The Quest for Immortality Chapter 2304: Monster

"You refuse to draw?" Mr. Tu’s eyes grew icy cold.

Mo Hua answered firmly, "I won’t draw."

"Why?"

Mo Hua declared righteously, "I serve as the chief disciple of the Eight Great Gates, a Taixu Gate follower, and head of the Qianxue Formation Path—a true righteous cultivator. How could I join forces with you to sketch such wicked formations?"

Mr. Tu assured, "Rest easy, I won’t ask you to draw an evil formation."

Mo Hua scoffed, "Isn’t the Blood Sacrifice Array an evil formation?"

"No need to fret over that. The formation I need you to draw avoids human bones, human skin, human blood, or Blood Ink... It lacks Evil Formation Patterns entirely. It’s purely a standard Five Elements Eight Trigrams Formation... So, what say you?" Mr. Tu inquired with patience.

Mo Hua thought it over briefly yet shook his head again, "I’ve made it clear—I’m a righteous cultivator and won’t conspire with you to craft formations."

Observing Mo Hua’s stubborn look, Mr. Tu’s eyes narrowed with tension. He paced back and forth twice before the prison gate, then questioned Mo Hua in a grave voice:

"Have you studied large formations?"

"I..." Mo Hua faltered, then sneered, "Naturally, I have."

Mr. Tu’s stare sharpened piercingly, easily piercing Mo Hua’s "guilty conscience" as he sneered back:

"Did you truly study them?"

Mo Hua found himself at a loss for words.

Mr. Tu tempted, "Would you like to learn?"

Mo Hua clenched his lips, his face showing clear hesitation.

Mr. Tu murmured gently, "This marks your sole lifetime chance to join in building a grand formation. Opportunities like this are scarce beyond measure—even a lifetime at Taixu Gate devoted to formations might not bring another."

The grand formation project demanded immense manpower and vast resources.

Such endeavors arose only against world-shaking perils to fend off mighty foes.

Or when emerging sects or noble families sought to found mountain gates with Protective Sect Arrays.

Absent those, large formations remained unbuilt.

Though Qian Learning State Boundary ranked as a Fifth Grade State, rich and mighty, it enjoyed millennia of peace with fixed sects and families, devoid of any large formation builds.

Even if some power desired one, amid countless sects, formation schools, and entrenched biases in Qian Learning State Boundary, inviting a Taixu Gate disciple like Mo Hua seemed improbable.

Mo Hua grasped these realities deep within, his face etched with inner turmoil.

Mr. Tu noted this struggle plainly.

Rather than press Mo Hua, Mr. Tu sighed faintly, his raspy tone laced with sorrow:

"I spotted your talent and wished to offer this path to greater heights, yet if you won’t seize it, so be it..."

With those words, Mr. Tu spun around and departed.

As Mr. Tu moved to exit, Mo Hua grew visibly restless and called out hastily, "Tu... Mr. Tu..."

Mr. Tu glanced back, eyeing Mo Hua with cool detachment.

Mo Hua bit down hard and inquired, "Is the Desolate Heaven Blood Sacrifice Formation an Evil Path Great Formation...?"

Mr. Tu answered, "As Formation Leader with such gifts, you know well that righteousness and evil are but surface traits of formations; their core principles stay unchanged."

"A righteous formation turns evil in the hands of one with corrupt Heart Skill."

"But a Formation Master with unyielding Taoist Heart and pure intent can grasp a formation’s true essence, even from an evil one."

"Those truly insightful discern righteousness as righteousness, evil as evil; both are mere aspects of Dao, powerless against their steadfast Taoist Heart."

Mr. Tu’s words blended truth and guile, laced with subtle flattery, convincing Mo Hua he embodied the elite talent described—blessed with genius, an ironclad Taoist Heart that pierced illusions, untouched by righteousness or evil.

Confidence bloomed on Mo Hua’s features, as though he embraced Mr. Tu’s portrayal of him as unparalleled genius.

"Alright, I’ll aid you in drawing the large formation!" Mo Hua proclaimed.

Mr. Tu gave a faint nod.

In this world, the more gifted souls deem themselves unique.

The more talented fall easiest to lures.

Besides, this was a large formation; no Formation Master chasing the Dao of formations could ignore its pull.

Those deemed prodigies resisted even less.

"Come with me," Mr. Tu commanded flatly.

With the dungeon door thrown open, Mo Hua trailed closely behind Mr. Tu, stepping out from the Great Wilderness Prison through winding, ghostly tunnels, advancing to the underground realm on the Evil God Temple’s far side, plunging to the utmost depths, and ultimately reaching a breathtakingly grand foundation.

Rivers of blood surged below, spraying into vivid clusters of blood flowers.

Bone-piercing Yin energy chilled to the core, while pungent blood qi overwhelmed the senses.

Three colossal cliffs rose in unison.

From the cliffs dangled thick clusters of floating ladders, upon which hordes of blood-robed Evil Formation Masters gripped Bone Pens laden with Blood Ink, etching wicked formations.

It presented a staggeringly majestic spectacle of Evil Path Great Formation assembly.

This dwarfed even the sight of Mo Hua first directing the Five Elements Slaughter Demon Great Formation.

Mr. Tu guided Mo Hua toward one cliff.

Unlike the other two, this cliff had evil formations framing its borders, but its core area lay mostly bare.

The White Bones once used as formation media were cleared away, supplanted by standard Jade Formation Medium.

Blood Ink was likewise exchanged for ordinary Five Elements Spiritual Ink.

Once a First Grade Large Formation Master himself, Mo Hua cast a single glance and comprehended the circumstances at once.

Mr. Tu’s Blood Sacrifice Array had ground to a halt.

This deadlock likely arose from Heaven Void Ancestor’s cunning schemes, suppression by Qianxue’s assorted forces, the Court Official’s siege, a dearth of Evil Formation Masters... and sundry other factors, all gravely impeding the Blood Sacrifice Array’s advancement.

Consequently, Mr. Tu devised a backup scheme, pursuing an alternate method.

Mr. Tu’s method entailed downgrading the array further, merging its designs with applications from both righteous and evil paths.