Chapter 851: Stealing Sound

Finally!I’ve caught his tail now...Mo Hua was overjoyed inside, but on the surface he remained calm, only asking sternly, “What altar?”“The altar for offering tribute to the Divine Master…”“Where is it?”“It’s in…” Mister Wu hesitated slightly.Mo Hua kindly reminded him, “Xiao Dian Si has a bad temper. If you don’t speak, he’ll open your chest and break your belly.”Mister Wu panicked and quickly said, “It’s right in the inner hall of the Longwang Temple!”Mo Hua’s eyes flickered slightly, and he suddenly shook his head, saying:“Something’s not right. You didn’t ask for anything, didn’t state any conditions, and just so easily revealed the location of the altar? There must be a problem…”Mister Wu smiled bitterly, “The knife is in your hand, and I’m just a fish on a chopping block. How would I dare to ask for anything? I just hope everyone can spare my life. If I die, I won’t be able to serve the Divine Master with all my heart and soul.”This Mister Wu was still thinking of his “Divine Master” even when facing death.Who knows what kind of brainwashing he had undergone.Mo Hua shook his head.Xiao Dian Si, who was standing by, pondered for a moment. Unwilling to delay any further, he pointed his long sword at Mister Wu’s throat. His narrowed eyes revealed a hint of sharpness, and he said in a cold voice:“You lead the way to the altar. Take out the fishbone token you hid, and I won’t kill you.”With the sword pointed at him, Mister Wu said in a trembling voice, “Alright, I’ll lead you there now…”Mo Hua had long yearned for the altar, and his heart also desired to go there extremely.But with so many people watching, he had to maintain a façade on the surface. He said with a deeply worried expression:“Perhaps there’s a trap…”Xiao Dian Si shook his head, “No harm.”Mo Hua said again, “This Mister Wu might not have good intentions. That altar might not be a good place either…”Xiao Dian Si said, “With so many of us, and four Golden Cores, we don’t fear anything in this Longwang Temple. As for Mister Wu…”“On the way, if there’s any slight disturbance, I’ll invite this Mister Wu to die first.”Mister Wu’s face twitched, but he didn’t dare to say anything.He was only at the Foundation Establishment cultivation level. If he didn’t transform into that monstrous dragon scale creature that was invulnerable to swords and guns, water and fire, he naturally wouldn’t be Xiao Dian Si’s opponent.Mo Hua then sighed and said “reluctantly”:“Since that’s the case, then let’s listen to Xiao Dian Si and go to the altar to see.”Xiao Dian Si nodded and pointed his sword at Mister Wu, saying, “Please, Mister, lead the way.”Mister Wu’s face was ugly, but as a person under the eaves, he had to bow his head. At this point, he was not allowed to disagree.“Everyone, follow me…”Mister Wu looked around, then bowed guiltily towards the corpses of the guards scattered on the ground. He then turned around and walked towards the Yaksha main hall.Upon entering the Yaksha hall, they saw several statues standing on either side of the road. These statues had hands and feet, bodies covered in scales, strange faces, and blue faces with fangs, depicting Yaksha.Mo Hua saw this and mused inwardly.The appearance of these Yaksha surprisingly resembled the monster Mister Wu had transformed into.Mister Wu, however, didn’t even glance at these Yaksha statues and continued to walk inside.After passing the Yaksha hall and going through several more halls, they finally arrived at the middle hall of the Longwang Temple.Upon reaching the middle hall, the sight of blood everywhere caused everyone’s expressions to change slightly.As far as the eye could see, the entire middle hall, with its countless pavilions and halls, had been mostly demolished. Beams and pillars had collapsed, leaving only broken walls and ruins. It was a desolate and chaotic scene.And the ground around was soaked with foul blood.The blood was black and stinking, but it seemed to contain abundant evil power.Mo Hua thought for a moment and took out a refined iron long stick. He soaked it in the blood for a while. When he took it out, the refined iron stick had already been corroded by the evil energy. The iron was loose, and the inside was a mess of black and red.Mo Hua turned his head to look at Mister Wu and asked:“Is this blood of yours used to draw evil arrays?”Mister Wu’s heart pounded, but on the surface, he appeared blank and panicked, saying, “Young Master, what evil array? I don’t know…”“Aren’t you an array master?” Mo Hua asked.