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The next day, when Scarface was about to Replenish from others, he found that the woman he used for Replenishment had died.
Scarface found it hard to believe.
She had been fine before, so why had she suddenly lost the will to live and sought her own death?
Scarface was both angry and irritable.
He was at a critical point in his cultivation, needing to Replenish daily, or his Evil Skills would surely backlash.
In the short term, it was fine, at most causing fiery energy to surge up and his mood to become volatile.
But if it went on for too long, the backlash would intensify, causing minor spiritual power disarray or, at worst, complete loss of sanity.
He needed to find another woman to serve as his cauldron!
But the desolate Big Black Mountain, where could he find a woman to Replenish from?
Recently, the Householder had even sent a message down, asking the brothers of the Black Mountain Stronghold to keep a low profile and commit fewer offenses outside, so as not to attract attention.
He was already short of cauldrons, and now he was truly out of options.
With no other choice, Scarface could only try to suppress the fiery energy and curb the desire to avoid losing his sanity.
To the right within the Black Mountain Stronghold, there was a waterfall.
The water from the waterfall streamed down from the mountain, like white silk cascading across and falling into the stronghold, then flowing down into the abyss below.
The water of the waterfall was ice-cold to the bone.
Seeing no one around, Scarface took off his Taoist Robe and storage bag and placed them to one side, sitting alone under the waterfall in meditation, using the coldness of the waterfall to suppress the fiery energy.
But such a method was only a temporary fix and didn’t address the root of the problem.
The unbearable heat within him still made him feel like he was burning up.
His temperament became increasingly irritable and cruel, so he didn’t notice that Mo Hua, who was hiding nearby, quietly picked up his clothes and storage bag.
Mo Hua secured his storage bag and then threw Scarface’s Taoist Robe onto the cliff’s edge by the waterfall.
Below the cliff was an abyss; a fall would mean certain death.
Then Mo Hua patiently waited nearby.
About half an hour later, Scarface under the waterfall opened his eyes, feeling the fiery energy inside him slightly recede, and got up to leave. He saw that his Taoist Robe and storage bag were gone.
Scarface frowned and looked around, spotting his Taoist Robe at the edge of the waterfall.
“Was it washed away?” he thought irritably.
He went to the edge of the waterfall and picked up the Taoist Robe.
At the same time, Mo Hua’s eyes narrowed and he focused his Qi, launching three consecutive Fireball Techniques.
The three Fireball Techniques were fast and accurate.
The first hit Scarface in the face, meant to take him by surprise; the second struck his chest, to unbalance him; the third aimed at his knees, trying to make him slip off the cliff to his death.
The three Fireballs exploded in quick succession, catching Scarface off guard.
As Mo Hua had anticipated, Scarface was initially shocked, then stumbled backward, and finally slipped at the brink, starting to fall down below the waterfall.
Just as Mo Hua thought he was undoubtedly doomed,
Suddenly, a pair of hands appeared on the cliff.
Scarface, in a crucial moment, clenched the stones on the edge with his hands, his fingertips gouging into the rock. Though he slipped, he didn’t fall.
Scarface, being a Body Cultivator with a formidable physique, strained his arms and leaped up from below the waterfall.
Then his eyes turned blood-red as he flew into a furious rage.
“Who is the cowardly scoundrel daring to ambush me?”
“Show yourself!” he roared menacingly, but of course, Mo Hua did not reveal himself.
He only felt a pity in his heart that he had not been able to finish Scarface off.
But that was only the first step; if this plan failed, there would be another.
Mo Hua, holding Scarface’s storage bag, quietly left the area.
Scarface was still cursing and shouting in place.
He released his Divine Sense, scanning the waterfall, rocks, and woods all around, but found not a trace of anyone.
“What’s going on? Where is the person?”
Scarface looked puzzled and became angrier the more he thought about it.
“Exactly who is plotting against me?”
Suddenly, a thought crossed his mind.
The Fireball Technique?
Among the people he knew, there was only one who was adept at the Fireball Technique.