“Is this Letter Token really useful?” Yang Qianjun asked as he saw Mo Hua with a focused expression.
“Yes.” Mo Hua nodded, “Thank you, Brother Yang.”
Yang Qianjun smiled, “Glad to help, Junior Brother, no need for formalities.”
Yang Qianjun was a few years older than Mo Hua, and they addressed each other accordingly.
Mo Hua called him “Big Brother,” while he addressed Mo Hua as “Junior Brother.”
After returning to the Disciple’s Residence, Mo Hua started working on restoring the Letter Token.
He was already well-practiced in the entire process.
On the brightly lit desk, an Array Plate, Formation Paper, and ink were placed.
Mo Hua first disassembled the Letter Token, transcribed the Fixed Magnetic Patterns, recorded the Secondary Thunder Patterns, and then simulated them on another Array Plate.
He had obtained a book on “Fixed Magnetic Pattern Annotations” from Elder Master Xun, knowing that the seemingly abstract and complex Fixed Magnetic Patterns were essentially a form of “ideographic characters” in the style of Formation Patterns.
Although “Fixed Magnetic Pattern Annotations” wasn’t extensive, covering only some common annotations, it was barely enough for Mo Hua’s current use.
With the help of these annotations, Mo Hua could almost completely comprehend the meanings of these Fixed Magnetic Patterns.
He first replicated the Fixed Magnetic Patterns on the Array Plate.
Then, on that basis, he simulated the Secondary Thunder Patterns, thereby reconstructing the erased text within the Letter Token by himself.
As the Magnetic Patterns were restored, the Formation flowed, and one by one, the vanished texts gradually reappeared.
“April… Fourteenth…”
“Fellow Sect Taoists, gather at Qingping City…”
There were some missing words afterwards, not sure if it was a mistake in replicating the Fixed Magnetic Pattern or if there was an error in the Secondary Thunder Patterns.
Mo Hua continued the deduction.
“Gather at Qingping City… to destroy…”
Destroy?
Mo Hua was taken aback, his eyes slightly stern, feeling something ominous.
He continued the deduction, and the last two words slowly revealed themselves.
“The entire… family/clan?”
Mo Hua was startled, connecting all the words:
April Fourteenth, Fellow Sect Taoists, gather at Qingping City, to destroy… the entire family/clan?
Mo Hua took a deep cold breath.
Annihilation!
The Xie family of Bishan City being slaughtered by Cultivators amidst fire, dismemberment, screams, struggles, painful scenes, all surfaced again in Mo Hua’s mind.
Mo Hua found it hard to believe.
These Demon Cultivators, they are still planning an annihilation!
But… whose entire family/clan?
The crucial word hadn’t been restored on the Letter Token.
Mo Hua looked it over again and again, then double-checked the Fixed Magnetic Patterns and inspected the Secondary Thunder Patterns again. Despite all the efforts, it was futile.
He only knew that the target of this annihilation by the Demon Cultivators was in Qingping City, but exactly which family or clan, he had no clue.
Mo Hua frowned.
Annihilation…
Could these Demon Cultivators also be minions of the Evil God?
What’s the meaning behind their annihilation?
Mo Hua recalled the events of Qianxue State Boundary one by one, gradually linking things together.
Second Grade Bishan City, the Xie family was annihilated.
Near Bishan City, a Demon Palace was constructed, within it, there lay an altar.
On the banks of Mistwater River, the former fishing village was likewise considered annihilated.
The village directly turned into a preaching ground of the Evil God, where nightmares merged with reality, containing a River God Temple with an altar deep inside.
So, could “annihilation” be a precursor to building a Demon Sect’s temple and Evil God’s altar?
Why?
Mo Hua pondered the experiences in the small fishing village again and speculated.
To establish an altar, there needs nurturing Demon Monsters.
Following the annihilation, the Cultivators’ flesh and blood are used to craft flesh and blood Demon Monsters.
The residual Divine Souls of the Cultivators are used to create Evil Spirits.