Mr. Xun officially lifted the ban on ink painting.
Ink painting is liberated.
He no longer has to be trapped in the Qianxue Prefecture, playing with a bunch of "little juniors" in the sect every day. From then on, fishes have entered the sea, little tigers have returned to the forest, the sky is high and the sea is vast, and it is a completely different situation.
Mo Hua's face was filled with an irrepressible smile.
"Thank you, old man!"
Seeing his happy expression, Mr. Xun couldn't help but shake his head and warned:
"Be careful yourself, and don't slack off on the formation."
"Yeah, don't worry, old sir!"
Mo Hua nodded repeatedly and assured.
After bidding farewell to Mr. Xun, Mo Hua returned to his disciple's residence, still a little excited in his heart.
"I can finally go out..."
He had been detained at the Qianxue State Border for so long that he almost forgot what it was like outside.
It was rare to go out now, so he had to plan carefully.
Mo Hua was thinking silently in his mind.
First of all, we still need to find a way to enhance our spiritual awareness.
Although his spiritual consciousness has nineteen patterns, which is already very strong, it is obvious that this strength is far from enough.
Since the spiritual consciousness is required to realize the Tao, the stronger the spiritual consciousness, the better.
When his spiritual consciousness is strong, he can learn more advanced formations.
Moreover, this is also what Mr. Xun means.
When Mr. Xun said this, his expression was a little solemn, and his eyes revealed hope. It was probably something big.
Although Mr. Xun is strict, he has an upright mind. The major events he is worried about should be related to the sect.
I am a disciple of the Taixu Sect, and I have always received too much care from the old gentleman.
Even sometimes, Mo Hua himself felt that Mr. Xun was a little partial to him.
A drop of kindness should be repaid by a spring.
This is what my mother has told herself since she was a child.
Mo Hua nodded.
Since Mr. Xun hopes that his spiritual consciousness can be "a little stronger", he will work hard and strive to be a little stronger.
We cannot live up to Mr. Xun’s expectations.
And a way to make your spiritual consciousness stronger in a short period of time...
It seems that the only option is to go to the altar and "order".
"The altar of the evil god..."
Mo Hua pondered silently in his mind.
The only clue he knows about the altar so far is "Water Yama".
The culprit of the Yujia Shuizhai family murder case was the demon who replaced the Fire Buddha on the blood-killing list after he disappeared——
Water Yama.
The evil god's sermons are bloody and cruel, and will inevitably be accompanied by massacres and even the tragedy of annihilation.
If a family is destroyed, there must be an altar.
Shui Yanluo must know the location of this altar.
Mo Hua said silently in his heart:
"We can't let the evil gods continue to spread like this. We can't let their minions continue to kill innocent people indiscriminately. Otherwise, countless monks around the border of Qianxue State will suffer from their poisonous hands..."
I am a disciple of Taixu Sect, one of the eight gates of Qianxue State. I am an upright and righteous monk. Naturally, I want to kill demons and eradicate evil spirits.
Of course, I have done such hard work.
It’s only natural to order a “dish” afterwards to reward yourself!
Mo Hua nodded confidently.
Eradicate the minions of evil gods, destroy altars, swallow evil spirits, and nourish spiritual consciousness.
"After my spiritual consciousness becomes stronger, I will try to learn how to turn my spiritual consciousness into a sword and see if my sword intention can be released..."
Also, I will take some time to visit my old friend Huangshanjun.
When he thought of Huangshan Jun, Mo Hua couldn't help but sigh.
"I haven't seen him for a long time. I don't know if Mr. Huangshan misses me..."
He is a desolate mountain god who lives in a ruined temple with rain leaking from the top of his head and wind leaking from the walls. He eats sour steamed buns all day long, drinks rootless water, and has no incense to worship him. His life is really miserable.
Mo Hua sighed in his heart.
Who is as kind-hearted as me, thinking of going to see him when nothing happens...
I was banned before, but there was nothing I could do about it. Now that I have been released, I naturally have to visit my old friend and ask him for other clues about how my spiritual thoughts turned into swords.
Also, after going through some things, Mo Hua gained more insights and understanding of the knowledge of Shintoism, and he also wanted to go to Huangshanjun, the mountain god, to confirm it.
But I'm not free now.
Let’s wait until after the New Year...
Mo Hua decided in his heart.
…
Before I knew it, another year had almost passed.
In ten days, it will be New Year's Day.
And at the end of the year, naturally, there will be another sect assessment.
Before doing ink painting, I stayed in the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons for a long time.
The evil spirit "ate" too much, and the spirit realized something was wrong, and spent a few more days cultivating in the alchemy room.
Back and forth, ten days passed.
It's easy to fool people in the same sect.
Mo Hua used the excuse that Mr. Xun taught him, saying that he had gone out to draw formations under the orders of the elders.
