Chapter 232: Prosperity

Hunting demon beasts with the help of the Earth Fire Array was indeed twice the result with half the effort.

This hunt for the Red-Eyed Sheep Demon seemed to have some twists and turns, but compared to their previous hunts, it was much easier.

Previously, hunting a demon beast in its prime required first surrounding and killing the demon beast, and after the demon beast fled, continuing to chase and kill it, taking at least a day, and sometimes several days.

Now the Red-Eyed Sheep Demon was directly blown into severe injury, its attack power was much weaker, and its demon power also declined, making it much easier to deal with, basically being ground to death within an hour.

It was still necessary to guard against the demon beast faking death to prevent accidents.

But for demon hunters, this was considered a compulsory course, so it had no impact.

The group stayed in the camp for one night and returned to Tongxian City the next day.

Yu Yu Chengyi went to find Elder Yu, chatted for a few words, and received Elder Yu's approval.

In the days that followed, Yu Yu Chengyi began to teach other late-stage Qi Refining demon hunters how to use the Earth Fire Array for demon hunting.

How to set traps, how to place arrays, how to activate arrays, what to do after surrounding and killing the demon beast, and finally how to finish up.

Mid-stage Qi Refining demon hunters were very familiar with these processes, because they had mostly used the Earth Fire Arrays Mo Hua drew when hunting demons before.

But because the previous Earth Fire Arrays only had seven array patterns, the power was insufficient, so late-stage Qi Refining demon hunters hadn't used them.

Now Mo Hua's array level had improved, and he could already draw first-grade arrays.

Therefore, all demon hunters, including late-stage Qi Refining demon hunters, had to learn to use arrays.

Besides this, demon hunters also began to wear iron armor.

Part of it was confiscated from the Elder Qian family before, and another part was refined by the artifact refining shop masters after Elder Yu painfully bought quite a bit of refined iron.

The artifact refining furnace in the artifact refining shop was a first-grade artifact refining furnace, with a first-grade complex array drawn on the furnace, and the furnace fire was pure. The iron armor refined was of better quality than ordinary iron armor.

Mo Hua also took time to draw Gold Armor Arrays on the iron armor one by one.

Demon hunters wearing iron armor with Gold Armor Arrays drawn on them were already no less defensive than ordinary late-stage first-grade demon beasts in terms of defense alone.

This batch of iron armor was given to the ninth-layer Qi Refining peak demon hunters first.

Mo Shan naturally also got a set.

Besides this, Mo Hua also learned the first-grade Gold Blade Array.

The first-grade Gold Blade Array was a Gold-type array, drawn on knives and swords, which could enhance the sharpness of the knives and swords.

This made it even easier for demon hunters to hunt demon beasts.

Mo Hua naturally drew the first first-grade Gold Blade Array on Mo Shan's knife first.

With the Earth Fire Array for ambush, the Gold Armor Array for defense, the Gold Blade Array for attack, and the Sounan Mother-Child Complex Array for detection and early warning.

Now that Mo Shan was entering the Inner Mountain to hunt demons, Mo Hua felt much more at ease.

It wasn't just Mo Shan; with the growth of the artifact refining shop and the elixir refining shop, and the increase in spirit stone revenue, these arrays would gradually be popularized to all demon hunters.

From then on, all demon hunting processes of demon hunters were closely related to arrays.

Arrays were also widely applied to demon hunters' hunting, making demon hunters' hunting safer, more convenient, and more efficient.

Now all demon hunters on Great Heishan Mountain knew Mo Hua.

What they wore, what they used, and what they set in traps were all arrays drawn by Mo Hua.

Only because they had personally experienced it did they understand how important arrays were.

Thanks to these arrays, their hunting of demon beasts now had a world of difference compared to before.

With the addition of arrays, they didn't have to worry about getting injured at every turn when hunting demons, and they didn't have to fear ending up in a demon's belly due to a moment of negligence.

Their families didn't have to be terrified all the time, fearing that they would enter the mountain intact but return covered in blood.

Mo Hua could also focus his mind on Foundation Establishment.

Now Mo Hua was not short of spirit stones for the time being; whether it was the Fu Shan Lou, the artifact refining shop in the South City, the elixir refining shop, or the spirit mine they occupied, he had quite a few shares.

