Asking about longevity

Xiao Tianquan's murderous intention subsided.

The chill behind the ink painting disappeared, but the doubts in his heart became deeper and deeper.

This Xiao Tianquan...what is he looking for?

Does the water bandit have anything to do with him?

Does he know Shui Yanluo?

Mo Hua recalled all the signs of Xiao Tianquan along the way.

This time, at least on the surface, there was nothing wrong with Xiao Tianquan's suppression of the water bandits, and he didn't do any small tricks secretly.

He also carried out all the tasks assigned by Xia Diansi to the letter.

When he killed the water bandits, he really killed them without sparing any mercy.

He even killed harder than others.

Mo Hua frowned.

"The Xiao family, Xiao Tianquan... is a little weird."

After that, he searched all the remaining secret rooms, obtained a formation map, and found some stolen goods.

After that, it’s nothing.

I searched what I needed to search, I found what I needed to find, and I couldn’t find what I couldn’t find.

Mo Hua sat on a high platform with a good view on the island, looking at the hazy moonlight and rippling Yanshui River in the distance, waiting for news about Uncle Gu and Sister Xia.

About an hour later, Gu Changhuai and Xia Diansi came back.

The two of them were dusty and had stern expressions on their faces.

Mo Hua sighed and guessed in his heart that Shui Yanluo ran away again.

Gu Changhuai's face looked a little ugly, "There is a secret passage on the island. Shui Yanluo had a backup plan and escaped through the secret passage..."

"We chased after him, but Shui Yama's water properties were too good. Once he touched the water, he was like a dragon. His Tao skills were stronger and his body skills were faster. He could ride the wind and waves in the river and come and go freely."

"But he was injured before and lost his vitality. In the end, he was still at a disadvantage. He was about to fall into despair. At this moment, Shui Yanluo suddenly swam to the third-grade river next door..."

"Third grade?" Mo Hua was a little surprised.

"Yeah." Gu Changhuai nodded.

Mo Hua pondered, "If it's the third grade, wouldn't Shui Yan Luo be... much less a match for you and Sister Xia?"

After all, Shui Yanluo is only at the peak of foundation building. With the suppression of Heavenly Dao, he can mediate with Uncle Gu and Xia Diansi in the Golden Core realm.

Once you enter the third level realm, wouldn't you be seeking death?

Gu Changhuai's eyes were cold, "This evil beast is indeed looking for death. Once he entered the third-grade waters and there were no cultivation restrictions, I used the power of the golden elixir and cut off his arm with just one wind blade."

Mo Hua was a little surprised.

Gu Changhuai seemed to understand Mo Hua's thoughts and glanced at him, "You don't really think that my golden elixir can't defeat Foundation Establishment, do you?"

Mo Hua shook his head repeatedly and said: "How could it be?"

Gu Changhuai looked unhappy, then frowned and said:

"Seeing that the next wind blade could take Shui Yanluo's life... at this moment, someone came to save him."

Mo Hua's eyes narrowed, "Who?"

Gu Changhuai shook his head with a solemn expression, "This person has a very deep cultivation level, but he hides his head and tail. He doesn't use any of his own Taoism. After saving Shui Yanluo, he dived into the water and lost track of where he went. No matter how he looked for it, he couldn't find him."

"It seems like there is a layer of fog covering everything..."

"Misty..." Mo Hua's heart trembled.

Xia Diansi next to him said nothing, and sighed at this time:

"Although Shui Yanluo escaped, fortunately the bandit stronghold was broken and the water bandits were wiped out. This trip to suppress the bandits is quite effective, and there will be rewards from Daotingsi later."

After saying that, she looked at Mo Hua again and said in a gentler voice, "Thanks to your help in suppressing bandits this time, I will apply to the superiors to give you more merit."

Mo Hua said: "Thank you, Sister Xia."

Xia Diansi has become accustomed to the title "Sister Xia".

Especially during this operation, he really saw Mo Hua's talent and accomplishments in formations. In Xia Diansi's heart, he didn't reject Mo Hua calling her "sister".

"I still have some aftermath matters to deal with. You can take care of yourself. After dawn, we will go back home." Xia Diansi said.

"Yeah." Mo Hua nodded.

