574: The Mysterious Robe_3
Mo Shan examined it closely for a moment, then suddenly his eyes widened, his mouth agape in disbelief.
“Is this… the bone of a Second Grade Monster Beast?”
“Hmm.” Mo Hua, nibbling on a chicken leg, nodded and said, “Dad, you really do have good eyesight!”
Mo Shan didn’t know what to say.
Was it really a matter of good eyesight…
Remembering the strange events in the deep mountains, he asked:
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“How… where did you get this from?”
After some thought, Mo Hua decided not to hide the truth, “I needed Spiritual Ink for my Formation Painting, so I bribed a Big Tiger with some dried fish. Then we teamed up to kill a Second Grade Monster Beast; it ate the meat, and I collected the blood…”
“These bones, these teeth, were all left over after the Big Tiger had its fill…”
“I thought they might sell for Spirit Stones, so I brought them back…”
What Mo Shan heard sounded like a fantasy.
Bribing a tiger with dried fish?
Hunting a Second Grade Monster Beast?
This tale sounded like something a child would concoct; who would believe it if he told others…
But Mo Shan couldn’t help but believe it…
Mo Shan fell silent for a moment, then couldn’t help asking, “How many… how many Second Grade Monster Beasts have you killed?”
Worried that his parents would be anxious, Mo Hua said, “It wasn’t me who killed them, it was the Big Tiger. I just helped out a tiny bit…”
“I didn’t keep count of how many were killed…”
“It seems there were at least eight or nine…”
“And there are a lot more bones that I’ve left in the yard…”
Mo Shan and Liu Ruhua looked at each other, momentarily lost for words…
Second Grade Monster Beasts…
Once upon a time, Second Grade Monster Beasts roamed unchecked in Big Black Mountain.
It was possible that not one would die over the course of a hundred or two hundred years…
Yet since Mo Hua’s return, in just a short span of one or two months, eight or nine had died…
Mo Shan sighed and looked at Mo Hua helplessly.
Well, it might be for the best to go to Qian State for study…
He was only fifteen after all; if he grew up a bit more, and his knowledge of formations improved even further, Tongxian City, the entirety of Big Black Mountain, even the entire Big Black Mountain State boundary might not be able to withstand his antics…
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Later, Mo Shan helped Mo Hua sell the materials from these Second Grade Monster Beasts.
The fur was damaged by the Big Tiger’s claws, the bones had all been gnawed on, and the claws and teeth had some damage from the combat, all considered “substandard goods.”
But as they were indeed materials from Second Grade Monster Beasts, the price was still quite good.
In Big Black Mountain State boundary, there were no Second Grade Formation Masters.
But there were a few Second Grade Artifact Refiners.
These materials could be used to craft Second Grade Spiritual Artifacts.
Having estimated their value, Mo Shan figured that selling all of them would bring in approximately five to six thousand Spirit Stones, though they had to be sold in batches since other stores or passing merchants couldn’t take in so much at once.
Mo Hua was overjoyed.
This way, the problem of the Spirit Stones needed for the Second-grade Earth Fire Formation was also solved.
Learning formations, painting formations, using formations…
Not only would he not be at a loss, but he would also earn some Spirit Stones, as well as accumulate a large amount of Spiritual Ink.
However, Mo Hua’s happiness didn’t last long before he noticed something was amiss…
The Second Grade Monster Beasts in the deep mountains had suddenly become much scarcer, as if they were all hiding, afraid to show their faces…
In the past, Second Grade Monster Beasts would stroll through the deep mountains, swaggering fearlessly.
But now, when they saw the Big Tiger or Mo Hua, they would flee as if they’d seen a ghost, early on…
Even their movements became cautious; they were afraid of stepping into an Earth Fire Formation.
During their hunting, they also preferred to make it quick, a hit-and-run.
After being seven or eight parts full, they would immediately return to their dens to hunker down, hiding deep within, terrified of being detected by Mo Hua’s Divine Sense…
Mo Hua was somewhat helpless and a little angry.