Moreover, his parents had also saved quite a few spirit stones for him, saying it was for his future cultivation and for marrying a wife.

Now Mo Hua's most critical problem was spiritual sense.

He wanted to establish a foundation, so he needed to strengthen his spiritual sense; to strengthen his spiritual sense, he needed to draw more arrays, and to draw more arrays, he had to get more demon blood to prepare spiritual ink.

Before, in the Outer Mountain, he used arrays to set up traps to hunt demon beasts and saved nearly a thousand bottles of spiritual ink.

Later, he guarded the spirit mine, built the artifact refining shop and elixir refining shop, refined artifact refining furnaces, and used them for other miscellaneous purposes. Mo Hua had drawn many arrays, and now they were almost used up.

Now Foundation Establishment was still relatively far away, but in the foreseeable future, whether it was drawing arrays or solving arrays, the spiritual ink needed shouldn't be little, so Mo Hua had to start saving some more.

Moreover, arrays drawn with demon blood from late-stage first-grade demon beasts would be stronger.

Mo Hua began to wander around the Inner Mountain again.

While perfecting the map, he also dug some herbs for Old Mr. Feng, found some ores for Master Chen, and researched food for his mother, collecting some spices.

Most importantly, he kept an eye on the compass to see where battles were happening.

Once a light spot flashed on the compass, Mo Hua judged the direction and would immediately rush over.

Late-stage first-grade demon beasts were hard to kill.

Even with the help of the first-grade Earth Fire Array, hunting still took quite a bit of effort.

By the time Mo Hua rushed over, the timing was just right, and in most cases, it was even quite abundant.

He didn't have to participate in the battle; he only needed to find a safe place to hide, and after the demon hunt ended, he would show his face and take a small bottle to extract demon blood.

Occasionally, there would be situations where the battle was intense or the demon beast was faking death, so he would cast a few Fireball Spells to harass the demon beast or test whether the demon beast was dead or not.

Because his realm broke through and the Great Expansion Art had improved, Mo Hua's Fireball Spell was now faster, more accurate, and had increased power.

Often, as soon as his thought moved, the Fireball Spell was condensed.

In situations where demon hunters were deadlocked with demon beasts, Mo Hua's Fireball Spell could also help quite a bit.

Most demon hunters were very grateful to Mo Hua and were also quite enthusiastic.

Generally speaking, demon hunters did not allow others to touch the prey they hunted, but Mo Hua was an exception.

The demon beasts were theirs, but all the demon blood was Mo Hua's.

Some demon hunters wouldn't immediately strip the materials after killing the demon beast, but would specifically wait for a while, waiting for Mo Hua to rush over to bleed it.

If Mo Hua didn't come, they wouldn't be very happy, feeling that the demon blood was wasted, which was a real pity.

Just like that, Mo Hua was like a fish in water in the Inner Mountain.

Mo Hua was a member of the demon hunters; they prospered together and suffered together.

Now with so many demon hunters helping, his actions in the Inner Mountain were naturally more convenient.

The Inner Mountain was much more dangerous than the Outer Mountain.

But because of the arrays, Mo Hua felt vaguely that the Inner Mountain and the Outer Mountain didn't seem to be any different.

Gradually, the spiritual ink Mo Hua hoarded became more and more, and the strength of the demon hunters also gradually grew.

With the help of arrays, although the demon hunters' cultivation hadn't increased, their combat power was greatly improved, and the time for demon hunting was greatly shortened.

At the same time, the materials of late-stage first-grade demon beasts obtained from demon hunting also became more and more.

These materials were transported to the artifact refining shop and elixir refining shop in the South City, refined into spiritual artifacts and elixirs, and then sold to cultivators in the city or traveling merchants from other places, earning abundant spirit stones.

These spirit stones were then distributed to the loose cultivators according to proportions.

The loose cultivators of Tongxian City gradually became wealthy, and the entire Tongxian City gradually prospered in an unconscious way.

And with the prosperity of Tongxian City, all kinds of foreign cultivators with unknown origins also became more and more numerous... ===== CHAPTER 233 =====