Chapter 981: Chapter 645: Discerning Spirits Drawing Formation_2 Chapter 981 -645: Discerning Spirits Drawing Formation_2 Although it was only the external superficial structure of the Formation, Gu Changhuai was still extremely shocked. He was somewhat dazed. Could this really be something that a Formation Master at the Foundation Establishment Initial Stage was capable of doing? This was completely different from all the Formation Masters he had known before… On the other side, Gu An and Gu Quan were likewise unable to understand and were increasingly convinced that Mo Hua was not to be judged by his appearance. This Junior Formation Master was indeed extraordinary… No wonder he could negotiate back and forth with the young master who was always so uncompromising and even made the usually stubborn young master concede. Mo Hua did not know their thoughts, but continued: “The Formation of the Demon’s Cave is very tight, but since it is a Tao Cultivation Architectural Formation, in order to save costs, there must be some ‘compromises’…” “The main sections use Second Grade Nineteen Patterns Formations, but in some corners and edges, the Formation Grade will decrease, and the number of Formation Patterns will also step down…” “Eighteen Patterns, Seventeen Patterns, and even Middle-level Second Grade Sixteen Patterns will be used…” “Some parts even resort to First-grade Formations to fill the gaps…” “These weak points in the Formations are where the flaws lie.” “The larger the scale of a Tao Cultivation Architectural Formation, the grander it appears from the outside, but to an expert’s eyes, the more flaws it has…” To an expert’s eyes… Gu Changhuai and the others looked at Mo Hua and nodded in agreement. Mo Hua reviewed the Formation Diagram of the “Demon’s Cave” from beginning to end, then took them to a small hillside behind an isolated peak. Underneath the hillside, there was a sturdy rock, with broken stones jagged and sharp. “This rock is solid, difficult to excavate, and not easy to build Formations on, so the Formation Master who built the Demon’s Cave cut corners here…” Mo Hua then released his Divine Sense, his eyes deep, and after looking for a while, pointed to a plain-looking stone slope: “The flaw here is the biggest.” Gu Changhuai stared hard at the stone slope but couldn’t at all discern why this was the biggest flaw. But when it came to Formations, Mo Hua’s words always gave him an unquestionable sense of certainty. “So we…dig through the mountaintop and sneak in?” One of the Gu brothers suggested. Mo Hua guessed he must be “Gu An.” The two brothers looked alike and had similar voices, but there was a difference in the circulation of their Spiritual Power, one favoring the left meridians and the other the right. Just like a left-handed person and a right-handed person. The left-handed one was Gu An, and the right-handed one was Gu Quan. Mo Hua shook his head, “The noise is still too great. For such things as digging, it’s best to use Formations…” This was something he had just learned, a type of Eight Trigrams Gen Formation, called Mountain Opening Formation. The Second Grade Fourteen Patterns Mountain Opening Formation could turn mountain stone into powder. Its power wasn’t great, and it was quiet, making it perfect for digging secret passages. Mo Hua took out his ink and brush and started to draw the Mountain Opening Formation on the stone. He drew extremely fast; in just a short while, he completed a diagram. Then, above the Formation, a gray light flashed, the Formation Patterns activated, and the mountain stone crumbled into fine powder that scattered in the wind. Gu Changhuai watched from the side, feeling something was amiss. After a while, he finally understood. Too fast… He had seen Mo Hua paint Formations before, but he hadn’t paid much attention at that time. Now, right under his watch, Mo Hua’s brush moved with a vigor of dragons and snakes, and he completely drew a Second Grade Fourteen Patterns Mountain Opening Formation. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖 Gu Changhuai then realized how incredibly fast this brushwork was. It was as if time had ‘fast-forwarded’; his little hand was leaving afterimages. This hand speed was several times faster than those Formation Masters he had seen before. Gu Changhuai furrowed his brow. “This kid Mo Hua, how come he’s like the ‘hexagonal’ Formation Master without a single weak spot…” “Could it be that he’s been possessed by some old Formation ‘monster’…” … While he mulled this over, Mo Hua quickly drew one Mountain Opening Formation after another, dissolving layers of rock. Finally, with the last bit of stone gone, a dark, gloomy hole appeared before them. There was a chill wind blowing from inside the hole, and a faint scent of rot wafted out. Mo Hua glanced at Gu Changhuai. Gu Changhuai understood and nodded slightly, directly entering the hole, with Gu An and Gu Quan closely following. A few moments later, Gu Changhuai’s voice came from inside the hole. “Come in…” Mo Hua nodded and stepped in. His vision was pitch black for a while, and then slowly light emerged. Mo Hua focused and discovered he was standing on an outcropping of a stone pillar. Mo Hua looked down and his pupils suddenly contracted. It was a massive cavern. The pillars were jagged and grotesque. The mountain was hollowed out below, and there was a grand and imposing Demon Palace. Corridors suspended in mid-air crisscrossed, with White Bone lanterns in between, casting a ghoulish green light, reflecting the eerie halls around them. In the center of the hall was a huge stone skull. The eye sockets of the skull were empty, burning with green flames. The fierce fangs stuck out, with a gaping mouth, as if choosing someone to devour. But this skull was half incomplete, seemingly still under construction, unrecognizable as either a man’s or a beast’s bone. Above the skull, a somber Demonic Qi radiated. Gu Changhuai’s face was stern, in disbelief he said: “A Demon Sect stronghold…” “Such audacity!” Mo Hua paused, “A Demon Sect stronghold…” He looked at Gu Changhuai and asked softly, “How is a Demon Sect stronghold different from a typical Evil Cultivator’s lair?” Gu Changhuai’s face turned solemn, and he slowly said: “Evil Cultivator’s lairs are just for temporary hiding, while Demon Cultivator’s strongholds are for long-term ‘dwelling’…”