Xia Diansi looked at Mo Hua gently and left.

Mo Hua was a little curious and asked Gu Changhuai quietly, "Shui Yanluo has run away. Sister Xia doesn't seem to be in a hurry?"

Gu Changhuai glanced at the ink painting lightly.

Mo Hua also stared at Gu Changhuai.

Gu Changhuai had no choice but to sigh and said:

"Water Yama is a fish, but it is also bait. Now there are bigger fish eating the bait, so there is nothing wrong with it."

"Although this big fish swallowed the bait and ran away, at least it came out of the water."

"Is this the boundary of Qianxue State, or is it Daoting's layout? No matter how big the fish is, I'm not afraid of it. What I'm afraid of is that you hide under the water and don't show your head."

Mo Hua suddenly understood and nodded.

For Daoting and the Xia family, the extermination of the water bandits this time is not the end, but just the beginning.

The situation in the future may be more complicated.

I don’t know if I can still fish in troubled waters...

While Mo Hua was thinking, Gu Changhuai suddenly asked him: "By the way, why is Shui Yanluo chasing you with red eyes?"

Mo Hua was startled.

Because I stole his life...

Gu Changhuai looked at the ink paintings silently.

Mo Hua coughed and said vaguely:

"Because...he secretly packed up his things and ran away, but I broke him, so he got angry and wanted to kill me. Uncle Gu, you know, people like Shui Yanluo are very petty..."

When Gu Changhuai heard this, he knew that Mo Hua was talking nonsense.

But then I thought about it, it seemed normal for these gangsters to want to kill Mo Hua.

Sometimes he couldn't help but want to strangle this kid to death.

Gu Changhuai suddenly felt the same way, so he stopped pursuing the question.

"I have something else to do, so you stay here and we'll go back together later." Gu Changhuai said.

"Okay." Mo Hua agreed.

Then Gu Changhuai also got up and left.

Gu Changhuai and Xia Diansi were both busy with the aftermath.

The surroundings were empty, except for the bodies of the bandits lying all over the place, and only Mo Hua was left.

He was a little bored, so he continued to jump onto the platform, sat on the edge of the platform, and looked at the scenery in the distance.

Half an hour later, it was the hour of Mao.

The east had already broken white, and the sun rose little by little, dispersing the mist on the island. The bright morning sun shone on the bodies of the bandits all over the ground.

Mo Hua sat on the platform and watched the sun rise silently.

But the bandits under his feet could no longer be seen.

...

Another hour later, Dao Tingsi's aftermath was done.

This was faster than Xia Diansi expected.

Because Mo Hua had already searched the island, they only needed to count the heads and the stolen goods, and then take them back to Daotingsi.

Mo Hua searched the island thoroughly, saving them a lot of worry.

Xia Diansi sighed in his heart.

After the inventory, he gathered the people.

Some of the bandits who were not dead were also knocked unconscious, tied up with chains, and taken back to Daotingsi.

After that, everyone boarded the spirit boat and went home.

When they came, it was still night, the river was cool, and the surroundings were dim and a little depressing.

When they went back, it was morning, the sunlight was clear, and it sprinkled on the river, sparkling.

Everyone felt a little relieved.

Only Xiao Tianquan looked silent, and I didn't know what he was thinking.

After traveling for more than half an hour, the spirit boat docked, and the group stepped on the ground, feeling more at ease.

After returning, the wounded will be treated and the casualties will be compensated, and the suppression of the water bandits will come to an end temporarily.

Fighting and killing will inevitably lead to casualties.

The monks who have been working in the Daoting Division for many years are also aware of this.

Although Mo Hua felt regretful, he had done everything he could.

Otherwise, the Eight Gates and Eight Diagrams Formation could not be broken, and the Daoting Division would be trapped in the formation set up by the water bandits on the island where the water bandits were stationed, and fight hard with the water bandits, and the casualties would be more serious.

Compared with the results of the bandit suppression, the casualties this time are already very small.

There was nothing for Mo Hua to do after that.

He planned to go back to the sect first to study the good things he had just got. At this time, he heard a voice in his ear:

"Xia Diansi, do you want to check the storage bag?"

When this was said, everyone was stunned.

