MTL - Asking About Longevity-Chapter 600 water prison

Chapter 600 Water Prison Technique

After Mo Hua left his name, he waited with great anticipation. After finally lighting the incense, Taixu Ling trembled slightly.

 The application for ink painting was accepted.

Hundred meritorious deeds!

Mo Hua is very happy.

 After that, he began to prepare for the reward.

 Bring some spiritual stones, some spiritual ink, and your own little "hiding" cloak. Although the Qianjun Rod is useless, it has been with you for so long, so I might as well bring it with me.

In addition, there seems to be a Diancang Mountain on the border of Diancangzhou...

I don’t know if there is any poisonous gas or miasma in the mountains, so I have to bring poison-preventing pills and miasma-preventing pills, as well as second-grade ones.

There are some other bits and pieces, and the ink paintings are all ready.

 The last problem is to prepare some means to defeat the enemy.

 Ink painting silently pondering...

The task in the middle stage of foundation building is to hunt down the guilty cultivator, and that guilty cultivator should also be in the middle stage of foundation building.

  If his cultivation level is higher than his own, the power of the fireball technique is probably greatly reduced.

 In terms of formation…

 The second-grade earth fire formation has thirteen lines. The second-grade preliminary formation is probably less lethal to monks in the middle stage of foundation establishment.

 “The means of attack are still lacking...”

Mo Hua sighed.

But he is only in the early stage of foundation building and cannot beat the middle stage of foundation building, which seems normal.

Moreover, the requirement for this bounty is an formation master who is "proficient in formations".

 It can be seen that there is no need to kill them yourself.

 With the formation ability, just follow the "gangster"...

 However, you can make more preparations.

 In case you encounter a strong enemy, it is best that you can help.

“It’s the third day of the Lunar New Year, and there are still six days until the ninth day of the Lunar New Year…”

Mo Hua thought: "Six days is barely enough time to learn a spell..."

 “This spell does not require killing…”

"Because my spiritual power is weak, except for the fireball technique, I probably won't be able to learn other powerful spells. Even if I learn them, their power will be very low..."

 “Then learn how to control…”

 Spells of control…

Mo Hua’s eyes lit up, “Second-grade Water Prison Technique!”

 Water Prison is still very useful.

Especially used to trap enemies, interrupt attacks, and restrain those monks with excellent physical skills. Basically, every attack is accurate.

 It's just that before, he only had the secret book of the first-grade water prison technique, and he used it more during the Qi refining period.

 After being promoted to foundation building, the effect of this spell is greatly reduced, and it is used less.

And he couldn't find the second-grade magic secret book.

 This is the dilemma of casual cultivators with weak inheritance.

There is nothing I can do about ink painting.

 But now, after entering the Taixu Gate, things are different.

Taixu Sect has a long heritage and profound foundation, and has collected many Taoist teachings in the world.

 There should be a second-grade water prison technique in the merit basket.

Mo Hua felt a little happy in his heart, and his consciousness immediately sank into Taixu Ling. He rummaged through the merit basket, and in just a cup of tea, he found the secret to the Water Prison Technique!

Moreover, it’s a complete set!

 Level 1 to Level 4, the complete secret book of Water Prison Technique!

There are some notes below:

“Water Prison, a rare spell.

 It was once the secret knowledge of Shuiyun Sect and has never been passed down to the outside world.

In the winter of the 19080th year of the Dao calendar, the entire Water Prison Sect became possessed by demons and was suppressed by the Taoist court. After its destruction, the Water Prison technique leaked out and spread throughout the world, but many of the techniques were lacking...

　　In the 19,900th year of the Taoist calendar, this technique was compiled into a volume by Master Yi and included in the Taixu Sect..."

There is another comment at the end:

“The Water Prison Technique has a rare function and is easy to learn but difficult to master, so choose carefully.”

 After looking at the ink painting, I was a little surprised.

This water prison technique actually has some background.

Shuiyumen, what kind of sect is it?

How could the whole sect be possessed by demons?

And this Yi Zhenren, who is it...

Mo Hua thought about it and didn’t care much.

 The world of cultivation is so big and there are so many sects and monks with their origins. How can he have time to study them one by one?

 Just learn something.

Mo Hua looked at the merit basket and found that the complete water prison technique, from the first to the fourth level, requires a total of more than 10,000 merits...

Mo Hua took a breath of cold air.

too expensive!

　　Even if he sells him, he can't afford it.

Mo Hua looked at it carefully again and found out that this spell can be taken apart and bought.

