Mo Hua returned to his room and practiced the Reversed Spirit Formation for a while.
He indeed felt the growth of his Divine Sense slowing down; it wasn’t as fast as before.
"It seems that I need to find more difficult formations to learn," Mo Hua silently thought to himself.
After practicing formations for a while more, until his Divine Sense was exhausted, Mo Hua rested for a short moment. Then he thought about it and opened his Storage Bag.
With the travels ahead, he didn’t know what he would encounter, so he decided to take an inventory of his possessions first.
The first item was Spirit Stones.
Mo Hua carried over a thousand Spirit Stones on his person.
There were also several thousand more Spirit Stones stored inside the carriage, sealed with a formation under Mr. Zhuang’s care.
These Spirit Stones were for Mo Hua’s Foundation Establishment.
He had earned some himself, some were saved by his parents, and some were given by Elder Yu.
At the very least, they should be enough for Foundation Establishment.
Additionally, there was a first-grade Spiritual Artifact, the Thousand Jun Stick.
Mo Hua had Master Chen reforge this Thousand Jun Stick; its material was now more robust, and he had added a layer of Thousand Jun Compound Formation to it. It felt even more comfortable to use when dealing blows stealthily.
Around Mo Hua’s neck, he also wore a Pill Jade.
This was a gift from Old Mr. Feng, with a faint warmth that could refresh and calm the mind.
Although Old Mr. Feng said "talk of merits is illusory and intangible,"
the Pill Jade seemed to truly carry the merit of Old Mr. Feng’s healing and saving lives, always emitting a gentle and moist luster.
Every time Mo Hua looked at it, he felt it contained a lot of goodwill.
Besides the Pill Jade, Mo Hua also wore a Monster Hunting Token around his neck.
This Monster Hunting Token was given to him by Elder Yu, and every Monster Hunter had one.
But Mo Hua found that his seemed a bit different.
Other Monster Hunters, after killing Monster Beasts, would have a thin red blood streak appear on their tokens.
After using the Great Formation Dissolution to kill Feng Xi, Mo Hua’s Monster Hunting Token also gained a bloodstreak.
However, this bloodstreak was half a finger thick and pale gold.
Mo Hua asked Elder Yu about it, and Elder Yu also looked puzzled, saying that he had never seen anything like it before, and even the Monster Hunter literature had no records of it.
A pale gold bloodstreak…
Mo Hua couldn’t figure it out, so he decided to leave it be for now.
Regardless of whether the bloodstreak on the Monster Hunting Token was red or gold, it didn’t matter much; there were no benefits presently, so he would figure it out when he had the time in the future.
Mo Hua also put the Bronze Waist Token from the Taoist Court in his Storage Bag.
According to Court Leader Zhou’s words, he had applied to the higher-ups, allocating a lot of Merit Points, which were now inside this token.
The Taoist Court in Tongxian City made a great contribution for slaying Feng Xi.
Court Leader Zhou, in his later tenure, received an unexpected major merit and was overjoyed beyond measure.
This merit was largely thanks to Mo Hua.
Mo Hua had a somewhat special identity; a thirteen-year-old first-grade Formation Master would raise disbelief if reported, so Court Leader Zhou did not make it clear to the Taoist Court. Instead, he subtly granted Mo Hua some extra benefits.
These benefits were the Merit Points inside the Bronze Waist Token.
Should Mo Hua need it when he was away from home, he could exchange the merits from the Merit Points for Spirit Stones or Spiritual Objects in case of emergency.
As for how much these Merit Points amounted to and what they could exchange for, he hadn’t tried yet and was unaware, but he imagined they wouldn’t be few.
Mo Hua tapped the token and felt more at ease.
Furthermore, the most important item was the ring of a first-grade Formation Master.
The ring was made of white jade inlaid with gold, simple yet luxurious.
Named the Heaven Shu Ring, it was crafted by the Heaven Shu Pavilion of the Taoist Court and given to those who passed the assessment as Formation Masters.
Nine star patterns were engraved on the ring, with three stripes on each star, symbolizing the nine ranks of formations, each with three levels.
Mo Hua’s Heaven Shu Ring now illuminated only one star, signifying that he was recognized by the Heaven Shu Pavilion as a Formation Master of the first rank.
The Heaven Shu Ring served as a proof of identity as a Formation Master and was also a small storage ring.
Like a Storage Bag, it could hold items, but its space was smaller and reserved for storing confidential and valuable objects.
Mo Hua placed the Jade Slip of the Heaven Yan Jue and some rare Formation Diagrams in the Heaven Shu Ring, tied it to a string, and also hung it around his neck.
He originally wanted to wear it on his hand, but it was too big for his fingers and could only fit his thumb, like a ring guard.
Mo Hua was always afraid that it might fall off, so he strung it with a string and hung it around his neck.
Now he had three items hanging around his neck, but thankfully they weren’t heavy and didn’t tire him to wear.
After checking his belongings, Mo Hua sat in meditation and then started Drawing Formations again.