Chapter 862: Dragon Bone
Chapter 862: Dragon Bone
Gu Chang thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
Mo Hua always had his own reasons for doing things.
Although Gu Chang couldn’t quite figure out what Mo Hua’s true intentions were, based on past experiences, following Mo Hua’s advice generally wasn’t a bad thing.
Moreover, the Dragon King Temple indeed needed to be investigated thoroughly.
The sooner, the better. If they delayed, and others got involved, who knew what the Dragon King Temple would become.
“Should we do it like before, digging three feet deep and leaving no stone unturned?”
Gu Chang asked, knowing Mo Hua’s style of work.
“Hmm.”
Mo Hua nodded, but halfway through, he shook his head.“No, not this time… We need to be gentler.”
“Gentler?” Gu Chang was taken aback. “Why?”
Because now, this Dragon King Temple is mine!
Mo Hua thought to himself.
But he couldn’t say that. He rolled his eyes and said, “I suspect there are some ‘dirty things’ hidden inside.”
“Dirty things?”
“Spiritual impurities, like ghosts and evil spirits… Didn’t Mr. Wu keep talking about the god? Even if the god isn’t an evil deity, it’s still a major source of evil. So, we need to be cautious, to avoid disturbing something unknown and causing trouble…”
Mo Hua said with a serious expression.
Gu Chang didn’t really believe in evil deities before, but after spending a lot of time with the superstitious Mo Hua, he had been somewhat “influenced” and his views had changed.
He was now in a state of “half-belief, half-doubt,” “believing and not believing.”
Some bizarre things indeed seemed to be slightly beyond his understanding…
“Alright.” Gu Chang nodded.
Thus, under Mo Hua’s lead, a group of Dao Ting Si cultivators, including those from the Gu and Xia families, began the “cleaning” of the Dragon King Temple.
“This is an ancient temple, so be gentle and thorough. Don’t damage a single brick or tile…”
“Remove any impure flesh…”
“Dismantle the evil arrays and use them as evidence…”
“Don’t force anything you can’t remove; leave it for now.”
…
Mo Hua gave orders through Gu Chang.
He couldn’t do all this alone, and once he left the Dragon King Temple, he wouldn’t find so many helpers again.
So, he had to use the Dao Ting Si to clean up for him.
Inside the Dragon King Temple, the blood and flesh were removed, the evil arrays were dismantled, and the ruins were gradually cleared.
After about half a day, the entire Dragon King Temple was “renewed.”
Though it wasn’t exactly neat and solemn, it was far better than the previous blood-soaked and sinister state.
Mo Hua also took the opportunity to thoroughly investigate the Dragon King Temple.
From the clues, it was indeed an ancient temple, existing for many years.
It might have even been there before the Great Wasteland Evil Deity built the altar.
This Dragon King Temple itself wasn’t built to worship the “evil fetus,” but to honor the “River Dragon King.”
The Great Wasteland Evil Deity just “took over the nest,” occupying this temple to nourish the divine fetus.
However, the Dragon King Temple was now in ruins.
Many halls had been destroyed before his arrival.
Based on Mr. Wu’s earlier statements, Mo Hua guessed that it was because the master of the temple had predicted the arrival of a great enemy—himself.
So, the master “fortified and cleared the area,” ordering everything to be dismantled, people to be killed, and even Mr. Wu to become a “yaksha” by sacrificing himself.
Though they couldn’t stop him in the end, the temple was left with very little.
Mo Hua then investigated the White Bone Labyrinth.
This labyrinth was constructed according to a special puzzle array, similar to the Bronze Labyrinth in the Bi Mountain Demon Den.
Mo Hua even suspected that these two puzzle arrays were derived from the same main array.
There were likely many similar puzzle arrays and labyrinths scattered around the Qianxue Province.
But he couldn’t fully comprehend this puzzle array yet.
And with limited time, he couldn’t stay to study it.
He had a more important task to handle.
That was the “dragon.”
