Immortality Through Array Formations

Chapter 2621: Chapter 60: Gentleman_2

There were also quite a few scattered materials, as well as half-finished leather and armor.

Mo Hua glanced over them briefly, feeling a slight stir in his heart.

Previously, he had thought about crafting armor for his own subordinate barbarian soldiers in the Wutu Mountain Realm, but when it came to actually doing it, he realized it was unfeasible.

Firstly, he had knowledge of artifact refining, and his insight and vision were not lacking either.

But after all, he was not an Artifact Refiner, and having been frail since childhood, he lacked the strength to wield a great hammer and had no practical experience in artifact refining.

In the Taixu Gate, his grades in artifact refining courses had always been at the bottom.

Thus, he could paint Formation Patterns but couldn’t refine artifacts himself.

Secondly, the artifact refining heritage of the Great Wilderness differed from that of the Nine States.

The materials used, crafting techniques, and tempering methods had many discrepancies.

These were things Mo Hua didn’t quite understand.

In this remote place, he also couldn’t obtain many refining materials, so the matter of crafting weapons and armor was temporarily put aside.

Yet now, the Black Horn Tribe’s Barbarian Armor had given him some opportunities and references.

Mo Hua walked around the cave, going over the crafting process of various Barbarian Armors in his mind one by one.

Some Barbarian Armors, he also disassembled casually to inspect the internal structure and the Formation Patterns.

Elder Jiao Hu, watching from the side, felt a deep heartache.

These were the Black Horn Tribe’s most treasured possessions.

Now, to have Mo Hua just look at them or disassemble them at will, how could it not make his heart ache with bitterness?

After disassembling and examining them, Mo Hua asked Elder Jiao Hu, "Do you know the method to craft the Black Horn Barbarian Armor?"

Elder Jiao Hu replied, "I only know a little."

Mo Hua was a bit surprised, "You’re an elder and only know a little?"

He thought this Elder Jiao Hu, being the oldest and most experienced, should have mastered the core secrets of the Black Horn Tribe.

But Elder Jiao Hu said, "The method of armor crafting is our Black Horn Tribe’s most secret heritage, split into eight parts. The chieftain holds the two most core parts, I hold two parts, and the other four elders hold one part each."

"Only when these are pieced together is the complete method of crafting Black Horn Armor."

After saying this, he was half relieved, half schadenfreude, with a touch of bitterness, saying:

"Now, with the chieftain killed by you, one elder dead, and another fled, this method of crafting armor might be lost forever, known by no one..."

"No worries," Mo Hua said kindly, "You don’t know, I’ll tell you."

Elder Jiao Hu was taken aback.

He had no idea what this shaman gentleman was saying...

Mo Hua then took out pen and paper and sketched the refining diagram on it, drawing out the entire crafting process of the Black Horn Barbarian Armor, the Black Horn Tribe’s most secretive possession.

Elder Jiao Hu, watching from the side, increasingly astonished, felt a storm of shock in his chest and exclaimed in disbelief:

"This! How... how do you know?"

Mo Hua’s expression was subtle.

Things that were apparent with a glance, he didn’t know what Elder Jiao Hu was so shocked about.

Mo Hua ignored him and continued drawing.

By the end, he even sketched the Four Symbols Bull Horn Pattern involved in the Black Horn Barbarian Armor Map.

These few profound Four Symbols Bull Horn Patterns directly shattered Elder Jiao Hu’s pride and beliefs.

His entire being seemed to dissolve into the vast wind and sand.

Finally, he raised his head slowly, beyond shock, looking at Mo Hua with eyes full of reverence:

"You... are you really a shaman gentleman?"

Mo Hua was somewhat surprised, "What, do I not look like one?"

Elder Jiao Hu quietly watched Mo Hua without speaking.

So young, with a face as fair as the moon, and not a single barbarian pattern on him, how could there be any semblance of a ’shaman’?

Initially, he only thought this young ’shaman’ was a swindler scamming people.

Such things happened often.

In the Barbaric Wilderness, every few decades, some people would claim to be ’shamans’, hard to discern true from false.

Some even genuinely believed themselves to be ’shamans’.

But the status of a shaman was so noble.

Becoming a shaman was so arduous.

A true shaman, after mastering their craft, would serve the Royal Court, how could they be found flaunting around?

As for bringing peace and prosperity, that was utter nonsense.

However...

Elder Jiao Hu deeply glanced at the Formation Patterns under Mo Hua’s pen, filled with reverence, couldn’t help but bow and respectfully said:

"I did doubt your shaman status earlier, sir."

"But such profound ’Holy Patterns’, aside from a true shaman gentleman who serves the Royal Court, could never have been drawn by anyone..."

Mo Hua felt a stir in his heart.

Holy Patterns...

This Holy Pattern, was it referring to Formation Patterns?

Mo Hua thought again, this notion seemed not quite right either.

At least the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams type of Formation Patterns were not regarded as ’Holy Patterns’ by the barbarian tribes.

So, this Holy Pattern referred to the Four Symbols Monster Pattern passed down locally in the Great Wilderness?

And the Four Symbols Monster Pattern’s embodiment, as the Origin of the Four Symbols, the Four Holy Beasts Pattern?

Mo Hua slightly nodded.

If thought of this way, it made sense.

The title of ’shaman’ could be faked, but the Holy Patterns could not.

After all, a thing like a formation is very profound, if you don’t know it, you simply don’t know it; therefore, the ability to draw ’Holy Patterns’ is most convincing.

Moreover, after all, the Four Symbols related formation patterns, since they involved ’monsters’, indeed few dared to learn.

At that time within the Qian Learning State Boundary, the only one who could truly be counted as proficient in the Four Symbols Monster Patterns was Mr. Tu.

Other Evil Formation Masters had at most dabbled a bit.

It seemed he indeed had the qualifications to be a ’shaman’...

Mo Hua’s expression remained calm, not saying much more.