Chapter 677 Noble

In the Qianxuezhou area, the noble families are well-off and prosperous, but the small fairy cities on the edge are still living a precarious and difficult life.

Small families like the Qian family can still be arrogant in Tongxian City, but near the Qianxuezhou area, they are oppressed and are no different from ordinary casual cultivators.

Mo Hua suddenly remembered what he had heard when he was trying to capture the Qian family ancestor in the Black Mountain. He hid in the cave where he was refining evil pills. The words the Qian family ancestor said to the deceased Qian Hong, the head of the Qian family:

"... In this world, the strong prey on the weak. Big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat shrimps."

"It is the same in the cultivation world. The independent cultivators are exploited by small families, small families are oppressed by medium families, and medium families are oppressed by upper-class families."

"In other words, independent cultivators support small families, small families support medium families, and medium families support upper-class families..."

"In essence, they are all sucking the blood of the low-level independent cultivators..."

...

The Qian family ancestor is an evil man. He built the Black Mountain Evil Village, raised evil cultivators, killed people to refine pills, committed countless murders, and sought his own immortality.

But some of what he said seemed to be undeniable facts...

Mo Hua was in a complicated mood and looked a little disappointed.

Master Gu observed Mo Hua's expression and saw that Mo Hua was so young and had compassion in his eyes. His pupils shrank slightly and he personally poured a glass of fruit wine for Mo Hua.

Mo Hua thought of another question:

"Master Gu, the noble families are profit-seeking... Logically speaking, the casual cultivators in Gushan City originally made a living by refining "array media" and could live a rich life."

"This shows that refining array media is also profitable."

"Why do they deliberately drain the pond to fish, exploit the abandoned mines, and refine those luxurious spiritual tools?"

"Refine more array media, and by extension, you can earn spirit stones and popularize arrays. Isn't it a good thing?"

"Is it because luxurious spiritual tools make a lot of money?"

Master Gu nodded and sighed: "This is natural..."

"Ordinary array media are used by poor and low-level cultivators, and luxurious spiritual tools are luxury. The luxurious upper-class cultivators use it. "

"Even if they are all in the Qi Refining Realm, the cost of a thousand lower-level cultivators is not as high as that of a child from a noble family."

"Although our Gu family also has industries, the profits are not high, and the family property is considered small among the noble families. The ancestors have always restricted the children of the family and do not allow extravagance and waste."

"But other families, especially those with "spiritual mines", countless industries, and extremely deep family assets, are different..."

"I'm afraid that a precious Taoist robe worn by their direct descendants is enough for a thousand Qi Refining casual cultivators to eat and wear for a year..."

When Master Gu said this, his expression was a little sad.

Mo Hua frowned, "Are luxurious spiritual weapons difficult to refine?"

Master Gu shook his head, "To be honest, this kind of luxurious spiritual weapons are actually very ordinary in terms of craftsmanship. The effects of attack and defense are very weak, and they may even sacrifice practicality for beauty."

Mo Hua was puzzled, "Then why are they so expensive?"

Master Gu sighed, "It's the word 'status'."

"Status?"

Master Gu said, "A spiritual weapon, whether the materials are famous, whether it is rare, what kind of refiner it is, how many years of skills have been passed down, whether it is limited... these are all particulars."

"Without these 'specials', even if you use the same refining skills to refine the same luxurious spiritual weapon intact, it will be regarded as a 'fake', a fake of inferior quality."

"So this kind of luxurious spiritual weapon is not something that ordinary refiners can refine."

"In addition, the noble families actually don't need to promote array media and popularize array formations..."

Mo Hua was stunned and a little surprised.

Master Gu said: "What the noble families want to do is monopolize, monopolize the inheritance of formations, and monopolize the resources for refining equipment."

"If the formation is popularized, a formation flag with sixteen patterns can only be sold for three hundred spirit stones;"

"But as long as the formation is monopolized, a formation flag with only eleven patterns can be sold for three hundred."

"The cost of refining equipment is lower, and the profit of spirit stones is higher."

"As long as the formation is monopolized, you can set any price you want."

"You can earn spirit stones by lying down, and you don't need to spend any thought. Studying the application of array media, optimizing arrays, and promoting array science..."

