Asking about longevity

"Leave it to you?" Xia Diansi looked at Mo Hua in surprise and couldn't help but said, "Are you still an array master?"

"Isn't it different?" Mo Hua said.

Xia Diansi looked at the ink painting and shook his head slightly.

Mo Hua is really too young.

Even if the truly accomplished formation masters are not all gray-haired, most of them are already middle-aged.

Although some talented young formation masters have good attainments in formations at a young age, they have limited experience.

Without enough experience, most of them can only talk on paper.

The difficult formation problems involved in Daotingsi's handling of cases are all practical problems.

When it comes to solving problems, experience is often more important than talent.

The formation encountered this time was more complicated. It was integrated with the island and involved the attack and defense of many monks, which required rich experience and experience in formation.

As for ink painting...

Xia Diansi stared at the ink painting and frowned.

If he hadn't said it himself that he was an array master, others wouldn't have been able to tell.

What's more, in the middle stage of foundation building, even if you have some talent for formations, you will still be able to draw some formations of the second level, the first level, and the twelve and third lines if you are exhausted.

This kind of formation is of little use.

And that’s not all…

Xia Diansi sighed, "To set up formations and catch water bandits, it's not just about being able to draw formations."

"Judging from the current situation, it is estimated that a batch of formation media will need to be customized to match the formation..."

Mo Hua's eyes lit up, "I also have a way to do this!"

"You..." Xia Diansi frowned, "Aren't you a casual cultivator?"

"Yes," Mo Hua nodded, "but I'm pretty popular. I know a little more people, and one of them happens to be a third-grade weapon refiner."

Xia Diansi fell silent, turned to look at Gu Changhuai, and found that Gu Changhuai was calmly drinking tea. Judging from his attitude, he seemed to agree with what Mo Hua said, and he immediately looked surprised.

Gu Changhuai was a man with a bad temper, aloof character, and especially harsh words.

But now, he didn't have any objection or objection to what Mo Hua said.

This shows that he has absolute trust in Mo Hua, at least his ability in formations...

Xia Diansi was puzzled.

What kind of formation ability does a young monk in the middle stage of foundation building have to convince even a golden elixir monk like Gu Changhuai, who comes from a family like Gu Changhuai and serves as Diansi of the fifth-grade Dao Tingsi?

Xia Diansi really wanted to agree to Mo Hua and see if Mo Hua really had such strength in formation.

But this matter is crucial.

If she messed up, she wouldn't be able to explain it to her uncle when she went back.

Seeing her hesitation, Mo Hua understood it very well. After thinking about it, he said:

"Sister Xia, how about I take some time to draw the formation diagram and send it to you for review. If you think it's okay, then I will customize the formation coal and start arranging the formation."

"This..." Xia Diansi pondered for a moment and nodded, "That's okay, but I may not have that much time."

"One day, I will send it to you tomorrow!"

The ink painting vowed.

"one day?"

Xia Diansi looked stunned and said in disbelief, "It's too late..."

"One day is enough!" Mo Hua tried his best to argue.

Catching the water Yama is also a matter of great importance to him, and he would not trust it if it were left to others.

Xia Diansi nodded slowly, "Okay, I'll take a look at it after you finish drawing the formation diagram."

She left some room, but it didn't really count as a promise.

Mo Hua didn't mind either, but he thought of something and said, "There is another question... Customizing a spiritual weapon may require a lot of spiritual stones."

Xia Diansi said: "Daotingsi will reimburse you."

Mo Hua looked happy and said with a smile: "Okay!"

He placed a large order for Master Gu again.

After that, Mo Hua stopped wasting time, said hello, and went back to Taixu Gate to start designing the formation plan to hunt the water bandits.

Xia Diansi stared at the background where Mo Hua left, turned his head to look at Gu Changhuai, and asked:

"Are you really relieved to leave the formation matters to Mo Hua?"

Gu Changhuai raised his eyebrows slightly.

Otherwise?

I don’t know how to draw, so I won’t give it to anyone else.

However, he would not speak out if this kind of long-ink painting ambition would destroy his prestige.

"Your Xia family is in the Qianxue state. Is there any formation master you can trust?" Gu Changhuai asked.

Xia Diansi nodded, "Yes, he is the formation master raised by my Xia family."

"Third grade?"

"It's not easy to hire a third-grade formation master, and for this kind of thing, a second-grade formation master is enough." Xia Diansi said.

