Immortality Through Array Formations

Chapter 2848: Chapter 139: Cause and Effect Transfer_2

Good swimmers drown, good riders fall.

It’s the same reasoning.

So you must have multiple identities and learn to cloak yourself.

Means must also be varied, you need some mystery, and absolutely should not let anyone understand your background.

This is a way to protect oneself in terms of ’Cause and Effect’.

It is also very likely a way to avoid disaster in the future great calamity and seek a slim chance of survival.

But what Mo Hua truly cares about is still the law of ’Cause and Effect Transfer’.

Mo Hua asked the Ancestor Shubu again, ”Can you truly not perform the art of Cause and Effect Transfer?”

Ancestor Shubu replied, ”I cannot.”

”Then among the other ancestors of Shugubu, can anyone do it?” Mo Hua asked.

”There are indeed some...” Ancestor Shubu replied, ”But this art of transfer is one of the most difficult inheritances among the various laws of cause and effect.”

”Even in those days, among the experts of Ancestor Shubu’s generation, very few could master the art of transfer.”

”Anyone who could achieve something in the art of transfer was at least a Fourth-grade ancestor, and without exception, all have passed away.”

Mo Hua asked, ”Are they all buried in the White Bone Tomb?”

Ancestor Shubu nodded, ”Yes.”

Mo Hua instinctively turned his head to look at the White Bone Tomb behind Ancestor Shubu, a strange gleam flickering in his eyes.

Ancestor Shubu found this gaze very dangerous and couldn’t help but say, ”Taoist Friend, you...”

Mo Hua said, ”Wake these people up, I have some questions for them.”

Ancestor Shubu was shocked: ”Absolutely not!”

Mo Hua thought for a moment and insisted, ”If you’re embarrassed to ask, can I give it a try? After all, I am a ’guest’, I might occasionally disregard some etiquette.”

Ancestor Shubu was filled with the soul of the dead and quickly said, ”No, no... They can’t be awakened...”

”How do you know without trying?” Mo Hua’s mind turned quickly, already considering the matter of ’digging up the grave’.

Ancestor Shubu urgently said, ”It’s truly impossible, without descendant bloodline, you can’t awaken other ancestors, and...this is the Third-grade area, if you awaken a Fourth-grade ancestor’s remains, it might reveal a heavenly secret, who knows what terrible things could happen...”

Seeing Ancestor Shubu’s face full of fear, Mo Hua asked, ”Really?”

”Really.” Ancestor Shubu nodded repeatedly.

Mo Hua felt a bit regretful and also thought that disturbing others’ ancestral graves wasn’t very good, so he said, ”Then forget it.”

Only then did Ancestor Shubu feel a sense of relief.

Yet Mo Hua was still not giving up, he thought for a moment, then asked, ”Do you know anywhere else where I can learn the art of Cause and Effect Transfer?”

”This...” Ancestor Shubu frowned and said, ”In the Royal Court of the Great Wilderness, there might be such inheritance of Cause and Effect Arts. But the problem is... this was from when I died, now who knows how many years have passed outside, whether the Royal Court still exists, or if the inheritance still remains, is a question.”

Mo Hua curiously asked, ”Isn’t there a lot of good stuff in your Royal Court?”

”Naturally,” Ancestor Shubu said, ”The Royal Court is the land of the Great Wilderness Royal Family, it is the foundation of the Great Wilderness, gathering all kinds of superior inheritances, even all sorts of wondrous arts, allowing one to reborn anew, defy fate...”

Ancestor Shubu’s face bore pride, then suddenly asked Mo Hua, ”Right, Taoist Friend, I’ve been sealed underground for countless years, how is the Great Wilderness Royal Family now?”

Mo Hua’s expression was somewhat complicated, not knowing if he should tell it that the Great Wilderness Royal Family was already gone.

Previously, the Royal Family had already been annihilated.

Though now there is an attempt to reestablish it, but there is the Taoist Court army suppressing from outside, famine spreading from within, the aristocratic families secretly exploiting, tribe wars constantly erupting, and Uncle preparing to raise a Taoist Demon.

Thinking about it, it seems to only be a shadow of its former self.

”The Royal Family... is still okay...” Mo Hua said, ”Not as mighty as before, but at least the bloodline still survives.”

”Is it... as long as it’s still there...” Ancestor Shubu felt somewhat emotional, with a trace of comfort.

It seems the loyalty to the Royal Family was etched into the bones of these tribal ancestors.

Even if it has died for so many years, it still can’t erase these obsessions.

With the conversation reaching here, Mo Hua suddenly couldn’t find a topic to talk about.

Questions were also asked, quite a bit of insight on cause and effect was ’exchanged’.

Although mostly it was this old Ancestor from Shugubu talking, I just started the conversation, but surely both parties have gained quite a bit.

