Chapter 77 Demon Hunting Festival

Mo Hua thought Zhang Lan's words "I'll come and play with you when I'm free" were just a polite remark, but she didn't expect him to be serious.

After that day, Zhang Lan would go to the restaurant whenever he had nothing to do, order a pot of wine and a plate of meat, watch people coming and going on the street, and eat for a whole morning. Occasionally, when he saw Mo Hua, he would complain to him:

"You are a little kid, where do you go every day? I came several times and didn't see you."

Mo Hua said with a serious face: "I'm not like you. I'm very busy."

"What can you be busy with?" Zhang Lan didn't believe it.

Mo Hua counted on his fingers and listed them one by one:

"Daily routine training, drawing formations when free, reading formation books when tired, taking time to send food to the teacher, asking questions, and helping uncles and aunts in the neighborhood to repair formations..."

Zhang Lan was overwhelmed, "Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you."

Mo Hua, a young monk of eleven or twelve years old, is so busy every day, and he, a monk of the Daoting Division, runs here to drink in broad daylight. Zhang Lan even feels a little guilty when he compares them.

You know, when his father pointed at his nose and scolded him, he was calm.

"By the way, is there any fun place in Tongxian City?" Zhang Lan asked.

"I'm a good kid, I don't like to play, how do I know."

Mo Hua refused to answer, who knows what kind of fun he said is fun? He is still a child now, and he can't touch things that are not suitable for children.

"Then, what about lively places?" Zhang Lan compromised.

"It's more lively on the east side of South Street."

"I've been there, there aren't many monks, and there aren't many markets, it's boring." Zhang Lan wasn't very interested.

"It's definitely not lively if you go there in broad daylight, not everyone is like you and doesn't do their job properly, everyone has to make a living." Mo Hua said.

Zhang Lan was speechless, and after thinking about it, it was true that he was indeed not doing his job properly, so he didn't do his job properly.

"Then when is it lively?" Zhang Lan asked.

Mo Hua thought for a moment and said, "The day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow is the Monster Hunting Festival, which is held once a year and is the busiest."

"What is the Monster Hunting Festival?"

Mo Hua explained, "It is a festival for monster hunters to celebrate the harvest. October is the peak season for monster hunting. After that, the monster activities decrease and the income from monster hunting is not high. Monster hunters usually hunt more monsters in October and sell them during the Monster Hunting Festival. After selling them, they take a break. By then, there will be everything in the market, and it will be very lively."

Zhang Lan was surprised and said, "You know a lot."

"Of course," Mo Hua patted his chest, "I am also a local tyrant."

Zhang Lan laughed, but was also quite interested in the Monster Hunting Festival, "Okay, then I'll go shopping the day after tomorrow." After that, he brushed his sleeves and prepared to leave.

Mo Hua looked at him curiously and asked, "Have you not paid yet?"

"I paid a few dozen spirit stones at the counter, and it's just a direct deduction. Zhang Lan seemed very cool.

Mo Hua smacked his lips, thinking that Zhang Lan's style was quite like being a victim.

Then he continued to lower his head to read the formation book. He wanted to learn a few more formations in the next two days, and then take a break during the Demon Hunting Festival, so that he could play with Da Hu and the others for two days.

Bai Zisheng was so envious when he heard that Mo Hua was going to the Demon Hunting Festival.

The Bai family has strict rules. Even if they are not in the family, Aunt Xue requires them to practice every day. In addition, they also have to study alchemy, formations, and equipment refining. Not one is missing, and the arrangement is clear.

Perhaps it is precisely because they are not in the family that Aunt Xue is afraid that they will fall behind other disciples in the family, so the requirements are more strict. Mo Hua has read many books on alchemy, refining or cultivation once or twice, and feels that they are extremely profound and obscure, and he can't understand them at all.

Fortunately, Mo Hua can still understand books on formations, and they don't look too difficult.

However, Mo Hua has always had a question, what exactly do the Bai brothers and sisters want to learn as Mr. Zhuang's registered disciples?

So far, Mr. Zhuang doesn't seem to have taught them anything special?

What they learn, Mo Hua can also learn, and what they ask, Mo Hua is also on the side Listen, although some things are obscure, they are not so profound that they need Mr. Zhuang's guidance.

And even if Mr. Zhuang doesn't teach anything, their practice is arranged by the family to the last detail, so Mr. Zhuang doesn't need to ask at all.

Mr. Zhuang's study is the only one who often goes there, bringing food and asking questions.

The Bai brothers and sisters just practice and study in the pavilion. In Mo Hua's impression, except for routine greetings and asking for advice, they have never asked Mr. Zhuang alone.

This makes Mo Hua very puzzled.

Or, in other words, there are some things that Mr. Zhuang will not teach to registered disciples, but only to disciples taught by himself?

They are so persistent. , do you want Mr. Zhuang to accept them as apprentices and learn more advanced things?

There is a big difference between the registered apprentices and the direct apprentices. The registered apprentices can only be called Mr., while the direct apprentices can be called Master.

The cultivators attach great importance to the inheritance of master and apprentice. It is not an exaggeration to say that once a master, a father for life. Dazhu was accepted as a disciple by Master Chen. Master Chen raised Dazhu as a half son, and he would take care of him in the future.

Because the gratitude between the master and the apprentice is very heavy, betraying the master is also regarded as one of the greatest rebellious and evil deeds in the cultivation world.

Mo Hua touched his chin and couldn't help but wonder: "Will Mr. Zhuang accept me as a direct apprentice?"

Mo Hua simply compared his cultivation, spiritual roots, talent and family background with the brothers and sisters of the Bai family, and suddenly calmed down a lot.

It is better not to be too ambitious.

Mo Hua thought about it and silently dispelled this unrealistic idea.

Two days later, it will be the Demon Hunting Festival.

The Demon Hunting Festival is one of the biggest festivals in Tongxian City, even bigger than the Lotus Festival.

The cultivators in Tongxian City, whether they are poor independent cultivators or wealthy family cultivators, have been preparing for the Demon Hunting Festival early. From the morning, Tongxian City has a festive atmosphere, and at night, it is brightly lit.

During the Demon Hunting Festival, there are many people and the restaurants will be very busy, so Liu Ruhua will stay at home and run the business with Aunt Jiang and a few temporarily hired aunts.

Mo Shan has to contact buyers to sell the fur, bones or inner elixir of the monsters hunted by the demon hunting team for nearly a month, because the next few months are the off-season for demon hunting, and the income will be low. Many cultivators will rely on this spiritual stone to survive until next year.

Mo Hua can only go shopping with Dahu and the other three.

But Dahu and the others have one more thing, which is to participate in the demon hunting ceremony.

Every year, the Demon Hunting Festival will hold a Demon Hunting Ceremony, which is a ceremony for young cultivators above the sixth level of Qi Refining to become demon hunters.

The sixth level of Qi Refining is a watershed for the casual cultivators in Tongxian City. It is not only the peak of the middle stage of Qi Refining, but also has the hope of breaking through the late stage of Qi Refining.

In the middle stage of Qi Refining, you can learn some simple spells or martial arts. Your spiritual power and physical body are not weak, and you have a certain ability to protect yourself when facing monsters.

One step forward from the middle stage of Qi Refining is the late stage of Qi Refining. In Tongxian City, which is dominated by the Qi Refining stage, the late stage of Qi Refining is the pursuit of many cultivators.

But this step has many variables. Many cultivators cannot take it out in their lifetime due to reasons such as spirit stones, spiritual roots, and exercises.

So for casual cultivators, the sixth level of Qi Refining can become a real demon hunter. And becoming a demon hunter means making a living by hunting monsters.