They spoke about how to probe, what excuses to find, what the Formation was, its effects, and where it might be hidden.
Of course, most of the talking was between Mo Hua and Bai Zisheng, with Bai Zixi just silently listening...
Meanwhile, in the next room, Mr. Zhuang slowly opened his eyes, his gaze filled with wistfulness and satisfaction.
The next morning, after breakfast, Mo Hua and the others began to act separately.
Bai Zisheng and Bai Zixi subtly revealed their identities as members of a great clan.
Sun Ze, elated beyond measure, volunteered to show the two around the Sun Family estate. On the surface, he appeared to answer all questions and was exceedingly thorough, but whether there was truth or falsehood in his words remained unknown.
Mo Hua claimed he wanted to go out for a walk to find some food for Big White’s horse.
The Sun Family offered their own forage, but Mo Hua deemed it not good enough.
The Sun Family then suggested finding someone to accompany Mo Hua, but he refused, and all other reasons were also decisively rejected by Mo Hua, resulting in them reluctantly watching as Mo Hua slipped out of the Sun Family’s gate alone.
Sun Yi frowned slightly, saying to Mr. Zhuang,
"This young brother is young; going out alone, he might encounter danger."
Mr. Zhuang simply responded, "It’s fine."
In the entirety of Thousand Families Town, the only Foundation Building Cultivator was the Family Head of the Sun Family before them.
With Mo Hua’s current abilities, outside of the Sun Family, there likely wasn’t any Cultivator who could trouble him.
As soon as Mo Hua left the Sun Family, the scenery before him seemed to change abruptly.
The Sun Family estate was luxurious and splendid.
But outside, the streets were desolate, covered with a layer of weather-worn frost.
It was as if they were in two different worlds.
Mo Hua sighed softly.
Afterward, he walked down the main street, touring the whole town.
Thousand Families Town wasn’t large; in less than half an hour, he had taken in all the Formations in town.
These Formations were profoundly rudimentary, mostly just three or four Formation Patterns, belonging to the introductory level for apprentices.
Beyond that, there were no other special Formation traces.
"Nothing..." Mo Hua murmured to himself, pondering,
"Could it be that the Ultimate Formation is hidden within the Sun Family?"
The Sun Family Head seemed to be a Formation Master, so having a collection of ancient and lost Formations would make sense.
Moreover, the Sun Family was quite wealthy, so passing down an Ultimate Formation from ancestors could be plausible.
Just as Mo Hua was about to head back, his peripheral vision caught a glimpse of the Spirit Fields.
They were neatly arranged in blocks between two mountains.
At this moment, the Spirit Fields were brimming with Spirit Rice.
As the mountain breeze passed, it stirred the Spirit Fields, rippling the green expanse like a wrinkled lake surface.
And above the Spirit Fields, lingered a faint Spiritual Energy.
Mo Hua swept the fields with his Divine Sense, uttered a light "hmm," and strode toward the Spirit Fields that waved like the tide.