“Not many, just a few dozen bottles. Their business was miscellaneous; they didn’t solely trade in pills.”
Mo Hua and Zhang Lan exchanged glances, both somewhat surprised.
That merchant brigade was indeed not the one Bald Tuo had robbed.
“Do you know who Kong Sheng is?” Mo Hua continued.
“Who’s Kong Sheng?”
“The young master of the Kong Family.”
Bald Tuo snickered, “What good can come out of the Kong Family? I’ve never seen them.”
Mo Hua was momentarily at a loss for words. You sin cultivators and the Kong Family are both of no virtue, yet you disdain each other…
“The young master of the Kong Family might have died at the hands of you sin cultivators.”
“So what?”
Mo Hua asked, “Don’t you have a deal with the Kong Family?”
Bald Tuo coughed, “We sin cultivators act for spirit stones; whoever gives spirit stones gets to call the shots. Without spirit stones, what is the Kong Family, and what difference does it make whether one is a young master or not? If you piss me off, I’ll slaughter you just the same.”
Mo Hua nodded, beginning to understand, then said:
“One last question, what place is this map depicting?”
Mo Hua took out a crudely drawn map from the storage bag and spread it out in front of Bald Tuo.
Bald Tuo suddenly looked up, his eyes showing shock, “You discovered the hidden compartment?”
“Yes.”
Bald Tuo muttered, “How is that possible…”
Mo Hua asked curiously, “Why wouldn’t it be possible? The hidden compartment wasn’t that well concealed.”
“The hidden compartment is in a cave, and there’s a formation outside the cave…”
“I’ve broken that formation,” Mo Hua said nonchalantly.
Bald Tuo was taken aback, almost spitting blood as he said, “How the hell are you also a formation master?”
He then understood why the divine sense was so strong.
And the formations he had encountered were all drawn by this brat himself.
Mo Hua, meanwhile, looked at Bald Tuo with a displeased expression.
He thought if he cursed again, he’d pull out the Thousand Jun Stick and smash his mouth to pieces!
Bald Tuo didn’t dare curse any further. The corner of his eye twitched, and then his expression gradually became dejected.
The cave had been discovered, and all the wealth inside was gone.
That was the fortune he had accumulated over decades through murder and robbery, and now even if he could escape by fluke, he’d have nothing left.
Mo Hua lifted the map in his hand again, “Can you speak now?”
Bald Tuo completely lost hope.
At this point, there was nothing worth hiding anymore.
Bald Tuo sighed, “This map belonged to a good brother of mine long ago…”
“We were both sin cultivators, drinking together, eating meat together, killing people together, and together we were wanted by the Taoist Court.”
“He treated this map as a treasure. I wanted to borrow it to have a look, but he refused, so I poisoned his drink and took the opportunity to kill him and take this map.”
“After the deed, I regretted it. The map was sloppy, with unclear directions, and I didn’t know what it was good for. I’ve studied it for decades and still haven’t a clue. The most painful part is that I lost a good brother over this worthless thing… ”
Mo Hua was left utterly speechless.