The Quest for Immortality

Mo Hua felt the relationships here growing more and more tangled.

No wonder when at the Qian Learning State Boundary, Uncle Gu often told him that the waters of aristocratic families are deep, intertwined like vines, complex and intricate, with no one knowing who is connected or plotting behind the scenes.

The banquet of welcoming and sending off guests in the Underground Demon Fighting Arena in Great Desert City only revealed the tip of the iceberg.

As Mo Hua was pondering, he caught something out of the corner of his eye, causing his heart to tremble slightly.

Among Miss Hua’s ”admirers,” he unexpectedly found an ”acquaintance.”

This acquaintance was none other than ”Young Master Shi” from Yin Corpse Valley, whom he had met and fought against in Little Post City.

Young Master Shi, bearing the Undying Rune, must be a ”Saint Heir” or the level of ”Quasi-Saint Son” in Yin Corpse Valley.

In Little Post City, he participated in the massacre and corpse transformation, using it as the point of Yin Corpse Valley’s emergence, establishing Corpse City and expanding their influence.

It shows that Young Master Shi must be highly valued by Yin Corpse Valley.

Mo Hua never thought that after a few months, he would reunite with Young Master Shi in Great Desert City.

However, this Young Master Shi now dressed in fine silk, appeared handsome and fair-skinned, elegant and refined, a true aristocratic young master’s demeanor, lacking any hint of the ominous aura of a Corpse Path Demon Cultivator.

Moreover, Young Master Shi frequently poured wine for Miss Hua at the banquet.

His gaze was entirely fixed on Miss Hua’s beautiful face as he spoke thoughtfully and attentively to her, showing a gentle and affectionate ”puppy dog” demeanor.

Mo Hua was quite puzzled.

This Young Master Shi... what is he up to?

You are the direct lineage prodigy of the Demon Path Yin Corpse Valley?

He was implanted with the Demon Undying Talisman as a ”Quasi-Saint Son?”

Now playing ”puppy dog” to a woman?

Do you even know what you are doing?

Have you refined corpses into stupidity or did your brain get eaten by a zombie?

Mo Hua was puzzled.

But Young Master Shi, instead, was deeply affectionate, with passionate eyes, happily indulging.

Mo Hua shook his head, then felt a chill in his heart.

He realized that Young Master Shi had seen him before.

Though now as the ”bronze-skinned” Body Cultivation Mo Hua, his appearance had changed significantly, but should Young Master Shi scrutinize his face and become suspicious, that would be highly troublesome.

It would likely be difficult for him to remain in this Demon Fighting Arena.

The Big Tiger couldn’t be rescued either.

Mo Hua immediately bowed his head and restrained his aura, silently praying:

”Just focus on being your ’puppy dog,’ and don’t recognize me...”

What one fears will come to pass.

Young Master Shi’s sleeve suddenly emanated a weak yet crisp sound of a copper bell.

This copper bell sound was extremely subtle.

Most cultivators at the banquet did not hear it.

A few heard it, but the sound was so crisp they couldn’t distinguish what kind of bell it was.

They couldn’t recognize it, but for Mo Hua, a Righteous Cultivator with considerable research on Corpse Refinement, not recognizing the ”copper bell” sound of the Corpse Path was impossible.

A zombie was signaling Young Master Shi.

Sure enough, in the next instant, Young Master Shi’s expression turned stunned, then his eyes sharpened, looking towards Mo Hua’s location.

Mo Hua’s aura was subtle, his presence low, but his silhouette was still there.

The cultivators at the banquet wouldn’t notice Mo Hua unconsciously.

But if intentionally looking, they could see clearly.

Young Master Shi, at this moment, saw Mo Hua dressed in servant’s attire, skin slightly yellow, bright-eyed, with a docile expression.

His mind experienced a momentary confusion.

His first reaction was one of resemblance.

Judging by the shape and contour of the face, this servant bore a resemblance to the ”thief” who escaped from his hands, thwarted the major plans of Yin Corpse Valley, and indirectly caused the incomprehensible death of Elder Xu, deserving of a thousand cuts.

But on second glance, it seemed completely different.

The facial features held some resemblance.

But clearly, this was a low-born, Qi-refining Realm Body Cultivator.

Entirely different from the profoundly unfathomable, sinister and eerie youth who left people bewildered.

Besides, how could a youth of such status lower himself to serve as a lowly ”servant?”

Yet the alert from the copper-plated zombie shouldn’t manifest without cause...

Young Master Shi’s brows furrowed slightly.

Miss Hua seemed to sense Young Master Shi’s anomaly, staring at him with her beautiful eyes in bewilderment.

Young Master Tuoba, feeling a pang of rivalry and jealousy, also gazed at Young Master Shi, asking in a deep voice, ”Young Master Shi, is there anything amiss at tonight’s banquet?”

Young Master Shi snapped back to reality, smiled lightly, ”Nothing at all.”

He discreetly withdrew his gaze from Mo Hua.

Young Master Tuoba’s brows furrowed slightly, but he said nothing further.

Mo Hua also breathed a small sigh of relief.

No matter what Young Master Shi discerned, as long as there was no confrontation at the moment, it was alright.

Once the banquet concluded, when he mixed into the Demon Fighting Arena, it was expected Young Master Shi wouldn’t be able to act arbitrarily under Young Master Tuoba’s watch.

But before long, he heard Young Master Shi say to Young Master Tuoba: ”Young Master Tuoba, I have a presumptuous request.”

Young Master Tuoba’s eyes slightly tightened, nodded and said: ”Please feel free.”

Young Master Shi gestured towards Mo Hua, ”Could you give this servant to me as a gift?”

Young Master Tuoba frowned.

Just a servant, with brutal fighting involved don’t matter much; there’s no harm in sending him away.

However, he couldn’t understand why at such an important banquet, Young Master Shi suddenly asked for a Qi-refining Realm servant, and a male servant at that, with unclear intent...

Young Master Tuoba looked at Mo Hua.

At that moment, he paused, contemplated for a while, inexplicably recalling the incident of the black and white exotic beast Tiger Demon he had carefully nurtured for ages suddenly showing abnormal behavior.