Immortality Through Array Formations

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Mo Hua sighed.

In the following days, Mo Hua mostly stayed at home, spending time with his parents.

Mo Shan and Liu Ruhua were reluctant for Mo Hua to leave, but for cultivators seeking the Dao, encountering such an opportunity was too precious to pass up, no matter the reluctance.

But still, concern and aching hearts were inevitable.

Mo Shan reduced his monster hunting expeditions and stayed home more to keep Mo Hua company.

Liu Ruhua also made many delicious dishes for Mo Hua.

At the same time, she packed Mo Hua’s luggage, organizing his belongings in a storage bag, stuffing it with lots of jerked meat, candied fruits, and rice wine.

There were also quite a few spirit stones.

Mo Hua refused them, but could not escape her insistence and ended up taking only half.

He wanted his parents to keep some spirit stones to cultivate properly, so they could reach the Foundation Establishment Realm or even form a Golden Core, living happily and contentedly.

When the packing was nearly done, Liu Ruhua suddenly remembered something and handed Mo Hua a wooden box.

“This belongs to Court Leader Zhang; he left it on the table at the tavern that day, forgot to take it, and the next day, I heard he had left Tongxian City to return to the Zhang Family. There’s no way to return this box to him now…”

“Court Leader Zhang probably won’t come back. You keep it, and if you meet him in the future, you can give it back to him.”

Mo Hua was startled, “A wooden box?”

He took it and saw it was just an ordinary wooden box, but made of sturdy material and sealed by a formation. He wondered what was inside.

“Okay, Mom, I’ll keep it for now and return it to Uncle Zhang when I see him.”

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Uncle Zhang Lan, although known for being idly carefree and a work-shirker who liked to slack off, was actually meticulous and wasn’t the type to lose things…

Why would he leave a wooden box at a tavern?

Mo Hua looked at the box and suddenly paused.

The box was sealed with a formation.

This type of formation was an entry-level compound formation, simple and straightforward—the very foundation formation he first learned from the “Initial Understanding of Compound Formation.”

When Mo Hua first met Zhang Lan, he had asked him about this compound formation…

This matter should only be known to him and Uncle Zhang Lan.

“Was this wooden box left for me by Uncle Zhang?”

Mo Hua pondered.

He examined the formation again and couldn’t help thinking…

It was terribly drawn…

Mo Hua could tell that the person who drew the formation had tried hard, but their understanding of formations was just too poor…

Mo Hua roughly confirmed it.

It was Uncle Zhang Lan’s handiwork.

“Uncle Zhang intentionally used this compound formation to seal the box. Was he trying to hide something?”

Mo Hua was curious. After some thought, he decided to open it.

With a tap of his finger and a slight movement of his divine sense, the Mo patterns emerged, and he instantly unlocked the formation on the box, which opened.

Inside the box, there was a scroll.

The scroll was old, seemingly handwritten.

Nothing was written on the title page.

But inside were arcane meridian charts and detailed text. Others might be confused, but Mo Hua recognized at once that this was…

The Second Grade Water Passing Step Secret Manual!

This was left to him by… Uncle Zhang Lan…

Mo Hua was stunned, then deeply moved.

He flipped to the end of the secret manual and found a line of small characters. Although the writing was deliberately obscured, Mo Hua, proficient in formations and familiar with penmanship, could still tell it was Zhang Lan’s writing:

“Do not disgrace the esteemed family spell point.”

“Left by a passing, unnamed, kind-hearted uncle.”

Warmth bloomed in Mo Hua’s heart as he smiled brightly.

He etched Zhang Lan’s kind gesture in his memory, planning to repay him with a great gift if they met again in the future.

Then Mo Hua’s eyes lit up.

This movement technique had helped him immensely; it had resolved his pressing need.

Without a movement technique, a spiritual cultivator is like a steamed bun without legs—everyone can take a bite, and it can’t run away.

Choosing a new movement technique to learn would be more troublesome, and certainly not as effective.

Like formations, whether it’s cultivation techniques, spells, or movement techniques, all follow the principle of lineage continuity.

First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade—starting from the basics, it’s a gradual process.

Learning in this manner is twice as effective with a solid foundation, deeper understanding, and stronger effects.

With the Second Grade Water Passing Step, even if he went to Qian State, he would have enough capability to protect himself against Foundation Establishment Realm prodigies!

Mo Hua breathed a sigh of relief.

Afterwards, he began to learn the Second Grade Water Passing Step.

He was extremely proficient in the First Grade Water Passing Step, so it wasn’t too difficult for him to pick up the Second Grade.

As time passed, Mo Hua’s Water Passing Step improved towards the standard of Second Grade Foundation Establishment.

And the Second Grade Water Passing Step, compared to the First Grade, had many more changes and complexities.

But just as Mo Hua had yet to grasp the many intricacies of the Second Grade Water Passing Step, he learned of something that made his jaw drop…

Instructor Yan was getting married!

This was what Instructor Yan had told him.

Manager Mo, seeing Mo Hua’s expression, nodded and said, “When I heard the news, I had the same look as you…”

“Instructor Yan… who is he marrying?” Mo Hua couldn’t help but ask.

“It’s that woman we saw the other day, the one with her hair tied up and plain face, not particularly striking in looks, but with an intelligent and dignified air…” Manager Mo explained at length.

Mo Hua remembered.

It was that graceful and serene female Formation Master…

Speaking of which, she did seem quite a match for Instructor Yan.

“But…” Mo Hua frowned, genuinely baffled, “How did Instructor Yan meet that woman, and how did it come to marriage?”

Manager Mo wore an expression that said, “You wouldn’t believe it if I told you…”