Chapter 985: God Preaches the Way

Huangshan Jun looked at Mo Hua suspiciously. It had been several years since he had seen Mo Hua. Just now, because he was too excited about the matter of the idol of life and destiny and was overwhelmed with gratitude, for a moment he felt that Mo Hua was exceptionally handsome and peerless, with his whole body radiating golden light. But looking carefully now, Huangshan Jun was surprised to find that this did not seem to be his own 'illusion'. Mo Hua's divine sense indeed had faint golden light overflowing. This kind of golden light could only be seen by gods. And Mo Hua's divine consciousness was more obscure, more concealed, and as vast as the sea compared to before. The stronger the divine consciousness, the more impossible it was to spy on. A nearly absurd guess rose in Huangshan Jun's heart.

"Little friend, you—" Huangshan Jun wanted to speak but stopped.

"What's wrong?" Mo Hua asked.

Huangshan Jun thought deeply for a moment, shook his head, "Nothing—" He didn't dare to ask. There were differences between humans and gods. Stepping into the path of being conferred a god with a mortal body and flesh was a great taboo. Such people would face great calamities. Once this secret was leaked, it would also invite divine disaster and attract the even extermination of many gods in heaven and earth. Being conferred a god in the flesh was the path of 'blaspheming god'. And mortal cultivators who walked the path of being conferred a god were equally full of killing intent. If they made a single wrong step, they would fall into the evil path, become deformed flesh evil gods, their evil thoughts spreading like a plague over the earth.

In Huangshan Jun's long memory, except for some ancient cultivators with extraordinary innate divine sense and astonishing talent to the point of madness, almost no one walked this path. And some cultivators who had walked this path before could not even be considered 'people' at all. Huangshan Jun looked deeply at Mo Hua. It was extremely certain that Mo Hua was indeed a 'person' composed of flesh and blood. Even if his divine sense was strong again, he was still fundamentally a person. Moreover, his humanity was very abundant, his Dao heart was firm, and his spirit was lively. The more Huangshan Jun looked, the more his heart palpitated, but he said nothing, instead silently suppressing his suspicion to the bottom of his heart. He even forced himself to forget. Mo Hua had shown him great kindness. If Mo Hua was really walking the path of 'pathization and being conferred a god', then he couldn't say it out loud. It was best for him to have never known about this matter from the beginning.

But Huangshan Jun was still not at ease, his gaze flickered, and he said to Mo Hua with implied meaning: "Humans and gods have fundamental differences. Between humans and gods, there is a great Dao heavenly moat, and the boundary is clear. No matter at any time, this boundary cannot be broken, otherwise, it will inevitably invite great calamities and disasters."

Mo Hua was startled for a moment, and immediately understood Huangshan Jun's meaning, nodded, indicating that he understood. Huangshan Jun then relaxed and continued: "Cultivators cultivate spiritual power, and each realm changes. At the first stage, refine qi, spiritual power is like fog; at the second stage, build foundation, spiritual power is like mercury; at the third stage, golden core, spiritual power crystallizes. But the divine consciousness of cultivators does not have this change. From the first stage to the second stage, the divine sense doubles, and it is the same thereafter. The divine sense of cultivators only increases in quantity, with no change in essence. This change in the essence of divine sense belongs to the gods. At the first stage of god, thought power is like fog; at the second stage of god, thought power is like mercury; at the third stage of god, thought power crystallizes. This is the 'form change' of gods' thought power, a change in the form of thought power. And besides form change, gods' thought power also has another layer of 'quality change', which is the 'pathization' of divine sense. Innate great Dao derives and nurtures god marrow. The rarer the god marrow of gods, the deeper the pathization, the more true the origin, the higher the position, and the stronger the laws. High-level gods have powerful origins and possess profound 'pathization' power, and can even break through the limits of the gods' realm and transcend realms to kill higher gods."

Huangshan Jun narrated the secrets of the gods to Mo Hua in detail. This whole set of god path knowledge was much more complete than before. This was because it had fused with the idol of life and destiny, awakened some lost memories, and thus supplemented them. And another part of the gods' knowledge, Huangshan Jun had not mentioned before because he had not thought that Mo Hua, this ancient spirit clever human cultivator, was very likely walking the path of 'pathization and being conferred a god', which broke the great Dao taboo. But now the situation was different again. Huangshan Jun was certain that Mo Hua could definitely use this knowledge, so he meticulously explained it in great detail. And Mo Hua also benefited a lot after listening. In some sense, this was true 'gods transmitting Dao'. Although Huangshan Jun was down and out now, he was previously a peak third-stage great mountain god, having experienced years and vicissitudes, with a deep foundation and terrifying strength. Otherwise, the great wilderness evil god would not have racked his brains to covet its god body and Dao field. It could transmit Dao to himself, which was very valuable. This 'personal transmission' god path knowledge of the gods was, in some sense, also the 'taboo' of the gods. Perhaps very few people knew about it. Even Elder Xun of the Cave Void Realm probably didn't know. After all, Elder Xun might not have a 'god' friend to drink and chat with him.

