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Chapter 111: Delivery (Four More)
Chapter 111: Delivery (Four More)
The little cat demon had accompanied Mo Hua in practicing his movement technique, and now that Mo Hua had saved its life, they were even.
Mo Hua had achieved a minor success in his movement technique and was planning to find Bai Zisheng to spar again when he happened to see a few demon hunters on the street wearing vine armor. His heart skipped a beat.
Vine armor?
Mo Hua's heart sank.
Oh no, I forgot! I haven't finished drawing the Iron Armor Array for Elder Yu yet...
He had been drawing a few copies every day and expected to finish within a month. But ever since Zhang Lan taught him the Flowing Water Steps, he had been completely focused on this movement technique.
First, he practiced dodging falling fruits from the trees, then he sparred with Bai Zisheng, and then he found a little cat demon to try out his moves.
Now, more than a month had passed, and while he had mastered the Flowing Water Steps, he had only drawn thirty-plus copies of the Iron Armor Array...
Mo Hua hurried home, took out the vine armor, ground the spirit ink, and began to draw frantically.
For the next few days, Mo Hua locked himself in his room and devoted all his attention to drawing the Iron Armor Array.
Sunlight streamed through the window into the room, and Mo Hua lay on his small desk, carefully drawing the Iron Armor Array on the vine armor with each stroke of his brush.
Mo Hua painted carefully, but his brushwork was still swift. With each flick of his wrist, the array patterns came to life on the vine armor, intertwining and combining to form a profound array.
When his spiritual sense was depleted, Mo Hua used meditation techniques to restore it.
Once his spiritual sense was replenished, he continued to draw.
Five days later, he finally finished drawing all one hundred copies of the Iron Armor Array.
Mo Hua gave all the vine armors with the completed arrays to his father, Mo Shan, and asked him to deliver them to Elder Yu on his behalf.
Mo Hua had no personal connection with Elder Yu, nor did he know how to find the elderly man. Moreover, as the only Foundation Establishment cultivator in the Demon Hunter Guild, Elder Yu was always busy with affairs, and it wasn't easy to meet him even if one wanted to.
Mo Hua had originally planned to finish the array in a month, but now it had taken him almost an extra half a month. He hoped that Elder Yu wouldn't be too displeased...
Mo Hua thought silently.
Mo Shan went to visit Elder Yu and found him discussing matters in his study with others, so he didn't want to disturb them. Instead, he gave the storage bag to Elder Yu's eldest son and asked him to pass it on.
Elder Yu's eldest son was named Yu Chengyi, a ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivator and one of the best demon hunters in Tongxian City. His cultivation was second only to his father, and he usually had his way with others, holding quite some prestige among the demon hunters.
However, the only person Yu Chengyi feared was his father.
Yu Chengyi took the storage bag and went to find Elder Yu. The latter was still discussing matters with several elderly demon hunters, and he seemed to be in a foul mood:
"How come that old bastard from the Qian Family isn't struck by lightning and dies? He's always so gloomy and scheming against me. If I'm ever close to death, I'll make sure to take him down with me. Even if I die, he'll be the one to bear the brunt of it!"
"Qian Hong, that family head, is a good-for-nothing coward. He doesn't do any good deeds, and he's got a belly full of bad water, just like his old man..."
"That bastard who never lets go of a bone he's taken from someone! He's always finding ways to suppress us, deducting some spirit stones here and reducing the number of spiritual artifacts there. To hell with him..."
"If this continues, none of us will be able to make a living. I don't see how the Qian Family can possibly benefit from this..."
...
Elder Yu went on a rant, cursing the Qian Family.
Demon hunters made a living by hunting demons, and the materials they obtained from their hunts would be sold to the Qian Family, who had built their wealth on this trade while oppressing the demon hunters and reaping more profits in spirit stones.
As the pillar of the Demon Hunter Guild, Elder Yu naturally had a lot of conflicts with the Qian Family.
Elder Yu had a bad temper to begin with, and after so many years of hardships, his temperament had become stubborn and unyielding. He was often targeted by the Qian Family, and some of their methods were despicable. Elder Yu couldn't hold back his anger, so he would often curse them out loud.
This study was supposedly used for discussing matters, but more than half of the year, it was used for ranting about the Qian Family.
Yu Chengyi was already used to it.
However, the Qian Family was indeed despicable.
He didn't have his father's cultivation or backbone, otherwise, he would have joined in the cursing as well.
Elder Yu cursed for a long while before finally stopping. He then chatted with the elderly demon hunters about some other matters before they dispersed.
