Asking about longevity

Chapter 717 Jian Suan (Extra chapter for the leader to cultivate immortality together~)

After sending Mo Hua away, after noon, Wen Ren Wan also wanted to take Yu Er back to Shangguan's house to celebrate the New Year and pay homage to the ancestors.

In the carriage, Yu Er read a book for a while, and felt a little tired, so he took a rest.

Wen Ren Wan was beside him, teasing him with a smile in her beautiful eyes.

Shangguan Yi looked at the two of them, feeling relieved, but also feeling that he owed a lot.

If it weren't for his special status in the Shangguan family, and a bunch of people eyeing him covetously, it should have been like this, a family of three, happy and harmonious, practicing well.

But now, he is struggling between the family, father, wife and children, and it is very difficult.

Wen Ren Wan also understands his difficulties, but didn't say anything.

As long as Yu Er is healthy and safe, it's fine.

As the carriage was moving, Shangguan Yi suddenly asked: "I don't know what Mo Hua likes..."

Wen Ren Wan was startled.

Shangguan Yi sighed, "We owe him a big favor for this family dinner, so we should repay him."

Wen Renwan said, "I have returned the gift."

Shangguan Yi shook his head, "The handwriting of the ancestor is a great gift that others would love to receive. No matter what, I have to send some more gifts to express my gratitude."

"Besides..." Shangguan Yi glanced at Yu'er, and his expression was very relieved.

"Yu'er's spirit is getting better day by day, and she doesn't have nightmares very often. This is also thanks to Mo Hua's care in Taixu Gate."

Wen Renwan nodded.

That's right.

Although her original purpose of sending Yu'er to Taixu Gate was to let Mo Hua help dispel Yu'er's nightmares.

Not seeking a cure, but also hoping to relieve it.

So that Yu'er would not be tortured by nightmares at such a young age, and dare not sleep all day and night.

Wen Renwan had also thought of this matter in the hope of a chance, but she didn't expect that it would really make her wish come true.

Now Yu'er is lively and cute, and she is much better than before when she was haggard and pitiful.

"As for gifts..."

Wen Renwan pondered for a while, "Mo Hua is a child, although he is young, he has a noble character. If you give him spiritual stones, he probably won't look down on it..."

Wen Renwan obviously had a misunderstanding about Mo Hua about the spiritual stones...

Then she continued:

"As for spiritual tools, this child... Although it's not good to say this, his aptitude is indeed... a little poor, and his blood and spiritual power are very low. He may not be able to use some high-quality spiritual tools..."

"He may not be able to use good elixirs now."

"Why not give him some formations?"

Wen Renwan listed them one by one.

Shangguan Yi also nodded slightly.

Giving formations is both valuable and not vulgar, and it can also urge him to practice Taoism. It's perfect.

"What kind of formations should I give?" Shangguan Yi asked.

Wen Renwan thought for a moment, "Does your Shangguan family have any treasured formations?" Shangguan Yi muttered silently in his heart. You are also the daughter-in-law of the Shangguan family now... But he didn't dare to say it out loud, but thought seriously for a moment, and slowly said: "Yes, there are, but these are top-secret inheritances, and I can't give them to him privately..." "What about those that are not so top-secret?" "Yes, but they are too difficult. He may not be able to learn them even if he is given them. Instead, he may waste his spiritual consciousness and waste his time." Wen Renwan thought for a while and said: "It's okay. Mr. Xun will guide him. If there are formations that are not suitable for learning, Mr. Xun will not let him learn them." "That's right..." Shangguan Yi nodded, "Then I will pick some when I return to the clan." "Well." Wen Renwan pondered for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he whispered: "You Bring a few sets of the Shangguan family's top-secret formations..." Shangguan Yi was startled and said with some embarrassment: "This... is not good. If the news leaks out, Mo Hua will be in trouble." "You are so stupid..." Wenren Wan frowned, "I don't let you take the Shangguan family's unique inheritance." "Pick some, although they are top-secret, but the Shangguan family has the formation inheritance that other families also have." "Even if Mo Hua learns it, it doesn't matter. Who knows where he learned it from? Even if others ask, he won't say it, and others can't verify it. If we don't say it, it has nothing to do with our Shangguan family..." Shangguan Yi couldn't help but nod, thinking it made sense. Especially the words "our Shangguan family" in Wenren Wan's mouth made him feel comfortable. "Then I'll go back and look for it." Shangguan Yi said. The practice of the disciples of the aristocratic family is strict, and they must have knowledge of everything, including pill formations, talismans and instruments. But they don't require too much proficiency. Although he also learned formations, he only learned general formations.

