Chapter 77 Demon Hunting Festival

Mo Hua thought Zhang Lan's words "I'll come and play with you when I'm free" were just a polite remark, but she didn't expect him to be serious.

After that day, Zhang Lan would go to the restaurant whenever he had nothing to do, order a pot of wine and a plate of meat, watch people coming and going on the street, and eat for a whole morning. Occasionally seeing Mo Hua, he would complain to him:

"You are a little kid, where do you go every day? I came several times and didn't see you."

Mo Hua said with a serious face: "I'm not like you. I'm very busy."

"What can you be busy with?" Zhang Lan didn't believe it.

Mo Hua counted on his fingers and listed them one by one:

"Daily routine training, drawing formations when free, reading formation books when tired, taking time to send some food to the teacher, asking questions by the way, and helping uncles and aunts in the neighborhood to repair formations..."

Zhang Lan felt a headache, "Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you."

Mo Hua, a young cultivator of eleven or twelve years old, is so busy every day, and he, a cultivator of the Daoting Division, runs here to drink in broad daylight. Zhang Lan even feels a little guilty when he compares them.

You know, when his father pointed at his nose and scolded him, he was calm.

"By the way, is there any fun place in Tongxian City?" Zhang Lan asked.

"I'm a good kid, I'm not playful, how should I know."

Mo Hua refused to answer, who knows what kind of fun he is talking about? He is still a child now, and he can't touch things that are not suitable for children.

"Then, what about lively places?" Zhang Lan compromised.

"It's more lively on the east side of South Street."

"I've been there, there aren't many monks, and there aren't many markets, it's boring." Zhang Lan wasn't very interested.

"It's definitely not lively if you go there in broad daylight, not everyone is like you and not doing their job properly, everyone has to make a living." Mo Hua said.

Zhang Lan was speechless, and after thinking about it, it was true that he was not doing his job properly, so he didn't do his job properly.

"Then when will it be lively?" Zhang Lan asked.

Mo Hua thought for a moment and said, "The day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow is the Monster Hunting Festival, which is held once a year and is the busiest."

"What is the Monster Hunting Festival?"

Mo Hua explained, "It is a festival for monster hunters to celebrate the harvest. October is the peak season for monster hunting. After that, the monster activities decrease and the income from monster hunting is not high. Monster hunters usually hunt more monsters in October and sell them during the Monster Hunting Festival. After selling, they take a break. By then, there will be everything in the market, and it will be very lively."

Zhang Lan was surprised and said, "You know a lot."

"Of course," Mo Hua patted his chest, "I am also a local tyrant."

Zhang Lan laughed, but he was also quite interested in the Monster Hunting Festival. "Okay, then I'll go shopping the day after tomorrow." After that, he flicked his sleeves and prepared to leave.

Mo Hua looked at him curiously and said, "Have you not paid yet?"

"I put down dozens of spirit stones at the counter, just deduct them directly." Zhang Lan seemed very cool.

Mo Hua smacked his lips, thinking that Zhang Lan's behavior was quite like being taken advantage of.

Then he continued to look down at the formation book. He wanted to learn a few more formations in the next two days, and then take a break during the Demon Hunting Festival, so that he could play with Da Hu and the others for two days.

When Bai Zisheng heard that Mo Hua was going to the Demon Hunting Festival, he was so envious that he almost drooled.

The Bai family had strict rules. Even if they were not in the family, Aunt Xue required them to practice every day. In addition, they had to do all the homework such as alchemy, formation, and refining, and they were clearly arranged.

Perhaps it was because they were not in the family that Aunt Xue was afraid that they would fall behind other disciples in the family, so she required them to be more strict. Mo Hua had read many books on alchemy, refining, or cultivation, and felt that they were extremely profound and obscure, and he could not understand them at all.

Fortunately, Mo Hua could still understand the books on formations, and they did not seem too difficult.

However, Mo Hua always had a question. What on earth did the Bai brothers and sisters learn as Mr. Zhuang's registered disciples?

So far, Mr. Zhuang didn't seem to have taught them anything special?

What they learned, Mo Hua could also learn, and what they asked, Mo Hua also listened. Although some things were obscure, they were not so advanced that they needed Mr. Zhuang's guidance.

And even if Mr. Zhuang didn't teach anything, their practice was arranged by the family to the last detail, and Mr. Zhuang didn't need to ask at all.

Only Mo Hua often went to Mr. Zhuang's study, bringing some food and asking questions.

The Bai brothers and sisters only practiced and studied in the pavilion. In Mo Hua's impression, except for routine greetings and asking for advice, they never asked Mr. Zhuang alone.

This made Mo Hua very puzzled.

Or, in other words, there were some things that Mr. Zhuang would not teach to his registered disciples, but only to his direct disciples?

They were so persistent, because they wanted Mr. Zhuang to accept them as disciples and learn more advanced things?

There was a big difference between registered disciples and direct disciples. Registered disciples could only call Mr. Zhuang, while direct disciples could call Master.

Monks attach great importance to the inheritance of master and apprentice. It is not an exaggeration to say that once a master, a father is for life. Dazhu was accepted as a disciple by Master Chen. Master Chen raised Dazhu as a half-son, who would take care of him in his old age.

Because the gratitude between master and disciple is very deep, betrayal of the master is also regarded as one of the greatest rebellious and evil deeds in the cultivation world.

Mo Hua touched his chin and couldn't help wondering: "Will Mr. Zhuang accept me as his personal disciple?"

Mo Hua simply compared his cultivation, spiritual roots, talent and family background with the Bai family brothers and sisters, and suddenly calmed down a lot.

It's better not to be too ambitious.

Mo Hua thought and silently dispelled this unrealistic idea.

Two days later, it will be the Demon Hunting Festival.

The Demon Hunting Festival is one of the biggest festivals in Tongxian City, even bigger than the Lotus Festival.

The cultivators in Tongxian City, whether they are poor casual cultivators or wealthy family cultivators, have prepared for the Demon Hunting Festival early. From the morning, Tongxian City has a festive atmosphere, and at night, it is brightly lit.

During the Demon Hunting Festival, there are many people and the restaurants will be very busy, so Liu Ruhua will stay at home and run the business with Aunt Jiang and a few temporarily hired aunts.

Mo Shan needs to contact buyers to sell the fur, bones or inner elixir of the monsters hunted by the monster hunting team in the past month, because the next few months will be the off-season for monster hunting, and the income will be low. Many cultivators will have to rely on this amount of spiritual stones to survive until next year.

Mo Hua can only go shopping with Da Hu and the other three.

However, Da Hu and the others have one more thing to do, which is to participate in the monster hunting ceremony.

The monster hunting ceremony is held every year during the Monster Hunting Festival. The monster hunting ceremony is held for young cultivators above the sixth level of Qi Refining to become monster hunters.

The sixth level of Qi Refining is a watershed for the casual cultivators in Tongxian City. It is not only the peak of the middle stage of Qi Refining, but also has the hope of breaking through the late stage of Qi Refining.

In the middle stage of Qi Refining, you can learn some simple spells or martial arts. Your spiritual power and physical body are not weak, and you have a certain degree of self-protection against monsters.

One step forward from the middle stage of Qi Refining is the late stage of Qi Refining. In Tongxian City, which is dominated by the Qi Refining stage, the late stage of Qi Refining is the pursuit of many cultivators.

But this step has many variables, and many cultivators cannot take this step in their lifetime due to reasons such as spiritual stones, spiritual roots, and cultivation techniques.

Therefore, for casual cultivators, the sixth level of Qi Refining can become a true demon hunter. And becoming a demon hunter means making a living by hunting demon beasts.