The Quest for Immortality

Chapter 1104 -681: Snatch Back (Thanks to Boss Kuangluan Ye Weiyang for being the alliance leader~)_3

Chapter 1104 -681: Snatch Back (Thanks to Boss Kuangluan Ye Weiyang for being the alliance leader~)_3

This Crossing River Dragon clearly plays an important role; he must be used sparingly, for he might just lure in bigger fish.

Furthermore, using a Formation to force a confession is too ostentatious.

Mo Hua also did not want to leave too deep an impression on Crossing River Dragon.

Crossing River Dragon also possessed a Storage Bag.

Mo Hua had searched it as well, but nothing particularly important was found inside; not even secret Jade Slips like a Letter Token.

Either due to the recent sensitivities, Crossing River Dragon dared not carry such confidential items on his person.

Or they had been taken away by Mr. Jin.

However, there was one thing that Mo Hua was quite interested in— it was the water system skill “White Wave Skill” that Crossing River Dragon practiced.

To be precise, it was a set of Cultivation Techniques.

Aside from the Cultivation Technique itself, there was the complementary White Wave movement technique and a few secret techniques for avoiding Water Demons.

Mo Hua couldn’t practice the Cultivation Technique, but the movement technique and the secret techniques were worth some investigation.

Since these things were of no need to Cheng Mo and the others, Mo Hua “greedily inked” them for himself without much ceremony.

Afterward, the hands and feet of Crossing River Dragon, now severed, were thus delivered to the Taoist Court by Mo Hua and the others.

After completing the procedures and handing over custody, to avoid unnecessary complications and encounters with Sever Gold Sect members, Mo Hua and his companions boarded their carriage and set out on the return journey to Taixu Gate.

On the carriage, although Cheng Mo and the others were tired, their expressions were elated.

Despite some twists and turns, this trip had been successful; they had avenged themselves, captured Crossing River Dragon, and earned Merit Points.

And they were not afraid of the Sever Gold Sect.

Having coincidentally run into the more powerful Sever Gold Sect outside, they had no choice but to retreat.

But once they were back at the Qianxue State boundary, with each belonging to a Sect and coming from a family, and with Elders and Instructors watching over them within the Sect, they had nothing to fear from provocations of the Sever Gold Sect.

Thinking of this mission, with both the acceptance of rewards and the final task completion all thanks to Mo Hua, Cheng Mo felt a bit embarrassed and said:

”Mo Hua, why don’t you take two hundred points, one hundred per person for us is enough.”

The others also nodded in agreement.

Without Mo Hua, they might not have earned any merit at all.

Mo Hua shook his head: “We agreed on one hundred twenty per person, we must keep our word. Besides, without your help, I couldn’t have caught Crossing River Dragon on my own.”

Hearing this, Cheng Mo and the others were deeply grateful.

Yang Qianjun looked at Mo Hua with even greater admiration.

”Alright, we’ll treat you to a big meal when we get back!” said Cheng Mo.

”Mm-mm!”

Regarding eating, Mo Hua was not one to refuse.

Then, as night enveloped them, the carriage rolled on.

Cheng Mo and the others, overcome by fatigue, sat down to meditate and rejuvenate.

Mo Hua sat by the window, gazing at the misty night outside, his thoughts drifting as he reflected on the events of the trip.

Crossing River Dragon knew Mr. Jin and, judging by the tone, their relationship was very close.

Crossing River Dragon mentioned the “Blood Oath List

Could this list be the same Sin Cultivator list that he obtained from Boss Jiang?

If so, this list truly didn’t belong to Boss Jiang.

If it wasn’t Boss Jiang’s, then where did he get it from?

Mo Hua frowned and went over the reasons behind his encounter with Boss Jiang in his mind, along with what he had observed, and a conjecture gradually formed:

This list must have been stolen by Boss Jiang.

Boss Jiang was once a disciple of the Sever Gold Sect, but likely a marginal one, unable to learn core Sword techniques, feeling aggrieved, hence he sought to steal.

If he were to steal, he had to target core disciples.

In his theft, he accidentally obtained two Jade Slips.

One was the “Sever Gold Sword Control Jue”, and the other was the “Blood Oath List”.

Both Jade Slips were Sever Gold Sect’s heritage Jade Slips, and as a disciple, Boss Jiang should be able to undo their “Sealing Patterns”.

But the “Secret Patterns” inside the Blood Oath List would definitely be beyond Boss Jiang’s ability to unravel.

Without deciphering the Secret Patterns, he couldn’t see the list.

Boss Jiang probably thought this “list” Jade Slip was just a simple blank Jade Slip that had been “sealed”.

So, inside it…

He wrote a diary…

And as for the “list” itself, he might have been completely unaware.

He probably died never knowing that he had written his own diary on such an important encrypted Blood Oath List…

Then the question arises again…

From whom exactly did Boss Jiang steal these Jade Slips?

Mo Hua’s gaze became intense.

Could it be… that “Mr. Jin”?

Mo Hua drew upon his own experience and gradually fathomed some possible outcomes:

Whether it was the Sever Gold Sword Control Jue or the Blood Oath List, both Jade Slips were extremely valuable, not something ordinary disciples would possess.

This Mr. Jin, evidently, was not any ordinary disciple.

It seemed reasonable that the Jade Slips would be in his possession.

And if Boss Jiang could steal Jade Slips from Mr. Jin, they may have had a “familiar” relationship to some degree.

Boss Jiang had done work for Mr. Jin.

But Boss Jiang’s cultivation must surely have placed him on the fringe.

Thus, to enhance himself, he took risks and stole Mr. Jin’s Sword technique, gaining a trump card in hand, and then ventured out on his own.

Hence, Boss Jiang would not resort to using the Sever Gold Sword Control Jue unless it was a matter of life and death.

And as for the Blood Oath List, he didn’t have a clue about it—ignorance is fearlessness, thus he never exposed himself accidentally.

Subsequently, Mo Hua harbored a new question.

So, after Boss Jiang rebelled against the Sect, gathered a gang, recruited “brothers”, and engaged in the trade of abducting Cultivators, did Mr. Jin know about it?

If he were unaware, it seemed rather unlikely…

But if he knew, would Mr. Jin let Boss Jiang carry on like this?

Or could it be…

Mo Hua’s gaze grew solemn.

Boss Jiang, on the behest of Mr. Jin, defected from the Sect to engage in illegal activities.

Yet Mr. Jin himself might not know that Boss Jiang had stolen his Jade Slip.

Even until the end, Boss Jiang, in the arrogant eyes of Mr. Jin, was probably regarded as a marginal “henchman”, a “tool” for trafficking Cultivators…

And if Boss Jiang abducted Cultivators with the covert support of Mr. Jin orchestrating arrangements,

Then could this Mr. Jin be…

One of those black-robed traffickers?

…

Mo Hua’s gaze became increasingly somber.

One of the core disciples of the Sever Gold Sect, from the Direct Lineage within the Twelve Streams of Qianxue State’s realm, might possibly be the mastermind behind Cultivator trafficking…

And behind him, there were so-called “young masters

Did the Sever Gold Sect know about these matters?

What about the other Sects? Were they aware?

Did the Great Families of Qian State know?

And within those families, those ancient ancestors who sought to divine Heavenly secrets, couldn’t they calculate even a hint of it?

Mo Hua’s brows knitted tightly as he gazed out into the profound night.

He had a premonition that a vast conspiracy was taking shape.

Beneath the facade of prosperity, the darkness of Qianxue State’s realm seemed to slowly surface…