Chapter 732: Charging Forward

At the mountain gate of the Demon-Refining Mountain.

Elder Xun Call Ziyou and another elder wearing maple-colored robes were drinking tea.

That elder took a sip of tea, suddenly frowned, and said strangely: "Recently, the Azure Wood Wolves in the mountain seem to be much fewer than when I was on duty before..."

Elder Xun choked on his tea and coughed.

The elder in maple-colored robes looked at Elder Xun suspiciously, "Elder Xun, do you know something?"

Elder Xun's expression was complex, thinking to himself, how could he not know...

A "Little Senior Brother" of his Profound Heaven Sect was leading a bunch of his little junior brothers from the Profound Heaven Sect, specifically targeting the Azure Wood Wolves in the Demon-Refining Mountain to kill.

Customized formations, special spirit tools, standardized processes, unified tactics, making it look like a Daoist army...

How could a demon beast withstand that?

The Azure Wood Wolves in the Demon-Refining Mountain could be considered to have had the worst luck in eight lifetimes.

Elder Xun coughed and said vaguely: "I don't know either... Sect disciples hunting demons, what they hunt doesn't matter; more or less doesn't really matter."

"That's true..." the elder pondered.

Elder Xun glanced at him, poured him a cup of tea silently, and said in a low voice:

"We elders just need to maintain order; there are so many disciples from various sects, we can't manage them all. Let them play; as long as they don't cause big trouble..."

"Moreover, the war in the Southern Wilderness is tight; maybe at any time, we will have to travel across mountains and rivers, so we don't have these leisurely days of watching the mountain and tasting tea anymore..."

The elder in maple-colored robes was startled and nodded in agreement:

"Elder Xun's words are reasonable."

Afterward, both of them picked up their teacups and began to taste the tea leisurely.

It was just that Elder Xun couldn't be quite so leisurely in his heart.

This child Mo Hua, who doesn't worry about anything, must not kill the Azure Wood Wolves of the Demon-Refining Mountain to extinction...

Fortunately, Mo Hua seemed to have heard Elder Xun's request and didn't specifically target the Azure Wood Wolf kind of demon beast anymore.

He was ready to take action against other demon beasts.

The number of Azure Wood Wolves in the mountain was also limited.

It was fine for his team of five to specifically kill Azure Wood Wolves.

Now that he had more "little junior brothers and sisters under his command," team after team, wearing E-Wood Armor, holding sharp gold spirit tools, all went to kill Azure Wood Wolves.

The number of Azure Wood Wolves began to decrease significantly.

And with more cultivators killing wolves, there were fewer wolves.

Some disciples wandered in the Demon-Refining Mountain for a day and could only return empty-handed, wasting the merit points for the entrance ticket in vain.

In order to maintain the balance of demon beasts and not let the disciples return empty-handed, Mo Hua took the time to hunt personally, summarized his experience, and formulated another demon beast "strategy."

This strategy was to kill a demon beast called the Azure Snake.

The Azure Snake, a wood-element snake demon, was similar to the Azure Wood Wolf demon, both were wood-element demon beasts, and both were naturally poisonous.

The armor and spirit tools for hunting Azure Wood Wolves were equally applicable to the Azure Snake.

It was just that the Azure Snake was more sinister and poisonous, hiding in shrubs, the same color as the grass and trees, and its demonic power was also mixed with the aura of grass and trees, making it difficult to distinguish.

For this reason, Mo Hua specially made a Wood Spirit Formation Disk.

This formation disk could identify the general components of wood-element spiritual power within ten zhang of the surroundings.

Whether it was the natural aura of grass and trees, the spiritual power of a cultivator, or the wood poison demonic power.

Although it wasn't very precise, it was enough to use for searching for demons.

Except for being naturally sinister, poisonous, difficult to perceive, and difficult to hunt, the strength of the Azure Snake wasn't considered too strong.

And the Azure Snake had a snake gallbladder, which sold for a higher price and earned more merit points.

Soon, the Azure Snake shared the pressure for the Azure Wood Wolf.

The Azure Wood Wolf was no longer the only demon beast "harmed" by the Profound Heaven Sect's "Little Senior Brother" Mo Hua and his group of little junior brothers.

After the Azure Snake, Mo Hua made hunting "strategies" for several other types of demon beasts.

These strategies covered a wider range.

Besides wood-element demon beasts, there were gold-element Golden-Patterned Leopards, earth-element Gray-Spotted Pythons, fire-element Red-Flame Hyenas, etc.

These demon beasts were all added to Mo Hua's "Demon Hunting Strategy List."

