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Chapter 262: 261 Clue_1
Chapter 262: 261 Clue_1
Chapter 262: Chapter 261 Clue_1
Bald Tuo, relying on his formidable movement technique, used to run amok in Big Black Mountain without any prohibitions. The reason he was caught was all due to this disgusting Water Prison Technique, which restrained his movement technique tightly.
The person who performed the spell had a powerful Divine Sense and exquisite spellcasting skills, both quick and accurate.
Bald Tuo had thought that this person was either a Foundation Building Cultivator or a Supervisor from the Taoist Court, or perhaps an experienced Spirit Master.
Instead of killing him, they repeatedly trapped him with the Water Prison Technique, playing with him like a cat with a mouse.
It was either for personal vendettas or for the bounty offered by the Taoist Court.
Over the years, he had committed countless evils, with innumerable causes and effects, so it was possible that anybody would want to go after him.
But he had never imagined that the one toying with him would turn out to be this brat?!
Where did this little monster come from?
Bald Tuo’s gaze was both malicious and incredulous.
Mo Hua watched him with a smile, “Now you know who I am?”
“I’ve remembered,”
Bald Tuo pulled the corners of his mouth into a bloody smile, “I’ve memorized your face. If I manage to escape, I’ll be sure to come back and kill you!”
Mo Hua remained unafraid, “Once you’re in Taoist Prison and sentenced to death, don’t indulge in such daydreams. Just wait peacefully for your death.”
“And if you really do escape, just run as far away as you can. You dare to come back looking for me? Are you seeking death?”
Mo Hua’s tone was indifferent, with a trace of contempt in his eyes.
Bald Tuo was furious, his face twitching, but he had no words to rebut.
He knew in his heart that the kid was right.
If he couldn’t escape the kid’s grasp now, it would be even more doubtful in the future.
Moreover, in his impression, this brat had an excellent movement technique, slippery and uncatchable, coupled with that profound Divine Sense and the precise and strange Water Prison Technique.
It was difficult to kill him, and even harder to escape from his hands.
Bald Tuo pondered for a moment, then sneered coldly, “What did you come here for? To ask me something?”
“Yes,” Mo Hua did not hide it.
Bald Tuo sneered, “I fell into your hands, and I can’t wait to kill you. Now I’m as good as dead anyway, why would I answer your questions?”
Mo Hua casually responded, “I just came to humiliate you. It doesn’t matter if you don’t answer; I’ll just ask someone else.”
“Right,” Mo Hua said as if he had thought of something, “Later, I will spread the word that Bald Tuo, with his infamous big name, fell into the hands of me, a thirteen-year-old cultivator, and was played with by my spells for a long while, scurrying like a mouse, unable to escape no matter what…”
Bald Tuo spat out a mouthful of blood, “You dare?!”
“What’s there not to dare?”
“You’re asking for trouble. There will be Sin Cultivators who will seek revenge on you,” Bald Tuo said hatefully.
“You’ve already fallen into my hands; other cultivators are even less of a concern.”
Mo Hua’s right hand made a false grasp, condensing a Water Prison, and smiled, “Then I’ll just wait to go fishing. I’ll catch them one by one, catch pairs in pairs. Anyone who dares to mess with me won’t think of escaping!”
Bald Tuo gnashed his teeth, “Anyway, I’m as good as dead…”
“Death doesn’t necessarily settle everything, you know,” Mo Hua added. “Think about it, if I spread the story, you’ll become a laughing stock. The nearby Taoist Court, Monster Hunters, even those Sin Cultivators, will all mock you.”
“They’ll ridicule you, saying you’re useless, for falling into the hands of a child; they’ll call you foolish, call you pig-brained.”
Bald Tuo coughed up blood continuously.
