The Quest for Immortality

Iron Skill Bone is sneakily sending messages to Bone.

Mo Hua is standing right behind him, leaning in, silently watching him chat with Bone.

This isn’t the first day Mo Hua has done this.

Lately, Mo Hua often spies on Iron Skill Bone and Bone’s ”private chats” at midnight.

The ”Letter Token” they use for private communication is a special bone shard.

Iron Skill Bone uses blood to write on the bone shard; Bone on the other end can receive the message and reply to Iron Skill Bone.

Originally, this Bone Book Order did not belong to Iron Skill Bone.

But ever since Mo Hua differentiated and formed an alliance with the Shugubu, improving relations between the Shugubu and the Danque Tribe, their relationship has eased, and they’ve been in contact.

Iron Skill Bone must have secretly ”met” with Bone at some point, reached an agreement, and exchanged Bone Book Orders for private collusion, secretly transmitting messages.

Mo Hua quite enjoys watching them collude and chat, frequently coming to ”spy” a bit, to grasp the progress of their collusion.

Iron Skill Bone hasn’t been without suspicion that his actions might be discovered by Mo Hua.

But he and Bone have ”chatted privately” many times now, and Mo Hua hasn’t reacted at all, so over time, Iron Skill Bone became less vigilant.

In his heart, Mo Hua is a Foundation Establishment and also a vicious Demon Monster.

A Foundation Establishment cannot quietly and silently detect the movements of a Golden Core like him.

And if Mo Hua discovered his ”betrayal,” then as a vicious ”Demon Monster,” he would surely fly into a rage and kill him, possibly even skinning him alive, tearing out his tendons, and devouring his organs, wouldn’t be too much.

Now that he’s not dead, it obviously means that his actions haven’t been discovered by the ”Demon Monster.”

Iron Skill Bone thinks so.

But he clearly underestimated Mo Hua’s abilities and also underestimated Mo Hua’s magnanimity and tolerance for a ”traitor” like him.

He even underestimated Mo Hua’s insidiousness and dark humor...

Inside the white Bone Book Order, the two are ”secretly” chatting.

”Are you really sure that this Foundation Establishment Realm Mr. Witch is a Demon Monster?”

Bone is again confirming Mo Hua’s nature with Iron Skill Bone.

Clearly, their contact during this time has given Bone a different perception of Mo Hua and led to more doubts about Mo Hua’s nature.

Iron Skill Bone, however, is very firm in saying: ”This person is bizarre, definitely a Demon Monster beyond a doubt!”

Though in his heart, he hasn’t been without doubts.

Especially after seeing Mo Hua’s ”justice” and ”kindness” towards the Barbarian Tribes, and the seemingly deity-like, incredible ”Divine Power,” Iron Skill Bone has even suspected that Mo Hua may not be a ”Demon Monster” at all.

But causing inner turmoil is also a trait of a Demon Monster.

Iron Skill Bone quickly regained confidence through self-criticism.

All justice and kindness are just a facade covered in human skin.

The so-called ”Divine Power” is just the ”Demon Monster’s power” cloaked in gold.

This point is undeniable.

The struggle against the Demon Monster is a long journey, full of dangers, and cannot have a single second of slack or hesitation.

Bone sends a message: ”Then have you found a spell point to exterminate this Demon Monster, making it suffer eternally, and unable to rise again?”

Mo Hua raises an eyebrow, feeling displeased.

This Bone, whom he just gave two sets of heavy armor as a ”gift,” turns around and wants to take his life, even wishing him eternal suffering?

Indeed, in the Barbaric Wilderness, there aren’t many ”good things”; it’s full of ingrates.

Iron Skill Bone frowns deeply, clearly encountering a tremendous difficulty:

”I’ve observed up close for a long time; this Demon Monster’s flesh form is full of flaws. Its Spiritual Root is low, its flesh is weak, looking frail and feeble, a negligible Foundation Establishment realm, easily slain with one strike.”

”But if you truly want to kill it, these flaws seem to all vanish. I utterly don’t know how to kill it, nor do I know how to even manage killing it.”

”Besides, there might not even be an opportunity to act now.”

”This Demon Monster is very adept at enchanting people. The entire Danque Tribe regards it as a deity, the Young Master reveres it as a teacher, the Golden Core obeys its commands, and over a hundred heavy Bone soldiers seem like its ’private army,’ heavily guarded and impossible to get close...”

”As I think it through, there’s only one...non-methodical method...”

Iron Skill Bone writes to this point, his face a bit pale.

On the other side, Bone is also using blood words, sending letters word by word: ”Are you saying...calling the death spell?”

Iron Skill Bone’s hand trembles slightly as he writes with his own blood:

”...Go to the White Bone Tomb of the Shugu Ancestor grave and awaken an ancient Shugu Ancestor, allowing the ancestor to use the Great Witch spell of communicating with the dead to ’curse’ this Demon Monster...”

Iron Skill Bone writes to this point, his lips pale, seemingly holding immense fear.

Mo Hua, on the other hand, slightly trembles his gaze.

White Bone Tomb.

Great Witch’s spell...