Third-Grade
Mo Hua entered Monster Refining Mountain, passed through the mountain gate, and headed straight uphill. After only a few steps, he stopped and called toward the woods beside him:
"Elder Xun."
A moment later, Elder Xun emerged slowly from among the lush trees.
Just as I thought, Mo Hua said to himself. He bowed and smiled.
"Elder Xun, I'm going up the mountain to practice a little technique. It's nothing serious, so I won't trouble you to follow me."
God-Slaying Projection was a more advanced application of the Divine Sense Sword Transformation Art.
And the Supreme Void Divine Sense Sword Transformation Art was a forbidden sword art of Void Gate.
When Old Ancestor Dugu passed it on to Mo Hua, he had expressly forbidden him from telling anyone.
It would also be awkward for Mo Hua to let Elder Xun Ziyou see it.
After a moment's thought, Xun Ziyou understood.
Mo Hua was probably going to practice some rather secret inheritance.
Perhaps an Array Technique, a Dao Method, a Movement Technique, or something of the sort...
Old Ancestor had surely taught him those arts.
Given Old Ancestor's fondness for Mo Hua and Mo Hua's own extraordinary aptitude, the arts he had taught him could hardly be ordinary. It really would be inappropriate for Xun Ziyou to pry.
Xun Ziyou's guess was not wrong.
What he had failed to anticipate was that "Old Ancestor" was indeed an Old Ancestor, just not the one he had in mind.
Xun Ziyou checked once more. "Are you sure you'll be all right?"
Mo Hua nodded. "Mm. You can trust me to handle it."
On reflection, Xun Ziyou supposed he could. Mo Hua had held his own among so many Golden Core Late Stage fiends in the sealed Lone Mountain Tomb. This was Monster