Asking about longevity

The blue-robed monk, named Ye Hong, has the peak foundation-building cultivation and is the elder of the Ye family.

When Mo Hua was fortune-telling, he was calculating "someone related to Ye Jin".

And the cause and effect of the fortune-telling pointed to this person.

Since he is related to Senior Sister Ye Jin and looks a bit like Senior Sister Ye Jin, he is most likely her father.

The name "Ye Hong" was what Mo Hua saw when he looked up Ye Jin's hometown from Dao Tingsi.

Time was limited, so Mo Hua could only go directly to the door, reveal his identity, and state his intentions directly.

As for the desire for revenge, Ye Hong was indeed hiding it on the surface.

But as a father, how could he not avenge the murder of his son and daughter?

What's more, Mo Hua's understanding of the way of the soul has deepened, and the anger and hatred that penetrated the soul could not be concealed from him at all.

Ye Hong was still hesitant before, but since he agreed, he made up his mind and no longer regretted it.

With his ability, there are indeed many things that he can't do.

Ye Hong thought for a moment, then said to Mo Hua:

"This is a boat hired by Guishui Sect. Most of the people on the boat are disciples of the sect. They board the boat with a token. I don't have this token, so if you want to board the boat, you may have to make some sacrifices and pretend to be a servant to serve tea and water."

Mo Hua nodded, "No problem."

In order to enter Baihua Valley, he even put on the Taoist robes of Baihua Valley, so it's no problem to pretend to be a servant.

Ye Hong found a servant's clothes and changed Mo Hua into them, and then took him to the cruise ship.

When they arrived at the door, they were stopped by the people of Guishui Sect.

Ye Hong said, "I am a servant of the Ye family. Come with me to do some chores."

The people of Guishui Sect hesitated for a moment, but thought that the boat was originally hired by Ye Hong, and it was normal for him to bring a servant, so they stopped making things difficult.

"Elder Ye, please go ahead."

Ye Hong nodded, and took Mo Hua on the boat.

On the boat, Ye Hong did not move around much, but took Mo Hua directly into his room, closed the doors and windows, and bowed to Mo Hua:

"There are too many people here, so it is inconvenient to go out. Please bear with me, young master, and wait here until the evening."

"Yes." Mo Hua nodded.

He did not plan to go out now.

He could not find out anything if he went out now. After sunset, when the boat arrived at the destination, the fun would probably start.

Seeing that Mo Hua agreed, Ye Hong breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked Mo Hua to sit down, and personally made tea to entertain Mo Hua.

Mo Hua sat quietly, drinking tea in a serious manner. He looked like a handsome, friendly, and elegant young man, without the sharpness just now.

The more Ye Hong looked at him, the more he felt unpredictable, and was secretly frightened.

He did not know what Mo Hua's identity was and where he came from.

On the surface, Mo Hua was only in the middle stage of foundation building, and his strength was not strong.

But Ye Hong remembered the sharp sword-like eyes just now, and was terrified when he thought about it.

What's more, the young master said that he would help him get revenge.

Whether it was true or not, Ye Hong did not dare to neglect it.

Mo Hua drank a few sips of tea, and curiously asked Ye Hong: "Is this boat yours?"

"Yes." Ye Hong said.

"Why was it rented to Guishuimen?"

Ye Hong pondered for a moment, sighed, and then slowly spoke to explain the whole story:

"This is a long story..."

"Xiu'er died on the Yanshui River. I have always been worried about his death, but under the pressure of the family, I dare not investigate. I thought that this "unfilial son" was dead, so I would save my worries, so I put all my hopes on Jin'er."

"But I didn't expect that Jin'er is now..."

Ye Hong looked bitter, "At the beginning, I just thought that I had a rough life and it was my fate, until later, I found a jade slip from Xiu'er..."

"Jade slip?" Mo Hua's eyes condensed slightly.

"Yes," Ye Hong nodded, "It was something he wrote down casually. It said that he found his sister, Jin'er, was much more depressed than before, and she was less talkative. When she was alone, she looked painful. He suspected that she was bullied."

"He was a brother who was lazy and idle. He didn't care about cultivation, but he loved his only sister since he was a child."

"He went to check, and it seemed that he found something, and then... he died on the Yanshui River..."

Ye Hong sighed deeply.

Mo Hua's eyes were also silent.

"What happened next?"

"After that..." Ye Hong calmed down and continued, "After that, I felt heartbroken and angry, so I wanted to find out for myself."

