Mo Hua had made up his mind.
Since Hundred Flower Tower was equipped with the Expose Dust Formation, hiding oneself would reveal flaws, then why not just not hide at all and go in openly and aboveboard?
Only, given his young age, others might not let him enter.
In that case, he needed to find a leader.
In South Yue City, the person he was most familiar with was Situ Fang.
But he couldn't possibly go to Sister Situ and ask her to take him into a brothel.
She would definitely refuse.
Moreover, she would probably think that he had been led astray, damaging his reputation.
Though he was young, he was already a first-grade Formation Master, considered to be a reputable Cultivator, so the reputation was still very important.
Apart from that, the one who was most familiar with Mo Hua was Elder Su, whom he often drank tea with.
Also, whenever Elder Su talked about brothels, it was always in a jovial manner as if he was quite familiar with them; it was likely that he often visited them in private.
Asking him was definitely the right move.
Mo Hua watched Elder Su with a bright and intent gaze.
Elder Su stiffened.
Mo Hua's simple and direct response allowed all of Elder Su's conjectures about secretive schemes to collapse.
This wasn't what he had expected...
He had thought that Mo Hua was calculating, aiming for something secretive, unwilling to be known by others, and unspeakable.
Yet, this matter turned out to be about going to a brothel—how should he approach this...
It was actually reasonable...
Elder Su was momentarily stunned and stroked his beard, then thought about it again.
Seemingly... there were no problems with it.
It indeed was something secret, unwilling to be known by others, unspeakable, and required subtle inquiries...
Only, this...
Elder Su looked at Mo Hua, whose eyes were clear and innocent, and said tactfully,
"Isn't this matter a bit too 'early' for you...?"
Mo Hua's face remained stern as he solemnly said,
"I have serious business."
Elder Su felt somewhat distressed.
You say such a serious matter with such a serious face, it's hard for me to remain serious too...
Elder Su thought for a moment then said, "Why don't you look through the genealogy that Lu Family Head gave you, see if there's any girl that catches your eye, secretly tell me, and I'll go speak with Lu Family Head for you, to set an engagement early?"
Mo Hua furrowed his brow, "I really have serious business!"
Elder Su was taken aback, "Really?"
"Yes," Mo Hua earnestly nodded.
Elder Su felt a bit embarrassed and quietly asked,
"Can you tell me what the matter is? Of course, this is a private matter, you don't have to say."
Mo Hua thought for a moment and then said,
"Wasn't I asking you to help me find a Gentleman with the last name 'Yan'?"
Elder Su was surprised, "Is he into that sort of thing too?"
Mo Hua silently looked at Elder Su.
Realizing his slip of the tongue, Elder Su became somewhat flustered and quickly corrected himself,
"This Mr. Yan, is he also a fellow practitioner?"
Mo Hua's gaze towards him grew even more complex.
Elder Su lightly tapped his mouth, realizing the more he spoke, the more mistakes he made, so he simply stopped talking about it and instead asked,
"Is there really a clue about this Mr. Yan in the brothels on Jinhua Street?"
Mo Hua wasn't too sure himself; there might be clues, but then again, there might not be.
Mr. Yan had gone missing without a trace, and he didn't have any clues yet.
Mo Hua's main purpose this time was to look for that gray-clothed Cultivator who had hired someone to kill and buy corpses.
Mr. Yan had disappeared in the mines, and those mines were connected to the gray-clothed Cultivator.
There could be a connection between the two.
Of course, these things were not appropriate to mention plainly.