Since he had fused with the eviletus and temporarily became the master of the Dragon King Temple, he could sense a strong “dragon” causal energy deep within the temple.
Following this energy, Mo Hua left the labyrinth, bypassed the inner hall, and discovered a side door hidden behind the ruins.
This side door was sealed by a massive rock.
Mo Hua asked the Gu family cultivators to clear the rock.
After the rock was removed, they indeed found a white bone door, obstructed by complex arrays and dangerous mechanisms.
The arrays were intricate, the mechanisms were perilous, the door was hard, and there was no key.
If it were anyone else, it would be nearly impossible to open.
But Mo Hua wasn’t just anyone; he was the “master.”
With a light push, the heavy white bone door slowly opened, as if welcoming its master.
Behind the white bone door was a vast, grand hall.
This hall was larger than any temple Mo Hua had seen before.
But the interior was empty, with nothing inside.
It seemed they had erased the murals, dismantled the statues, relaid the floor, and covered everything with gray stones to avoid being discovered.
Mo Hua pondered for a moment, with a vague suspicion in his mind.
This hall should be the true… Dragon King Hall.
Since it was dedicated to the “Dragon King,” it needed to be grand, spacious, and dignified.
“But what about the Things Inside? Were They All Destroyed?”
Mo Hua frowned.
This evil deity truly wasted the divine, turning a perfectly good Dragon King Hall into a mess.
More importantly, he had not left anything for himself...
Mo Hua, feeling aggrieved, circled the grand hall but found nothing. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly sensed a faint, ancient, and slightly "holy" divine soul fluctuation.
He was startled and quickly turned to look.
The source of the divine soul fluctuation was a completely inconspicuous corner of the grand hall, empty and seemingly holding nothing.
Mo Hua's frown deepened.
He slowly approached the corner.
But as he approached, Mo Hua suddenly paused, feeling, scratching his head in confusion, his expression bewildered.
"What... am I doing here?"
Mo Hua was puzzled, shook his head, and turned to leave. But after taking a few steps, he suddenly snapped awake and immediately turned back, staring intently at the corner, his mind shocked:
"There's a problem here!
This place hides a big secret!
It even managed to deceive myself, even to a certain extent, distorting my own half-human, half-divine, even 'half-demon divine' perception.
He was not willing to give up and approached the corner again.
But as he neared it, his expression became bewildered again, seemingly forgetting his purpose, and he started to turn and walk away.
After walking for a while, he suddenly snapped awake again, still unwilling to give up, and headed towards the corner.
Not far away, a few of the Gu family cultivators, following Mo Hua's orders, were protecting him, watching him, watching the protection. They saw Mo Hua acting like he was "haunted by a ghost," repeatedly going back and forth in that corner, they couldn't help but look at each other.
But they didn't dare to speak and disturb him.
After all, Young Master Mo's actions were always a bit peculiar.
Mo Hua walked back and forth several times, realizing this wouldn't work, he began giving himself "suggestions," planting a thought in his own Dao heart:
"Go to the corner, go to the corner..."
"Do not turn back, do not turn back..."
Mo Hua chanted this a few times in his heart, then continued walking forward and.
And this "Dao heart planted magic" indeed worked.
Whenever he stopped, feeling aimless, a thought would surface in his heart: "Go to the corner."
This way, he had a direction.
And whenever he wanted to turn back, he would remember "Do not turn back," thus his steps became firm, moving forward.
Mo Hua treated himself as his own "puppet," firmly executing his will according to his purpose.
Thus, walking and stopping, wanting to turn, stopping, corner, Stumbling, Mo Hua finally entered the corner.
The moment he stepped into the corner, all his divine consciousness barriers vanished, through Mo.
Mo Hua's gaze cleared, focusing sharply, a look at look the insignificant corner, He realized that in this inconspicuous corner, at some point, there lay a small statue.
The statue was made of white bones.
Mo Hua examined it closely and was suddenly startled, realizing something was off.
These bones were pale, Crystal-like, curled neatly, with fine cloud patterns, looking incredibly hard, exuding an ancient and holy aura.
