At the mountain gate of Lianmo Shan, Xun Ziyou and another elder in a maple-colored robe were drinking tea. The elder took a sip of tea, suddenly frowned, and said strangely, “Recently, the Cangmu Lang in the mountains seem to be much fewer than when I was on duty before…”

Xun Ziyou was choked by the tea and coughed.

The elder in the maple-colored robe looked at Xun Ziyou suspiciously. “Elder Xun, do you know something?”

Xun Ziyou had a complex expression and thought to himself, *How could I not know? My Taixu Sect’s ‘Little Senior Brother’ is leading his group of Taixu Sect junior brothers, specializing in hunting and killing the Cangmu Lang in Lianmo Shan. They have customized formations, special spirit tools, standardized processes, and unified tactics, just like an army of Dao soldiers… How could a single demon beast withstand that? The Cangmu Lang in Lianmo Shan are truly unlucky.*

Xun Ziyou coughed and said vaguely, “I don’t know either… The sect disciples hunt demons, whether they hunt more or less of a certain type is not a big deal.”

“That’s true…” the elder pondered.

Xun Ziyou glanced at him, silently poured him a cup of tea, and said softly, “We elders just need to maintain order. There are so many disciples in each sect, how can we manage everything? Just let them play, as long as they don’t cause big trouble, it’s fine…”

“Besides, the war in the Southern Wasteland is tense. Perhaps one day, we will have to rush across mountains and rivers. Where will we still have these leisurely days of watching the mountains and drinking tea…”

The maple-colored robe elder was startled and nodded in agreement, “Elder Xun is right.”

Then the two of them picked up their teacups and leisurely tasted the tea. However, Xun Ziyou couldn’t feel leisurely in his heart. *This worry-free child, Mo Hua, must not kill off the Cangmu Lang in Lianmo Shan completely…*

Fortunately, Mo Hua seemed to have heard Elder Xun’s plea and no longer specialized in hunting only Cangmu Lang. He prepared to target other demon beasts.

The Cangmu Lang in the mountains were a limited number. It was fine when his team of five people was specializing in killing Cangmu Lang. Now, there were more junior brothers and sisters “under his command.” Team after team, wearing Yimu armor and holding sharp metal spirit tools, all went to kill Cangmu Lang. The number of Cangmu Lang began to decrease significantly. With more cultivators hunting wolves and fewer wolves, some disciples wandered around Lianmo Shan all day but could only return empty-handed, wasting the merit points they spent on the entrance ticket.

In order to maintain the balance of demon beasts and prevent disciples from returning empty-handed, Mo Hua took time again, personally hunted and killed, and summarized the experience, formulating another “strategy” for demon beasts. This time, the strategy was to kill a type of demon beast called Tianqing Snake.

Tianqing Snake, a wood-type snake demon, similar to the Cangmu Lang, was also a wood-type demon beast and inherently poisonous. The armor and spirit tools for hunting Cangmu Lang were also applicable to Tianqing Snake. However, Tianqing Snake was more sinister and poisonous and hid in the bushes. Its color was the same as grass and wood, and its demon power was also mixed with the aura of grass and wood, making it difficult to distinguish.

For this, Mo Hua specially made a wood spirit formation plate. This formation plate could discern the approximate composition of wood-type spiritual power within ten zhang. Whether it was natural grass and wood aura, cultivator spiritual power, or wood poison demon power. Although not very precise, it was enough for searching for demons.

Besides being inherently sinister and poisonous, difficult to perceive, and not easy to hunt, the Tianqing Snake’s strength was not too strong. And the Tianqing Snake had a snake gall, which sold for a higher price and earned more merit points.

Soon, the Tianqing Snake shared the pressure on the Cangmu Lang. Cangmu Lang were no longer the only type of demon beast being “harmed” by the Taixu Sect’s “Little Senior Brother” Mo Hua and his group of junior brothers.

After the Tianqing Snake, Mo Hua again made hunting “strategies” for several other kinds of demon beasts. These strategies covered a broader range. Besides wood-type demon beasts, there were also gold-type Jinwen Leopard, earth-type Huiban Python, fire-type Chiyan Liequan, etc. These demon beasts were all added to Mo Hua’s “demon hunting strategy list.”

