Chapter 754 Secret (Additional update for alliance leader Shu Shiouo~)
Mo Hua chatted with Cheng Mo for a few more words, letting him rest in peace and recuperate. After that, he returned to the disciples' residence and secretly took out the small part of the demon cultivator's arm.
This arm has a bit of demonic energy, and according to the sect's rules, it cannot be brought into the sect.
But Mo Hua told Elder Song the cause and effect of the matter, and he was considered to have passed the "clear path" with Elder Song.
Although Elder Song didn't know what Mo Hua would use this arm for, this thing itself could be regarded as the "trophy" from Mo Hua's victory over the demon cultivator.
Mo Hua said it would be useful to keep it. Elder Song hesitated for a moment and then returned it to Mo Hua.
Although there is still demonic energy left on this demon cultivator's arm, it is already very small.
Even if he is given an ink painting, the harm will not be great.
What's more, Mo Hua is Mr. Xun's valued disciple.
With Mr. Xun's "backing", he would turn a blind eye to Mo Hua's demands as long as they were not particularly excessive.
Mo Hua thanked Elder Song and began to study as soon as he returned to his disciple's residence.
He first found the elixir, soaked his arm, and washed away the blood on it, as well as the remaining fine sword fragments and gold-based sword energy after the explosion of the Broken Gold Sword Formation.
He specially asked a "junior brother" who was proficient in alchemy to prepare this elixir for him.
After washing, the blood on the arm faded, revealing its original flesh color.
On the skin, lines of formations also appeared.
These formation patterns are simple and mysterious, and seem to have been passed down for a long time. However, the formation of the core formation has some primitive and wild atmosphere.
It’s the Four Elephants Formation!
And if you look carefully, you can find that these four-image formations are like pictographic characters, imitating animals.
The belly of the pen is like the back of a demon, the tip of the pen is like claws and teeth, and the shape is like a wolf pattern.
It looks like a pattern of four elephants and wolves.
The ink painting is carefully studied, with eyes showing deep contemplation.
This is not the first time he has seen the Four Elephants Formation.
He had seen similar patterns on the vulture's bald head before.
Similarly, Mr. Xun also taught him the basic four-image pattern.
But the two are completely different.
The formation pattern that Mr. Xun taught him is upright and elegant, and is a real "animal pattern".
The patterns on the vulture's head and the demon cultivator's arms are obviously inheritance from another lineage.
The shape is different, the lines are like demons, more like "demon lines".
In the four-image formation, the animal patterns and demon patterns obviously have similar origins.
But what is the specific origin, animal patterns or demon patterns, and which one is orthodox, it is difficult to say in ink painting.
After all, he knew very little about the Four-Elephant Formation. He had only heard about the origins of the Four-Elephant Formation from Mr. Xun.
The Four Elephant Formation is an ancestral formation inherited by the wilderness monks from generation to generation in the wild land south of Kyushu.
Wild land...
Mo Hua's mind was slightly agitated. He quickly recalled everything he saw and heard after entering the border of Qianxue State...
I had previously calculated and compared the array patterns, and concluded that the Four Elephants Demon Pattern Array should be the work of "Mr. Tu".
The yang-horned evil god that Mr. Tu believes in is called the "Lord of the Great Wilderness". This great wilderness should refer to the Three Thousand Wilderness Mountains.
The four-image formation originated from the monks of the wilderness tribe in the wilderness.
The evil god with sheep's horns is the evil god of the wilderness.
So, this four-image formation is the "inheritance" from the Evil God's hometown?
Are these demon cultivators with the Four Symbols Formation also the minions of the Great Wild Evil God?
"If that's the case, what are these demon cultivators doing hiding in the Demon Refining Mountain?"
Mo Hua had some vague guesses in his mind, but after much thought, he still couldn't get a clue.
He recalled everything about Demon Refining Mountain, bit by bit, and then he was suddenly startled:
"Monster!"
So far, the monsters he has met in the Demon Refining Mountain are of rare types and many of them are his first time seeing them, but somehow, there is always a subtle sense of familiarity.
Duan Jinmen robbed his pig-headed demon for the first time.
The bloody fox snatched by the demon cultivator.
There are also other ordinary wolf monsters, snake monsters, cow and horse monsters...
These are all the demons and evil spirits that he killed and "eat" when he was fighting evil gods along the way. They are somewhat similar.
Especially the huge pig-headed demon, and the fox-like demon who is half-fox and half-female in pink and can cast charms.
When he "ordered" food from the altar before, he also ordered and "ate" it.
Demon, half human, half demon, blood-refined demon.