And for the matching customized spirit tools, Mo Hua also designed the refining formation diagrams and handed them to Master Gu for refining, selling them in the Gu family's commercial pavilion.

The number of these spirit tools was extremely huge.

The spirit tools used for demon hunting were inherently more numerous than those for doing bounties and capturing criminal cultivators.

The efficiency of demon hunting was also much higher than doing bounties.

After all, criminal cultivators ran everywhere, and searching for them was very time-consuming, while most demon beasts were in the Demon-Refining Mountain, and they could be found upon entering the mountain.

Master Gu's Gushan Refining Shop, therefore, had furnaces that never stopped, working in full swing.

The formation diagrams for the customized spirit tools had been standardized by Master Gu and passed on to the many disciples under his sect.

If only one or two were customized, there was no way to refine them in batches.

But now that Profound Heaven Sect disciples were hunting demons, with Mo Hua's "strategy," various spirit tools were matched into standards, and they already had a certain scale of refining.

These customized spirit tools could then be appropriately mass-produced.

At the same time, the business of the commercial pavilion was getting better and better...

However, Mo Hua didn't worry about these things.

During the rest period, he would still soak in the Demon-Refining Mountain, but now, he didn't need to take action personally.

He had made the demon-hunting strategy and promoted it.

After a period of time, more and more Profound Heaven disciples came to visit the hall, recognize the Little Senior Brother, receive the strategy, and go to the Demon-Refining Mountain.

Among the more than one thousand disciples in the sect, although most of them had called him "Little Senior Brother" on the surface,

only a small portion truly regarded him as their Little Senior Brother in their hearts.

They were all heaven's pride, and no one would easily submit to anyone else.

And some people, with good talent and high spirits, would only nod when they met Mo Hua, and wouldn't call out the three words "Little Senior Brother."

This was also very normal; Mo Hua didn't care.

But now it was different.

These demon-hunting strategies could not be spread without Mo Hua's permission.

And those who wanted the strategy had to seek Mo Hua.

Entering the mountain to hunt demons was very difficult for newcomers.

Originally, everyone was stumbling and having a hard time.

But now there were disciples who, holding Mo Hua's complete "strategy," wearing armor, entered the mountain and smoothly killed one demon beast after another, earning so many merit points that their hands went soft.

Other disciples, no matter how proud they were, couldn't sit still.

Among the same sect, there was also competition.

Everyone was a cultivation genius, and their talents were not bad.

Combat experience had to be honed by oneself, cultivation resources had to be fought for by oneself; one step slow meant every step slow.

Now, with Mo Hua's help, some disciples were progressing rapidly.

Other disciples couldn't possibly not want to progress.

Moreover, there were plenty of demon-hunting merit points.

Merit points were more important than face.

So some heaven's pride of the Profound Heaven Sect, who had previously been proud and vowed not to be with Mo Hua, also had slightly red cheeks, ran in front of Mo Hua, and shyly called out:

"Little Senior Brother..."

Mo Hua looked like a spring breeze.

Anyway, whoever came, he treated them equally and didn't hide anything.

The strategy was given, and he also thoughtfully explained some precautions.

These heaven's pride, following Mo Hua's method, entered the Demon-Refining Mountain and indeed smoothly succeeded in hunting demon beasts, and for a while, they couldn't quite believe it.

Demon hunting... is it such an easy thing?

And after the merit points were in hand, the small grudges in their hearts completely disappeared.

The three words "Little Senior Brother" were called more and more smoothly.

In their hearts, they gradually "self-strategized"...

Mo Hua is such a good person, what's wrong with calling him Little Senior Brother?

This was personally appointed by Elder Xun.

Even if not for Mo Hua's sake, one had to look at Elder Xun's face.

Besides, this Little Senior Brother, others can call him that, why can't I?

So Mo Hua walked in the sect, and often there were unfamiliar disciples greeting him, calling him "Little Senior Brother."

Especially in the Demon-Refining Mountain, there were even more people calling him "Little Senior Brother."

Now, most of those who could mix in the Demon-Refining Mountain with their cultivation base had obtained Mo Hua's strategy and received Mo Hua's guidance.

On this day, Mo Hua entered the Demon-Refining Mountain, and a fellow disciple saw Mo Hua and said very enthusiastically:

"Little Senior Brother, we killed an Azure Wood Wolf and got a demon core; you should accept it."

This disciple had a kind face and lively eyes, looking very clever.

Mo Hua had an impression; he seemed to be surnamed Dong, with the single name Shi. But he didn't remember which prefecture he came from.

Mo Hua shook his head and refused:

"The demon core is precious; you should keep it to exchange for merit points."

