Mo Hua looked at it and spoke calmly, "Are you being honest now?" The Five Elements Fierce Ghost nodded angrily but honestly. Only then did Mo Hua feel satisfied and then asked the important question: "What exactly did you steal from the Heritage Taoist Field?" The color of the Five Elements Fierce Ghost’s face changed, "If I tell you, will you let me go?" Mo Hua smiled brightly, "If I say I will, would you believe me?" The Five Elements Fierce Ghost’s eyelids twitched. I believe you my ass! "Sooner or later I will die, why should I tell you?" the Five Elements Fierce Ghost said gravely. Without further ado, Mo Hua pointed a finger, and the Spiritual Thread spread out, once again controlling the Five Elements Fierce Ghost to kill itself. Stabbing oneself with one’s own claws really hurts. If this continues, I will truly die! Explore more at freewebnovel The Five Elements Fierce Ghost, in a panic, immediately said: "I’ll tell you!" Mo Hua nodded, "Go on." The Five Elements Fierce Ghost helplessly said, "From the Taoist Field, what I stole was... a Formation Pattern." Mo Hua frowned, "A Formation Pattern?" The Five Elements Fierce Ghost nodded. Mo Hua’s gaze grew intense, "You’re lying to me again? How could it be just a Formation Pattern?" The Five Elements Fierce Ghost cursed internally. This damn brat, he’s so suspicious. But at this point, it dared not tell another lie. The Five Elements Fierce Ghost sighed helplessly and said: "This isn’t an ordinary Formation Pattern, it’s called a ’Source Pattern.’ It’s formed by five colors representing the Five Elements, and five strokes of brushwork, all condensed into this one Pattern." "The five colors correspond to the Five Elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Each stroke contains a stream of the Five Elements." "This ’Source Pattern’ symbolizes the origin of the Five Elements Sect’s Formations, condensing the blood, sweat, and tears of the ancestors of the Five Elements Sect. It is the inheritance of the complete Five Elements Formation Compendium!" Mo Hua was startled and after a moment of thought, he asked the question he was most concerned about: "So where is this Formation Pattern now?" The Five Elements Fierce Ghost mumbled, "I... damaged it..." "Damaged it?" The Five Elements Fierce Ghost said, "At first, I was just in the Skill Transmission Taoist Field, pretending to be the Tao Teaching Elder, deceiving others... Later, by chance, I mistakenly entered the Heritage Taoist Field and saw that Pattern in the center of the Taoist Field..." The Five Elements Fierce Ghost’s eyes shone with yearning, "That Pattern, with the five colors swirling, was glittering and dazzling..." "I have no knowledge of Formations, but just one look, just one glance, and I felt like I had grasped most of the Five Elements Formations in this world..." "I knew then that this was the top inheritance of the Five Elements Sect." "It is a secret of the Five Elements Sect that must not be divulged!" "It is a secret inheritance that even the current Five Elements Sect doesn’t know of!" "The Pattern was too beautiful..." "So, I sat on the cushion, just looking and looking. Although I still did not understand Formation principles and could not construct Formations, it seemed that I could instinctively manifest various Five Elements Formations..." "Including the Five Elements Spirit Formation!" "But as I watched, greed grew within me." "I felt that such a treasure should not be hidden away." "If I could take it out, ponder it every day, comprehend it daily, and meanwhile, consume some humans to replenish my Divine Sense, then one day when my Divine Thought becomes strong, wouldn’t I be able to grasp and manifest all the Five Elements Formations in this world?!" "This Pattern is mine! I wanted to take it out of the Taoist Field!" "But this Source Pattern was embedded within densely woven Formation Patterns, as if it had originated from them, echoing each other, connected together, and could not be taken out alone..." "I have no knowledge of Formations, do not understand Calculation, and did not know what to do. In the end, I simply forced my way through the Formation, destroying all the surrounding Patterns..." "But when I destroyed the Patterns, the ’Source Pattern’ seemed to dim as well, and the power of the Five Elements dispersed gradually until it was extinguished..." The Five Elements Fierce Ghost was filled with regret and heartache. "With the Source Pattern extinguished, I only grasped a small portion of the Five Elements Formations. Fearing discovery by the Five Elements Sect, I could only sneak away from the Taoist Field and then figure out how to escape alive and leave the Shrine..." "If I had the ’Source Pattern’ in hand, I..." The Five Elements Fierce Ghost stole a glance at Mo Hua. Though it didn’t speak plainly, the look in its eyes was clear. The implication was that if it had the Source Pattern in its possession, Mo Hua wouldn’t stand a chance against it. Mo Hua furrowed his brow, somewhat puzzled. He felt that there were many questionable points in what the Five Elements Fierce Ghost had said, but its gaze and expression seemed to indicate that it wasn’t lying. This was quite peculiar... Mo Hua reflected again on the situation in the Taoist Field, and the abrupt, incomplete Formation Patterns in the center, which seemed to indeed have been forcefully destroyed, leading to their absence... If what the Five Elements Fierce Ghost had said was true, then the inheritance of the Five Elements Sect had truly been extinguished... Source Pattern... Mo Hua stared at the Five Elements Fierce Ghost a few more times, pondered for a moment, and then suddenly started, a shock going through his heart as he said in a deep voice: "You’re deceiving me!" The Five Elements Fierce Ghost hurriedly said: "I’m not deceiving you." Mo Hua shook his head, "No, not that you’re deceiving me, you’ve been deceived as well..." The Five Elements Fierce Ghost was startled, "Deceived by whom?" Mo Hua’s expression turned solemn, "Deceived by the Formation Patterns!" "No, how can that be possible?" The Five Elements Fierce Ghost shook its head, "What are you talking about exactly?" Mo Hua’s voice grew colder, "How did you come to know about ’Source Pattern’?" "Source Pattern..." The Five Elements Fierce Ghost paused, mulling it over carefully, and then its eyes showed a look of horror. Right, how did I know about it? Who told me? Where did I hear it from? Mo Hua’s gaze sharpened, and he continued: "I’ve never heard the term ’Source Pattern’, and my master has never mentioned it...""It must be an extremely obscure and ancient inheritance.""Since it is a lost ancient inheritance of the Five Elements Sect, then it’s almost impossible for anyone in the current Five Elements Sect, including that of a few hundred years ago, to know of it...""If no one knows, no one would talk about it...""You are a little ghost who knows nothing of Formations; with no one telling you, how could you possibly know?""No one told you, unless..."Mo Hua’s eyes brightened slightly as he slowly said, "The ’Source Pattern’ told you!" The Five Elements Fierce Ghost’s pupils constricted. "Or rather..." Mo Hua’s tone became severe: "You’ve been parasitized by that ’Source Pattern’!" "The you now is actually a puppet of that ’Source Pattern’!" The Five Elements Fierce Ghost was stunned and confused, then broke into a hollow laugh, murmuring: "What nonsense are you talking about?" "How could I be parasitized without knowing it myself..." "How could this..." It didn’t finish speaking when suddenly it became still, then its body began to shake uncontrollably, and it started to twist irregularly. A five-colored pattern suddenly lit up on its forehead at the location of the Heavenly Gate. This pattern was ancient and profound. It contained five strokes, corresponding to the Five Elements, divided into five colors; splurgingly vivid, strikingly bright, with shapes both ancient and strange, resembling the eyes of five different mythical beasts. Within those eyes lay the cruelty and indifference of the Heavenly Dao. Mo Hua’s gaze shook. This was the "Five Elements Source Pattern" that the Five Elements Sect had struggled to calculate thousands of years ago!