Mo Hua glanced at the Second Elder, and indeed saw his withered form gradually darkening, his limbs dissipating bit by bit.

Is he dying?

Mo Hua shook his head.

Since that's the case, this grievance can be put to rest.

Most things in the world are a mix of good and bad.

This Second Elder, though he did try to scheme against me, also let me taste something I had never experienced before.

I am magnanimous and will not hold it against him.

"You can die slowly on your own..."

Mo Hua turned to leave, but was suddenly stopped by the Second Elder:

"Little Divine Venerable..."

Mo Hua turned his head and asked him, "Do you still have something to say?"

A frightening thought floated in his mind. The Second Elder's expression was solemn, entangled in his heart, and he finally sighed, saying slowly:

"I wish to make a deal with you..."

"A deal?" Mo Hua raised an eyebrow.

The Second Elder nodded, "If possible, I wish to ask you to lend a hand at a critical moment to preserve a trace of the bloodline of my Great Wilderness..."

Mo Hua was puzzled, "Your Great Wilderness, still has a bloodline?"

Prince Ye died long ago, his body buried in the royal tomb of Solitary Mountain City.

Shen Tuao also died, his skin flayed by Mr. Tu.

What bloodline does the Great Wilderness clan still have?

The Second Elder only said flatly, "There is."

"Where is it?"

The Second Elder remained silent for a moment, and did not elaborate, only saying, "Little Divine Venerable, in time you will naturally encounter it."

"You surely don't expect me to help your Great Wilderness restore its glory, do you?" Mo Hua asked.

A hint of helplessness and despair was in the Second Elder's eyes as he bitterly smiled:

"The Great Wilderness likely... cannot be revived."

Mo Hua was somewhat surprised.

The Second Elder sighed, "All of this, from the very start, has been a chess game. Countless cultivators of great might, ancient evil gods, and demon sect patriarchs have been making moves on this board behind the scenes."

"I originally thought I could deceive others, but all that I've done was actually within the calculations of others."

"Everything in the Great Wilderness has long since become a pawn moved at the whim of others."

"This is something I only saw after I was already dead..."

"Under such a heaven and earth chessboard, a millstone of life and death, the slightest misstep would lead the Great Wilderness into the brink of bloodline extinction, the extermination of the entire clan."

"Therefore, I only hope that Little Divine Venerable, if given the chance, can lend a hand to preserve a trace of the royal bloodline of my Great Wilderness. Even if they can no longer revive their ancestral heritage, and cannot become the royal family of the Great Wilderness, as long as they can escape the fate of being manipulated and live peacefully, it would be enough..."

The Second Elder's words were earnest, even with a hint of pleading.

But Mo Hua shook his head and said, "Have you forgotten, I'm just a Foundation Building Cultivator, without the ability to help you..."

The Second Elder sighed inwardly, then cupped his hands and said, "Even though your cultivation level is only at Foundation Establishment, your proficiency in the Dao of Divine Thought is astonishing and rarely seen in this world."

"Throughout history, there likely hasn't been a single Foundation Building Cultivator capable of stepping onto the Dragon Hall of the Great Wilderness, slaying the Dragon Emperor of the Great Wilderness, and still living to swallow the Dragon Soul without their body bursting and dying."

"Moreover, all of this depends on Little Divine Venerable's convenience..."

"If it is within your power, I hope Little Divine Venerable will lend a hand. If it is beyond your power, there is no need to force it."

Mo Hua nodded slightly but still did not easily agree, instead asking back:

"Then what will you offer me in this deal?"

Preserving the bloodline of the Great Wilderness is no small matter.

The Second Elder is also someone with a good sense of things. Since he dares to mention this to me, it indicates he should have some valuable leverage in his hands.

The Second Elder looked at Mo Hua and slowly spoke:

"If I'm not mistaken, Little Divine Venerable's physical form has reached the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, but your own Magical Treasure has not yet been nurtured, correct?"

Mo Hua's eyes narrowed slightly, nodding.

The Second Elder said, "Little Divine Venerable is proficient in Formations and intends to use our Great Wilderness's Four Symbols Green Dragon Divine Beast Formation as your Lifebound Formation Map?"

"Correct," Mo Hua did not hide it from him.

The Second Elder shook his head, "Little Divine Venerable, the Four Symbols Green Dragon Formation cannot be used by you..."

Mo Hua asked, "Why?"

The Second Elder did not dare to be too blunt, only tactfully saying:

"The Azure Dragon is the Karma Dragon passed down from generation to generation in our Great Wilderness. Such Divine Beasts recognize only bloodlines; if one is not a royal descendant of the Great Wilderness, regardless of status, it will not accept them."

"Secondly, Little Divine Venerable, you do not cultivate body techniques, your physical body is somewhat... weak, so it cannot withstand the immense power of the Azure Dragon..."

Mo Hua nodded slightly.

He was well aware of matters concerning bloodlines.

Indeed, he had many concerns about the matter of the physical body.

The Dragon Power is wild and fierce. Even with his powerful Dao-transformed Divine Thought, after forcibly swallowing the Dragon Soul, he still felt a sensation of being torn apart.

While his Divine Thought is strong, his physical body is weak.

If he directly inscribed the Green Dragon Formation Patterns on his body, using his physical body to bear the fierce Azure Dragon Power, perhaps in an instant, he would be torn apart.

"And then?"

Mo Hua looked at the Second Elder; he knew that the Second Elder wouldn't speak such nonsense for no reason.

The Second Elder remained silent for a moment, battling within himself about whether or not to reveal what he knew.

But his Remnant Soul was already fading.

His legs had turned to dust, and his body was beginning to scatter like sand, little by little.

The Second Elder sighed, ultimately accepting his fate, and slowly said, "I know of a Formation that might... be more suitable for Little Divine Venerable."

Mo Hua's pupils narrowed, "What Formation?"

The Second Elder sighed, "This Formation, from ancient times, was found by a Great Witch of the Great Wilderness among the boundless depths of the Barbaric Wilderness. It is an archaic formation with exotic patterns."

"Such Ancient Formations, their Patterns are complex, antiquated, and savage, not suited for the cultivation system of the Great Wilderness."

"It even seems like this Formation wasn't meant for humans to use."

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