603: Suppress and Kill_3
He swept with his Divine Sense and peered with Calculation, but found no trace.
“It seems we can only wait to search Bald Eagle’s body later…”
Soon enough, everyone gathered their findings, bringing all the Storage Bags together.
People like Ouyang Feng, who came from Noble Clans, didn’t care much for many items and were sloppy in their search, picking only a few conspicuous things.
Mo Hua was different; he searched meticulously.
Anything the slightest bit odd, he collected, laying it out before him, piling up a small heap.
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Now the entire cave area was clean, as if locusts had swept through.
Shangguan Xu said, “Junior Brother, most of these… seem pretty useless…”
“Just in case,” Mo Hua replied, “in case there were any Formation, any Formation Patterns left behind, checking them now could lead us to any fish that escaped the net.”
“Alright then…”
They realized that this Junior Brother was quite fixated on Formations, truly not letting even the smallest clue slip by…
Then they began to deal with the spoils of the battle.
Mo Hua indeed managed to extract some fragmented Formation Patterns from these odds and ends.
It was unclear where they were from, but Mo Hua carefully noted each one down.
And that was it.
The rest were Spirit Stones, Spiritual Artifacts, Pills, and other common things that Cultivators would have.
Some books and Jade Slips were also nothing out of the ordinary.
Murong Caiyun took charge of these.
The Spirit Stones were evenly divided among the group.
These Sin Cultivators had done many evil deeds; the Spirit Stones they carried amounted to quite a sum.
But this was only for Mo Hua.
For Murong Caiyun and the others, being from Noble Clans, they were not short of Spirit Stones, so their expressions were unchanged when they received their share.
Among the group, only Mo Hua’s face broke into a smile, very pleased.
Twenty-three thousand Spirit Stones!
Enough for his own use for a very, very long time.
Indeed, in Qian State where Spirit Stones were spent plentifully, one could also “earn” a lot.
Mo Hua gleefully stored away the Spirit Stones.
The remaining items could not be divided so easily.
Moreover, they were all illegally obtained and difficult to handle.
As was customary, they had to be handed over to the Taoist Court first, recorded in the ledger, then converted into Merit Points, which everyone could then distribute according to the situation.
For Sect Disciples, Merit Points were more important than Spirit Stones.
These items were soon tallied and dealt with.
But Mo Hua was somewhat disappointed.
Whether it was the items he collected individually or those the group gathered together, there were only fragmented Formation Patterns, no complete, official Four Symbols Formation Diagrams.
Especially the Formation that Bald Eagle had painted on his bald head.
As the sky grew dark and the mountain winds turned piercingly cold.
Everyone got ready to leave, and Mo Hua thought it over before delicately expressing his request.
“Senior Sister Murong, could I take a look at the Formation on Bald Eagle’s head?”
Bald Eagle’s corpse had been enclosed in a simple coffin for preservation.
This was to be submitted to the Taoist Court to claim the bounty and exchange for Merit Points.
Mo Hua didn’t get a chance to examine the Formation on his head in detail.
Murong Caiyun frowned slightly, weighing her words:
“You… know what Formation that is, right?”
Mo Hua nodded, “It should be a Four Symbols Formation.”
Murong Caiyun sighed, “This should… not be ordinary, or rather, not a normal Four Symbols Formation…”
“Even if a Four Symbols Formation used Beast Patterns, it wouldn’t be this bizarre and ferocious…”
“Otherwise, the entire category of Four Symbols Formations would be classified as ‘Evil Formations’ or ‘Demon Formations’ and completely banned by the Taoist Court.”
“This Four Symbols Formation of Bald Eagle, blended with demonic power, fused with flesh and blood, likely involved some unorthodox techniques…”