Immortality Through Array Formations

The so-called map was the one used by Monster Hunters, which marked the mountain’s topography, streams and rivers, miasma and poison marshes, areas where Monster Beasts roam, and so on.

Mo Shan also had a map in his possession, but it was very rudimentary, basically only showing some mountain paths and nothing else.

To an experienced Monster Hunter, a map wasn’t something drawn on paper, but rather memorized in the mind.

After all, it wouldn’t be possible for a Monster Beast to be chasing after you and you’d have to stop to look at a map to determine which way to run…

But Mo Hua wasn’t an experienced Monster Hunter, he didn’t even count as a Monster Hunter, so he wanted to make a more detailed map.

So, Mo Hua made his annotations based on Mo Shan’s old map.

From mountain shapes to watercourses, all points of interest along the way were earnestly marked on it.

After Mo Shan took him through the outer mountain several more times, Mo Hua gradually filled in the map and eventually had the entire topography of the outer mountain not only drawn on the map but also etched into his mind.

Mo Shan casually tested Mo Hua with a few questions.

For instance, where miasma was poisonous, where Monster Beasts roamed, where the camps were, and where to hide in case of danger, and so on.

Mo Hua answered with ease, even clearer than some of the veteran Monster Hunters.

Mo Shan sighed and then breathed a sigh of relief and after that, he didn’t pay much attention to Mo Hua.

Thus, Mo Hua went to find Da’hu and his two brothers, and they ventured into the mountains together.

While Da’hu and his brothers killed Monster Beasts, Mo Hua bled them, and then they all split the Spirit Stones.

The division of labor was clear and efficient.

“But, Uncle Mo really let you go into the mountain…”

Xiaohu still found it somewhat hard to believe.

“Aren’t you guys also going into the mountain, so can I.”

Mo Hua, while bleeding a wild boar-shaped Monster Beast, said.

“Is it the same though…”

“Exactly, that day when I saw the Fire Spitting Hound charging at you, I broke out in a cold sweat…”

“Thankfully your movement technique is good, otherwise, it would have been really frightening.”

The three of them still felt a chill when they thought back to it.

“However, Mo Hua, your movement technique is really amazing!”

Shuanghu couldn’t help but praise.

He had never seen such movement technique before; it was like flowing water and like a butterfly, darting unpredictably, making it hard to grasp.

Being so close to a furiously enraged Fire Spitting Hound and not even having the hem of his clothes touched.

Mo Hua said somewhat shyly, “I owe it to that kind-hearted uncle who passed by… but I’ve just learned the basics.”

After putting away the jade bottle full of Monster Blood, Mo Hua added:

“I’m done bleeding it, you guys can skin it. This pig is really big, it could probably sell for a good amount of Spirit Stones.”

Inspired, the three Da’hu brothers began to skin and debone the Pig Monster, getting ready to sell it for Spirit Stones.

Having nothing to do, Mo Hua checked his Storage Bag and found it already had several dozen bottles of Monster Blood in it.

But Mo Hua felt it might not be enough.

Nine Formation Patterns is a significant threshold for a Formation Master.

After reaching the Middle Phase of Qi Refinement, you need to solve formations to break through the bottleneck of the Heaven Yan Jue, which is also a major threshold.

Both of these thresholds require a lot of Formation drawing, so naturally, the more Spiritual Ink, the better.

It’s best to stock up on Monster Blood.

But… how can he stock up more?

Mo Hua frowned slightly.

The three Da’hu brothers, after all, were only at the Sixth Level of Qi Refinement, and killing one Monster Beast in a day was already quite an accomplishment.

If Mo Hua himself took action, facing a dying Monster Beast, although he could manage with his movement technique, killing it would still be a bit difficult, and he could only rely on the Fireball Technique.

The Fireball Technique wasn’t very powerful, and against Monster Beasts with thick skins and flesh, especially those with Fire-series demonic power, its effectiveness had to be discounted even more.

Killing a dying Monster Beast, he’d probably need to fire several Fireball Techniques to succeed.

Whenever Mo Hua had time, he practiced the Fireball Technique, which had now become fast and accurate, even allowing him to strike before a Monster Beast could.

