Asking about longevity

Suspended cliffs, solitary peaks and mountains.

There is an invisible stone bridge across the sea of ​​clouds.

Four monks, three large and one small, with their figures hidden, were walking on the bridge step by step, as if they were walking through space, walking on the edge of the sky, with an endless ravine at their feet.

Several people were inevitably shocked.

Fortunately for Mo Hua, it wasn't his first time leaving.

Although this time the cliff is higher, the road is longer, and the opposite side is more dangerous, he is followed by three "bodyguards".

One of them is Uncle Gu from the Golden Core Realm.

It's actually quite safe.

The stone bridge was empty and there was no one around.

Several people walked forward step by step.

Mo Hua let go of his consciousness, observing and sensing all the way, and occasionally reminded him:

Where is the Xiaoyuan Magnetic Array, where is the earth explosion array, where is the early warning array, where is the violent wind array...

Sin Xiu had indeed laid out many formations on the stone bridge.

These formations are either early warnings or traps, and the locations are very obscure.

But naturally, he couldn't hide it from Mo Hua's spiritual consciousness.

The formations along the way were all seen through by Mo Hua.

Gu Changhuai glanced at the ink paintings with a calm expression, and felt lucky that no trace of the ink painting touched his body despite the thousands of "formations" passing by.

Fortunately, I brought this child...

Otherwise, they would be walking on thin ice walking on a stone bridge densely covered with formations, and they might not be able to reach the other side.

Mo Hua showed the way, and Gu Changhuai and the other three followed Mo Hua obediently.

Halfway through this walk, the sky suddenly turned dark above the stone bridge.

The ink painting stops on the stone bridge.

The road behind me seems to be among the clouds, and the sky is bright and clear.

The road ahead is full of evil spirits, and the solitary peaks are like ghost caves, gloomy and oppressive.

Several people looked at each other with firm eyes and continued to move forward.

In the gloomy evil atmosphere, after walking for an unknown amount of time, I finally saw a cliff in front of me.

After another cup of tea, the concealed people stepped onto the stone steps of the opposite cliff and arrived at the other side without anyone noticing.

In front of you is a lonely peak, surrounded by nothingness and clouds.

Like an isolated island in a sea of ​​clouds, there is no human habitation.

In the middle of the lonely peak is a huge and long and narrow cave entrance.

The hole is closed, like the closed eyes of an evil beast.

The rocks on both sides are ferocious, and the protruding stones fit into each other like the eyelashes of evil beasts, covering up the bright red blood in the eyes.

Mo Hua's eyes narrowed slightly, "The evil formation..."

The formation master under Fire Buddha is a second-grade high-level evil formation master...

Gu Changhuai looked indifferent, but Gu An and Gu Quan were a little nervous.

"Young Master, can this door be opened?"

I don't know if it was Gu An or Gu Quan who asked.

Mo Hua thought for a while and shook his head:

"This is an evil formation, and the formation is closed so that the patterns inside cannot be seen through. In addition, it is a second-grade high-level evil formation, so it cannot be solved..."

"At least I can't solve it yet..."

"If you can't break the formation, then you can only use brute force to forcefully break the formation..."

"But the noise is so loud that it will definitely alarm Fire Buddha and the others..."

…

Gu An and Gu Quan frowned.

Gu Changhuai's handsome eyes silently looked at the ink painting.

Mo Hua understood.

This is Uncle Gu asking himself what to do with these formations.

It's just that he has always been a bit aloof and could not speak for a while, especially in front of Gu An and Gu Quan.

He is a Dianji or a son of the Gu family, so he always wants to save face.

Mo Hua thought for a while and said without waiting for Gu Changhuai to ask:

"Although the Devil's Cave sounds eerie and scary, in the final analysis, it is also a monastic building that requires the use of architectural formations..."

"Then there must be various formations built in this lonely peak."

"I want to take a look at the structure of the entire lonely peak from the outside first, then speculate on the formation inside, and then consider how to get in..."

"Okay." Gu Changhuai nodded.

So Mo Hua walked around the lonely peak with his hands behind his back and his head held high, as if "inspecting", while sensing the formation inside.

The three of them, Gu Changhuai, followed silently behind, looking wary and looking around, like three "followers".

After walking around, Mo Hua found a quiet place, used a stone as a table, covered it with formation paper, and began to initially restore the formation structure on the outermost edge of the Demon Cave.

