Chapter 42: The Three Heroes of Moshan

Another heavy snow was falling in the world. Liu Xiaolou and Xingde Jun were on the main road to Moshan, each carrying a bag filled with various materials collected for refining.

"There's a bit too much snow this year." Xingde Jun looked at the snow that didn't stop at all and was a bit worried: "Although heavy snow promises a good harvest, if it's too frequent, farmers can't stand it, and the heavy snow presses on the houses."

Liu Xiaolou said: "Master, you are a cultivator, do you also care about farming?"

Xingde Jun said: "Cultivators cultivate the Heavenly Dao, not just Yin-Yang, Five Elements, mountains, rivers, wind, and rain, but also the suffering of the people and the retribution of good and evil. If you only care about the former and don't see the latter, the Dao is not complete."

Liu Xiaolou pondered for a long time and nodded: "Master's golden words, I will remember them."

After a while, the wind and snow gradually stopped, revealing the true color of the world. The mountain shadows in front were like paintings, as if light ink had turned into smoke.

After nearly a month of hard work, they had reached the final stage of collecting materials, which was finding the medium to trigger the array.

The illusion realm originates in the heart of the entrant, appearing with the entrant's thoughts, varying from person to person. But the triggering of the illusion realm requires the array master to "induce" it. Inducing requires a medium, which is the medium object of the array plate.

Refining an illusion array plate requires the master's imagination, which is to conceive a picture scroll and integrate it into the array plate. What the medium is determines the general tone of the illusion presented.

Liu Xiaolou thought about this picture scroll for a long time and couldn't think of any good ideas, so he simply adopted the small courtyard where he and Zhou Qiniang met in the Zhou family villa.

There were moon gates, side rooms, green bamboo, pavilions, strange rocks, and ponds. Among them, the pond could be an abyss, and the strange rocks were the mysterious stones, which perfectly matched the original intention of the Facing the Abyss Profound Mystery Array. Of course, this composition was just Liu Xiaolou's composition. After these elements were added, the scenes triggered in everyone's heart would be different, but the above elements would all be presented.

This trip to Moshan was to take the mysterious stones of Moshan and the spring water of the ink pool.

"The mysterious stones of Moshan have spirit, and the spring water also has spirit. This spirit is not the spirit of spiritual power, but the spirit of interest, which is the saying of interest. There are many famous mountains in the world, and there are many mountain stones and spring pools with spirit, but I only love the water and stones of Moshan... You will know when you see them."

Moshan was not high, but it had many dangerous passes that were inaccessible to ordinary people, but the small and exquisite places had a different flavor. Xingde Jun led the way, advancing into the depths. Some mountain roads were no longer roads, and even Liu Xiaolou found it difficult to pass.

Arriving under a mountain hollow, there was a flying waterfall and flowing spring of three feet, splashing thousands of broken jades on the stone platform, and then falling into the deep pool. The sound of ding-dong was truly full of spiritual interest.

The mysterious stones Xingde Jun needed were at the bottom of the deep pool, and the spring water was also not ordinary pool water. He also had to go to the bottom of the pool to find the water bead essence jade at the spring eye.

But neither of them went down to the pool, but looked at the two people fishing on the two protruding pool stones on the opposite side of the deep pool, one high and one low.

Such a quiet place was usually rarely visited by ordinary people, let alone sitting and fishing. It was just that he didn't know the cultivation of these two people.

"Are there fish in the pool?" Liu Xiaolou asked in a low voice.

"Yes, and it's very fat and delicious." Xingde Jun affirmed.

"But in such a remote place, actually coming to fish? It feels strange."

"Let's see."

After waiting for half an hour, the fishing guests on the opposite side didn't catch a single fish, let alone pay attention to them, just occasionally looking at each other and glancing at Liu Xiaolou and them for a while.

Liu Xiaolou was also observing them, until the pool water splashed, and another person emerged from under the pool. The two fishing guests collected their fishing rods and picked the person up.

It wasn't fishing at all, but guarding the field above to ensure the person underwater could surface safely.

"Two, are you going underwater?"

Xingde Jun cupped his hands: "Yes, what advice do you three have?"

The opposite side asked again: "Are you here for the mysterious stones at the bottom of the pool?"

Xingde Jun said: "Exactly."

The one who came up from the bottom of the pool opened a wet snake-skin bag and poured out a few fist-sized stones. These stones were strange in shape, hollow inside, like hydrangea balls.

"One spirit stone each. Pick whichever one you like, no bargaining!"

Xingde Jun cupped his hands again: "We will choose the stones ourselves underwater, so we won't trouble the three of you."

"If everyone chooses stones underwater, the ink pool would have been polluted long ago. Don't mention this matter."

Xingde Jun frowned: "Moshan is the Moshan of the world. I have never heard of any sect or hero occupying Moshan as their own. The three of you doing this is probably inappropriate."

The other party sneered: "You must have not been here for a long time, right? Truly ignorant! Starting this year, my three brothers have built a hut on this mountain, calling ourselves the Three Heroes of Moshan. This ink pool is where my brothers built their hut, and it's up to my brothers to decide!"

This was the private occupation of a cave dwelling most common in the rogue cultivator world. But the mountain forests occupied by other rogue cultivators were either industries fought for by their ancestors, recognized by surrounding rogue cultivators, and even recognized by major sects, or they occupied a mountain forest that others didn't look down on and didn't bother to fight for.

Like the three people opposite, publicly occupying a place where many people would often come as their own cave dwelling and publicly profiting from it was rare.

Xingde Jun asked curiously: "I don't know what true skills the three of you have to dare to occupy Moshan as your own?"

The opposite side immediately smiled: "It's simple to say. My three brothers just guard here. If you have the ability, drive my brothers away. If you don't have this ability, don't blame my brothers for being impolite. You want to surface safely after going underwater? Where in the world is there such a good thing?"

Xingde Jun glanced at Liu Xiaolou and gave him a wink.

Liu Xiaolou thought for a while and asked in a low voice: "I go underwater, and you sit in town above, Master?"

Xingde Jun's mouth was vague: "Incense!"

Only then did Liu Xiaolou understand his meaning, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "The weather is bad today, the wind is strong, and I don't know their background, so it's not feasible."

Using incense requires meeting several conditions. The first is that it is best to be in a narrow space, where the incense is not easy to disperse; the second is that it is best for the object of the spell to be motionless, not walking around; the third is that the opponent's cultivation cannot exceed the incense burner too much, otherwise the effect is not obvious. If all three conditions are met, the incense burning effect is best, otherwise, it depends on the situation.

If he encountered these self-proclaimed "Three Heroes of Moshan," the conditions for casting the spell were obviously not met, so Liu Xiaolou couldn't take action.

Xingde Jun thought it was the truth, and it seemed he could only do it hard, so he issued a final warning, but was warned back by the Three Heroes of Moshan.

A fight was inevitable. Xingde Jun flew a ray of light into the air, and in that light was the array plate he had refined—the Five-Way Six-Emotion Array. ===== CHAPTER 43 =====

Star Dejun thought this was also the reality, and it seemed he could only force it, so he issued a final warning, only to be counter-warned by the Three Heroes of Moshan.

Combat was inevitable, and Star Dejun flew an array plate he had refined himself into the air—the Five Paths and Six Emotions Array.