Chapter 819: Water Prison Inheritance

Just an hour ago, everything was fine. In the blink of an eye, he had killed a Dao Court Division executive officer who was originally from the Xiao family?! Gu Changhuai gasped. This little brat! When it comes to stirring up trouble, he's truly against the heavens! The entire Taixu Gate, all the disciples combined, probably can't compare to him.

"What is it?" Gu Changhuai asked somewhat urgently.

Mo Hua: "I..."

"Forget it, don't say anything for now, the transmission talisman says it's not safe..." Gu Changhuai said. Ever since he saw Mo Hua effortlessly manipulate the transmission talisman a few times to restore erased text, he no longer trusted the security of the transmission talisman. Even if it was a secret transmission talisman made by the Dao Court Division.

"Has anyone else found out?"

"Not yet, temporarily." Mo Hua said. Yu Canghai is an insider, so he doesn't count as "other" people. As for this group of masked cultivators, they are all dead, so they naturally don't count as "people" either.

Gu Changhuai breathed a sigh of relief, "Stay where you are, cover yourself up a bit, don't let others discover you. I shouldn't need to teach you this point."

"Mm mm, I understand." Mo Hua said. Putting away the transmission talisman, Gu Changhuai's heart was anxious, and he impatiently got up to leave, but was suddenly called by a gentle voice.

"Gu Dian Si, where are you going?"

Gu Changhuai turned his head and saw the narrowed eyes and smiling face of Dian Si Xiao. This Dian Si Xiao is the real power Dian Si of the Xiao family in the Qian Xue Dao Court Division, with a service record of one hundred and fifty years. His face is always smiling, but he is a hypocritical person with a fake smile. Originally, Gu Changhuai didn't feel anything. But ever since Mo Hua saw this Dian Si Xiao once a long time ago, he secretly gave him the nickname "smiling tiger." Now, every time Gu Changhuai sees Dian Si Xiao, the words "smiling tiger" involuntarily come to his mind.

"Smil... Dian Si Xiao," Gu Changhuai's eyebrows twitched slightly, he almost said the nickname, "...I have a matter that I need to handle."

"Oh?" Dian Si Xiao smiled, "What matter is so important?"

Your Xiao family's executive officer was killed. Gu Changhuai silently said in his heart. But on the surface, he only said: "There is a criminal cultivator who exploded to death during the capture process. I'm going to take a look."

Dian Si Xiao didn't think much of it, "Since it is a criminal cultivator, who has committed sins, if he explodes to death, then he explodes to death. It can also be said that he deserves it. Why does Gu Dian Si need to go personally?"

Gu Changhuai's expression was somewhat subtle, and then he said indifferently: "I'm not at ease, I want to go take a look."

"What about Dian Si Xia over there..." Dian Si Xiao's expression was hesitant.

"I will explain later." Gu Changhuai said.

Dian Si Xiao shook his head and sighed: "Gu Dian Si, it's not that I'm lecturing you. Diligence is a good thing, but sometimes, you also have to pay attention to the direction of the wind. This Dian Si Xia..." He pointed upwards, lowered his voice, "He was sent from above. If you offend him, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain, and it will be greatly unfavorable to Gu Dian Si's official career."

Above, of course, refers to the Dao Court. Gu Changhuai naturally understood. He of course also understood that the undercurrents were surging in the Qian Xue State, and the Central Dao Court suddenly sending a Dian Si over at this time probably had other deep meanings. But this had nothing to do with him.

Gu Changhuai said in a deep voice: "I am a Dian Si, I only know how to handle affairs according to the law. Even if someone from the Dao Court comes, I will still do what I should do."

Dian Si Xiao looked at Gu Changhuai as if looking at a fool, and couldn't help but laugh, "Gu Dian Si has his own principles, admirable."

Gu Changhuai symbolically cupped his hands in salute, then turned and left. Dian Si Xiao looked at his retreating back, shook his head and sneered.

Leaving the Dao Court Division, Gu Changhuai was anxious, whipped his horse hard, and returned directly to Qing State City. He changed into his Dao Court Division robes, then picked a good horse from the Gu family, and rushed non-stop along the Yan Shui River to the small fishing village. After arriving at the fishing village, he followed Mo Hua's instructions, walked downstream, climbed up the barren mountain, and immediately saw Mo Hua squatting on the ground, not knowing what he was researching. Beside him was an unrecognizable old man whose breath was weak. And also lying on the ground were four neatly placed corpses.

Gu Changhuai looked at Mo Hua, then looked at the four corpses, and immediately gasped again, "You killed four people?"

"No, no," Mo Hua repeatedly waved his hand, "Not that many, just one."

"You still think it's few?" Gu Changhuai said in a bad mood.

