242 Familiar_1
Mo Hua drew some Formations around the area, then stood guard over Ji Li, wary of other Monster Beasts and Cultivators.
After a while, Mo Hua’s Divine Sense stirred, detecting the approach of a Cultivator.
He released his Divine Sense to sense the area, and relaxed a bit, then shouted, “Uncle Zhou, over here!”
Not far away were three Monster Hunters, led by Zhou Cheng, the father of Zhou Daping.
They had hurried over in response to the trail of smoke and fire, and upon hearing the shout, they immediately rushed over, only to see Ji Li collapsed on the ground, covered in blood.
Seeing this, Zhou Cheng was startled and quickly asked, “How is the injury?”
“It’s been stabilized for now, but we need to hurry down the mountain to get Grandpa Feng to treat him,” said Mo Hua.
Zhou Cheng nodded and then asked Mo Hua, “Are you alright?”
“I’m fine,” Mo Hua shook his head.
Zhou Cheng let out a sigh of relief, “That’s good.”
Since saving the injured was a priority, Zhou Cheng did not say more. He motioned to several people to lift Ji Li onto a stretcher and then they headed down the mountain.
Mo Hua waved goodbye to them, silently thinking, “I hope it’s not too late.”
Uncle Ji only had that one son, Brother Ji.
Mo Hua did not follow them down the mountain; he still had things to do.
The burly man in black was still lying to the side, in a pitiful state, unconscious, but apparently not yet dead.
Mo Hua didn’t have the time to attend to him now. Later, when other Monster Hunters arrived, they could take the man back to see if they could get any information out of him.
“Right, the storage bag.”
Mo Hua suddenly remembered, ran over to the man, and found the storage bag that had been half-destroyed.
Without time to examine it closely, Mo Hua put the storage bag away and then took out the Compass Parent-Child Disk, contemplating as he looked at it:
“Brother Ji went into the mountains, he must have been with Uncle Ji. If Brother Ji was being chased, that means Uncle Ji is in danger too.”
“Moreover, this big man has deep Cultivation. He seems to kill without batting an eye, and his Sin Cultivator accomplices are probably not easy to deal with either.”
At the Compass Disk, Mo Hua found his own location and indeed noticed that not far to the south there was a bright spot.
This meant the fight was still ongoing.
Mo Hua’s eyes turned cold, put away the Compass, and headed south.
The bright spot to the south was located at a small hill.
The area was surrounded by dense shrubs, with fallen leaves accumulated underfoot, and scattered large trees stretching their branches, shading the sunlight, giving the area a secluded and tranquil appearance.
When Mo Hua arrived, he indeed found Ji Qingbai and two other Monster Hunters engaged in combat with some people.
Their opponents were three black-clothed Sin Cultivators.
In the interplay of light and shadow, blades flashed, Spiritual Power surged, both sides specializing in Body Cultivation were engaged in close combat, making it hard to separate them.
The black-clothed Sin Cultivators had the upper hand, Ji Qingbai and his two companions were struggling, looking increasingly overwhelmed.
Mo Hua frowned.
Something wasn’t right.
The gap in Cultivation and Taoist Skills between the two sides wasn’t apparent, and moreover, two of the Monster Hunters were wearing iron armor.
Logically, even if they were no match for their opponents, they should not have been in such a sorry state.
At that moment, Mo Hua saw a figure suddenly appear beside Ji Qingbai, a blade flashed by.
In the nick of time, Ji Qingbai felt something and narrowly avoided the attack, but his arm was still cut open, bleeding profusely.
After the strike, the figure quickly retreated and soon melted away into the background.
Ji Qingbai’s brow furrowed tightly, his expression growing even more grave.
Mo Hua was slightly startled.
Despite it being just a moment, he had seen it.
The attacker wore black clothes, was of short stature, and had a sinister gaze.
And he was skilled in concealment…
Mo Hua had a guess in mind, released his Divine Sense, and within a sea of white, the residual images of the Spiritual Energy of all things appeared.
Behind a tree, a faint blue silhouette became visible.
This figure looked very familiar.
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Mo Hua pondered briefly, his eyes lighting up, “So it’s you!”
Monster Hunter had previously held onto the spiritual mines, while the Qian Family hired cultivators to harass them, among which was a hidden cultivator skilled in the Concealment Technique, who had been particularly troublesome, causing significant losses for Monster Hunter.
Unexpectedly, they had run into him here again.