Asking about longevity

Daoting is powerful, has intricate connections, and has a very strong intelligence network. Although it may not be possible to get that deep into the real secrets, it can at least use "official" means to find out the clues on the surface in detail.

This also saves a lot of work in ink painting.

If he were to look for these things in person and check them one by one, he would probably not make any progress within a few months.

"Sure enough, you have to be flexible in your methods and learn to take shortcuts occasionally."

"It's not like Daoting's thighs can't be hugged..."

Mo Hua nodded, and then began to stare at the picture of the Yanshui River in his hand.

Marked on the map are the locations where Water Yama has appeared and the Yanshui basin where it may have been active.

Mo Hua didn't know how Xia Diansi found out.

However, Xia Diansi had Daoting's back, and it didn't seem surprising that he could find out these things, at least it was within Mo Hua's expectation.

Water Yama is a big fish.

Next, you can set up a net and catch this big fish.

On the map of Yanshui River, there are many places marked by circles.

These may look like only a small area on the picture, but when placed on the mighty Yanshui River, they represent a large stretch of river area.

"The area is still too big and needs to be shrunk some more."

Mo Hua's knowledge of the Yanshui River emerged in his mind, he judged the location of the ferry where Shui Yanluo appeared, and figured out Shui Yanluo's character and habits. At the same time, he also put aside a series of clues he had found before. together...

All these things become the cause.

The ink painting has a profound gaze and a flowing spiritual consciousness. From these various "causes", the "effect" can be inferred.

On the map of Yanshui River, wisps of cause and effect lines are looming and outlined into a network.

Without the Secret Technique and the guidance of seniors, Mo Hua can only explore the use of the Secret Technique bit by bit based on objective facts, as well as his own intuition and experience.

After a while, the line of cause and effect stretched along the river and overlapped with some marks.

Mo Hua wrote down all these places and then sent them to Xia Diansi.

"Sister Xia..."

"The name is 'Xia Diansi'." A message came from the other side.

"Oh, Xia Diansi," Mo Hua said, "according to my information, these places on the map are very suspicious."

Among the Dao Tingsi, Xia Diansi, who was still busy with business affairs, frowned slightly, "How do you know about these places?"

I figured it out...

Mo Hua said silently in his heart.

Of course, this cannot be said.

Mo Hua then said vaguely: "I don't know either, others told me."

Xia Diansi shook his head slightly and wrote: "Okay, I will take some time to go to the Yanshui River to see it myself."

A line on a picture is like a river in reality.

It is indeed difficult to find out the inside story without seeing it for yourself.

"Xia Diansi, it's best to go the day after tomorrow." Mo Hua suggested.

"Why?" Xia Diansi was puzzled.

"Because I will be off the day after tomorrow." Mo Hua said calmly.

Xia Diansi was silent for a moment and raised his eyebrows slightly, "You want to go too?"

"Yeah!" Mo Hua said.

"But... you are still quite dangerous in the middle stage of foundation building." Xia Diansi was a little worried.

"It's okay," Mo Hua said, "I'll take Uncle Gu with me, he will protect me."

Xia Diansi looked strange.

The kid said this as if Gu Diansi was his bodyguard...

Gu Changhuai, bodyguard...

Xia Diansi thought about Gu Changhuai's cold appearance, and somehow felt that he was quite suitable to be a "bodyguard".

"Okay." Xia Diansi said.

"Thank you Xia Diansi." Mo Hua was overjoyed.

So two days later, it was Xun holiday.

Mo Hua packed up early in the morning, hired a carriage, and went to Qingzhou City.

In order to deceive others, he did not go to Gu's house, but waited in a teahouse in Qingzhou City.

This is the agreed upon place.

When he arrived at the teahouse, Mo Hua looked up and found that Gu Changhuai and Xia Diansi had arrived early.

Both of them are experienced magistrates and have resolute personalities. If there is no delay in the affairs of the magistrate, they will act on time.

It's just that although they arrived early and sat at the same table, they each ordered a pot of tea and drank it alone without saying a word.

They looked like two strangers.

Mo Hua shook his head and sighed.

The stone is not enlightened.

The iron tree doesn't bloom either.

It's really worrying.

Mo Hua walked forward, greeted the two of them, took a brief sip of tea, ate some pastries, and then got up and left together.

After confirming that no one was following them, the three of them hired a hidden carriage, left Qingzhou City, and headed for the lower reaches of the Yanshui River.

At a river crossing near the lower reaches, Gu Changhuai rented another boat.

The three of them took the boat and rowed deep into the Yanshui River.