It is extremely difficult to study formations that are too profound, too complicated, or truly top-secret formations. It is ineffective to learn them. Unless you are a disciple who will follow the path of formations in the future, you will not spend a lot of effort to comprehend them.

Therefore, he still needs to go to the formation pavilion after returning to the clan to see what top-secret formations the Shangguan family has collected.

"Then, what grade should I give him?" Shangguan Yi asked Wen Renwan again.

"Give him what he can use now..." Wen Renwan thought for a while, "From the basic first grade, to the second grade middle grade... the second grade high grade."

Shangguan Yi was stunned, "Second grade high grade? It's too difficult, he can learn it now?"

Wen Renwan glared at Shangguan Yi unhappily, "What are you thinking? He is only in the early stage of foundation building, how can he learn the second grade high-level formation?"

"This is called preparing for a rainy day!" Wen Renwan continued.

"You only gave him the second-grade elementary formation. When he reaches the middle and late stages of foundation building, will he still beg you for the middle and high-grade formation?"

"So I just gave him all the second-grade formations at once."

"As for the third-grade formation, it will be after the formation of the elixir, so it's still too early."

Shangguan Yi smiled slightly and said softly, "Wan'er is still thoughtful."

"Then it's settled," Wenren Wan smiled, "You look for it at Shangguan's house, and I'll ask someone to go back to Wenren's house and find a few sets, and find the better ones, and then give them to Mo Hua as a thank-you gift."

"Yes." Shangguan Yi agreed.

After that, the family of three had a harmonious atmosphere.

The Shangguan family left Qingzhou City with a prosperous carriage and a graceful ceremony, and drove to the Shangguan family's mansion in the fifth-grade Shangqianzhou boundary.

In front of the Shangguan family's high gate, people lined up to welcome them.

Shangguan Ce went first, and the elders followed behind.

Shangguan Yi and Wenren Wan also held Yu'er's hands on the left and right, got off the carriage, and walked into the magnificent cave of the Shangguan family.

Shangguan Ce's eyes were calm, and he swept through the crowd without leaving any trace. He glanced at Shangguan Yi and Wenren Wan, and also glanced at Yu'er, a little absent-minded.

Yu'er...

Shangguan Yu.

A gentleman, like Jin and Yu.

This name was chosen by Shangguan Ce himself with great effort, and it contained his expectations.

But this name was given before Yu'er was born, before Yu'er was calculated to be doomed by the ancestor of the Imperial Observatory.

Shangguan Ce looked at Yu'er again.

This is his grandson.

I don't know if he will be the only grandson in his life...

Shangguan Ce felt bitter.

On the other side, Yu'er didn't know what she said to her mother, and her little face was full of joy and satisfaction.

Shangguan Ce saw it, and his heart was even more unspeakable.

"Destined to die young, a fate that is doomed to die..." Shangguan Ce sighed slightly, his heart aching. But he was scheming, his emotions were not revealed, his face was still majestic and expressionless. After entering Shangguan's house, Shangguan Ce returned to his study. His study was luxurious and elegant, with a compass in the middle. "If you can't understand the secrets of heaven, can't see through the cause and effect, no matter how high your realm is, you can only become a plaything of others." The older you are, the more you know, the stronger your cultivation is, and the higher the level you are exposed to, the deeper Shangguan Ce feels about this sentence. It's a pity that the art of heaven has long since fallen. Although Shangguan Ce tried every means, he only got some superficial knowledge of the inheritance of the art of heaven. The arithmetic of heaven is a very profound spiritual knowledge, which cannot be achieved overnight. It needs to be understood from the outside to the inside, from the shallow to the deep, and a little bit. Shangguan Ce also understands this. He does not seek to be proficient, but to know a little bit. But maybe it was because of his selfishness, he couldn't understand the secrets of heaven, and he was confused no matter how he studied.

It was as if his eyes were covered by something.

What he saw was just the appearance of his own selfish desires, not the cause and effect of heaven itself.

But in everything, we should always have the courage to try.

Shangguan Ce planned to start with something simple, such as...

The child named "Mo Hua".

He had this idea when he was at Gu's house.

This name "Mo Hua" was not the first time he heard it.

He had heard about Yu'er's affairs a long time ago.