Mo Hua nodded, considering whether to ’consume’ this ancestor of Shugubu along the way, took another look, seeing it had a grand physique, half of its body rotting, lost his appetite instantly.

Moreover, just after inquiring about issues, ’eating’ others would be a bit inhumane.

Forget it...

Mo Hua got up, looked around, and found nothing worth taking.

After all, this White Bone Hall exists on the level of ”Divine Thought.”

There is something that caught Mo Hua’s attention...

Mo Hua pointed at the already self-sacrificing ”Iron Skill Bone” and asked, ”He shouldn’t be completely dead yet, right?”

”This...” Ancestor Shubu seemed to understand Mo Hua’s intention and was somewhat hesitant, ”He has already offered his life force to me.”

Mo Hua said, ”He committed suicide and gave his life to you, asking you to kill me. Now that you can’t kill me, shouldn’t you ’return’ his life the same way?”

Mo Hua added, ”I still have use for him.”

Ancestor Shubu sighed, ”Since Taoist Friend has requested, then... alright, I will return his Life Soul.”

”There’s one more thing...” Mo Hua thought for a moment and continued, ”Advise him to remain loyal and work for me in the future.”

”And... aren’t you the ancestor? When you have time, also send a dream to those outer court Shugubu’s Golden Core practitioners—especially the biggest one named ’Lugu’—telling them I’m a friend of your Shugubu tribe...”

Mo Hua glanced at Ancestor Shubu, ”As the friend of your ancestor, an ancient shaman, I’ve lived for two... two thousand years, and now I’ve descended into the mortal realm, which will save them from disaster and revive the Shugu tribe.”

Ancestor Shubu could not hide the astonishment in his expression.

This young Taoist Friend’s ability to lie with a straight face is truly absurd.

In the blink of an eye, he claims to have lived for two thousand years.

”Is there a problem?” Mo Hua asked him.

Ancestor Shubu hesitated.

As the ancient ancestor, he could not just come back to life and deceive his descendants.

Mo Hua then said sternly, ”I’m not joking with you, you’ve been dead too long to understand the current trends. The situation outside is extremely dire, and the Shugubu tribe is in a precarious position. If I don’t guide them, they will be extinct sooner or later.”

Ancestor Shubu’s mouth twitched slightly, feeling that this ”child-like” Taoist Friend before him was truly ridiculous.

Right in front of him, lies are spewed out one after another.

But when he secretly pinched his fingers to calculate the fate of the Great Wilderness, his expression instantly turned extremely terrified.

Is this... a fatal calamity?

Ancestor Shubu looked at Mo Hua and nodded, ”Then... it’s up to Taoist Friend. I hope Taoist Friend can save a Bloodline for our Shugubu. I’m sincerely grateful.”

Mo Hua was slightly stunned, and he also nodded.

Talking to someone who understands ”Cause and Effect” is easy, no need for too much explanation, he understands it himself.

The conversation ends, and there’s nothing else for now.

Mo Hua glanced at Ancestor Shubu again but ultimately couldn’t bring himself to kill, saying, ”Let me out, otherwise I might get hungry and lose control.”

Ancestor Shubu was startled and quickly said, ”Yes, yes, I’ll send Taoist Friend out right away.”

”What I instructed you?” Mo Hua asked.

Ancestor Shubu said, ”I will certainly follow through.”

Mo Hua nodded.

Then Ancestor Shubu activated the mantra, mobilizing the blood-colored Cause and Effect Line to facilitate Mo Hua’s departure.

Mo Hua’s figure gradually disappeared in the White Bone Hall, guided by the Cause and Effect Line.

Before leaving, he gave Ancestor Shubu one last glance, feeling slightly stirred:

This Ancestor Shubu... is definitely not an ordinary being.

At that moment, it’s finger lightly tapped, operating the Cause and Effect Line with extreme proficiency, a skill born from years of deep research into causal relationships.

It’s like using Divine Sense to control ink to draw formations instinctively.

It seems ordinary, but it’s actually a highly advanced technique.

Moreover, all it had mentioned about insights based on the Cause and Effect Line to deconstruct Causal Laws, undoubtedly could not be ordinary knowledge.

These inheritances could not possibly be understood by merely a Golden Core, even as the ancestor of the Shugubu tribe.

And all this inheritance, if not mistaken, likely comes from that figure almost obliterated from Great Wilderness history, whom no one dares mention...

”Great Witch.”

Mo Hua silently thought, then gathered all his thoughts, with no change in expression, he simply left.

After Mo Hua left, the half-decayed Ancestor Shubu also gathered the somewhat ”flattering” expression on its face, its gaze turning cold and indifferent.

It walked slowly, step by step, to stand in front of the self-sacrificing Iron Skill Bone, extending its white bone fingertip to tap on Iron Skill Bone’s forehead, its voice hoarse:

”You... go and pledge loyalty to this Taoist Friend...”

”Work for him...”

”Without regard for your life, stay by his side...”