While recalling the magic traces of the formation he had just sensed from the rocks, he drew formation patterns on the paper.

Occasionally, he raised his head to take in a panoramic view of the entire solitary peak, correcting the connection between the formations...

After a while, an outline of the formation on the outside of the devil's cave, composed of formation patterns, emerged on the paper bit by bit...

Gu Changhuai's pupils shrank, he looked at the ink paintings and murmured:

"Spirit Distinguishing Painting Formation..."

"Spirit Distinguishing Painting Formation?" Mo Hua was a little surprised and asked Gu Changhuai, "What is the Spirit Distinguishing Painting Formation?"

Gu Changhuai was startled, "This is what you are doing..."

Mo Hua was stunned for a moment, then understood.

Identifying the spiritual power of the formation from the outside and restoring the internal formation structure is called "spirit identification and painting formation".

He always thought that this was just basic formation calculations, but he didn't expect that there were so many fancy names...

Mo Hua praised: "Uncle Gu, you know a lot..."

Gu Changhuai: "..."

If it weren't for Mo Hua's serious face and clear eyes, he almost suspected that Mo Hua was "sarcastic" on himself...

It took more than half an hour, and Mo Hua initially restored the peripheral array diagram of the "Devil's Cave".

On paper it’s a devil’s cave.

But this "Devil's Cave" seems to be "see-through" by divine consciousness. It does not have the appearance of mountains, rocks and vegetation, but reveals the inner "skeleton" of various formations and formations.

Although it was only the outer surface of the formation structure, Gu Changhuai was still extremely shocked.

He was in a daze.

Is this really something that an early-stage formation master can do?

This is completely different from all the formation masters he has known in the past...

Gu An and Gu Quan on the other side also couldn't understand, and at the same time they felt more and more that ink painting should not be based on appearance.

This little formation master is really no small matter...

He is worthy of being a person who can bargain with an honest young master and make even a stubborn young master have to give in.

Mo Hua didn't know what they were thinking, but continued:

"The formation of the Demon Cave is very strict, but since it is a monastic construction formation, in order to save costs, we have to make some 'compromises'..."

"For the main part, we use the formation with nineteen lines of the second grade, but in some corners, the level of the formation will be lowered, and the number of formations will also be reduced..."

"Eighteen patterns, seventeen patterns, and even the second-grade mid-level sixteen patterns will all be used..."

"Even some parts will use the first-grade formation to make up the numbers..."

"The weak points of these formations are the flaws."

"The larger the scale of the monastic construction formation, the more magnificent it looks from the outside, but in the eyes of insiders, there are more flaws..."

In the eyes of an insider...

Gu Changhuai and the others looked at the ink paintings and nodded in agreement.

Mo Hua looked at the "Devil's Cave" array map from beginning to end again, and then led the three of them to a hillside on the back of the solitary peak.

At the foot of the hillside, there is a solid rock with rugged gravel.

"The rock here is solid and difficult to dig and construct formations, so the formation masters who built the Demon Cave were lazy and cut corners..."

Mo Hua let go of his consciousness again, looked at it with deep eyes for a while, and pointed to an ordinary stone slope:

"The flaw here is the biggest."

Gu Changhuai stared at Shipo, unable to judge at all why the flaw was the biggest here.

But when it came to formations and ink paintings, it always gave him an unquestionable feeling.

"Then we... dig through the rocks and sneak in secretly?"

One of the Gu brothers suggested.

Mo Hua guessed that he should be "Gu An".

The two brothers look the same and have similar voices, but their spiritual power flows differently. One has a meridian on the left side, and the other has a meridian on the right side.

Like a left-hander and a right-hander.

The left-handed person is Gu An, and the right-handed person is Gu Quan.

Mo Hua shook his head, "There is still too much movement. For digging holes, just use formations..."

This is what he just learned, a type of Bagua Gen Formation called Kaishan Formation.

The second-grade and fourteenth-level mountain-opening formation can turn rocks into powder. It is not very powerful and has little movement. It is best used for digging such dark pits.

Mo Hua took out his pen and ink and began to draw a mountain formation on the stone.

He painted very fast, and he finished the painting in a short time.

Then above the formation, the gray lighted up, the formation took effect, and the rocks dissolved and turned into fine powder, which was blown away by the wind.

