“Evil dragon?” Mo Hua was startled and looked towards Elder Xun Zixian.

Xun Zixian pondered and said, “The dragon is an ancient divine beast and also the totem of the Dao Court Emperor’s lineage. It can summon wind and rain, control thunder, and possesses supreme power.”

“Everything of a dragon, including its soul, bones, meat, blood, and scales, are considered divine objects and treasures.”

“Countless cultivators in the world all seek to extract powerful energy from a ‘dragon’s’ body, thus giving rise to various cultivation methods.”

“These cultivation methods include both righteous and evil ones.”

“The righteous path includes methods such as some Azure Dragon techniques, Profound Yellow Dragon Secret, Dragon Blood Refining Body Secret, or dragon-type martial arts, dragon power Dao methods, dragon bone spirit tools, dragon spirit pills, and so on.”

“There are also quite a few evil dragon-type methods. But these are all demonic path forbidden techniques, which ordinary cultivators fundamentally cannot access…”

Xun Zixian’s gaze looked into the distance, his expression grave.

“The roar within this sound is mixed with human resentment, containing boundless killing karma. The evil energy is extremely heavy. I don’t know what evil method was used to cultivate this evil dragon…”

Mo Hua somewhat understood in his heart that this was an array.

The Four Symbols Azure Dragon Array…

Mr. Tu must have transformed the Four Symbols Azure Dragon Array into the Four Symbols Azure Dragon Evil Array, nourishing it with human flesh and blood, thus possessing the power of an evil dragon.

But…

Mo Hua slightly frowned.

If this Four Symbols Azure Dragon Array truly became an “Evil Array,” and the Azure Dragon also became an evil dragon, could he still use it?

If he were to tattoo it onto his body as a life-bound magic treasure, wouldn’t he become a demonic cultivator carrying an evil dragon on his body?

Mo Hua looked into the distance. Blood energy filled the sky, and the evil dragon roared, deafening, its powerful might instilling fear in people.

“A dragon… is it really that strong?”

Mo Hua murmured.

Xun Zixian nodded and said, “Anything related to the word ‘dragon’ is not weak; an evil dragon is naturally no exception.”

Dragon…

Mo Hua was slightly startled, unexpectedly thinking of his junior brother, Bai Zisheng.

He vaguely remembered that back then on the corpse mountain in South Yue City, his junior brother had condensed an Azure Dragon phantom on his body, then person and spear united, piercing through the chest of the Lu family head, the traitor of the Little Ling Yin Sect, and also the former master of the “Corpse King,” Lu Chengyun, with a powerful spear technique.

This spear technique seemed to be called “Return Dragon Spear.”

His junior brother is a direct descendant of the Bai family. So, the Bai family’s inheritance is also related to ‘Dragon’?

The origin of the Bai family is probably truly extraordinary.

“Related to dragons, none are weak…”

Mo Hua lightly recited again, silently complaining in his heart, “Leaving aside others related to the word ‘dragon,’ at least the move ‘Flying Dragon In The Sky’ that my junior brother taught me is definitely a fake. He deliberately gave it such a flashy name for the sake of sounding good. It’s actually flashy but useless, not useful at all. When used in actual combat, I’ve already been beaten to the ground, losing all my teeth…”

Mo Hua’s heart stirred, thinking about the bits and pieces of time when he and his master and two junior brothers traveled together. They resurfaced in his heart, and he couldn’t help but feel a little melancholy.

“I wonder where that foolish junior brother is now…”

But he didn’t lament for long. Another terrifying dragon roar pulled his thoughts back to reality. At the same time, a more intense spiritual power oscillation emanated from the distance, shattering mountains and rivers, splashing blood-colored mire into the air, and sweeping over with a foul wind mixed with evil energy.

This was the violent explosion produced by Golden Core late-stage cultivators fighting at full force.

Even the aftermath could destroy mountains and crack stones, making people fearful.