"That's it," Gu Changhuai said calmly, "If you are only a second-grade formation master, you might as well go directly to Mo Hua. If he can't solve it, there's a good chance that others can't either."

Xia Diansi was stunned for a moment.

After Gu Changhuai finished speaking, he stood up and left.

Xia Diansi watched Gu Changhuai leave silently, his expression moving slightly.

She had only thought that Mo Hua was Gu Changhuai's nephew, so although Gu Changhuai had a bad temper, he still tried his best to tolerate it.

But now it seems that the situation is completely different.

Gu Changhuai probably valued Mo Hua very highly and even treated him as an equal...

Even so, she couldn't really place the key to destroying the water bandits on Mo Hua, a young monk she had only met a few times.

After returning, Xia Diansi also contacted several second-grade formation masters of the Xia family.

She didn't explain specifically what she was doing, she just showed them the formation map near the island.

But before these Xia family formation masters could come up with any clues, Mo Hua had already asked Gu Changhuai to hand the planned formation map to Xia Diansi.

Xia Diansi only glanced at it and then his pupils shrank.

Taking advantage of Mo Hua's free time after her class, she specially made an appointment with Mo Hua to meet him in Taixu City.

Mo Hua explained some formation ideas to her:

"I went back and spent some time researching it. I checked some formation books and also asked the sect instructors for advice..."

"The formation on the island is a special type of Eight Trigrams Formation."

"This formation follows the directions of the Eight Diagrams of the day after tomorrow. The top is Li, the bottom is Kan, the left is Zhen, the right is Dui, Xunkun is the shoulder, and Genqian is the foot. Each hexagram corresponds to a direction, and each direction has a corresponding The Bagua array also has a gate.”

"Using this formation to build a barrier can have three functions: defense, trapping, and escape."

"If the enemy cannot attack, this formation is used for defense."

"If the enemy breaks through the formation and attacks, the formation will be activated, the directions will be confused, and the eight trigrams will flow, and the enemy will be trapped by the pattern of the formation."

"Even if you can't trap the enemy in the end, you can still escape."

"This formation leaves eight gates. As the eight gates circulate, the gates of life are constantly changing. In other words, there are eight gates of life, which are enough for them to escape and ascend to heaven in the chaos."

"Therefore, there are three key points in order to break through this formation: first, find a way to break in, second, not be trapped, and third, block the exit so that no one can escape..."

The ink paintings speak clearly and eloquently.

Xia Diansi looked at the ink painting with some confusion.

She also knows some formations, which is actually much better than Gu Changhuai's.

She can draw most of the common second-grade mid-level formations.

As a second-grade high-level artist, she can also draw a few paintings, but not much, and her brushwork is a bit rusty.

But when she heard Mo Hua's words, she felt as if all her second-grade formation techniques had been learned in vain...

To understand this kind of formation, one must become proficient in the second-grade formation, especially the theory of the Bagua formation, and study it thoroughly.

Otherwise, not to mention deducing the flow of students, it would take a lot of effort to even recognize the Bagua formations involved.

Only then did Xia Diansi believe that Mo Hua was not lying.

But at the same time, she was a little disbelieving.

When did the formation level of the disciples of the Qianxuezhou Realm sect reach this high level?

At this level, even in Daozhou, he can be regarded as a unique array genius.

Even in the Xia family, which has a long heritage and profound knowledge, there are only a handful of children at this age who can study formations to this extent.

Xia Diansi was stunned for a moment and sighed.

She turned around, took another serious look at the ink painting, nodded and said:

"Okay, I'll leave the formation to you, but I only have three days to customize the spiritual weapon. Can you make it in time?"

Mo Hua said: "Time is a bit tight, but I should be able to make it in time."

Xia Diansi nodded and said: "I'll mobilize the manpower. If there are no problems on your side, we will take action in three days."

"Yeah!" Mo Hua nodded.

…

After that, Mo Hua discussed some details of the formation with Xia Diansi and then returned to the sect.

After returning to the sect, the first thing he did was to ask for a leave from Mr. Xun.

Mr. Xun seemed to know something and didn't ask any more questions. He just told Mo Hua: "Pay attention to safety and don't take risks."

"Okay, old gentleman."

Mo Hua agreed.

This time he was following Daoting, so there was no need for him to take risks.

After taking leave, Mo Hua went to Gushan City and found Master Gu.

"I have a big order. I need to refine some iron ropes, water nets, traps and other spiritual weapons. The more the better within two days."

Mo Hua had already gotten angry with Master Gu before. At this time, Master Gu was not surprised and just asked: "Is it urgent?"

