However, as Mo Hua was his son, and hearing him praised by two of the Foundation Building Cultivators, he felt extremely proud inside.
After bidding each other farewell, Mo Hua followed Mo Shan back home.
The streets around them were bustling and noisy, with the market town laid out in a grid.
Walking down the street, Mo Hua remembered the words of praise from Leader Yang and Court Leader Zhou, feeling happy inside and wearing a beaming smile on his face.
But as he smiled, Mo Hua suddenly felt a throb of unease.
Something didn’t seem right.
He felt as though he had realized something, but couldn’t quite grasp the clarity of thought.
Mo Hua thought over the words of Leader Yang and Court Leader Zhou again.
"...Without Mo Hua, the Formation Master, the eradication of Black Mountain Stronghold would have indeed been a great struggle..."
Without a Formation Master... eradicating Black Mountain Stronghold... would be a great struggle.
Without a Formation Master to discover the mountain path, see through the reality of Foggy Forest, find the gate to Black Mountain Stronghold...
Without a Formation Master...
A shiver ran down Mo Hua’s spine as a thought suddenly hit him:
Loose Cultivators lack Formation Masters.
Among the Loose Cultivators, few studied formations, and it was even less likely for one to reach first-class.
Mo Hua himself was an exception. He had the Taoist Stele, an extraordinary Divine Sense by birth, encountered Instructor Yan, and with a stroke of good luck, became a nominal disciple of Mr. Zhuang. By working tirelessly on Drawing Formation night and day, he managed to become a first-class Formation Master.
Normally, it would be impossible for Loose Cultivators to produce a Formation Master.
"What would happen without a Formation Master?"
Mo Hua furrowed his brows and pondered meticulously, feeling a growing coldness within.
If there were no Formation Masters among the Loose Cultivators, then no one would be able to see through the Concealment Formation, discover the mountain path spanning over Thousands miles of Abyss, penetrate the illusory reality clouded by the Foggy Forest, nor would anyone locate the invisible gate of Black Mountain Stronghold, let alone learn of the existence of a terrifying nest of Evil Cultivators deep in the mountains!
Black Mountain Stronghold could exist quietly on Big Black Mountain because of formations!
As long as there were no Loose Cultivators skilled in formations, unable to break the Concealment and Fog Formations,
They could settle there, murder, cultivate Evil Skills, refine Human Pills... and no one would ever know!
Mo Hua gasped in shock!
He forced himself to calm down and contemplate.
Not wanting the Loose Cultivators to learn formations...
Mo Hua remembered, initially, Tongxian Gate could have taught formations.
But later, when Instructor Yan left and no one could teach Formation Patterns, Tongxian Gate stopped offering formation courses, and at the same time, Mo Hua dropped out of Tongxian Gate because he couldn’t learn formations...
After that, it became nearly impossible for Loose Cultivators to learn formations, cutting off the path to formation mastery completely.
If it hadn’t been for Mo Hua, indeed, there would be no Formation Masters among the Loose Cultivators.
"Instructor Yan left, and Loose Cultivators couldn’t learn formations..."
And why did Instructor Yan leave?
Mo Hua frowned in thought, then slowly his eyes grew cold with realization.
It was the Qian Family!
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