Mr. Zhuang was aware of the changes in the Heavenly Dao, but Mo Hua had no clue at this moment.
He found a hidden patch of grass at the entrance of the cave and used his Concealment Technique to hide within it.
Even a Foundation Building Cultivator wouldn’t be able to detect him.
Mo Hua was somewhat worried about Elder Yu and the others, but after watching the entrance for a long time, there was no movement inside.
"Is there no Monster Beast in this nest?"
Mo Hua felt puzzled.
When he probed with his Divine Sense, he found that the nest had a faint Monster Qi, a depressing aura, and didn’t seem like it housed a Monster Beast.
Or to say, a Second Grade Monster Beast might have resided here, but now it was gone; otherwise, the Monster Qi inside wouldn’t be so weak.
What kind of Second Grade Monster Beast had lived here before?
Mo Hua frowned and thought for a moment, then suddenly got a shock, silently thinking to himself:
"It couldn’t be that Pig Monster…"
The Patriarch of the Qian Family wanted to refine the Lifespan Transformation Elixir, and refining Evil Pills required an Evil Formation, which in turn needed flesh and blood as Formation media.
The flesh and blood to serve as Formation media was either human or demon.
The Lifespan Transformation Elixir was difficult to refine and took a long time. Human Blood Qi was not enough to sustain such a lengthy alchemy process.
Furthermore, to refine such pills, one had to continuously use humans as ingredients.
It wasn’t likely that the Patriarch of the Qian Family would actually force people to consume human flesh.
Therefore, the most suitable to serve as a Pill Furnace was a Second Grade Monster Beast.
Monster Beasts consume humans, their Blood Qi is strong and vast, and they have long lifespans, indeed, they are the most suitable candidates for the Pill Furnace for Lifespan Transformation Elixirs.
Mo Hua gradually had a guess.
This nest might belong to that Pig Monster.
It might have fallen into the hands of the Patriarch of the Qian Family after being seriously injured, allowing the Patriarch to take advantage of its weakness.
The Patriarch of the Qian Family then took over this nest and turned it into his secret Pill Room.
Even if a Second Grade Monster Beast was seriously injured, it wouldn’t be something the Patriarch could deal with alone. Likely, the Chief Elder of the Qian Family also played a role in subduing the Pig Monster.
In the process of subduing the Pig Monster, the Chief Elder of the Qian Family lost an arm to the beast and also suffered severe injuries, which would likely have not left him long to live.
But with the Human Life Pill, it was different.
The Human Life Pill used human life as a catalyst, which could both replenish Blood Qi and prolong life.
However, if the Chief Elder consumed the Human Life Pill and recovered from his injuries, it would have raised suspicions.
The Patriarch of the Qian Family simply let the Chief Elder fake his death, deceiving everyone, and unnoticed by gods or ghosts, he hid in the mountains to build Black Mountain Stronghold, to recruit Evil Cultivators for him, to help him refine Human Life Pills, and at the same time to help him refine Lifespan Transformation Elixirs.
Although these were only Mo Hua’s speculations, the truth was probably not far off.
Mo Hua sighed inwardly, "This Patriarch of the Qian Family is truly meticulous."
Mo Hua looked at the nest in front of him, feeling increasingly uneasy.
With the Patriarch of the Qian Family being so cunning and shrewd, what kind of dangers did he lay out in the depths of this nest?
It was now night, the dew was heavy in the deep mountains, and the mountain breeze brought with it a wave of cold.
Mo Hua couldn’t help but shiver but then suddenly heard a soft sound of wind.
Mo Hua was slightly taken aback and listened carefully, realizing the sound came from inside the cave.
It was the echo of the wind.
Mo Hua’s eyelid twitched.
With the nest being so deep, how could there be an echo when the mountain wind blew?
Mo Hua concealed his form and carefully walked into the nest, using the sound to guide him, and eventually found that there was quite a large crack near the entrance’s wall.
Mo Hua touched the wall and felt that the soil and stones were fresh and had a faint dampness.
When he applied a little force, the soil and stones crumbled.
Mo Hua was shocked.
This was an entrance that someone had recently covered up with soil and stones.
And there were no Formations around the entrance.
All of Mo Hua’s attention had previously been on the Formations within the nest, so he had completely overlooked that there was another entrance here.
Mo Hua was skilled in Formations, but precisely because of this, he was blinded by Formations and neglected places without them.
The best swimmers may drown, the best riders may fall.
Was this the so-called ’invisibility of the obvious’?
Mo Hua sighed and cautioned himself to be more vigilant next time.
But what was this entrance for?