Gu Changhuai watched from the side, always feeling that something was very inconsistent.

After watching it for a while, he suddenly understood.

too fast……

He had seen the ink painting formation before, but he didn't pay much attention to it at that time.

Now under his nose, the ink brush moved around, completely drawing the second-grade and fourteenth pattern of the Kaishan Formation.

Only then did Gu Changhuai realize that this writing method was too fast.

It was as if time was 'fast forwarding', and his little hand was waving out an afterimage.

This hand speed is several times faster than the formation masters I have seen before.

Gu Changhuai frowned.

"Why is this kid Mo Hua just like the 'Hexagon' formation master, with no shortcomings at all..."

"He couldn't have been snatched away by some formation 'old monster'..."

…

During this period of time when he was puzzled, the ink paintings opened up the mountain formation one after another, dissolving the rocks layer by layer.

Finally, the last bit of rock disappeared, and a dark cave entrance appeared in front of him.

Inside the cave entrance, there was a gloomy wind, and there was a faint smell of rot.

Mo Hua glanced at Gu Changhuai.

Gu Changhuai understood, nodded slightly, and went straight into the cave entrance, followed closely by Gu An and Gu Quan.

A few breaths later, Gu Changhuai's voice came from the cave.

"come in……"

Mo Hua nodded and walked in.

His vision was dark for a while, and then slowly there was light. Mo Hua looked intently and found that he was standing on a protruding stone pillar.

Mo Hua lowered his head and looked down, his pupils suddenly shrank.

This is a huge cave.

The stone pillars are jagged and evil.

The mountain peak was hollowed out, and below was a huge and formidable demon temple.

There are criss-crossing suspended corridors, and there are white bone lamps in the corridors. The gloomy green lights reflect the strange halls around them.

In the middle of the hall is a huge stone skull.

The skull's eyes were empty and burning with green fire.

The ferocious fangs protruded outwards, and the mouth opened wide, as if it was choosing people to devour.

But half of this skull was missing, and it seemed that it had not yet been completed. It was impossible to tell whether it was a human or an animal.

And above the skull, there is a gloomy demonic aura.

Gu Changhuai looked grim and said in disbelief:

"The Demonic Cult's stronghold..."

"What a courage!"

Mo Hua was startled, "The demon sect's stronghold..."

He looked at Gu Changhuai and asked in a low voice: "Is the demon sect's stronghold any different from the general evil cultivator's stronghold?"

Gu Changhuai looked solemn and said slowly:

"The strongholds of evil cultivators are only used for temporary hiding, while the strongholds of evil cultivators are used for long-term 'dwelling'..."

"Evil cultivators are just poisonous fruits, and the poison only kills one or two people, but the devil's cult is the 'root' that spreads the poison..."

"The presence of a demon sect stronghold means that the demon sect has 'taken root' here, or is preparing to take root..."

"Once the demon sect's stronghold is built and takes root, it will become a cancer of the demonic path and spread the demonic path's techniques, causing endless harm."

"And it is extremely difficult to remove it, and the price paid is also very high..."

Gu Changhuai's eyes were serious.

He had previously thought that Fire Buddha's 'Devil's Cave' was just an exaggeration.

But now it seems that this devil's cave is really a large-scale devil's den.

Mo Hua said: "Then it seems that the Fire Buddha is not only a sinful cultivator, but also an evil cultivator. He is also a demonic cultivator with an 'inheritance'?"

Gu Changhuai's eyes were cold, he nodded slightly and said:

"should be……"

Mo Hua frowned, "I didn't even notice..."

Gu Changhuai's eyes were somewhat meaningful and he said:

"What you can't see is the real demon sect."

"Those evil cultivators who are arrogant and domineering have long been slaughtered by the Taoist court..."

"The remaining demonic cultivators are sometimes more sanctimonious than the decent cultivators..."

Mo Hua was startled and thought of Lu Chengyun inexplicably.

Kill people and refine corpses, use zombies to mine, and earn spiritual stones day and night.

Then use the spirit stones to bribe Daotingsi, buy off local forces, further squeeze the ore cultivators, refine zombies, and develop and strengthen their own power.

On the surface, he is the gentle and gentle head of the Lu family.

But behind the scenes, he is a true demonic great corpse cultivator.

Once he is made into the Corpse King, all the monks in Nanyue City, whether alive or dead, will probably become his "zombies".

