Asking about longevity

Mo Hua defeated the big white dog with his own Seven Souls Sword Style, which was a combination of the Taixu Sect's Sword Style and the Seven Souls Blood Prison Diagram of the Water Prison Sect. He returned victorious in the eyes of Yu'er's admiration.

After returning, he suffered.

His soul hurt so much.

And it was not the pain of the exhaustion of consciousness, but the pain of the soul being depleted from the root, and the seven souls being shaken.

"I was too arrogant..."

Mo Hua regretted it in his heart.

"I should have known not to fight so hard... Who is that stupid big white dog? How can he be so powerful..."

Mo Hua covered his head and curled up on the bed, unable to move in pain.

No.

The seven souls were depleted, and the soul was unstable. If this continued, once one soul was broken and the soul was injured, he would probably become a fool...

Think of a way...

Mo Hua endured the severe pain, concentrated his mind, sank his consciousness into the sea of ​​consciousness, and then meditated quietly.

But meditation didn't work.

He sensed the Dao stele again, but the Dao stele contained the meaning of the Dao, which could drive away evil spirits, but it could not repair his damaged soul.

Mo Hua tried many methods, but none of them worked. His divine consciousness incarnation was in pain as if it was cut by a sword.

The divine consciousness incarnation is the incarnation of the divine soul.

If the divine soul is injured, the incarnation will naturally be damaged.

There were already tiny cracks on the incarnation, which was the manifestation of the injury of the divine soul after fighting with others.

Mo Hua frowned.

At this moment, he thought about it and saw that not all places on his divine consciousness incarnation had cracks.

The light golden places were intact.

The thicker the gold, the more stable the incarnation.

This light golden color is... the essence!

Mo Hua's mind tightened, and he could not care about many things at this time. He could only mobilize the essence in the incarnation, turning it into "blood"-like filaments and flowing throughout his body.

The dazzling essence, like melted gold water, swam in Mo Hua's body.

When it touched the cracks on the divine consciousness incarnation caused by the battle between the divine soul and the divine spirit, it melted into them bit by bit and "repaired" these injuries.

The pain on the divine soul was also relieved.

Mo Hua breathed a sigh of relief.

Without further ado, Mo Hua mobilized all the divine essence he had saved before, and circulated it within the divine consciousness incarnation to repair the injuries on his divine soul.

The pale golden divine essence was consumed bit by bit.

The cracks on the divine consciousness incarnation were also repaired bit by bit.

After a long time, Mo Hua opened his eyes and breathed a long sigh of relief.

The pain on his divine consciousness was relieved, and the cracks were roughly repaired. Only the remaining pain was still lingering.

He also confirmed one thing:

The injuries on the divine soul can be repaired with "divine essence".

Mo Hua frowned slightly...

Elder Xun Zixian once said that the divine consciousness of a cultivator is a derivative of the cultivator's divine soul.

So, the essence of the gods is also a derivative of the gods' souls?

In addition to deriving telekinesis, the souls of gods can also derive essence?

Just like there is blood and blood essence in the heart of a cultivator?

And because the souls of gods and cultivators are fundamentally different, whether they can derive essence also represents the most essential difference between gods and cultivators?

So, what exactly is the essence?

Is it the soul, or telekinesis?

Or is it the materialization of the laws of the Tao?

What exactly is the soul of the gods, and how is it different from that of cultivators?

The more Mo Hua knows, the more doubts he has.

He can only suppress these doubts in his heart for the time being, and then slowly ponder them as his experience in cultivation increases.

Now, he only understands one thing:

He should store more essence in the future.

The more the better.

The essence is something that is needed for the transformation of consciousness, the breaking of bottlenecks in cultivation, and even for the killing of souls. You may need to keep some essence as "medicine".

It is a real panacea.

And this time, after the battle with the big white dog, the soul was damaged. Repairing the soul damage almost consumed more than half of the essence that Mo Hua had swallowed up so far with great effort.