This kind of thing has never happened before.
Every time he asks for leave, it's almost always for this reason.
Cheng Mo, Situ Jian and the others didn't have any doubts, they just lamented that their little senior brother's status in the sect was really extraordinary.
The elders actually allowed him to take more than ten days of leave.
But in the past ten days, I have fallen behind a lot in my homework.
I have no choice but to make up my homework day and night.
Even in the evening in front of the Taoist monument, I was reviewing some Taoist courses.
Soon, it was time for the sect’s assessment.
After the exam, the results came out.
The joys and sorrows among the disciples are all different.
Mo Hua worked hard and finally kept his grades of "1A, 6C".
During these days, if he slacked off a little bit, such as refining weapons and elixirs, he might not even be able to keep a "C".
Fortunately, the hard work paid off.
As for the "A" in the formation, it goes without saying.
With his current level of formation skills, he would still be able to get an "A" if he fell behind in the formation skills within the sect for several years, not to mention just a few days.
In this way, another year passed by.
The sect is also on holiday.
The mountains and roads are far away, and Mo Hua is alone. He still can't go home to visit his parents, and he can't celebrate the New Year with his neighbors and friends in Tongxian City, but he can go to Gu's house for a New Year's Eve dinner.
Anyway, the Gu family already has a lot of people, so if there is one more person or one less person, it won't matter.
His physical appetite is not as big as his spiritual mind, and he cannot "eat" enough to take care of his family.
A few days later, Mo Hua packed up, said goodbye to Mr. Xun, and then set off with Yu'er to the Gu family in Qingzhou City.
Yu'er couldn't be happier.
"Go home!"
He spread his arms like a bird and ran back and forth on the road.
There is a jade pendant tied around his neck, which Mo Hua gave to him. In the jade pendant, Mo Hua's newly learned divine lock formation is painted, which is a real "evil-proof" thing.
These days, there are no evil spirits to disturb her, and Yu'er hardly ever has nightmares.
Coupled with the jade pendant given by Mo Hua, Yu'er felt even more at ease.
Eat well, sleep well, and be energetic. I also follow ink painting and learn formations every day. My whole body is full of life, my eyes are twinkling, and I look more lively and lively.
The group entered Qingzhou City and arrived at the Gu family.
When Wen Renwan saw Yu'er's appearance, her heart was filled with worry. She immediately greeted Mo Hua with a smile:
"You just treat this as your own home. If you want to eat or play, just tell me. Don't be polite."
Mo Hua smiled and said, "Thank you, Aunt Wan."
He was not polite either.
I spent all day in Demon Refining Mountain hunting monster beasts, then I entered the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons and dealt with ferocious demon cultivators. After returning to the sect, I had to review my homework and prepare for exams. I have been busy all the time.
It was a rare annual holiday, so Mo Hua decided to combine work and rest and make an exception to relax.
He took Yu'er to play for a day in the bustling Qingzhou City, which was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, full of joy and bustling markets.
At night, he took Yuer with him and made a fish dragon lantern.
The lamp was made with the help of the Gu family monks.
Mo Hua is responsible for drawing the formations and also directing them.
This record of the fish-dragon lantern was accidentally discovered by him from the Taixumen New Year's Miscellaneous Notes.
"Miscellaneous Notes" contains the method of making fish-dragon lanterns, as well as a corresponding formation called the fish-dragon fire array.
The general formation was drawn by Mo Hua himself.
But some of the detailed formation patterns were painted by Yuer.
He learned formation techniques from Mo Hua, and now he can draw five or six formation patterns.
Yu'er painted very seriously, very focused, and very happy.
After nightfall, the fish and dragon lanterns were made.
The ink painting lit up the formation and raised the fish and dragon lantern.
The ichthyosaur lantern is three feet long, red in color, and covered with fish scales and dragon patterns. After it is lit, the ichthyosaur flame array inside is activated, the heat rises, and the entire ichthyosaur lantern floats into the night sky.
Like a red koi carp, it transformed into a swimming dragon, swimming between the pitch-black sky and the earth, gorgeous and beautiful.
Yu'er opened her mouth wide and her eyes were bright.
Wen Renwan, who was invited to watch, was also amazed when he saw a bright red "fish dragon" in the night sky.
Yu'er snuggled into Wen Renwan's arms and said in a clear voice:
"Mom, I also drew the formations on it! Although Brother Mo did most of the drawings, I also helped!"
Wen Renwan looked at Yu'er with relief, smiled and praised:
"Yu'er is so awesome!"
Yu'er became even happier, with a smile on her face and her eyes bent into little crescents.
…
After setting off the fish and dragon lanterns, it was time for the dinner.
This dinner party was not disturbed by uninterested people, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves happily.
