Chapter 284: Chapter 283: Pill Room_1
Feeding pigs?
Mo Hua was slightly taken aback, his eyebrows slowly furrowing.
He had roamed around Black Mountain Stronghold for so long, but he couldn’t recall where he had seen any pigs...
Moreover, what would these evil cultivators want with raising pigs?
It couldn’t possibly be for eating their meat...
And what exactly were these pigs?
Were they monster beasts?
For some reason, Mo Hua suddenly cared a great deal.
He felt that within Black Mountain Stronghold, the phrase “feeding pigs” seemed particularly odd.
“Should I take a look?”
Mo Hua looked up at the sky, night had just fallen, somewhat dark and murky.
It was still early, he would just take a look and then take advantage of the deep night to sneak back.
He couldn’t stay in Black Mountain Stronghold any longer.
Mo Hua made up his mind, and then, concealing his form, quietly followed after Scarface.
Scarface had stuffed Kong Sheng into a hemp sack, carrying it with one hand, leaving a trail of blood all the way to the back of the stronghold’s gate.
Scarface pushed the door and went inside.
Mo Hua’s gaze sharpened, his brow furrowed.
So it was in the back of the stronghold, no wonder he hadn’t seen it.
“Should I go in?”
The third and fourth Householders were Foundation Building evil cultivators living in the back of the stronghold, Mo Hua’s concealment could deceive their Divine Sense for a moment, but a slip-up could easily give him away.
Just then, he heard Scarface talking with another old evil cultivator, saying:
“Is the third Householder here? I’ve brought something.”
Kong Sheng’s body was merely “something,” not even considered human.
Or perhaps, to the evil cultivators, all the cultivators who died in Black Mountain Stronghold were merely “things,” not humans.
The old evil cultivator’s hoarse voice said, “The third Householder just went out, and the fourth Householder is not here either, but I have the keys, so I’ll open the door for you.”
Mo Hua was stunned for a moment, then a flicker of realization brightened his eyes.
If neither Householder was there, he would be able to enter the back of the stronghold.
He had always wanted to know what was in the back of Black Mountain Stronghold, and now was the perfect opportunity to take a look.
The old evil cultivator led Scarface deep inside, eventually stopping in front of a large door forged from bronze, with a beast face and sharp teeth, somber and oppressive.
The old evil cultivator took out a white skull from his chest and stuffed it into the mouth part of the bronze door.
Above the door, bloody Formation Patterns lit up one by one, with a crimson glow circulating and converging inward, focusing into the mouth of the beast.
It was as if fresh blood flowed into the mouth of a monster beast.
And as the monster beast drank its fill of fresh blood, it opened its mouth wide and the door thunderously swung open.
Mo Hua watched with his eyelids twitching.
This Formation!
It was not a regular Five Elements Formation or any other orthodox Taoist Court Formation.
It was a truly Evil Formation!
Those red lights were not monster blood, but human blood;
The skull was not from a monster, but from a human.
The person’s presence was obscure and unfathomable, and it was the third Householder!
Mo Hua immediately executed the Water Passing Step, taking three steps in quick succession to flip up onto the beam, lying flat and real on the broad roof beam, holding his breath and focusing his spirit, not daring to let out the slightest breath.
In just a moment, the third Householder walked in.
Upon seeing the third Householder, Scarface looked reverent, and respectfully said, “Householder.”
The third Householder saw him feeding the pig, nodded, and said, “You may leave.”
“Yes.”
Scarface respectfully acknowledged, bowed, and then left.
The pill room was now left with only the third Householder and Mo Hua, secretly lying on the roof beam.
Mo Hua lay on the roof beam, not daring to move, and couldn’t help thinking:
“Didn’t the third Householder go out? Why has he come back again?”
Could it be that he just went out on a temporary errand, and now that he’s finished, he has returned?
If the third Householder stays here all the time, am I unable to get out?
A chill ran through Mo Hua’s heart.
After a while, there was no more movement in the room, and Mo Hua cautiously stretched out his head to peek down.
His gaze swept over the pill furnace and the pig monster and then spotted the third Householder.
Mo Hua was startled and quickly retracted his gaze, burying his little head, no longer stirring.
After a bit, the third Householder showed no reaction.
“He hasn’t noticed my gaze?”
Mo Hua pondered with suspicion.
He stuck his head out again and stealthily glanced at the third Householder, then quickly withdrew it.
The third Householder still had no reaction.
Mo Hua thought for a moment and then understood.
Among Black Mountain Stronghold’s two Householders, the fourth Householder had weak divine senses, but keen perceptions, such that even a glance from him would be instinctively noticed.
The third Householder was the opposite, with strong divine senses but not those nearly monstrous keen perceptions.
So when Mo Hua sneakily watched him, as long as there was no malice or killing intent, he would not notice.
Mo Hua quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
It was good that he hadn’t been detected.
Otherwise, his situation would have been even more dangerous.
He then grew curious; what exactly was the third Householder doing in the alchemy room so late?
Mo Hua stuck out his small head again, quietly observing.
The third Householder sat on a meditation cushion, focusing his mind and meditating in thought.
This was usual for him.
The third Householder meditated, composed and leisurely.
It just so happened that he was unaware that in the seemingly impregnable Black Mountain Stronghold, in this mysterious bloody pill room, a little cultivator had secretly slipped in.
And at this moment, this little cultivator was curiously peeking at him, sticking out his small head.
After meditating for a while, feeling peaceful in spirit and clear in divine sense, the third Householder took out a map from his storage bag and spread it out before him.
The third Householder picked up a gesture with his hand, sat cross-legged, eyes fixed on the map, focusing his mind in contemplation.
Blocked by the beam, Mo Hua could see what the third Householder was doing, but he couldn’t see the content on the map.
Even so, Mo Hua was still profoundly shocked.
Did the third Householder really possess a Contemplation Map?
His current behavior, could it be that he was comprehending the Contemplation Map?!