"If I had many concerns before, I wouldn't dare to check. But now I'm alone, and I don't have anything to fear."

"I found out after checking..."

Ye Hong paused, as if she didn't want to say those words.

Mo Hua then asked, "Rouge Boat?"

Ye Hong was startled, and then he believed that Mo Hua really knew the inside story.

He nodded, and then frowned:

"I have heard about the Rouge Boat before, but I just thought it was some groundless rumors on the Yanshui River and didn't take it seriously."

"But I didn't expect it to be true... and the power behind it is unfathomable, and it is not something that a young elder of a third-grade family like me can contact."

"So I thought, can I find some way to get in touch..."

"So you rented a boat?" Mo Hua said.

"Yes," Ye Hong said in a deep voice, "I used my life savings to buy this spiritual boat and do a leasing business on the Yanshui River, and the price is lower than others. Just like that, after several months, there is still no progress."

"Just a few days ago, someone came to my house and said he wanted to rent a boat to entertain some 'distinguished guests'. I was shocked and caught this clue..."

Ye Hong told Mo Hua everything.

Mo Hua nodded and asked, "What about the death of Senior Sister Ye Jin? Do you know who killed her?"

Ye Hong was stunned, "Senior Sister?"

Mo Hua nodded and did not hide it, "I have some friendship with Senior Sister Ye Jin. In terms of seniority, I should call her Senior Sister."

Although this friendship was only a one-time encounter.

Mo Hua only called her "Senior Sister" once - and he only had time to call her this time.

Ye Hong's heart trembled, and her eyes became much gentler. When she looked at Mo Hua, she also had a little more trust.

"Jin'er, this poor child, is also remembered by someone..." Ye Hong murmured in his heart, and then he no longer concealed it, and said solemnly: "I checked, and it is said that someone saw Jin'er near Yanshui River, and there was a man accompanying him." "I later looked through Jin'er's belongings and found some fragmentary clues about this man." "I don't know who this person is, but I only know that he has a fair face and handsome appearance, but sometimes his eyes are sinister and he likes to torture others." Mo Hua was slightly stunned. Fair, handsome, sinister, likes to torture others... Shui Yanluo's face naturally appeared in his mind. Shui Yanluo. It turned out to be you again... Mo Hua's eyes were cold, and he remembered another "death" for Shui Yanluo in his heart. Ye Hong felt a little sad when he said this, and sighed:

"I am an incompetent father, I...can't protect my own children..."

He knew in his heart that the Ye family was selfish and would not seek justice for him.

He was a foundation-building cultivator, and even if he knew who the murderer was, he might not have the strength to take revenge.

What's more, the identity of the murderer might be someone he couldn't afford to offend.

Thinking of this, Ye Hong felt more desperate than miserable.

Mo Hua looked at Ye Hong with pity, and sighed softly:

"Don't worry, the damned will die..."

...

After that, Mo Hua stayed in the cabin for most of the day.

When the sun gradually set and the sky gradually darkened, there was a commotion outside, and it seemed that many cultivators were celebrating something.

One by one, lanterns were put into the Yanshui River.

The sky was dim and the river was hazy, but there were a few gorgeous lights that lit up on the water and drifted with the waves.

In the silence, there was a kind of beauty.

But in the beauty, there is also corruption hidden...

At the hour of You, the boats set off.

Mo Hua still did not go out, but opened a window to note the direction of the boats and the position of the cruise ship where Cheng Mo and his friends were.

He had deliberately determined the position during the day, so although it was dark at this time, he could still vaguely see the position of Cheng Mo and his friends' cruise ship.

Cheng Mo and his friends' cruise ship, as well as the spiritual boat that Mo Hua was riding, were indeed heading in the same direction, towards the unknown area of ​​Yanshui River.

Mo Hua silently breathed a sigh of relief.

The direction was correct, although there were some deviations, but he finally got on.

After that, he just had to wait for these seemingly ordinary cruise ships to change their course halfway, gather together, and become "Rouge Boats", and he could follow them to reach his destination.

Mo Hua lay at the window, paying attention to the direction of the boats, and at the same time, looking at the night view of Yanshui River.

At this time, night fell, and countless lanterns were floating on the water.

These lanterns were of various shapes and colors.

The spiritual boats, in groups, lit up with colorful lights, like colorful fish at high tide, swimming in the river paved with lanterns, magnificent and spectacular.

Mo Hua just watched silently, a little absent-minded.

The spiritual boat had been sailing for an unknown period of time. Just when Mo Hua was a little tired of watching, the cruise ship in front suddenly moved.

