Chapter 332 Searching the Mountain

Mo Hua gradually figured it out.

Why did the furnace break when they broke into the Black Mountain Village, but the pig disappeared? There was no large pool of blood on the ground, which meant that the pig had been moved away in advance and never appeared again.

The evil cultivators in the Black Mountain Village were killed or captured, but none of them could escape, only the pig disappeared.

This shows that the pig is very important, even more important than the Black Mountain Village and all the evil cultivators.

And everyone, including Mo Hua, ignored this point.

Why did the evil cultivator feed the pig with a human? Because the pig is the real furnace for refining the elixir.

Feeding a human to a pig is equivalent to throwing a human into the elixir furnace as a medicinal material.

The fact that the Black Mountain Village has been feeding pigs with humans means that the elixir is still being refined.

In other words, the Zhuan Shou Hua Yuan Dan has been being refined since a long time ago, and it is even possible that it has been refined.

After all, no one knows how long the Black Mountain Village has been feeding pigs with humans.

If it has been fed for hundreds of years, then this life-transforming essence may have been fully developed!

A chill surged into Mo Hua's heart, and his expression changed.

Seeing this, Bai Zixi asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

Mo Hua came back to his senses and said quickly: "I remembered something, very important!"

After that, he ran down the mountain.

"Don't fight anymore?" Bai Zisheng asked regretfully behind him.

Mo Hua waved his hand, "Let's talk about it later..."

Mo Hua performed the Water Step and ran away in a moment, leaving Bai Zisheng and Bai Zixi looking at each other, not knowing what happened.

Mo Hua found Commander Yang and found that Zhang Lan was there, so he said: "Pig!"

Zhang Lan and the others were stunned, "You are not scolding us..."

Mo Hua panted, shook his head, and said intermittently:

"That pig... is... the alchemy furnace!"

Zhang Lan and Commander Yang were both startled, thought for a moment, and then their expressions changed drastically!

"What did you say?!"

Mo Hua took a breath and said in a serious tone:

"The flesh and blood are the medium of the formation, the bloodstains are the pattern of the formation, the demon pill is the eye of the formation, and the bones are the core of the formation..."

"So that pig is the furnace for refining the life-changing pill! And it may have been refined for more than a hundred years."

Commander Yang's pupils trembled, and he glanced at Zhang Lan, "Doesn't that mean..."

Zhang Lan lost his voice and said, "This pill... is almost refined?!"

Commander Yang's face sank, and he immediately called a Taoist soldier and ordered sternly:

"Quickly invite Elder Yu, Chief Zhou, and Master An to come over, there is something urgent to discuss!"

The Taoist soldier took the order and set off quickly. In less than half an hour, everyone gathered together.

Commander Yang repeated Mo Hua's words, and everyone's face changed, and they were horrified.

"Where is the Qian family ancestor now?"

"In Dahei Mountain."

"Dahei Mountain is too big..."

"It is very likely that he is in the deep mountains."

"What should we do?"

Elder Yu frowned and said coldly:

"Find! We must find the Qian family ancestor, otherwise once he takes the elixir and advances to the late stage of foundation building, we will not be able to control him."

In the second-grade state boundary, the late stage of foundation building is already the ceiling of cultivation. He can come and go freely in this state boundary, and no one can do anything to him.

If you want to kill him again, you will definitely pay an extremely painful price!

And if you don't kill him, the entire Tongxian City will face great danger!

Commander Yang nodded, "Then gather all the Taoist soldiers and search the deep mountains carefully and thoroughly!"

"It's not enough to rely on the Taoist soldiers alone." Chief Zhou shook his head, "The Taoist Court, the demon hunters, and the cultivators of all the families in Tongxian City must go to search, and not a single blade of grass, a single piece of soil, or a single stone can be left out."

"This matter concerns the safety of the entire Tongxian City, and everyone must work together!"

Everyone nodded.

Chief Zhou turned his head again and said to Mo Hua, "I still need your help in this matter."

"Okay!" Mo Hua agreed.

After everyone finished discussing, they went back and mobilized their manpower. The next day, they entered the deep mountains of Dahei Mountain and began to search the mountains thoroughly.

The Taoist Soldier Department, the Taoist Court, the demon hunters, and the cultivators of various families and sects were all dispatched.

The densely packed cultivators started from the outer edge of the deep mountains and pushed into the depths little by little, not letting go of every corner.

At the same time, under Mo Hua's arrangement, they removed the fog arrays in the deep mountains one by one, and at the same time inserted the stone needles made by Mo Hua with the Si Nan Zi array drawn on them in every corner of the deep mountains to monitor the slightest movement in the deep mountains.

