Asking about longevity

After returning to the sect, life was peaceful.

Mo Hua practiced and learned formations as usual every day.

But in his spare time, he was still very concerned about the sect with the ancient sword tradition before the separation of Tai'a, Chongxu and Taixu.

So he asked around and wanted to know if anyone in Taixu Sect knew the name of this ancient sect.

No one among the disciples knew.

He asked the elders, including Xun Ziyou, Xun Zixian, and the gentle Elder Murong, but they couldn't explain it clearly.

Mo Hua thought about it and could only ask Mr. Xun.

That day, after Mo Hua asked Mr. Xun about the essence of the Nineteen-Pattern Bagua Formation, he took the opportunity to ask this doubt:

"Old sir, I heard from others that the predecessor of our Taixu Sect was an ancient sword sect. Do you know what the name of this ancient sect is?"

Mr. Xun was startled and looked at Mo Hua with a strange look, "Why do you ask this?"

"I'm just a little curious." Mo Hua said.

Mr. Xun's expression became subtle for a moment, and after a moment, he sighed with some regret:

"This matter happened too long ago, and that name is not allowed to be mentioned anymore, and I don't know..."

Mr. Xun said he didn't know, but Mo Hua looked at his expression and didn't seem to be unaware.

Mo Hua thought for a moment, and suddenly realized something, and asked again:

"You said 'not allowed to mention it again', who said not allowed to mention it again?"

Mr. Xun's eyes froze slightly, but he didn't say anything else, but patted Mo Hua's shoulder, "Study the formation well, don't ask anything else."

"Oh." Mo Hua nodded.

The old man didn't say it, and he didn't allow anyone to ask, so it was probably that there was really something hidden that was unknown to others.

Mr. Xun looked at Mo Hua again, pondered for a moment, and finally couldn't help asking:

"How is your spiritual consciousness improving?"

Mo Hua said truthfully: "I have improved a little, but it's very slow..."

"Really..." Mr. Xun sighed slightly.

He knew that this progress was also normal.

After all, the second-grade nineteen patterns are close to the limit of the spiritual consciousness of the foundation building. On this basis, every little progress is extremely difficult.

There is a limit to cultivation.

Once it approaches the limit, even if the spiritual power can be cultivated by spirit stones and exercises, it is difficult to improve.

Not to mention the spiritual consciousness without exercises.

But Mr. Xun still has some regrets.

Mo Hua couldn't help asking: "Old man, is my spiritual consciousness really important?"

Mr. Xun shook his head and said gently: "It's nothing, just practice with peace of mind, don't be distracted by other things..."

Some things can't be said now.

Nor can Mo Hua bear too heavy a burden.

But after speaking, Mr. Xun suddenly fell silent.

He stared at Mo Hua who was growing up, thought for a moment, and suddenly his eyes flashed, and said in a deep voice:

"Mo Hua."

Mo Hua couldn't help but look at Mr. Xun.

Old Master Xun said slowly with a serious expression:

"The world of Ganxuezhou is full of twists and turns. What happens soon may affect the rise and fall of our Taixu Sect..."

"This matter has complicated causes and effects, and there are too many changes. No one knows what the outcome will be. Therefore, the stronger your spiritual sense is, the more protection you will have."

Mo Hua was shocked.

It is related to the rise and fall of Taixu Sect?

He had only guessed that the matter would not be small, but he did not expect it to be so serious.

Moreover, this was said by the unfathomable old master Xun.

Mo Hua pondered for a moment and nodded seriously:

"Old master, I understand."

...

After leaving old master Xun, Mo Hua suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders was heavy.

Since strengthening his spiritual sense is a major event related to the rise and fall of the sect, he must not slack off.

It's not that he wants to eat evil spirits.

But he is forced by the general situation and can't not eat.

Eating a little is not enough, he has to eat a lot.

We have to hurry up...

Mo Hua thought for a moment, and then sent a letter to Gu Changhuai:

"Uncle Gu, have you checked the Xiao family?"

Gu Changhuai: "This is the business of the Daoting Division, don't ask."

Mo Hua was a little unhappy, so he said:

"Uncle Gu, I have told you about the Water Prison Gate and Elder Yu. Shouldn't you also be a little loyal and tell me about the Xiao family, so that it can be considered as 'reciprocity'?"

Gu Changhuai was silent.

After being told this by Mo Hua, he actually felt a little guilty.

It seems that he really took advantage of Mo Hua.

