"Feather Transformation is different from the Golden Core; Feather Transformation can turn spiritual power into feathers, allowing flight in the air."
"Once indulged in a killing nature, coming and going swiftly, slaughtering at will, these sect disciples of the Foundation Establishment Realm in the Refining Demon Mountain would indeed be like insignificant weeds, with countless deaths and injuries."
"This, for the sect, would also be a huge disaster."
"Long ago, such events have happened, so later, it was simply and entirely prohibited for any cultivators above the Feather Transformation to enter the outer mountain of the Refining Demon Mountain."
"I see..."
Mo Hua suddenly understood and nodded.
Therefore, the strongest power of these demon cultivators here won’t exceed the Golden Core.
Mo Hua glanced at Xun Ziyou.
Elder Xun is at the late Golden Core stage, with profound cultivation, and seems to not be weak in actual combat, so he should be able to protect him.
Mo Hua’s confidence increased.
"Elder Xun, let’s go back first," Mo Hua said.
"Go back?" Xun Ziyou was puzzled.
Mo Hua explained, "Come again at night; most monster beasts are active during the night."
"Demon cultivators practice demon techniques, drink demon broth, and eat monster meat, walking the demon path, usually making big moves at night."
"Moreover, over the years, the demon cultivators have been lurking here without leaving a trace, likely because they move out at night when the Refining Demon Mountain is deserted, secretly hunting beasts, so no one discovered them..."
"So, coming at night is better."
Xun Ziyou said, "Then why not just wait here?"
Mo Hua silently looked at Xun Ziyou and whispered, "We’re going back to check on some things."
"Check what?" Xun Ziyou was baffled again.
Mo Hua pointed to the white bones with "gnaw marks" on them and slowly said:
"Check the origins of these demon cultivators."
Xun Ziyou’s gaze slightly hardened, instantly understanding.
If these demon cultivators were formerly sect disciples, then there would undoubtedly be records in the Refining Demon Mountain’s archives.
For example, disciples who "disappeared" in the Refining Demon Mountain in recent years...
Disciples "died"...
They might not really have "disappeared" or "died" in the Refining Demon Mountain.
It’s very possible that they "transformed" into demon cultivators there, thus abandoning their original identities and "dying" in the sect archives...
Xun Ziyou felt a slight chill in his heart.
This speculation is quite reasonable.
Then he looked at Mo Hua with a strange glance.
The things he just figured out, did this child already foresee them?
Why does it feel like Mo Hua, this disciple, knows more than himself?
It seems like he deals with these demons and monsters every day...
While Xun Ziyou was dazed, Mo Hua had already started withdrawing, halfway back, turning to see Xun Ziyou still in a daze, couldn’t help but say:
"Elder Xun, let’s go."
Xun Ziyou snapped back to reality, nodded, "Alright."
Just looking at Mo Hua’s back, his gaze still trembled slightly.
Perhaps not only he himself had mistaken, even the ancestor might have been wrong.
This child... is likely not just a "formation genius."
Perhaps, even treating him merely as a "disciple" might not suffice...
...
The two returned to the mountain gate, and Mo Hua said:
"Elder Xun, we need to check the archives to see which disciples have disappeared or ’died’ in the Refining Demon Mountain in recent years, preferably with portraits..."
Mo Hua had another vague suspicion that needed to be verified.
"Alright."
Xun Ziyou sighed, somewhat reluctantly.
He suddenly felt like Mo Hua was the "elder," and he was merely a bodyguard doing odd jobs for "Elder Mo."
Xun Ziyou walked towards the archive room in the Refining Demon Mountain Hall.
Mo Hua naturally followed.
But after a few steps, Xun Ziyou stopped him, "You can’t go in."