"These things are time-consuming and laborious, and will not bring benefits to the aristocratic families, so there is the current situation..."

"Arrays are treasured by aristocratic families, either as rare treasures, or put on the shelf, or would rather be placed in a corner to be covered with dust."

"And ordinary cultivators do not know arrays, so they can only rely on the aristocratic families, helpless; ordinary array masters, without array inheritance, can only rely on aristocratic families..."

Master Gu's tone was solemn and his expression was sighing.

Mo Hua frowned and said nothing, not knowing what he was thinking.

Master Gu slightly side-eyed, sizing up Mo Hua's expression, and suddenly smiled and apologized:

"Let's not talk about this. I originally wanted to entertain the young master, and I didn't want to mention these things that spoiled the fun. Please forgive me, young master."

Master Gu poured wine for Mo Hua again.

Mo Hua drank silently and didn't say anything until the banquet was over.

Before leaving, Master Gu only said:

"During the next ten-day break, I will send someone to deliver the refined medium to the Gu family in Qingzhou City. You can pick it up when you are free."

Mo Hua bowed and said, "Thank you, Master Gu."

"You are too polite."

Master Gu waved his hand, and at the gate of Xianhe Tower, he watched Mo Hua go away, sighed slightly, and then turned and left.

After leaving, Master Gu bought some materials for refining array media in Qingzhou City, and then took a car back to Gushan City.

In the car, his apprentice Dachuan was also there.

Dachuan was a cultivator born and raised in Gushan City. He learned to refine weapons since he was a child and rarely left Gushan City. This time when he arrived in Qingzhou City, he saw the scene of the fifth-grade fairy city and felt that it was eye-opening.

In the carriage, Dachuan said enviously:

"Master, Qingzhou City is much more prosperous than our Gushan City..."

Master Gu said "hmm" softly, but there were some words he didn't say.

Gushan City was also prosperous in the past. Although it was not as good as Qingzhou City, people came and went, laughing and talking, and it was quite lively.

Now Qingzhou City is more prosperous than before.

But Gushan City will always be depressed...

There is not only one Qingzhou City in this cultivation world, but also countless Gushan Cities.

Dachuan was not experienced in these words and didn't understand them, so Master Gu didn't say them.

After driving for a while, Dachuan suddenly remembered something, looked at Master Gu, and whispered:

"Master, why are you so polite to that young Master Mo?"

The master is a Jindan, a third-grade weapon refiner.

And that young Master Mo is only at the initial stage of foundation building, looking small and fragile.

Although Dachuan felt that it was right to respect that young Master Mo, the master was too humble. He even took the trouble to come to Qingzhou City and waited for a long time at Gu's house, just to spend spirit stones and treat that young Master Mo to fish.

Dachuan was very puzzled.

Master Gu just said: "You don't understand..."

Dachuan whispered: "Is that young Master Mo very noble?"

Master Gu thought for a while, suddenly shook his head, frowned and said: "I'm not sure..."

Dachuan was stunned.

Master Gu looked thoughtful, "I asked a cousin to inquire in the clan. Although this young Master Mo often comes and goes in the Gu family, he seems to have no blood relationship with the Gu family..."

"Although he is valued by Madam Shangguan, he does not seem to be a relative of the Shangguan family or the Wenren family."

"He entered the Taixu Sect and claimed to be a 'casual cultivator'..."

"Casual cultivator?" Dachuan was stunned.

Master Gu nodded slightly.

"But..." Dachuan hesitated, "If he is really a casual cultivator, wouldn't our kindness be in vain?"

"No..." Master Gu's eyes narrowed slightly, "How could an ordinary casual cultivator be treated so well by the Gu and Shangguan families, and how could he be accepted by the Taixu Sect?"

"What if... he is really a casual cultivator?" Dachuan said weakly.

"What if he is really a casual cultivator..." Master Gu looked solemn, "This is actually a good thing..."

Dachuan was stunned and puzzled.

Master Gu took a long breath and sighed meaningfully:

"There are some sufferings in this world that the children of aristocratic families will never understand..."

"If you don't experience it yourself, don't see it with your own eyes, and don't live there, you will never understand..."

Dachuan looked stunned and nodded as if he understood.

