The Quest for Immortality-Chapter 1247: Refining Demon Mountain (3)

Mo Hua had never personally visited Refining Demon Mountain and had no knowledge of its situation. Naturally, he couldn’t blindly apply the methods used in Big Black Mountain to hunt and refine the monster beasts of Refining Demon Mountain.

He could only pick some general Monster Hunter tactics and briefly explain them.

Like the habits of Monster Beasts when foraging, hibernating, ambushing, dwelling, playing dead, as well as the common tactics used by Monster Hunters to set traps, encircle, and slay monsters.

Cheng Mo and the others listened and nodded again and again.

Hao Xuan’s eyes lit up, "Junior Brother, you know so much..."

"It’s alright."

Mo Hua replied modestly.

Cheng Mo took in all the advice Mo Hua gave.

But taking the advice is one thing, and actually hunting monsters is another story altogether.

The process of Cheng Mo and his team’s Monster Hunting was still fraught with difficulties.

However, as time passed, they gradually persevered.

After all, being able to study at the Qianxue State Boundary, and to become disciples of one of the Eight Great Gates, the Taixu Gate, they were the Heaven’s Chosen Sons of their respective families, each with their own temperament and pride.

Time passed like this for a while.

Everything was going relatively smoothly, until Mo Hua saw Cheng Mo, wrapped in bandages, with an arm in a sling, his face swollen and bruised, unable to move...

"Got slapped by a bear."

Situ Jian said as much.

Mo Hua had a complex expression and didn’t know whether to laugh or to sympathize.

Cheng Mo was stubborn, "It was my carelessness this time. Just a mere Second Grade Early Stage Bear Pi, once I recover from my injuries, I must fight this fiend for three hundred rounds, chopp off its paws to avenge this humiliation!"

Situ Jian said quietly, "If your bones were half as tough as your mouth, you wouldn’t have broken eight of them..."

As soon as Situ Jian spoke, Cheng Mo indeed grimaced in pain.

"Situ, you must have been corrupted by Junior Brother! You didn’t used to be so irritating when you spoke!"

But Situ Jian was no longer willing to pay him any attention.

So Mo Hua asked, "How long will he need to recover?"

Situ Jian shook his head, "Elder Murong looked at him and said the Bear Pi’s force was too great, this big fool’s muscles and bones are injured, it will take at least half a month to recover, and then we’ll see how it goes."

"Then aren’t you short one person for Monster Hunting?" Mo Hua said.

Being short on ordinary people was not too bad.

But Cheng Mo had robust Blood Qi, and his Mountain Splitting Axe had huge and heavy strikes. He was a Body Cultivator who could both endure and fight.

Now that he’s injured, finding a replacement won’t be easy.

Situ Jian sighed, "Let’s slow down for now. With our current level of Cultivation, maybe indeed it was too early to go to Refining Demon Mountain. During these days, we haven’t earned any Merit Points either, it’s somewhat unsustainable... "

"We’ll make some more preparations and wait until next year when our Cultivation is more solid, then try Refining Demon Mountain again."

Mo Hua then asked, "What about the other fellow disciples?"

Situ Jian shook his head, "They are all about the same. Anyway, it’s tough to get by on Refining Demon Mountain, being a Monster Hunter is really a tough job."

Situ Jian sighed again.

Mo Hua shook his head in silence.

It seemed he, the "Junior Brother," would have to lead them in the endeavor.

After considering for a moment, Mo Hua went to find Elder Master Xun.

"Going into the mountain again?"

Elder Master Xun frowned.

Mo Hua then brought out the prepared excuse: "I’ve learned quite a few Formations and want to put them into practice by painting them on Spiritual Artifacts to test the effects. Refining Demon Mountain is the most suitable place."

"Where did you get the Spiritual Artifacts from?"

"The Gu Family has a Third Grade Artifact Refiner, Master Gu, who will help me refine them."

The Gu Family?

Elder Master Xun was a bit surprised and his eyes showed contemplation, but he didn’t speak.

Mo Hua said, "I’ll only be Drawing Formations to improve the Spiritual Artifacts, staying behind others, I won’t take action myself."

Elder Master Xun still had concerns, "Inside Refining Demon Mountain, the Monster Beasts are ferocious..."

"It’s alright," Mo Hua proclaimed confidently with his head raised and chest out:

"Elder Master, without exaggeration, I am actually from a Monster Hunter background. Since I was a child, I’ve been dealing with Monster Beasts, and the experience in Monster Hunting is a family legacy!"

Elder Master Xun was taken aback by Mo Hua’s declaration.

What sort of thing...

A Monster Hunter?

He looked at the fair-skinned, slender-limbed Mo Hua and couldn’t see how he resembled a "Monster Hunter" in the least.

"Monster Feeder," perhaps would be more likely.

To feed himself to the Monster Beasts...

Seeing that Elder Master Xun didn’t believe him, Mo Hua emphatically stressed, "Really!"

Elder Master Xun silently observed Mo Hua, and although he still didn’t believe him, he thought that given Mo Hua’s character, he wouldn’t tell such an absurd lie to his face.

A bit far-fetched, but probably not false.

"Alright then," Elder Master Xun sighed.

Mainly, he had no other Formations to console Mo Hua with.

The Seventeen Patterns formation, whatever could be given had been given, and Mo Hua had already learned whatever he could. Other formations either required a higher level of Divine Sense, which Mo Hua still couldn’t learn.

Or they were... those formations that simply could not be passed on.

After all, he needed to find something for him to do.

Moreover, something like Formations really does need to be "applied in learning." If one doesn’t use what they learn then they’ll end like those old pedants, obsolete relics.

Elder Master Xun suddenly remembered, that person from back then, who also discussed Formations with him and said similar words:

Formations require "application in learning" as the key of the Way of Formations.

"Learning" is the threshold to entering the path, "Application" is the foundation of walking the path.

Learn to apply, apply to promote learning.

Combined learning and application, aligning knowledge and action.

Only by doing this can one be unbiased and persistent, glimpsing at the most fundamental Great Dao of Formations...

Now these words still echo in his ears, but that incredibly talented and admirable person is no longer here...

Elder Master Xun felt inexplicably wistful, and when he turned his head to look at Mo Hua again, he was suddenly taken aback, feeling somewhat emotional in his heart:

"He really does resemble him a bit..."

However, Mo Hua wasn’t contemplating all of this; instead, his eyes were shining bright as he said:

"Thank you, Elder Master!"

Elder Master Xun nodded slightly but still admonished, "Be careful. Remember to follow behind others. Study the Formations only and don’t take action yourself."