"Life in adversity, death in comfort..."
Mo Hua shakes his head, but upon reflection, realizes these matters are beyond his current capacity to influence.
If the sky falls, it is held up by the taller ones.
Such grand affairs of Nine State are not yet his concern as a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
Rescuing people is imperative...
Mo Hua consoles himself briefly, and temporarily puts to rest these thoughts, continuing his search for traces of the three ’sacrificed’ into the Demon Refining Diagram, including Little Wood.
Thus he continues for a while, arriving at a stone path, where Mo Hua’s divine thought moves.
"Found them!"
The ground bears obvious traces of monster cultivator passage, with intense evil qi.
The cultivator divine thought aura is also very evident.
Mo Hua looks up.
Ahead on the wide stone path, several monster cultivators are carrying three strange coffins engraved with monster patterns, black as ink, stepping forward.
Leading the procession is a tall monster cultivator steward.
And this steward is precisely Jin Gui.
Or rather, Jin Gui’s monster cultivator divine soul.
Mo Hua makes no effort to hide his presence, nor does Sword Bone restrain its aura.
Both parties have sensed each other.
Walking ahead, Jin Gui suddenly waves his hand, saying "Halt!" and then turns to look at Mo Hua, naturally, more at Sword Bone beside him.
Sword Bone before Mo Hua appears meek.
Yet, during its lifetime, it was an old monster cultivator proficient in crafting evil swords, possessing sinister cultivation techniques.
Transformed in death, it becomes a formidable Sword Demon, completely skeletal evil sword, towering and brimming with demonic qi.
Its appearance alone is quite ’frightening’.
A glimpse of dread flickers in Jin Gui’s eyes, though he is not afraid, smirking coldly:
"The master said, there’s a rat in the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons, secretly causing trouble, ruining the master’s grand plan... Little did I expect you to actually pursue it here..."
Jin Gui’s gaze burns brightly, fixating intensely on Sword Bone.