"It's urgent."

"good."

Master Gu nodded, turned around and gave the order, "Everyone in the weapon refining shop has stopped what they are doing, and according to the young master's instructions, they will work day and night to make these spiritual weapons and formation coals."

"For these two days, don't put out the fire, and don't stop anyone in front of the stove."

A group of tall weapon-refining disciples responded one after another:

"yes!"

Mo Hua was kind to them for refining their weapons.

If it weren't for the weapon-refining access that Mo Hua brought them, they would still be the same as before, with no work to do and no enough food to eat.

At this time, they had work to do every day, they had a lot of money, and they could still eat some wine and meat when they had nothing to do, all thanks to Mo Hua.

Therefore, everyone was full of energy when they heard that Mo Hua asked them for help.

What's more, this is a big business in itself. If it is completed, you can earn a lot of spiritual stones.

The weapon refining shop was in full swing for a while.

Everyone worked hard to meet the deadline, and after two days, they refined a total of more than 150 sets of formation coals and spiritual weapons.

Mo Hua painted formations on it all night long.

Because these array coals and spiritual weapons are large or small, the engraved formations have different shapes, and the grades are high or low, so in reality, there is no need to actually draw more than a hundred sets.

But despite this, there are still eighty or ninety without a hundred.

I spent a whole day and night painting the ink painting, which made me dizzy. My consciousness was on the verge of drying up several times, and my sea of ​​consciousness ached.

Fortunately, I finally got out.

After the formation was refined, Mo Hua checked it and confirmed that there was no problem before informing Xia Diansi.

Xia Diansi also checked it out when she arrived at the weapon refinery. She found that the array coal was fine and the array formation was accurate. Every stroke was exactly the same as the one engraved on the mold, and no addition or subtraction was allowed. She was also impressed.

But she was a little confused:

"It is normal for the spiritual weapons to be exactly the same when using the same mold for refining, but how come these array formations are exactly the same stroke by stroke?"

Because they were drawn by the same person...

Mo Hua said silently in his heart.

But on the surface, he still said: "Maybe it is because the array masters who drew these array formations are all the same master..."

"So that's the case..."

Xia Diansi nodded.

She never thought that these array formations were drawn by Mo Hua alone in a short period of time.

The array formations and spiritual weapons were ready, and Xia Diansi's manpower was also mobilized.

Everything was ready. Three days later, taking advantage of the night, the group set off for Yanshui River.

Mo Hua naturally followed.

Xia Diansi didn't want to take Mo Hua with him. "This time we are fighting with the bandits, it's quite dangerous, you better not follow."

"If I don't follow, who will show you the way?" Mo Hua asked.

"This..." Xia Diansi hesitated for a moment, then asked doubtfully, "That little river god? Can it show us the way?"

"Can't you see it?" Mo Hua said, "If it can't see it, how can it lead you the way."

Xia Diansi had nothing to say.

Although she probably remembered the way at that time, now that the war was coming, she couldn't be careless at all. Her memory alone was not very reliable.

"Okay, you follow, but pay attention to your own safety." Xia Diansi compromised.

"Okay! Sister Xia, don't worry." Mo Hua said.

He has made full preparations himself, unless it's a one-sided situation, there will be no problem.

Gu Changhuai was on the side, and didn't persuade him.

He and Mo Hua are also "old friends", and he knows Mo Hua's temperament. If this kid wants to do something, he will not give up until he achieves his goal, and persuading him is useless.

As for the safety of Mo Hua...

Gu Changhuai still remembers clearly how Fire Buddha died.

After everything was ready, everyone rushed to a desolate ferry on the Yanshui River.

After a while, groups of monks came over one after another.

They were dressed in black, covered their faces, had a strong breath, and walked steadily. After arriving at the ferry in batches, they saluted Xia Diansi.

These were the monks of the Xia family.

In order to conceal their tracks, they did not act together, but dispersed first, and gathered at the ferry in batches when night fell.

After a while, many monks had gathered nearby.

It is estimated that there are more than 300.

More than 200 of them are from the Xia family.

The other less than 100 are from the Gu family.

These people, without exception, have water-attributed spiritual roots, are proficient in water-based skills and Taoism, and are proficient in a certain water nature.

It is not difficult to find people, but it is very difficult to pick monks with water spiritual roots and a certain water nature.

There are only about eighty foundation-building cultivators who meet the criteria in the Gu family.