And the accompanying custom spirit tools, Mo Hua also designed the refining formation diagrams and delivered them to Master Gu to refine, selling them in the Gu Family Merchant Pavilion. The number of these spirit tools was extremely large. Spirit tools used for hunting demons were originally more numerous than those for doing bounties and capturing evil cultivators. The efficiency of hunting demons was also much higher than doing bounties. After all, evil cultivators ran everywhere and were very time-consuming to capture, while demon beasts were mostly in Lianmo Shan, and could be found by entering the mountain.

Master Gu’s Gushan Refining Workshop was thus working in full swing with the furnace fires burning non-stop. The formation diagrams for the custom spirit tools had already been standardized by Master Gu and taught to the many disciples under his tutelage. If only one or two pieces were customized, they could not be mass-refined. But now, the Taixu Sect disciples were hunting demons with Mo Hua’s “strategies,” and the matching spirit tools for various types had become standardized, already reaching a certain scale of refining. These custom spirit tools could then be appropriately mass-produced. At the same time, the Merchant Pavilion’s business was also getting better and better…

However, Mo Hua did not worry about these things. During the ten-day rest, he would still immerse himself in Lianmo Shan, but now, he no longer needed to do it himself. He had made good demon hunting strategies and promoted them widely. After a period of time, more and more Taixu disciples went to the worship hall, recognized the Little Senior Brother, received strategies, and went to Lianmo Shan.

Out of the more than a thousand disciples of the same sect, although most of them would superficially call him “Little Senior Brother” once, only a small portion truly regarded him as their Little Senior Brother. Everyone was a proud child of heaven; who would easily submit to whom? And some people, with good talent and high ambition, would mostly just nod in greeting when they encountered Mo Hua while walking, and would not call out the three words “Little Senior Brother.” This was also very normal, and Mo Hua did not mind.

But now it was different. These demon hunting strategies could not be spread outside without Mo Hua’s permission. And to get the strategies, one had to ask Mo Hua. Entering the mountain to hunt demons was very difficult for newcomers. Originally, everyone was stumbling and making difficult steps. But now, some disciples had Mo Hua’s complete “strategies,” were wearing armor, and entered the mountain, smoothly killing one demon beast after another, earning merit points effortlessly. Other disciples, no matter how ambitious and proud, also couldn’t sit still. There was also competition among disciples of the same sect. Everyone was a cultivation genius, with good talent. Combat experience needed to be honed by oneself, cultivation resources needed to be strived for by oneself. One slow step leads to slow steps all the way. Now, with Mo Hua’s help, some disciples progressed very quickly. Other disciples could not possibly not want to progress. Moreover, there were large amounts of merit points from hunting demons. Merit points might be more important than face.

So, some of the Taixu Sect’s proud children of heaven who were ambitious and proud and swore not to associate with Mo Hua, also blushed slightly and ran up to Mo Hua, shyly calling out, “Little Senior Brother…”

Mo Hua had a face like a spring breeze. In any case, no matter who came, he treated them equally and did not hide anything. He gave them the strategies and also considerately explained some matters that needed attention. These proud children of heaven, following Mo Hua’s methods, entered Lianmo Shan and indeed successfully hunted demon beasts smoothly. For a while, some of them couldn’t believe it. *Hunting demons… is it such an easy thing?* And when the merit points were in hand, some of the small grievances in their hearts completely disappeared. The three words “Little Senior Brother” were called out more and more smoothly. Their hearts also gradually “strategized” themselves… *Mo Hua is such a good person, what’s the harm in calling him Little Senior Brother? This was personally appointed by Old Mister Xun. If not for Mo Hua’s sake, at least for Old Mister Xun’s sake. Furthermore, if others can call him Little Senior Brother, why can’t I?*

So when Mo Hua walked in the sect, he was often greeted by unfamiliar disciples who called him “Little Senior Brother.” Especially in Lianmo Shan, there were even more people calling him “Little Senior Brother.” At their current cultivation level, as long as they could blend in Lianmo Shan, most of them had obtained Mo Hua’s strategies and received Mo Hua’s guidance.

One day, Mo Hua entered Lianmo Shan, and a fellow disciple saw Mo Hua and said very enthusiastically, “Little Senior Brother, we killed a Cangmu Lang and got a demon core. You take it.” This disciple had a kind face, lively eyes, and looked very smart. Mo Hua had the impression that his surname seemed to be Dong and his given name Shi. But he couldn’t remember which province he was from.

Mo Hua shook his head and refused, “Demon cores are precious. You keep it to exchange for merit points.”

The disciple named Dong Shi said gratefully, “Without Little Senior Brother’s guidance, we wouldn’t have been able to get this demon core.”