 From the first level to the second level, only 260 meritorious deeds are required.

 High-grade talents are expensive, with a third-grade talent costing more than 2,000 and a fourth-grade talent costing more than 8,000.

Mo Hua breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, I only need to buy the second-grade one..."

But then he thought about it, the two hundred and sixty meritorious service of the second grade is not cheap at all...

 He now has a total of only 2,780 meritorious deeds.

This is what he worked so hard, accepted so many bounties, drew nearly a hundred formations, and saved up for so long.

 The ink painting was a little tangled. I turned it over and over in my mind and compared it for a long time before making a decision.

 Meritors are for use!

 If you don’t spend it, what will you do with it?

It’s just the cost of one or two sixteen-pattern formations.

This water prison technique, if you learn it thoroughly and practice it proficiently, you can benefit from it throughout the foundation building period!

 “Bought!”

Mo Hua gritted his teeth and decided.

Then with a swipe of his hand, all the hard-earned achievements were gone in a flash.

Mo Hua was so heartbroken that he couldn’t breathe.

 But thinking that I had learned a new spell, I felt a little better.

Without further ado, Mo Hua immediately ran to the Gongxun Pavilion and redeemed the "Second Grade Water Prison Technique" he had just bought.

The person who received Mo Hua was still the meritorious elder. He looked at the "Water Prison Technique" secret book and said with some surprise:

“Didn’t you say that you want to save merit and learn formations? Why did you save for so long and buy this magic secret book?”

 “And...is it still this weird water prison technique?”

Mo Hua said: "A sharpened sword can be used to chop firewood! I learned spells so that I can better 'mix' tasks and earn more merits! Then I can change more formations!"

 “A mixed mission?” The meritorious elder was stunned.

Mo Hua felt a little guilty and said, "I made a mistake. I was 'accepting' the task."

 The meritorious elder shook his head, a little confused.

 “This little kid, why is he so weird...”

 “Learning such a tricky magic…what exactly does he want to do?”

But since Mo Hua wanted to change, he couldn't say anything. This was in line with the rules of Taixu Sect. As long as he had meritorious service, he could change whatever he wanted, and he couldn't interfere.

 The meritorious elder handed the secret book of the second-grade water prison technique to Mo Hua.

Mo Hua took the secret book and ran away with a smile on his face, leaving the meritorious elder behind with a thoughtful look on his face.

 …

Mo Hua returned to his disciple's residence and couldn't wait to open the "Secret Book of Water Prison Technique".

 This secret book is of the second grade.

  However, because the disciples of Taixu Sect all started school at the foundation-building level, the second-level secret book also "included" the first-level secret book.

"buy one get one free…"

Mo Hua nodded, feeling that it was not a loss.

In order to make more money, Mo Hua read through the first-grade water prison technique from beginning to end, and then he was surprised to find that this first-grade water prison technique was very different from the water prison secret book he got...

 The techniques are more complete, the key points are more complex, and the flow of spiritual power from the meridians is also more difficult.

Mo Hua thought of the origin of the Water Prison Technique on the merit basket, and he suddenly realized.

His previous secret book of the first-grade water prison technique was obtained from the sin cultivator of Dahei Mountain. It was a lost inheritance after the destruction of the water prison gate.

The Taixu Sect collects the magic formulas compiled by Master Yi. This is the complete and orthodox inheritance of the Water Prison Technique.

 “This Master Yi is really a good man!”

Mo Hua also labeled Yi Zhenren as a "good guy".

Then Mo Hua began to review, check for omissions and fill in the gaps, and reshape his own first-grade water prison technique. At the same time, on this basis, he studied and continued to practice the orthodox second-grade water prison technique.

 The orthodox water prison technique emphasizes the use of "water" to condense the form and draw the ground as a prison.

 The water prison technique before ink painting could only be simply "restrained".

  But the orthodox water prison technique is more like a "shackles".

Even water-based spiritual power can erode the meridians and cause pain.

 It is not very lethal, but it can give people a "suffocating" discomfort.

 Like a real "water prison".

Whether it is "imprisonment" or "suffocation", the effect of the spell is much higher than before.

 Because Mo Hua's first-grade water prison technique is extremely skillful, on this basis, optimizing the spell and upgrading the spell will get twice the result with half the effort.

As for the Water Prison Technique, although it is remote, it is also very difficult to practice.

 But the spiritual consciousness of ink painting is strong and sharp, so it is not very difficult to learn.

Five or six days later, Mo Hua's second-grade water prison technique was used in a formal way.

