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"Did you deceive him?"
"I didn’t lie," Mr. Zhuang declared with confidence, "I only said the Large Formation starts from a first-grade with ten Patterns, but I didn’t say that the Large Formation given to him was a ten-Pattern one."
"A Large Formation with eleven Patterns still counts as starting from ten Patterns!"
Mr. Zhuang argued with reason.
Old Kui’s facial skin twitched, feeling that Mr. Zhuang’s actions were outrageous, and he became even more incredulous:
"So, what he drew was actually not a first-grade ten-Pattern Large Formation Pivot, but... a first-grade eleven-Pattern?"
Mr. Zhuang sighed, "That’s why I was shocked."
"The Jade Slip for the Large Formation was given by you, what are you shocked about?"
"Because I gave it to him, that’s why I’m shocked," Mr. Zhuang said with a sigh, "It’s very difficult to draw, generally even a Second Grade Formation Master wouldn’t be able to learn it."
Yet Mo Hua managed to draw it within a month...
And given the looks of it, his technique is exceptionally skillful; who knows how many times he’s practiced...
"Why didn’t you say so at the beginning?" asked Old Kui.
"What difference would it make if I had?" Mr. Zhuang replied indifferently.
Mr. Zhuang turned his head, looking into the night where the deep mountains were stained with blood-red, and spoke thoughtfully:
"This Big Demon is not an ordinary one, a first-grade Large Formation with ten Patterns would not be able to trap and kill it, so we could only use one with eleven Patterns to kill it."
"Ten or eleven Patterns, Mo Hua was determined to learn either way, so the specifics of the Large Formation were actually not that important."
"If he could learn it and construct a Large Formation with eleven Patterns, he can attempt to trap and kill the Big Demon. If he can’t learn it, he’ll naturally give up without futilely wasting labor and resources in such a useless struggle."
Old Kui frowned, "Can a Large Formation with eleven Patterns really kill it?"
Mr. Zhuang said with a half-smile, "In this world, is there anything that is certain? Even when a Formation collapses, there is still a slim chance for a Life-gate, so there’s never a situation of certain death."
"The Five Elements Slaughter Demon Great Formation with eleven Patterns, in terms of lethality alone, is enough to trap and kill a Big Demon. But a Big Demon is a Taoist Demon, an anomaly of the Heavenly Dao, and no one knows what will happen until the very end..."
After returning home, Mo Hua began to seriously consider constructing the Great Formation.
He first sought out Elder Yu and immediately said:
"Elder, I want to slaughter that pig!"
Elder Yu was taken aback, "Which pig?"
Mo Hua stretched out his small hand and pointed towards the deep mountains, indicating the sky-reaching and heart-throbbing aura of Blood Qi.
Elder Yu gave a start, "Don’t talk nonsense!"
That was Feng Xi, the legendary Big Demon said to be capable of devouring an entire Immortal City. Such a creature was not something they could kill.
Even if it could be killed, it wouldn’t be their turn to do so as Loose Cultivators.
They simply lacked the background and strength for it.
"It can be killed!" Mo Hua insisted.
Elder Yu wanted to say something, but looking at Mo Hua, he suddenly fell silent.
He knew that Mo Hua did not want to leave Tongxian City, nor did he want them to be uprooted from their homes.
They too did not want to leave, but they had no choice.
With the impending disaster, they, the Loose Cultivators, had no alternatives but to go with the flow—they could only depart from their homeland and seek other paths.
Just as Elder Yu was about to speak again, he suddenly felt reluctant.
Once the city was moved, he didn’t know if he would see Mo Hua again.
Although Elder Yu valued him because Mo Hua was a Formation Master, he also genuinely liked the boy.
Elder Yu felt a hint of bitterness in his heart and patted Mo Hua on the shoulder, speaking earnestly:
"Take these Spirit Stones and find a good path near the state boundary. Establish your foundation securely. With your talents, you’ll inevitably become a respected Great Formation Master in the future."
"As for the Loose Cultivators of Tongxian City, I’ll look after them. You can rest assured."
"Moving south will indeed be hard, but as long as we are self-reliant, hardship is bearable. After all, what Loose Cultivators fear the least is hardship."
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