"Am I familiar with it?"
Yang Jishan couldn't understand what level of 'familiar' was being implied. He probed further, asking:
"Then, young brother, do you know how to break the Formation of Ten Thousand Corpses?"
All the cultivators present turned their gaze towards Mo Hua.
After pondering for a moment and sizing up everyone, especially the strengths of the cultivators from the Taoist Court, Mo Hua nodded:
"There is one way."
Yang Jishan was overjoyed, "What method?"
Mo Hua asked, "Do you still have the map of the Stone Palace?"
"Yes!"
Yang Jishan immediately ordered someone to spread the map on the stone table in the hall.
Mo Hua marked several spots on the map. These spots were located deep within the Stone Palace in areas that were slightly secluded and unremarkable, and the stone walls were solid with no special features.
A puzzled look crossed Yang Jishan's face.
Mo Hua then explained:
"These places are sealed vaults, which contain many Spirit Stones..."
"Spirit Stones?" Yang Jishan frowned.
"Yes." Mo Hua nodded.
"The Spirit Stones that Lu Chengyun made the zombies mine as slaves, a large portion of them, are hidden in these sealed vaults within the Corpse Mine."
He had found this out the previous night after sneaking around invisibly and eavesdropping here and there.
"What then?" Yang Jishan asked once more.
"Destroy these Spirit Stones, and you can break the Formation of Ten Thousand Corpses," Mo Hua replied.
Yang Jishan fell silent.
The expressions of the others were also somewhat complicated.
Some even showed disappointment.
Mo Hua didn't understand why.
On the contrary, a senior Formation Master, intending to be helpful, reminded:
"Young brother, you're young and probably aren't aware that Evil Formations differ from normal formations..."
"Normal formations refine Spirit Stones to convert Spiritual Power and drive the formation..."
"But Evil Formations, they're powered by Blood Qi, flesh and bones, Divine Souls and lifeforce, resentment from living beings, and Filthy Qi from nature and other types of Evil Power."
"That makes the formation strange and its power greatly enhanced. It also pollutes the flesh and Spiritual Power of cultivators to an even greater degree..."
"Lu Chengyun's Formation of Ten Thousand Corpses is the same."
"This formation isn't driven by Spiritual Power, so even if you destroy the vault and the Spirit Stones, it won't help. At most, it will only result in Lu Chengyun losing some of his Spirit Stone assets..."
Mo Hua shook his head, "It's not like that."
The senior Formation Master was momentarily taken aback.
The other Formation Masters were also a bit astonished.
Mo Hua explained further:
"Lu Chengyun's Formation of Ten Thousand Corpses evolved from the Large Formation of Corpses. It has the structure of a Large Formation but not its scale; thus it is a Compound Formation..."
"Even so, the required Evil Power is vast."
"He couldn't carry out a massacre in the city, and without being able to refine Evil Power from blood, resentment, and hatred, he resorted to a compromise."
"He constructed the Compound Formation eye to refine Spirit Stones, using Spiritual Power to drive the formation, then polluted the Spiritual Power with Blood Qi, creating Evil Power to drive the entire Formation of Ten Thousand Corpses."
The senior Formation Master's expression was shaken, and the other Formation Masters looked at each other with surprise and uncertainty.
"So..."
Mo Hua continued:
"By destroying the vault and the Spirit Stones, you're essentially cutting off the supply for the Formation of Ten Thousand Corpses, rendering its Formation eye useless, and naturally breaking the formation."
"And since the Formation eye has already been constructed, it cannot be modified in a short time."
"Once the Spirit Stones are gone, even if Lu Chengyun wanted to resort to killing and plundering a city to use the blood and flesh for Evil Power to drive the formation, it would be impossible."
After Mo Hua finished, everyone's expressions changed, but they remained silent.
Ordinary cultivators, either not understanding formations or only having a rudimentary grasp, couldn't fully comprehend.
The few Formation Masters who did understand, after Mo Hua's explanation, felt that he made a lot of sense. Still, they were somewhat uncertain...
This matter concerned the orders of the Taoist Court, the suppressing of the Corpse Mine, the extermination of the Corpse King, and the eradication of the Taoist Demon.
Such matters were no trifling affair.