Mo Hua walked into the mural, into the mouth of the zombie, and into a secret passage.
The passage was narrow and dark but not long.
Less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, after passing through the secret passage, the space before Mo Hua suddenly opened up.
What came into view was a massive altar.
The altar was exquisitely arranged, resplendent with gold and glittering with jewels.
The sandalwood was precious, the candle stands were of jade, the candles were gilded, and a giant incense burner engraved with gold beast patterns, with incense smoldering inside, wafting curls of smoke.
Above the altar were placed five-color spirit flowers, as offerings alongside pigs, sheep, and spirit beasts.
In front of the altar hung banners of golden yellow, with jiao dragon patterned lanterns suspended from them.
In the middle of the altar stood an enshrined sculpture.
It was covered with a yellow cloth, obscuring its appearance.
But the material used for it was either gold or jade.
The entire altar was both imposing and luxurious.
Mo Hua clicked his tongue, silently murmuring to himself,
"This thing... must've cost a fortune in spirit stones..."
As he looked down, his brow furrowed, his gaze becoming even more stunned.
Underneath the altar lay a gigantic bronze coffin.
The coffin bore greenish patinas of bronze rust, suggesting it had endured many years of decay, exuding an ancient and rotten aura.
Around the huge bronze coffin were arranged numerous iron coffins.
These iron coffins housed iron corpses and were slightly smaller in comparison to the bronze coffin, appearing blackish-green in color.
Beyond the iron coffins, as far as the eye could see, were densely packed dark wooden coffins.
There were thousands of these wooden coffins, so many that in just a moment, Mo Hua couldn't count exactly how many there were.
Between the coffins, blood-red formation patterns connected them.
First, they classified the wooden coffins, connecting them to above the iron coffins, and then through the iron coffins, with blood-red patterns, they led to the large bronze coffin in the center.
On the ground among the multitude of coffins were drawn several sinister and strange formations.
All of the evil formations were linked together.
Sinister yet magnificent.
A shiver ran through Mo Hua's heart.
Is this... an evil path great formation?
He suppressed the shock in his heart, focused his mind, and used his divine sense to deduce the formation pivot and number of formations, sighing with relief afterward.
Not a great formation...
Although they looked menacing, the number of single formations, the structure of the formation pivot, and the scale of the formations did not qualify as a great formation.
At most, it could be considered a "quasi-great formation."
In essence, it was still a compound formation, much less powerful than a great formation, yet much stronger than an average compound formation.
This was the strongest compound formation Mo Hua had ever encountered.
And it was also an evil path compound formation.
Seeing Mo Hua's shocked expression, Lu Chengyun felt quite pleased with himself, with a smile playing at the corner of his mouth, he asked,
"Young gentleman, what do you think?"
Mo Hua had his own thoughts, pretending not to have seen through it, his expression changing uncertainly, until, utterly baffled, he said,
"Lu Family Head, you're actually constructing a great formation!"
Lu Chengyun humbly said,
"It's not quite a great formation, just a compound formation of a larger scale."
But pride flashed in his eyes as he was clearly very proud of the formation he had laid out.
Mo Hua then feigned as though he had seen very little of the world, saying in amazement,
"Such scale, and it's still not considered a great formation..."
Lu Chengyun smiled and asked,
"Young gentleman, haven't you seen a great formation before?"
Mo Hua blinked.
In his heart he thought, I can't just tell you that I've not only seen one but have also been the lead architect of a Grade-One Eleven-Pattern Five Elements Slaughter Demon Great Formation, which I used to slay a big demon in the end...
Even if he said so, Lu Chengyun probably wouldn't believe it.
Hence, Mo Hua shook his head with a "sincere" face, and longingly said,