After thinking for a moment, Gu Changhuai sighed, "I can tell you, but you have to be careful about the Xiao family."

"Most of the Xiao family's cultivators have served in the Daoting Division, and are proficient in the way of prison and cruel. What's more, you have a life in your hands now, so it's best not to get involved with the Xiao family..."

"Yeah." Mo Hua said, "I understand."

Gu Changhuai sighed.

He didn't know whether Mo Hua really understood or pretended to understand, but he still said:

"I have checked, and there is indeed a shadow of the Xiao family in these things."

"Ye Jin's brother is the one named Ye Xiu. When he died on the Yanshui River, the Ye family went to the Daoting Division to cancel his registration, and the person in charge of handling the case was from the Xiao family."

"On the other hand, Guo Jianglong killed Ye Xiu, who was aliased as 'Mr. Lin'. This case was also handled by the Xiao family at the beginning."

"And it happened that the same person handled these two things."

"This person handled a case into two completely unrelated things."

"And you also know this person..."

"I know him too?" Mo Hua was stunned.

He didn't know many people in the Xiao family, could it be...

"Xiao Tian Dog?" Mo Hua asked.

The only people he remembered from the Xiao family, besides Smiling Tiger, was Xiao Tian Dog.

Smiling Tiger was Xiao Dian Si, who was smiling all the time but not smiling inside, in the Dao Ting Si of Gan Xuezhou.

Xiao Tian Dog was Xiao Tianquan, the direct descendant of the Xiao family who had a lot of people fighting for merits for him as soon as he joined the Dao Ting Si. He had a promising future and a lot of people worked hard for him.

Smiling Tiger was Dian Si, so it was impossible for him to do everything himself.

Then apart from this, it could only be Xiao Tian Dog...

Gu Changhuai was helpless, "I told you not to give you nicknames randomly."

"Don't blame me, it's because he didn't give a good name..." Mo Hua said confidently.

Xiao Tianquan and Xiao Tian Dog were almost in the same tone.

Gu Changhuai couldn't argue with Mo Hua, so he could only acquiesce, and then continued:

"It's not just about the Ye family. The Xiao family is also very close to the Guishui Sect. Even many of the Xiao family's disciples are from the Guishui Sect and learn the inheritance of the Guishui Sect."

"Not only that, I looked through the files of Ganxuezhoujie in the past two hundred years and found that many cases involving criminals also involved the Xiao family."

"Some criminals were arrested, but they were released after finding no evidence; some were sentenced to death, but died inexplicably in the Taoist prison before the execution; there were even some criminals whose identities were suspicious, one person had two names, or two people shared the same name, and the Xiao family also made up for it in the case files..."

Mo Hua frowned, "Won't anyone investigate the Xiao family for doing these things?"

Gu Changhuai said indifferently: "No one will investigate."

Mo Hua was slightly stunned, thought about it, and roughly understood.

The Daoting Division has redundant organizations, and most people are idle. Some jobs that don't make money are just for show, and they can get by as long as they can.

As long as the Xiao family does it in secret and can get by on the surface, no one will be idle and dig up these old accounts.

What's more, digging up these old accounts will offend the giant of the Daoting Division - the Xiao family.

Anyone with a little bit of brains will not touch this bad luck.

"Where is the dead executive?"

"Which one?"

"The one I blew up..." Mo Hua said silently.

The Xiao family should have reacted to the death of a person.

Gu Changhuai had a complicated expression, and sent a letter saying:

"The Xiao family came to cancel the registration themselves, saying that a member of their family participated in the suppression of bandits in Yanshui River, fought hard, but unfortunately died in the hands of a 'very vicious' bandit."

Mo Hua: "This 'very vicious' bandit, can't it be me..."

Gu Changhuai: "You know it yourself."

Mo Hua: "..."

Gu Changhuai: "Therefore, this matter has been exposed on the surface, but behind the scenes, the Xiao family will definitely not let it go, you be careful, don't let it slip, and get yourself into trouble."

Mo Hua: "I know, thank you Uncle Gu."

After saying everything that should be said, Gu Changhuai said:

"I have something else to do, so I won't talk anymore. The Dao Court sent a Dian Si down, who is very difficult to deal with and has a very bad temper. I will be busy these days, so you can take care of yourself."

The Dian Si sent by the Dao Court?

Mo Hua wanted to ask who this Dian Si was, but there was no news from Gu Changhuai.

Mo Hua shook his head.

Uncle Gu is not honest at all.

