"I haven’t been with a woman for a month either, I’m getting rusty..."
"Screw you, no manners..."
...
A group of people noisily boarded the boat and set off, lighting green ghostly fires, resembling yakshas at night, patrolling the Mistwater River.
Gu Changhuai silently counted the heads.
Once this group of water bandits sailed far away, the surroundings returned to silence.
Gu Changhuai said: "The ones who went out, roughly more than two hundred people. According to the habits of water bandits, they generally send out half, leaving the other half. There are probably around two hundred water bandits left on the island."
"In total, there should be around four hundred."
"At present, there are no Golden Cores. Of course, it’s also possible that the Golden Core is not on the island."
Meanwhile, Mo Hua had roughly completed the topographic map of the island’s Formation.
"Should we go back now?"
Gu Changhuai pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No rush, let’s wait until dawn. This group of water bandits is roaming the Mistwater River. If we go out now, we’ll easily run into them."
"At that time, killing is not an option, nor is not killing."
Killing them would alert the enemy.
If not killed, with the nature of these water bandits, they won’t give up easily.
Thus, the three waited on the small boat.
Gu Changhuai and Xia Canonical Official took turns keeping watch.
Mo Hua, on the other hand, took out a small blanket and wrapped himself tightly, lying down in the cabin to sleep, letting his Divine Sense sink into his Sea of Consciousness, practicing the Formation on the Taoist Stele.
The Dao of Formations emphasizes persevering effort, hence diligence is necessary.
Nothing should interrupt the practice of Formations unless absolutely necessary.
As for safety issues.
In the Second Grade State Border, with two Golden Core Realm Supervisors acting as bodyguards, Mo Hua was quite at ease.
Gu Changhuai and Xia Canonical Official watched the Mistwater River with vigilance, then turned their heads to see Mo Hua curled up in the cabin, sleeping peacefully like a little cat, prompting a sigh from both.
This child truly has a big heart.
In this situation, how is he able to sleep?
Both silently stared at Mo Hua for a moment, then looked up simultaneously and, meeting each other’s eyes, were momentarily stunned, before silently looking away without saying a word.
Thus, Mo Hua practiced Formations all night.
As dawn approached, Mo Hua opened his eyes, neatly folded the small blanket, stored it in the Storage Bag, then took out a jug of fruit wine, and began eating two pieces of jerky.
While eating, he noticed two gazes watching him.
Mo Hua grabbed another handful of jerky, handed it over, and said, "Uncle Gu, Sister Xia, would you like some?"
"Go ahead and eat..."
Both of them had complex expressions.
"Oh."
Mo Hua didn’t insist.
Once he finished breakfast on time, the sky had already brightened with the dawn. Sounds came from afar as the water bandits returned.
Their faces were undisguised excitement, with blood on them, unsure whether it was human blood or water demon blood.
Dozens of boats returned laden with loot.
Some carried blood-drenched water demon corpses.
Other boats were heavily laden, packed with gold-encrusted Storage Boxes, seemingly plundered from merchant ships.
Several other boats had fresh corpses, both male and female, piled together like dead fish, purpose unknown.
Xia Canonical Official turned pale, her gaze icy, murder intent flickering in her eyes.
Gu Changhuai glanced at her silently and softly said, "Don’t act impulsively."
Xia Canonical Official didn’t respond, but her fingers turned white from gripping tightly.
Thus, under the cover of rivergrass, Mo Hua and the others silently watched the water bandits return to the island.
They seemed somewhat unsatisfied.
"Dawn again, damn it, not yet satisfied."
"I hardly did anything..."
"Damn Taoist Court dogs, it’ll be good when they’re all dead so we don’t have to hide like this."
"Or if there were no sun, and all twelve hours were nighttime, there would be nothing to worry about..."
"Damn sun, it’s up again..."