The demons under the command of the Great Wild Evil God are composed of ferocious and bloody stumps. They are half human and half demon.
The mutilated human limbs come from monks who were abducted, sold, exterminated, and slaughtered and dismembered.
Most of the stumps of the "demon" among demons come from...
Demon Refining Mountain?!
Mo Hua felt a chill in his heart.
So, this demon refining mountain is the "breeding mountain" used to sacrifice the demon army in the Great Wilderness Evil God's conspiracy?
"More than that..."
Mo Hua frowned.
If most of the demon beast materials for blood-refining demons come from the Demon Refining Mountain, then there must be a large number of demon cultivators who have become minions of the evil god.
Moreover, relying solely on demon cultivators is definitely not enough.
The best a demon cultivator can do is hunt demonic beasts.
In this process, there must be someone to help with transportation, dismemberment, sacrifice, etc...
And most importantly, it must be hidden.
Can't let anyone find out.
Mo Hua thought again about the vast and dead forest, which was integrated with the Shinto formations and where his spiritual sense could not distinguish any breath, and he felt a chill in his heart.
In that seemingly ordinary mountain forest, there may be a secret that is more terrifying than I expected...
"Besides the demon cultivator, who else is helping the evil god?"
Mo Hua only pondered for a moment before he had a guess in his mind.
Broken Golden Gate...
That fat pig-headed demon is fighting against me at Duanjinmen.
At that time, I just thought that Duan Jinmen had a shameless nature and always behaved like this, like to steal other people's things.
Of course, Duan Jinmen is indeed shameless and likes to steal other people's things.
But now that I think about it carefully, there may be other tricks hidden in it.
Moreover, after Duanjinmen suffered a loss later, it actually ceased its activities and no longer had any disputes with Taixumen.
This is indeed not like the style of breaking Jinmen.
Now it seems that they have ceased their activities, perhaps because some conspiracy was not discovered, so they had to endure it for a while and act in a low-key manner.
Maybe the secret is...
Duanjinmen is helping the evil god hunt monsters and sacrifice demons!
Mo Hua was shocked, and then became even more confused.
Where did Duanjinmen get such courage?
Aren't they afraid of being held accountable by the Taoist court, which will cut off their orthodoxy, destroy their foundation, seal their inheritance, and erase their names?
And...to what extent was Duan Jinmen involved in this matter?
Are everyone involved from top to bottom?
Or is it just a small group of disciples, or a family faction secretly plotting something?
Does the head of Duanjinmen know?
What about their ancestors who were in seclusion?
Moreover, do they really know what they are doing?
The Great Wild Evil God is a truly powerful evil god who has abandoned the way of the gods...
This is not just a matter of seeking skin from a tiger.
In the eyes of the evil god, all things are just stupid dogs, and people are not considered "human" at all.
Aren't they afraid of being plotted by the evil god and becoming their puppets or sacrifices, and will not be reincarnated even if they die?
Mo Hua shook his head and sighed in his heart.
These people have no idea how terrifying the evil god is!
If he hadn't "eated" the remains and incarnations of several evil gods, he wouldn't have known it.
For ordinary monks, especially those who do not cultivate spiritual thoughts, the evil god is a real "taboo", a great fear that is invisible, unknowable, and invincible...
Ink Painting knows this very well.
But it’s not easy to tell others about evil gods.
The mystery here is too great.
First, if you say it, others may not believe it.
The second is that disaster comes from mouth. Once you say something and someone knows about it, you may be implicated in big karma and cause trouble for yourself.
Moreover, there are too many secrets involved in matters related to evil gods, such as calculations from heaven, calculations from heaven, Lord Huangshan, the science of gods, enlightenment of divine knowledge, devouring of divine thoughts, etc.
I can't explain it at all.
So it is better to do less than to do more.
Besides, there are so many powerful monks in Qian Xuezhou, so there is no need for a young monk like me to worry about everything.
Just do your own thing.
Mo Hua thought about it for a while, considering what he should do next.
First of all, the secret of Demon Refining Mountain is related to the evil god, so I must investigate it myself.
The evil god's conspiracy will cause trouble if he can.
Even if the evil gods are not mentioned to the outside world, they still have to expose the Broken Golden Gate to prevent them from doing any bad things again.
And the altar...
I wonder if there is an altar to the evil god in the Demon Refining Mountain.
If so, it’s a “big meal” that you can’t miss.
Secondly, we need to capture a few demon cultivators and peel off the Four Symbol Formations from their bodies to study them.
Finally, there is the Shinto formation.