Mo Hua smiled sheepishly.

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

Mo Hua briefly recounted: "These few people were assassins, with their faces covered. They were chasing and killing this old senior. I happened to encounter them, so I helped this old senior and killed them in return. Of course, I only made a slight move and helped a little bit..." Mo Hua tried to distance himself.

Gu Changhuai didn't believe a bit. The traces of array explosions everywhere, and the wounds on these people's bodies, cut and burned by arrays... Is this called making a slight move and helping a little bit? It is estimated that these several people were all killed by this boy Mo Hua.

Mo Hua continued: "After these several people died, I searched their bodies and didn't find any suspicious traces, but one of them..." Mo Hua pointed to a corpse on the ground with a completely disfigured face and said, "He learned the methods of a criminal cultivator and inlaid a small storage box in his teeth. Inside, he put an executive commander's order, and on the order token was written the character 'Xiao'..."

Gu Changhuai's gaze narrowed. Mo Hua handed the order token to Gu Changhuai and asked: "Uncle Gu, take a look, is this the Xiao family's executive commander's order?"

Gu Changhuai took it, looked at it, and his expression was somewhat heavy. The order token was correct, it was indeed the Dao Court Division Xiao family's executive commander's order. Gu Changhuai turned his head, looked at Mo Hua, and then assessed the current situation. He silently let out a breath of relief.

"That's good..." He still thought that Mo Hua had a conflict with the Xiao family and intentionally set up an array to kill the Xiao family's executive officer. Looking at the current situation, it is not difficult to handle.

Gu Changhuai silently put away the order token.

Mo Hua said somewhat worriedly: "Uncle Gu, what should we do now?"

Gu Changhuai raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean, what should we do?"

Mo Hua pointed to the corpses on the ground, "This Xiao family's executive officer..."

Gu Changhuai frowned: "What Xiao family executive officer? Where is there a Xiao family executive officer?"

Mo Hua was startled.

"You acted chivalrously and killed several bandits who were hiding their heads and faces. What does that have to do with the Xiao family?" Gu Changhuai said seriously, "In this desolate wilderness, there are only criminal cultivators who attempted murder and were counter-killed. Where is there any executive officer?"

Mo Hua suddenly realized and nodded. Uncle Gu is indeed an experienced Dao Court Division Dian Si. He handles things skillfully. It seems he still has many things to learn.

Gu Changhuai's gaze shifted to Yu Canghai again and frowned slightly. Mo Hua said: "This old senior is the successor of the Water Prison Gate, surnamed Yu, named Canghai."

Yu Canghai saw Gu Changhuai, but his gaze was stern, "Are you from the Dao Court Division?" Although Gu Changhuai was not wearing the Dao Court Division's Dian Si robes, the dignity in his eyes and the demeanor of his actions were vastly different from ordinary cultivators. Yu Canghai could recognize him at a glance. Moreover, he was also in the Golden Core cultivation realm. A Golden Core realm cultivator in the Dao Court Division is at least a powerful Dian Si! Yu Canghai's expression was vigilant.

Gu Changhuai looked at him coldly, "So what?"

Yu Canghai then laughed coldly, "No one in the Dao Court Division is a good person!"

Gu Changhuai's expression was displeased.

Mo Hua quickly said: "Alright, alright." An old Golden Core man who doesn't know how many years old, and a Golden Core Dian Si who is over two hundred years old, what are you arguing about?

Mo Hua said to Yu Canghai: "Your enemy is the Gui Shui Gate. I can't protect you, only Uncle Gu can help you."

Yu Canghai shook his head, "I don't trust the people of the Dao Court Division. Even if I die, I won't accept their favor. If I lightly trust the Dao Court Division, my Water Prison Gate's dao lineage will be cut off sooner or later..."

"But if you die now, the Water Prison Gate's dao lineage is already cut off." Mo Hua said.

Yu Canghai was stagnant.

Mo Hua sighed: "It's already the worst situation. If you listen to Uncle Gu, you might still be able to save your life and pass down the dao lineage. Otherwise, your Water Prison Gate is really finished."

Yu Canghai's expression changed, and finally, he sighed. Although he was somewhat stubborn, he was not stupid and quickly figured it out. He had no bargaining room now.

Mo Hua said another sentence to Gu Changhuai: "He is a person from the Water Prison Gate, chased and killed by evil cultivators instructed by the Gui Shui Gate, who are in private communication with the Dao Court Division." Private communication with the Dao Court Division then involves an internal ghost in the Dao Court Division. The Gui Shui Gate's instructions involve corruption within the sect. The evil cultivators probably involve Water Yan Luo and the case of the extermination of the Yu family's water stronghold again.

