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This was Mo Hua's second visit to Bishan City.
Cliffs hung suspended, with sheer walls rising a thousand ren, and mountain ridges interwoven.
Most of the cave dwellings were built against the steep cliffs, looking both extraordinary and majestic.
But within the city, the atmosphere was somewhat oppressive.
Passersby on the streets were all silent, their expressions anxious and solemn.
In the presence of the Taoist Court officials and the entire city's Cultivators, the Fire Buddha had massacred the entire Xie family of Cultivators.
Turning the Xie residence into a sea of flames, the whole family lineage ceased, eradicating centuries of foundation in an instant.
Many in Bishan City felt a sense of personal danger.
Gu Changhuai's expression became uglier by the minute, his face iron-blue with anger, almost wishing he could immediately behead the Fire Buddha and his gang of Sin Cultivators and display their heads to the public.
Soon, the two of them arrived at the ruins of the Xie family estate.
A sight of complete desolation greeted their eyes, with nothing but scorched earth left.
Tiles were embedded in the ground outside the Xie family estate, each marked with Formation Patterns that connected end to end, forming a faint, invisible barrier that cordoned off the charred remains of the Xie family estate, forbidding outsider entry.
This was the warning Formation laid by the Taoist Court.
"You stay here and watch," said Gu Changhuai.
Although Mo Hua disagreed, he had no choice but to peek inside from beyond the barriers of the warning Formation.
With that glance, he noticed some clues.
Though it was entirely blackened, there were still traces of Formation Patterns around the perimeter of the Xie estate.
"Second Grade Golden Earth Gen Mountain Compound Formation..."
Mo Hua muttered to himself.
Hearing the name of this Formation, Gu Changhuai froze in surprise.
Mo Hua continued to look, releasing his Divine Sense, no longer using Tricky Calculation but only employing Calculation to deduce the Spirit Traces left by the Formation Patterns, murmuring softly to himself:
"The perimeter of the Xie family estate..."
"Originally was... a Second Grade Golden Earth Gen Mountain Compound Formation, a defensive formation composed of the Five Elements Gold and Earth and the Eight Trigrams Gen Mountain..."
"But the Patterns have been altered..."
"Only the Golden Series Patterns were changed, the rest were untouched..."
"It's not that...through the alterations of the Golden Series Patterns, the changes to the Earth Series Formation, the effects have been altered..."
"The Second Grade Golden Earth Gen Mountain Compound Formation, turned into..."
"A Second Grade 'Burial' Earth Gen Mountain Compound Formation..."
"This Trapping Formation, has buried the entire Xie family within their own home..."
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The more Gu Changhuai listened, the more horrified he became, his tone becoming grave:
"Who told you this?"
"What?" Mo Hua was slightly startled.
"The matter of the Xie family's Formation..." Gu Changhuai's face was serious.
Mo Hua expressed his confusion: "Do you still need to be told about such things? Can't you see it at a glance..."
See it at a glance...
Gu Changhuai turned his head to look at the pitch-black scorched earth in front of him.
See it at a glance, my ass?
How could you possibly see it?
It's pitch-black, all debris, everything is burned, what can you see?
Gu Changhuai found it somewhat unbelievable.
What Mo Hua said, was exactly the same as what the Taoist Court had verified...
The difference was, on the side of the Taoist Court, they had several Second Grade Formation Masters examine the site from morning till night for three full days, and after careful comparison, they only then reconstructed the changes in these Formations from the rubble.
Thus, they knew exactly what had been tampered with regarding the Xie family's Formation.
But Mo Hua...
He just walked over, took one look...
Even from outside the warning Formation, without entering, he saw everything?
Gu Changhuai's feelings were complex.
While the evidence was before his eyes, common sense made him refuse to believe such an absurd truth.