After the meeting, Elder Yu was still fuming, so he poured himself a cup of tea and slowly sipped it.
Yu Chengyi quietly entered the room, "Father."
Elder Yu raised an eyebrow, "What is it?"
"Mo Shan?"
Elder Yu frowned in thought, then his expression eased as he said, "Let me take a look."
A hint of anticipation flashed across Elder Yu's face as he opened the storage bag, only to find that it indeed contained a full set of vine armor, adorned with intricate arrays.
The sight filled Elder Yu with delight.
Yu Chengyi watched, surprised. His father wore his emotions on his sleeve, but most of the time, he was angry or had a stern look on his face. It was rare to see him looking so pleased, as he did now.
"Dad, what's in the storage bag?" Yu Chengyi asked, unable to contain his curiosity.
"Vine armor," Elder Yu replied casually.
"Vine armor?"
"Yes, vine armor inscribed with the Iron Armor Array."
"Is it for my older brothers, Da and Er?" Yu Chengyi inquired.
'Da' and 'Er' were his father's grandchildren, and as the saying goes, grandparents have a softer spot for their grandchildren. While Elder Yu was strict with his own son, he showered his grandsons with love and affection.
"Yes, but not only for them." Elder Yu sighed. "You bunch of demon hunters are all old-timers now, with toughened skins. Even if you get bitten by a demon beast, it's usually not a big deal..."
Getting bitten by a demon beast was indeed a big deal...
Yu Chengyi thought to himself. Any cultivator would suffer greatly from a demon beast's bite, but he dared not refute his father's words and could only listen silently.
"...But it's different for the newly recruited demon hunters. Although they've learned some magical arts, they're still young. If something happens to them, I'll be heartbroken. The future of demon hunting relies on them..." Elder Yu continued.
Yu Chengyi nodded and couldn't help but ask, "Dad, who did you ask to inscribe these arrays?"
"He's still young, so I'm not sure if he counts as an array master."
Elder Yu thought of Mo Hua's obedient and adorable demeanor, and his mood improved even further. "He's Mo Shan's son, Mo Hua."
"Mo Hua..." Yu Chengyi nodded. He had also heard from fellow demon hunters that Mo Shan had a son who was gifted in arrays.
However, he had one more question:
"How many spirit stones did you offer per set?"
Elder Yu, with all his life experiences, couldn't help but blush, "Cough... just three..."
Yu Chengyi weakly said, "Dad, isn't this a bit inappropriate...?"
Elder Yu immediately scowled, "What do you mean inappropriate? It's only right for low-level cultivators to support each other. Mo Hua is a good kid, and his level of awareness is higher than yours."
Yu Chengyi remained silent.
Elder Yu thought for a moment and sighed, "You're right. In any case, I did take advantage of him. If his family needs help in the future, I'll lend a hand."
Yu Chengyi was secretly astonished. It was rare for someone to make his father feel so embarrassed and yet still be willing to do him a favor. He hadn't seen many people with such persuasive powers since he was little.
"The Iron Armor Array isn't simple. Could Mo Hua really have drawn it...?" Yu Chengyi asked, his curiosity piqued.
"Why wouldn't he be able to? Here it is!"
Elder Yu patted the vine armor in his hand. The array on it was a faint golden color, and the brushstrokes were both elegant and strict. The array patterns were complex and graceful, with a subtle, profound aura flowing between them.
Even Yu Chengyi's eyes lit up as he exclaimed, "Dad, you're right! This array is beautifully inscribed!"
"Of course!" Elder Yu felt proud, as if he had contributed to the achievement.
"How many sets did you ask him to inscribe?"
"A hundred sets."
"A hundred sets?" Yu Chengyi was astonished. "That many! Are they all done?"
"How is that possible? He's just a child. How could he finish inscribing so many so quickly?"
Elder Yu hadn't expected Mo Hua to inscribe all the sets at once. Getting seventy or eighty sets done would be good enough, considering Mo Hua's young age and low cultivation level. His spiritual sense was probably insufficient to inscribe so many arrays.
Seventy or eighty sets would be enough for the time being.
"There should be..."
Elder Yu's expression was relaxed as he swept his spiritual sense through the bag, roughly counting the sets: "Thirty... fifty... eighty..."
There were more?
Elder Yu's expression froze, and he quickly counted again, "Forty... seventy... ninety... one hundred!"
One hundred?!
Elder Yu silently drew in a cool breath and said in disbelief, "He finished them all?!?"
(End of Chapter)
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