The blood-like golden marrow inside his incarnation of consciousness faded a lot. In some places, it even degenerated to silver.

Mo Hua had a sense of crisis.

A cultivator can only make progress, how can he regress?

He still has to eat.

Eat the power of thought to replenish consciousness.

Eat the essence to replenish the soul.

There is no end to cultivation, and you can't slack off at all!

Mo Hua cheered up.

But now he can't work hard. His soul has just been repaired and there is still pain. It is not suitable to use it easily.

At this moment, he finally understood why the sect completely cut off the inheritance of "mind-turned-sword" and stopped the disciples from learning this sword art.

Damage to the soul is no joke.

Only if he can prove his truth through the consciousness, he will have a stronger foundation, know more consciousness methods, have some opportunities, and have the evil gods "deliver food", which can make up for the disadvantages.

Otherwise, the so-called "mind-turned-sword" is actually "life-turned-soul", which is really using "life" to cut people. The stronger the sword, the more dangerous the life.

"In the future, you should be careful to use this trick."

If you can not use it, don't use it. Otherwise, even if you don't lose the soul, you will lose the essence, which will hurt you.

The essence is not so easy to get.

There are not "kind" evil gods everywhere in the world who give him the essence.

But then again...

Being able to be "equally matched" with me in the battle of consciousness, that big white dog seems to be really not simple...

Mo Hua lifted his chin.

The next day, Mo Hua bought a few chicken legs from the dining hall, and then went to the remote book pavilion.

In front of the book pavilion, the big white dog was still there.

However, it no longer had the arrogance it once had. The whole dog was sick and listless, and it was obviously not feeling well.

Mo Hua saw that there was no one around, and the head of the sect should not be there, so he ran over secretly.

The big white dog was immediately shocked when he saw Mo Hua.

Mo Hua handed over a few big chicken legs and said sincerely: "I admit that you are still very powerful."

The big dog was stunned.

"No fight, no acquaintance, these big chicken legs are a gift for meeting." Mo Hua said.

Although they are called big chicken legs, they still seem small in front of the big white dog. However, they are delicious, with crispy skin and tender meat, which is Mo Hua's favorite.

The big dog hesitated for a moment, glanced at Mo Hua, and silently swallowed a few chicken legs into his mouth, as if accepting the "gift for meeting".

Mo Hua was delighted and stretched out his hand and said:

"Let's shake hands and make peace!"

The big white dog was a little reluctant.

But it had lost, had eaten the chicken leg, and Mo Hua had given it enough face, so it followed the steps, silently stretched out its big paw, placed it on Mo Hua's palm, and shook it.

This was the mutual recognition between the Shinto strongmen.

Mo Hua nodded, very satisfied.

In the book pavilion, the head of Taixu, who had actually been there all the time, saw the scene of Mo Hua and the "big dog" shaking hands, and couldn't help but be a little stunned, and then his expression became more and more strange...

...

After that, Mo Hua would occasionally visit the big white dog and bring it some food.

One person and one dog, they were considered to be familiar with each other.

But for a long time, the big white dog was listless and had no energy.

Mo Hua couldn't do anything about this.

During this time, Mo Hua had been busy studying the Jingshen Sword and the Seven Souls Blood Prison Pupil Technique on the Water Prison Forbidden Box, and unknowingly, he had forgotten about Shui Yanluo.

But he forgot, others wouldn't.

Dao Ting Si is still investigating.

A few days later, Gu Changhuai sent a letter to Mo Hua: "There is news about Shui Yanluo."

Mo Hua was surprised, then happy.

It's true that knowing many people is good. If you don't have time to do something, someone will do it for you.

Mo Hua hurriedly asked: "Where is Shui Yanluo?"

Gu Changhuai: "On a Rouge Boat."

"Rouge Boat..." Mo Hua's eyes paused slightly.