"Many thanks, Mountain Lord." Mo Hua cupped his hands in thanks.

"Little friend is too polite." Huangshan Jun sighed. The great kindness of finding the idol of life and destiny was something he couldn't repay even with great effort. Saying some god path secrets and hearsay was nothing. And after listening to Huangshan Jun's transmission of Dao, Mo Hua's understanding of the framework of the god path advancement became clearer. He was now half-human, half-god, stuck in the middle. The two god path advancement frameworks were mixed together, so some universal god path concepts were not applicable to him. He needed to research and explore on his own to find his own path between human and god.

"Right," Mo Hua thought of another matter and asked, "Mountain Lord, what about that 'dragon', eh? What is the advancement direction of a dragon soul, eh?"

"Dragon?" Huangshan Jun was a little stunned, "What does this have to do with dragons?"

Mo Hua didn't know how to say it. He couldn't possibly tell Huangshan Jun that he had 'eaten' a dragon, could he? Mo Hua said: "Some time ago, by chance, I encountered a descendant of the great wilderness and saw a dragon soul, so I was curious and wanted to ask you about it."

Huangshan Jun was quite surprised to hear this and asked: "Where is that dragon soul now?"

In my belly— Mo Hua was silent for a moment and could only say: "I don't know either—"

Huangshan Jun felt a little regretful, pondered for a moment and said: "Dragons are divine beasts, and dragon souls are the souls of divine beasts. In some sense, they are enough to compare with the existence of 'gods'. But the number of dragons is extremely rare, and dragon souls are even rarer. Even though I was a lone mountain god and lived for an unknown number of years, I have never personally seen a dragon soul a few times. The secrets of dragon souls are probably only known by the 'dragon' clan itself, or the true dragons inherited from generation to generation, and human clans with dragon bloodline. "

"Human clans who inherit true dragons or dragon bloodline?" Mo Hua asked.

Huangshan Jun said: "One branch of the Dao Court emperor inherits true dragon blood. The royal family of the great wilderness inherits dragon blood. Furthermore, some royal families in the barbarian wilderness, northern border, and western extreme, some hidden world clans, and even some current big world families and big clans occasionally have the spread of dragon bloodline."

Mo Hua suddenly realized. He had heard Inspector Xia mention the difference between true dragons and dragon bloodline before. But this was the first time he had heard of these forces that possessed dragon bloodline.

"Are there also dragon bloodline within big world families and big clans?" Mo Hua couldn't help but think of his little senior brother, who was heroic and extraordinary, and whose spear was like a dragon. "Little senior brother, he is from the Bai family, and he cultivates dragon Dao laws. Does this mean that there is also dragon blood flowing in his body?" Mo Hua felt that it was not impossible. If he met his little senior brother later, he must find him and ask.

Having asked about the knowledge of the god path, Mo Hua remembered the key information one by one in his heart. He turned his head and looked at Huangshan Jun again, seeing that there was a layer of light golden color covering his body, and asked curiously: "Mountain Lord, you have got—." Mo Hua thought for a moment, but still did not say the four words 'idol of life and destiny'. Heaven and earth have six ears. And his body was also stained with quite a few cause and effect. If those four words were said out, and someone with intentions calculated it, it might bring unexpected disaster to Huangshan Jun. Mo Hua then said: "You have got that thing, can your strength recover as before, eh? You were powerful back then." A peak third stage, only one step away from stepping into the fourth stage realm's great mountain god. His Dao cultivation made even evil gods covet. His divine powers were also incredibly strong. He had also built such a big temple and repaired so many idols. It was obvious that there were not few believers, and the incense was surely prosperous. Compared to now, it was truly like heaven and earth.

Huangshan Jun said happily: "With the origin, everything is possible, of course, it will definitely not be that fast. The Dao cultivation of gods also needs to be cultivated little by little."

Mo Hua was also happy for Huangshan Jun, and asked again: "Then if you want to cultivate to the third stage, you still need to widely establish Dao fields and eat the incense of the common people, eh?"

Huangshan Jun shook his head again. "No need, eh?" Mo Hua said.

