Immortality Through Array Formations

Chapter 1135: Chapter 691: Leech_3 Chapter 1135: Chapter 691: Leech_3 “Let’s go over and take a look first,” Mo Hua sighed.

He was well aware that this fishing village was not just about human traffickers.

The group followed the muddy path under their feet towards the distant fishing village.

But after only a few steps, Mo Hua suddenly grabbed Gu An, exclaiming:

“Stop!”

Gu An was startled and looked around, somewhat puzzled as he watched Mo Hua, not knowing what had happened.

There was clearly nothing around.

Yet, Mo Hua’s pupils trembled slightly.

He saw a cloud of blood mist in front of Gu An, within which wriggled something like a blood leech, an evil object.

This blood leech was entirely red, filthy and bloody, drifting in the air with the blood mist.

It swam right in front of Gu An.

Gu An couldn’t see it at all.

If he had taken one more step forward just now, he would have directly touched these blood leeches.

What would happen upon touching a blood leech, Mo Hua did not know yet.

However, based on his experience, he guessed these blood leeches were likely Evil Spirits split from the Evil God, which could potentially burrow into the Sea of Consciousness of any living being with Divine Sense and begin polluting and parasitizing.

“There’s danger,” Mo Hua stated gravely.

Gu An and the others looked around at the dense fog, their hearts chilled.

“Follow me, do not wander off!”

Mo Hua cautioned sternly.

Since he had brought the three into the well, it was imperative to ensure their safety.

Yu Dahe was an unfortunate Fish Cultivator, living a hard life.

Gu An and Gu Quan were even more important as they were companions sent by Uncle Gu to protect him; allowing anything to happen to them was even more unthinkable.

All three nodded.

Mo Hua then began walking in front, leading the three others, cautiously avoiding the blood leeches as they moved forward.

After a moment, the blood mist thickened, and there were many more blood leeches.

Mo Hua could avoid them, but following him, Gu An and the others might still get parasitized by the trailing blood leeches.

Mo Hua was a bit troubled, then suddenly startled by another thought.

He could see the blood leeches, therefore he could find his way.

Crossing River Dragon, who couldn’t see the blood leeches, how had he avoided them and found the path into the village?

There must be some trick to it.

Mo Hua released his Divine Sense, surveilling the surroundings for a moment, when suddenly his eyes lit up. He squatted down and began digging through the soil and stones at his feet.

Gu An and the others watched, perplexed, but understood their boundaries and did not disturb Mo Hua.

After a while, Mo Hua finally unearthed something from the ground.

It was a stone slab of the Formation!

On the slab, intricate and profound Formation Patterns were etched.

Though Mo Hua had never seen these Patterns before, they seemed very familiar to him. The style of the Formation resembled exactly those Patterns drawn by Crossing River Dragon at the well’s mouth.

“Divine Tao Array!”

Mo Hua was delighted.

He quickly marked down these Patterns, one by one.

However, the Divine Tao Array on the stone slab was incomplete; the few Patterns alone could not form a complete Array structure, nor clarify the intentions of the Patterns.

Mo Hua took a few more steps forward, then squatted and dug again.

After a moment, he indeed dug out another slab.

On this slab, the Divine Tao Array Patterns were still incomplete, with a mixture of new and old.

Mo Hua compared them scrupulously, noting down the new Patterns before continuing to flip forward, eventually recording five completely new Divine Tao Array Patterns from several slabs.

He then took out a piece of paper and continuously simulated, combined, and pieced these five Patterns together.

After dozens of attempts, Mo Hua finally managed to connect these five Patterns together, forming a simple but functional Divine Tao Array prototype where the power of Divine Thought flowed in a circular, closed loop!

This prototype was still very rudimentary, similar to the Five Elements Formation he first learned during his initial studies in Formation.

But indeed, it was a complete, introductory Divine Tao Array.

Mo Hua compared this Array to the Patterns drawn by Crossing River Dragon at the well’s mouth, discovering some techniques.

Strictly speaking, the Patterns drawn by Crossing River Dragon were not a Divine Tao Array.

His Patterns acted as a temporary barrier by cleverly halting the flow of the Divine Tao Array’s power, achieving a temporary “unsealing” effect to open the well’s seal.

In other words, the “unsealing” Patterns drawn by Crossing River Dragon were based on a complete set of Divine Tao Array.

This whole set of Divine Tao Array was engraved in the bloodstained, dry well.

Or perhaps…

Mo Hua looked out into the distance, towards the fishing village enveloped in the gloomy blood mist.

This entire village, contaminated and erased by the Evil God, was built upon this “Divine Tao Array”.

Both the well’s mouth Patterns and the stone slab Formations were merely a small part of this extensive Divine Tao Array.

Mo Hua was shocked, but simultaneously, more doubts arose.

Where did this Divine Tao Array come from?

Who constructed this Array in this fishing village?

What was the purpose?

What exactly was the application of the Divine Tao Array?

Mo Hua frowned.

“It seems I need to delve deeper into the fishing village, the core of the Divine Tao Array is likely hidden inside…”

There should still be some stone slabs of the Divine Tao Array buried underfoot, but time was limited, Mo Hua could not afford to lift each one to check.

After resolving the matter with the Evil God, he planned to turn over every inch of the ground.

Mo Hua nodded to himself.

At this moment, Mo Hua also understood the function of the stone slab’s Array.

These Arrays served to isolate the blood mist, especially to drive away the “blood leeches”-like Evil Spirits within it.

Linked sequentially, these Arrays carved a safe path through the blood mist.

Crossing River Dragon surely used this path to remain uncontaminated by the Evil God and uninfested by the blood leeches, thus smoothly entering the inner part of the fishing village.

Mo Hua began to unravel the Divine Tao Array.

Now this meandering “Divine Way” path also clearly appeared in his vision.

Having a path was always safer.

Mo Hua himself could see the blood leeches, it didn’t matter whether there was a path or not, but it was different for Gu An and the others.

They couldn’t see the danger, and even following him posed lethal risks.

“Follow me, step on my footprints, don’t go astray and don’t look around,” Mo Hua said.

Gu An and the others, aware of the stakes, all nodded.

Then Mo Hua took the lead, walking in front, while Gu An and the others carefully followed Mo Hua’s instructions, not daring to miss a step.

Thus, they cautiously took one step after another, not knowing how long they had walked, until the four finally crossed the territory infested by the blood leeches and stepped onto the land of the vanished fishing village.

It was a land soaked in fresh blood.