Mo Hua also ate happily, his cheeks bulging.
However, while eating, his eyes were still looking around at something. After a while, he quietly asked Wenren Wan:
"Aunt Wan, where is Uncle Gu? Why don't you see others?"
Wen Renwan's expression was a little subtle, "He... Dao Tingsi may be a little busy, don't worry about him, you can eat more..."
"oh oh."
Mo Hua stuffed the elbow of an unknown spiritual beast into his mouth.
After eating, Mo Hua's belly was full.
He took a walk in the Gu family's backyard to eat.
Today, in the Gu family, except for some warehouses, back houses, ancestor caves and other forbidden areas, he can basically go wherever he wants, and no one will care about him.
There were even many monks who took the initiative to say hello to him.
There are people who will guide him.
When I met some elders along the way, they would nod to Mo Hua kindly, and some elders would even give him gifts.
"This is a small New Year's gift, but it's not expensive. My dear friends, please don't despise it."
The gift is indeed not too expensive.
They are all gifts for family members to socialize with each other, but they are exquisitely made and taken with great care, and it is probably not easy to buy them.
Mo Hua felt that he should not have such a big face.
These elders should be giving gifts to themselves because of Mr. Xun's face.
But if you don't take this kind of small gift, you won't give them face.
Therefore, everyone who comes to draw with ink is welcome.
At the same time, he would also smile and say some kind words, such as wishing the male senior "success in cultivating Taoism", "will emerge as soon as possible", "have the talent to make a living", "hope for immortality", etc.
Or they wish the female seniors "a lasting appearance", "a beautiful appearance like a flower", "eternal years"... and so on.
He praised all the patrons and elders and made them smile with joy.
So Mo Hua walked around and filled a whole storage bag with "little gifts".
He found a secluded place and looked through them one by one to see what these small gifts were and whether there was anything interesting.
After turning over and over, a cold voice said in my ear:
"You came to our Gu family to rob us?"
Mo Hua looked up and saw Gu Changhuai, who was tall and handsome, but had an unhappy look on his face, as if someone owed him money.
"Uncle Gu?"
Mo Hua acted like a thief and subconsciously wanted to put away the storage bag.
But he didn't react until he received it halfway.
What do you feel guilty for?
Mo Hua said with a proud look on his face: "This is a New Year's gift personally given to me by the elders of the Gu family. I accepted it because of their kindness!"
When Gu Changhuai heard this, his forehead couldn't help but jump.
Mo Hua, the little brat, is doing better and better in the Gu family.
Even better than myself, a direct descendant of the Gu family, doing better in the Gu family.
At least during the holidays, there have never been so many elders giving themselves so many "gifts".
Gu Changhuai's mood suddenly became complicated.
Mo Hua didn't care about him, but looked at his "little gift" by himself. After flipping through it, he suddenly raised his head and asked doubtfully:
"Uncle Gu, when did you come back?"
"Why come back? I didn't go out." Gu Changhuai said.
"Didn't go out?" Mo Hua was startled, "Then why didn't I see you during the dinner?"
"No appetite." Gu Changhuai looked unhappy.
Mo Hua looked at him suspiciously and couldn't help but sigh:
"Uncle Gu, I'm not talking about you. You are already so old and your cultivation is already golden. Why are you still acting like a child and having a tantrum with your family..."
Gu Changhuai felt his teeth itching and rubbed Mo Hua's head angrily, "You're a little brat in your teens, what do you know?"
Mo Hua covered his forehead, straightened his hair, and whispered:
"What's ten? I'll be twenty after the Chinese New Year!"
Gu Changhuai sneered, "I'm over two hundred years old."
"So, you are over two hundred years old, can you be more mature like me..." Mo Hua said seriously.
Gu Changhuai was furious.
If Mo Hua wasn't physically too weak and didn't have enough training, he would have beaten him up in the name of "sparring".
Now he can't be beaten or scolded, and his cousin is still protecting him.
A group of elders of the Gu family were also very polite to him.
Gu Changhuai's face darkened, he flicked his sleeves and said, "You can play here by yourself, I'll leave first."
If I can’t afford to offend him, can I still afford to hide?
Gu Changhuai turned around to leave, but Mo Hua remembered something and shouted quickly: "Uncle Gu, I have something serious to tell you."
"Business?" Gu Changhuai stopped and frowned slightly, "What business?"
Mo Hua looked around and saw no one else, so he waved to Gu Changhuai.
Gu Changhuai stood still. After a long time, he reluctantly walked to Mo Hua and sat down.
The two sat side by side on the steps.
Mo Hua whispered: "It's about the Yu family's water village."
Gu Changhuai's eyes narrowed slightly.
Mo Hua said: "This case has been delayed for a long time. Is there any progress at Daotingsi?"
"This is Daotingsi's business, don't ask too much," Gu Changhuai said.