Shinto formations contain the use of the power of divine thoughts and have the power to restrain gods.
In the near future, I may have to face evil gods or some powerful evil spirits, and I will definitely have to learn Shinto formations.
But now the evil god's conspiracy is so profound and unpredictable that it is difficult to spy on it.
The demon cultivator is too strong and difficult to catch.
Only the Shinto formation is spread out in the mountains and forests. It cannot run or move, but it seems "within reach".
But Mo Hua didn't dare to enter that mysterious mountain forest.
No one knows what they will encounter in the mountains and forests.
If you encounter a large group of demon cultivators, or evil cultivators in the Golden Core Realm, you will have to stop immediately.
It would be best to find a bodyguard.
But where are bodyguards so easy to find?
Mo Hua thought of Gu Changhuai and then shook his head.
"What a pity..."
Uncle Gu is not a sect monk and cannot enter the Demon Refining Mountain.
Otherwise, with him in charge, I can safely go "picking vegetables" in the woods of Demon Refining Mountain.
You need a Golden elixir monk, you also need to be a sect monk, and you need to be able to enter the Demon Refining Mountain.
After these few requests, almost no one left.
Mo Hua let out a long sigh.
But halfway through sighing, he suddenly froze.
A figure and that familiar aura emerged from the memory of Mo Hua again.
Mo Hua frowned.
He remembered that when he first entered Demon Refining Mountain, he seemed to have noticed that someone was spying on him.
Later, when I was hunting monsters in Demon Refining Mountain, I often felt this way.
This feeling was strongest when I was calculating Song Jian's sword energy and deducing the breaking golden sword formation.
Originally, Mo Hua thought it was his illusion.
Until later, he met the elder named "Xun Ziyou" at the door of Mr. Xun...
Xun Ziyou is a descendant of Mr. Xun.
When he saw himself, his expression clearly showed a moment of guilt.
Although talking to him was raw, the look in his eyes seemed very familiar.
What's more, the aura on his body always seemed familiar to Mo Hua.
Now that all these are connected in series, Mo Hua gradually understands.
"Perhaps you don't have to go out of your way to find this bodyguard?"
Mo Hua's expression paused slightly and he murmured in a low voice:
"Maybe... I have a "bodyguard" myself?"
…
Demon Refining Mountain, deep in the dense forest.
A dark, lightless, invisible place.
With one arm broken and half of his body mutilated, the demon cultivator, half walking and half crawling, came to a valley in embarrassment.
He took out a white bone and lit it with green fire.
A ghastly, greenish demonic aura curled up.
The demon cultivator was waiting where he was.
After a while, there was the sound of heavy footsteps, and a tall man in black walked slowly over without knowing when.
"what happened?"
The voice of the man in black was dull and cold.
"I..." the demon cultivator breathed intermittently, "I was ordered to hunt a bloody fox. Unexpectedly, I was cut off by several sect disciples on the way."
"Blood foxes are rare. It took me a month to find this one."
"I don't want to make a big deal out of it. I just want the fisherman to benefit and snatch this monster while they are fighting."
"But...I..."
The demon cultivator's face suddenly turned pale, "There was something wrong with my demon pattern. The demon power went backwards, impacting the sea of ​​consciousness, and my consciousness became faint for a while."
"I don't know what happened after that. I only vaguely remember that I seemed to have robbed the monster beast and almost killed a disciple, and then the disciple's fellow disciple came to me."
The man in black frowned, "What realm?"
The demon cultivator whispered: "The middle stage of foundation building."
The man in black sneered, "You are in the late stage of Foundation Establishment. You have learned demon skills and drawn demon patterns, but you can't deal with a few sect disciples in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment? How can you be any more useless?"
The demon cultivator looked flustered and quickly defended:
"Don't blame me, just blame those disciples, it's too strange."
"Which sect is it from?"
"They don't wear sect robes, and they have all kinds of methods, including swordsmanship, spells, formations, and so on. I can't tell at the moment..."
The man in black became increasingly impatient.
When fighting with others, you can't even tell others' details.
Sure enough, practicing demon skills has damaged your brain.
"What sword techniques and formations are used?"
The demon cultivator said: "There is a fire sword technique. Although it is very powerful, it is not too difficult."
"The spell is water-based, it's disgusting..."
"There are too many formations buried, and they are extremely powerful, but... I don't know anything about the formations, and I can't tell them apart..."
"Other than that, he is a sword cultivator, with eyebrows and eyes like swords, a very strong aura around him, and a moon-white long sword. The sword aura is extremely sharp. He does not look like a disciple in the middle stage of foundation establishment at all..."
