Since his goal was to become immortal, to have longevity, to live as long as heaven and earth.
Then the eighteen years of nurturing the sword embryo was but a flick of the fingers, why bother to worry about it?
Mo Hua patted Song Jian on the shoulder, "So, keep your vision long-term, don’t worry about the gains and losses in front of you, otherwise your heart will be narrow, and it will be difficult to reach the peak of the Great Dao..."
Song Jian couldn’t help but nod.
But he was still a little worried, "You say mutual support, how exactly will we support each other? I will not betray the Song family, and I will not betray the Sever Gold Sect either."
"Not asking you to betray..." Mo Hua said, "just that we exchange some information, if there’s intelligence I want to know, you tell me, if you encounter trouble, I’ll help you solve it."
"On the surface, you are still a core disciple of the Sever Gold Sect, a direct lineage of the Song family, and at odds with my Taixu Gate, but secretly, we cooperate and progress together."
"This way, we both leave ourselves a way out, and in the future, there will be an extra path for survival when things happen."
"What do you think?"
Song Jian thought this through and couldn’t help but feel that Mo Hua’s proposal was good.
Asking him to betray the family or the sect was definitely not possible.
But secretly seeking a powerful ally for himself was undoubtedly the best.
The various matters of the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons resurfaced in Song Jian’s mind.
He silently sighed in his heart.
Among cultivators of the same realm, Mo Hua was truly too strong...
Not the kind of strength written on paper, but a kind of shrewd, incomprehensible strength.
Leaving people completely in the dark.
If he were Mo Hua’s enemy, he’d have no certainty in his heart.
But if he were an "ally," then he’d be much more at ease.
"Alright..."
Song Jian silently nodded, also feeling a huge sense of relief in his heart.
Mo Hua wanted to say something more but suddenly heard someone calling his name from outside the forest, so he said, "Remember, if you need anything in the future, come find me at Refining Demon Mountain."
"Hmm." Song Jian responded.
Afterwards, Mo Hua cast a few Fireball Techniques onto the clearing.
Song Jian was slightly dazed, and then immediately understood, also channeling his spiritual power to slash many swords at the nearby trees, creating a scene of a fierce battle.
Then the two walked out of the forest one after the other, cautiously guarding against each other.
Outside the forest, Cheng Mo and Situ Jian were calling Mo Hua’s name while confronting disciples of the Sever Gold Sect.
Seeing Mo Hua coming out safe and sound, Cheng Mo and the others were relieved.
Mo Hua wiped the nonexistent sweat from his forehead, pointing at Song Jian and sneering coldly:
"Pretty boy, next time you’ll be sorry!"
Song Jian was taken aback, then also sneered, "This time you were lucky, next time we meet, I’ll have you torn to pieces!"
Afterward, he scoffed coldly, arrogantly turned his head and walked away.
Cheng Mo couldn’t stand his behavior and immediately said angrily, "You brat, speaking such arrogance, let’s see if I don’t chop you up?"
"Alright, alright," Mo Hua stopped him, "it’s getting late, we should head back."
"Junior Brother, are you alright?" Situ Jian asked.
"I’m fine, in Refining Demon Mountain, how could anything happen to me?" Mo Hua said.
Situ Jian thought about it, then nodded and said, "That’s true."
After that, both sides left.
The forest returned to silence once more.
Except for Mo Hua and Song Jian, no one knew about the agreement they secretly reached.
And because this happened during the sect’s "lesson" period, Elder Xun Ziyou was not watching Mo Hua, so he knew nothing about it.
On the way back, Mo Hua silently pondered in his heart:
"Tai’a Sect has an insider, Rushing Void Sect has an insider, now in the Sever Gold Sect, it’s as if there’s also an ’insider’."
And it was planted by himself.
The better Song Jian does, the more convenient things will be for him in the future.
"If one day, he could become an elder, that would be ideal..."
At this thought, Mo Hua suddenly paused, unable to help but think:
"This kid Song Jian, could he even become the Sect Leader of the Sever Gold Sect in the future..."