The disciple named Dong Shi said gratefully: "Without Little Senior Brother's guidance, we wouldn't have been able to get this demon core."

Other disciples also echoed: "That's right, that's right."

"Little Senior Brother, you should accept it, otherwise we will feel bad."

Although he had guided them, Mo Hua felt a bit embarrassed to take the demon core that others had worked hard to get as his own.

He looked at the ground, at the Azure Wood Wolf that had just died miserably, and suddenly his eyes brightened, saying:

"I don't need the demon core, give me the demon blood."

Several Profound Heaven disciples were startled, "Demon blood?"

"Mm," Mo Hua nodded, "I have great use for it."

They pondered slightly and understood.

The Little Senior Brother wants to hoard demon blood, mix spirit ink, and learn formation arts.

As expected of the Little Senior Brother!

High virtue and great prestige!

Neither greedy for the demon core, but also afraid that these fellow disciples would feel bad, only taking the demon blood to mix spirit ink, so that he could concentrate on drawing formations.

Kind to fellow disciples, sincere in learning formation arts.

Several Profound Heaven disciples said quickly: "Little Senior Brother, please go ahead, bleed it as much as you want."

Mo Hua smiled: "Thank you."

After bleeding the Azure Wood Wolf, Mo Hua said goodbye to them.

Dong Shi saw Mo Hua off, turned around, and said to the other Profound Heaven disciples: "Pass it on, the Little Senior Brother wants demon blood."

"Good!"

So it spread from ten to a hundred.

Soon, the Profound Heaven disciples in the Demon-Refining Mountain all knew about the matter of "the Little Senior Brother wants demon blood."

They were worried about not having a chance to thank Mo Hua.

Mere demon blood was naturally not a problem.

Afterward, when Mo Hua entered the Demon-Refining Mountain, every few days a disciple would find him, "Little Senior Brother, we just killed a demon beast and haven't bled it yet, do you want it?"

Some disciples even, after killing a demon beast, would specifically wait for Mo Hua to come over and bleed it first.

This also happened to be what Mo Hua wanted.

Demon blood was difficult to extract and couldn't be exchanged for many merit points, and ordinary disciples couldn't use it.

Mo Hua took it with peace of mind.

Just like that, Mo Hua kept making demon-hunting strategies.

And the disciples who entered the Demon-Refining Mountain, acting according to Mo Hua's strategy and guidance, would also follow the rules and let Mo Hua bleed the demon beasts they hunted first.

This gradually formed a conventional "rule."

All of this was seen by Elder Xun Call Ziyou.

Elder Xun was somewhat unbelievable.

He suddenly realized that this child, who was not old and whose spirit root aptitude was poor, already had a kind of "prestige" among the fellow disciples of the Profound Heaven Sect, who were from aristocratic families, geniuses like clouds, and all had high-grade spirit roots...

And this kind of prestige was not a prestige that was superior to fellow disciples.

It was more like a prestige of harmony and mutual benefit among fellow disciples.

This situation was something he had almost never seen before.

Elder Xun even felt that it was a bit unbelievable...

With more and more demon-hunting strategies formulated by Mo Hua, the Profound Heaven Sect disciples occupied a large area of the low-grade demon beast zone in the outer mountain of the Demon-Refining Mountain.

There were disciples from other sects who were unconvinced and occasionally caused trouble.

But it was just a small fuss and didn't cause any waves.

All over the mountains and plains, they were all his little junior brothers; Mo Hua occasionally hunted demons, bled them, and wandered around the mountain, living quite comfortably.

And as long as he had time, he would still discuss the customization of spirit tools with Master Gu.

During this rest period, Master Gu specially came to Profound Heaven City to see Mo Hua once.

"Little Young Master, that armor you mentioned has already been refined..."

Master Gu handed a storage bag to Mo Hua.

"There are two sets of armor inside, which have been improved more than ten times. Now they can be embedded with formations to realize the function of spirit tools, and at the same time, they can be opened up to be controlled by spiritual sense. They can be considered a special type of formation tool between 'formation media' and 'spirit tools'..."

Mo Hua was overjoyed.

He took out the two sets of armor from the storage bag and examined them carefully.

From the outside, these were just two ordinary sets of armor.

But the internal structure had its own mysteries, as Master Gu said, and indeed a lot of thought had been put into it.

"Thank you, Master Gu!" Mo Hua smiled.

"Little Young Master is too polite," Master Gu smiled and said, "Speaking of which, it should be me thanking the Little Young Master."

"If it weren't for the Little Young Master's intelligence and extraordinary formation arts, helping us a lot, the Gushan Refining Shop would probably still be living a poor and miserable life..."