Xia Diansi was also a little surprised.

Gu Changhuai's eyes were a little cold, looking at the person who spoke.

The person who spoke was Xiao Tianquan.

Xia Dian Si said calmly: "Haven't you checked it?"

According to the rules of Dao Ting Si, all Dao Ting Si monks are not allowed to bring their own storage bags when performing tasks.

When performing special tasks, Dao Ting Si will provide unified storage bags for Dian Si and Zhi Si to store their own spiritual tools, as well as some spiritual stones and elixirs specially provided by Dao Ting Si.

After the task is completed, the storage bags will be collected and verified one by one.

In this way, it is confirmed that the monks in Dao Ting Si will not hide "stolen goods" and embezzle them when performing tasks.

This rule naturally cannot completely eliminate "hiding private property", but it is no problem to eliminate 80% to 90%.

This is enough.

No rule can be 100% effective. It is already effective to eliminate most of the corruption.

Before on the island, Xia Dian Si naturally followed the convention and checked the storage bags of all monks.

"I checked, but not all of them..." Xiao Tianquan said, and then silently glanced at Mo Hua, "I didn't check this little brother's storage bag."

He looked serious, with an attitude of "handling official business".

Xia Diansi frowned.

Gu Changhuai looked indifferent, "He is not from my Dao Tingsi."

Xiao Tianquan said solemnly: "Although he is not from Dao Tingsi, he should follow the rules of Dao Tingsi when he works with Dao Tingsi..."

Xiao Tianquan looked at Gu Changhuai with a gleam in his eyes, "Could it be that Gu Diansi wants to protect this little brother?"

Gu Changhuai's eyelids twitched slightly, and his eyes became colder.

The atmosphere was a little stiff for a while.

Xia Diansi turned his head and glanced at Mo Hua, looking embarrassed.

In theory, it should be checked.

But Mo Hua's situation is special. If no one mentioned it, no one would be so ignorant as to want to check the storage bag of a little monk like him.

But now that Xiao Tianquan mentioned it, he had to "take it to the extreme".

Otherwise, it would be difficult for her, the Xia family's Dianshi, to convince the public.

The Xia family is full of geniuses, and the competition among the disciples is also extremely great.

She can command everyone, but she will inevitably be criticized behind her back.

However, if she really wants to check Mo Hua...

Xia Diansi glanced at Mo Hua, asking for advice.

Mo Hua touched the ring on his right thumb, which was connected to his flesh and blood and invisible to others, and nodded:

"Everyone has checked, so I am no exception."

He looked calm and handed the storage bag to Xia Diansi.

Xia Diansi looked at Mo Hua with some surprise, and then after his consciousness sank into the storage bag, he took out everything inside.

There are spirit stones, but not many.

There are some spare pills, but they have the sect mark of Taixu Sect and some have the mark of Gu family.

These elixirs were given to Mo Hua by Elder Murong and Wen Renwan.

In addition, there were some spiritual swords, spiritual tools, formation coal, etc.

But at first glance, they all came from legitimate sources, and none of them were "stolen goods" from the bandits.

The only unusual thing was the formation diagram.

A large number of formation diagrams, densely packed, stacked up layer by layer.

And the composition of these formation diagrams was also very complex.

Some were from Taixu Sect, Shangguan Family, Wenren Family, Gu Family, and some were looted from the island.

From the first-grade entry to the second-grade high-level, there was everything, and it was comprehensive.

The five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, the Genshan formation, Lihuo formation, Dui Ze formation, Kanshui formation in the eight trigrams, as well as some Yuanci formations, etc., all kinds of formations were available.

Everyone took a deep breath.

Even cultivators who did not understand formations knew roughly how profound and complex these formations were.

And the more you understand formations, the more you understand the difficulty of studying these formation diagrams.

Being able to carry so many complex formation diagrams with him, this little brother must have a profound inheritance of formation learning, and his attainments in formation must be good. His perseverance and persistence in learning formations are also different from ordinary people. I am afraid that his future in formations will be limitless.

The eyes of the officials looking at Mo Hua showed great respect.

Xia Diansi was also a little amazed.

A storage bag full of formation diagrams...

No wonder he has such a high attainment in formations at such a young age.

