The Quest for Immortality

”Flower Gentleman died a natural death, with no sign of human intervention.

He was captured and taken to Taoist Court, tortured, interrogated, and then thrown into Taoist Prison.

After that, it was as though he never existed.

Chains were added to his body, he went without food or drink, his injuries worsened, no one looked at him again, no one spoke to him again, and he simply ’self-generated and self-extinguished.’

Even in death, it seemed no one knew.

Not even his body was collected.

But obviously, this did not conform to the rules of Taoist Court.

Therefore, Mo Hua suspected there might be a mole within Taoist Court, someone who could murder Flower Gentleman in the strictly sealed and dark Taoist Prison without God or ghost noticing, to silence him.

And clearly, there were clues to Fire Buddha on Flower Gentleman’s person.

Supervisor Gu Changhuai’s face looked terrible.

He summoned several of the Enforcement Leaders in charge of the prison and questioned them harshly.

Those Enforcement Leaders, faces full of fear, bowed and scraped:

”Supervisor, please forgive us, we truly did not know...”

”After the interrogation, no one cared for him.”

”We don’t know why he suddenly died.”

”My negligence has overlooked the life and death of this Sin Cultivator, please forgive me, Supervisor!”

Between their words, ’forgive us’ they said, but it was all shirking.

If Flower Gentleman were to be charged, he would surely be sentenced to death.

Negligence and oversight, leading to an ’inevitable demise’ dying a little early.

That in itself was not considered serious.

Even if reported, at most they would be chastised and fined some of their salary.

Although Supervisor Gu Changhuai was angry, there was not much he could do to them.

Moreover, these two Enforcement Leaders from Taoist Prison might really not know any inside information.

Their ’negligence and oversight’ might truly just be negligence and oversight.

But perhaps just under someone else’s control.

However, Mo Hua might not be wrong about one thing.

In Taoist Court, some people are probably really not so clean...

Even including that incident with Yu Er last time...

Supervisor Gu Changhuai frowned in thought, suddenly his heart skipped a beat, and he quickly turned around to look at Mo Hua beside him.

He felt that Mo Hua’s aura had just suddenly changed, becoming very strange, with a subtle and mysterious implication.

As if possessed by something...

Or as if his Divine Sense was undergoing some strange transformation.

What is going on?

Supervisor Gu Changhuai was full of doubts and suspicion.

At this moment, Mo Hua turned around, the ominous glint in his eyes flashed and vanished, becoming clear and bright again.

”Uncle Gu, what is it?”

Supervisor Gu Changhuai’s eyelids twitched.

Mo Hua was still the same, his gaze clear, like still water, lustrous and deep, without revealing the depths.

But he had clearly sensed that dangerous, devious aura...

”A delusion...”

”Or am I too suspicious...”

Supervisor Gu Changhuai’s brow furrowed deeply.

Mo Hua blinked.

Indeed, he had just taken advantage of Supervisor Gu Changhuai’s distraction, while pondering something, to clandestinely employ the Tricky Calculation and merge it to glimpse the cause and effect of Flower Gentleman’s death.

In that instant change in Divine Sense, he had been detected.

Worthy of being a Supervisor of Taoist Court.

Mo Hua took heed.

It seemed that in front of Great cultivators above the Golden Core Realm, especially a Supervisor from the Great Province Boundary Taoist Court, this kind of Heavenly secret fusion to peek into cause and effect must be used cautiously.

Lest it be discerned by someone observant...

His master’s Heavenly secret Calculation was somewhat safer, only involving greater cause and effect; on the surface, it was still a method of the Righteous Dao.

But Uncle’s Heavenly secret Tricky Calculation was different.

In this world, aside from his uncle, there probably was no one else who cultivated the Divine Thought of Gui Tao.

Should he be mistaken for a ’Little Devious Path Person,’ it would be disastrous.

Seeing Supervisor Gu Changhuai’s still doubtful look, as if suspicion was not entirely dispelled, Mo Hua decided to ”strike first and gain the upper hand” and proactively asked:

”Uncle Gu, have you figured anything out?”

”How did Flower Gentleman die?”

”Who killed him?”

”Could it be…”

Mo Hua raised his eyebrows and glanced at the two Enforcement Leaders in charge of the prison.

Immediately, the two Enforcement Leaders broke out in a cold sweat, pleading with Supervisor Gu Changhuai:

”Supervisor Gu!”

”Although we were negligent, the death of this Sin Cultivator really has nothing to do with us...”

”How would we dare to break the law knowing the law, killing in the Taoist Prison...”

”Supervisor Gu, please discern clearly!”

”Supervisor Gu…”

Supervisor Gu Changhuai, interrupted by the two, broke his stream of thoughts and forgot about his entanglement with Mo Hua.

”All right.” Supervisor Gu Changhuai’s gaze grew icy as he surveyed the two, ”Handle this according to the rules, penalize where necessary, go on down.”

The two did not dare to disobey Supervisor Gu Changhuai and bowed, saying: ”Yes.”

And then they both left.

Supervisor Gu Changhuai wanted to say something to Mo Hua, but he lifted his head, looked at the gloomy and sealed ceiling of the prison, shook his head, and dismissed the thought.

”Let’s go out...” said Supervisor Gu Changhuai.

”Oh.”

Mo Hua followed Supervisor Gu Changhuai out of the Taoist Prison.

But as they left, Mo Hua quietly looked back at the dead Flower Gentleman.

Flower Gentleman in life was like a fresh blossom, handsome and dashing, indulging in pleasures, unknown how many women he had exploited.

In death, however, unknown to anyone, leaving behind ragged clothes and a filthy, decaying body.

Indeed, in this world, all pleasures of the flesh are but illusions.

And...

Flower Gentleman died too naturally.

Without a trace of human intervention.

Just now, his pupils darkened, secrets merged, and he couldn’t glimpse any trace of cause and effect.

The method behind this murder was extremely sophisticated.

”The best way to mask cause and effect is to let it proceed naturally, without involving karma...”