Chapter 128 - Win-Win (Part 2)

Chapter 128: Win-Win (Part 2)

The next day, Yu Chengyi specially went to the eatery to find Mo Hua, who was drawing a formation.

“Mo Hua, drawing a formation again?”

Yu Chengyi greeted somewhat stiffly.

“Uncle Yu?” Mo Hua was a bit surprised, “What brings you here?”

“I came to see you,” Yu Chengyi said with a smile.

Mo Hua also smiled, “Thank you for yesterday, Uncle Yu.”

Yu Chengyi waved his hand, “It was nothing.”

Mo Hua looked at Yu Chengyi again and asked, “Uncle Yu, you must have something on your mind, don’t you?”

With the Monster Hunting Team so busy, there was no way he would come to see him without a reason.

Yu Chengyi hesitated before asking, “Mo Hua, what was that formation you used yesterday?”

“Yesterday?” Mo Hua thought for a moment, “It was the Earth Fire Formation.”

The Earth Fire Formation… just the sound of it conveyed no ordinary power.

Yu Chengyi nodded, then he said with some anticipation:

“This Earth Fire Formation… can it hurt a middle-phase first-grade monster beast?”

“Hmm,” Mo Hua replied, “But one won’t be powerful enough. Combine four or five together, and they can severely wound a middle-phase first-grade monster beast. Then with a few more cuts, it’s done.”

Just as expected!

Yu Chengyi got excited for a moment, “When you have some time, can you draw a few for Uncle Yu?”

“You want them, Uncle Yu? But this formation isn’t that useful for you, is it?” Mo Hua asked in confusion.

Yu Chengyi, who had reached the ninth level of Qi Refinement, should not need a formation to hunt middle-phase first-grade monster beasts.

Against a late-phase first-grade monster beast, the power of the Earth Fire Formation would be rather limited.

“I don’t need it for myself; it’s for the newcomers to use.”

Yu Chengyi sighed, “Their cultivation is inadequate, and following us, they sometimes don’t even get to share in the spoils. Waiting for them to stand on their own takes too long. With this formation, at least they could earn some spirit stones.”

Mo Hua thought of Da’hu and the others.

Just becoming a monster hunter was both dangerous and earned hardly any spirit stones, truly the most difficult time.

Mo Hua agreed, “Sure, I can do that.”

Yu Chengyi breathed a sigh of relief, then his expression became hesitant, and he gritted his teeth, “About drawing this formation… how many spirit stones would it cost…?”

This formation must be complicated, at least more so than the Iron Armor Formation, so the fee should be higher, but he couldn’t actually offer many spirit stones.

Yu Chengyi finally understood how his father must have felt.

Knowing he was imposing yet still reluctantly asking. Unable to provide much in the way of spirit stones but still requesting others to do him a favor.

And the favor was being asked of a teenager, no less.

The normally generous Yu Chengyi couldn’t help but look down, too embarrassed to meet Mo Hua’s gaze.

Mo Hua inwardly sighed.

Whether it was Elder Yu or Uncle Yu, they must both be proud individuals, yet both were willing to set aside their ego and face for the sake of other monster hunters.

Mo Hua felt a deep respect, his dark eyes twinkling, he then smiled and said:

“Uncle Yu, let’s make a deal.”

Yu Chengyi was taken aback, “A deal?”

“Yes, a deal!”

Mo Hua said, “You just provide me with the spiritual ink, I’ll draw the formations. You get someone to take them for monster hunting. After splitting the earned spirit stones, give me a portion as a fee for drawing the formations.”

Yu Chengyi’s eyes also brightened, and he exclaimed, “That’s a great idea!”

“But I have one more condition,” Mo Hua added.

“Whatever you need, just say it!” Yu Chengyi said heartily, not wanting Mo Hua to suffer a loss.

“I want the monster blood after the beasts are killed.”

“Monster blood?” Yu Chengyi was puzzled, “What do you need monster blood for?”

“To mix with the spiritual ink and use for drawing formations.”