Huangshan Jun's gaze was profound, and he slowly sighed: "The support of the common people is all illusory. All beings in the world, whether human, demon, or god, are mostly puppets of power, fame and fortune, power and position. Humans are like this. When power is added to the body, they are emperors. When power is lost, they are just a common person in the world. Cultivation reaching the heavens is as respected as an ancestor. When cultivation is lost, they are just an ant in heaven and earth. I, this mountain god, am the same. That year when my divine sense was powerful and I had boundless power, I was naturally majestic, with tens of thousands of people worshiping me and prosperous incense. But the majesty was not me, but the great power of heaven and earth that took me as a 'puppet'. The worship of the crowds was not me either. What they worshiped was also my divine power. This kind of support was originally illusory. Once the great power of heaven and earth is lost, the tens of thousands of people turn away, the incense is cut off, and I myself am just a small mountain god in the broken temple of Huangshan, uncared for. Therefore, I then saw clearly that since gods are born with Dao, they should lighten external things, cultivate quietly, widely tie good karma, no need to seek human support, no need to widely establish incense, no need to force cause and effect. Since it is an illusory thing, then come without joy, go without sorrow, just specially cultivate one's own Dao, and be aware of the origin."

Huangshan Jun's words were meaningful. Mo Hua was silent for a moment, as if deep in thought. He had heard Huangshan Jun say these words before, but his experience was not deep then. Now that he had experienced the various things in the solitary mountain, listening to them again felt different. What gods seek is Dao, not incense. Incense follows human hearts, fleeting and illusory. And the great Dao exists in heaven and earth, eternal and ancient. Similarly, what cultivators seek should also be Dao, not pure cultivation, power, fame, interests, and position.

Mo Hua nodded and seriously bowed to Huangshan Jun, "Many thanks for Mountain Lord's guidance."

Huangshan Jun hurriedly waved his hand, "Human world vicissitudes, encountering misfortunes, a little small insight was born. It's best if it can help little friend. It doesn't bear such a great rite."

Mo Hua nodded, "It helped me a lot."

The two of them drank some more wine and chatted for a while. It was getting late, and Mo Hua wanted to go back. He also couldn't let Elder Xun wait for him outside all the time. When he got up to leave, Mo Hua thought for a moment and asked Huangshan Jun: "Will you be disturbed by evil things while cultivating in this broken temple, eh?"

Huangshan Jun said: "Occasionally."

Mo Hua said: "Wait a moment." He went outside the temple, broke a branch, and shaved it into the shape of a small sword. After that, Mo Hua pointed his hand at his forehead and condensed a wisp of divine sense sword intent. This wisp of sword intent was still very raw, but it contained a powerful killing intent, like substance, which made Huangshan Jun look alarmed. Mo Hua fused the sword intent into the wooden sword and then suspended it above the temple door. From the outside, this was just a rough wooden sword. But if there were yin evil ghosts who came uninvited, this would be a terrible 'beheading sword'. "My sword is suspended here, and general evils will not dare to come." Mo Hua said.

Huangshan Jun looked deeply at Mo Hua, his heart full of gratitude, and bowed deeply, "Little friend's great kindness, this small god will remember it in his heart."

Mo Hua waved his hand, "I already said, we are good friends, why be polite with me."

"I want to go back to the sect. I'll come to see you again next time I have free time."

Looking at the small wooden sword suspended on the beam, Mo Hua nodded with satisfaction, then waved to Huangshan Jun, and left in a free and easy manner. The sun set in the west, on the withered mountain and broken temple. Mo Hua and Xun Zi You walked together, wearing the full sky evening glow, along the winding mountain road, step by step down the mountain. Huangshan Jun watched Mo Hua leave, his heart full of emotions. He never thought that eight years ago, this small cultivator who rode a single gun on horseback up the mountain, intruded into his temple at night, would unexpectedly be the greatest 'fortune' he had encountered in his life.

Wearing the color of the moon, he returned to the sect. Mo Hua practiced the reverse spirit array all night. By dawn the next day, Zheng Fang came to find him again, handed him a letter, and said: "Little senior brother, my uncle ancestor wants to return to Zhen State in three days."

Mo Hua was surprised, "Senior Zheng wants to leave?"

"Yes," Zheng Fang nodded, "Uncle ancestor had already resigned from the position of elder of Qian Dao Sect, and stayed exceptionally for some time. Now the end of the year is approaching, and something seems to have happened in the clan, so he has to go back."

"Before leaving, he wants to see little senior brother again, possibly to entrust something."