Xun Zixian stood in front of Mo Hua, flicked his sleeve, and Two Yi rotated, condensing into a layer of crystallized spiritual power light shield, blocking the aftermath of the explosion and protecting Mo Hua.

Mo Hua then felt much more at ease.

At the same time, he was also in awe.

The power of spiritual energy unleashed by Golden Core realm cultivators fighting at full force was actually so terrifying. It seemed that his earlier carefulness and caution were correct.

Hiding behind the scenes and letting Golden Core kill Golden Core was still okay.

If he had to act personally and enter the danger zone, once hit by these Golden Core techniques, he would likely shatter and die immediately.

He still underestimated Golden Core…

Mo Hua was a little worried. “Elder Zixian, can the sect elders deal with this evil dragon’s power? Will there be danger?”

Xun Zixian’s mind slightly moved, and he sensed for a moment, shaking his head, “The power of this evil dragon is violent in breath, but its foundation is insufficient. It should be that the technique still has defects, or the method is incomplete and not fully cultivated.”

“This time, our Tai Xu Gate has sent out all experts. Zi You’s sword intent is outstanding, plus the Golden Core late-stage elders from the Tai A and Chong Xu lineages. The sword methods of the three lineages complement each other. There should not be much danger…”

Mo Hua was slightly relieved and asked again, “Then can that demonic head carrying the evil dragon’s power be killed?”

“Very difficult,” Xun Zixian said, “It depends on luck.”

Mo Hua sighed slightly.

If he couldn’t be killed, it was even less possible to capture him alive.

In that case, whether he would obtain the “Four Symbols Azure Dragon Array Diagram” was unknown.

The fierce dragon roar still echoed in Yan Luo Mountain.

But after a moment, a wisp of clear zither music arose again, like high mountains and flowing water, soothing the heart, and also suppressing the violent evil dragon’s roar.

It seemed that a Golden Core elder had acted, using the zither music to counter the dragon’s roar.

The dragon’s roar indeed weakened a bit, and the baleful aura within it also decreased quite a lot. At this time, the dragon’s chant entering the ear was not like earlier that it made people feel fearful.

“This is the Wen Ren family’s Clear Heart Zither. It is considered a relatively rare zither-type magic treasure inheritance,” Xun Zixian said.

Mo Hua nodded.

He remembered that among the duty officers dispatched this time, there seemed to be one Golden Core cultivator from the Wen Ren family.

The zither music suppressed the dragon’s chant, and after a moment, the oscillation of spiritual energy stirred up again.

This siege seemed to have entered a white-hot stage.

With Elder Xun Zixian protecting him, Mo Hua was very safe, but looking at the scene of blood energy pervasive and spiritual power rampaging in Yan Luo Mountain, he couldn’t help but feel a little worried in his heart.

Spiritual energy and blood energy continued to oscillate for another half day before gradually subsiding.

The blood energy in the air had already condensed into blood mist.

This siege finally came to an end. Cultivators from the Dao Court Department were already carrying out the aftermath.

The demonic sect was defeated, and all the Golden Core demonic heads that could be killed were killed.

But this was not over.

There was still a large number of demonic sect disciples, scattered like birds and beasts.

The Dao Court Department was blocking the roads, chasing and killing them one by one, trying to exterminate them completely to prevent these remnants from flowing out and harming innocent cultivators.

The great war ended, but in various corners of Yan Luo Mountain, small-scale fights still rose and fell one after another.

Mo Hua originally wanted to go out and see, but Elder Xun Zixian did not allow it.

Although the great war was dangerous, the residual small fights after the war equally hid killing intent and could not be taken lightly.

Xun Zixian did not dare to let Mo Hua take this risk.

Mo Hua could only wait patiently.

After a moment, some Golden Core elders from Tai Xu Gate returned successively. Their faces were exhausted, their bodies injured, and their breath was somewhat disordered. Obviously, they had fought very strenuously in the great war earlier.

Xun Ziyou also returned. There was a distinct bloodstain on his Daoist robe, his hair bun was half-scattered, his face was pale, his whole body was stained with blood, and there was still fierce killing intent in his eyes.