“It’s true that I am an array master, but I really don’t know anything about this blood.”“Then what happened to the great hall here? Why did it all collapse?”“This…” Mister Wu’s face showed hesitation.Mo Hua’s tone became slightly cold, “Those people outside died by your hands, and were eaten by you. You can say you don’t know. But the interior of this temple has been demolished to this extent, which clearly didn’t happen overnight. You are the main person in charge of the Longwang Temple, don’t tell me you don’t even know this?”Mister Wu’s face twitched slightly, and he said, “According to the Divine Master’s decree, this Longwang Temple was to be broken down and rebuilt, so these halls were all demolished and planned to be rebuilt, but…”Mister Wu was helpless, “…Before construction could begin, this kind of change occurred. All the temple guards died, and I don’t know why. It became like this, and this ground full of blood… I really don’t know exactly where it came from…”Mo Hua frowned and didn’t speak.Xiao Dian Si’s gaze was indifferent. He swept his eyes around and said:“Alright, there’s no use talking about this. Let him quickly lead the way. Finding the altar, getting the fishbone token, and leaving this broken temple are important.”Mo Hua nodded and said nothing more.Mister Wu also obediently led the way in front.However, the blood on the ground was bloody and foul, and cultivators could not touch it. Therefore, they had to find another path among the broken walls and ruins, which took a bit more time.The journey was bumpy, crossing a piece of ruined middle hall and the scarlet blood on the ground.And beyond the middle hall, lying in front of them, was a large gate.The large gate was five or six people high, with temple eaves on top, wide and thick. Wall paintings were carved on it, and between the two doors, there was a huge stone lock shaped like a ferocious sheep’s head.The sheep’s head had its mouth open, majestic and terrifying, tightly biting the two doors shut.This was the large gate that separated the middle hall from the inner hall.It was also the large gate that separated the altar.Mo Hua looked at that ferocious and terrifying, yet familiar and intimate sheep’s head. He faintly sensed that behind the sheep’s head gate, there was that restless aura that made one covet it. His heart thumped straight up.He didn’t pretend but directly asked Mister Wu:“How to open the door?”Mister Wu said, “This door is not easy to open…”“Stop talking nonsense.” Mo Hua said with a stern face.“Alright, alright…”Mister Wu said repeatedly, muttering in his heart: This little brat, why was he on guard just now, but now he’s a bit anxious?All the way here, this little brat has been too cunning.He can find fault with even the smallest matter.Those eyes were as clear as water, occasionally as deep as an abyss. When he was stared at by him, he felt uncomfortable all over.Mister Wu didn’t dare to deceive him too much, so he said:“Opening this large gate will take some time… Originally, we planned to prepare well a day before the sacrifice, first setting up tributes, burning incense to inform the Divine Master, seeking the Divine Master’s decree, and getting his approval, only then could the door be opened…”Mo Hua frowned, “Explain it more clearly.”“Yes, yes,” Mister Wu said, “Simply put, you just need to set up tributes and offer human sacrifices. A day later, if the Divine Master approves, this large gate will naturally open.”“Why does it take a whole day?” Mo Hua asked.Mister Wu smiled bitterly, “This, this is the Divine Master’s rule. Opening this door just requires a day. As for why… I am only the Divine Master’s servant, how could I know…”Mo Hua’s brows furrowed slightly, but he didn’t say anything. Instead, he said:“Then open the door now.”Mister Wu said with difficulty, “Opening this door requires human sacrifice…”“What human sacrifice?”