These were not human bones, but...
Dragon bones!
A dragon bone statue!
Mo Hua was deeply shocked.
Casting a statue from dragon bones...
His thoughts fluctuated wildly for a moment, and after a long time, he finally recalled a term from his memory:
Life-bound divine statue!
This was a divine being's life-bound divine statue!
And it was very likely... the life-bound divine statue of the ancient dragon king enshrined in this temple!
Mo Hua took a deep breath.
This thing was terrifying...
He immediately tried to put the life-bound dragon bone divine statue into his storage Ring, but after a few times, But after a few attempts, he found it was impossible.
A life-bound divine statue was the origin of a divine being.
This kind of thing had too much cause and effect, too much interference, seemingly rejecting the void laws, unable to be stored in a storage space.
"What to do? Just hold it like this?"
Mo Hua had no choice but to reach out and touch it.
The divine statue trembled, and an ancient aura surged out. But when this aura touched Mo Hua, it automatically dissipated, seemingly not rejecting him.
Mo Hua breathed a sigh of relief, then held the dragon bone divine statue in his arms, and walked out of the grand hall.
The Gu family cultivators saw him and were puzzled, "Young Master Mo, why are you walking like this?"
"Like what?"
"It's as if you're holding something..."
It's as if...
Mo Hua was startled, "You can't see it?"
"See what?"
Mo Hua lowered his head, looked at the dragon bone statue in his arms, then at the puzzled expressions of the others, shook his head, "Nothing."
He changed his stance, placed the dragon bone statue straight, held it in his arms, not showing it on the surface, but also not hiding it.
"Young Master Mo, should we continue searching this grand hall?"
"No need to search further."
Mo Hua had already put the good thing in his arms, why search further.
"Someone has cleared this place, there's nothing here, let's go out."
The others didn't suspect anything and followed Mo Hua, leaving the dragon king temple together.
After leaving the grand Hall, Mo Hua's heart moved and he ran to Gu Changhuai, Swinging around.
Gu Changhuai saw and asked, "You finished searching?"
"Almost done." Mo Hua said.
Gu Changhuai nodded and said nothing more.
Mo Hua looked at Gu Changhuai, feeling that he couldn't see the divine statue here.
Should he tell Uncle?
After all, they were all "in this together," and Gu Changhuai and Xia Dian Si had helped a lot in the dragon king temple.
But after thinking, Mo Hua felt it was still better not to.
Anyway, they couldn't see it, so telling them would be pointless.
Moreover, he was now the owner of the dragon king temple, so logically, everything in the dragon king temple belonged to him.
Thus, Mo Hua calmly kept the dragon bone life-bound divine statue.
He found a wrapper, wrapped the statue, and casually slung it over his shoulder. Even so, no one found anything strange.
It seemed that everyone, subconsciously, had overlooked the divine statue, along with its wrapping.
This was akin to the "invisibility" technique found in the Heavenly Secrets, making it invisible to the eye and deaf to the ear.
Mo Hua became increasingly certain about his hypothesis.
This divine statue was no small matter.
Afterward, Mo Hua wandered around but found no gains. and, he prepared to return. temple to prepare his departure.
Before leaving, he controlled the Bone Maze to conceal the altar.
He still had use for this altar and could not destroy it yet. The Master of the Great Wasteland might not reactivate it, likely severing the connection to avoid further theft of authority.
With the Bone Maze as an obstacle, even if the Dao Inspectors, they might not be able to enter the altar's depths.
Gu Chang Huai also heeded Mo Hua's "suggestion" and sealed the inner temple's main door to prevent anyone from accidentally entering the Bone Maze, becoming fodder for blood corpses or sacrifices to evil spirits.
With these matters temporarily settled, Mo Hua prepared to leave.
He had stayed in the Dragon King Temple for too long.
Now, with everything ready, he could return to the sect to prepare and look forward to a grand feast.