Master Gu's eyes condensed slightly, and Mo Hua's clear and compassionate eyes appeared in his mind again, and he murmured in a low voice:

"This young master may really be our 'noble'..."

...

After Mo Hua returned to the sect, he was a little worried.

He found that he had overlooked a problem.

He had always been thinking about the sect, the aristocratic family, the inheritance, the sinners, the evil cultivators, the demon cultivators, the human traffickers and the evil gods.

But he didn't realize how the cultivators in some small states and small immortal cities around the Qianxue state lived.

What his mother had said to him once again came to his ears.

"It's not just the formation master, all the cultivators are the same. When people go to higher places, they won't look down..."

The cultivators seek the truth of the world.

If you can't even see the truth of this world and the various forms of sentient beings, how can you seek the true way of heaven?

If you keep looking up at the sky, how can you know that the ground under your feet is the real earth?

Mo Hua walked in Taixu Gate, looked up at the vast sky, then looked down at the ground under his feet, stepped on it a few times, and nodded slightly.

...

Seven days later, less than ten days.

Mo Hua, who was practicing in the sect, unexpectedly received a storage bag.

The storage bag contained three types of formation media: formation plates, formation flags, and formation bases, each with twenty pieces. Master Gu refined them and sent them to the Gu family. Wen Renwan also sent someone to deliver them to Taixu Gate.

Mo Hua was a little surprised.

He didn't expect that Master Gu would refine the formation media so quickly and send them over specially. It was obvious that he was very concerned about this matter.

Mo Hua was grateful, thinking that if he had the chance in the future, he would definitely help Master Gu and the others.

After that, in his spare time from practicing, Mo Hua began to study these array media.

These array media looked delicate, but the structure was also very simple.

Mo Hua was an array master, and these array media were copied... "borrowed" from the weapon refining manual, so he understood it at a glance.

It was not difficult to draw arrays on them.

After all, they were just basic array media. Mo Hua tried to draw a few and tried to use them, and he was roughly familiar with them.

Although it looked very chic and not restricted by the array media, it was too ostentatious. Once used too much, many people would be wary of it, and it would fall into a passive position.

Therefore, Mo Hua planned to use normal "array media" to perform arrays in the future, and also to cover up his "talent" in arrays.

Try to integrate into the identity of an ordinary array master and get along with fellow disciples.

This will prevent everyone from making a fuss from time to time and it will be troublesome to explain it yourself.

The formation medium has been refined and the formation has been drawn. It is time to try to use it initially.

Mo Hua secretly contacted Gu Changhuai:

"Uncle Gu, I found clues about a hateful criminal cultivator who has killed people and is on the run. Can you post a reward for me?"

Gu Changhuai was silent for a long time before replying:

"Where did you get the clue?"

Mo Hua: "I heard from a Taoist friend that by chance, he happened to get clues about sin cultivators..."

Gu Changhuai: "The 'fellow Taoist' you are talking about, isn't it you?"

Mo Hua denied: "How is it possible?"

Gu Changhuai knew that Mo Hua was really going to be perfunctory and there was absolutely no truth in his mouth. He didn't bother to ask, but said directly:

"What realm, what name, what crime did you commit?"

Mo Hua said: "In the middle stage of foundation building, he is nicknamed 'The Dragon Crossing the River'. I only know that he must have killed people, but I don't know anything else..."

"If you don't care about uncle, you can go to Daotingsi to check the case and see if he has done any other bad things?"

Gu Changhuai was silent.

At this moment, he felt that Mo Hua was the "executive" and he was the "executive" working for Mo Hua...

But Gu Changhuai had no choice but to look through the files himself.

Mo Hua waited patiently.

After a while, Gu Changhuai replied:

"I have done a lot of bad things. I have killed people in the mountains, robbed people at the ferry, and sold illegal pills..."

"Have you ever sold monks?" Mo Hua asked.

Gu Changhuai said: "I have never found any evidence of this kind..."

Mo Hua was filled with indignation: "This person is so bad!"

Then he added: "I think it's worth at least a thousand meritorious deeds!"

When Gu Changhuai heard this, he became very angry.

Mo Hua, this little bastard, made his plans so that even the Dao Tingsi in Qianxue Prefecture heard about him.