Mo Hua sighed, “You see, even after death, one might not be at peace. If you’re insulted for doing bad deeds, you may not care, but being scolded for stupidity and incompetence… that’s a little harder to bear…”
As Mo Hua spoke, his eyes lit up, “I forgot to tell you, there’s a Fulu Building in the city, and inside, there’s a storyteller. I’ll have someone turn your story into a tale, let that storyteller every day…”
Bald Tuo shouted loudly, “Shut up!” After a while, he compromised, “I’ll talk…”
Mo Hua seemed a bit reluctant to stop, “I haven’t finished yet…”
Bald Tuo said indignantly, “Ask away, I’ll tell you everything!”
He was prepared to die, but dying as a joke for these assorted cultivators to laugh at—that was absolutely unacceptable!
The Enforcement Leaders pushing Bald Tuo were dumbfounded as they listened, and they looked at Mo Hua with a touch of awe.
Zhang Lan wasn’t surprised, but he felt some admiration.
Worthy of being a disciple of Elder Yu. Those words were sharper than knives, they could be used for execution.
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Others kill with knives, but your words stab at the heart…
Seeing that Bald Tuo had quieted down, Mo Hua asked:
“In the merchant brigades you’ve recently robbed, were there any that sold pills?”
“Yes.”
“How many pills were there?”
“Not many, just a few dozen bottles. Their business was miscellaneous; they didn’t solely trade in pills.”
Mo Hua and Zhang Lan exchanged glances, both somewhat surprised.
That merchant brigade was indeed not the one Bald Tuo had robbed.
“Do you know who Kong Sheng is?” Mo Hua continued.
“Who’s Kong Sheng?”
“The young master of the Kong Family.”
Bald Tuo snickered, “What good can come out of the Kong Family? I’ve never seen them.”
Mo Hua was momentarily at a loss for words. You sin cultivators and the Kong Family are both of no virtue, yet you disdain each other…
“The young master of the Kong Family might have died at the hands of you sin cultivators.”
“So what?”
Mo Hua asked, “Don’t you have a deal with the Kong Family?”
Bald Tuo coughed, “We sin cultivators act for spirit stones; whoever gives spirit stones gets to call the shots. Without spirit stones, what is the Kong Family, and what difference does it make whether one is a young master or not? If you piss me off, I’ll slaughter you just the same.”
Mo Hua nodded, beginning to understand, then said:
“One last question, what place is this map depicting?”
Mo Hua took out a crudely drawn map from the storage bag and spread it out in front of Bald Tuo.
Bald Tuo suddenly looked up, his eyes showing shock, “You discovered the hidden compartment?”
“Yes.”
Bald Tuo muttered, “How is that possible…”
Mo Hua asked curiously, “Why wouldn’t it be possible? The hidden compartment wasn’t that well concealed.”
“The hidden compartment is in a cave, and there’s a formation outside the cave…”
“I’ve broken that formation,” Mo Hua said nonchalantly.
Bald Tuo was taken aback, almost spitting blood as he said, “How the hell are you also a formation master?”
He then understood why the divine sense was so strong.
And the formations he had encountered were all drawn by this brat himself.
Mo Hua, meanwhile, looked at Bald Tuo with a displeased expression.
He thought if he cursed again, he’d pull out the Thousand Jun Stick and smash his mouth to pieces!
Bald Tuo didn’t dare curse any further. The corner of his eye twitched, and then his expression gradually became dejected.
The cave had been discovered, and all the wealth inside was gone.
That was the fortune he had accumulated over decades through murder and robbery, and now even if he could escape by fluke, he’d have nothing left.
Mo Hua lifted the map in his hand again, “Can you speak now?”
Bald Tuo completely lost hope.
At this point, there was nothing worth hiding anymore.
Bald Tuo sighed, “This map belonged to a good brother of mine long ago…”
“We were both sin cultivators, drinking together, eating meat together, killing people together, and together we were wanted by the Taoist Court.”
“He treated this map as a treasure. I wanted to borrow it to have a look, but he refused, so I poisoned his drink and took the opportunity to kill him and take this map.”
“After the deed, I regretted it. The map was sloppy, with unclear directions, and I didn’t know what it was good for. I’ve studied it for decades and still haven’t a clue. The most painful part is that I lost a good brother over this worthless thing… ”
Mo Hua was left utterly speechless.