 He tried the effect and felt quite satisfied.

 It is important for people to be self-aware.

 Be clear about your positioning.

Since killing is not possible, then learn some water prison techniques. It is also good to disgust people.

 It can be regarded as a contribution to completing the task!

On the ninth day of the lunar month, Mo Hua packed up his things and set off, heading to the foot of Taixu Mountain to meet a few "teammates".

Taixumen has a ten-day holiday, with two days off every ten days.

 The ten days off in the first ten days of each month are the two days of the ninth and tenth days of the lunar month.

Disciples can arrange freely during these two days, as long as they do not do evil, the sect does not impose restrictions.

 In the past ten days, Mo Hua spent all his time practicing formations in his disciple Juli.

This is his first time going out.

Mo Hua wore Taixumen Taoist robes and left Taixumen. According to the agreed time and place, he arrived at the foot of a mountain in the southwest.

 Beside the foot of the mountain, there is a big stone, which is very conspicuous.

When Mo Hua reached the foot of the mountain, he saw two monks under the big rock, both of them women.

A man wearing Taixumen Taoist robes, tall, gentle and beautiful.

The other one was wearing a gold-pink Taoist robe with rich embroidery. He was gorgeously dressed and had a pretty face. It looked like he was not from the Taixu sect.

Both of them have foundation building skills, and they are bigger than Mo Hua.

Mo Hua then said hello: "Hello, senior sister."

The two women were a little surprised, but seeing Mo Hua's picturesque eyebrows, fair skin, and clear eyes, and wearing a black and white Taixu Sect Taoist robe, they both smiled and said:

 “Hello, little junior brother.”

But after all, they were all relatively strangers, so I didn’t say anything more.

Mo Hua waited obediently.

The two senior sisters looked at Mo Hua in surprise, thinking that Mo Hua was waiting for someone, so they didn't say anything and waited silently.

 After a while, another monk came.

He is a man, wearing a golden-red Taoist robe, embroidered with mountain patterns, with a strong breath, tall and handsome.

 He walked straight over, with a gentle temperament, and said hello:

 “Hello, two junior sisters.”

The two female cultivators also said, "Hello, Senior Brother Feng."

 The man looked around and then asked, "Is anyone here?"

The gentle woman wearing Taixu Sect's Taoist robe frowned slightly, "I told you to gather here, but I haven't seen anyone yet..."

"I think I won't break the promise." "By accepting the task, I have made a spiritual contract, so I shouldn't..."

 “How is that person’s formation?”

“It’s not clear yet, but at least he is a first-level formation master. I saw that he has received many bounties for first-level formations. I think that even if he doesn’t know second-level formations, he should be very proficient in first-level formations..."

“There’s only one product, I’m afraid it’s not enough...” said the pretty woman.

The gentle woman sighed:

“Array masters generally only accept formation tasks. They would not normally take on such dangerous tasks as going out and hunting down criminal cultivators…”

“I waited for several days before a first-order formation master was willing to take over the mission.”

“Besides, our share of merit is not too much..."

 The man was helpless, "Indeed, it's only a little over a hundred..."

 This amount of merit can be earned by a second-grade formation master by drawing a few formations. There is no need to go out, travel, or take risks...

"I just don't know if this person is reliable..."

 “Yipin…it’s probably hard to be reliable…”

 “Let’s just make do with it, as things have come to this point, there’s no choice...”

“Then wait,” the man in the golden equatorial robe sighed, then looked up at the sky and said:

"It's getting late. I don't know when the formation master will come..."

"I am coming!"

 A crisp voice suddenly sounded.

The three of them were stunned for a moment. They turned their heads and looked aside, and saw a small monk with a stern face and said displeasedly:

 “I’ve been here a long time ago!”

I even heard you talking bad about me behind my back!

The three of them all looked astonished, and the gentle woman said in surprise: "You, you are..."

Mo Hua said: "I am Mo Hua!"

The man was slightly startled, "Ink painting?"

The gentle woman smiled bitterly and said: "It's the name of the formation master who took the mission, but I didn't expect..."

I didn’t expect that he would be such a junior fellow apprentice.

 In the early stage of foundation building, my cultivation level was low, and my face was childish. It looked like I had just started...

The man asked with a gentle voice:

 “Little brother, are you... a newbie?”

Mo Hua nodded.

The man was a little surprised and asked the gentle woman, "Have you changed the rules of your Taixu sect? Can you accept the mission even if you just joined the sect?"

The gentle woman said doubtfully: "I haven't heard of the change..."