But this time at Gu's house, he saw Mo Hua for the first time, and at the same time, he had an indescribable subtle feeling.

He looked innocent, but smart.

He looked simple, but he had a lot of scheming.

Although the external image and temperament were completely different, Shangguan Ce always felt that this child was a little similar to Gu Shouyan, the head of the Gu family, who he had dealt with all his life.

He was almost weird in his actions.

What's even more strange is that this child named Mo Hua, who was obviously just a casual cultivator and looked ordinary, was appreciated by the Grandmaster Xun of Taixu Sect? Shangguan Ce was puzzled. He wanted to calculate. He was not qualified to calculate Dongxu, he could not calculate Yuhua, and it was very difficult for him to calculate Jindan, but for a little cultivator in the early stage of foundation building, a simple calculation should not be a big deal. It's not too deep, just calculate the origin... Shangguan Ce began to fiddle with the compass. The cause and effect of the compass rose and fell, and the qi flowed. But after only turning one scale, the compass suddenly crashed and trembled violently. At the same time, Shangguan Ce felt a bloody smell coming towards him. Shangguan Ce's hair stood on end, and he was trembling in his heart. He immediately threw away the compass, sealed his heart and locked his soul, and dared not peek at any cause and effect again. After a moment, everything dissipated. Shangguan Ce looked down and saw that there were already cracks on the compass. He couldn't help but open his eyes slightly, and his eyes were already filled with a trace of horror.

"Is the secret of heaven... such a dangerous thing?"

He just picked the simplest child to calculate, and he could also encounter such a dangerous secret?

Even...

He didn't even see what this "dangerous secret" was...

His calculation of the secret of heaven was too superficial, so he only touched the edge and didn't see the true nature of the dangerous secret, but escaped a disaster.

Even so, Shangguan Ce's mood was difficult to calm down for a long time.

Mo Hua's face floated in his mind again.

"Is this kid born like this? Or is it that someone has arranged a means to protect his karma?"

"It is impossible for a casual cultivator to have such a fate."

"That is...Mr. Xun's method?"

Shangguan Ce frowned, "But when did Taixu Sect have such a brilliant method of heavenly secrets?"

"And what is so special about this child that it is worth Mr. Xun's painstaking efforts to protect him?"

Shangguan Ce thought hard but could not find a solution, and finally looked at the compass on the table silently.

The compass cracked.

This is the backlash of cause and effect.

Shangguan Ce sighed in his heart.

Perhaps everyone underestimated this Mr. Xun.

This is Mr. Xun reminding himself, no, or rather, reminding all those who try to deduce the cause and effect of the child...

Don't look at what you shouldn't look at, don't calculate what you shouldn't calculate.

Shangguan Ce looked wooden, and finally shook his head helplessly.

That's it.

Heavenly secrets are not enough, and you can't force deductions, otherwise you will suffer backlash.

This time I was lucky, and Mr. Xun might not be so polite next time.

Every failure makes you wiser.

Behind this child stood the respected old man Xun, who had the cultivation of Dongxu. In other words, he stood the huge Taixu Sect.

Unless they really fell out, they must not offend each other again.

Shangguan Ce silently remembered the name "Mo Hua" in his heart and did not ask about it for the time being.

...

On the other hand, Mo Hua had already returned to the sect.

After going to Gu's house, he had played and eaten. This year, he did not go anywhere and stayed in the disciples' residence to practice formations.

Although it was a bit deserted, it was very fulfilling.

Mo Hua's formation level was also improving little by little.

He had already mastered most of the second-grade formations with seventeen patterns taught by old man Xun.

And the New Year passed quickly.

In a blink of an eye, it was a new year again.

This was the third year in Taixu Sect.

Within this year, he must solve the mystery array, break through the bottleneck, advance to the middle stage of foundation building, and then prepare for the practice after the middle stage of foundation building.

I also need to learn more about the Seventeen Patterns Formation.

In the sea of ​​consciousness, the loopholes that usually keep deducting my "divine consciousness" from the laws of heaven, I also need to see if I can fill them up, or find a way to repair them.

Also, I need to see if the Gu family's industry can be improved.

The Gu family's family dinner a few years ago made Mo Hua understand that the seemingly wealthy Gu family was also being excluded by other families, and life might not be easy.

And Uncle Gu is a member of the Gu family. The cultivators of the Gu family are also very good to me. I even have a Gu family secret order in my hand.

In other words, the Gu family is also my "backer".