And the same may be true in front of you.

Fire Buddha and the others are probably just a "pretense".

I don’t know what is hidden behind this “Bishan Demon Cave”, and I don’t know who created it...

"Uncle Gu, what should we do now? Do we want to go back and call someone?"

Mo Hua asked in a low voice.

Now that the demon sect's stronghold has been discovered, logically speaking, the best way is to go back and "shake people" and call more Daotingsi chief executives to "destroy" this stronghold.

Gu Changhuai frowned in thought and slowly shook his head.

"Let's do some research first. If we can find the Fire Buddha, it would be best to kill him directly..."

"Go back and call for people to surround the devil's cave. There are too many variables in the melee. If the Fire Buddha escapes, the result will be in vain..."

"and……"

Gu Changhuai's eyes darkened and he didn't say much.

But he knew in his heart that Bishan City could build a devil's cave, which meant that Daotingsi must not be clean either...

If he goes back to transfer people, I'm afraid some people will take advantage of it...

If the killing knife is rusty, you may be the one who dies in the battle of life and death.

This is exactly what Mo Hua intended.

It’s easier to get things done when there are fewer people.

If there are too many people, the ears and eyes will be mixed up, and it will be difficult for you to make small moves.

Mo Hua raised his head and glanced at the dense devil's cave again.

No matter who created this devil's cave, the Fire Buddha must die first.

He also needs to get his Fire Meteor Technique.

"Let's go..." Gu Changhuai said.

"Yeah." Mo Hua nodded.

So a group of four people, hiding their figures, quietly descended along the surrounding stone walls and entered the Demon Palace.

Once inside the Demon Palace, the terrain becomes complicated again, and the structure is very different from the structure seen from the outside.

Many buildings are closed inside and cannot be walked around at all.

There are dense formations all around, and there are even more restrictions on movement.

There were also strangely dressed demon cultivators patrolling with several demon dogs.

If he is discovered by the patrolling demonic cultivator demonic dog, he may be alerted and attract more demonic cultivators.

Being surrounded and killed in the Demon Cave, Gu Changhuai, who is in the Golden Core Realm, may be able to escape, but Gu An and Gu Quan are probably in danger.

Mo Hua might be able to escape, but don't think about the assassination of Fire Buddha.

Therefore, the four of them walked carefully.

In order not to be discovered, he did not even dare to kill a dog.

After wandering around in the Demon Palace for most of the day, I didn't even find the shadow of the Fire Buddha.

And these demonic cultivators also have a very strict tone of voice. They lead dogs like puppets of the "walking dead", investigating everywhere but rarely speaking.

Mo Hua couldn't even try to eavesdrop on some clues from them.

If you continue to investigate like this, you will be like a headless fly.

Not to mention seven days, even seventeen days, it is estimated that the Fire Buddha will not be caught.

"what to do……"

Mo Hua frowned.

Gu Changhuai also felt that this was not a solution, so he whispered: "Let's go to the inner hall and have a look..."

The place where Mo Hua and the others are now is the outer hall of the Demon Palace.

If the Fire Buddha is not in the outer hall, he will most likely be in the inner hall.

But the further you go into the inner hall, the defense will definitely be tighter, there will be more people and dogs patrolling, and the risk will be greater.

Once discovered, the probability of escape is also lower.

Gu An and Gu Quan looked as if they were ready to die.

Mo Hua also nodded.

A few people tried to walk into the inner hall, but after taking a few steps, three people walked towards them. The first one was leading a demon dog with green eyes and black hair and a foul-smelling saliva.

The four people hurriedly hid aside, grabbing the stone wall with their backhands and hanging on the suspended corridor.

The demon dog walked nearby, suddenly bared its teeth, barked viciously, lowered its head and sniffed nearby.

Mo Hua sprinkled everyone with odorless powder.

This kind of powder is a common medicinal powder for monster hunters. When hunting monsters in Dahei Mountain, sprinkle some on your body when you are in danger to avoid being smelled by monsters.

I don't use this kind of medicinal powder very often, but I still carry some with me in order to be prepared.

The devil dog couldn't smell it and barked several times.

A demon cultivator said in a deep voice: "What's going on?"

"What did the devil-sniffing dog find?"

A stream of cold consciousness spread around, swept over Mo Hua and the others, and then took it back.

"No……"

"Is this dog in heat? Why is it still barking?"