The other disciples also echoed, “Exactly, exactly.”

“Little Senior Brother, just take it, otherwise we’ll feel uneasy.”

Although he had guided them, Mo Hua was also somewhat embarrassed to take the demon core that others had worked so hard to get. He looked at the miserably dead Cangmu Lang on the ground, his eyes suddenly lit up slightly, and he said, “I won’t take the demon core, give me the demon blood.”

Several Taixu disciples were startled. “Demon blood?”

“Yes,” Mo Hua nodded, “I have great use for it.”

They thought for a moment and then understood. *Little Senior Brother wants to store demon blood, mix spirit ink, and learn formations. As expected of Little Senior Brother! High moral character! He doesn’t covet demon cores, but he’s afraid that we fellow disciples will feel uneasy, so he only takes demon blood, mixes spirit ink, and uses it to wholeheartedly draw formations. Waiting for fellow disciples’ kindness, learning formations with sincere intent.*

Several Taixu disciples quickly said, “Little Senior Brother, please go ahead, bleed it casually.”

Mo Hua laughed, “Thank you.”

After bleeding the Cangmu Lang, Mo Hua then said goodbye to the several people. Dong Shi saw Mo Hua off, turned around, and said to the other Taixu disciples, “Pass the word, Little Senior Brother wants demon blood.”

“Okay!”

So, the word spread from one to ten, and from ten to a hundred. Soon, all the Taixu disciples in Lianmo Shan knew about “Little Senior Brother wants demon blood.” They were just worried that they had no opportunity to thank Mo Hua. Just demon blood was nothing to them. After that, whenever Mo Hua entered Lianmo Shan, every three to five days, disciples would find him. “Little Senior Brother, we just killed a demon beast, haven’t bled it yet, do you want it?” Some disciples would even specially wait for Mo Hua to come after killing demon beasts, and let him bleed it first.

This happened to be exactly what Mo Hua intended. Demon blood was difficult to draw, and it didn’t exchange for many merit points. General disciples also didn’t use it. Mo Hua felt at ease taking it.

Just like this, Mo Hua continuously made demon hunting strategies. And the disciples who entered Lianmo Shan followed Mo Hua’s strategies and guidance. The demon beasts they hunted would also follow the convention and let Mo Hua bleed them first. This gradually formed a kind of conventional “rule.”

All of this was witnessed by Elder Xun Ziyou. Elder Xun was somewhat unbelievable. He suddenly realized that Mo Hua, this child with not much cultivation age and poor spiritual root quality, in the Taixu Sect where geniuses were like clouds and everyone had superior spiritual roots, vaguely, already had a kind of “prestige” among fellow disciples… And this prestige was not the prestige of being superior to fellow disciples. It was more like the prestige of harmonious coexistence and mutual benefit among fellow disciples. This situation, he had almost never seen before. Elder Xun even felt a bit unbelievable…

As Mo Hua formulated more and more demon hunting strategies, the area of low-grade demon beasts in the outer mountains of Lianmo Shan was largely occupied by Taixu Sect disciples. There were disciples from other sects who were not convinced and occasionally sought trouble. But although there were small fights, they did not cause any big waves. His little junior brothers were everywhere in the mountains. Mo Hua occasionally hunted demons, bled them, and strolled around the mountains, living very leisurely. And as long as he had free time, he would still discuss matters of custom spirit tools with Master Gu.

During this ten-day rest, Master Gu specially came to Taixu City once and met with Mo Hua. “Little Young Master, the secondary armor you mentioned has been refined…” Master Gu handed a storage bag to Mo Hua. “There are two sets of secondary armor inside. They have been improved more than ten times. Now both can embed formations, realize the functions of spirit tools, and at the same time, they can be open-source and controlled by divine sense. It can be said to be a special formation tool between a ‘formation medium’ and a ‘spirit tool’…”

Mo Hua looked delighted. He took out two pieces of armor from the storage bag and carefully examined them. From the outside, these were two ordinary armors. But the internal structure had profound mysteries. As Master Gu said, much thought had indeed been put into them. “Thank you, Master Gu!” Mo Hua laughed.

“Little Young Master is too polite,” Master Gu laughed and said, “Speaking of which, I should be thanking Little Young Master.”

“If it weren’t for Little Young Master’s clever mind and excellent formations, helping us greatly, Gushan Refining Workshop might still be living in poverty…” Master Gu was quite emotional, and then sincerely said, “I don’t know when Little Young Master will have time to go to Gushan City again. I can also fulfill my host duties and properly entertain the Young Master.”

