Chapter 644 Water Hidden Jade
The next day, Mo Hua took leave, left Taixumen, and first went to Daotingsi on the border of Qianxue Prefecture.
This was an agreement between him and Gu Changhuai.
First meet up at Daotingsi, and then set off to Bishan City.
In the Daoting Department, Gu Changhuai came back to pick up Mo Hua, and at the same time handed Mo Hua a storage bag.
"What is this?" Mo Hua asked.
"It can be regarded as supplies distributed by Daotingsi on a mission." Gu Changhuai said calmly.
Mo Hua opened the storage bag and saw some pills, some spiritual stones, some talismans, and a standard Taoist robe inside.
"Don't wear Taixumen's clothes. It's too conspicuous. Put on your robe..."
"oh."
Mo Hua changed into Tao Ting Si's Taoist robe, looking cute and dignified.
It's just that the robe is baggy and the sleeves are a little longer, obviously one size too big.
"Uncle Gu, the clothes are too big..."
"Just wear it, this is already the smallest size..."
"Can't it be customized?"
Gu Changhuai was a little helpless, "You are a non-staff member, so I can just make do with it. How can I customize it for you?"
Mo Hua whispered, "How stingy..."
The dignified fifth-rank Qian Xuezhou Jie Dao Tingsi is too stingy.
There is no other way, Fire Buddha's business is important.
Mo Hua could only tighten his belt, roll up his sleeves, and said eagerly:
"Let's go."
There are seven days to catch the Fire Buddha and obtain the Fire Meteor Technique. There is not so much time to waste.
"Yeah." Gu Changhuai nodded.
Afterwards, Gu Changhuai took the ink painting and walked outside the Daoting Department.
Just halfway through, I met a middle-aged man, wearing a black robe, with narrow eyes and a pale face, but with a smile on his face.
"Gu Diansi."
The man smiled and greeted.
Gu Changhuai's eyes were slightly cold and he said reluctantly:
"Xiao Diansi."
Mo Hua stood aside, secretly looking at Gu Changhuai, and saw that he had a cold look on his face. He seemed to be unfriendly to this Diansi named "Xiao".
It is estimated that the relationship between the two is not very good.
Xiao Diansi was about to say something else when he suddenly saw the ink painting and looked slightly surprised.
"This little monk..."
He was wearing a Daotingsi robe, but it obviously didn't fit him, as if he had found a temporary one and put it on casually.
Wearing a uniform means that he is from Daotingsi.
But looking at his height and appearance, he is just a young monk who is not experienced in the world, and it is impossible to enter the Daotingsi.
What's more, he was following behind Gu Changhuai, the "cold-faced judge" who kept strangers away.
This is even more strange...
"This little brother is..."
Xiao Diansi's face was as pure as spring breeze, but his eyes were slightly sinister, which made people feel uncomfortable.
Mo Hua immediately nicknamed him "Smiling Tiger" in his heart.
Just as he was thinking about how to make up an excuse to fool this smiling tiger, Gu Changhuai said coldly:
"Xiao Diansi, we still have official business."
Xiao Diansi was interrupted and had no choice but to turn to Gu Changhuai. His eyes were slightly strange, but the smile on his face remained unchanged and he asked:
"Gu Diansi, are you still busy with the Buddha case?"
"yes."
"It's been a long time coming..."
Gu Changhuai remained silent.
Xiao Diansi sighed, "The Fire Buddha's destruction of the family is too bad and makes people panic. The higher-ups attach great importance to it and the boss is under great pressure..."
"It's just... although this case is difficult, no matter what, it is really difficult to explain after it has been delayed for so long."
"I don't blame the superiors, I blame Gu Diansi for not doing things well..."
"It's better..." Xiao Diansi's eyes narrowed slightly and he whispered: "Catch a few first, close the case, and give an explanation to the superiors..."
Gu Changhuai's eyes were deep, "Is this what the boss means, or is it what Xiao Diansi means?"
Xiao Diansi's expression froze, and he said with a smile:
"Gu Diansi, you don't dare to make such a joke..."
