Bai Zixi then said, "You go in alone, and we'll cover you from the outside."
Mo Hua wanted to protest, but Bai Zixi just looked at him calmly, her voice gentle but firm:
"I am your senior sister."
Mo Hua had no choice but to agree.
So after a bit more rest, they set off again and returned to the Lu Family mine.
By then, the sky was fully bright, with the morning glow filling the heavens.
The mine had already started its operations.
Mining cultivators came to the mine one after another, enduring the heat, gripping their mining picks, and harvesting ore with each successive strike.
The mine was once again a bustling and noisy place, devoid of the sinister quiet of night.
Mo Hua, with his figure concealed, boldly walked into the mine.
Indeed, there was a Lu Family Elder, a Foundation Building cultivator, sitting to one side in the shade drinking tea, watching the mining cultivators toil.
Next to him was an attractive servant girl fanning him.
Mo Hua passed by him leisurely.
The elder was completely unaware, his eyes darting lasciviously over the curves of the servant girl.
Mo Hua shook his head at this disgraceful sight as he passed by.
He moved through the crowd, entered the mine, and walked deep inside, arriving at the spot where Wang Lai's murder attempt had taken place the night before.
The area was deserted, not a mining cultivator in sight.
There was no sign of anyone's presence.
The disturbances in the mine from the night before, along with the ruffians Mo Hua had left there, had all vanished without a trace.
No mining cultivators were around because this was a deep, secluded and quiet part of the mine, with no ore to be mined, so cultivators seldom came this way.
But what about those scoundrels?
Dead? No remains?
They committed so many evils, their death is of no consequence, let alone the absence of their remains.
But Mo Hua wanted to know, how exactly did they die...
Mo Hua released his Divine Sense, in the void-like white vision, sensing everything around him.
The stone walls were cold, showing a faint blackish-grey color.
There was Blood Qi around, thin and weak, left from last night, and it had almost dissipated all but completely.
Amidst the various traces of Blood Qi, some mingled with pitch-black Qi of death, meandering on the ground, extending along the stone walls into the distance.
Mo Hua silently opened his eyes, his Divine Sense locked onto this trace of Blood Qi, following it along the stone wall, step by step.
After walking the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, the trail of Blood Qi ended.
In front was a stone wall.
A sweep of his Divine Sense and Mo Hua knew that there was a Formation on the stone wall.
And behind the stone wall, surely, were the mine tunnels dug by the Lu Family.
Mo Hua's gaze became focused.
"From the traces... these scoundrels were dragged by something, all the way into the mine tunnels..."
What happened inside the mine tunnels, Mo Hua did not know.
But with high probability, these scoundrels and those five missing Mining Cultivators were eaten by something...
Mo Hua hesitated for a moment, wanting to unlock the Formation and take another look inside the mine tunnels.
But as soon as his brush touched, he stopped.
His Divine Sense twitched slightly, he calculated for a moment, then slowly put away the brush.
"They have actually... reinforced the Formation..."
The stone wall wasn't just sturdier, but there were also layers upon layers of Early Warning Formations drawn inside it.
Mo Hua could unlock these Formations, but he wasn't sure if doing so would cause any disturbances, which might alert the Lu Family's Cultivators.
Or perhaps, the Lu Family deliberately created Formations with the intention of setting a trap?
Mo Hua weighed his options and decided it was better not to take any risks.
If he were caught by the Lu Family inside the mine, it would be quite problematic.
Mo Hua sighed and turned to leave, yet his mind was shrouded with doubt.
What exactly were the Lu Family using these mine tunnels for?
And what secrets truly lay within those mine tunnels...
Frowning, Mo Hua couldn't help but eavesdrop on the conversation of nearby Mining Cultivators as he left.