When the man in black heard this, his pupils shrank.
"The moon-white long sword, the sharp sword energy... rushes towards the Xumen..."
The name of a Chongxu Sect swordsman genius came to mind.
The man in black stared at the demon cultivator and asked, "Were you injured by this sword cultivator disciple?"
"No, it's not..." The demon cultivator was still frightened and his eyes were horrified, "I was injured by... the Broken Gold Sword Qi!"
As soon as these words came out, the man in black immediately yelled angrily:
"What nonsense?!"
His eyes were cold, "How could you be injured by the Broken Gold Sword Qi?"
"Really..." the demon cultivator trembled, "and it's not an ordinary gold-breaking sword energy, it's a sword-controlling one! It's a spiritual sword controlled by the orthodox and powerful 'Gold-breaking Sword Controlling Technique', separated by at least one
One hundred and sixty feet away, with a sword from afar, I broke my arm and almost killed me!"
The demon cultivator was both angry and deeply fearful.
The man in black looked like a sword, sweeping over the demon cultivator's wound. Sure enough, he saw the sharp Broken Gold Sword Qi on the wound. His face was as cold as frost for a moment, and he asked in a deep voice:
"Who controls the sword?"
The demon cultivator shook his head, "I don't know, but it's definitely not those sect disciples..."
"With a sword control distance of one hundred and sixty feet, such a powerful sword control skill must be at least mastered by someone at the peak of Foundation Establishment, or even at the early stage of the Golden Core."
"Those sect disciples, they are not worthy."
"And I have fought against them. Among the five of them, there is no one who can master the Golden Sword-Breaking Technique."
"So, the person who wants to kill me with a sword must be a swordsman who is hiding in the dark and attacking me secretly!"
"And this man not only practiced the Golden-Breaking Sword Technique, but also practiced the most orthodox and brilliant sword-controlling technique of the Golden-Breaking Sect!"
The demon cultivator's voice was cold.
The man in black's face was as dark as water, "What do you mean..."
The demon cultivator lowered his voice and gritted his teeth: "Song family!"
The man in black looked suddenly fierce.
The demon cultivator bit the bullet and insisted, "This is the only explanation."
What the Song family practices is the orthodox Sword-Breaking Technique.
The Song family has always been an enemy of the Jin family.
The Song family knows the Jin family best.
Besides the disciples of the Jin family, only the disciples of the Song family can display such a powerful technique of breaking gold and controlling swords.
"I suspect..." Yaoxiu coughed up a mouthful of blood and said in a concentrated voice, "Some of our plots were discovered by the Song family, and they wanted to use the sword to kill people, and borrowed the hands of other sects to bring down the Jin family.
Then the Song family just took this opportunity to rise to power..."
The man in black remained silent, but the murderous aura surging in his body became more and more intense.
A bloodthirsty demonic force swam around him, like a snake, almost ready to burst out of the air.
Fortunately, the man in black suppressed the violence in his heart.
After a while, the murderous aura stopped.
The breath of the man in black also calmed down and became as dark as a mountain.
"I see……"
He said calmly.
After saying that, the man in black glanced at the demon cultivator again and asked in a deep voice: "Where is your broken arm?"
The demon cultivator endured the pain and said: "It was crushed by the sword energy and turned into a ball of blood mist..."
The man in black nodded and said, "That's good."
He glanced at the demon cultivator, threw him a bright red flesh and blood elixir, and said, "Take it."
The demon cultivator was overjoyed and quickly swallowed the flesh and blood elixir, saying with gratitude:
"Thank you, boss!"
The man in black gave a soft "hmm" and said calmly: "After you heal your injuries, don't forget your mission. Mr. Tu said that you need to plan ahead and move faster."
"Yes!" The demon cultivator kowtowed.
After he took the elixir, a surge of blood surged through his body, healing his injuries and reviving his flesh and blood.
Although this quick and easy way of treating wounds with blood and flesh for elixirs will leave sequelae.
But in the future, as long as you eat more flesh and blood and take more supplements, you will slowly make up for it, which is better than losing your life now.
The man in black said: "Follow me back to the valley."
The demon cultivator followed respectfully.
The man in black walked a few steps, suddenly stopped, looked back in the direction outside the Demon Refining Mountain, and snorted coldly in his heart:
"Chongxumen, Song family..."
"If you dare to ruin my plan, sooner or later I will make you pay the price!"
The man in black sneered, then turned his head and led the demon cultivator into the darkest and bloodiest depths of the jungle...
Chapter completed!