Chapter 92: Deterrence

The next day at Mao hour, at the Bai manor.

The sky was slightly bright when Bai Zixi got up to cultivate.

Her daily cultivation schedule was very full. She wanted to learn cultivation skills, array method talismans, refining pills, and refining tools.

The Bai manor was also specially built by Aunt Xue for the Bai family siblings. Inside, there was a pill refining room, a tool refining room, a library pavilion, and a cultivation room, etc., basically mimicking the layout of the Bai family home. Although the rooms were a bit small, they had all the necessary functions.

This was instructed by Madam Bai.

Although the Bai family siblings were away from home, their cultivation homework could not be neglected at all.

Aunt Xue also obeyed Madam Bai's command and came to take care of the Bai family siblings' daily diet and living, as well as various cultivation matters.

Madam Bai had high hopes for this pair of children, so she was particularly strict.

Although Bai Zisheng was somewhat mischievous and active, he was still considered obedient. Relatively speaking, Bai Zixi was simply too worry-free. Her daily lessons were completed without fail. Whether it was her spiritual root talent or her cultivating dao heart, she was almost impeccable and required no one to worry about.

Bai Zixi got up at Mao hour and would sit in the courtyard bamboo pavilion to cultivate for an hour.

Aunt Xue had just returned and stood in the bamboo forest on the side, waiting quietly.

In the early morning, there was a faint thin fog, the grass and trees were verdant and about to drip, and the spiritual flowers were delicate and beautiful, waiting to bloom.

Bai Zixi sat in the midst of it, dressed in snow-white clothes, her skin crystal clear and translucent, her appearance pure, beautiful, and flawless.

The sunrise pierced through the thin fog, sprinkling on the grass and trees, sprinkling on the flower petals, and also turning into a layer of pale gold light, softly covering Bai Zixi's body.

Aunt Xue sighed. With such scenery, she would be willing to sit here and watch all day.

Bai Zixi's slender eyelashes moved slightly, and she opened her eyes.

Aunt Xue then stepped forward and told her the news she had inquired about. This included how Qian Xing blocked Mo Hua, what he said, how the conflict arose, and how it was finally resolved. And after Qian Xing was healed, he held a grudge against Mo Hua and found Mo Hua again to threaten him.

That was the scene Bai Zixi saw yesterday.

Bai Zixi frowned slightly and said softly, "We are seeking knowledge from Mister Zhuang. We don't want to be disturbed."

Aunt Xue nodded and then retreated.

Only when she left did she wonder in her heart, did Zixi's "we" refer to just the two siblings, or did it also include Mo Hua?

Mo Hua asked Mister Zhuang for advice and then went to find the Bai family siblings as usual, bringing them some beef, osmanthus cake, and sweet glutinous rice wine. While he was at it, he also asked for advice on several array method questions.

As he was talking, Mo Hua always felt that Bai Zixi was looking at his neck.

Mo Hua also turned his head and looked at Bai Zixi curiously.

Their gazes met, and Bai Zixi said, "Did your neck get injured?"

"Yes," Mo Hua nodded, "A small injury, it's already healed."

Mo Hua didn't say anything else.

Bai Zixi also didn't ask further, taking small sips of the glutinous rice wine.

After leaving Mister Zhuang's place, Mo Hua returned to his small room and began to read array books.

Since Qian Xing had found him and he knew it probably wouldn't be easy to get rid of him, Mo Hua began to prepare means to deal with Qian Xing. Mo Hua still couldn't learn magic. He also didn't know anything else, so he mainly relied on array methods.

Mo Hua selected several array methods and made a special effort to learn them.

One was the Wood Bind Array. After activating it, pale green wood system spiritual power would bind people like vines, which could be used to trap enemies.

One was the Smoke Fire Array. It was similar to the Bright Fire Array that Mo Hua had drawn before, but the Bright Fire Array was used for illumination, while the Smoke Fire Array would send out a dazzling red smoke signal into the sky after activation.

The Smoke Fire Array was generally used for celebrations. During cultivator festivals, it was used to release fireworks, which were colorful and very beautiful. Mo Hua planned to use the Smoke Fire Array to attract other people's attention in case of sudden danger, to avoid falling into a situation of being isolated and helpless.

Another one was the Iron Armor Array. Mo Hua drew it on a light and thin vine armor. It could make the vine armor as firm as steel, which might just save his life at a critical moment.