Gu Changhuai continued: "Dao Ting Si has been investigating Shui Yanluo's whereabouts. He broke an arm and was seriously injured. He was rescued. All the land routes along the way were blocked. The islands of all sizes in the Yanshui River were also searched. The only place he could hide was on the water, and it could only be a boat..."

"Recently, an informant got the news that Shui Yanluo's hiding place happened to be the Rouge Boat that Guishuimen secretly organized."

Gu Changhuai paused and asked Mo Hua: "Rouge Boat, you should be familiar with it?"

Mo Hua pondered for a moment.

Rouge Boat...

If you say he knows, he knows, and he may even have seen it with his own eyes.

But he really doesn't know the details.

Moreover, in this case, he is facing the director of the Daoting Division, so even if he is really familiar with her, he certainly can't say it.

"Not very familiar." Mo Hua said.

Gu Changhuai didn't care whether Mo Hua was really unfamiliar or not, but sent a letter:

"The three words Rouge Boat have been on the Daoting Division's pursuit list for decades."

Mo Hua was stunned.

Gu Changhuai continued, "This is a popular industry chain based on the Yanshui River, with Guishuimen as the main force, and many clans and aristocratic families behind it as promoters."

"These forces are all on the same boat, relying on this business of love and sex to make a living."

"But..."

Gu Changhuai sighed, "The Daoting Division can't do it. This time, the investigation was carried out because the Xia family was in the lead behind the scenes, relying on the power of the Daoting..."

Mo Hua suddenly understood.

He said that the Daoting Division couldn't know nothing about the Rouge Boat, but if they really wanted to investigate, they would inevitably face many obstacles.

At least with the aristocratic families surrounding them, the power of the Daoting Division in this state alone would definitely not work.

In addition, the people in the Daoting Division were idle and scheming, and it would be even more difficult to do anything.

Uncle Gu is not easy either...

"Where is the Rouge Boat of the Guishui Sect hidden?" Mo Hua asked.

"It's not clear yet," Gu Changhuai said, "Guishuimen's Rouge Boats are mixed with the boats of various sects, families, commercial ships, and spiritual boats. The forces are mixed and it's impossible to investigate."

"Before the situation was tense, Guishuimen lay dormant for a while, but Daotingsi recently got the latest clues, saying that Guishuimen will find an opportunity to hold another Rouge Boat gathering in a few days."

"Hold it again?" Mo Hua frowned, "Guishuimen is not afraid of Daoting investigation?"

Gu Changhuai pondered and said, "On the surface, Daoting suppressed a group of water bandits and reported the merits to the higher-ups. What happened next? It became much smaller, and there was no more noise. The Guishui Sect may have thought that the rumors had passed, so they were ready to move again. "

"It has always been like this. When the higher-ups came to investigate, it was just a show, just to scare the monkeys. The Guishui Sect probably thought it would be the same this time."

"That's just one of the reasons. Another point..."

Gu Changhuai sighed, "You are not a member of the family, so you don't quite understand... It's hard to turn a big ship around."

"A big family has many people, and they are intertwined. Once the interests are deeply rooted, it's impossible to change them. "

"This business makes spirit stones too quickly."

"The Guishui Sect, from top to bottom, is all supported by this romantic industry, sucking blood. Once it stops, and the parasitic benefits are lost, the sect will fall into chaos in an instant."

"It's like drinking poison to quench thirst. If you quench your thirst with poison, you will definitely die one day in the future, but if you don't drink the poison, you will die immediately."

"So the Guishui Sect can only bite the bullet and move forward step by step. There is no turning back..."

...

Mo Hua was stunned for a moment, feeling emotional.

Perhaps it's not just the Guishui Sect, but the entire cultivation world.

Once you are greedy for benefits and take the wrong first step, you will be attracted by the benefits and make mistakes step by step.

Until the big mistake is made in the end, even if everyone knows it's wrong, the benefits are deeply rooted and can't be changed at all.