"You and I are both officials. We have orders from above. We just have to act according to orders. Remember not to..."
Xiao Diansi's smile faded slightly, and he said meaningfully: "You make your own decisions..."
Gu Changhuai became impatient, his face immediately darkened, and he said rudely:
"Be your own Dianji and don't try to teach me how to do things."
Xiao Diansi hesitated.
Gu Changhuai snorted coldly and walked away with a flick of his sleeves.
Mo Hua looked at his nose and mouth, pretending not to hear anything, and followed Gu Changhuai away step by step.
Xiao Diansi was the only one standing there.
The smile on his face gradually faded, and he sneered softly:
"If the Gu family is still so upright, they will die clean sooner or later..."
…
Sitting on the carriage heading to Bishan City, Mo Hua asked in a low voice:
"Uncle Gu, does that Xiao Diansi have a grudge against you?"
Gu Changhuai, who was deep in thought, did not answer.
Mo Hua asked again: "Isn't he the ghost of Daotingsi..."
Gu Changhuai was startled when he heard this, "How did you tell?"
"feel like……"
Gu Changhuai was helpless, "Daotingsi cannot do things based on feelings alone..."
"Xiao Diansi..."
Mo Hua muttered something and pondered: "To be able to be Dian Si, he should also be a descendant of a noble family, with the surname Xiao, the Xiao family... Is this 'Xiao' family, like the Gu family, also a family closely related to Daoting Si?"
Gu Changhuai was a little surprised, but still nodded and said:
"Yes, the Xiao family has greater power in the Dao Tingsi than the Gu family. The current head of the fifth-grade Dao Tingsi in Qianxue Prefecture is named Xiao..."
"oh……"
Mo Hua nodded, then curiously said:
"Then this Xiao Diansi..."
"Don't ask." Gu Changhuai interrupted Mo Hua, "Don't ask about the Xiao family's affairs. It's best to stay away from them, so as not to get into trouble..."
"Don't be accused of an unfounded crime for no reason. I won't go to the Taoist Prison to catch you..."
"All right……"
Mo Hua agreed.
It is also a good habit to listen to other people's suggestions honestly.
He didn't ask about the Xiao family's affairs. It had nothing to do with him anyway.
The car was fast and the horse was fast, and the road was bumpy.
But there was still some distance to go to Bishan City, and Mo Hua took advantage of this time to ask about the Fire Buddha.
"Uncle Gu, can't you enter the Demon Cave?"
Gu Changhuai looked out the window and sighed: "There is a formation..."
"What formation?"
Gu Changhuai silently looked at the ink painting.
Mo Hua suddenly realized.
Uncle Gu is a "formation blind". If he had known, he would not have let him come.
However, it is fortunate that Uncle Gu is a "formation blind", otherwise he would not have the chance to interfere with the Fire Buddha's affairs...
Gu Changhuai glanced at Mo Hua suspiciously, and his intuition told him that Mo Hua must not have anything good to say in mind.
"Did you say bad things about me in your heart?"
Mo Hua denied: "No!"
Gu Changhuai snorted lightly.
Mo Hua asked again: "Daotingsi, there should be other formation masters, right?"
Gu Changhuai's expression became complicated.
There was no one else around, and there was something else to do next. He wanted to trouble Mo Hua, so Gu Changhuai didn't care and told the truth:
"Most of the best formation masters in the cultivation world are in Tianshu Pavilion."
"The formation masters of Tianshu Pavilion are so noble that even the Dao Tingsi usually cannot recruit them..."
"Generally speaking, the level of formation masters Daotingsi can hire will be lower..."
"As for the Fire Buddha incident, it happened in the second-grade Bishan City. The criminal cultivators are all second-grade, so despite its bad nature, it is only considered a second-grade case..."
"Second-grade cases are looked down upon by third-grade formation masters."
"And this group of criminal cultivators is extremely vicious, and even second-grade formation masters don't dare to come."
"Generally, it is better to survey the scene and crack the formation. In a siege battle like this, ordinary formation masters have no means to save their lives, which is very dangerous."
