``` ... Too "professional"... This "box," could it be specifically customized for the kidnapping of Cultivators? With such elaborate efforts, who exactly are they abducting? Mo Hua frowned and sighed. What a nuisance... What should I do now? Inside the box, there might be a living Cultivator who has been kidnapped. On the box, a Formation is sealed. These Formations are Second-Grade, and while they seem solvable, I estimate it will take some time. I wonder if there’s enough... If I don’t solve it... The kidnapped Cultivator will remain locked inside the box. The box is heavy and conspicuous; I can’t take it with me. If ignored, in less than an hour, another group of traffickers will come and take the box away... If they are only seeking ransom, that wouldn’t be too bad. Paying off the debt could avert disaster. But if sold to some Evil Cultivators or Demon Cultivators, turned into a pill, used as medicine, for practicing Evil Skills or refining Evil Artifacts... The child’s parents and relatives will never see their child again, not even knowing if their child lives or dies, left with dim hope, in pain and despair... Mo Hua’s heart softened. "Forget it, let’s give it a try..." Within two, no, three quarters of an hour, if I can solve it, I’ll rescue this child. If not, there’s nothing I can do... Mo Hua began by sitting in meditation to recover some of his Divine Sense, then focused on unravelling the Formations on the box. There were four sets of Formations on the box. Out of these, three sets were the Five Elements Formation that Mo Hua was familiar with. However, the ones he knew were First-Grade, while those on the box were Second-Grade. But they were all under thirteen Patterns, which was still relatively simple. By guessing, deducing, and calculating, Mo Hua managed to solve these three sets of Formations in just a quarter of an hour. Mo Hua admitted there was an element of luck involved. But luck is also part of a Formation Master’s strength. Now, only the last Formation remained... After examining the Formation, Mo Hua furrowed his brow. This is... a type of Formation he had never seen before... He could only guess, based on the direction of the Pattern and the pivot of the Formation, that it was a special type of "locking" Formation. But as for what kind of Formation it was, or under which system it fell, Mo Hua had no clue whatsoever. Mo Hua scratched his head. "What to do..." Without rice, even the cleverest housewife cannot cook a meal. With no understanding of this type of Formation, not knowing the Patterns, the pivot, or the principles, how was he to solve it? Mo Hua grew anxious, but he tried his best to calm down and began to think step by step... To be able to solve a Formation, one must first know how to draw a Formation... To draw a Formation, one must first have the Formation Diagram... Formation Diagram... Calculation... Mo Hua was stunned; deducing the specific Patterns from the Spirit Traces of a Formation was the Divine Sense Calculation Method that his master had taught him, which was also... The basis of the Heavenly Secret Calculation. Now, as for the Spirit Traces of the "locking" Formation, his Divine Sense could perceive them, so next... Should I first deduce the Patterns of this Formation? Learn the Patterns now, solve the Formation now? Mo Hua hesitated, "Is that even possible...?" He looked again at the box in front of him, thinking of the little Cultivator inside with an unknown fate, his parents frantically worried... Mo Hua felt helpless. "Let’s give it a shot..." Mo Hua sat cross-legged, concentrated his mind, and started to use the Calculation Method of Heavenly Secret Calculation to deduce the Patterns of the "locking" Formation based on its Spirit Traces... It was somewhat clumsy at first. Because all the deduced Patterns were unfamiliar. Mo Hua tried his best to ignore the external form of the Patterns and delve into the underlying rules of Spiritual Power. Gradually, the Patterns began to appear familiar and vivid in his eyes. These lines seemed no longer to be strange markings, but the remnants of the movement of the Great Dao... This was true for the Five-elements Formation Methods... True for the Ultimate Formation... And possibly true for all categories of Formations... Mo Hua had a revelation, but his Divine Sense kept working faster and faster, and the Patterns materialized little by little in his Sea of Consciousness. ``` But still, it wasn’t fast enough... I need to calculate faster... Mo Hua frowned, and then suddenly had an epiphany. If he employed "Heavenly secret Tricky Calculation" to enhance the "Heavenly secret Calculation," splitting his Divine Sense to calculate simultaneously, would it be faster... Mo Hua pondered for a while, but given the urgency of the