Good talent, high comprehension, and such diligence and eagerness to learn, at his age, it is really rare...

Xia Diansi breathed a sigh of relief.

She was indeed a little nervous before.

She thought that Mo Hua was young after all, and his concentration was not enough. After turning the island over, he would more or less "deduct" a little.

This is also human nature, even some officials are not immune to it.

But she didn't expect that Mo Hua's heart was so upright and open-minded, and he didn't take a penny of ill-gotten gains.

As for these formation diagrams... their origins are complicated and difficult to find out.

Even if some of them were looted by Mo Hua from the island, no one dared to gossip at this time.

Formation masters are respected.

It is reasonable for a formation master to take a few formation diagrams.

Besides, the formation on the island was broken by Mo Hua, and he did not ask for special rewards. It is natural for him to take a few formation diagrams.

I was judging others by my own standards.

Xia Diansi felt a little guilty for no reason, and he looked up to Mo Hua.

If this child enters the Daoting Division in the future and becomes an upright and honest Diansi, he will probably be able to achieve great things.

Xia Diansi praised in his heart, then glanced at Xiao Tianquan and said calmly:

"Xiao Zhisi, how is it?"

Xiao Tianquan's eyes wandered in Mo Hua's storage bag for several times, and finally seemed a little unwilling, but still bowed and said:

"No problem."

Then he bowed to Mo Hua again and said with a smile: "It's Xiao who is abrupt, please don't blame me, little brother."

Mo Hua smiled and said: "It's okay, it's okay."

Seeing that Mo Hua didn't care, Xia Diansi nodded slightly and ordered:

"Okay, go back."

After that, everyone returned smoothly, and there were no twists and turns along the way.

But Mo Hua could already be sure...

This Roaring Sky Dog was indeed looking for something.

And this thing was extremely important.

Even at this juncture, he had to jump out at an inappropriate time and risk offending Uncle Gu and Xia Diansi to check his storage bag.

"Because if we don't check now, once we return to Ganxuezhou, we will all go back to our own homes, and Xiaotian Dog will never know whether I really found anything on Shuidao..."

"What does he want to find from me?"

"What is so important?"

"Could it be... the jade box of Shui Yanluo?"

Mo Hua rubbed his thumb again, and after thinking for a moment, his eyes fixed.

"No matter what, I'll remember this account..."

"You targeted me in public and dared to show your murderous intentions to me, wanting to kill me..."

Mo Hua's eyes were slightly cold.

...

After arriving at Ganxuezhou, Xia Diansi and the others returned to Daotingsi.

Although Gu Changhuai didn't say anything, he still personally sent Mo Hua back to the mountain gate of Taixumen.

He seemed to have seen something, but didn't say much, just told Mo Hua:

"Be careful of the Xiao family, practice well in the sect, and don't run around if you have nothing to do."

"Well, Uncle Gu, don't worry." Mo Hua said.

Gu Changhuai nodded lightly, turned around and left.

Mo Hua showed the Taixu Order and entered the mountain gate alone.

After returning to the sect, it was exactly noon.

Mo Hua first went to Elder Song to cancel his leave, then returned to the disciples' residence, bathed and burned incense to remove blood and qi, changed into the Taixu Taoist robe, and ran to class as if nothing had happened.

The elder who taught the class knew that Mo Hua was backed by Mr. Xun and was a "special case" in the sect, so he didn't say much.

Other disciples also knew that Mo Hua often went out to "draw formations", and they got used to it over time, so they didn't feel surprised.

In this way, Mo Hua had just laid out the formation to suppress bandits in the morning, and went to class in the sect in the afternoon.

In the evening, after dinner, Mo Hua accompanied Yu'er to practice the formation for a while, then returned to the disciples' residence, closed the doors and windows, sealed the formation, and then carefully took out the jade box that he had snatched from Shui Yanluo from the ring.

The jade box was very heavy in the hand, and from the appearance, it was made of an unknown, water-blue jade material.

There is also a picture engraved on the jade box.

In Shui Yanluo's secret room, he didn't have time to take a closer look at the ink painting. Only when he returned to the sect did he have time to take a closer look.

