Elder Yu finished speaking, then led the crowd into Dahei Mountain.

At the camp outside the mountain entrance, the crowd met with Yu Chengyi.

Elder Yu asked, “How is it?”

Yu Chengyi’s clothes were wet from the rain, his face was slightly pale, and his brows were tightly furrowed:

“The rain was too heavy. After the rain, there are no traces left in the mountain. We simply don’t know where he went.”

Elder Yu sighed, “This is troublesome now.”

Dahei Mountain is so big. Even the outer mountain would take seven or eight days to walk around, and even longer if searched carefully and thoroughly.

Old Zhao is in a bad situation. If something really happened, I’m afraid it’s more ominous than auspicious.

The demon hunters in the camp were all full of worry for a time.

“Where did Uncle Zhao enter the mountain from?”

A clear, crisp, tender voice rang out from the crowd.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Mo Hua following behind Mo Shan.

Although Mo Hua was young, he was relatively familiar with most of the demon hunters in the field. Everyone also called him “Little Array Master,” so no one neglected him just because of his young age.

Yu Chengyi quickly called Mo Hua over, spread out a map, and pointed to a mountain road, saying:

“Old Zhao entered the mountain from this mountain pass at dusk.”

Mo Hua took one look, then closed the map, and took out the map he had drawn from his storage bag.

Mo Hua spread out his map, and everyone was a little dumbfounded at first glance.

This map was drawn in too much detail. Not only were there mountain roads, poisonous swamps, miasma areas, but also marked points for some spices, spirit grasses, and ores.

At a glance, it was densely packed. If space wasn’t limited, it’s estimated that Mo Hua would have wanted to record exactly how many trees were in each mountain forest, what each tree looked like, and so on…

Mo Hua pointed to a position on his own map, “Is it here?”

Yu Chengyi nodded.

Mo Hua contrasted the map, found the nearest stone needle position, and then took out the compass painted with the Sizhen mother array. He looked at it in contrast, and his brows gradually furrowed.

Yu Chengyi’s heart tightened, and he asked, “What happened?”

Mo Hua pointed to several positions on the map and said, “There are spirit power fluctuations here.”

“What does that mean?”

“It means someone fought here!”

Everyone looked at each other, all a little astonished for a time.

“You can tell this?” A demon hunter couldn’t help but ask.

Mo Hua nodded, “This is the Sizhen child-mother array. I placed stone needles in the mountain. If there are spirit power fluctuations nearby, you can see it on this compass.”

Everyone’s hearts were shocked, and their eyes looking at Mo Hua became much more solemn.

Elder Yu’s expression eased slightly, and he said, “Let’s not delay. We’ll go over now!”

Everyone didn’t delay any longer and set off immediately. Mo Shan instructed, “Be careful,” and then silently followed behind Mo Hua.

After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, everyone arrived at the position Mo Hua had indicated.

This was a small hillside. Below was a narrow mountain path, above was a forest, and there was a cliff on the right side.

Mo Hua found the stone needle and discovered that the array patterns on it were somewhat dim and twisted, which was caused by the spirit power fluctuations being too strong.

“How is it?” Yu Chengyi asked nervously.

Mo Hua nodded, “Someone indeed fought here, and their cultivation is not low, and the movement is not small. There should be traces nearby.”

Yu Chengyi then instructed, “Scatter and search around here.”

Not long after, someone shouted, “Here!”

Everyone went over and saw that the mountain stones on the ground were somewhat mottled and cracked, some trees were broken at the waist, and there was a slanted palm print on the stone wall beside it, which still had faint earth element spirit power remaining inside.

Yu Chengyi looked and said, “Chop Mountain Palm, it’s Old Zhao.”

Mo Shan also walked forward, wiped the stone wall with his fingers, placed them under his nose to sniff, his gaze turned cold, and he said:

“There are blood traces, washed away by the heavy rain.”

Everyone’s expressions became solemn.

Elder Yu asked Mo Hua, “Are there any other traces?”

Mo Hua looked at the compass and found that many points on it were somewhat dim or even disappeared. He shook his head:

“It’s been a while, the spirit power fluctuations are very weak, I can’t distinguish them.”

The Sizhen child-mother array has a time limit. When spirit power fluctuations first appear, the light points will be very bright. As time passes, the light points will gradually dim until they disappear.