“You just need living people, as ‘sacrifice’, then you can open the door…”Mo Hua said with a cold expression, “Stop telling me these useless things. I just want to open the door. You figure out the rest yourself.”“Whatever human sacrifice, dog sacrifice, you go get it yourself. If you can’t get it, just kill yourself and offer yourself as a ‘human sacrifice’.”Mister Wu’s face wore a bitter smile, but inwardly he was grinding his teeth in anger.This little brat is truly hateful!Sooner or later, he will be punished by the Divine Master and die without a burial place!Mo Hua also didn’t pamper this Mister Wu.He had dealt with this kind of cunning, neither human nor ghost “god stick” master a lot, and knew their character.If you don’t pressure them a bit, you fundamentally won’t know what tricks they are hiding.“Quickly open the door, don’t play tricks, otherwise I’ll open your chest and break your belly!” Mo Hua threatened.On the other side, Xiao Dian Si also pressed his long sword and glared like a tiger watching its prey.Mister Wu sighed, no longer daring to deliberately delay. He walked to a statue beside the large gate, turned a mechanism, and took out three boxes from the statue’s belly.Arrays were carved on the boxes. Mo Hua recognized them at a glance as cold ice type arrays, probably for cold storage use.Mister Wu opened the boxes. Inside the boxes were three beating hearts.It was unknown whether these three hearts belonged to humans or demons, or how long they had been stored, but the blood color was still relatively fresh. When they were taken out of the box, they still trembled slightly.Mister Wu placed these three hearts on the mouth of the sheep horn carving above the large gate.Immediately, the sheep’s mouth split into several fangs, biting these three hearts firmly.Blood seeped out and was sucked into the mouth of the sheep horn carving along the fangs, then seeped into the carving’s surroundings, following the blood grooves above, activating the strange patterns around it one by one.However, this process was very slow.“When the blood grooves are full, this door can be opened.” Mister Wu said.Mo Hua saw that this large gate was indeed slowly opening, so he nodded and no longer made things difficult for this Mister Wu.Since opening the large gate required a day,Before that, everyone could only wait quietly. Some people still had injuries and needed to find a place to meditate and rest.But the problem was that Mo Hua’s group of people were not originally from the same path. Although they were peaceful on the surface, they still held grudges and suspicions towards each other.Therefore, during the rest period, everyone very tacitly separated, finding a place to meditate and rest in the broken walls and ruins in front of the sheep horn gate. At the same time, they maintained vigilance and guarded against each other.Mister Wu was alone.Xie Liu, Shui Yanluo, and Xiao Dian Si were together.Xiao Tianquan pondered for a moment, not knowing what he was thinking, and also temporarily stayed with Xiao Dian Si.Mo Hua naturally stayed with Gu Changhuai and Xia Dian Si.As for Ouyang Feng and Hua Qianqian, he also pulled them to sit down and heal near Xia Dian Si.Xiao Dian Si saw this but didn’t stop him. He only glanced at Mo Hua and reminded him:“This boy from Tai A Men has my Water Prison strength. The poison on that girl from Baihua Gu is Gui Shui poison. Inside this Longwang Temple, only I can dispel the Water Prison strength, and only I can resolve the Gui Shui poison…”The underlying meaning was to tell Mo Hua not to have any other ideas.Ouyang Feng and Hua Qianqian were still his hostages.Mo Hua felt a bit troublesome in his heart, but on the surface, he just waved his hand casually, “Understood, understood. Xiao Dian Si, rest assured, I won’t take them away.”Xiao Dian Si’s expression was indifferent, showing neither joy nor anger. He turned around and left.Then Mo Hua found a clean place and let everyone rest.The surrounding broken walls and ruins provided some safety. They could also see the sheep horn gate not far away and monitor the progress of the blood grooves to estimate when the gate would open.Gu Changhuai and Xia Dian Si sat on the ground, guarding against Xiao