He decided not to tell Uncle Gu any intelligence in the future.

When he needs help from Uncle Gu, he will use the information to "blackmail"... No, it is to "exchange" with Uncle Gu.

Knowledge is valuable and cannot be told to others casually.

Putting away the letter, Mo Hua sat at the table in the disciples' residence, thinking silently.

However, in this way, he also had a vague understanding of the Yanshui River.

The Xiao family of Daotingsi is the "protective umbrella".

The Guishui Sect is the main person in charge.

Shui Yanluo and others are the minions in secret.

Baihua Valley...

Mo Hua didn't know how deeply Baihua Valley was involved, but at least that Hua Jiaoshi was responsible for "supply" or even "transportation".

All these forces formed a network, covering the Yanshui River.

And the center of this network is probably...

Yanzhizhou.

But after knowing this network, Mo Hua couldn't do it for a while.

There is no progress in Baihua Valley.

According to Uncle Gu, Hua Ruyu has been very vigilant recently. She stays in Baihua Valley all day long and does not leave the house. She has no contact with the outside world.

Guishuimen, he is not familiar with it at all, and he does not know anyone from Guishuimen, let alone plant any spies in Guishuimen.

Shui Yanluo is not easy to catch, and he cannot be caught casually.

With Shui Yanluo's alertness and superb water skills, he must be fully prepared and planned carefully next time to catch him, so that he cannot escape.

Otherwise, if he fails again and exposes his trump card, he will be more defensive, and it will be difficult to catch him again.

As for the Xiao family, there is no need to say more.

He blew up a clerk of the Xiao family, and there is a cause and effect on him. It is better to stay away from the Xiao family for the time being.

"It seems that there are clues everywhere, but when I really start to investigate, I find that it is not easy to start anywhere..."

Mo Hua sighed.

"Where should I start?"

In the following days, Mo Hua had been thinking about this matter, but he was at a loss.

Until this day, when he was having lunch in the dining hall of the disciples' residence, Hao Xuan suddenly came to him.

"Junior brother, there is something going on!"

"Something going on?" Mo Hua was startled.

"Yes!" Hao Xuan nodded and said seriously, "Someone seduced me!"

Cheng Mo, who was drinking next to him, choked directly. He coughed a few times, his face flushed, and couldn't help asking:

"Seduced you?"

"Yes!" Hao Xuan looked serious.

"Female?"

"Male."

Cheng Mo's expression was a little subtle.

Hao Xuan waved his hands and explained: "It's not like that. He didn't seduce me. He seduced me to go to a place I shouldn't go."

Mo Hua raised his eyebrows and became interested, "Where?"

"He didn't say," Hao Xuan said, "He just said that he would take me to a place where there would be not only beautiful things but also fun things."

"I asked him how beautiful and fun it was, but he didn't say anything. He just smiled ambiguously and said that I would know when the time came. I didn't believe it, so he said that the place was a place of ecstasy and bliss on earth. Once you go there, you will never forget it."

"I am a little tempted..."

Hao Xuan was very honest, his face was a little red, but he still said seriously, "But I remember that you, Junior Brother, told me that someone might have bad intentions towards my Taixu Sect recently and would secretly seduce us to do bad things. I was shocked at the time, so I pretended to agree, and then came back to tell you."

Mo Hua said with relief: "Very good."

After that, he personally poured a glass of fruit wine for Hao Xuan.

Hao Xuan drank the wine that his junior brother personally poured for him, and couldn't help but look proud.

"Who seduced you?" Situ Jian, who was standing beside him, also asked curiously.

Hao Xuan took a sip of wine and said:

"He is a childhood friend of mine. Our two families are relatively close, and he and I are the same age, so we played together when we were young, but later we joined different sects and were busy practicing, so we rarely contacted each other."

"Which sect did he join?" Mo Hua asked.

"Guishui Sect." Hao Xuan replied.

Guishui Sect...

Mo Hua's eyes moved slightly.

"Junior brother, what should we do now? Should we reject him?" Hao Xuan asked.

Mo Hua pondered for a moment and shook his head, "No, you promised him."

Hao Xuan was stunned, "Promise him?"

"Yes." Mo Hua said, "Not only should you promise him, but also tell him that you have a fellow disciple who wants to go with you. Ask him if he is willing to take you with you."

Hao Xuan said, "Junior Brother, the fellow disciple you are talking about is you, right?"

Mo Hua nodded, "Yes!"

Cheng Mo on the side immediately asked curiously, "Junior Brother, you are going? Then I will go too!"

