Gu Changhuai turned to leave again, but Mo Hua remembered something and stopped him.
"Uncle Gu..."
"What now?"
"Just one last question!"
Gu Changhuai's brow furrowed, "Didn't you just say the last one was the final question?"
"This time it's the real last one!"
Mo Hua stated with conviction.
Gu Changhuai exhaled, saying with irritation, "Speak!"
Mo Hua blinked slightly and asked in a hushed voice, "Uncle Gu, what is the name of the spell that Fire Buddha cultivated?"
Gu Changhuai warned, "I can't tell you that."
"Really, just this last one!"
Gu Changhuai looked skeptical.
Mo Hua insisted, "If you tell me, I won't bother you anymore!"
Gu Changhuai raised an eyebrow, "Really?"
"Mm!"
Mo Hua nodded earnestly.
Gu Changhuai shook his head.
Although he didn't believe it, after thinking it over, he figured knowing the name of a spell shouldn't be too harmful.
It was a Forbidden Technique.
This little rascal surely wouldn't try to cultivate it himself.
If he really did, he would just catch him and throw him into the Taoist Prison for solitary confinement!
Gu Changhuai thought to himself.
Seeing Mo Hua's expectant face, Gu Changhuai sighed and slowly said, "The Forbidden Technique that Fire Buddha cultivated is called..."
"Meteor Fire Skill!"
Mo Hua was taken aback, then his eyes shone brightly, spirited.
"Meteor" Fire Skill?!
Gu Changhuai was startled and immediately felt uneasy.
This kid...
Surely he wouldn't be so rash and reckless as to attempt learning a "Forbidden Technique"...
Yet even if he were that bold and reckless, he wouldn't possibly dare to mess with the Fire Buddha...
Gu Changhuai was very worried and furrowed his brow in admonition,
"This is a Forbidden Technique, you better not learn it..."
Mo Hua nodded, "Don't worry, Uncle Gu, I won't learn it."
I'm just going to take it as a reference, look it over, "plagiarize" the Skill Pattern. I won't "learn" it...
Gu Changhuai, unaware of Mo Hua's cunning thoughts, nodded and then left.
Mo Hua was satisfied.
Those trips had not been in vain after all; Uncle Gu indeed knew about the Fire Buddha.
Forbidden Technique!
Meteor Fire Skill!
The spell sounded very powerful just by its name, and "Meteor Fire"... it seemed to have some connection with the Fireball Technique.
Unfortunately, there was no knowing where the Fire Buddha actually was.
The Taoist Court Officials here also had no news.
It seemed he'd have to plan for the long term...
...
Mo Hua stayed where he was, waiting for Senior Sister Murong, and then joined up with the late-arriving Senior Brother Feng and others outside the Taoist Court. They took a carriage together to Second Grade Luan Mountain City to capture the rapist—Flower Gentleman.
Luan Mountain City was north of Second Grade Bishan City.
Within the city, there were several small families, among which several female disciples had recently become pale and gaunt, with frail breaths.
After investigation by the families, it was discovered they had been drained.
The person who drained them was none other than Flower Gentleman, the rapist wanted by the Taoist Court.
These female disciples, charmed by the sweet nothings and clever words of Flower Gentleman, had willingly become his women and were drained of their Vital Energy. Now, despite their weakened state, they were infatuated with him and insisted on protecting Flower Gentleman, claiming:
"He loves me..."
"Even being drained, I did so willingly..."
"What's mutual consent is none of your business..."
And the like.
These were the words that Murong Caiyun learned after inquiring and then reported back to Mo Hua.
Mo Hua found it eye-opening.
It seemed that some cultivators these days only cared about appearance, not even distinguishing between good and evil.
Someone literally wants to eat your flesh, drink your blood, drain your Vital Energy, and you consent willingly, even relishing it...
Fortunately, the Taoist Law remained merciless.
Draining others was a crime.
Flower Gentleman had been thriving among several female disciples in Luan Mountain City, skillfully managing his time.
But because he scheduled his time too well, too tightly, when the incident occurred, he didn't have time to escape and was now hiding somewhere in the pleasure quarters or perhaps in some spacious mansion.
After the rain, traces remain; where geese fly, their calls linger.
Since he left traces, he shouldn't dream of escaping, especially in front of Mo Hua.
Mo Hua's Divine Sense swept across, observing carefully and making Calculations of cause and effect, quickly finding traces of Flower Gentleman.
Following the traces, they searched until they found... the largest room of the Second Grade Wang family, inside the boudoir of the Family Head's married Daoist partner...