Master Gu was quite emotional, and then said sincerely:

"I don't know when the Little Young Master will have time to go to Gushan City again, so that I can fulfill the duties of a host and treat you well."

Master Gu smiled: "Although Gushan City is poor, there are some local wild delicacies that are delicious and cannot be eaten anywhere else."

Mo Hua's eyes brightened, and he nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay."

Then he felt a bit regretful, "However, Elder Xun doesn't let me run around now; when I have time in the future, I will definitely go."

Master Gu was overjoyed and bowed: "Then it's a deal."

"It's a deal!"

After saying goodbye to Master Gu and returning to the sect, Mo Hua began to draw the Five Elements Absolute Formation of the first grade and thirteen patterns on the Five Elements Source Armor.

After drawing it, Mo Hua went to the Daoist Technique Room to test it himself.

The power of his Fireball Technique indeed increased quite a bit.

But it was hard to estimate exactly how much stronger it was.

Moreover, the Fireball Technique was considered a low-end magic technique, and it didn't condense much spiritual power, so even if it was enhanced, the effect wasn't that obvious.

Mo Hua wanted to use his forbidden technique, the Small Meteorite Technique, to test it.

But he felt it was too dangerous.

This was a forbidden technique.

Under the Five Elements enhancement, if the spiritual power went out of control again and hurt himself, that would be a big problem.

Even if it didn't hurt himself, damaging the puppets and formations in the Daoist Technique Room wouldn't be very good.

Before entering the door, he had promised Elder Yi that he wouldn't mess around, wouldn't use magic techniques indiscriminately, and wouldn't damage the puppets.

"Then it's better to find Cheng Mo and the others to test it..."

Anyway, this set of Five Elements Source Armor was originally intended for them to use.

And Cheng Mo was a body cultivator with thick blood energy, so even if the spiritual power went out of control and the Daoist technique backfired, hurting himself, he would probably be jumping around after resting for ten days or half a month.

Whether it was the Five Elements Source Formation or the Five Elements Source Armor, the structure was relatively stable.

Even if it went out of control, there couldn't be any danger to life.

Especially Cheng Mo, who was thick-skinned and wouldn't be hurt much, making him the most suitable "white mouse."

Mo Hua called Cheng Mo and Situ Situ Jian and the others, and said with expectation: "Go to the Demon-Refining Mountain, I'll take you to test something..."

Cheng Mo was a bit confused, "What thing?"

"You'll know when the time comes."

Mo Hua smiled and kept them in suspense.

Cheng Mo looked blank, but in his heart, he always felt that this Little Senior Brother of his didn't seem to have good intentions.

The group arrived at the Demon-Refining Mountain.

Mo Hua took out two sets of Five Elements Source Armor, pondered slightly, gave one to Cheng Mo, and gave one to Yang Yang Qianjun.

This was armor, so it was best for body cultivators to wear it.

Cheng Mo took the armor in his hand, examined it, and found it was a style he had never seen before, so he asked: "Are we going to hunt new demon beasts?"

Mo Hua shook his head, "Still killing Azure Wood Wolves."

"Azure Wood Wolves?" Yang Yang Qianjun also didn't understand: "But this isn't E-Wood Armor either..."

And he had never seen such armor before.

He was from the Daoist Army and had some research on armor.

This armor, although it looked ordinary, had a very special internal structure, which was quite different from all the armor he had seen in the past.

"E-Wood Armor is for defense, this armor is not..."

Mo Hua didn't explain clearly, just said, "If this armor is really useful, hunting an Azure Wood Wolf doesn't need defense; the battle will end in one round."

Several people were stunned by Mo Hua's words.

One round, and the battle ends?

What exactly is this armor used for...

And on the other side, Elder Xun saw Mo Hua and the others gathered together again, whispering something, thinking they were discussing hunting demon beasts again, and didn't pay much attention.

Afterward, Mo Hua and his group entered the Demon-Refining Mountain.

Mo Hua spent the time it takes for a stick of incense to burn, found an Azure Wood Wolf, and then followed the old rules: tracking, setting traps, and setting up formations.

The Azure Wood Wolf stepped into the formation and was seriously injured.

Cheng Mo and the others rushed up to besiege it as usual.

But unlike the past, what they were wearing was no longer the defensive E-Wood Armor, but the "Five Elements Source Armor" with the Five Elements Absolute Formation of the Five Elements Sect drawn on it by Mo Hua.

While Cheng Mo and the others rushed up, Mo Hua moved his spiritual sense, instantly communicated with the Five Elements Source Armor, and activated the Five Elements Source Formation within it.