The Yanshui River basin is wide, with many tributaries branching from top to bottom, and the water shape is also intricate.

There are many ferocious water monsters lurking at the bottom of the river.

Mo Hua had only stayed by the Yanshui River before, but this was the first time he was sitting in a boat and rowing to the middle of the Yanshui River.

The edge of the boat is pressed against a pool of green river water. Looking around, there are vast sparkling waves all around. The water and sky are the same color, and there is no land and no road.

The ink painting felt novel, but as the boat swayed on the water, I also felt a strange discomfort.

The three of them took a boat, followed the ink paintings and calculated the cause and effect, and moved forward along the river lines drawn in the Yanshui River map. At the same time, they let go of their spiritual consciousness and searched for clues.

The sun gradually rose, and the sunlight gradually became brighter, making the river water bright and dazzling, like a mirror.

The three searched for a while and found something.

"There are some shallows in the river, with footprints on them."

"Some bodies of water monsters, soaked in the water, have already smelled, but the wounds on their bodies are very evil, as if someone used a powerful evil weapon to pierce the chest..."

"There is a strong smell of blood nearby..."

"There are some spiritual weapon wreckages sinking to the bottom of the water."

...

"There should be a group of sinners around here, but..."

Gu Changhuai frowned.

However, the Yanshui River is vast, and the turbulent river water covered most of the traces, and the specific whereabouts of these people could not be traced.

The nearby river basin is very complicated, with intertwined branches. It is a vast expanse when looking at it, and for a while, I don’t know which direction to check.

While I was confused, a small boat came from a distance.

There were several fishermen on the boat, wearing bamboo hats, enduring the sun, and casting nets.

Mo Hua's eyes lit up, and he said, "Go ask them?"

Gu Changhuai and Xia Diansi thought for a moment and nodded.

When the fishing boat approached, the three of them took the boat to meet it.

When the two boats met, Gu Changhuai and Xia Diansi greeted each other briefly, and then asked:

"Are there any suspicious monks nearby?"

There were four fishermen on the boat, fishing. When they saw Gu Changhuai and the others, they looked a little nervous and shook their heads.

Xia Diansi also asked a few questions, but didn't get anything out of them.

After that, the fishermen bowed and said nothing more, paddling away with a vigilant look.

Mo Hua sighed, "Uncle Gu, Xia Diansi, you can't get anything out of them like this. They don't say they don't know, and even if they know, they can't tell you."

Both of them are Dao Ting Si Diansi, with their own majesty, and they are also Jindan monks.

Mo Hua is familiar with them, so he may not think it's a big deal.

But for these ordinary fishermen, Gu Changhuai and the other two were both "unfathomable" big men. When they met on the vast and deserted Yanshui River, these fishermen were inevitably afraid and dared not say much.

Gu Changhuai looked indifferent.

Anyway, he was like this and it was impossible for him to change.

Xia Diansi also frowned slightly.

She was born in the Xia family and rarely came into contact with these low-level casual cultivators.

Mo Hua sighed, "Let me ask."

After a while, another fishing boat came over.

Mo Hua stood at the bow and greeted. When the fishing boat approached, he jumped on it and shouted "Hello, brothers" with a smile, and then took out some spirit wine and dried meat to give to them, saying that they took a boat to visit relatives, but got lost and didn't know where to go, so they wanted to ask how to get to the water.

He had clear eyes, handsome looks, and a short stature, which did not seem aggressive. He had a gentle temperament and looked friendly, which was easy to attract people's favor.

What's more, he also gave them spiritual wine and spiritual meat.

These are all good things for fishermen.

For a while, several fishermen on the boat treated Mo Hua very warmly.

Mo Hua sat with them, drinking and eating meat, chatting in a harmonious atmosphere for a while. When they said goodbye, the group of fishermen had already called Mo Hua "little brother" affectionately and invited Mo Hua to visit their homes.

Mo Hua gave them another pot of wine, and then waved goodbye to them.

Back on his boat, Mo Hua nodded and said:

"Greetings to everyone!"

Xia Diansi and Gu Changhuai were a little stunned.

Mo Hua recalled the conversation just now and pointed to the river ahead:

"The river here has forks, which cannot be seen with the naked eye, but there are four or five waterways in these dense water plants, which are easy to hide traces."

"There are indeed suspicious monks nearby."

"According to these big brothers, it is a group of murderous water bandits who appear and disappear in this area of ​​water and kill anyone they see."

"But this group of water bandits only appear at night, so the nearby fishermen finish fishing early in the day and go back as soon as the sun sets."