Gu Chang Huai, concerned for Mo Hua, feared Mo Hua might encounter some unforeseen issues, thus planned to personally escort Mo Hua back to the Great Void Sect to avoid any accidents on the way.
Xia Diansi would also return to the Dao Inspecting to report on the Lipstick boat, the Dragon King Temple, and the Xiaozhen Sea matters.
And Xiao Tian Quan would be on the same boat.
Thus, the group boarded a small boat, left the Dragon King Temple, and sailed toward the misty river.
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Meanwhile, in a jade-like sect hall.
Mr. Tu, disguised as "Elder Shen," usually refined and scholarly, was in his elder's residence, manipulating a sheep bone divination plate, his face grim, mumbling to himself.
"I've exhausted all my efforts, yet the grand scheme... is not as I wished."
"Sealing the Dragon king temple, isolating it from the outside, slaughtering the temple guards, refining them into blood Corpses, transforming Mr. Wu into a Yaksha, even the divine birth of the deity, yet I cannot hold back this ferious deity, nor sub it down."
"This divine statue is truly terrifying..."
Mr. Tu's gaze was cold, and he sighed slightly.
"However... No matter. Though the situation is not optimistic, it is as Ied."
"The deity's birth is nearly indestructible and immortal."
"Once the deity's soul is parasitized, the divine soul will be gradually tainted, transformed, and ultimately, completely assimilated, becoming the deity's incubated embryo."
"No one, no deity, is exempt."
Mr. Tu gave a sinister laugh, revealing pale teeth.
He recalled the fear and helplessness when his divided soul was pursued by this unknown, terrifying divine statue wielding a golden sword in the Myriad Demon Valley.
But now, cause and effect had reversed.
This terrifying divine statue was finally outwitted by his scheme.
Even if this terrifying divine Statue resisted the "tainting" and "corruption" by the deity, not falling into the evil embryo, it would still be decades, even a century, before it could use its divine soul power again.
It could no longer venture outside.
It could only hide like a rat, cowering in the Great Void Sect or some temple, licking its wounds, living in constant fear, unable to hinder the deity's grand plans.
By the time it recovers, the entire Qianxue State would already be a sea of blood and Fire.
And this "false deity" would be eternally suppressed by the awakened deity!
Mr. Tu emitted a nightingale's cold laugh.
But as he laughed, his heart bled.
Especially looking at the sheep bone divination plate, seeing the densely packed, doomed demons and evil spirits controlled by the false deity, his heart ached.
Raising demons was not an easy task.
These demons were all his heart's blood over the years.
Seeming to realize it was out(witted, this "terrifying deity" had ignited, truly terrifying.
But everything was worth it.
Mr. Tu took a deep breath, a flash of determination in his eyes.
"Resolving this terrifying deity, the plan can proceed."
"The Dragon King Temple has been thoroughly searched for centuries, yet found nothing of value."
"The connection to the altar has been severed to prevent the deity's authority from leaking out."
"The Lipstick Boat has been exposed, but there's no help for it, paper can't hide fire fire."
"Since the Xia Family is here, we must entertain them and let them earn some merit, or we can't pacify this fierce tiger."
"The grand show is just beginning..."
A hint of satisfaction curved Mr. Tu's lips.
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On the Misty River.
Mo Hua, riding the small boat, watched the moon's reflection in the water, thinking about the Lipstick Boat and the Dragon King Temple.
Especially, the divine bone statue he had just obtained.
How long had he been riding, he wasn't sure, but then he heard, "A boat?"
Was it a large boat?
Gu Chang Huai and Xia Diansi also noticed and slowly stood up.
Moments later, a luxurious spirit boat, with dim lights, split through the dark night's waves, sailing over.
On the spirit boat, a grand flag with an elegant "Xia" embroidered, revealed a stern presence in the night.
Xia Diansi relaxed, "It's Uncle's boat."
"Uncle?" Mo Hua froze.
Gu Chang Huai's expression was somewhat heavy, "It's the Xia Inspector... from the Central Dao Inspecting, in the Feathers Realm."
(End of Chapter)
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