But even if he could use the Fireball Technique to kill ten Monster Beasts, a single flaw, if exploited by a monster, would put him in danger.

For the sake of ten bottles of Monster Blood, and some Spirit Stones, the risk wasn’t really worth taking.

Mo Hua thought for several days, but still hadn’t come up with a good solution.

Not until this day, when he was strolling around the outer mountain and updating his map, did he run into Yu Chengyi, who was leading a monster hunting team.

Yu Chengyi was Elder Yu’s eldest son, with a cultivation of the Qi Refining Ninth Level, quite impressive, and quite well-respected among Monster Hunters.

Usually, he led teams to hunt monsters in the Inner Mountain, but a few days ago, he received news that a rather troublesome Monster Beast had appeared on the outer mountain. Although it was only in the Middle Phase of the first rank, it was difficult to deal with.

Yu Chengyi happened to have some free time this day, so he temporarily brought some Monster Hunters to the outer mountain to hunt this creature.

Yu Chengyi was on high alert, searching for traces of the beast with some Monster Hunters, when suddenly he heard someone calling him, the voice quite youthful.

Yu Chengyi was startled, looked up, and saw a young cultivator standing on a distant rock, waving at him.

His jaw nearly dropped in shock.

Where did this kid come from?

This was Big Black Mountain!

How did the child get in? And how did he dare to come in?! Wasn’t he afraid of being eaten by Monster Beasts?

When Yu Chengyi recognized the person, he jumped again and blurted out, “Mo Hua?!”

He remembered Mo Hua.

The son of Mo Shan, quite young, with a clever appearance. He drew formations well, and his dad had told him to look after the boy.

A chill ran through Yu Chengyi’s heart, followed by a wave of fright.

A Junior Formation Master among Monster Hunters, if he were eaten by a monster, the loss would be enormous.

Yu Chengyi flashed over in an instant, taking two steps in one stride, directly reaching Mo Hua’s side, lifted him off the rock, and placed him on the ground.

“Uncle Yu, your movement technique is really good!”

Mo Hua praised him as he landed.

“It’s all right,” Yu Chengyi modestly replied, then thought something wasn’t right. Was now really the time to discuss this…

He looked at Mo Hua, then scanned the surroundings and couldn’t help asking, “Where’s your dad?”

“My dad is in the Inner Mountain.”

“No… I mean, isn’t your dad with you?”

“I can’t go to the Inner Mountain,” Mo Hua said.

Mo Shan had told him to play in the outer mountain, with strict instructions not to go to the Inner Mountain. Mo Hua strictly complied; he wouldn’t dare to set foot there even were he doomed.

Yu Chengyi clarified, “What I meant is, isn’t your dad by your side?”

“Uhm, he has to go monster hunting in the Inner Mountain, can’t always accompany me,” Mo Hua explained.

Yu Chengyi was dumbfounded, “You mean to say, Mo Shan brought you into the mountain then left you in the outer mountain?”

Had Mo Shan lost his mind?

“Not exactly,” Mo Hua said, “I came with Da’hu and the others. My dad only allowed me in the outer mountain, he forbade me from entering the Inner Mountain.”

Yu Chengyi, word by word, slowly asked, “You’re saying, Mo Shan, he permitted you to come to the outer mountain?”

Mo Hua nodded.

Yu Chengyi felt a surge of anger.

What kind of joke was this? The outer mountain was still part of Big Black Mountain! There were poisons, miasmas, and Monster Beasts!

Don’t underestimate the danger of the outer mountain!

It took a long time for Yu Chengyi to compose himself.

“Let’s not talk about this,” Mo Hua said, “Uncle Yu, could you do me a favor?”

Yu Chengyi had asked a few trivial questions, interrupting Mo Hua’s train of thought, almost making him forget what he originally wanted to do.

“A favor?” Yu Chengyi was taken aback, “To find someone to send you back?”

“No,” Mo Hua waved his hand, “I’ve just entered the mountain, why go back now?”

Mo Hua stealthily assessed Yu Chengyi’s Monster Hunters and whispered:

“Could I borrow a few people from you?”