In the end, everyone can only watch the towering building collapse bit by bit, crushing everyone to death.

If there are conscientious cultivators in the Guishui Sect, they probably feel the same way...

Mo Hua sighed.

Then he thought for a moment and asked, "Uncle Gu, do you know when the Guishui Sect will start the Rouge Boat? Do you have any clues?"

"I have some..."

"What clues?"

Gu Changhuai did not hide it from Mo Hua, "Three days later, the annual lantern festival in Yanshui City will gather monks, and they will release river lanterns, take cruises, and cruise the Yanshui River at night. According to the information obtained by Daotingsi, the Guishui Sect will mix the Rouge Boat with the cruise ship and put it into the Yanshui River together, and then change the course at the designated river route, and finally gather at the destination, and start to make a living..."

"Is that so... There are really many tricks..." Mo Hua muttered, and then immediately realized that something was wrong, and said in surprise: "Uncle Gu, why are you telling me this?"

"Don't you want to know?"

"I want to know, but..."

Usually, Uncle Gu would hide something, and would only tell it when he was asked too much. Why is it so abnormal today?

There must be something wrong when things are abnormal.

"... Do you have something to ask me?" Mo Hua said alertly.

Gu Changhuai sighed.

It's good for a child to be smart, but if he's too smart, he's a little unpleasant.

"It's not 'a request', it's a commission from the Daoting Division." Gu Changhuai insisted.

Mo Hua raised his eyebrows, "Oh... what do you want to ask me for?"

Gu Changhuai didn't correct his wording, and said helplessly: "You have to sneak in too..."

"There are two types of rouge boats, one for the disciples of the sect to play, and the other for the monks of various families in the cultivation world to have fun."

"In order to avoid omissions, there must be insiders on both types of boats."

"I can sneak in on the side of the aristocratic cultivators. But I don't have a good eye on the boat of the sect disciples."

Originally, Gu Changhuai wanted to find the children of the Shangguan family or the Gu family to go on board to inquire.

But these disciples either have enough cultivation but lack of agility, or are more than clever but a little weaker in strength. When it comes to this kind of experience of sneaking in and inquiring about information, there is a world of difference compared to Mo Hua.

He also didn't trust many disciples of the sect, including those of the Shangguan family and the Gu family.

After thinking about it, Gu Changhuai felt that Mo Hua was the most reliable.

"If you sneak in, tell me if you find anything. Anyway, if I don't tell you, you will sneak in sooner or later..." Gu Changhuai said.

Mo Hua nodded. This is true. Uncle Gu knows me well.

Yanzhizhou, I must go there.

However, he still has a concern.

"Uncle Gu, Yanzhizhou... seems to be that kind of place? If I go to find out the news, you have to give me a "certificate."

Gu Changhuai was stunned, "What proof?"

"That's it," Mo Hua said, "The Daoting Division has a record, proving that I went on the boat to assist the Daoting Division in investigating the case, not to play by myself!"

Otherwise, if the Daoting Division "cracks down on pornography" and then sweeps himself, it will be a big loss of face.

Gu Changhuai paused and sighed helplessly.

I have to say that Mo Hua's concerns are quite reasonable and watertight.

"Okay." Gu Changhuai agreed.

"Then how can I get in?" Mo Hua asked again.

"You figure it out yourself." Gu Changhuai said.

With Mo Hua's cleverness, he will definitely be able to get in, and Gu Changhuai is not worried at all.

"If you need anything, tell me."

After Gu Changhuai finished speaking, he stopped talking.

Mo Hua was thinking in his heart, how can he get into Yanzhizhou.

"Yanshui City, Lantern Festival, Yanzhizhou..."

Mo Hua thought about it and felt that he could only ask Hao Xuan and Wang Chen of Guishuimen for help.

In the next few days, he was preparing for this matter.

With the help of Hao Xuan, he also contacted Wang Chen of Guishuimen, got some clues, prepared some formations and elixirs, and set off on the day of the ten-day holiday.