Mo Hua's mind moved, and found that some cruise ships quietly changed their course.

The cruise ship that Cheng Mo and his friends were on also changed direction.

"Sure enough..."

Mo Hua's spirit was lifted, and his consciousness was more focused, but after sensing for a moment, his expression changed.

"No."

Cheng Mo and his friends' boat changed direction, but the spiritual boat he was on did not change, but was sailing along the set course like other cruise ships.

Mo Hua's heart tightened, and he turned around and asked Ye Hong, "Are the people who rented your boat really from Guishuimen?"

Ye Hong didn't know the situation very well at this time, so she just nodded and said:

"It should be, they have the sect order of Guishuimen."

"Why? The course is wrong... Did they find out something fishy?" Mo Hua frowned.

He turned his head again and looked at the vast Yanshui River. Seeing Cheng Mo and his boat parting ways with him and going farther and farther, Mo Hua's heart sank.

What to do?

At this point, it was not easy for him to jump into the river and catch up with them.

Although he learned some water-related body skills and the spells to drive water and avoid monsters, he grew up in the Big Black Mountain and didn't touch water much. He learned some spells halfway, so his water ability was not very good.

Mo Hua pondered for a moment and sighed silently.

In such a short time, Cheng Mo and his boat had completely embarked on another river channel and disappeared under the cover of night.

He could only wait for the boat to dock and think of another way.

Mo Hua was a little anxious, but he still forced himself to calm down and think about what to do after landing to find Cheng Mo and the others...

The spirit boat continued to move.

The surrounding scenery kept changing backwards.

The number of cruise ships traveling together is also decreasing.

Mo Hua looked at it and suddenly froze.

"No..."

This river looks very strange. The direction of the spiritual boat is also a little strange, and there are fewer and fewer cruise ships traveling together.

Mo Hua's eyes trembled, and he suddenly understood.

It was not Cheng Mo and his friends who changed their course, they did not change.

It was his spiritual boat that changed direction.

In other words, the boat that Cheng Mo and his friends were on was just an ordinary cruise ship, and his boat was the real "Rouge Boat"!

Mo Hua slowly breathed a sigh of relief, but his eyes became a little solemn.

After sailing for a while, there were no other cruise ships around. The Yanshui River was vast, the night was dark, and only his spiritual boat was sailing alone.

Mo Hua didn't even know where he was.

After a while, the letter was trembling slightly. Mo Hua took it out and saw that it was from Gu Changhuai:

"We fell into a trap. We got on the wrong boat."

Mo Hua silently sent the letter:

"It's okay. I got on the right boat..."

Gu Changhuai was silent for a moment, and seemed a little confused, "Why did you get on the right boat?"

Mo Hua was a little confused for a moment, and only said:

"It was a coincidence..."

Gu Changhuai no longer struggled. Time was urgent, and now was not the time to talk about these things.

"Do you know the river area you are in now?"

It was dark all around. Mo Hua pondered slightly and sighed: "I don't know."

Trouble...

Gu Changhuai frowned.

Mo Hua recalled again, and then sent a letter to Gu Changhuai:

"I only remember the route of the first half and the direction of the change of lanes. You can go find Cheng Mo and Hao Xuan and compare the routes. You should know the general direction."

Gu Changhuai was refreshed, "Okay."

Mo Hua told Gu Changhuai the details of the spiritual boat route one by one, hoping that he could infer the location of the Rouge Boat based on these details.

"I will speed up the verification. You are alone, don't act rashly." Gu Changhuai instructed.

But he knew in his heart that unless Mo Hua was tied up and couldn't move, he would not be honest.

Gu Changhuai was just giving a routine instruction.

Mo Hua also responded symbolically, "Okay."

Then Mo Hua sent a letter to Situ Jian, telling them the general situation and asking them to cooperate with Gu Changhuai to check the route.

In addition, Situ Jian and the others should be safe.

Although they couldn't get on the Rouge Boat and couldn't see the new things, they didn't have to bear the temptation and risk of the Rouge Boat.

"By the way," Mo Hua remembered something and sent a letter, "When you go back, remember to find Wang Chen's senior brother, beat him up, and get back the 100,000 spirit stones for the ticket."

One hundred thousand spirit stones is not a small amount.

Although it is not his own spirit stones, the spirit stones of his junior brothers are also spirit stones, and they cannot be given to others cheaply.

"Okay..."

Situ Jian sighed.

As expected of a junior brother, he really doesn't take any loss.

Then he also warned: "Junior brother, you are alone, be careful."