"Once it gets dark, if you go by water at night and encounter these water bandits, you may die here."

Xia Diansi frowned, "If they encounter water bandits, don't they report to the court?"

Mo Hua said helplessly: "It's useless to report it. This is not a fairy city. Many fishermen don't even have a cultivation record. The Dao Tingsi doesn't want to intervene. Even if they want to intervene, the river situation here is complicated and it is difficult to take action."

Xia Diansi was a little stunned.

Daozhou is almost entirely composed of immortal cities, and the control of the cultivation of monks is strict, so this kind of situation will basically not occur.

She turned her head, silently glanced at Gu Changhuai, and said coldly:

"From this, it can be seen that the Dao Tingsi of Ganxuezhou is overstaffed and ineffective in doing things."

Gu Changhuai said coldly: "Don't forget, you are now also the Diansi of the Dao Tingsi of Ganxuezhou."

The two looked at each other coldly.

Mo Hua nodded.

Not bad.

The relationship between the two has improved, and they know how to quarrel.

After that, Gu Changhuai and Xia Diansi attacked each other for a few more words, and then they stopped fighting.

They are Diansi after all, and it is impossible for them to distinguish the importance.

The most urgent task is to find Shui Yanluo.

Xia Diansi looked at the intricate waterways in front of him, pondered for a moment, and said with a slightly focused look:

"I will go back and get more people, starting from here, search the waterways one by one. Check the entire water area."

Gu Changhuai said: "Don't worry, too many people will easily alert the enemy."

Xia Diansi looked at Gu Changhuai unkindly and asked:

"Then what do you say we should do?"

Gu Changhuai was silent for a moment, his eyes flickered, and he raised his chin towards Mo Hua and said:

"Ask this kid."

Xia Diansi was startled, looking confused, "Mo Hua?"

Mo Hua originally wanted to keep a low profile, but now seeing the situation, he is no longer allowed to keep a low profile.

Catching the water devil is important.

"Are there any broken knives left on the water monster just now?" Mo Hua asked.

Gu Changhuai handed a crimson broken knife to Mo Hua.

Mo Hua placed the broken knife on the bow, then sat cross-legged and concentrated.

Xia Diansi watched silently on the side, not knowing what Mo Hua was going to do. Just when he felt strange, he suddenly felt that Mo Hua's temperament suddenly changed, from clear and sunny to deep and weird.

It was like...

From a kind boy, to an unknown monster.

At the same time, a mysterious breath spread from Mo Hua.

After a moment, all the weirdness disappeared, and Mo Hua looked normal, pointing to a waterway in front of him and said: "To the right in the middle, you can find the owner of the broken knife..."

Xia Diansi was slightly shocked.

"So... we have found the way?"

She looked puzzled, and after a little thought, her pupils suddenly shrank, and she said in a lost voice:

"Heavenly Secret Technique?!"

Gu Changhuai was shocked when he heard this, and suddenly looked at Mo Hua.

Mo Hua asked in confusion, "What is Heavenly Secret Technique?"

Xia Diansi looked at Mo Hua's clear eyes, a little surprised, "You don't know what Heavenly Secret Technique is?"

Mo Hua nodded.

He actually knew a little.

But the little he knew was summed up by his own guesses and experience.

It was a wild way, not worthy of being in a refined place.

He had no idea what the real, systematic, and academic Heavenly Secret Technique was.

So it was not a lie to say that he didn't know what Heavenly Secret Technique was.

Xia Diansi frowned, "What did you just use?"

Mo Hua blinked, "I learned it from an old Taoist priest who passed by when I was in my hometown of Lizhou. He was dressed in tattered clothes, but had a kind heart and a kind face."

"This is a divination and direction method. It can be sensed by the spirit sense, and it can be used to "divine" and ask for the correct path, so as to find people or things lost in the mountains."

Mo Hua said it seriously.

Xia Diansi himself knew nothing about the art of heavenly secrets. He had only heard some superficial things. After thinking about it, he felt that what Mo Hua said was reasonable.

The so-called "divination and direction method" should be some folk customs and the last stage of the art of heavenly secrets circulated among the lower-level monks.

Occasionally, some small causes and effects can be glimpsed, but compared with the real art of heavenly secrets, it is still far from the truth.

As for the old Taoist priest with tattered clothes, a kind heart and a kind face...

It seems that there is no problem.

There are indeed many masters or strange alchemists who like to travel in the cultivation world.

It is normal for them to master some bizarre methods.

Xia Diansi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

She said, how could someone learn the art of heavenly secrets at the mere foundation-building stage...