Master Gu laughed, “Although Gushan City is poor, some local wild foods are very fresh and delicious, and cannot be eaten elsewhere.”

Mo Hua’s eyes lit up, and he repeatedly nodded, “Okay, okay.” Immediately, he was a little regretful, “However, Old Mister Xun doesn’t let me run around now. I will definitely go later when I have time.”

Master Gu looked delighted and clasped his hands, “Then it’s settled.”

“It’s settled!”

After saying goodbye to Master Gu and returning to the sect, Mo Hua began to draw the first-grade thirteen-pattern Five Elements Absolute Formation on the Five Elements Source Armor. After drawing, Mo Hua himself went to the Dao Law Room to try it out. His fireball technique was indeed enhanced quite a bit. But it was hard to estimate exactly how much stronger it was. Moreover, the fireball technique was a low-level technique after all, condensing not much spiritual power. Even if it was enhanced, the effect was not that obvious.

Mo Hua wanted to use his forbidden technique, Small Meteorite Technique, to try it out. But he felt it was too dangerous. This was a forbidden technique. Under the amplification of the Five Elements, in case the spiritual power went out of control again and he hurt himself, that would be a big trouble. Even if he didn’t hurt himself, damaging the puppets and formations in the Dao Law Room would also be bad. He had guaranteed to Elder Yi before entering that he wouldn’t mess around, wouldn’t use techniques randomly, and couldn’t damage the puppets.

“Then I’ll still find Cheng Mo and the others to try it out…” Anyway, this set of Five Elements Source Armor was originally for them to use. Moreover, Cheng Mo was a body cultivator with thick blood energy. Even if the spiritual power went out of control and the technique backfired, injuring him, he would probably be lively again after resting for ten days or half a month.

Whether it was the Five Elements Source Formation or the Five Elements Source Armor, the structure was already quite stable. Even if it went out of control, there was no possibility of life danger. Especially Cheng Mo, with his thick skin and flesh, wouldn’t be hurt much. He was a more suitable “guinea pig.”

Mo Hua then called Cheng Mo and Situ Jian and several others and said with a face of expectation, “Let’s go to Lianmo Shan. I’ll take you to try something…”

Cheng Mo was a little puzzled, “What thing?”

“You’ll know then.” Mo Hua smiled and squinted, creating some suspense. Cheng Mo had a blank look on his face, but he always felt in his heart that his Little Senior Brother didn’t seem to have good intentions.

Several people arrived at Lianmo Shan. Mo Hua took out two sets of Five Elements Source Armor, thought for a moment, gave one to Cheng Mo, and one to Yang Qianjun. This was armor, it was best for body cultivators to wear it. Cheng Mo took the armor in his hand, flipped it over, and found that it was a style he had never seen before. He then asked, “Are we going to hunt new demon beasts?”

Mo Hua shook his head, “Still kill Cangmu Lang.”

“Cangmu Lang?” Yang Qianjun was also a little confused, “But, this isn’t Yimu Armor…” Moreover, he had never seen such armor. He was from a Dao soldier background and had some research on armor. This set of armor, although it looked ordinary, had a very special internal structure and was quite different from all the armors he had seen before.

“Yimu Armor is for defense, this set of armor is not…” Mo Hua didn’t say clearly, just said, “If this set of armor is really useful, hunting and killing a Cangmu Lang won’t require defense, and the fight will end in one round.”

Several people were startled by Mo Hua’s words. One round, and the fight would end? What exactly was this armor for…

On the other side, Xun Ziyou saw Mo Hua and several people. As before, they gathered together and mumbled something, thinking they were discussing hunting and killing demon beasts again, and didn’t pay too much attention.

Afterwards, Mo Hua’s group entered Lianmo Shan. Mo Hua spent an incense time, found a Cangmu Lang, and then, as before, tracked it, set a trap, and set up a formation. The Cangmu Lang was hit by the formation and was seriously injured. Cheng Mo and the others rushed up to surround and kill it as before. But different from the past, what they were wearing was no longer the defensive Yimu Armor, but the “Five Elements Source Armor” which Mo Hua had drawn the Five Elements Sect’s town sect absolute formation on.

