Shen Qingsheng looked at Mo Hua with a vicious expression.

Mo Hua was startled. Several of the Gold Core tomb robbers nearby also involuntarily looked at each other. The old man called “Mr. Pi” looked at Mo Hua and asked, “You two know each other?”

Before Mo Hua could say anything, Shen Qingsheng laughed coldly and said, “I expected you would return to Lonely Mountain sooner or later, so I sent people to watch early on. But you little bastard, you appear and disappear like a ghost; as soon as you entered the mountain, there was no trace of you. I brought people to search for so long, and I finally managed to catch you…”

Shen Qingsheng pointed at Mo Hua and said, “This time, no one will save you. You are dead for sure!”

His tone was arrogant, and he completely ignored everyone else, only focusing on speaking to Mo Hua. He basically didn’t put Mr. Pi and the others in his eyes.

Or perhaps, in his eyes, a peak Foundation Establishment old man and three ordinary Gold Core cultivators were nothing.

He was a Shen family disciple, a Qian Dao Sect disciple. Nascent Soul realm true people were common, let alone a few Gold Core “country bumpkins.”

Mr. Pi and the others had somewhat indifferent expressions.

Mo Hua was a little helpless. He stretched out his hand and showed the shackles on his hand to Shen Qingsheng, saying, “I’ve been caught, I can’t make decisions. If you want to kill me, you have to see if these seniors agree or not…”

“Hmph.”

Shen Qingsheng snorted coldly, pointed at Mo Hua, and said to Mr. Pi and the others, “Hand this boy over to me. Name your price in spirit stones.”

Mr. Pi’s eyelids twitched, and the other three Gold Cores also looked unhappy.

“Young Master, we don’t want to catch this little brother, nor can we make decisions for him. We just want to invite him to help us with a small favor. After the matter is done, we will naturally let him go. At that time, you can settle your grievances yourselves…” Mr. Pi said as politely as possible.

“What nonsense are you talking about?” Shen Qingsheng frowned. “The person I want, hand him over quickly. Stop wasting words.”

“What if I don’t let go?”

“Don’t let go?” Shen Qingsheng laughed coldly and waved his hand. The group of people behind him then stepped forward.

Mr. Pi’s face was very ugly.

A short and stocky Gold Core in gray clothes beside him whispered, “Mr. Pi, what should we do now?”

Mr. Pi’s gaze was gloomy as he sized up Shen Qingsheng’s group. He said, “It’s better to have one less problem. Our origins are not proper, try to avoid creating complications.”

“That tribute matter…”

“We’ll find it again.”

“Okay.”

After the two whispered and discussed, Mr. Pi said, “This little brother can be handed over to the Young Master.”

Shen Qingsheng raised his eyebrows. “Consider yourselves sensible.”

Mr. Pi then pushed Mo Hua out.

Mo Hua had a helpless expression.

He originally wanted to follow them into the tomb and then act when the opportunity arose. As a result, Shen Qingsheng intervened and ruined his good plan.

Seeing that Mo Hua was about to fall into his hands, Shen Qingsheng’s expression became more and more excited. “Damn little brat, today no Gold Core is protecting you. Let’s see what you can do? You’ll fall into my hands, I will definitely…”

Mo Hua raised his eyes and lightly glanced at him.

This glance was exactly like that day’s glance. In a trance, the nightmare reappeared, and terror suddenly arose. Shen Qingsheng immediately reflexively covered his eyes and screamed. But after a moment, he realized that nothing had happened.

Mo Hua had truly only given him an ordinary glance.

Shen Qingsheng was immediately furious, his face flushed purplish-red, and he hoarsely shouted, “Little bastard! You still dare to humiliate me! You still want to secretly plot against me!”

Mo Hua was a little speechless.

He had only glanced at him and hadn’t even used a pupil technique, yet he was acting like this…

Shen Qingsheng seemed to detect Mo Hua’s disdain and immediately became even more angry. “You are about to die, yet you still don’t know death.”

“Last time you were lucky, and it was also because my Shen family didn’t raise people well. Those two Gold Core guards were reckless and actually dared not make a move against you. I have already dismissed them and replaced them with my personal followers.”

“The thugs this time are ones I personally raised. I tell them who to kill, and they kill who. You won’t be that lucky.”