Mo Hua felt regretful, then said: "I understand, I will go visit Senior Zheng."

"Okay, little senior brother, then I'll leave first."

After Zheng Fang finished speaking, he left. Mo Hua thought for a moment, and felt that since Elder Zheng wanted to return to the clan, it was better to see him off sooner rather than later, to avoid any temporary matters or other delays, thus missing Senior Zheng. So at noon, he went to visit Elder Zheng. Elder Zheng was temporarily renting a cave mansion in Tai Xu City. When Mo Hua arrived, Elder Zheng was just packing things. Seeing Mo Hua come, he looked pleased, and hurriedly ordered the child servant to serve tea. The two of them sat in the courtyard of the cave mansion, drinking tea and chatting.

"Senior Zheng, you want to return to the clan, eh?" Mo Hua took a sip of tea and asked in a low voice.

"Yes," Elder Zheng sighed, "I have stayed for a long time. Something has happened in the clan recently, and I have to go back before the New Year."

Mo Hua's expression was a little desolate. Elder Zheng was upright, profound in array law knowledge, and also very kind to him. As long as he asked questions, Elder Zheng knew everything without hiding and spoke without reservation. He was a senior who made people respect him. Now that he was leaving just like this, Mo Hua was very reluctant. Elder Zheng also silently looked at Mo Hua, sighing in his heart. He had not thought that he had taught in Qian Dao Sect for so many years, and had never met a disciple he truly appreciated. As a result, he resigned from the position of elder and wanted to return to the clan, but met this child Mo Hua. If he had known earlier, he should have gone to Tai Xu Gate as an elder. In this way, he could rightfully serve as Mo Hua's 'elder' and transmit array law knowledge to him. Elder Zheng's heart was regretful.

He looked deeply at Mo Hua again, but as he looked, Elder Zheng suddenly looked startled and frowned slightly. Although it was covered by the Tai Xu Two Yi Lock, Mo Hua's aura was somewhat obscure, but as a Feather Transformation Realm array master, he could still faintly perceive that Mo Hua's divine consciousness was quite a lot stronger than before.

"Divine consciousness has become strong again?"

"Impossible, eh—"

"Nineteen patterns peak, and a little stronger, isn't that a twenty pattern golden core? Building foundation cultivation, condensing the core with divine sense?" Elder Zheng shook his head, feeling absurd himself. He took out several already prepared jade slips from his storage bag. "I have recorded some basic yuan magnetic and advanced thunder magnetic array law knowledge in the jade slips. You can take a look if you want to research later."

"Furthermore, I have also sorted out some array diagrams. These array diagrams should have some differences from your Tai Xu Gate's inheritance, so you can just use them as a reference."

"Besides that, there are also some insights into array law." Elder Zheng handed these things to Mo Hua one by one.

Mo Hua looked at these jade slips and classics, his heart full of gratitude. Elder Zheng then earnestly instructed: "The great Dao is long, and the array path is infinite. You must study diligently and persevere. There are no shortcuts on the path of array law, perseverance is the only way. Only by persevering and never giving up can you walk far. These seemingly ordinary exhortations are the most unbreakable truths precipitated after experiencing the vicissitudes of the Dao path and life experience."

"Also, if you have the opportunity in the future, go to Zhen State and come to my Zheng family." Elder Zheng said.

"Okay!" Mo Hua nodded seriously, "Junior remembers!"

Elder Zheng's serious face revealed a trace of a smile. After that, he combined his own experiences and told Mo Hua about some taboos in array laws, cultivation, and the Dao path, as well as potential troubles he might encounter in the future in the cultivation world, one by one. Elder Zheng spoke carefully, and Mo Hua listened attentively. Unconsciously, half a day passed in a flash. The sun gradually set, and the evening glow spread across the sky. Elder Zheng saw that it was getting late, and said goodbye to Mo Hua with considerable regret. Mo Hua also knew that he should take his leave. But when he was about to leave, Elder Zheng suddenly called out to stop him, his expression somewhat serious, and his heart seemed to be hesitating whether or not to say it. Perhaps he thought that if he didn't say it now, he might not have the opportunity to tell Mo Hua later. Elder Zheng slowly made up his mind, then waved his hand, opened the array law, light spread, sealing the entire cave mansion and isolating all sights and sounds.

"Mo Hua," Elder Zheng's expression was serious, "After you listen to what I say next, do not tell anyone, and do not easily mention it to others."

Mo Hua was startled, then nodded solemnly. Elder Zheng nodded, then slowly asked: "Have you heard of—Great Demon Hall, eh?"