Upon hearing that it was for formation use, Yu Chengyi immediately nodded and said,

“No problem, no one wants the monster blood, it’s all yours.”

“However,” Yu Chengyi paused for a moment to think, then added, “Can we collect the monster blood for you? Big Black Mountain is quite dangerous, it’s better if you don’t go there.”

“You need to know the Blood Drawing Art to do it, I have to do it myself,” said Mo Hua.

“I see…”

Yu Chengyi felt a bit disappointed, as he didn’t want Mo Hua to take risks, but it was necessary for Mo Hua to go.

“Just be very careful,” Yu Chengyi urged.

“Mhm, mhm, Uncle Yu, don’t worry, I’ll be cautious,” Mo Hua assured.

After discussing some minor details, Yu Chengyi said,

“Then I’ll head back now, and not disturb your formation painting.”

On his way out, he also bought a few pounds of beef.

Mo Hua waved goodbye to him.

With the beef in hand, Yu Chengyi left the eatery, feeling as if a weight had been lifted from his heart, refreshed and invigorated.

“Such a good kid…”

Not only smart and sensible but also understanding and immensely talented in forming techniques.

Indeed, experience trumps all, and his father’s judgment in people was really accurate.

Initially, when his father told him to take a look at Mo Hua and get familiar with him, he was somewhat reluctant, but now he almost wished he could move next door to Mo Shan’s family.

Seeing each other without lifting or lowering one’s head is what truly makes one familiar.

“I’ll have to remind Old Zhao and the others, if they come across Mo Hua in the mountain, they must look out for him, we can’t let anything happen to him!” Yu Chengyi resolved silently to himself.

After Yu Chengyi left, Mo Hua also breathed a sigh of relief.

He had been wondering how he could stock up on more monster blood to mix with the Spiritual Ink.

With just Da’hu and his two companions, they were short on manpower, and he couldn’t always be asking Uncle Yu to lend him people.

Now it was much better, all he had to do was draw formations and then use the Blood Drawing Art to extract the monster blood. The novice monster hunters could also gain experience in monster hunting while earning some spirit stones on the side.

After all, monster hunters weren’t exactly wealthy.

Thinking about it that way, he had helped Uncle Yu, and Uncle Yu had helped him, killing two birds with one stone.

Mo Hua quickly drew several Earth Fire Formations and handed them over to Yu Chengyi.

Yu Chengyi had people try to use the Earth Fire Formations to hunt monster beasts, but they failed.

The problem lay with the placement of the traps.

Other monster hunters could also set traps, but the locations weren’t good, and their techniques were rather crude, easily discovered by the monster beasts.

If the monster beasts didn’t fall for the traps, they wouldn’t be confined, and if not confined, they naturally couldn’t trigger the explosion of the Earth Fire Formation.

Yu Chengyi came to ask Mo Hua if there was any solution.

Mo Hua thought for a moment and then recommended Uncle Chu—Chu Guangshan.

Mo Hua’s own method of setting traps was learnt from Uncle Chu, naturally, he was the best person for this task.

So Chu Guangshan, who was badly injured and unable to continue monster hunting, joined the Monster Hunting Team again and ventured into Big Black Mountain.

He was in charge of tracking the monster beasts, placing traps, then setting up Mo Hua’s Earth Fire Formations before detonating them with arrows tipped with fire stones.

After the explosion of the Earth Fire Formation, he didn’t have to take action himself, as the other monster hunters would naturally finish off the monster beasts.

Even though he was badly wounded and unable to fight the monster beasts to the death, he could still help in hunting them, and in the end, he got a significant share of spirit stones.

With his share of the spirit stones, Chu Guangshan bought many things and visited with Jiang Yun to express their gratitude.

But neither of the couple was good with words.

Jiang Yun’s face was red, while Chu Guangshan was somewhat tongue-tied, not sure what to say.

Watching the husband and wife struggle to express themselves, Mo Hua was moved but also found it somewhat amusing.

He thought to himself, the old saying really was true: “You never know a person until you share a house with them.”