"You still want to set the price yourself?" Gu Changhuai said displeased.

The ink painting speaks righteously: "It's not called pricing, it's called punishing evil and promoting good!"

"I accepted the reward and worked together with my colleagues to punish the evildoers. Wouldn't Dao Tingsi give me a little more merit and praise my 'good deeds'?"

"Punish evil and promote good!"

Gu Changhuai was speechless.

Are you calling it a little bit?

The lion opens its mouth wide and has a thousand points.

Gu Changhuai said: "Five hundred."

Mo Hua was shocked: "Uncle Gu, where can I find someone who can 'haggle' like you? Can you cut it in half with just one knife?"

Although he himself also cut it like this...

"Nine hundred!"

Mo Hua took a step back.

"five hundred!"

Gu Changhuai didn't play according to Mo Hua's idea, and he kept the price very tight without giving in at all.

"Eight hundred!"

"Five hundred and ten."

Mo Hua was helpless, "Uncle Gu, you are too stingy..."

The dignified Dao Ting Si Dian Si doesn't feel embarrassed even if the price is increased at ten o'clock for meritorious service.

Gu Changhuai was indifferent, "This is to let you understand that merit is hard-won and every bit is precious."

Mo Hua snorted: "It's not like I haven't done any bounties before. How can I not know the price of sin repair in the middle stage of foundation building?"

"At least seven hundred and fifty!"

"Five hundred and twenty..."

…

After some "bargaining," Mo Hua finally set the reward for his merits at "six hundred points."

At the same time, if there are other sin cultivators in the same group, or relevant important clues, the price will be increased.

Mo Hua nodded and then reluctantly agreed.

Six hundred points, five people offered a reward, and each person got one hundred and twenty points divided equally.

So-so.

More than a hundred points is not much, but I have tried my best.

After that, Mo Hua and Gu Changhuai began to "plot" on how to distribute the reward and how to deliver it to Mo Hua.

"Tomorrow evening at midnight, on time, the Daoting Secretary will offer a reward. The conditions are: early stage of foundation building, second-level formation master, water prison technique, and concealment technique."

"You move quickly. If someone else picks you up, don't blame me."

Gu Changhuai sent a message to Mo Hua.

Then he added:

"Also, if you remember it, erase this message and don't leave any clues."

Mo Hua nodded repeatedly and replied to Gu Changhuai:

"Don't worry, Uncle Gu, I know this well and I won't leave any 'evidence' for you!"

Gu Changhuai: "..."

This kid made it sound like I was covering up his crime...

Gu Changhuai sighed and then ignored Mo Hua.

Mo Hua wrote down Gu Changhuai's information and then erased it as expected.

Not only were the magnetic ink and random magnetic patterns eliminated, but even the secondary thunder patterns were erased.

Ink painting is very "professional" when doing this kind of thing.

The next day, when midnight arrived, Mo Hua didn't even practice the formation. Instead, he held the Taixu Ling early and concentrated on the tasks in the "Reward Urn".

In the reward basket, there are countless reward entries with pictures and texts of Yuanci.

As soon as the midnight hour came, a light suddenly flashed, and an additional task appeared.

Mo Hua's spiritual sense is extremely sharp, and in just a moment, he discovered the words "Water Prison Technique", "Concealment Technique", "Array Master"... etc. in the entry.

His consciousness swept through it like a dragonfly, and he found the words "Dragon Crossing the River" inside.

That's right!

After Mo Hua confirmed it, he had "quick eyes and quick hands" and clicked the application instantly. Gu Changhuai on the other side also agreed instantly when he saw the name "Mo Hua".

This bounty entry disappeared as soon as it appeared.

At this time, there were still many disciples of Taixu Sect who were in the middle and late stages of foundation building. They were staring at the bounties in the Taixu Order like hungry wolves staring at meat. They accidentally saw this bounty, but before they had time to look at it, it disappeared in an instant. They were all confused.

"What's going on? Isn't it a new bounty?"

"I haven't looked at it yet, why is it gone?"

"Damn it, who is it? The hand is so fast... No, the consciousness is so fast... I just blinked and it was snatched away..."

After a few days, when there are 10,000 subscriptions, I will start to add more chapters to pay back the debt~

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