"Who gave it the elixir that shouldn't have been given?"

Then there was a howl of a demon dog, as if someone kicked it.

"Damn beast, don't bark when it's okay..."

"Waste of my time..."

A hoarse voice said: "Okay, let's continue patrolling..."

"How could anyone come in here..."

"damn it……"

After that, the three demon cultivators led the dogs and drifted away.

After confirming that they were gone, Gu Changhuai frowned: "It's not easy to go in..."

The Demon Palace is patrolled too closely.

And this damn dog is more vigilant than people.

After a few steps and a whistle, there was no way to get in.

Gu Quan - Mo Hua guessed that he was Gu An, and whispered: "Then we kill these patrollers?"

Gu Changhuai's eyes narrowed slightly, but he still shook his head.

"Can't kill..."

"You can't kill people, not even that dog..."

When taking action, if there is a fluctuation in spiritual power and it is detected by the demon cultivator;

Or maybe when killing people, their hands and feet were not sharp enough, causing them to shout and alert other demon cultivators;

Or maybe after the attack, the body was not hidden well, leaving clues and being discovered by other magic cultivators.

The whereabouts of these people were exposed...

All four of them frowned.

Gu Changhuai sighed silently, "Let's search the outer hall again and try our luck to see if we can find any clues or a secret passage leading to the inner hall..."

"Yeah." Mo Hua and others nodded slightly.

Then four people came up from the corridor.

But before he took a few steps forward, Mo Hua's expression changed, "Someone is coming..."

Gu Changhuai also noticed it, and his expression also darkened.

As a last resort, several people returned to their original positions and hid under the corridor.

The three demonic cultivators and a demonic dog left and returned.

"There is movement here..."

"Quickly, search again..."

They searched harder this time.

Several rays of consciousness kept glancing back and forth.

The dog's nose sniffed desperately, wishing to wipe the ground again.

Mo Hua felt a little nervous.

I don't know how long it took before the three demon cultivators gave up.

"Still nothing..."

"I read it wrong?"

"Is he playing tricks on us? Treating us like dogs and driving us around so casually for fun?"

"Fuck..."

"If it weren't for him... I would sooner or later..."

"Shut up!"

A hoarse voice said sternly, "Are you tired of living?"

The other two were silent and did not dare to speak.

"Do your duty!"

The demon cultivator warned sternly, and then his tone softened slightly, "This palace is closed, damp and gloomy. You are cultivating demonic skills, and your mind is easily unstable..."

"it will be fine after a while."

"Being able to go out and vent..."

There was a dark laugh.

Then the three of them took the dogs and slowly left.

Gu Changhuai and others did not come out rashly, but still hung in place.

There was silence all around, and Gu An couldn't help but whisper: "The demonic beasts are not afraid of disturbing the grass, they should be killed..."

Gu Changhuai said calmly: "Business matters are more important."

"Yes, sir."

After confirming that the three people and the dog were gone, the four people came out and were about to continue looking for a place to search, but Mo Hua suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Gu Changhuai asked.

Mo Hua frowned, "Something's wrong..."

Gu Changhuai was slightly startled and thoughtful.

Mo Hua looked back and said, "There's something wrong with this place..."

"Obviously those three people and one dog have gone far away, why did they suddenly come back?"

"And from what they said, it seemed that there was a 'person' who told them that there was movement here, so they turned back..."

"How did this 'person' know there was movement here?"

"Why did he notice the movement?"

As Mo Hua spoke and thought, he let go of his consciousness and searched the surroundings carefully. Suddenly his eyes lit up and he ran to a corner of the corridor.

A very hidden formation is carved in the corner.

Mo Hua didn't know what kind of formation this was, but he could tell based on his perception that it was a magnetic formation that he had never seen before...

"Elemental Magnetic Formation..."

Mo Hua murmured.

Suddenly he was startled again and closed his eyes to feel. He seemed to feel a "magnetic current" in the dark.

This magnetic current is extremely weak.

If he didn't have a very keen sense of consciousness and deal with the secondary thunder patterns derived from "magnetic current" every day, he would not be able to sense it at all.

"Elemental magnetic induction..."

Mo Hua suddenly realized it. He raised his head again and took in the entire Demon Palace. He gradually had a guess in his mind:

"This strict devil's palace seems to be closely 'monitored' by a set of magnetic formations..."