This was completely different from the Elder Xun Ziyou that Mo Hua had seen before, who had secretly followed him, seemed lazy and leisurely, and drank tea.

Xun Ziyou seemed to still be immersed in the killing earlier. The killing intent on his face was condensed until he saw Mo Hua and met Mo Hua’s clear gaze. Only then did he come back to his senses and let out a long breath.

“Elder Xun, are your injuries serious?” Mo Hua asked.

Xun Ziyou said warmly, “It’s still okay, not a big problem.” After speaking, he took several pills and sighed, “It’s just a pity that we let the leader of the demonic sect escape.”

Mo Hua’s gaze slightly condensed.

Xun Zixian frowned and said, “What exactly happened?”

Xun Ziyou said solemnly:

“We killed all the way forward, directly to the blood pool, and encountered the leader of the demonic sect.”

“That person had a half-human, half-ghost appearance, looking very evil. There was a dragon pattern engraved on his back. I don’t know his origin. After activating it, his whole body’s blood energy surged, and an azure-black evil dragon roamed all over his body. Swords and spears could not penetrate, and magic could not invade. Accompanied by soul-seizing dragon roars, we three or four Golden Core late-stage elders joined forces, but still could not hold him.”

“Tai Xu Gate’s sword intent, Tai A Gate’s sword edge, and Chong Xu Gate’s sword energy could not break his defense.”

“So we were in a stalemate for several hours. He sucked clean the blood from a blood pool. It seemed he could no longer hold on, so his body transformed into a dragon shadow, carrying surging evil power, broke through the siege, and escaped towards the deeper parts of Yan Luo Mountain.”

“The Evil Dragon Escape Method was too fast. We also didn’t dare to chase too deeply. We could only let him go and first find a way to exterminate the other evils of the demonic sect, then talk.”

After all, the disaster of the demonic sect was not only caused by one leader, but also by a group of tumors spreading demonic arts.

To be able to exterminate most demonic cultivators was already considered a victory.

Mo Hua also felt as if a burden had been lifted. It was good that this siege of the demonic sect was successful, but he still felt regretful in his heart.

The Four Symbols Azure Dragon Array was indeed powerful.

This demonic sect leader, carrying the power of an evil dragon, could not be held by three or four Golden Core late-stage sect elders.

But in this case, what about the Four Symbols Azure Dragon Array Diagram?

With so many Golden Core elders, all unable to take down this demonic sect leader, he had even less of a chance.

Mo Hua frowned in thought.

On the other side, after Xun Ziyou sat down, he drank a cup of tea that Elder Xun Zixian had just brewed. Suddenly, he thought of something and said:

“I killed a Golden Core demonic head.”

Xun Zixian said indifferently, “You killed him, so you killed him. Is this worth saying?”

A Golden Core late-stage cultivator killing one or two Golden Core demonic heads was no big deal.

“No,” Xun Ziyou frowned, “Do you still remember, I told you about those several Golden Core demon cultivators inside Ten Thousand Monster Valley?”

Xun Zixian’s gaze condensed, and he nodded.

Mo Hua was startled and also perked up his ears.

Xun Ziyou said, “Originally, inside Refining Monster Mountain, Ten Thousand Monster Valley, there were a total of three Golden Core realm demon cultivator elders.”

“One of them, we found his corpse when we searched the mountain later. There were thick, long claw marks on his chest, as if someone had ripped open his chest and killed him. The storage bag on his body was also gone, and the skin engraved with monster patterns had also been cut off. We couldn’t judge what kind of demon cultivator he was.”

“The other two, one was a snake demon, and one was a bear demon. They were also precisely the two demon cultivators who had surrounded and killed Elder Xuan Jian of Chong Xu Gate inside Hunting Monster Mountain before.”

“I fought with these two demon cultivators and let them escape. When we searched the mountain later, we also did not find the whereabouts of these two demon cultivators.”