"Yeah, don't worry."

After that, Mo Hua put away the letter and looked at the night view outside the window intently, waiting for this spirit boat to reach the destination and become a real "Rouge Boat".

He wanted to see what the rumored "Rouge Boat" was doing and what the scene inside was like.

Ye Hong sat next to Mo Hua, also looking at the dark night outside the window, with a solemn expression.

...

At the same time, in Yanshui City, in a luxurious restaurant.

The two were drinking and talking in secret.

The room was dark, with only a candlelight, blurry, and unable to see the faces of the two.

"Did the boat sail out?"

"It sailed out."

"How was it?"

"It went smoothly."

"Okay," one of them nodded, and then sneered, "Do you really think that my Guishuimen is blind? A Daotingsi, a Taixumen, and the Gu family thought that they could sneak into the boat in disguise?"

Another person echoed: "Yes, this time all the boats related to Daotingsi, Taixumen, and Gu family were allowed to go ashore."

"In order to keep it secret, the Guishuimen boats are useless. The only ones who can really get to the place are us. Some spiritual boats hired from outside."

"Also, the boat prepared for the young masters."

"Well, very good!"

"But, elder, the rumors now seem a little wrong..."

The monk called "elder" raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean?"

"The Dao Court seems to be investigating..."

"You heard the rumors?"

"Yes..."

"Elder" was silent for a moment, and said: "It doesn't matter, others eat meat, we can't just sit there and watch."

"What if..."

The elder put down the wine glass and said nothing.

The other person was very perceptive, and quickly picked up the wine pot and poured a glass of wine for the elder.

The elder was quite satisfied, and then he said in a deep voice:

"Guishuimen is a ship, and we are all on this ship."

"But Guishuimen is also just a ship. If the ship is going smoothly, we will follow it. If the ship sinks, people who are incompetent and have no sense of crisis will sink with it; but people who are capable and far-sighted will find another ship and jump on it before the ship sinks..."

The other person pondered for a moment, his expression was shocked, "Elder, are you..."

The elder gave him a solemn look, and he swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

"But it's not that easy to jump off the ship..."

"I said," the elder drank a sip of wine and said calmly, "Only those who are capable and farsighted have the ability to jump off the ship, and the rest can only die with the sinking ship."

"There are plenty of opportunities and chances in this world. It depends on whether you know how to make a living and whether you have 'eyes'."

The elder put down the wine glass.

The other person immediately understood the meaning, and poured a glass of wine for the elder with an increasingly respectful expression:

"From now on, I will rely on the elder's support. I am willing to serve the elder with my heart and soul."

The elder was arrogant and nodded slightly, then remembered something and confirmed:

"Have all the sect disciples on the list boarded the ship?"

"Follow the elder's instructions, please board the ship."

"Yes."

"It's just..." The other person was still a little confused, "Some of the arrangements this time are very strange. That place... is it really okay if no one is guarding it?"

The elder's expression was stern, and he said solemnly: "Is this something you can consider?"

"Yes." The other person bowed his head and saluted hurriedly.

The elder paused, his expression eased a little, and pointed upwards:

"The arrangements above have their own intentions. The water here is very deep. Ordinary cultivators will drown even if they touch it a little. I don't let you ask, it's for your own good."

"The elder's teaching is..."

The elder nodded slightly, and then said nothing more, but drank a glass of wine silently.

After a while, he turned his head and looked at the Yanshui River, which was still dark and gloomy despite the lights.

There are some things that he really doesn't understand, but he doesn't need to understand.

As a chess piece, you must have the consciousness of a chess piece.

The big forces above, as well as those old monsters who are secretly turning the tide, how they want to change the pattern of the school state, and what they want to kill, are not what he is qualified to know.

He just needs to follow orders.

An obedient chess piece is a good chess piece.

...

Amid the undercurrent, on the other side, on the Yanshui River.

After an unknown amount of time, the spiritual boat that Mo Hua was riding finally stopped.

Mo Hua didn't know what was going on, so he held his breath and concentrated without moving.

After a while, there was a sound of water all around, as if other spirit boats were coming and gathering together.

There was also the sound of iron chains, as if someone had used iron chains to tie these boats together.

After that, the sound of water faded, and the spirit boats started moving again.

All the spirit boats nearby were connected by iron chains, like a long dragon, swimming in the misty river, and soon swam into the dark fog.

The moment the spirit boat entered the fog, Mo Hua sensed the aura in the fog, and his pupils trembled.

"Such a strong... evil god aura."