"Despite this, I still used the Gu family's connections in Daotingsi to transfer a few second-grade formation masters, but..."
Gu Changhuai frowned and sighed:
"The mountain roads are hidden and the formations are obscure."
"They don't see any clues, let alone how they can help..."
Mo Hua probably understood in his heart.
No wonder Uncle Gu, who always wanted to save face, would let him go to help.
Mo Hua said: "Don't worry, Uncle Gu, as long as it is a second-grade formation, there will be no problem!"
Later, Mo Hua felt that he was boasting a bit, so he added:
"Below second-grade mid-level and below high-level, no problem."
Judging from the current situation, Fire Buddha's group of sin cultivators must have formation masters.
Fire Buddha is in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and he is the boss, so the formation masters under him should not be more than Foundation Establishment.
However, the standard of general formation masters lags behind the realm.
For example, in the middle stage of foundation building, you become a second-grade primary formation master.
In the later stage of foundation building, he became a second-grade mid-level formation master.
Only those who reach the peak of the later stage of foundation building, or the golden elixir, can become a second-grade high-level formation master.
These are normal conditions.
Those whose level of formation master matches their cultivation realm are already considered to be the best among formation masters.
Such formation masters are considered to be geniuses in formations, and they are generally unlikely to fall into association with evil cultivators.
Therefore, the formations in the Bishan Devil's Cave should only be at the second-level mid-level, and I can completely handle them.
Mo Hua looked confident.
For the first time, Gu Changhuai felt that Mo Hua's self-confident and self-satisfied look was a bit pleasing to the eye...
…
After that, the two of them were silent all the way until they arrived at Bishan City.
Entering Bishan City, walking through the streets in the city, and walking to the foot of the mountain in the north of the city, you will see dangerous mountains with beautiful peaks, many mountains and rugged mountains.
Gu Changhuai led Mo Hua to a cave.
The entrance of the cave is covered by ivy, but the cave is wide and open. It is the temporary stronghold of Daotingsi. There are dozens of executives inside who are discussing something in low voices.
Gu Changhuai and Mo Hua walked into the cave.
These executives all stood up quickly and saluted Gu Changhuai respectfully, but when they looked at the ink painting, they couldn't help but look puzzled.
Gu Diansi brought a young monk here. What does it mean?
Gu Changhuai did not explain to them, but ordered two people, "Gu Quan, Gu An, you come with me."
Among the crowd, two monks wearing the priest's robes, with the same figure and appearance, stood out.
They bowed and said, "Yes, sir."
"The surname is Gu..."
Mo Hua didn't need to guess, he knew that these two people must be from the Gu family, and they looked very similar, they should be twins.
Gu Changhuai took Mo Hua, Gu Quan and Gu An and left the cave. After walking in the mountains for a cup of tea, they stopped at a huge rock.
When Mo Hua looked up, he saw rocks stretching across the top of the mountain.
There is a natural crack in the middle, covered on both sides, like a line between heaven and earth.
"One line of sky..."
Mo Hua murmured, and then looked at Gu Changhuai, "There is a cave outside the sky, so this devil's cave is behind this line of sky?"
Gu Changhuai nodded.
The sky is narrow and can only be passed by one person.
Gu Changhuai took the lead and walked in front, Mo Hua followed behind him, and Gu An and Gu Quan were behind.
After passing the narrow gap, the view suddenly became clear.
The sky was high and the clouds were vast. White clouds floated outside and around. There was a cliff under his feet. There was no other path.
Gu Changhuai pointed to the distance. Mo Hua looked in the direction and saw a lone peak in the distance.
"That is the demon cave."
Gu Changhuai paused and said:
"You are right. There is a stone bridge under your feet. There is a hidden formation engraved on it. It hides the traces, so no one can find the demon cave opposite..."
Mo Hua looked at the cliff on the horizon and was in a trance.
He seemed to see the stone road hidden on the cliff in the back of the Big Black Mountain again.
Hidden formation...
Mo Hua sighed.
The aristocratic clans used formations to exploit and profit.
The evil cultivators would also use formations to hide their traces and do evil.