Mo Hua glanced at Shen Qingsheng’s followers.

Most of them looked very unfamiliar, and it seemed that they had indeed been replaced.

The Foundation Establishment disciples had sinister expressions, and among them were two Shen family Gold Cores with even more sinister expressions, standing in front of Shen Qingsheng like two loyal hounds.

Mo Hua’s little finger touched the shackles on his wrist, and he began to plan in his heart how to escape.

Shen Qingsheng waved his hand, and the two Gold Cores behind him walked towards Mo Hua.

Just as they were getting closer and closer, at this moment, Mr. Pi spoke: “Wait a moment!”

The Shen family Gold Cores stopped, and Shen Qingsheng looked unhappy.

Mr. Pi’s gaze sank slightly, and he said, “Young Master, earlier we agreed that I would give you the person, and you would give us spirit stones. Now the person is here, what about the spirit stones?”

Who would have thought that Shen Qingsheng’s face would change and he would say, “Spirit stones? What spirit stones? When did I say that?”

Mr. Pi’s gaze condensed.

Shen Qingsheng laughed mockingly, “I can give you spirit stones, but you can’t ask for them.”

“If I give them to you, that’s a favor. If you ask me for them, what is that? Asking the Young Master for a debt? Or are you trying to humiliate the Young Master?”

Mr. Pi and the others’ faces involuntarily darkened. One person among them clenched his fist, and the muscles on his arm knotted, covered with a layer of earth and stone.

Shen Qingsheng was not afraid at all and laughed coldly, “What? Want to make a move? Come on, if you have the ability, kill the Young Master. Don’t blame me for not reminding you, I am a direct descendant of the Shen family, and my father is a powerful elder of the Shen family. This Lonely Mountain is under my father’s charge. If you dare to make a move, don’t even think about walking out of Lonely Mountain alive. As long as I tell my father, none of you people, no matter your background, can eat and walk around…”

Being taunted to their faces, Mr. Pi and the others instead calmed down. They looked at each other with indifferent expressions and said nothing more.

Mo Hua’s eyelids twitched slightly.

Shen Qingsheng pointed at Mo Hua again and said to one of the Gold Cores beside him, “Bring him over to me.”

That Shen family Gold Core then walked towards Mo Hua. When he reached Mo Hua’s side, he drew out his knife and placed it against Mo Hua’s neck.

Mr. Pi and the others did not stop him.

This Shen family Gold Core cultivator then escorted Mo Hua towards Shen Qingsheng.

Shen Qingsheng watched the “hateful” Mo Hua, shackled and with a knife against his neck, walking step by step towards him. His expression became more and more ferocious.

But they didn’t detect that behind them, among Mr. Pi and the others, one figure suddenly disappeared and merged into the earth.

Mo Hua had a knife against his neck and walked a few steps forward. Suddenly, his heart moved, and his feet slipped, causing him to fall to the ground.

He fell very naturally.

The Shen family Gold Core escorting Mo Hua secretly cursed him for being “really useless, tripping over a stone.” He then reached out to grab Mo Hua’s shoulder.

But just as he was distracted and reaching out to grab Mo Hua, the ground beneath his feet suddenly trembled. A pair of hands like earth and stone stretched out from underground, like iron pliers, firmly grabbing the Shen family Gold Core’s legs and dragging him underground.

The Shen family Gold Core’s expression changed dramatically, but he couldn’t break free for a moment. By the time he reacted, half of his body had already entered the earth.

Beside Mr. Pi, another short and thin Gold Core used the Earth Escape technique, sticking to the ground, and escaped to the top of the Shen family Gold Core’s head. His hands were like claws, inverted, and he clasped the Shen family Gold Core’s head. His thick, long fingertips deeply stabbed into the pressure points on both sides of his forehead.

The last one, a slightly older Gold Core in gray clothes, drew his long knife. It was extremely fast and ruthless, directly cutting off the Shen family Gold Core’s neck.

Blood splattered in the air, spraying out and dyeing the ground red.

Because Mo Hua had pretended to fall beforehand, he hid to one side, neither obstructing nor being involved. Not even a drop of blood splattered on him.

And the three Gold Cores on Mr. Pi’s side coordinated tacitly, acted decisively, and were concealed and ruthless.

By the time the Shen family Gold Core’s miserable scream sounded, he was already headless and dead.