Mo Hua also began to draw a map of the deep mountains.

He wanted to draw every peak, stone, grass and tree in the deep mountains on the map.

He had done these things in the outer mountains, in the inner mountains, and now he did it again in the deep mountains.

The deep mountains were once a taboo in the entire Dahei Mountain, and a dangerous abyss that all monks feared.

And most of people's fear comes from the unknown.

As long as all the secrets hidden in the deep mountains are discovered and the fog and haze in the deep mountains are dispelled, there is nothing to be afraid of in the deep mountains that once made monks tremble.

The process of searching the mountain was progressing little by little.

The map of the deep mountain was also being improved little by little.

However, there were still a few blank areas on the map, which were the habitats or nests of the second-grade monsters.

With so many cultivators searching the mountain, ordinary first-grade monsters would have already fled.

But the second-grade monsters were different, with strong blood and powerful demonic power, which were not something that cultivators in the Qi Refining Period could mess with.

Even if everyone gathered their strength to kill one or two second-grade monsters, the damage would be quite severe.

What's more, the most urgent task was to search for the whereabouts of the Qian family's ancestor, and they could not waste time and entangle with these monsters.

Therefore, when everyone searched the mountain, they could only avoid these second-grade monsters.

It took nearly seven days, and everyone worked together to search the deep mountain, but still did not find the figure of the Qian family's ancestor.

"Will the Qian family's ancestor not be in the deep mountain?" Commander Yang asked in confusion.

Elder Yu shook his head and said, "Impossible. If he went to other immortal cities, he would have been discovered long ago. The Great Black Mountain is hidden and is the most suitable place for him to hide. What's more, he has to bring a pig with him and refine the elixir..."

"Then there is only one possibility..."

Commander Yang looked at the blank space on the map.

The blank space on the map is the place that was not found in the mountain search, that is... the nest of the second-grade monster!

Everyone's expression became solemn.

The second-grade monster is powerful, and its nest is even more deep and dangerous.

Monsters of the same realm are much stronger than cultivators.

Even if Commander Yang, who is in the foundation-building period, enters the nest with Taoist soldiers, once he angers the second-grade monster, there will probably be many casualties.

"How could this Qian family ancestor think of this method?" Chief Zhou frowned.

Elder Yu sighed, "Before the Qian family's ancestor made his fortune, he was also a demon hunter."

So using the demon beast's nest, letting the elder elder fake his death, using the demon beast as a pill furnace to refine pills, all these things have some of the demon hunter's style.

Zhou Zhangsi regretted: "This Qian family's ancestor's methods are indeed brilliant, but it's a pity that he didn't use them in the right way."

"Are there any clues from the third boss?" Elder Yu asked.

"He kept his mouth shut and said nothing." Commander Yang said.

"Then what should we do?" Zhang Lan frowned and said, "Should we search the nest of the second-grade demon beast?"

If we search, the losses will be heavy, and many lives may be lost.

But if we don't search, once the Qian family's ancestor refines the life-changing pill, there will probably be more cultivators killed by him.

No matter what choice we make, it's a dilemma.

Mo Hua thought for a moment and said, "How about I go and take a look?"

Everyone was slightly startled, Commander Yang asked, "What are you going to see?"

"I'm going to see the formation."

"Formation?" Commander Yang was a little confused.

Mo Hua nodded and explained:

"The Qian family ancestor relied on formations to do things. Whether it was building the Black Mountain Stronghold or using cultivators to make elixirs, there were shadows of formations everywhere."

"If he was hiding in the monster's lair in the deep mountains, he would definitely set up some formations around it, either for hiding, for early warning, or for defense."

"I can see the trajectory of the formation."

"If there are traces of formations in the lair of a second-grade monster, it means that a cultivator must have entered. And the person who can enter the lair of a second-grade monster in the deep mountains is most likely the ancestor of the Qian family!"

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this, and they agreed:

"You can try!"

Elder Yu said: "I'll go with you."

He was a little worried about Mo Hua, and didn't want Mo Hua to take risks.

Commander Yang shook his head, "We'll all go together to build our foundation."

Although Mo Hua is good at hiding and acting smartly, it doesn't mean that he won't encounter danger.

When searching for the lair of a second-grade monster, the dangers encountered were either a second-grade monster or facing the ancestor of the Qian family.

Commander Yang was still thinking about getting Mo Hua to join his Yang family, so Mo Hua would be his "predestined" person, so he was even more unwilling to let him get hurt.

"Okay!" Everyone nodded in agreement.

So a group of foundation-building cultivators protected Mo Hua in the middle and began to search for the lair of a second-grade monster in the deep mountains...