Chapter 90: Parents

During the day, after chatting with Zhang Lan, Mo Hua held the book "Qian Zhen Ji" given to him by Master Zhuang and spent the whole day flipping through it. He found several formations that could be used and planned to learn them in the coming days. Once he finished learning, he would draw several copies to carry with him in case of emergencies.

One should not have a heart to harm others, but a heart to guard against others is indispensable.

Mo Hua currently had too few means of self-preservation. Relying solely on formations was clearly not enough.

Qian Xing's incident served as a wake-up call for Mo Hua. Although the Dao Court had laws, cultivators might not all abide by them. The Heavenly Dao bestowed power upon cultivators, and killing and power were always intertwined.

He was now a cultivator after all. Body cultivation involved martial arts for fighting, spirit cultivation involved spells for taking lives. If he knew nothing of these, in the crisis-ridden cultivation world, he wouldn't live to see the day he could support his parents...

Mo Hua could, of course, focus on being a formation master, find a safe place, neither fight with demon beasts nor conflict with other cultivators, and wholeheartedly research formations, living a safe and stable life.

But entrusting his life to the kindness of others was ultimately not a good choice.

After all, Mo Hua also didn't know if, at some point and place in the future, the cultivator he encountered would or would not have killing intent towards him. Once a cultivator harbored killing intent towards him, and he had no means of self-preservation, then besides stretching his neck and waiting to be slaughtered, there were no other options.

So how to self-preserve?

Mo Hua pondered in his heart.

Doing body cultivation was impossible, utterly impossible in this lifetime.

With Mo Hua's physique, to refine his body, learn cultivation martial arts, and fight hand-to-hand with people would be no different from giving away his life for free.

Then he could only do spirit cultivation.

But even in spirit cultivation, Mo Hua's talent wasn't particularly outstanding.

His spirit root was only barely considered medium. His qi sea wouldn't accommodate too much spirit power, and the cultivation technique "Tian Yan Jue" also had no special bonus effect on spirit power. This also led to his spirit power being slightly weaker compared to cultivators of the same realm.

This was when comparing with cultivators of almost qualifications. If comparing with heaven's favorites like Bai Zisheng and Bai Zixi, Mo Hua's spirit power could even be described as "meager."

And the amount of spirit power was closely related to the power of spells.

"Forget it, cultivating to the fifth layer of Qi Refinement comes first. Right now, even if I wanted to learn spells, I couldn't," Mo Hua sighed.

At the fifth layer of Qi Refinement, body cultivators could learn body refinement martial arts, and spirit cultivators could learn spells, because their spirit power was already relatively abundant and they had the foundation to drive spirit power and use dao methods.

By the time they reached the sixth layer of Qi Refinement, many cultivators had to rely on themselves to make a living. Learning at that time would be considered late.

Thinking it over, he could currently still only rely on formations.

Mo Hua sighed again and honestly entered his sea of consciousness to practice several new formations on the Dao Stele.

Mo Shan, who had been busy outside all day, also returned home at this time.

"I asked around, Hua'er didn't do anything wrong. It was Qian Xing of the Qian family who deliberately provoked him and even wanted to harm him. Thankfully, Da Zhu and the others intervened, making it a close call but ultimately safe."

Liu Ruhua breathed a sigh of relief, then immediately worriedly said, "The Qian family won't find trouble with Hua'er, will they?"

Mo Shan coldly snorted, "Do they dare? The Qian family is powerful, but we demon hunter masters, who fight with demon beasts and risk our lives, are not to be trifled with. Unless it's cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage, as long as they dare to come, they shouldn't expect to return intact!"

When Mo Shan said these words, his whole demeanor became several points more fierce. This was the aura formed from long-term confrontation with demon beasts, making people feel a bit chilling.

Liu Ruhua also rarely saw her husband show this kind of expression. Normally at home, Mo Shan was very gentle and considerate. She held her husband's hand and gently asked again, "What if the Qian family really sends cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage?"

Mo Shan shook his head: "They won't. The Qian family has elders at the Foundation Establishment stage, and we demon hunter masters also have them. Once Foundation Establishment cultivators appear, it will become a big deal, and neither side will end well."

"Did you tell the elders about this?"

