The Quest for Immortality

Two hours ago, everything was fine.

In the blink of an eye, he blew up an enforcement leader of the Taoist Court from the Xiao family?!

Gu Changhuai took a sharp breath.

This little brat!

When it comes to causing trouble, he truly defies the heavens!

The entire Taixu Gate, when counting all the disciples together, probably can’t compare to him.

”What happened?” Gu Changhuai asked urgently.

Mo Hua: ”I...”

”Never mind, don’t say anything yet. The Letter Token says it’s not safe...” Gu Changhuai said.

Ever since he saw Mo Hua effortlessly restoring the erased text in the Letter Token, he never fully trusted the confidentiality of the Letter Token.

Even if it is a secret-made Letter Token by the Taoist Court.

”Does anyone else know?”

”Not yet.” Mo Hua replied.

Yu Canghai counts as an insider, not an ”other” person.

As for those masked cultivators, they are all dead, so they are naturally no longer ”people”.

Gu Changhuai sighed in relief, ”Stay where you are, conceal yourself a bit, don’t let others find out. I shouldn’t need to teach you this.”

”Mm-hmm, I understand.” Mo Hua said.

Putting away the Letter Token, Gu Changhuai, anxious at heart, was eager to leave, only to be called by a gentle voice.

”Supervisor Gu, where are you going?”

Gu Changhuai turned his head and saw Master Xiao squinting with a smile on his face.

This Master Xiao is a real powerholder amongst the Xiao family in the Qianxue Court Tribunal, having held the position for over one hundred and fifty years.

He always wears a smile, yet he’s insincere; he smiles with his face but not with his heart.

Originally, Gu Changhuai thought nothing of it.

But ever since Mo Hua secretly gave him the nickname ”Smiling Tiger” after seeing Master Xiao once,

Every time Gu Changhuai sees Master Xiao, those three words ”Smiling Tiger” involuntarily conjure in his heart.

”Smi...Master Xiao,” Gu Changhuai’s brow twitched slightly, almost saying the nickname aloud, ”...I have something to deal with.”

”Oh?” Master Xiao smiled, ”What’s so urgent?”

A Xiao family enforcement leader got blown up.

Gu Changhuai said silently in his heart.

But on the surface, he just said: ”A Sin Cultivator got blown up during the capture process. I’m going to take a look.”

Master Xiao dismissed: ”A Sin Cultivator, guilty as charged, if blown up then it’s deserved, why does Supervisor Gu need to attend personally?”

Gu Changhuai’s expression was a bit subtle, then calmly said:

”I’m not at ease, I need to see it.”

”Then about Xia Canonical Official...” Master Xiao hesitated.

”I’ll explain later.” Gu Changhuai said.

Master Xiao shook his head and sighed: ”Supervisor Gu, it’s not that I’m saying this, diligence is a good thing, but sometimes you have to watch the wind; this Xia Canonical Official...”

He gestured upwards, lowered his voice, ”was sent by the higher-ups, offending them wouldn’t bode well for your career, it would be greatly detrimental.”

’The higher-ups’ naturally referred to the Taoist Court.

Gu Changhuai understood.

He also knew that there were undercurrents surging at the Qianxue state boundary, and the Central Dao Court suddenly dispatching a canonical official might have another meaning.

But that had nothing to do with him.

Gu Changhuai said in a deep voice: ”I am a Supervisor, my work is governed by the rules, even if people from the Taoist Court come, what needs to be done is still done.”

Master Xiao looked at Gu Changhuai like he was a fool, unable to contain his laughter, ”Supervisor Gu has his principles, admirable indeed.”

Gu Changhuai symbolically cupped his hands as a salute and then turned to leave.

Master Xiao watched his departing back, shaking his head with a cold smile.

...

Leaving the Taoist Court, Gu Changhuai, anxious at heart, galloped back to Qingzhou City, changed into the Taoist Robe of the Taoist Court, selected a good horse from the Gu Family, and without stopping, rode along the Mistwater River to the small fishing village.

Arriving at the fishing village, he followed Mo Hua’s instructions, walked downstream, climbed the Desolate Mountain, and at a glance saw Mo Hua squatting on the ground, researching something unknown.

Beside him was an unfamiliar elderly man with weak breath.

And on the ground lay four neatly aligned corpses.

Gu Changhuai glanced at Mo Hua, then at the four corpses, immediately took another sharp breath, ”You blew up four people?”

”No, no,” Mo Hua waved his hands repeatedly, ”not that many, just one.”

”You think that’s not enough?” Gu Changhuai retorted angrily. .

Mo Hua chuckled awkwardly.

”What exactly happened?” Gu Changhuai frowned and asked.

Mo Hua briefly explained:

”These people were assassins, masked, chasing this elder. I happened to encounter them, so I helped the elder counter-kill them. Of course, I only made a slight move, offering a little help...”

Mo Hua tried to distance himself from the situation.

Gu Changhuai didn’t believe it one bit.

Traces of formation explosions everywhere, and these people with wounds cut and burned by formations...

This is called a slight move to offer a little help?

It’s likely these people were all killed by this kid Mo Hua.

Mo Hua continued, ”After they died, I searched them but found nothing suspicious, but one of them...”

Mo Hua pointed at a disfigured corpse and said, ”He used Sin Cultivator tactics, embedding a small Storage Box in his teeth, containing an enforcement token with a ’Xiao’ character inscribed...”

Gu Changhuai’s gaze sharpened.

Mo Hua handed the token to Gu Changhuai, ”Uncle Gu, see if this is an enforcement token from the Xiao family?”

Gu Changhuai took it, glanced at it, his expression slightly grave.

The token was indeed an enforcement token from the Xiao family in the Taoist Court.

Gu Changhuai turned, looked at Mo Hua, assessed the current situation, and silently breathed a sigh of relief.