Tight prisons, ferocious instruments of torture, all kinds of criminals suffering from various tortures, struggling, shouting, and wailing.

The aqua blue jade box, the bloody prison map.

It contains a strong evil spirit.

"Is this... a visualization picture?"

Mo Hua was a little confused.

He let go of his consciousness, concentrated on it, and stared at the prison map on the jade box for a long time, but there was nothing unusual about it.

Nothing evil appears.

There seems to be no such thing as an evil spirit ghost inhabiting the picture.

Apart from the cold evil aura, Mo Hua didn't sense anything else.

"Not a visualization? Just a box?"

Mo Hua frowned and tried to open the jade box again.

But after trying several times, the jade box didn't move at all.

Mo Hua squinted his eyes and looked at it, and then he realized that this thing looked like a "box", but there was no gap at all, no cover, no lock, just like a whole "seamless" jade brick...

"It's not a visualization picture, there is no evil spirit."

"No lock, no gap, can't be opened."

"I don't even know what's inside."

Mo Hua was a little helpless for a while.

"Find a way to catch Shui Yanluo and then ask?"

As soon as this idea emerged, it was rejected by Mo Hua.

Shui Yanluo was rescued by Jin Dan and hid somewhere. It is really difficult to catch him now.

Even if they were caught, it would probably be useless.

With Shui Yanluo's temperament, if he knew that he had robbed his jade box, he would definitely want to eat him alive and chew his bones to pieces. It would be impossible to tell the secret of the jade box.

What to do with this jade box?

It's impossible to just watch, right?

Mo Hua was curious and suddenly felt a sense of urgency.

He wanted to open the jade box and see what was inside.

Ever since I realized a little about the secret algorithm and understood some principles of cause and effect, Mo Hua would occasionally have some inexplicable "intuitions".

At this moment, he had a vague intuition that this jade box was probably very important to him...

Could it be...

Mo Hua's heart skipped a beat, giving birth to expectation.

"If you can't find Shui Yanluo, then you can only find another person."

The other one is the descendant of Water Prison Sect.

A few days later, during the break, Mo Hua took the time to visit Gu's house again. This time he was not looking for Gu Changhuai, but Yu Canghai.

This elder of the Water Prison Sect may now be the only surviving golden elixir of the Water Prison Sect.

When Yu Canghai saw the ink painting, he was very polite and bowed his hands and said:

"My little friend, long time no see."

He is the golden elixir, and ink painting is the foundation, but he treats ink painting more like an equal.

After all, in front of Mo Hua, a disciple of a large sect with a "strong background" and "deep connections", he, the down-and-out Water Prison Sect Jindan, did not dare to show off at all.

Mo Hua also exchanged pleasantries for a few words, and then made some insinuations and asked some questions about Water Prison Sect, especially the inheritance form of Water Prison Sect.

But after all, Yu Canghai's city was deep, so his answer was just right and watertight.

It doesn't appear to be prevaricating, nor does it offend Mo Hua.

But he didn’t say much so as not to reveal the sect’s secrets.

Mo Hua couldn't get the news he wanted. His eyes flickered, and he lowered his voice and asked quietly: "A few days ago, I went to catch Shui Yanluo..."

Rao was deep in Canghai City, his heart skipped a beat and he stood up suddenly, his expression shaken.

Seeing Elder Yu's expression, Mo Hua knew that Uncle Gu had not told him about Shui Yanluo.

Yu Canghai wanted to ask, but didn't know how to ask, so he finally said in a trembling voice:

"This evil beast...he..."

Mo Hua sighed, "He's not dead, he escaped."

Yu Canghai was very disappointed and sat down slumped.

"But there seems to be something in Shui Yanluo's hand, which is very strange..." Mo Hua frowned.

"Something?" Yu Canghai frowned.

"Well," Mo Hua nodded, pretending not to know, and described it to Yu Canghai, "It's a jade box, aqua blue, with patterns engraved on it. The picture shows a prison. There are people in the prison who are being tortured, looking painful and desperate... …”

Before Mo Hua finished speaking, he noticed that Yu Canghai's eyes suddenly widened, his whole body was stunned, and his body could not stop shaking:

"Water...water prison box..."

Mo Hua's eyes moved slightly.

That's the name.