The Quest for Immortality

In Taixu Gate, Foundation Establishment cultivation actually isn’t that difficult.

But that’s because Taixu Gate is a Fifth-grade Great Sect, with a deep-rooted inheritance. For this basic Realm of Foundation Establishment, it possesses a complete set of Tao Cultivation methods created by generations of Feathered Transformation Sect Leaders and Heaven Void Ancestors, and constantly improved, verified, and iterated.

This is the heart’s blood of countless cultivation geniuses and High-Rank cultivators.

When Mo Hua was cultivating in Taixu Gate, he naturally didn’t feel anything special about it.

But after returning to Tongxian City, he realized that for ordinary Loose Cultivators, cultivation methods above Foundation Establishment were practically a barren ”desert.”

Most Loose Cultivators, even if they manage to reach Foundation Establishment, simply don’t know how to cultivate further afterward.

They can only rely on experience, or on a few scattered words passed down by their predecessors, groping their way forward.

This leads to Foundation Establishment Loose Cultivators finding every single step forward incomparably difficult.

This is more or less what people mean by ”cultivating the Dao with no gate to enter.”

So Mo Hua explained the Foundation Establishment Taoist inheritance of Taixu Gate to everyone, telling them what exactly this so-called Foundation Establishment means.

After the Foundation Establishment Early Stage, how Spiritual Power should be breathed in and out, how it should be Refining.

What points to pay attention to during a breakthrough, and how to reduce the likelihood of failure.

What taboos there are during Cultivation, things that absolutely must never be touched.

Which meridians must never be used to circulate Spiritual Power and form a Circulation...

This speech left everyone astounded; many Loose Cultivators who had been suffering from having no door into Cultivation felt as if enlightened by a sudden revelation, seeing the light at once.

Many details of Tao Cultivation are actually not difficult; once you know them, you can do them.

The difficulty lies precisely in the word ”know.”

With inheritance lacking and no one to guide them, the barriers to Tao Cultivation towering, for Loose Cultivators in the past to learn these things was no different from daydreaming.

After this Tao Discussion Meeting concluded, Mo Hua’s fame rose even higher.

Everyone knew that Tongxian City had produced a ”little Immortal,” endowed with the talent of a heaven-blessed being, with an immortal bearing and Daoist bones. Not only was his talent astonishing, his Cultivation deep, and his Formations extraordinary, he was also benevolent and virtuous, broadly spreading the Great Dao to low-level cultivators.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Elder Yu had already begun to handle the matter of expanding Tongxian City.

After the expansion, the sub-city of Tongxian would have more space, able to provide homes and permanent residence for more incoming Loose Cultivators.

Once this news got out, the Loose Cultivators who often came and went around Tongxian City were all wild with joy and full of gratitude.

And some Formation Masters, even old Second Grade Formation Masters, after attending the Tao Discussion Meeting, also decided not to leave.

They were wealthy and had seniority; they directly purchased caves in Tongxian City and settled down.

After all, within the entire Big Black Mountain State boundary, there was no Immortal City like Tongxian City—so peaceful and prosperous, so bustling with life, with such a rich Formation atmosphere, and from top to bottom exuding such vigorous vitality.

What’s more, Tongxian City was still developing.

As Formation Masters, if they stayed behind, they would definitely have great prospects.

And with more Formation Masters around, it became much easier for them to exchange insights and spar with each other, even just to socialize over tea.

The whole Tongxian City was permeated with a thriving, exuberant air.

Everything was getting better, and everything was developing according to Mo Hua’s expectations.

Looking at all of this, Mo Hua felt gratified, and then suddenly became aware that he had already done everything he could; for what came next, there was temporarily no need for him.

As for Tongxian City, with Elder Yu and everyone else, it could already develop very well.

”Perhaps... it’s time to leave...”

The moment this thought surfaced, it felt a bit abrupt, yet also entirely natural.

Mo Hua’s expression grew slightly heavy, a trace of gloom in his gaze.

Clearly he had just come home not long ago, and in the blink of an eye, he was going to leave again...

In a lifetime, one is always experiencing partings and reunions amid joys and sorrows.

This time, once he left again, where would he go, what would he encounter, what setbacks would he go through, and how long would it be before he could return home? He truly had no idea at all.

Mo Hua let out a deep sigh.

Because he sensed that he would be leaving, he cleared out all his time in the days that followed to spend it accompanying his parents.

This could be considered fulfilling his duty as a son.

As a mother, Liu Ruhua had some intuition about it and couldn’t stop herself from feeling a bit sad, but she said nothing. She only thought up different dishes every day to cook good food for Mo Hua.

She wanted her child to eat a bit better before leaving home.

Mo Shan was likewise silent, merely taking Mo Hua out from time to time to wander around Big Black Mountain, walking the paths Mo Hua had taken as a child, teaching him some Monster Hunter techniques—which, of course, also counted as life experience.

He told Mo Hua that when planning matters, he needed to be thorough; when acting, cautious.

No matter what he encountered, preserving his life was always the highest priority.

If he met a strong enemy and could kill, then he must kill, and never hold back.

If he couldn’t kill them, then flee, and be absolutely decisive.

When killing an enemy, remember to finish them off and not be careless, or else he would suffer harm at their hands instead...

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As a Monster Hunter, Mo Hua had been steeped in these words since childhood, and while traveling outside, he had always been putting them into practice.

Yet at this moment, with Mo Shan repeating them word by word, tirelessly exhorting him,

Mo Hua still engraved every word deep into his heart, not daring to be negligent.

These life insights and experiences only grow more profound the more one reflects on them, and the more one practices, the more one benefits.

Father and son continued walking toward the depths of Big Black Mountain.

This was still the path up the mountain from Mo Hua’s childhood, except that the terrain of Big Black Mountain had changed, and there were many new things along this road.

Whenever they encountered something novel along the way, Mo Shan would tell Mo Hua about it.

Mo Hua would also ask about the current situation in Big Black Mountain.

The two of them walked along, chatting at ease.

”By the way, Dad...” Mo Hua suddenly thought of something and asked, ”Where are Uncle Meng and Auntie Meng? Since I came back, I don’t think I’ve seen them.”