"I did. Originally, I wanted to find trouble with the Qian family. It's not easy to say inside Tong Xian City, but in this mountain, what we demon hunter masters say counts. It would be easy to make them suffer a bit, but the elders didn't agree..."

Mo Shan was a bit displeased.

"Did the elder ask you to consider the overall situation?"

"No." Mo Shan hesitated for a moment, then said, "The elder said there's no excuse to go find trouble now."

"No excuse?" Liu Ruhua's expression was doubtful.

Mo Shan quietly said: "The elder said that Qian Xing bullied Hua'er, but Hua'er is lively and well, while Qian Xing suffered heavy injuries and is not in human shape... In this situation, it's hard to find an excuse to go find trouble."

Liu Ruhua saw such an elder for the first time and couldn't help but ask, "What if there is an excuse?"

"If there's an excuse, we'll be in the right. At that time, we'll first find trouble and then make them compensate with spirit stones. The demon hunter team has been financially stretched recently, unable to issue spirit stones. The elders are all anxious. If there were really an excuse, he would have already gone to extort them."

Liu Ruhua: "..."

"Don't worry. Although Hua'er is weak and can't be a demon hunter master, he's also a member of the demon hunter masters. When he encounters this kind of thing, the elder won't stand by. Otherwise, if we let these families get used to bullying us, we poor demon hunter masters won't be able to live."

Mo Shan comforted his wife.

Liu Ruhua's heart relaxed, and then she curiously asked, "You said Qian Xing suffered heavy injuries? The Qian family has followers and guards, how could he be injured?"

Mo Shan's expression became subtle, "Guess."

Liu Ruhua rolled her beautiful eyes at her husband, thought for a moment, and said, "Did Da Zhu and the others beat him?"

Mo Shan shook his head.

"Then were there other demon hunter masters nearby who helped?"

"Also not right."

Liu Ruhua guessed several more times, all of which were wrong, then shook her head: "Then I can't guess. It's impossible for Hua'er to have injured him, right?"

Mo Shan raised an eyebrow, "You guessed right, it was Hua'er."

Liu Ruhua's mouth fell open, "Impossible. How old is Hua'er? His cultivation is so low. How could he have possibly caused Qian Xing such heavy injuries?"

Mo Shan said with a complex expression: "I don't believe it either. According to common sense, it's also impossible. But someone did see it. That day, Hua'er was held hostage by Qian Xing. When he struggled free, Hua'er splashed spirit ink, injuring Qian Xing's eye, and then took the opportunity to stuff a formation paper into Qian Xing's embrace. At the same time, he also crushed a spirit stone. When he kicked Qian Xing and was shaken to the ground himself, the formation exploded, and Qian Xing was also blasted away..."

Liu Ruhua listened, stunned, then immediately covered her mouth and laughed, "Then Hua'er really didn't suffer any loss."

Mo Shan also laughed: "He only suffered a little flesh injury, seemed to have scraped it when he fell, and had a little bruise on his neck. Old Mr. Feng applied some medicine, and he's fine. Compared to Qian Xing, who looks like charcoal, he truly didn't suffer any loss."

"Then, do others know about this?"

"Very few people know, and even if they say it, no one will believe it. Hua'er is young after all, and only at the fourth layer of Qi Refinement. We, as his parents, don't even believe it, let alone others."

Liu Ruhua nodded, "This is also good. The Qian family won't find trouble with Hua'er. But we really have to thank Da Zhu and those children. Otherwise, Hua'er might have suffered."

Liu Ruhua still felt a bit scared thinking about it.

"Yes, tomorrow we'll prepare some things to send to Master Chen and the others."

"Okay."

"But don't worry," Mo Shan said with a smile again, "Our son might be popular! Without Da Zhu, other cultivators would also help. I heard that even Assistant Officer Zhang from the Dao Court is very familiar with Hua'er..."

Liu Ruhua thought of the scene she saw during the day and couldn't help but laugh, "He even invited Assistant Officer Zhang for wine. He's truly a big ghost in a small body."

Mo Shan held Liu Ruhua in his embrace, "Rest assured. I've told all the brothers in the demon hunter team to pay a little attention when they have free time. Whoever wants to find trouble with Hua'er again, I'll make sure they can't eat or walk properly."

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