"The Sect Leader is right."
The Canglang Sect Leader waved his hand, "Proceed."
"Yes."
After Elder Ji left, the secret chamber became spacious and empty.
In the darkness of the night, the flickering candlelight appeared extremely somber, much like the expression of the Canglang Sect Leader, as sinister as water.
"Who made a move..."
"Could it be... because of that matter?"
The always composed Canglang Sect Leader unexpectedly showed a look of fear and unease on his face, feeling a shiver in his heart, he thought:
"This absolutely cannot be revealed, absolutely cannot..."
"This is... a grave crime that could lead to extermination..."
...
The next day, Mo Hua had just gotten up when Elder Ji arrived again.
"Are you going out to have fun today?" Mo Hua asked him.
Elder Ji, however, smiled and said, "Today, there are some matters I wish to entrust to Young Master Mo."
Mo Hua understood in his heart, this was not letting him play, but making him work, so he nodded, "Alright."
Originally, those extravagant things were not particularly entertaining anyway.
"Sir, please." Elder Ji said, then led the way ahead.
After walking a few steps, Mo Hua suddenly asked, "Elder Ji..."
Elder Ji turned back.
Mo Hua looked at the scar on his chest and said, "I wanted to ask yesterday, this wound of yours..."
Elder Ji replied, "It was torn by a beast, the injury is fine now, but the scar will take a little more time to heal."
A beast...
Mo Hua nodded his head, expressed an "Alright," and did not ask further.
Then Elder Ji led Mo Hua to a rather large Artifact Refining Workshop within Canglang City.
"I’ve long heard of Young Master Mo’s remarkable talent and unparalleled skills in formations. Today, our Canglang Sect’s Refinery Shop has encountered a challenging problem, quite tricky, and we wish to seek Young Master Mo’s advice." Elder Ji mentioned as they walked.
Mo Hua nodded, "No problem, no problem."
The two of them approached a massive Refining Furnace.
This Refining Furnace had already ceased operation, as the formations inside had malfunctioned—not intentionally broken to test Mo Hua, but truly broken.
Moreover, this formation was a Second Grade Middle Stage formation.
The Third-Grade Canglang State Boundary is a weak third-grade boundary, with Golden Cores few and far between, not a single Third Grade Array Master, and among the Second Grade Array Masters, those reaching the middle stage level are indeed rare.
Within the Canglang Sect, most of the hired Guest Elder formation experts could not solve this problem.
Therefore, Elder Ji sought out Mo Hua for assistance.
When Mo Hua arrived, several Canglang Sect array masters, along with their apprentices, were studying the formation inside the Refining Furnace.
Upon seeing Mo Hua arrive, a trace of intimidation flashed in the eyes of these array masters.
As the saying goes, "Outsiders are better at reciting scriptures."
This outsider, Mo Hua, was about to take over the "meal ticket" of these Canglang Sect Guest Elder array masters.
They harbored a certain degree of hostility towards Mo Hua, naturally.
Just that no one would say it outright.
Elder Ji cared not for these matters, he looked at Mo Hua and asked, "Young Master Mo, what do you think..."
With a sweep of his Divine Sense, Mo Hua immediately discerned where the problem lay with this furnace.
Since his teenage years, he had already been fiddling with refining furnace formations.
The Canglang Sect, known for its domineering nature, had mediocre industry.
The refining furnaces within the industry were indeed typical, and the refining furnaces they utilized were also still of the older style.
With such a simple structure, a Second Grade "older style" refining furnace, Mo Hua could pinpoint the issue even with his eyes closed.
To resolve this would be but a matter of lifting a finger.
But he did not.
One must learn to be low-key, to be reserved.
There’s no need to appear too much like a genius, otherwise, it may incite jealousy and bring unnecessary trouble.
Mo Hua said, "Let me take a look," then climbed onto the Refining Furnace and ostentatiously examined it left and right, finally copying a Formation Diagram and sat at one side, pretending to concentrate on studying it.
The other guests, witnessing this, also sneered inwardly, thinking that the so-called genius from the Fifth-Grade Major Sect, whom the Sect Leader favored so much, was just this much.