Chapter 890: Chapter 616 List_3
He needed to try his luck to see if there was a task to capture Hidden elder-second announced in the Sect’s Bounty Scroll.
The list from Boss Jiang contained only the Sin Cultivators around the Qianxue State boundary.
As long as Hidden elder-second committed crimes, he would definitely catch the attention of the Taoist Court.
Since the Taoist Court was short of hands, they would definitely issue a bounty to the Sects.
This way, he could “naturally” go and capture Hidden elder-second, fleece him, and obtain the inheritance of the Concealment Technique.
It all depended a bit on luck and “opportunity”.
Over the following days, whenever Mo Hua had spare time after meals, he would pull out the Taixu Token and stare at the “Bounty Scroll,” flipping through each task one by one.
Whenever he saw words like thief, invisible, or concealment, Mo Hua paid attention.
But such bounties were rare, and after eight or nine days, there was still no progress.
One afternoon, after having eaten and drunk his fill, Mo Hua sat down in the Disciple’s Residence with several fellow Sect Disciples to chat.
There was the burly Cheng Mo, the Sword Cultivator prodigy from Li State, Situ Jian, Zheng Fang from the Zheng Family in Zhen State, and a few other well-acquainted disciples.
Mo Hua was telling them stories.
He talked about how incredibly formidable the Monster Beasts in Big Black Mountain were.
How dangerous and thrilling it was for Monster Hunters to hunt monsters.
What zombies were like.
What Walking Corpses, Iron Corpses, and Copper Corpses were, and how one could become a Corpse King.
What the scene of a sweeping Corpse Tide over the mountains looked like.
And other tales of desolate ridges where Evil Cultivators abducted souls and Demon Cultivators consumed humans.
He had these pampered scions, bred within their family confines, utterly dumbfounded.
Cheng Mo’s mouth hung open as he muttered,
“Mo Hua, you can’t be lying to me…”
“If you don’t believe, then forget it…”
Mo Hua, feeling thirsty from talking, picked up the teapot and loudly gulped down several mouthfuls.
Cheng Mo still somewhat disbelieved, “How old are you? With monster hunting, corpse tides, and heretical demons… There’d be no ghosts if there wasn’t some exaggeration…”
“Believe it or not!” Mo Hua couldn’t be bothered with him.
“Then why were you listening so intently just now?”
Cheng Mo faltered; although he didn’t believe, Mo Hua’s vivid and engaging storytelling truly drew him in.
Situ Jian was also captivated, but then he remembered something else.
“Speaking of monster hunting…” said Situ Jian, “it seems we can also hunt monsters inside the Sect.”
“Sect? Monster hunting?” Mo Hua was taken aback, “There’s such a thing?”
Situ Jian looked puzzled, “You didn’t know?”
He was a Loose Cultivator, this was his first time in Qianxue State, his first time joining a Sect, and no one had mentioned this to him.
Wenren Wan had told him some things, but she couldn’t explain everything in meticulous detail, some things were bound to be omitted.
Mo Hua asked, “Where can we hunt monsters?”
Situ Jian said, “In Qianxue State, there’s a ‘Refining Demon Mountain’ with many Monster Beasts that powerful Cultivators deliberately left there, so Sect Disciples can hone their Taoist Skills and cooperate in slaying monsters…”
“However, that’s a bit distant.”
“New Disciples are prohibited from entering Refining Demon Mountain, you must reach at least the Middle Phase of Foundation Building to enter.”
“In Refining Demon Mountain, there are many rare Monster Beasts whose materials are very valuable, specifically used for forging Spiritual Artifacts, especially Spirit Swords…”
Mo Hua’s eyes lit up.
Situ Jian was also a bit expectant, “Indeed, it is said that some Spirit Swords must be forged from the bones of certain Monster Beasts from Refining Demon Mountain in Qianxue State…”
Mo Hua nodded slightly, and couldn’t help but think about the inheritance of the Sever Gold Sword Control Jue in his possession, which included the “Method of Sword forging”.
It discussed how the Sword Weapons required for Sword Control should be forged…
He wanted to ask for more details, but suddenly felt a pulse in his heart as if something he had been anticipating had already happened.
Concealment Technique!
Mo Hua immediately flipped open the Taixu Token and found that indeed a batch of new tasks had appeared.
Among them was one task that looked ordinary, but to Mo Hua, it notably stood out:
“The Taoist Court of Qianxue State boundary has issued a bounty…”
“A mysterious murder case…”