However, Xia Diansi still warned Mo Hua:

"Don't use this method easily in front of others in the future, and don't do random divination..."

"Why?" Mo Hua asked.

Xia Diansi said solemnly:

"Although it is only a small cause and effect method, it is after all stained with the word "cause and effect". It will consume too much spiritual thoughts and easily cause fluctuations in one's own luck. The most serious thing is that once you "divine" the cause and effect of some powerful cultivators, it is easy to anger the masters and suffer the backlash of cause and effect, and you have just built your foundation..."

Xia Diansi looked at Mo Hua with a worried look, "... This violent backlash of cause and effect is something you, a child, can't bear."

There is actually a backlash of cause and effect...

Mo Hua was slightly startled and nodded seriously.

Then he thought again that he seemed to have calculated a lot of causes and effects along the way, but it seemed that he had not angered any "experts" and caused the cause and effect to backfire.

I don't know if I'm lucky or if my master secretly arranged means to protect me silently.

In any case, I have to be careful in the future.

However, the matter of Shui Yanluo should be fine for now, at least there won't be too many concerns about cause and effect.

After that, the three of them drove the boat and quietly moved forward along the waterway that Mo Hua had "divinated".

The further they went, the more complicated the river situation became, and it was more difficult to tell the direction.

This is the downstream, with silt accumulation, occasional shoals, and half-human-high weeds.

So the boat had to stop while it was going.

Mo Hua took out the broken knife, "divinated" again, and then re-determined the position.

Xia Diansi looked at Mo Hua silently, and the more he looked, the more puzzled he felt.

All the causes and effects of heavenly secrets and even the methods of divine thoughts consume divine consciousness, especially those involving the way of heavenly secrets and the cause and effect algorithm, which consume more divine consciousness.

But this young boy, who had "divinated" so many times along the way, had not used up his spiritual consciousness.

How deep was his spiritual consciousness?

Xia Diansi was a little shocked.

Of course, no matter how strong Mo Hua's spiritual consciousness was, he couldn't use it all the time.

Moreover, this kind of calculation involved two kinds of Tianji algorithms, which was actually very difficult.

After Mo Hua calculated a few more times, his spiritual consciousness was almost exhausted.

But there were still clumps of water plants in front of him, and the surroundings were hazy, with no human figures and no other clues.

Mo Hua was patient and began to meditate and recover his spiritual consciousness.

About half an hour later, Mo Hua opened his eyes, and his spiritual consciousness had recovered by more than half.

But he couldn't calculate again.

Using Tianji to calculate and increase Tianji calculation would damage the sea of ​​consciousness.

He has calculated too many times, and his sea of ​​consciousness is already slightly stinging.

The consciousness can be restored through meditation, but the damage to the sea of ​​consciousness cannot.

Moreover, the water route is not like the land route, especially in such a complex water area, it is more difficult to find the way through the Tianji calculation.

Mo Hua sighed.

Shui Yanluo, this turtle, really knows how to find a place to hide.

Gu Changhuai saw that Mo Hua's face was slightly pale, and asked softly: "Are you okay?"

Mo Hua nodded, "It's okay, but..."

He looked at the water plants, swamps, shallows, waterways of varying depths, and the mixed waters in front of him, and said helplessly:

"It seems that today is not possible..."

Xia Diansi looked up at the sky and said:

"It's getting late. If these water bandits hide during the day and come out at night, we will be easily discovered by them once we delay until night."

"And it's pitch black at night, the river is dangerous, and water monsters are everywhere. I'm afraid it will be a little dangerous..."

The two Jindans don't care.

The dangerous one is Mo Hua.

After all, Mo Hua was only in the middle stage of foundation building, and his blood was weak. If he encountered danger in the dark night, he would be in danger.

Gu Changhuai said, "Let's go back first and come back tomorrow."

Mo Hua nodded.

But he was somewhat unwilling in his heart.

He had come here, but now he had to go back home.

Although he could come back tomorrow, some things should be done as soon as possible. Who knows what will happen after a day.

When Mo Hua was thinking about it, Gu Changhuai had turned the bow of the boat and the boat swam back slowly.

After swimming for a while, Mo Hua was suddenly startled, as if he had discovered something abnormal. He quickly closed his eyes and put his consciousness to the extreme to perceive everything around him.

Not long after, a very subtle, intermittent voice reached his ears.

"Benefactor..."

Mo Hua was stunned and looked down.

Only then did he find that a small silver fish was shaking its tail desperately on the edge of the boat, chasing his boat.

"...Little silver fish?"