Gu Changhuai's answer was within Mo Hua's expectation.
Uncle Gu is a rather pretentious person sometimes. If you ask him something, he will be secretive for the first time and may not be willing to tell you.
This character is always in trouble.
Mo Hua asked again: "What about 'Shui Yama'?"
"This is also Daotingsi..."
"This isn't it!" Mo Hua said.
Shuiyanluo was the name he got from the blood-sucking list when he was calculating cause and effect.
He can be sure that this Shuiyanluo must be related to the destruction of the Yu family's water village.
But at present, there is no obvious connection between the two.
This is not within the scope of Daotingsi's investigation.
Gu Changhuai hesitated and said helplessly: "I can only say a little about Shui Yanluo..."
"Yeah." Mo Hua nodded.
Gu Changhuai thought for a while and then said slowly:
"In the past six months, people like 'Shui Yama' have indeed appeared in some small state boundaries outside Qianxue Prefecture."
"But this Water Yama also has a hidden whereabouts, and his appearance and origins are unknown."
"But there are some clues..."
Gu Changhuai frowned and said: "There were several murder cases. The deceased was drowned to death by unknown water spells. He seemed to have been tortured before death. When he died, he was restrained by unknown chains and knelt on the ground as if he was guilty. And the sinners who died..."
"This death situation is very similar to those of the fishermen who were exterminated in the Yujia Water Village."
"Based on this, these murders are most likely the work of Shui Yanluo..."
Gu Changhuai looked a little solemn when he said this.
Mo Hua said: "Then what?"
"No more."
Mo Hua was startled, "Nothing more?"
Gu Changhuai sighed: "If it's not in my hands, how would I know 'then'..."
"It's out of your hands?" Mo Hua was a little confused, "Uncle Gu, aren't you Diansi?"
Gu Changhuai's face turned ugly, "I'm not the only one in the Daoting Division."
Mo Hua wanted to say something else, but suddenly he was stunned for a moment, understood, and said in surprise:
"Uncle Gu, have you been 'dismissed'?!"
Gu Changhuai had a headache and said slightly:
"Not dismissed!"
Unless he makes any major mistakes, how can Dianji be so easy to "remove"?
"Oh," Mo Hua understood, "then you have been 'emptied out'!"
Gu Changhuai didn't want to admit it.
But strictly speaking, Mo Hua is right.
Mo Hua nodded and said: "Some people don't want you to investigate this case, or maybe they are just targeting you and don't want you to hang around in Daotingsi..."
Gu Changhuai's expression was cold.
Apparently Mo Hua was right.
Mo Hua sighed and asked again: "If you are not allowed to investigate, who will investigate the matter of Yujia Water Village?"
Just as Gu Changhuai was about to speak, he suddenly realized that after going around and around, he was still brought back by Mo Hua.
This child, I don’t know how his head is so long and has so many twists and turns.
But now that the matter has come to this, Gu Changhuai doesn't bother to hide it anymore.
Gu Changhuai said: "Leave it to the Xiao family."
"Xiao family?" Mo Hua said, "The 'Smiling Tiger' and the 'Snarling Sky Dog'?"
Gu Changhuai said angrily: "Don't give people nicknames casually!"
"Yeah," Mo Hua agreed, and then said, "Did the Xiao family find out anything?"
Gu Changhuai said: "I don't know."
It's possible that it was found out, but the news wasn't revealed, so Gu Changhuai didn't know.
It's also possible that the Xiao family didn't work hard enough and nothing was found.
Anyway, once this case is transferred to the hands of the Xiao family, Gu Changhuai will be temporarily unable to intervene.
What's more, he is now "emptied out".
Mo Hua sighed.
The clue is broken.
Uncle Gu couldn't get involved, and he couldn't find out more about the Xiao family, so he had to find another way.
Mo Hua glanced at Gu Changhuai secretly again, thinking that no wonder Uncle Gu was in a bad mood and hadn't eaten dinner, so he couldn't blame him.
It is estimated that he was targeted more in the Daoting Division.
It's just that he didn't say it out loud.
"Uncle Gu, then you can relax and I won't disturb you anymore." Mo Hua said considerately.
At this time, you need to be alone for a while.
Mo Hua stood up and was about to leave when suddenly a clear voice sounded:
"Chang Huai, why are you here? I've been looking for you for a long time..."
Mo Hua looked up and found that the person who came was a female monk. She was dressed in red and had a fair face. She was Uncle Gu's aunt, Elder Gu Hong.
Elder Gu Hong thought to herself: "Don't run away from me this time. You are already a grown man. Come and go on a blind date with me after the New Year..."
Blind date?!
Mo Hua, who was about to leave, was stunned for a moment, then sat down silently and quietly pricked up his ears.
Chapter completed!