The others either do not meet the requirements or have other tasks to do and cannot come.

The Xia family is much stronger.

Although this is in the Xuezhou realm, the Xia family has mobilized more than two hundred people, and each of them has good cultivation and rich experience.

"More than three hundred, it should be enough..."

Mo Hua said silently in his heart.

But Xia Diansi remained calm, as if he was still waiting for something.

Mo Hua asked curiously: "Sister Xia, is there anyone else coming?"

Xia Diansi originally did not allow Mo Hua to call her "sister", but after being called so many times by Mo Hua, she got used to it and did not care about these titles for a while.

She nodded, "There are others coming."

Mo Hua frowned, a little puzzled.

Who else will come?

But Xia Diansi did not say anything, so he could only wait silently. After a while, figures swayed in the dark night, and another group of cultivators came.

This group of cultivators held their breath and walked at night, heading straight for the ferry.

Xia Diansi looked normal, obviously he had expected it.

When they reached the ferry, the leader took off his mask, revealed his face, and bowed to Xia Diansi, "Meet Xia Diansi."

This man is very young, with a foundation-building peak cultivation.

Mo Hua glanced at his face, and his pupils suddenly shrank.

This man turned out to be...

Xiao Tianquan? !

The Xiao family's direct descendant genius who made contributions in Daotingsi, Xiaotian Dog!

Mo Hua's thoughts were a little confused for a while.

"How could it be Xiao Tianquan? He betrayed the Xiao family? No..."

Mo Hua looked at the people behind Xiao Tianquan again, and found that these people, the temperament of their eyebrows and eyes, and every move, all had the obvious style of Daotingsi.

These people are all the executives of the Xiao family.

Mo Hua's eyelids twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but look at Gu Changhuai on the side.

Gu Changhuai frowned, his eyes solemn, and obviously didn't expect that these helpers would be people from the Xiao family.

Xia Diansi nodded slightly and asked, "Are all the people here?"

Xiao Tianquan said respectfully, "In reply to Diansi, all 112 people of the Xiao family have arrived and are waiting for Diansi's orders."

"Okay." Xia Diansi nodded, "You all know the plan. Later, everyone will take a boat and follow me to the depths of Yanshui River to encircle and suppress the bandits and eliminate this group of troubles."

Xiao Tianquan bowed and said, "Yes, sir!"

Then he raised his head and looked at Gu Changhuai sharply, but did not say anything. Instead, he turned around and conveyed the order to the cultivators of the Xiao family.

Gu Changhuai had a gloomy face and also said nothing.

After that, everyone set off. The Xia family monks put the spiritual boats into the water one by one, totaling more than 30.

Then everyone boarded the boats in an orderly manner.

Xia Diansi's boat was in the front, and Gu Changhuai was with her.

Mo Hua wanted to lead the way, so he was also on this boat.

Xiao Tianquan, on the other hand, obviously wanted to board the boat with Xia Diansi.

Xia Diansi hesitated for a moment, and then said:

"Please trouble Xiao Zhisi to lead the people of the Xiao family to cover the rear."

Xiao Tianquan nodded tactfully, bowed and said "yes", and went to the boat behind.

Everyone boarded the boats, and more than 30 spiritual boats set off quietly in the night.

Mo Hua led the way in front.

All other monks followed behind.

The night was quiet, and the water was calm, with only the sound of gurgling water flowing as the boats moved forward.

The journey was silent. Halfway through, Gu Changhuai finally couldn't help asking Xia Diansi:

"Why is it the Xiao family?"

His voice was not loud, but it was full of doubt and questioning.

Mo Hua immediately pricked up his ears.

"What happened to the Xiao family?"

Xia Diansi said calmly and didn't take it seriously.

Gu Changhuai frowned, "You really don't know?"

Guishuimen and the Xiao family are grasshoppers on the same rope, tied tightly to each other.

Xia Diansi was silent for a moment, obviously there were some things she couldn't say.

But looking at Gu Changhuai's clear and questioning eyes, she thought for a while, and finally slowly said:

"The Xiao family has already surrendered to my Xia family..."

"At the beginning of this matter, it was the Xiao family who secretly reported the many improper deeds of Guishuimen to my uncle, and the Daoting would find out about Guishuimen."

Gu Changhuai's eyes trembled.

Mo Hua, who was eavesdropping in front, also took a breath of cold air.

Good fellow, this traitor in the Xiao family actually "defected".

He was "flirting" with Guishuimen before, but he stabbed them with a knife...