As Cheng Mo and several others rushed up to kill, Mo Hua’s divine sense moved, instantly connecting with the Five Elements Source Armor, urging the Five Elements Source Formation inside. His divine sense merged into the Five Elements Absolute Formation, fusing with the formation patterns’ spiritual power. Complex and unusual formation patterns lit up on the Five Elements Source Armor. Cheng Mo and Yang Qianjun also vaguely felt that their whole body aura had changed somewhat. Their spiritual power seemed to be stirring…

But suddenly, everything stopped. The light on the armor dissipated, and the anomaly of spiritual power disappeared. Mo Hua shouted clearly, “Stop!”

Cheng Mo, Yang Qianjun, and others who had rushed halfway were all a little startled and turned back to look at Mo Hua. Mo Hua frowned and immediately said, “Retreat first.”

Several people did not understand. Mo Hua then said, “A big guy is coming.” The crowd heard this and were startled, immediately releasing their divine sense, but they did not detect anything. But what Mo Hua said was definitely not wrong. So, several people abandoned the heavily injured Cangmu Lang, climbed up a nearby large tree, and looked around.

Sure enough, after a moment, the demon aura suddenly became thick. A huge pig-headed demon rushed out from the grass. Its eyes were deep red, its fangs were ferocious, its saliva was smelly, and it stared at the Cangmu Lang in front. Cheng Mo and the others’ expressions changed. Mo Hua also frowned slightly.

“Two-grade mid-tier demon beast…” Demon beasts’ strength was much stronger than cultivators of the same realm. Their blood energy was also several times thicker. And the demon beasts in Lianmo Shan, because most of them had special bloodlines and rare categories, their strength was also universally stronger than the demon beasts in Dahei Mountain.

Sect disciples themselves were not good at hunting demons. Therefore, they mostly formed groups of five to hunt and kill demon beasts one realm lower. For example, Mo Hua’s group of five Foundation Establishment mid-stage cultivators killed a Cangmu Lang, which was a two-grade initial-tier demon beast. This was both steady and safe. Moreover, if Mo Hua had not made detailed “strategies,” it would have been very difficult for five Foundation Establishment mid-stage sect disciples to successfully hunt and kill a two-grade initial-tier demon beast in a situation lacking experience. Let alone a two-grade mid-tier demon beast.

A two-grade mid-tier demon beast was absolutely not something they could fight against, and the risk was also higher. Even if they could use the Five Elements Source Armor to amplify their spiritual power, it was hard to say whether they would win or lose. So Mo Hua only planned to use a two-grade initial-tier Cangmu Lang to practice at first, so that even if the Five Elements Source Armor was ineffective, there would be no risk to their lives. But a two-grade mid-tier demon beast was completely different. Even if it was only one tier higher, its strength was a completely different level.

Mo Hua’s expression was grave. Situ Jian asked in a low voice, “Little Senior Brother, what should we do?”

Mo Hua glanced at the ugly pig-headed demon with surging demon aura, shook his head, and said softly, “Let’s retreat first.” It was really too risky to fight this two-grade mid-tier pig-headed demon. This pig-headed demon seemed to be attracted by the Cangmu Lang’s demon blood. It wanted to eat the Cangmu Lang, so it didn’t notice Mo Hua and the others. At this time, it was fighting with the Cangmu Lang. The Cangmu Lang was not the pig-headed demon’s opponent in the first place, and what’s more, it was still injured by Mo Hua’s formation and was heavily injured. The pig-headed demon tore and bit at the Cangmu Lang’s body, sucking its blood and gnawing on its meat.

Seizing this opportunity, Mo Hua said decisively, “Go!”

Cheng Mo and several others nodded and followed Mo Hua, quietly retreating from the tree. Seeing Mo Hua and several others planning to leave, Elder Xun, who was monitoring from afar, also nodded slightly and thought to himself, “Knowing when to advance and retreat, not taking risks, not bad…”

Mo Hua’s judgment was decisive, and several people quickly retreated from the vicinity. Only the huge pig-headed demon remained at the original spot, eating heartily, gnawing away the already dead Cangmu Lang, flesh and bone. The pig-headed demon was naturally greedy and ate very quickly. After eating, it was still somewhat unsatisfied. Its ugly pig nose sniffed the air, and its deep red pupils suddenly shrank. It smelled the fresh scent of human flesh.

The pig-headed demon’s gaze was cold and cruel, it licked its pig lips, slowly stood up, then let out a sharp roar. Its demon aura suddenly burst forth, entwined with black and red foul gas, and following the fresh human scent, it charged towards the direction where Mo Hua and the others had retreated…

(End of this chapter)