Mo Hua was puzzled.
You are constructing an Evil Formation, so why switch to a righteous way for such a critical part?
Seeing the confusion in Mo Hua's expression, Lu Chengyun sighed and said,
"The Formation eye of the Evil Path Compound Formation would result in too many killings, something my Lu Family cannot bear to do..."
Mo Hua inwardly cursed him for his pretense, but he praised him solemnly,
"Family Head Lu truly has a heart of compassion..."
Speaking nonsense with his eyes open, yet his face remained serious.
Lu Chengyun was slightly startled; he wasn't sure if Mo Hua was praising him or mocking him...
Of course, he didn't care.
"However..." Mo Hua showed some reluctance as he said, "I don't have a Formation Diagram."
Lu Chengyun then handed Mo Hua the Formation Diagram of the Formation.
Mo Hua glanced at it and instantly had a rough idea.
The Formation Diagram was incomplete.
It only contained the relevant parts of the Formation eye and the Formation Pivot.
Indeed, one could use this to construct the Formation eye system of the Formation, but it was impossible to know the full picture of how Spiritual Power operates.
Mo Hua looked over the Formation of Ten Thousand Corpses Diagram again and gradually understood.
The Evil Path Great Formation required vast amounts of Blood Qi and Evil Power to operate the Formation.
In deriving from the Formation of Ten Thousand Corpses, the Ten Thousand Corpses Compound Formation requires less Blood Qi and Evil Power, but the total amount is still massive.
According to the Formation Diagram, to construct the Formation eye of the Formation of Ten Thousand Corpses, it was initially necessary to use a Blood Refining Formation and a Blood Spirit Formation as part of a Compound Formation.
First, killing people and refining the cultivators' Blood Qi using the Blood Refining Formation, extracting the Spiritual Power from the cultivators.
Then, through the Blood Spirit Formation, the cultivators' Blood Qi and Spiritual Power are fused to form Evil Power, which propels the operation of the Great Formation.
By doing so, a multitude of cultivators would need to be killed.
Mo Hua remembered what his junior female apprentice said.
Some Demon Path Great Formations even massacre all the cultivators in a city, to refine their Blood Spirit and inject it into the Formation eye, driving the entire Great Formation.
The Ten Thousand Corpses Compound Formation does not need to kill that many cultivators at once.
But over time, as long as the Formation operates, people will need to be continuously killed, and Spiritual Power and Blood Qi must be constantly refined to sustain the Formation.
South Yue City does not have so many cultivators to be killed so wantonly.
Besides, the Lu Family also dare not kill like that.
If they really did kill that many people, even a fool would notice something was wrong.
It is also impossible for the Taoist Court to tolerate such acts.
Unless the Lu Family truly wishes to rebel against the Taoist Court and the entire clan fall into the Demon Path, swearing allegiance to the Demon Sect, would they dare to do such a thing.
But such conduct is far too malicious in nature.
Once discovered by the Taoist Court, they would certainly be suppressed by Taoist Soldiers, and the whole clan slaughtered without leaving a single survivor.
Mo Hua estimated that Lu Chengyun did not have the courage for this.
Even if he did, not all the many people in the Lu Family were willing to be so reckless with their lives.
Although it was an Evil Formation, the Evil Formation's eye could not be used.
So they had no choice but to use the Spiritual Power Formation eye.
Mo Hua estimated that Lu Chengyun intended to use the Gathering Spirit Array as the Formation eye and Spirit Stones as material to refine Spiritual Power.
Once the Spiritual Power circulated, it would then be corrupted by the Evil Energies in the Evil Formation, turning the clean Spiritual Power into Evil Power, thus driving the entire Ten Thousand Corpses Compound Formation.
"Master was right; the formations of the Righteous Dao are the foundation, and those of the Demon Path are just opportunistic shortcuts," Mo Hua silently thought to himself.
But this Lu Chengyun, his understanding of formations was also quite profound.
He could actually think of such a method that mixes the righteous and the evil.
Mo Hua thought for a moment and then hesitantly refused,
"Family Head Lu, Compound Formations... I'm not too familiar with them. I'm afraid I may not be able to construct it..."
Yet Lu Chengyun said, "You can do it."
Mo Hua was puzzled, "How do you know?"
"I heard it from Elder Su," Lu Chengyun replied.
"Elder Su?" Mo Hua frowned, "Does this matter have something to do with Elder Su as well?"
Lu Chengyun shook his head, "It has nothing to do with him."
Lu Chengyun looked at Mo Hua and sighed,
"When chatting leisurely with Elder Su, he mentioned your insights on constructing Formation eyes were truly extraordinary. Upon hearing it, Lu Chengyun was deeply impressed!"
"With such insight, involving advanced Compound Formations and even the central structure of Great Formations, one could not have such an exceptional understanding without a profound inheritance of Formation knowledge and guidance from Formation experts."
"Therefore, I had the idea to ask Gentleman to help me construct the Formation eye of the Ten Thousand Corpses Compound Formation."
Mo Hua understood.
It turned out to be Elder Su, who had slipped up.
When Mo Hua taught him back then, he had instructed him not to tell others.
Perhaps Elder Su did not regard the Family Head as an outsider...
Or maybe, he wanted to brag about Mo Hua in front of the Family Head to give Mo Hua some credit but did not expect it to backfire.
Elder Su probably did not anticipate that Lu Chengyun was not a good person.
Mo Hua sighed inwardly.
These insights regarding the Formation eye stem from his enlightenment when he constructed the Five Elements Slaughter Demon Great Formation.
The construction of the Formation eye of a Great Formation, if used on a Compound Formation, would naturally be more than sufficient.
Lu Chengyun's this sort of thinking was, in fact, normal.
He tried to overestimate Mo Hua's level of proficiency in formations.
However, his "overestimation" was still, in essence, an underestimation.
Mo Hua thought for a while, then showed a difficult expression,
"I've only ever engaged in theoretical discussion; I might not actually be able to construct it..."
Lu Chengyun appeared very forgiving,
"No matter, Gentleman, feel free to try. Trial and error are part of Formation construction. I believe with Gentleman's intelligence, you will not disappoint Lu Chengyun..."
Implicitly suggesting, disappointing him would mean there would be consequences to face...
Mo Hua understood Lu Chengyun's thoughts and sighed helplessly,
"Alright, I'll try."