Even Situ Jian, who was always serious, followed and said, "I will go too."

Mo Hua was very surprised. "Why are you following?"

Cheng Mo said seriously: "We don't have any other intentions. We are mainly afraid that you, the little brother, will be in danger, so we want to protect you."

Mo Hua: "..."

Situ Jian thought about it, but he didn't joke. Instead, he said seriously: "Little brother, it is indeed a bit dangerous for you to go alone."

Mo Hua thought for a moment and sighed: "Okay."

Although he was not afraid of any danger if he went alone, he still had Hao Xuan. Hao Xuan's strength was average. In case of an accident, Cheng Mo and Situ Jian could also help.

There is another reason. If Hao Xuan took him alone, Guishuimen might not agree.

But if he took three Taixumen disciples at once, the probability of Guishuimen agreeing would be greater.

Mo Hua guessed blindly that the disciples of Guishuimen would count "performance" for recruiting people.

Recruiting one more person might not have much impact, but if he recruited three more people, it would probably be impossible to refuse.

"Hao Xuan, go ask your childhood friend, and tell him that there are three other fellow disciples who want to go with you. Ask him if it's okay." Mo Hua said.

Hao Xuan nodded, "Okay, I'll go ask."

The next day, Hao Xuan asked, and then said to Mo Hua:

"I told my childhood friend, and he was a little hesitant and a little wary. He asked me which three fellow disciples I was with. I told him that one was from a noble family in Genzhou, and the other was from a sword family in Lizhou. As for you, little senior brother, I said that your family is not prominent, but you are a genius in formation."

"Two noble family children, one formation genius, my childhood friend was really happy when he heard it, but he pretended to be embarrassed and said this He couldn't make the decision, so he had to ask his senior brother, but he told me not long after that his senior brother agreed and could take you there. "

Mo Hua nodded and asked, "When are we going?"

"This Xunxiu." Hao Xuan said, "He said it's better to go early than late. That place is not for everyone to go. Even if you are qualified to go, you have to queue up. If you go late, there may not be a seat."

"It's our first time, so we have special treatment."

The more Mo Hua listened, the more he felt that this was a bit like "pig killing".

In a sense, this may indeed be a "pig killing".

It's just that killing people does not shed blood, but kills the heart of Tao.

Without the heart of Tao, people are just pigs.

"Okay." Mo Hua nodded.

A few days later, it was Xunxiu.

Mo Hua, Cheng Mo, Situ Jian and Hao Xuan met up, and then Hao Xuan led the way to Guishui City outside Guishui Gate.

In the Ganxuezhou area, outside each sect, there is a Taoist fairy city.

This fairy city is for the sect disciples to buy some daily necessities such as elixirs, talismans, spiritual tools, and formations.

There are also places for eating and entertainment such as inns, restaurants, and teahouses.

There are also many cultivators living here on a daily basis.

Guishuimen is no exception.

When they arrived at Guishui City, Hao Xuan took Mo Hua and others to a restaurant and met his childhood friend.

Hao Xuan introduced: "This is Wang Chen, who grew up with me since childhood and is now practicing in Guishuimen."

Mo Hua took a look at this Wang Chen.

He was the same height as Hao Xuan, with a thin figure. His face was neither handsome nor ugly, revealing an unattractive temperament, but his eyes often flickered, looking more scheming.

When Mo Hua was looking at Wang Chen.

Wang Chen was also looking at Mo Hua and others.

It was fine when he saw Cheng Mo and Situ Jian, but when he saw Mo Hua, he suddenly said to Hao Xuan with difficulty:

"Brother Xuan, no."

"Why not?"

Wang Chen secretly glanced at Mo Hua and said to Hao Xuan: "Didn't you say you brought three fellow disciples? Why is there a little junior brother?"

Mo Hua's face darkened.

Hao Xuan hurriedly said: "He is a fellow disciple, not a little junior brother."

Not only is he not a little junior brother, but he is also a little senior brother of Taixu Sect.

Wang Chen was a little embarrassed and sighed: "But he looks a little young..."

His face is too young.

And his eyes are innocent and clear, not stained by the world.

Wang Chen lowered his voice and said in Hao Xuan's ear: "...It's not appropriate for him to go to that kind of place."

There is another point that he didn't say.

In his eyes, the appearance of this "junior brother" of Taixu Sect is too much to the taste of some people.

If he really lets him go in and is targeted by some young masters, it will harm him instead.