The Situation (Thanks to pharcyde for the Alliance Leader reward)

"Elder..."

Mo Hua spoke softly. His voice was dry and slightly hoarse, as though the aftereffects of the lingering Divine Thought had also affected his body.

"Mm." Elder Xun was still using a vermilion brush to mark something on Array Paper. Then he raised his head slightly, glanced at Mo Hua, and asked, "How are you feeling?"

Mo Hua examined himself with his Divine Consciousness and sensed his Sea of Consciousness. The Demon Specter's "Evil Thought" still filled it, gradually eroding his Dao Heart, but it had already weakened considerably.

It seemed that while he had been unconscious, his Sea of Consciousness had continued to "digest" those mottled, bloodthirsty desires on its own.

"Much better," Mo Hua said.

Elder Xun nodded.

Mo Hua looked at the Array Paper in Elder Xun's hand. "Elder, these are..."

Elder Xun sighed softly. "You took such a long leave, then lay unconscious for two days. I had no choice but to grade all this Array Technique coursework myself..."

There was no getting out of work even if he wanted to slack off.

Mo Hua smiled sheepishly.

Elder Xun looked at Mo Hua again. All sorts of thoughts churned in his eyes, but in the end, he silently concealed them at their depths.

"Ziyou has told me about the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons."

"You did very well."

"But you are not to mention a single word of this matter to outsiders. I have instructed every Inner Sect Elder and disciple involved not to reveal your 'name.'"

"I have also sent word to Ta'a Gate and Chongxu Gate."

"Not just you. Linghu Xiao, Ouyang Mu, and Song Jian—none of those children's names will be revealed either..."

Mo Hua was somewhat puzzled. "For secrecy?"

"Not entirely," Elder Xun sighed. "Secrecy is necessary, of course."

"What happened