Dian Si and the others.Ouyang Feng and Hua Qianqian then meditated under their protection, one healing and the other suppressing the poison.Mo Hua also sat for a while, then felt the ground was a bit cool.This Longwang Temple, located in the center of the Yan Shui River, was soaked in water energy, and the cool energy was dense.It was fine during the fight and the hurried journey, but at this moment, sitting on the ground, he felt a bit chilly.Mo Hua took out a warm blanket, wrapped himself up, then turned his head to look at Gu Changhuai and the others. After thinking for a moment, he took out several more blankets and gave one to each person.He often went out and frequently slept outdoors, so fluffy blankets were essential in his storage bag.This was a habit he had formed when he first traveled with his master, junior brother, and junior sister.Everyone was a bit surprised, but they didn’t refuse. They thanked Mo Hua, took the blankets, and draped them over their bodies. They did feel warm, and couldn’t help but be grateful for Mo Hua’s thoughtfulness.After that, everyone was silent, meditating and resting.The surroundings quieted down.Mo Hua wrapped himself in a blanket and took advantage of his leisure time to silently consider the matters of the Longwang Temple.Some things that others didn’t care about, he couldn’t ignore.After all, the Path of Divine Sense was extremely dangerous, and the inner demons and evil gods were a great crisis. Others hadn’t personally seen or experienced it, so they naturally didn’t understand.And the matters inside this Longwang Temple, at first glance, seemed like nothing, but upon careful thought, there were too many inconsistencies…“Is the altar really behind this large gate?”“Will there be other dangers inside?”“What exactly happened to this Mister Wu, and is he hiding other malicious intentions?”“Where is the dragon blood?”“And also, these broken walls and ruins everywhere… What are they for? Breaking ground and rebuilding, rebuilding what?”Mo Hua recalled the bits and pieces of this journey, gradually piecing them together, guessing the answers in his mind, and then verifying them back and forth.Just as he was contemplating, Mo Hua suddenly started, detecting a trace of abnormality.This is… the aura of an array?Someone is secretly setting up an array?Who?Actually setting up an array secretly right under his nose?Mo Hua quietly turned his head and used the dim light inside the Longwang Temple to secretly look. He then discovered that the person setting up the array was…Unexpectedly, it was Xiao Dian Si!Mo Hua was slightly surprised. After a brief deduction, he breathed a sigh of relief.“It’s a sound isolation array, not some dangerous killing array, trap array, or evil array…”He estimated that Xiao Dian Si wanted to have a quiet conversation and was afraid of being eavesdropped on.Mo Hua relaxed.He continued to pick up his previous thoughts and continued to think. But after thinking for a while, Mo Hua was startled again.“Quiet conversation?”Mo Hua’s heart suddenly became very curious, and his eyes lit up slightly.Someone was setting up a sound isolation array in front of him to have a quiet conversation that wasn’t meant for others to hear. How could he stand that…Mo Hua pondered for a moment, then secretly took out two more blankets and wrapped his head as well, pretending to be resting. However, his body quietly slipped out from inside the blanket. He then cast a concealment technique and secretly slipped away.Beside him, Xia Dian Si watched with wide eyes as Mo Hua just slipped away like that and couldn’t help but open his mouth.Gu Changhuai, however, was used to such strange behavior. He even personally tucked the blanket for Mo Hua, making Mo Hua’s “blanket person” disguise look more convincing.Mo Hua concealed his body and quietly approached Xiao Dian Si, stopping a few zhang away.After all, Xiao Dian Si was a Golden Core. He didn’t dare to get too close.Mo Hua looked around, found a corner of a wall, squatted down, raised his head, and secretly looked. He discovered that Xiao Dian Si at this time was within the range of the sound isolation array, talking to Shui Yanluo about something.Their expressions were grave, and their voices were low, obviously discussing some secret matter.