On the contrary, the lowest-level casual cultivators lived a hard life and could not even afford the lowest-level formations.
This is the case with Tongxian City in Lizhou, and Nanyue City. Now, there seems to be such a sign in Xiancheng in Qianzhou...
When will the formation that adheres to the great way of heaven and earth truly benefit the people?
Mo Hua was moved.
But now is not the time to be sentimental...
Mo Hua released his spiritual sense and scanned the empty clouds and mist under the cliff.
In Mo Hua's spiritual sense, a stone bridge emerged clearly.
On the stone bridge, there are formations engraved.
There are reinforced earth and stone formations, small Yuan magnetic formations for monitoring, and hidden formations for invisibility.
Mo Hua looked at it and was suddenly startled.
"Hidden formation..."
This hidden formation seems to be...
Mo Hua concentrated his mind and felt it, and was shocked.
Second-grade nineteen-pattern formation!
The hidden formation that Mo Hua had learned before was a first-grade nine-pattern formation. He had not learned the second-grade hidden formation yet.
Mo Hua immediately realized that he had overlooked something before.
The concealment array is the most difficult to learn among the ordinary arrays.
The first-grade concealment array has a total of nine array patterns.
The second-grade concealment array is also likely to be a second-grade top-level array with nineteen array patterns...
I made a wrong judgment.
There is a second-grade high-level array master in the group of sinners of Fire Buddha!
"I was careless..."
Mo Hua sighed in his heart.
The concealment array that can hide from the foundation-building cultivator is most likely a second-grade one.
And it is not surprising that a second-grade concealment array has nineteen array patterns.
The array master who can draw nineteen array patterns must be a second-grade high-level array master.
Then his cultivation level... Jindan?
Mo Hua frowned and thought about it, then shook his head.
It should not be Jindan.
Jindan realm, second-grade high-level array master, such a person cannot work for Fire Buddha, Fire Buddha is not worthy of him.
It is most likely that he is still in the late stage of foundation building, or even the peak of foundation building.
In the late stage of foundation building, a high-level second-grade array master...
Mo Hua's eyes condensed.
This man is a master of arrays!
And it is very likely that he has a high talent for arrays...
Mo Hua frowned.
A high-level second-grade array master is very tricky...
But the Demon Cave cannot be avoided, and the Fire Buddha cannot be avoided...
Mo Hua pondered silently in his heart.
So let it be a high-level second-grade array master.
I have never really fought with a second-grade array master since I came to Qianxuezhou.
This can also be regarded as a kind of exchange experience.
Moreover, the confrontation between array masters is not like fighting, which must determine life and death.
Although it is difficult, it is not that dangerous.
Therefore, this Demon Cave must be visited, but I can't go there alone.
Mo Hua thought about it.
At the beginning, I went to the Black Mountain Village alone, but thinking about it afterwards, it was indeed too risky, and it also worried my parents.
Now that I have grown up a lot, I naturally have to be more stable in doing things.
You can go, but you need to find a bodyguard.
A "Golden Core" bodyguard.
Mo Hua secretly glanced at Gu Changhuai.
Gu Changhuai saw that Mo Hua looked strange, and didn't know what he was thinking, so he asked:
"What did you see?"
Mo Hua thought about it, and said truthfully: "There should be a second-grade high-level formation master under the Fire Buddha..."
Gu Changhuai frowned when he heard it.
A second-grade high-level formation master... This is very troublesome.
"What should we do now?" Mo Hua asked.
Gu Changhuai pondered for a moment, and said slowly:
"No matter what, we can't let the Fire Buddha run away. It doesn't matter if it's a second-grade high-level formation master. Find an opportunity to kill them all..."
"But... how do you get there?" Mo Hua was a little confused, "If you go there openly, you will be discovered..."
Gu Changhuai said: "I took a few precious spiritual tools for hiding from the Gu family. We will return the favor in their own way and go there in stealth."
Mo Hua's eyes lit up.
As expected of Uncle Gu, he has the self-cultivation of a "bodyguard"!
He even thought about how to get there.
Mo Hua said, "I'll go too!"
Gu Changhuai was stunned.