Shen Qingsheng and the others were shocked, fearful, and then furious: “Thieves, how dare you…”

But Mr. Pi and the others basically didn’t give them an opportunity. Since they had made a move to kill people, they naturally wanted a quick battle and a quick decision.

The three ruthless Gold Cores’ faces were ashen. Without saying a word, they charged towards Shen Qingsheng and the others.

Shen Qingsheng had only brought two Gold Cores on this trip. The remaining people were all Foundation Establishment.

Generally speaking, in the vicinity of Lonely Mountain City, two Gold Core guards were enough. Moreover, this was still in his Shen family’s territory. These people were enough to protect him acting arrogantly, and it had always been like this before.

But the situation was different now.

Those who truly dared to rob tombs were all desperadoes.

One peak Foundation Establishment, three Gold Cores, one of whom seemed to be at the middle stage of Gold Core, and each of them was a sinister old hand who had walked the rivers and lakes.

In terms of experience and power, they were all crushing.

The Shen family’s other Gold Core didn’t last dozens of rounds and was also slaughtered.

The remaining Foundation Establishment cultivators were all slaughtered clean.

Blood and limbs were everywhere. Only Shen Qingsheng remained, his face pale, terrified beyond measure, muttering, “I am the Shen family’s Young Master, I, my father is… how dare you…”

The short and stocky big man slapped him.

This slap was like iron and stone.

Shen Qingsheng was slapped away, falling to the ground, only feeling dizzy and seeing stars. He spat out a mouthful of blood and then fainted completely.

“Damn, we gave you face, but you didn’t want it. You had to make us kill you.”

The big man stepped forward, just wanting to pinch Shen Qingsheng to death.

Mr. Pi said, “Leave him, for backup.”

The big man understood his meaning and nodded, “Okay.” He spat on Shen Qingsheng, took out a rope, tied him tightly, tying his skin and flesh red. It looked just painful.

He was not obedient and sensible like Mo Hua and naturally didn’t receive Mo Hua’s treatment.

Mr. Pi then looked at Mo Hua.

Mo Hua had a “fearful” expression. “You… how do you kill people?”

The big man laughed coldly, “Little ghost, you have less experience. This is nothing…”

Mr. Pi said coldly, “Okay, stop talking so much. People are killed, trouble will definitely be provoked. Let’s go down early. Only by staying with dead people is it safe.”

“Okay.”

The others went forward to collect the storage bags, and things in the storage bags that might expose traces were all discarded separately. Then they piled up earth and stone to cover the limbs and blood of the Shen family cultivators on the ground, roughly covering the traces.

Several people’s movements were agile, obviously not the first time they had done this kind of thing.

After finishing, the big man walked forward and lifted up the unconscious Shen Qingsheng.

Mr. Pi glanced at Mo Hua. Mo Hua obediently walked to his front, and only then did Mr. Pi nod: “We go down to the tomb.”

A group of people walked into the mine shaft. In a nearby corner, they chiseled open a wall. Behind the wall was a narrow stone path.

The short and thin Gold Core was the first to squeeze in.

After a moment, the big man, carrying Shen Qingsheng, also squeezed in.

Mr. Pi pointed at Mo Hua and said, “Go down.”

Mo Hua honestly also squeezed into the narrow stone path.

After him was the Gold Core in gray clothes with a long knife in his hand.

Last was Mr. Pi.

He stayed last, set up an array, sealed the stone wall, and only then entered the stone path with everyone.

The figures of several people thus disappeared in the mine shaft.

Above Lonely Mountain, only the miserable corpses of the Shen family cultivators, covered by earth and stone, remained…

Mo Hua only felt pitch black in his eyes. The stone path was narrow, damp and sticky, filled with the smell of earth. Following the stone path, he didn’t know how long he walked, when suddenly the front became slightly brighter, and an opening appeared.

Jumping down from the opening, he jumped into a more spacious tunnel room.

A strong smell, mixed with years of decay and an unknown stench, hit him in the face.

Mo Hua quickly covered his mouth and nose, held his breath, and then urged his spiritual power to protect his nose. Only then did he feel a little better.

And at this time, everyone else also entered this tunnel.