“But earlier, inside the demonic sect, I actually encountered them.”

As soon as these words were spoken, Xun Zixian and Mo Hua were both somewhat surprised.

“Is the matter of Ten Thousand Monster Valley also related to this demonic sect?” Xun Zixian frowned.

“Should be…” Xun Ziyou said.

Mo Hua wrinkled his brows.

He had guessed before that after the demon cultivators in Ten Thousand Monster Valley formed their core, they had the qualification to leave the valley, and after leaving the valley, this demonic sect might just be a foothold.

But before it was only a guess. Now, Elder Xun Ziyou’s words had verified his deduction.

Ten Thousand Monster Valley was indeed related to this demonic sect.

“These two Golden Core demon cultivators?” Xun Zixian said, “Did you kill them?”

“Killed one,” Xun Ziyou said, “The snake demon was killed, the bear demon escaped. I don’t know where he escaped to, and I don’t know if he died at the hands of other elders.”

Xun Zixian pondered for a moment, “There is something strange about this…”

Xun Ziyou nodded, “Indeed.”

Mo Hua was also thoughtful. After a moment, he still wanted to say something, but suddenly felt the atmosphere was not right and quickly looked up at the sky.

He only saw the sky covered in hazy blood color. There was evil energy flowing in the dark, according to a set trajectory.

Mo Hua was startled and quickly looked towards Xun Zixian, “Elder!”

Xun Zixian also perceived the anomaly, his face sank, “It’s an array!”

He suddenly stood up and released his divine sense. He didn’t know what he was calculating in his heart. After a moment, his expression turned stern, and he said to Xun Ziyou:

“It is a Transferring Evil type array, absorbing the blood energy and resentment of the dead to supply something. Pass down the order, the remaining demonic cultivators, if you can’t kill them, then don’t kill them, otherwise this array will be fully fed.”

Xun Ziyou did not understand arrays very well, but he knew Xun Zixian’s attainments in arrays. He immediately called several inner sect disciples and told them to pass down the order.

Several inner disciples then followed the order to pass it down.

Xun Zixian still frowned.

“Not killing people is also not a solution. Quite a few people have already died in the great war earlier. Now if we don’t kill, the evil array will still continuously operate, absorbing blood fiend energy.”

Mo Hua was also very clear about this point. He said, “Elder Zixian, we must find a way to break this array. This kind of evil array cannot be left behind.”

Xun Zixian nodded slightly, but looked at Mo Hua with some worry.

Mo Hua knew he was worried about his safety, so he said:

“I will go with you and stay by your side. I will absolutely not run around. Now that the Golden Core demonic heads are either dead or escaped, there won’t be any danger.”

Xun Zixian pondered for a moment and nodded, “Good.”

Then he set out, bringing several Tai Xu Gate elders who still had strength left, and walked into the poisonous marsh of Yan Luo Mountain.

What was once a poisonous marsh had now become a “Blood Marsh.”

The mist in the air had already been permeated with blood, becoming a deep red color. Borrowing the power of an obscure array, it floated in the air, condensing and not dispersing.

Within the blood energy, there was a faint flow of life and death karma.

Xun Zixian took out a compass, drew a few times with his fingers, the golden needle rotated, pointing to the direction where the evil power was flowing.

Xun Zixian searched following the direction indicated by the golden needle.

Mo Hua followed honestly behind him, stepping over the withered grass, poisonous marsh, and the severed limbs of demonic cultivators underfoot, little by little going towards the depths of the marsh.

After about the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, Xun Zixian stopped his footsteps, his gaze condensed, and he pointed a finger, a wisp of sword light broke through the air, leveling an earth slope overgrown with wild grass in front.

Under the earth slope, there was a large white bone stele. The stele face was engraved with ferocious patterns.

The blood fiend pervasive in the air converged towards this white bone stele from all directions.

Under the nourishment of the blood fiend, the patterns on the stele face absorbed full blood, revealing an evil red color. They actually seemed to have life, wiggling slightly.

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