Gu An and Gu Quan also looked at each other.
This kid is too brave.
Gu Changhuai refused, "You can't go."
If he died in there, he couldn't explain to his cousin.
Mo Hua said, "If I don't go, you will be discovered even if you hide..."
Gu Changhuai frowned.
Mo Hua pointed to the cliff in front of him, "On the stone bridge below, in addition to the concealment array, there is also a small magnetic array..."
"This small magnetic array is used for early warning..."
"Once you encounter the formation, under the magnetic induction, the Fire Buddha will know that someone is walking on the stone bridge..."
"They block the intersection, or attack them unprepared, intercept them halfway, or if they are more ruthless, they directly knock down the stone bridge. You will be in danger..."
"But..." Mo Hua raised his eyebrows, "If you take me with you, it will be fine!"
"These small Yuan magnetic arrays cannot be hidden from me."
Gu Changhuai's face didn't look good.
This was also the reason why he did not cross the bridge rashly even though he had prepared an invisibility weapon before.
He was afraid of some unknown hands and feet on the bridge.
But opposite was the Demon's Cave, and Gu Changhuai was still worried about letting Mo Hua go there together.
"It's just a small Yuan Magnetic Array. I'll have someone look back home and bring some Yuan Magnetic Sinan over to test it a little bit..."
Mo Hua shook his head, "What a waste of time. Besides, what if there are other early warning formations?"
"If you miss it by mistake, you will be discovered by the Fire Buddha."
"If he had prepared in advance and escaped from the devil's cave, the operation would have failed in vain."
I won’t be able to learn the Fire Meteor Technique...
Mo Hua muttered in his heart.
Gu Changhuai was indeed shaken.
Mo Hua observed the words and colors and continued:
"This is just a stone bridge. When we get to Fire Buddha's 'Devil's Cave', there are probably more formations inside..."
"In this case, don't you need a smart, witty 'little formation master' with extraordinary attainments in formations to help you solve your problems?"
Mo Hua blinked.
Although Gu Changhuai did not want to admit these modified titles of "self-proclaimed" ink painting, he could not deny it.
If he really had a way with these formations, he wouldn't have invited Mo Hua.
Gu Changhuai remained silent, and finally sighed:
"Okay, you follow us first, go over and check out the situation, and remember the 'Three Chapters of the Agreement'."
"Yeah, yeah." Mo Hua said quickly, "Follow you, don't take action, just be a bastard."
He still remembered this.
Gu Changhuai sighed, looking helpless.
Gu An and Gu Quan on the side looked normal, but they were extremely shocked in their hearts.
They worked in Daotingsi and seldom looked back at home. This was the first time they saw ink paintings.
This is also the first time I have seen someone able to "bargain" with the young master to this extent.
He could even make the young master "compromise" to this extent.
For the first time, they saw a look of helplessness and trouble on the face of the always arrogant young master...
At this moment, they couldn't help but stand in awe of the ink paintings.
Then, Gu Changhuai took out several jade pendants and gave one to each of them.
"This is Water Hidden Jade, a second-grade hidden spiritual weapon. After wearing it, water will cover your body and you can hide your body..."
Gu An and Gu Quan respectfully took the jade pendant.
Mo Hua thought for a while and accepted it "like a good person".
Although he knows the concealment technique, and it is a high-end five-element concealment technique, it is always good to have an extra layer of insurance.
What's more, this jade pendant looks so expensive, it must be worth a lot of spiritual stones.
He couldn't live up to Uncle Gu's kindness.
Mo Hua silently put Shui Yinyu into his arms.
Before setting off, Gu Changhuai told Mo Hua again:
"If something happens, leave us alone. Just run away if you can and save your own life."
Mo Hua nodded, "I will!"
So everyone set off.
There were four people in the group, Gu Changhuai from the golden elixir stage, Gu An and Gu Quan from the later stage of foundation establishment, and ink painting from the early stage of foundation establishment.
The four of them all hid their figures and stepped onto the invisible stone bridge leading to the Demon Cave.
Thank you for the reward of Cultivation Together and Fengfong~
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