The Iron Armor Array was originally used to strengthen armor. Armor was cast from refined iron, which was already firm, and with the addition of the Iron Armor Array, it became even more indestructible. When body cultivators battled, wearing armor with the Iron Armor Array, which was as solid as gold and stone, was like adding wings to a tiger, sweeping everything invincible.

In close combat, armor had a huge impact on the outcome, so it was extremely important to body cultivators.

But armor was very expensive, requiring a lot of refined iron and effort, which Mo Hua couldn't afford. Among the demon hunters in Tongxian City, not many had armor. Most demon hunters still used the cheaper vine armor.

Mo Hua's vine armor was small and exquisite. It was specially custom-made for Mo Hua by Master Chen. Mo Hua was small, so the vine armor wasn't big either and didn't even use much material. Master Chen didn't even charge any spirit stones.

Master Chen didn't accept spirit stones, so Mo Hua had to say a few nice words to praise Master Chen. Master Chen didn't say anything, but he was still very proud in his heart.

Mo Hua went back and tried the vine armor. It could block ordinary knives and swords, but it couldn't block force. Even if he didn't suffer external injuries like this, internal injuries were unavoidable.

There was no other way. Vine armor was for body cultivators to use. Body cultivators had rough skin and thick flesh and could defend against knives and swords, so they didn't care about this force, but Mo Hua couldn't.

Mo Hua had to draw an Iron Armor Array on it again. Although it couldn't isolate the force, it was at least much better than before. Moreover, after drawing the Iron Armor Array, the vine armor itself became quite a bit firmer. Before, when knives and swords chopped on the vine armor, they could leave marks, but now there were no marks at all.

Vine armor was used to defend the body and was not comfortable to wear, so Mo Hua put the vine armor into his storage bag and prepared to take it out in case of emergency.

For attacking array methods, currently, he only had the Ground Fire Array. In terms of pure power, the Ground Fire Array was already quite good. Other array methods wouldn't be much stronger. More importantly, the Ground Fire Array would explode after three breaths of activation, while most other array methods had instant effects. If the spiritual power exploded, Mo Hua would also be affected.

With an array method of similar power, it could cripple Qian Xing. However, if it exploded on Mo Hua's body, he would definitely die.

Besides these, Mo Hua also prepared some scattered small array methods to prevent emergency needs.

But two days later, Zhang Lan found Mo Hua again and said, "Qian Xing is crazy and won't trouble you."

Mo Hua's mouth fell open.

Zhang Lan saw Mo Hua's expression and knew that he really didn't know, so he also breathed a sigh of relief and said,

"While Qian Xing was sleeping, someone used fresh red demon blood and bloody internal organs to pour all over him. He soaked in the blood all night and woke up the next day, completely insane."

Mo Hua was greatly shocked and asked, "Was he scared crazy?"

"It's not that simple," Zhang Lan shook his head, "Blood, flesh, and internal organs are at most frightening. Burning a peace incense and resting for a period of time will be fine. It won't cause people to go crazy."

"Then what happened?" Mo Hua asked.

"I guess besides the threat with demon blood and internal organs, someone probably used illusion techniques." Zhang Lan said.

"Illusion techniques?"

"It is said that when Qian Xing woke up, his expression was panicked, his voice was sad and shrill, and he kept shouting 'don't eat me'. If I'm not mistaken, someone must have used illusion techniques to make him think in his dream that he was truly being eaten by a demon beast bite by bite into its belly. And after he woke up, he discovered that all around him were demon beast blood and internal organs, so he thought he was in the demon beast's belly and that he was truly being eaten by the demon beast. Under pain and fear, he went completely insane."

Mo Hua was extremely shocked to hear this. There could be such techniques? It sounded very powerful, so he couldn't help but ask:

"Illusion techniques... can I learn them?"

Zhang Lan glanced at Mo Hua and said, "You can't!" directly ending Mo Hua's delusion.

"Illusion techniques are a very special technique. To learn illusion techniques, one needs both special meridians and physique, as well as extremely deep family learning origins. Ordinary cultivators cannot learn them. There is nowhere to learn, and they fundamentally cannot learn them." Zhang Lan said.

Mo Hua was a little disappointed, then asked Zhang Lan, "Uncle Zhang, can you learn them?"

Zhang Lan choked, "I... also can't."

Mo Hua felt comforted, and his heart felt a little better.

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