Elder Yu and the others all furrowed their brows.

Mo Hua’s heart was also a little anxious. Suddenly, an inspiration flashed, and he asked:

“Uncle Yu, when did Uncle Zhao enter the mountain?”

Yu Chengyi thought for a moment and said, “Probably around the middle of the You time, about an hour ago.”

Mo Hua’s eyes brightened slightly. Array masters have excellent memory. He had glanced at the compass before the meal. Although he didn’t remember it carefully, he still had some impressions in his mind at this time.

He spread out the map and marked several points again.

“At these points, there were probably battles after the You time, but it’s not necessarily Uncle Zhao. It could also be other cultivators or demon beasts. Moreover, these points are not necessarily accurate…”

“It’s okay,” Elder Yu said, “Having a direction is always better than searching randomly without any idea.”

Elder Yu patted Mo Hua’s shoulder, “You’ve already done your best. If we really can’t find him, then Old Zhao is just unlucky.”

Mo Hua nodded, feeling a little low.

“Are there any other clues?” Elder Yu asked.

Mo Hua looked at the map again, then drew several lines.

“On these several roads, there have always been spirit power fluctuations. We can search carefully.”

Elder Yu’s gaze slightly condensed. The hearts of the other demon hunters all lifted.

Having spirit power fluctuations always means that battles are constantly occurring, which means he is being chased and killed the whole time!

Who is chasing and killing him, is it a demon beast, or a cultivator…

Elder Yu’s expression became stern, and he said decisively:

“Divide and search. Small groups of three, large groups of five. Each of these lines will have more than ten people. Pay attention to safety. If you find anything, blow the whistle to signal.”

Elder Yu issued orders, and the demon hunters acted swiftly, scattering in an instant.

Elder Yu instructed Mo Hua again, “Follow your dad, don’t get separated.”

“Okay,” Mo Hua nodded.

Night gradually fell. Everyone searched for the missing demon hunter in Dahei Mountain after the rain.

After an hour, everyone found more battle traces, and even fragments of vine armor, but the person was still not found.

Mo Hua marked all the battle points on the map.

Then he looked at the map and thought with furrowed brows.

There are battle traces, and he was chased and killed all the way, so he must have suffered heavy injuries. He probably didn’t run far and should still be near these mountain roads on the map.

But why haven’t so many people found him?

If he’s alive, we should see him; if he’s dead, we should see his corpse…

Mo Hua didn’t understand and asked Mo Shan, who was standing behind him, “Dad, when you all search for people, how do you search?”

“How to search?”

“Just, will you use divine sense to search?”

Mo Shan thought for a moment and said, “We use our eyes to look for traces, our ears to listen for sounds, our noses to smell for blood traces, and divine sense is just for simple perception.”

It seems there’s nothing wrong with searching like this…

Mo Hua nodded, and suddenly thought, what if we abandon the five senses and purely use divine sense to perceive?

Mo Hua’s eyes brightened. He closed his eyes and released his divine sense.

Everything around suddenly became a virtual white.

The mountain stones, forests, flowing water, and cultivators in the night all lost their outlines and original colors, becoming faint spirit power virtual shadows.

The spirit power virtual shadows of everything in heaven and earth were mainly light blue. The spirit power virtual shadows of cultivators, on the other hand, displayed different five-element colors according to their spirit roots and the attributes of the techniques they cultivated.

Within divine sense, things were clearly demarcated.

Mo Hua further abandoned the five senses and released his divine sense to the limit.

The perceived boundaries expanded further, and the perceived spirit power virtual shadows also became clearer.

“None…”

Mo Hua opened his eyes, walked to the next road junction, and continued to close his eyes and release his divine sense.

Mo Shan didn’t know what Mo Hua was doing, but he didn’t disturb him, just silently followed behind his son.

“None.”

“None…”

Mo Hua continued to walk and continued to release his divine sense. After walking past several cliffs like this, Mo Hua suddenly stopped.

Mo Shan’s heart tightened, and then he saw Mo Hua suddenly open his eyes, reach out, and point to a cliff not far away, saying:

“There’s someone there!”

Mo Shan and the several demon hunters around him immediately leaped forward, pushed aside the grass and trees, and shone a torch.

Hanging under the cliff by tree branches was precisely Old Zhao, who was gasping for breath!

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