The Quest for Immortality

”He was a traitor from the Sever Gold Sect, stole something from the Xie family, and the Xie family issued a task to the Sect. Senior Sister Murong, Senior Brother Feng, and I took on the task, came to Bishan City to capture him, and then sent him to the Taoist Prison...”

Mo Hua was succinct in her speech.

”This person can disguise himself, his flesh can twist and transform, making his face unclear, and he cultivates the Sever Gold Sect’s Escape Gold Body Skill, turning into a golden light, running very fast...”

Mo Hua added.

Gu Changhuai’s gaze became slightly focused as he said in a deep voice,

”Stole something from the Xie family...”

”And afterward, the Xie family was exterminated...”

Mo Hua nodded.

She hadn’t thought of this detail before, but now seeing the Sever Gold Sect traitor here, she thought there was something very mysterious about it.

Moreover...

Mo Hua whispered, ”How did he escape from the Taoist Prison? Could it be...”

Is there a mole within the Taoist Court?

Mo Hua left it unsaid, but Gu Changhuai clearly understood her implication, his expression becoming even more solemn.

”I’ll have someone look into it.”

Gu Changhuai took out a golden waist token from the Taoist Court, apparently sending some kind of message.

Mo Hua’s eyes lit up, ”Taoist Court waist tokens can also send messages? Then can mine...”

”Yours can’t.”

”Why?”

”External affiliation.”

Gu Changhuai was equally concise.

Mo Hua, resigned, ”Alright then...”

What can I say if external affiliates don’t have rights? Doing the same work, getting different treatment.

Mo Hua looked again at the rouge shop and asked,

”Uncle Gu, what do we do next? Should we capture him?”

Gu Changhuai sipped his tea and said indifferently,

”No rush, let’s just watch for now...”

If Gu Changhuai wasn’t in a hurry, then Mo Hua certainly wasn’t in a hurry either.

She was also curious and wanted to know how Uncle Gu, a Supervisor in the Taoist Court, usually handled cases.

How he found clues.

How he captured people.

Knowing oneself and the enemy, you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles.

If...

One day in the future, she were to be wanted by the Taoist Court and chased by Uncle Gu, how could she escape from his grasp...

Of course, that was just a hypothetical.

After all, she was a good Cultivator in the Qianxue State Boundary, following the laws!

A well-behaved Disciple of the Taixu Gate!

Such a day wouldn’t come.

But that didn’t prevent her from learning more and gaining some experience.

The Cultivation World was deep and complex.

Not only the spell points needed for cultivating Tao were to be learned, but understanding the ways of the world was also knowledge.

Thus, Mo Hua patiently sat down again, continuing to drink her tea, watching Uncle Gu, and observing the rouge shop for any movements of the Sever Gold Sect traitor.

The actions of the traitor were also strange.

He came and went in the rouge shop.

Every time he went in and out, he changed his face and his attire, seemingly not wanting to attract the attention of others.

But Mo Hua noticed that every time he entered, he only had one Storage Bag on him.

Yet when he left, he carried three or four Storage Bags.

Mo Hua discreetly observed him with her Divine Sense and found he didn’t go far, only wandering aimlessly nearby with these Storage Bags.

Bishan City was built against the steep mountains.

Beside the streets, there were numerous cliffs and ravines, deep and unfathomable.

He took the chance when people weren’t paying attention to throw those Storage Bags into these ravines.

After disposing of them, he would come back to get more and continue the process...

As if... discarding ”trash.”

Plus, it seemed like he had been doing this for quite some time.

Mo Hua, eating some pine nuts, leaned close to Gu Changhuai, asking in a low voice as if gossiping,

”Uncle Gu, is he... disposing of the stolen goods?”

Destroying the stolen goods...

Gu Changhuai’s gaze sharpened, ”Possibly...”

”Should we... capture him now and seize both him and the goods?”

Gu Changhuai shook his head.

”He has been disposing of the stolen goods for a while now, clearly there is a lot, we should not act rashly...”

”Catching him rashly may alert him.”

”If there are still minions or spies of the Fire Buddha nearby, once we act, we will be detected...”

”We must wait for an opportunity to capture him quietly, out of sight...”

Mo Hua nodded.

Gu Changhuai seemed about to say something else, but suddenly his expression changed, and he picked up the waist token to check something briefly before putting it away again.

With sharp eyes, Mo Hua asked,

”Did you find the mole?”

Gu Changhuai looked at Mo Hua, sighing, ”No...”

”No?” Mo Hua frowned, ”He was released from the Taoist Prison so soon, isn’t that because of a mole?”

Gu Changhuai shook his head, ”He was released in accordance with the rules.”

Mo Hua was surprised.

Gu Changhuai continued, ”I had someone check the records...”

”This man’s name is Jia Ren, he has no prior record...

The Xie family reported a theft from their vault, but they did not specify what was stolen, and nothing with the Xie family vault’s mark - no Spiritual Artifacts, Pills, or Secret Manuals - was found on him...”

”There is no definitive proof of stealing.”

”Regarding the Sever Gold Sect...”

”The Sever Gold Sect admitted they were mistaken; this person is not a disciple of theirs. The one who stole the Sever Gold Sect’s heritage and defected from them was someone else...”

”Therefore, he’s not considered a traitor of the Sever Gold Sect.”

”The only charge that could be placed on him was that he acted as an ’undercover whore’ in an illegally established Brothel...”

”But...”

Gu Changhuai’s expression was somewhat complex, ”He is also a man...”

”So the Taoist Court could only detain him for one month under the charges of ’fraud’ and ’violating public morals,’ and afterwards he was released...”

”What dark secrets were involved, we do not know, but at least on the surface, there were no problems...”

Mo Hua was speechless.

Is that even possible?

She glanced again at this ”Jia Ren,” who had worn many disguises, each time appearing different, and inwardly mocked him.