The Quest for Immortality

”Leave it to you?” Xia Canonical Official looked at Mo Hua with a skeptical expression and couldn’t help but say, ”You’re a Formation Master, too?”

”Don’t I look like one?” Mo Hua replied.

Xia Canonical Official scrutinized Mo Hua for a moment and shook her head slightly.

Mo Hua was indeed very young.

A truly accomplished Formation Master, even if not with a head full of white hair, would mostly be middle-aged.

Some young array geniuses, though they have remarkable formation achievements at a young age, often have insufficient experience.

Lacking practical experience, they can only talk about strategies on paper.

The problems involved in the Taoist Court cases concerning formations are real-world issues.

When dealing with them, experience is often more important than talent.

The formation encountered this time was rather complex, integrated with the island, involving the offensive and defensive efforts of many cultivators, demanding even more rich formation experience and insight.

As for Mo Hua...

Xia Canonical Official looked at Mo Hua and frowned.

If he hadn’t said he was a Formation Master himself, others would never have guessed it.

Furthermore, even at the Foundation Building Middle Stage, with some formation talent, he could at most draw some primary second-grade, twelve to thirteen-pattern formations.

Such formations wouldn’t be of much use.

And moreover...

Xia Canonical Official sighed, ”Array Formation, capturing water pirates, isn’t as simple as being able to draw formations.”

”From how things stand now, we might even need to customize a batch of formation media to match the formations...”

Mo Hua’s eyes lit up, ”I have a way with that too!”

”You...” Xia Canonical Official frowned, ”aren’t you a loose cultivator?”

”Yes,” Mo Hua nodded, ”but I’m quite well-connected, know a few more people, and among them happens to be a third-grade Artifact Refiner.”

Xia Canonical Official fell silent, turned to glance at Gu Changhuai, and found him calmly sipping tea. His demeanor seemed to confirm Mo Hua’s words, leaving her surprised.

Gu Changhuai had a poor temper, aloof nature, and especially harsh words.

Yet now, he had no objections to what Mo Hua said.

This signified that he had absolute trust in Mo Hua’s abilities, at least in formations...

Xia Canonical Official was perplexed.

A little cultivator at the Foundation Building Middle Stage, what kind of formation abilities could he possess to earn such belief from Gu Changhuai, a Golden Core Cultivator from a family background, serving as a Court Official at the Fifth Grade Taoist Court?

Xia Canonical Official wanted to agree with Mo Hua to see if he truly had such formation strength.

But this matter was crucial.

If it got messed up, she wouldn’t be able to explain it to her uncle upon returning.

Seeing her hesitating expression, Mo Hua was understanding and said after some thought:

”Sister Xia, how about I take some time to draw up the Formation Diagram first and send it to you for a look. If you think it’s okay, then I can proceed to customize the formation media, arranging and setting up the formations.”

”This...” Xia Canonical Official pondered momentarily and nodded, ”could work, though there may not be much time.”

”One day, I’ll send it to you by tomorrow!”

Mo Hua vowed confidently.

”One day?”

Xia Canonical Official was taken aback, somewhat doubtful, ”Isn’t that too rushed...?”

”One day is enough!” Mo Hua strived to assure.

Catching the Water Yama was also a major event for him, and he wasn’t at ease leaving it to others.

Only then did Xia Canonical Official nod slowly, ”Alright, let’s see your Formation Diagram once it’s done.”

She kept some leeway, not really agreeing.

Mo Hua didn’t mind, but upon remembering something, he added, ”There’s also another issue... Customizing spiritual tools might require a considerable amount of Spirit Stones.”

Xia Canonical Official stated, ”The Taoist Court will reimburse.”

Mo Hua’s expression brightened with a smile, ”Great!”

He had also pulled in a large number of orders for Master Gu over there.

Without wasting any more time, Mo Hua greeted them and returned to the Taixu Gate to start designing the Formation Diagram for the hunt against the water pirates.

Xia Canonical Official watched Mo Hua’s departing figure, turned to Gu Changhuai, and asked:

”Are you really assured, leaving the formation matters to Mo Hua?”

Gu Changhuai raised an eyebrow slightly.

Why not?

If I can’t draw formations, who else should I entrust but him?

Yet such words that would undermine Mo Hua’s prestige and exalt his own difficulties, he wouldn’t utter.

”Does your Xia family have any reliable Formation Masters in the Qianxue State Boundary?” Gu Changhuai asked.

Xia Canonical Official nodded, ”Yes, our Xia family’s own Formation Master.”

”Third Grade?”

”A Third-Grade Array Master isn’t easy to invite, and for such matters, a second grade suffices,” Xia Canonical Official said.

”That’s the case,” Gu Changhuai stated plainly, ”if it’s merely a Second Grade Array Master, you might as well go directly to Mo Hua. If he can’t solve it, it’s unlikely others can either.”

Xia Canonical Official was momentarily stunned.

After speaking, Gu Changhuai got up and left.

Xia Canonical Official watched Gu Changhuai leave in silence, a slight change in her expression.

She previously assumed that Mo Hua was a descendant or nephew of Gu Changhuai, and thus, despite his poor temper, Gu Changhuai was still being tolerant.

However, it seemed the situation was quite different.

Gu Changhuai likely regarded Mo Hua with high esteem, maybe even treating him as an equal...

That said, it was still impossible for her to pin the crisis of eradicating water pirates entirely on Mo Hua, a little cultivator she had only met a few times.

Upon returning, Xia Canonical Official also contacted a few Second Grade Array Masters from the Xia family.

She didn’t specify what needed to be done, simply showed them the Formation Method Map around the nearby island.

Yet, before the Xia family’s Formation Masters could form any clues, Mo Hua had already handed over the planned Formation Diagram to Xia Canonical Official through Gu Changhuai.

Xia Canonical Official glanced at it once and her pupils constricted.

Taking advantage of Mo Hua’s free time after class, she set up a meeting in Tai Xu City.

Mo Hua explained some of his formation thoughts to her:

”I spent some time researching after returning, meanwhile checking formation classics and confirming with my Sect Instructor...”