 “Then he…”

 The three of them all looked at the ink painting.

Mo Hua said: "Mr. Xun asked me to take over the task."

 The ink painting displays "Mr. Xun" again.

But he didn't say that Mr. Xun asked him to take on the introductory tasks of "sweeping the steps, looking at the mountain gate, and drawing formations", and did not let him follow the more dangerous "pursuit of criminal cultivators" Task.

 “Mr. Xun?”

The man was a little surprised, but the gentle woman from the Taixu Sect was a little surprised.

“It turned out to be Mr. Xun…”

 No wonder…

 Mr.

 At least I have a close relationship with Mr. Xun.

It’s hard to ask further about this matter.

but…

 The gentle woman is in a bit of a dilemma.

Such an older junior brother has low cultivation, weak foundation, and little experience. Even if he knows the point formation method...how can you take him to do such a dangerous task?

What's more, does he really know how to form a formation...

The gentle woman then asked slowly: "Junior brother, do you... know how to form?"

When Mo Hua saw them, he didn't seem to want to "play" with them. He knew he had to show off his skills and gain a chance by himself, so he corrected him:

 “It’s not about ‘knowing’, it’s about ‘being good at’!”

 The other three people were stunned.

The older a monk is, the more he dares to say that he is "good at" formations...

Mo Hua said: "If you don't believe me, can you give me a test?"

 It’s best to test me with a very difficult formation that I haven’t learned before.

The man in the golden equatorial robe considered it for a moment and nodded, "Okay, I'll give you a little test."

"Uh-huh."

Mo Hua looked forward to it, but then he was disappointed again.

The man in the golden equatorial robe only tested him on some knowledge of first-level formations that were extremely simple for Mo Hua. He occasionally touched on second-level formations, but they only scratched the surface and could not reflect how powerful he was at all. He was also "whoring for free" "There is no new formation.

Ink painting effortlessly answered the man's question. Seeing that the man didn't speak, he asked again:

 “Is there anything more difficult?”

“Or, can you find a very difficult formation to test me?”

 The man was stunned for a moment and said helplessly:

 “I can only test you on these…”

He majored in sword techniques, and was not proficient in formations. He studied some on weekdays, just to cope with the sect's assessment, and didn't put much thought into it.

 But the fact that the ink painting can pass his test at least shows that the foundation of the formation is relatively solid.

 And they do need an formation master for this trip.

The man said: "Okay, I'll take you to try it."

Mo Hua was overjoyed, but before he could say anything, he heard the gentle-looking senior sister shake her head and say:

"no!"

Mo Hua was startled.

"It's too dangerous," Senior Sister Wen Wan said to Mo Hua. "Although with our cultivation, it is not difficult to pursue this criminal cultivator, but the world of cultivation is unpredictable, and there will inevitably be variables. Once something happens, we may not be able to protect ourselves." you."

She slowed down her tone and persuaded Mo Hua:

“Junior brother, listen to senior sister and go back to the sect to practice hard. When you are older, you can go on these dangerous missions...”

 This senior sister is also a good person.

Mo Hua said silently in his heart.

 But he will definitely have to follow the mission!

He has spent more than two hundred meritorious deeds to exchange for the second-grade Water Prison Technique. If he doesn't get some blood back, he will really lose a lot!

This trip is only allowed to succeed, not failed!

Mo Hua thought for a while, his eyes brightened slightly, and he said:

"If I don't go, won't you lose an formation master?"

"I will find someone else..." the gentle woman said.

“Senior sister, you just said that no one took the mission, I heard it all!”

 The gentle woman was suffocated.

"Don't worry." Mo Hua said, "I know the art of concealment and can protect myself."

 “Hidden…”

The gentle woman thought about it, but still felt uneasy and hesitated in her heart.

At this moment, another man came over from a distance, with an apologetic look on his face, "Sorry, I'm late..."

 Then he greeted everyone one by one:

“Senior Brother Feng, Junior Sister Qian, Senior Sister Murong…”

At last he saw Mo Hua, he was stunned for a moment and opened his mouth wide, "Mo Hua? Why are you here?"

Mo Hua was also surprised.

 There are actually acquaintances among the five people in this group!

This man is none other than the senior brother who brought him into the mountain gate, Shangguan Xu.

At this moment, he didn’t care why Shangguan Xu happened to be here, so he quickly said: “Brother Xu, take me with you!”

After speaking, he quickly winked at Shangguan Xu, meaning:

 Say something nice for me and let them take me to play together!