situation, he didn’t have time to hesitate. He would just have to try it... Using his Uncle’s Heavenly secret Tricky Calculation to strengthen his master’s Heavenly secret Calculation! Mo Hua’s pupils darkened, his Divine Sense shadowed, draped in a "Taoist Robe." Under the influence of Gui Tao, he used the spell point of Heavenly secret Calculation to deduce the Formation Patterns of the unknown lock Formation. But as soon as he began the Calculation, his Sea of Consciousness throbbed painfully. It was as if the two methods repelled each other, creating serrated edges, sawing back and forth, slicing and tearing apart his Divine Sense bit by bit. Fortunately, Mo Hua’s Divine Consciousness had undergone a Transformation, condensed like mercury. Despite the repulsion of the two Calculation methods and the fragmentation of his Divine Thought, his spirit remained intact, and his core was not injured. This kind of intense pain was something Mo Hua could still endure. Compared to this, the speed at which the Formation Patterns were being deduced had greatly accelerated, much faster than before. Mo Hua was overjoyed and gradually the pain in his Divine Sense began to fade. An hour later, Mo Hua had finally deduced the entire Formation Patterns of this unfamiliar Formation. But his Divine Sense was almost completely exhausted. Pain still lingered in his Sea of Consciousness. While the Heavenly secret Tricky Calculation was useful, the consumption of Divine Sense it required was still too great... At this moment, Mo Hua could not afford to reflect on this. He had to hurry and break the Formation. Mo Hua canceled the "Heavenly secret Tricky Calculation." The tricky shadows at the bottom of his eyes gradually receded, and the Taoist Robe on his Divine Sense also faded away. But as the "Taoist Robe" dissipated, ephemeral splits emerged on its ghostly afterimage... Like the Dao Laws had been torn apart... However, Mo Hua, who was deep in thought, did not notice these splits... All his attention was focused on the Formation before him. Before him was a Second-grade Thirteen Stripes, an unknown category of Formation. It was like a brand new door to Formation methods. "The Formation is indeed profound and intricate..." Mo Hua sighed and then put aside his thoughts. Now, he had a Formation to break. But in reality, he couldn’t "break" it either. Even if he knew the Formation Patterns, he couldn’t learn them in a short time, let alone talk about breaking them. What he had to do was still a "guess." Mo Hua had rich experience in "breaking Formations," and based on past experiences, not all breaking of Formations required an extremely profound knowledge of the Formation methods. Sometimes "guessing" could work. But it had to be an educated guess. Based on the Formation principle. Not a wild guess. Mo Hua took the complete lock Formation, broke it down, and viewed the Formation Patterns separately, using his experience and intuition to categorize the repelling Formation Patterns. Then he drew a few rough sketches on the ground and tested them. Some guesses were right, some were wrong. He retained the correct guesses and retried the wrong ones. After several attempts, he discerned several sets of Formation Patterns with constructive and destructive relationships. There were also a few Formation Patterns for which Mo Hua could not find the constructive and destructive relationship. It was very likely that their corresponding "constructive and destructive Formation Patterns" were not included in this Formation itself. But this was enough. Mo Hua gauged the time and estimated there was just over a quarter of an hour left, with no time for him to study it thoroughly and perfectly. Mo Hua first broke the Formation Patterns. He unraveled all the Formation Patterns that had a constructive and destructive relationship. The lock Formation dimmed a bit, but did not disable. Mo Hua then looked at the Formation Pivot and, guided by intuition, adjusted it slightly; based on the Formation eye, he reversed some of the Spiritual Power circulation; then he turned back to tinker with the Formation Patterns... After doing this several times, Mo Hua, relying on his exceptional intuition for Formation methods, managed to accidentally and somewhat "clumsily" damage the special "lock" Formation. The Formation on the box completely dimmed. The box was no longer "locked." Mo Hua immediately opened the box. Inside the box was indeed a small figure. Much smaller than Mo Hua. A little boy, probably only four or five years old, clean and neat, with delicate features, dressed in understated but luxurious brocade clothes. Perhaps it was the noise of opening the box or the sounds of the earlier battle that awoke him. The child, with watery eyes, looked at Mo Hua somewhat fearfully.