His vast spiritual sense, carrying a faint golden color, poured into the Five Elements Absolute Formation and fused with the formation pattern spiritual power.

On the Five Elements Source Armor, complex and alternative formation patterns lit up.

Cheng Mo and Yang Yang Qianjun also vaguely felt that the aura around them had changed.

Spiritual power seemed to be restless...

But suddenly, everything stopped.

The light on the armor dissipated, and the fluctuation of spiritual power disappeared.

Mo Hua shouted clearly: "Stop!"

Cheng Mo and Yang Yang Qianjun and others, who were halfway through their charge, were all stunned and looked back at Mo Hua.

Mo Hua frowned and immediately said: "Retreat first."

Several people didn't understand.

Mo Hua said: "A big guy is coming."

Hearing this, the group's hearts skipped a beat, and then they released their spiritual sense, but they didn't detect anything.

But what Mo Hua said must be correct.

So the group abandoned the seriously injured Azure Wood Wolf, climbed up a nearby large tree, and looked around.

Sure enough, a moment later, the demonic aura became intense.

A huge pig-headed demon rushed out of the grass, its eyes deep red, fangs ferocious, saliva foul-smelling, staring fixedly at the Azure Wood Wolf in front of it.

Cheng Mo and the others' expressions changed.

Mo Hua also frowned slightly.

"Second-grade mid-stage demon beast..."

The strength of demon beasts is much stronger than that of cultivators of the same realm.

Their blood energy is also several times thicker.

And the demon beasts in the Demon-Refining Mountain, because most of their bloodlines are special and the species are rare, are generally stronger than the demon beasts in the Great Heishan.

Sect disciples themselves are not good at demon hunting.

Therefore, most of them are in groups of five, hunting demon beasts of a lower realm.

For example, the Azure Wood Wolf hunted by Mo Hua's five mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators is a second-grade early-stage demon beast.

This is both stable and safe.

And if it weren't for Mo Hua making a detailed "strategy," it would be very difficult for five mid-stage Foundation Establishment sect disciples to successfully hunt a second-grade early-stage demon beast without experience.

Let alone a second-grade mid-stage demon beast.

Second-grade mid-stage demon beasts are definitely not their match, and the risk is also higher.

Even if they can use the Five Elements Source Armor to enhance spiritual power, the outcome is hard to say.

So Mo Hua initially only intended to use the second-grade early-stage Azure Wood Wolf to test his hand, so that even if the Five Elements Source Armor failed, there would be no danger to life.

But second-grade mid-stage demon beasts are completely different.

Even if it's only one grade higher, the strength is completely on another level.

Mo Hua's expression was solemn.

Situ Situ Jian asked in a low voice: "Little Senior Brother, what should we do?"

Mo Hua took a look at the pig-headed demon, which had a surging demonic aura and an ugly appearance, shook his head, and whispered: "Retreat first."

Taking action against this second-grade mid-stage pig-headed demon is too risky.

This pig-headed demon seemed to have been attracted by the demon blood of the Azure Wood Wolf, so it wanted to eat the Azure Wood Wolf, and therefore didn't notice Mo Hua and the others.

At this moment, it was fighting with the Azure Wood Wolf.

The Azure Wood Wolf was no match for the pig-headed demon, not to mention that it had been blown up by Mo Hua's formation and was seriously injured.

The pig-headed demon bit the Azure Wood Wolf one bite after another, sucking its blood and gnawing its meat.

Taking this opportunity, Mo Hua decided decisively:

"Go!"

Cheng Mo and the others nodded and followed Mo Hua to retreat quietly from nearby.

Seeing Mo Hua and the others intending to leave, Elder Xun, who was watching from the dark in the distance, also nodded slightly, thinking in his heart:

"Knowing when to advance and retreat, not taking risks, not bad..."

Mo Hua's judgment was decisive, and the group quickly retreated from the vicinity.

Leaving only the huge pig-headed demon, gorging itself on the spot, gnawing the dead Azure Wood Wolf to nothing, meat and bones alike.

The pig-headed demon was greedy by nature and ate quickly.

After eating, it was still somewhat unsatisfied.

Its ugly pig nose sniffed in the air, and suddenly its deep red pupils shrank.

It smelled the fresh scent of human flesh.

The pig-headed demon's gaze was cold and cruel, it licked its pig lips, slowly stood up, and then let out a shrill roar, its demonic aura suddenly erupted, entangled with black-red filthy energy, following the delicious human scent, charging forward toward the direction where Mo Hua and the others retreated...

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