice before..."

The person inside the cave stopped speaking here.

Little Shunzi then asked doubtfully, "Senior, before what?"

"Nothing..." The old voice said slowly, "Did you remember what I just taught you?"

Little Shunzi and Little Shuizi nodded. "We remember everything."

"Good. And one more point... You must diligently practice this technique daily, but do not use it easily unless absolutely necessary, and do not mention the cultivation method and technique I taught you to anyone." The person inside the cave said in a serious tone.

"Senior, we remember." Little Shunzi and Little Shuizi said seriously.

"Okay, I'll teach up to here today. You can go back now."

Little Shunzi and Little Shuizi respectfully bowed to the mountain cave, then climbed down the mountain the same way they came, along the mountain wall.

After the two children left.

In front of the mountain cave halfway up the mountain, it quieted down for a while.

The night was deep, and the moonlight was cool.

A moment later, the old voice came from inside the cave again. "Which Dao friend has come? Since you are here, why don't you show yourself?"

Mo Hua, who was just thinking outside the cave, was startled when he heard the words.

He was actually discovered?

He was probably an expert...

The person inside the cave said again, "We met by chance, and I have no ill intentions. Why does Dao friend hide his head and show his tail? Why not show yourself?"

Mo Hua thought for a moment, then slowly showed his body, but the night was dark, blurring his figure and making it unclear.

The person inside the cave saw that there was indeed someone there, and his tone immediately sank as he asked, "This Dao friend, what is your origin? Why are you here?"

Although he pretended to be calm, Mo Hua could hear that his tone contained deep vigilance and a trace of obscure hostility.

This person's behavior is strange...

Mo Hua silently pondered in his heart:

"I don't know how he saw through my disguise, but since he can discover me, it means his divine sense is stronger than mine..."

"At least Foundation Establishment peak, no, even Foundation Establishment peak may not be able to discover me. It should be at least Golden Core..."

"But his breath is weak, and his energy is insufficient, obviously he has suffered heavy injuries."

"Hiding in a mountain cave and not daring to show himself, it is estimated that his situation is not optimistic."

"And this is also a two-grade state boundary. Even if he is a Golden Core, under the suppression of the Heavenly Dao, he is also useless like Uncle Gu, and can only exert the strength of Foundation Establishment peak..."

Mo Hua quickly judged the approximate situation. Then he didn't say a word, but just started to set up arrays outside the mountain cave.

The person inside the cave also immediately detected the abnormality, and his tone immediately changed:

"Dao friend, what do you mean by this?"

"Dao friend?"

"Dao friend, why don't you say a word?"

Mo Hua simply ignored him.

In an unclear situation, and not having the initiative, he was too lazy to talk nonsense.

The more arrays he set up, the more the attitude of the person inside the cave eased.

"Dao friend, if you have any demands, you can mention them."

"Dao friend, I have no ill intentions."

"Dao friend, why don't you come into the cave and we can talk and make a friend..."

Mo Hua still acted as if he didn't hear, and continued to draw his arrays as if no one else was there.

It wasn't until he finished drawing the arrays that he stopped.

By this time, the area around the mountain cave was already filled with dense killing arrays.

These killing arrays, like a huge spider web, wrapped the entire mountain cave inside, filled with dangerous killing intent.

Mo Hua nodded, and then opened his mouth to speak:

"Okay, now we can talk..."