He first went to Gu's house and discussed the specific matters with Gu Changhuai, and then planned to go directly to Yanshui City.

But before leaving the Gu family's house, he was blocked by Elder Gu Hong.

Elder Gu Hong pulled Mo Hua to a small pavilion nearby and said seriously: "Have you colluded with Chang Huai and are hiding something from me?"

Mo Hua's heart trembled, "Did you see it?"

Sure enough, the old ones are still the best.

Elder Gu Hong snorted, "Tell me, what's the matter?"

"It's nothing big..." Mo Hua smiled.

Elder Gu Hong may not know about Yanzhizhou.

She should only care about Uncle Gu's blind date.

Mo Hua thought for a moment and said:

"Uncle Gu came to me and made a deal with me... I will handle the blind date here for him. If Uncle Gu has any errands from Daotingsi, he can take me with him to earn some merit."

Mo Hua backhandedly sold Gu Changhuai, and the blame was placed on him.

Elder Gu Hong was a little angry, "It's what you should do to earn merit for you. But he actually asked you, a child, to deal with me so that he could avoid dating. This Gu Changhuai is really getting better and better as a pawn. Si, his wings are hardened, let’s see if I don’t peel off his skin…”

Elder Gu Hong was about to get up angrily.

Mo Hua hurriedly pulled her back and said, "Elder Hong, don't worry, this is also a good thing."

Elder Gu Hong glared at Mo Hua gently, "Why is this a good thing?"

"Think about it," Mo Hua looked around and whispered, "Uncle Gu doesn't want to go on a blind date, so you force him to go. Every time you go back and forth, he becomes even more unhappy. Isn't this counterproductive? How about I secretly help you!"

"You help me?" Elder Gu Hong was startled.

Mo Hua nodded, "Let me help you. If there is a suitable sister or aunt, I can match it up for Uncle Gu..."

Elder Gu Hong still hesitated.

Mo Hua then took the opportunity to ask, "Do you think it's bad for Teacher Hua?"

Elder Gu Hong was hesitant to speak, and finally began to frown and said: "I inquired later and found that there is something wrong with this girl..."

"What's wrong?" Mo Hua asked.

"I always feel that my movements are a bit sneaky, and my makeup smell is very heavy, and my breath is very mixed. I may be a little... not self-respecting."

Elder Gu Hong's words were somewhat straightforward.

But in her eyes, Mo Hua is just like her nephew, so she has no taboo.

In order to reassure Elder Gu Hong, Mo Hua secretly said:

"Elder Hong, actually... I have found a 'sister' for you who is a good match for Uncle Gu..."

As expected, Elder Gu Hong became more energetic and his eyes shone, "Who?"

"I can't tell you yet..." Mo Hua hesitated.

"You kid..."

Elder Gu Hong was a little helpless, but after thinking about it, he smiled and said, "Okay, I won't ask. You can give me some snacks. If this is done, from now on, you will treat the Gu family as your own. If anything happens to you, …”

As soon as Elder Gu Hong said this, she felt that her tone was too loud, so she changed her words again, "...As long as it is not a serious crime such as disobeying the Taoist court, if anything happens, I will support you!"

Mo Hua looked happy and said, "Thank you, Elder Hong!"

After chatting for a while, Mo Hua said goodbye to Elder Hong, left Qingzhou City, and arrived in Guishui City.

In Guishui City, Mo Hua met Wang Chen, confirmed that the news was correct, and then met up with Hao Xuan, Cheng Mo, and Situ Jian.

The group of people drove again to Yanshui City, a third-grade immortal city.

At the same time, Yanshui City's annual lantern festival has begun, and monks from all over the world have gathered.

There are local monks from Yanshui City in the city, monks from outside to watch the ceremony, and monks from various aristocratic families.

As well as the numerous disciples from various sects in the Qianxue State...