Mo Hua opened his eyes and looked around, only then discovering that this tunnel was two people high, the walls were firm, and it connected in all four directions. The deep part was pitch black, and he didn’t know what was hiding there. There was a cold, Yin energy penetrating out.

All around was a dead silence. This dead silence seemed to contain death in sleep.

Mo Hua’s heart was slightly cold.

Just at this moment, in the dead silence, a sharp howl suddenly sounded.

Mo Hua was startled, turned his head to look, and only then discovered it was Shen Qingsheng.

Not only Mo Hua, but even Mr. Pi and the others were startled and broke out in a cold sweat.

Shen Qingsheng didn’t know when, but he had actually woken up.

“Not good!”

The big man’s face turned pale, and he immediately covered Shen Qingsheng’s mouth, not letting him make any sound. And the other several people didn’t even dare to breathe.

After a moment, there was no abnormality in the tunnel.

Only then did the big man wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, his voice trembling, “Didn’t scare anything, did we…”

Mr. Pi’s expression was grave. He took out a compass, examined it for a moment, and slightly relaxed his breath. “It’s okay…”

The big man turned his head, hating that he couldn’t strangle Shen Qingsheng. “Damn, you little animal, you want to harm this old man to death?”

Shen Qingsheng’s eyes were wide, containing both fear and full of anger, “I, I am the Shen family… how dare you…”

The big man laughed coldly, and said lowly, “Without the Shen family, you are just a waste. You fundamentally don’t know how dangerous the cultivation world is. Killing you is just…”

Mr. Pi frowned, “Why say so much, make him faint again.”

Among the several people, this old man named “Mr. Pi,” although only at the peak of Foundation Establishment cultivation, spoke with a lot of weight.

The big man slapped Shen Qingsheng on the back of the head, knocking him unconscious.

“Time is not early, find the direction early.” Mr. Pi said lowly.

The others also nodded.

Afterwards, Mr. Pi walked in front, holding a compass in his left hand, and pinching hand seals in his right hand. While observing the compass’s indication, he also distinguished the direction of the tunnel and led everyone forward.

Everyone silently followed, not saying a word along the way. It seemed that they dared not disturb Mr. Pi, and it also seemed that they dared not alarm some “things” inside the tomb.

Mo Hua also quietly followed.

But his main thoughts were not placed on the dangerous tunnel, but on Mr. Pi, who was holding the compass and discerning the direction.

An expert reveals their skill as soon as they make a move.

Mo Hua was confident that this Mr. Pi had real ability.

Earlier on the mountain, while chatting with this Mr. Pi, Mo Hua had already confirmed this point. The “earth array” inheritance was definitely not something an ordinary array master could learn.

This Mr. Pi definitely had a secret inheritance.

Moreover, the origin of this inheritance was very likely not small.

What’s more, their kind of tomb robbing was no different from snatching meat from the mouths of the dead.

Their array ability and experience were necessarily extraordinary, and their vision was even more unique. Without real ability, they fundamentally couldn’t eat this meal.

“I wonder if I can get this Mr. Pi’s inheritance…”

“Even if I can’t get it, it would be good to learn a little.”

Mo Hua said silently in his heart.

So he quietly followed behind Mr. Pi, his surface unmoved, but from time to time he would poke his head out and steal a peek at Mr. Pi’s compass, look at his hand seals, and simulate his deduction process in his heart.

Under the stone walls of the tunnel, arrays were carved.

These arrays had an obscure aura, merging with the earth, and should be a kind of “earth array” dedicated to tombs.

Deducing these arrays and using a compass to determine the direction was a very mentally taxing task.

Mr. Pi’s entire mind was focused on the compass. It wasn’t until his divine sense was exhausted and he rested for a moment that he caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eye and discovered that Mo Hua’s eyes were secretly looking at him.

These eyes were abnormally deep, and some profound and unfathomable things seemed to flow within them.

Mr. Pi immediately trembled in his heart. He fixed his gaze again, but discovered that Mo Hua’s gaze was clear as water, so clear that it could even reflect his figure.

Mr. Pi silently looked at Mo Hua.

Mo Hua also looked at Mr. Pi.

Mr. Pi’s gaze flashed slightly. He silently turned his head and said nothing, then continued to lead the way.

Mo Hua slightly relaxed his breath.

Everyone walked for a while longer and then came to a shutter.