“Secret matter…”Mo Hua’s heart itched for a moment. He thought for a while, then very “gently” released his divine sense, perceiving the sound isolation array on the ground.This sound isolation array was of the second grade.In the second-grade realm, only second-grade arrays were used.Since it was a second-grade array, it was simple.Mo Hua deduced slightly and calculated the spiritual energy flow interval inside the sound isolation array. This interval was the array’s inherent “flaw.”He then took out a silver needle engraved with a micro-engraving technique, which was an “eavesdropping array.” He gently flicked the silver needle with his finger, sending it into the flaw of the sound isolation array.The silver needle was very light, and the sound was extremely faint.And the sound isolation array not only isolated sound from inside to outside but also from outside to inside. Therefore, Xiao Dian Si didn’t detect it.Of course, the main reason was that he also didn’t think anyone could eavesdrop on his conversation using this method.The eavesdropping silver needle broke into the array. Mo Hua took out the corresponding silk thread and wound it around his ear. After a moment, he could indeed hear sounds.At first, the sound was still intermittent, but later it gradually became clear:“You achieved nothing and messed things up…”“…I already saved you once before, and I didn’t expect you to still be so useless…”“…If it weren’t for opening that thing, would I bother with your life and death?”Mo Hua was a bit surprised to hear these words.Open… that thing?What thing?Mo Hua thought carefully for a moment, and his heart was shocked, “Could it be… opening the Water Prison Forbidden Box?”This smiling tiger wanted to use Shui Yanluo to open the Water Prison Forbidden Box?Mo Hua’s heart became heavy for a while. After a moment, he calmed down and continued to eavesdrop.“Big Brother, it’s not that I’m incapable. It’s just that all sorts of changes were too unexpected, as if every move was calculated by someone else…”Shui Yanluo said in a deep voice.Xiao Dian Si’s expression was indifferent, “I don’t listen to excuses.”Shui Yanluo closed his mouth in annoyance, not daring to say more.Xiao Dian Si turned his head and glanced at Shui Yanluo, “Where is that thing?”Shui Yanluo’s face instantly turned pale.Xiao Dian Si saw Shui Yanluo’s appearance and couldn’t help but frown slightly. After pondering for a moment, his pupils constricted, and he suddenly opened his eyes wide. He said in a gloomy tone:“Don’t tell me… You lost it…”“Not lost,” Shui Yanluo said in a trembling voice, “It’s just… not in my hands right now.”Xiao Dian Si’s eyes revealed a killing intent, and he laughed extremely angrily:“Good, good. You’re so capable, you can even lose that thing. Didn’t I warn you that you can lose your life, but that box absolutely cannot have the slightest mishap?”Shui Yanluo gritted his teeth and said, “Big Brother, forgive me. It was my momentary negligence. I fell into a villain’s trap and was secretly calculated, and that box was taken.”“I have already done my best to retrieve that box and will definitely not disappoint Big Brother.”Xiao Dian Si frowned, “Whose hands is that box in now?”Shui Yanluo said, “In… in the hands of that little brat called Mo Hua.”Mo Hua, who was eavesdropping, couldn’t help but shrink his head a bit.Xiao Dian Si, however, was stunned, as if he hadn’t heard clearly, “Who?”“Mo Hua…” Shui Yanluo said in a low voice.“Which Mo Hua?”“Just… just now, the one who was still talking to you, Big Brother, that… Mo Hua.”Xiao Dian Si opened his mouth. For a moment, his expression was extremely wonderful.The person who stole the Water Prison Forbidden Box was the same little brat he had initially wanted to capture as a hostage but failed, then traveled together with, even discussing and deciding plans with, and together captured Mister Wu’s… little brat?!This little brat stole his most prized treasure, and then still acted as if nothing had happened, flaunting around in front of him for a long time.And he himself was completely unaware!At this moment, Xiao Dian Si truly had the heart to kill Shui Yanluo.