Immortality Through Array Formations - Chapter 974

Chapter 974: Chapter 643: Deadline_2 Chapter 974: Chapter 643: Deadline_2 “Generations of Beast Tamers could only try to artificially cultivate and breed certain species of spatial silkworms that were easier to propagate, easier to raise, and cheaper.”

“Meanwhile, some exceptionally talented Artifact Refiners continually improved the methods for crafting storage bags, hoping to make them accessible to the vast majority of cultivators in the cultivation world.”

“The Green Void Silkworm is, as of now, the most suitable spatial silkworm species for farming that cultivators have managed to breed.”

“Green Void Silkworm silk is cheap and remarkably durable, though its spatial capacity is somewhat smaller.”

“Today, over eighty percent of storage bags in the cultivation world are woven from Green Void Silkworm silk.”

“Of course, there are silkworm species that are more precious than the Green Void Silkworm.”

“However, the silk produced by these species, when crafted into storage bags, becomes so expensive that it’s beyond the means of ordinary cultivators.”

“As for the rarer and ancient species, such as the Golden Void Silkworm or the Star Void Silkworm…”

Gu Changhuai sighed with some regret.

“…These silkworm species were already scarce in their ability to reproduce. Over tens of thousands of years, they have been hunted and killed relentlessly by cultivators, leaving most of them endangered or even extinct.”

“The few surviving ones have either become ‘forbidden treasures’ of the Central Dao Court, or the great families and sects.”

“Or they reside hidden in secluded spaces within certain ancient Daoist sites, abyssal forbidden lands, or perilous earthly extremes, never to be known…”

…

Gu Changhuai explained the origins of storage spiritual artifacts in detail.

Mo Hua couldn’t help but feel his horizons broaden.

*He hadn’t expected that the storage bags, so commonplace in daily life, held such profound secrets.*
*These seemingly ordinary storage bags were the culmination of countless cultivators’ efforts and ingenuity across tens of thousands of years, a crystallization of the evolution of various Taoist skills.*
*What appeared ordinary nonetheless contained grand principles.*
*Mo Hua was momentarily lost in thought, deeply moved.*
Hollow Void Realm, spatial power.

Fifth-grade spatial formations…

*When would he be able to cultivate to the Heaven Void Realm and master fifth-grade arrays?*
Mo Hua sighed helplessly, and after a moment’s daze, he recalled that dealing with the matter of the Fire Buddha was still urgent.

Since it wasn’t teleportation… that made things easier.

Under the constraints of second-grade laws, the abilities available to cultivators were rather limited.

Mo Hua, being a Formation Master–and a well-versed one at that–had a thorough understanding of second-grade cultivator abilities and Taoist laws.

Mo Hua pondered aloud,
“They didn’t truly disappear; it wasn’t teleportation. That means they simply became invisible.”

“Invisibility could mean that they used Concealment Techniques, but more likely, it involved spiritual artifacts for concealment, or most plausibly, a Concealment Formation.”

“The Fire Buddha and his group slaughtered the entire Xie family and then used a Concealment Formation to vanish from the sea of flames; their whereabouts remain unknown.”

“The eight characters on the transmission token: ‘Bi Mountain Demon Cavern, Celestial Cave Beyond,’ are very likely hints to their hiding places and secret codes.”

“Bishan City is an Immortal City where the population is dense and gossip abundant. Ordinarily, there’s no way demon cultivators could conceal themselves.”

“But if there truly is a Demon’s Cave, then it must be veiled by a Concealment Formation…”

“The peaks and crags of Bishan City intertwine, the terrain is intricate…”

“Constructing a Demon’s Cave and hiding it with a Concealment Formation–a common cultivator likely wouldn’t be able to detect it.”

“And then there’s the phrase, ‘Celestial Cave Beyond.’”
“That suggests that those cliffs and secluded, steep locations in the city could very well be where the Demon’s Cave lies.”

“‘Celestial’ might imply a ‘First-tier Sky’…”

“In areas resembling a First-tier Sky, there could be passageways obscured by a Concealment Formation, resembling ‘paths to heaven,’ and beyond those heavenly paths lies another hidden realm…”

…

Mo Hua’s thoughts were clear and his words came smoothly, unravelling the mystery bit by bit.

Gu Changhuai looked somewhat stunned.

*This child was indeed exceedingly clever.*
*Not only was his thinking quick, but his knowledge of formations was thorough. Even these bizarre ‘experiences’ he mentioned seemed strangely detailed…*
*Almost as if he had spent years interacting with Sin Cultivators and Evil Cultivators, understanding their ways and how they concealed themselves.*
*It didn’t quite add up.*
Gu Changhuai hesitated for a moment before asking doubtfully:
“How… do you know so much?”

Mo Hua didn’t hide anything and replied, “I’ve seen it, so it left a deep impression.”

“Seen it?”

Gu Changhuai was puzzled.

“Yes,” Mo Hua nodded. “Back when I was in Tongxian City, working as a Monster Hunter…”

“The Sin Cultivators in Big Black Mountain used a Concealment Formation to hide the path leading to the rear mountain, then used dense fog as cover to rob and kill–committing all sorts of atrocities…”

“I also saw some Evil Cultivators build mountain hideouts and corpse palaces behind First-tier Sky paths to refine corpses…”

Gu Changhuai frowned. “Aren’t you a Formation Master? When were you also a Monster Hunter?”

Mo Hua said, “My father was a Monster Hunter. Following in his footsteps–is that so strange? It’s a family tradition; it can’t just be abandoned…”

“But I was born with a frail constitution, so hunting monsters wasn’t my strong suit. I had to find other paths…”

“So, besides being a Monster Hunter, I became a Formation Master, and worked as an unofficial cultivator for the Taoist Court…”

“Sigh…” Mo Hua sighed, looking resigned, “What can I do? My family was poor when I was growing up, so I had to endure hardships and dabble in a bit of everything…”

Gu Changhuai looked at his delicate, fair face and moments of audaciousness, finding it hard to believe he had endured any real ‘hardship.’
Still…

“For someone only a decade or so into life, you’ve had quite the adventure…”

Gu Changhuai remarked.

*A Monster Hunter, encounters with Sin Cultivators robbing trails in mountain backwoods, Evil Cultivators refining corpses in hidden realms behind pathways… what an eventful life.*