Only when the Gu family is prosperous can I often go there for free meals.

If I encounter difficulties in the future, the Gu family will have the spare energy to help me.

If the Gu family is really down and out and can't take care of itself, let alone asking the Gu family for help in times of crisis, even if I go there for a free meal, I guess there will be no table.

So the Gu family must not decline!

Mo Hua said silently in his heart. However, this kind of thing is more complicated, and it needs to be considered carefully...

...

After that, Mo Hua practiced and broke through the bottleneck little by little, while thinking about the Gu family's cultivation industry.

But before he could think about the cultivation industry, something else came to him.

At noon that day, Mo Hua took Yu'er to eat lunch in the dining hall of the disciples' residence.

Cheng Mo ran over happily.

"Mo Hua."

Mo Hua looked up at him with a faint expression.

Cheng Mo smiled and said, "Junior Brother."

Mo Hua nodded and motioned him to continue.

Cheng Mo said, "I have something I want to ask you for help..."

Mo Hua was a little surprised. After thinking about it for a while, he said, "About the formation?"

Cheng Mo came to ask him for help, so it must be something he didn't understand, but he did.

Mo Hua thought about it and thought about it, and there was only the formation.

When Cheng Mo mentioned the formation, his head hurt a little, "It is, but it's not..."

Mo Hua took a bite of the chicken leg.

Yu'er next to him also took a bite of the chicken leg.

Then both of them looked at Cheng Mo silently.

Cheng Mo sighed, "It's about the bounty offered by Daotingsi."

Mo Hua was startled and shook his head, saying, "Mr. Xun has confined me to my house and won't let me go out. I can't do the bounty with you."

Cheng Mo was disappointed when he heard this.

He really wanted Mo Hua to go with him.

Mo Hua is smart, knows formations, investigations, spells, has rich experience, and has a wide network of contacts...

Anyway, no matter what bounty is offered, it's always right to bring Mo Hua with him.

Cheng Mo originally wanted to cling to his thigh and hang out with his "young senior brother".

But unexpectedly, in order to let Mo Hua concentrate on learning formations, Mr. Xun actually issued a "house confinement order".

Mo Hua couldn't go out, so the speed of their bounty offering slowed down again.

Seeing Cheng Mo's sad face, Mo Hua said:

"Tell me about the bounty, maybe I can give you some advice."

Cheng Mo pondered for a moment and nodded: "Okay."

It was fine anyway, so he ordered some food and sat next to Mo Hua, eating and chatting.

But as usual, he ordered two more chicken legs, one large and one small. The large one was "honored" to Mo Hua, the junior brother, and the small one was given to Yu'er next to him.

"I received a bounty to catch a thief. This thief is in the middle stage of foundation building, with average strength, but excellent body skills. He roams in the nearby second-grade state boundary."

"Situ Jian and I found a clue and have been squatting for a long time, but we haven't caught him."

"Either he didn't meet him; or he was alerted in advance and escaped; or he met him and blocked him, but he was so good at body movement that we couldn't catch him..."

Cheng Mo took a big bite of meat, "I've been so exhausted these days, I can't eat or drink, and I've lost weight..."

"For such a little merit, it's a bit of a loss to waste it, but it's too embarrassing to give up. I really can't swallow this breath."

Cheng Mo looked at Mo Hua again and said regretfully: "If you were here, you could set up a formation even without magic to trap the flying thief."

Mo Hua asked in confusion: "You can also set up a formation, right? Didn't you learn it in the formation class?"

Cheng Mo waved his hand and said helplessly:

"No, it's too conventional. The flying thief is experienced. He can tell at a glance what the formation medium is and where it is placed."

"And if the formation is not effective, it may not be able to trap it..."

Mo Hua nodded slightly, and suddenly froze, as if he remembered something, and glanced at Cheng Mo with a strange look.

Cheng Mo felt uncomfortable being looked at by Mo Hua, and asked, "What's wrong..."

Mo Hua thought for a moment and asked, "Are you well-off?"

Cheng Mo immediately frowned, "I don't have many merits."

"Not merits," Mo Hua asked, "but your spirit stones."

"Spirit stones?"

"Yes, spirit stones."

When it comes to spirit stones, Cheng Mo immediately becomes rich and powerful again:

"I have plenty of spirit stones!"

Mo Hua nodded, looking at Cheng Mo thoughtfully, his eyes slightly bright, as if he was looking at a very fat sheep.