…
After the two bantered for a while, Mo Hua went to the side hall outside the mountain gate to meet the Elder.
Following the Elder’s directions, outside the mountain gate, he met the person looking for him.
It was Gu Changhuai.
Mo Hua was quite surprised.
He didn’t know many people in the Qianxue State Boundary, and those who could come to the Sect to find him were either Aunt Wan or a guard from the Shangguan Family, sent on Aunt Wan’s orders to deliver something to him.
But he never expected it to be Gu Changhuai.
“Uncle Gu?”
Mo Hua exclaimed in surprise.
Gu Changhuai nodded slightly, “I came to see you, and…
concerning Hidden Elder Second, I have some questions…”
“Oh.” Mo Hua nodded.
While the two of them were talking, an Elder from Taixu Gate, seemingly just drinking tea, actually sent a sliver of Divine Sense to watch Gu Changhuai.
Gu Changhuai sighed inwardly.
His visit here was anything but easy.
His status as a Dao Court Canon was unique, every move he made bore the mark of the Dao Court.
Visiting the Sect to speak with a disciple was inevitably met with caution.
Gu Changhuai exhausted his tongue, claiming he was following the orders of his family to visit a younger clan member, and only then did an elder consent.
But whatever he asked and said, the elder of Taixu Gate remained wary.
Gu Changhuai could only subtly begin by asking about some matters concerning Hidden elder-second.
Since most of the information pertained to case files, Mo Hua picked and chose what to share; for things he couldn’t disclose, he played dumb, saying he didn’t know, didn’t remember, or couldn’t recall…
There was nothing Gu Changhuai could do.
After asking a bit more, Mo Hua became very tight-lipped and impermeable.
Finally, Gu Changhuai couldn’t help it any longer and slowly started to speak,
“Mo Hua, do you…
know the Fireball Technique?”
Mo Hua was taken aback.
The Fireball Technique?
Why is Uncle Gu asking me this?
His eyes narrowed, and just as he was about to answer, a cough came from afar.
The elder of Taixu Gate calmly said,
“The disciples of my Taixu Gate are free to learn whatever they wish; it’s not for others to meddle…”
Gu Changhuai frowned, feeling helpless.
This Taixu Gate really didn’t give him any leeway.
Mo Hua’s eyes flickered before he turned back, bowing gratefully to the elder, then said,
“Elder, don’t worry.
Uncle Gu and I are well acquainted.
We have some family affairs to discuss…”
The elder raised an eyebrow, “Really?”
“Yes, yes.” Mo Hua nodded, bowing again in thanks, “Thank you for your trouble, Elder.”
The elder’s expression softened a bit and he nodded at Mo Hua, saying, “Then talk.”
After that, he withdrew his Divine Sense and contentedly resumed drinking his tea.
Gu Changhuai looked at Mo Hua in surprise, “You have quite a ‘reputation’ within the Sect?”
Mo Hua modestly said, “Just average.”
Mainly because Elder Master Xun had a significant reputation, and he had basked in just a bit of that glory.
And in this short time, he had also figured things out.
Gu Changhuai, being a Supervisor, surely had concerns related to the case.
At the same time, as Aunt Wan’s cousin, he was also very concerned about her and Yu Er’s affairs.
Coming specifically to ask him indicated that this matter was also related to him.
The “cases” he had “committed”…
No.
It was him using the Fireball Technique to eradicate human traffickers!
Mo Hua thought it over and over, and this was the only matter that left a “trace” of the Fireball Technique, leading to Gu Changhuai’s suspicions.
However, Mo Hua was not afraid.
He was kidnapped by human traffickers, then “acted in self-defense” and killed over a dozen of them, saving Yu Er in the process.
Even if this matter was reported to the Dao Court, there wouldn’t be any issues, nor would it violate the Taoist Law.
It was just that he didn’t want to bother with fame, and that’s why he kept silent about the good deed.
Once it went public, the Dao Court might even commend him!
Even if he told Uncle Gu, there likely wouldn’t be a problem.
The most important part was that he had Aunt Wan’s support.
Aunt Wan, being a person of deep feelings, would definitely side with him.
Although Uncle Gu looked formidable, in front of Aunt Wan, he was just a younger brother and couldn’t do anything to him!
On the contrary…
Mo Hua’s eyes lit up, and he began to consider taking advantage of Gu Changhuai.
Because Mo Hua realized that following Boss Jiang’s “list” to capture Sin Cultivators, learn Spells, and sample “a hundred family’s repast”, walking the path of a Spell Master of using others’ methods against them had its inconveniences…
Finding Sin Cultivators was troublesome.
Even after finding them, there wasn’t necessarily a matching task.
The issuing of tasks was a separate system, cumbersome and bothersome.
Therefore, it was necessary to have a “connection” to manipulate things in the shadows…
For example, after deciding which Spells he wanted to learn and which Sin Cultivators to capture based on the list.
Then, he would need to get intelligence on these Sin Cultivators from the Dao Court.
And then, suppose he had a good relationship with Uncle Gu…
He could let Uncle Gu issue tasks through the Dao Court, have Senior Sister Murong take on the tasks, and he could mix in to assist with task completion…
This way, inheritance and Merit Points would come seamlessly “full circle”.