On the shutter, dense arrays were carved.

“We’ve arrived.”

The big man among the crowd relaxed his breath.

Mr. Pi gave everyone a glance, indicating for them to be quiet, then took out an array diagram, a bronze array pen, and several spiritual inks and blank array papers from his storage bag. He began to record on the paper while using array patterns to deduce, trying to break the arrays on the shutter.

The big man and the others had guarded expressions and guarded the four sides of the shutter to prevent any accidents from occurring.

Shen Qingsheng was unconscious, while Mo Hua was standing.

The arrays on the shutter looked somewhat familiar to Mo Hua, but he had never seen them before and had not truly learned them, so he didn’t know the intricacies of these arrays.

He actually really wanted to see how this Mr. Pi would solve the arrays, but he was afraid of being suspected by Mr. Pi, so he obediently stood there without any actions.

Mr. Pi was solving the arrays.

Mo Hua just stood there like this.

He didn’t know how long passed. Mr. Pi seemed to have finally deduced almost everything, then began to use the bronze pen, dip it in ink, and outline array patterns on the shutter.

Mo Hua strongly endured not to look.

But he endured for a very, very long time. Mr. Pi still seemed not to have finished painting. Mo Hua finally couldn’t endure it anymore, so he used the corner of his eye to gently glance.

With this glance, Mo Hua only discovered that this Mr. Pi had actually already finished painting.

However, after he finished painting, the arrays on the shutter had not been cracked. Mr. Pi was somewhat unclear about this for a moment, then checked with a grave expression.

But he checked and checked, and seemed to find no problem.

Mo Hua’s “little senior brother” habit kicked in, and he naturally began to help Mr. Pi check his “homework.”

The first time he checked, Mo Hua also didn’t find any problems, because he didn’t actually know this kind of “earth array.”

But the way of arrays is based on analogy.

Mo Hua had an extremely deep foundation in arrays, and in addition, he had a special perception of the essence of the earth dao.

Therefore, as he checked, he just stumbled upon some intricacies.

By the third time he checked, he finally detected a slight sluggishness in the spiritual power flow of the entire array. He also finally found where the array was wrong.

Mo Hua really wanted to tell Mr. Pi.

But he hesitated again, afraid of hurting Mr. Pi’s self-esteem.

After all, personally painted arrays being seen through by others is quite hurtful to self-esteem.

Especially this Mr. Pi, who at first glance was an experienced old array master.

Having this “junior” correct his errors might make it difficult for him to accept.

So Mo Hua strongly endured again and did not speak.

He hoped that Mr. Pi could check out the problem himself.

But Mr. Pi was not up to the standard.

He wrinkled his eyebrows, turned over and over, checked and checked, and spent a full half an hour of effort, but still didn’t detect where exactly he had made a mistake in painting.

Mo Hua watched, and finally couldn’t bear it anymore.

He stretched out his fair and tender fingers and pointed towards an array pattern in the corner. With an extremely tactful tone, he said to Mr. Pi, “Senior, I don’t quite understand… but does this array pattern look a little strange?”

Mr. Pi was startled, followed the direction Mo Hua pointed, stared at that array pattern, deduced it several times, and his heart thumped.

He turned his head, glanced at Mo Hua, nodded, and said, “It’s wrong here.”

“Is it really wrong…” Mo Hua had an expression of not understanding.

“Little brother, your eyesight is not bad,” Mr. Pi praised.

Mo Hua scratched his head, a little embarrassed: “Just lucky, Senior, you are laughing at me.”

Mr. Pi took out his bronze pen, modified that array pattern, and reinjected spiritual power. Sure enough, after a moment, the arrays lit up, and the array patterns flowed in streams, causing the array patterns on the shutter to break inch by inch.

The arrays on the door were broken, and the shutter slowly lifted up.

The crowd’s expressions were slightly happy.

“Go,” the Gold Core in gray clothes said.

Everyone successively entered the shutter.

Mo Hua also followed the crowd in.

Mr. Pi was still in the back. He collected the bronze pen, beast blood ink, earlier deduced drafts, and the array diagrams one by one. Then he wiped off the array patterns on the shutter to prevent others from stealing the inheritance.

After doing all this, Mr. Pi followed the crowd.

However, when he looked at Mo Hua, his face was extremely ugly.