"The leader is a Great Demon Cultivator at the Golden Core Stage?" Mo Hua asked.
"Yes," Gu Changhuai nodded, his expression grave, "and it’s not just one; there are probably more than ten Golden Core Elders in the Demon Sect..."
More than ten Golden Cores...
Mo Hua took a deep breath.
On the outskirts of the Qian Learning State Boundary, more than ten Golden Core Demon Cultivators are truly remarkable.
Among the various forces cultivating the Dao, Heaven Void guards one side. He is an ancestor-level figure, not easily taking action and rarely traveling.
Those traveling outside, the top figures, have merely reached Feather Transformation.
Back then, at Li Mountain City within the Dali Mountain State Boundary, when both the Demon Path and Righteous Dao cultivators besieged his master, the highest cultivation level mobilized was also Feather Transformation.
At that time, he was still young, with low cultivation and narrow insight, and did not feel it deeply.
Reflecting on it now, so many True Men at the Feather Transformation Realm are basically the "top" combat power that a general large force can mobilize.
Mo Hua even guessed that among the believers of the Great Wilderness Evil God, the mysterious "Mr. Tu" lurking in the background was probably also merely at the Feather Transformation stage.
True Men at the Feather Transformation Realm, Mo Hua has encountered quite a few. It may not feel like much, but he is still at Foundation Establishment.
If he really had to cultivate by himself, it would be like a long and distant journey without an end in sight.
Below the Feather Transformation is the Golden Core.
Even in some great families, the Golden Core is considered the backbone of the family.
Not to mention, in these second and third grade Little Immortal Cities surrounding the Qian Learning State Boundary.
In these regions, a Foundation Establishment Peak Fire Buddha and Water Yama can run rampant.
These demon heads of the Golden Core Realm from the Demon Sect, with their inheritance, organization, and plans, are undoubtedly a great "calamity."
But this is a situation for the Golden Core, and as a Foundation Establishment, he can only be powerless.
If he dared to involve himself, he would be crushed at any moment.
He struggled for a long time even with a Foundation Establishment Peak Fire Buddha, let alone these ten or so Golden Core Demon Cultivators from the Demon Sect.
"Will the Taoist Court Official deploy more people?" Mo Hua asked.
Gu Changhuai said, "I can’t tell you the specifics, but the Taoist Court Official has already started drawing Golden Core Realm Supervisors from nearby state boundaries to come to help. After all, the emergence of the Demon Sect is a major event no matter where it happens, not to mention in the Qian Learning State Boundary where sects are everywhere..."
Mo Hua nodded, then looked at Gu Changhuai with concern.
"Uncle Gu, be careful as well."
This matter with the Demon Sect is no joke.
"It’s alright, I know what I’m doing," Gu Changhuai said.
Even though he said so, his expression was very solemn, clearly indicating that this matter was not easy.
Mo Hua slightly sighed in his heart.
Uncle Gu is the type of person who is somewhat proud at heart, bearing his hardships alone, telling as little as he can.
"Alright then, just take care of yourself," Mo Hua said.
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Gu Changhuai nodded, "Don’t worry."
After the annual banquet, the Gu Family Master personally sent Mo Hua back to the Taixu Gate by carriage.
Several days later, the festival ended.
And thus, a new year began.
This was Mo Hua’s seventh year at the Taixu Gate.
Starting this year, it’s the academic year of the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
But only Mo Hua remained at the Foundation Building Middle Stage.
He officially became the first and, to date, the only disciple in the Taixu Gate to directly enter the Foundation Establishment Late Stage academic year while still at the Foundation Building Middle Stage.
This made Mo Hua feel somewhat "out of place."
Even more "out of place," was having a group of Foundation Establishment Late Stage disciples call him "Junior Brother," which pressured him greatly.
Being this Junior Brother, he not only failed to "set an example," but actually dragged behind, ending up as the "back marker."
He only stayed because of connections without having to repeat a year.
More importantly, all the disciples Mo Hua knew, whether it was Cheng Mo, Situ Jian, Hao Xuan, Yang Qianjun, or Ling Huxiao, Little Wood, all successfully advanced to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
Only he remained at the Foundation Building Middle Stage.
Mo Hua felt quite uncomfortable.
Therefore, his primary task was to break through to Foundation Establishment Late Stage as soon as possible, the faster the better.
Mo Hua focused on cultivation thereafter.
Finally, one early morning a month later.
Mo Hua performed his routine cultivation.
One Spirit Stone after another was refined into pure spiritual energy, circulating along the meridians, experiencing a Grand Circulation, converging into the Qi Sea, and precipitating into spiritual power like mercury.
Time and again, Mo Hua cultivated steadily, neither impatient nor anxious.
And finally, water drops penetrate stone.
A tremor occurred in Mo Hua’s Qi Sea, spiritual power boiled, and his entire body’s meridians and acupoints felt somewhat hot.
This was a sign of encountering a bottleneck in cultivation.
Mo Hua’s spirits lifted.
But the breakthrough of Heaven Yan Jue differs from other cultivation techniques.
After all, this is an ancient cultivation technique, strange, obscure, and unconventional.
After the spiritual power boiled throughout his body, it did not break through; instead, some small threads overflowed from the meridians, along small pathways, gradually gathering at Mo Hua’s Bahui Meridian.
When it reached the Heavenly Gate Point, these threads of spiritual power formed into a screen-like veil, breaking the barrier with flesh and bones, infiltrating into the inner Sea of Consciousness.
Ultimately, the spiritual power interwove with the Sea of Consciousness, revealing intricate formation patterns, forming obscure formations, continuously merging and weaving, resembling rivers converging into the sea, or a dragon spider weaving silk, transforming into a vast Spirit Screen-like Mystery Formation.
This scene, Mo Hua had seen since his Qi-refining Realm, having witnessed it many times.
Upon viewing it now, the entire process was largely the same.
However, there was something different about this bottleneck.
The formation patterns were more advanced, the Mystery Formation more complex, and the scale larger.