Shangguan Xu smiled bitterly, "What...is going on?"

The gentle woman told the story and asked in surprise: "Do you know each other?"

Shangguan Xu nodded, "Junior Brother Mo, you have some connection with my Shangguan family..."

 He didn't make it too clear. It's not easy to talk about Master Yu's affairs to outsiders.

 But then, Shangguan Xu had another headache.

Mo Hua, this little junior brother, would be a bit dangerous if he took him with him. If he didn't take him with him, he would have failed to live up to his aunt's advice.

 In the end he could only say:

"Junior Brother Mo... knows how to act appropriately and is smart. Senior Sister Murong, why don't you take him with you..."

The gentle woman frowned in thought. Seeing that it was already getting late, she was afraid that she would run out of time if she delayed it any longer. Finally, she sighed and said:

“Okay, but be careful, Junior Brother Shangguan, take good care of Junior Brother Mo...”

Shangguan Xu nodded.

Mo Hua promised: "Don't worry, my formation is very powerful and I won't hold you back!"

 The gentle woman was a little helpless.

 The formation is very powerful?



However, this mission does not require too advanced formations.

The gentle woman nodded and said: "Let's set off."

Mo Hua nodded repeatedly.

So the two senior brothers, two senior sisters, and a small follower set out from Taixu Mountain, via Qingzhou City, to the Cangzhou boundary of Erpin Point.

Along the way, Mo Hua made some insinuations and learned the identities of several people.

The senior fellow who is tall and handsome, with a gentle expression, and is wearing a golden-red Taoist robe, is a disciple of Tai Amen, named Ouyang Feng.

The gentle woman wearing Taixu Sect's Taoist robes, named Murong Caiyun, is the senior sister of Taixu Sect.

The woman in a gold-pink robe with embroidered robes is named Hua Qianqian, and she is the senior sister of Baihuamen.

 Baihuamen is one of the twelve sects in Qianxue Prefecture. The disciples in the sect are all female cultivators, and they all inherit the techniques and Taoism practiced by women.

They are all seven or eight years older than Mo Hua. Although they do not all belong to the same sect, here in Qianxue Prefecture, sect disciples communicate frequently, so they all politely call them "senior brother and senior sister".

 As for the Taixu Sect’s mission, why are disciples from other sects involved?

Mo Hua also asked.

The rewards for wanted criminal cultivators are usually issued by the Dao Tingsi. They are not only issued to Taixu Sect, but also to some nearby sects.

 After completing the task, the reward will be distributed to the sect by Daotingsi.

 The sect calculates the merits and distributes them to the disciples.

Along the way, Mo Hua secretly looked at several senior brothers and sisters, and found that they all had profound cultivation, their skills must be top-grade, and they were rich in experience. They were obviously veterans of "rewards".

Mo Hua nodded and secretly made up his mind that in this mission, he must let them see his "power".

 After seeing how powerful they are, they will take them to "play" with them!

 Only by yourself can you follow more tasks and earn more merits!

If you want to "mix" tasks, you must have "connections."

 Not only the Taixu Sect, but also the senior brothers and sisters from the other eight gates, the Twelve Sects, and the Hundred Sects in Qianzhou.

Even if a large formation is built, it can only be completed with the help of many monks.

 In this year, it is easier to do things if you are popular.

As for the "four major sects"... let's forget about them for now.

 I don’t think I can reach that high.

 …

 The days off for each sect are the same, which are two days.

The time was a little tight, so everyone had to travel day and night, and they had to use their body skills. It took more than ten hours to reach the second-level Cangzhou boundary.

 Dian Cangzhou boundary is a small state boundary of Qianzhou.

 In the center of the state boundary is Diancang Mountain.

 The criminal cultivator they wanted to arrest was also hiding in Diancang Mountain.

Mo Hua asked about this, and found out that this criminal cultivator, whose real name is unknown, and whose wanted nickname is "Vulture", is in the middle stage of foundation building, has good body skills, and has good attainments in formations.

Vulture has done many evil deeds and has a criminal record in Daotingsi.

He forcibly recruited female disciples, killed people, and also worked as a human trafficker, selling young monks to make "rations" for demonic cultivators.

 The order given by Daotingsi is:

Catch him if he can, and after he is caught, he will be thrown into the Taoist Prison, and he will use his formation to reach Ling Chi.

 If it is difficult to catch, kill him on the spot!

   Thanks for the reward from Xiu Xian Together and Zhan Zhan~

　　

　　

 (End of this chapter)