In an instant, Gu Changhuai understood that this Golden Core old man was a key figure. The displeasure in Gu Changhuai's eyes also faded somewhat, and he nodded: "Good."

Since it was clear, Mo Hua also breathed a sigh of relief. Afterwards, it was the aftermath.

Gu Changhuai said: "I'll call some people over to take these corpses away. We'll say they were river bandits on the Yan Shui River who wanted to commit murder and robbery and were counter-killed by the Dao Court Division. Don't leak any information."

"Mm mm." Mo Hua nodded, then said: "Right, Uncle Gu, there are still a few..."

Gu Changhuai was startled, "A few what?"

Mo Hua pointed towards the deep mountain, "There are still four who died over there..."

Gu Changhuai silently looked at Mo Hua.

Mo Hua was a little embarrassed and said softly: "I just helped a little bit, it doesn't count as me making a move."

Gu Changhuai took a deep breath and sighed: "Alright." With one move, eight lives were taken. And there was still a Xiao family executive officer. Fortunately, this stinky boy Mo Hua was not his nephew, otherwise, he wouldn't be tired to death, he would be angered to death sooner or later.

Afterwards, Gu Changhuai called the people from the Gu family to collect the corpses and clean up the scene. Mo Hua then rode in the Gu family's carriage and returned to Qing State City with Yu Canghai.

Yu Canghai was temporarily placed in the Gu family. His external identity was a Golden Core realm dao friend that Gu Changhuai knew, who was passing through the Qian Xue State and specifically came to visit. With this explanation, outsiders would not suspect anything. After practicing for a lifetime, who doesn't have a few dao friends?

But within the Gu family, people who were familiar with Gu Changhuai all knew that there was something tricky inside. Because Gu Changhuai had a bad temper, he really didn't have many dao friends. However, they also thought it was a matter of the Dao Court Division, so no one asked. Yu Canghai then temporarily settled down. And in the Gu family, the environment was peaceful, there was food and drink, and he didn't lack the elixir for healing. He was also not afraid of being chased and killed. Given time, his injuries would gradually get better.

Regarding the matters of the Water Prison Gate, the Gui Shui Gate, and the Dao Court Division, he also told Gu Changhuai everything one by one. Mo Hua also listened on the side. Yu Canghai's words were almost the same as what he had heard before, and not too new. The only difference was Water Yan Luo.

"Have you seen Water Yan Luo?" Gu Changhuai asked.

Upon mentioning Water Yan Luo, Yu Canghai's face immediately showed anger, and his eyes contained deep hatred: "Even if I turn to ashes, I will not forget him!"

"What does he look like?" Mo Hua asked.

Yu Canghai's gaze was ice-cold, "He looks like a fair-skinned young man, with a pale face and cold eyes, a sinister expression, proficient in water elemental dao methods, and good at using a nine-lock Flood Dragon whip."

Mo Hua and Gu Changhuai exchanged glances and nodded slightly. This person was indeed the same "Water Yan Luo" they had seen at the ferry that night and had a brief clash with.

Yu Canghai said: "I hid my name and surname and came to the Qian Xue State. With great effort, I finally found the remaining descendants of the Water Prison Gate from that year."

"They gathered in the water stronghold, living poor lives, with the highest cultivation being only Foundation Establishment. They knew nothing about the past of the Water Prison Gate and didn't know their identity. They had inherited some dao methods from their ancestors, but they couldn't get the knack of it and couldn't learn."

"I suppressed my cultivation, restrained my aura, pretended to be a fish merchant, and contacted them for a few days. I was just struggling whether to tell them the truth and pass down my Water Prison Gate's dao lineage to them one by one, fulfilling my lifelong wish, but unexpectedly..." The old man's expression was painful, "My whereabouts were discovered, and the entire water stronghold was also slaughtered."

"I am Golden Core, but I am only Golden Core. In a second-grade state boundary, I can only exert the strength of Foundation Establishment peak. I could only watch helplessly as the descendants of my Yu family fell one by one under the butcher knives of that group of evildoers."

"In anger, I was again sneak attacked by Water Yan Luo and suffered water poison in my body. I could only endure the pain and leave to preserve my life."

"Afterwards, I was chased by them all the time, hiding everywhere. I had already lost hope and thought of fighting to the death and ending it all. Until later, I unintentionally discovered that in a small fishing village on the bank of the Yan Shui River, there were actually surviving descendants of my Yu family. Only then did I gain a little bit of hope..."

"I secretly passed some cultivation methods and spells to those two children. Although it might bring them extermination disaster, I can't care so much now..." Yu Canghai sighed and looked at Mo Hua, "You know what happened after that."

Mo Hua nodded, then thought for a moment, puzzled: "You were in a second-grade state boundary, your strength was restricted, and you were chased and killed by that group of Foundation Establishment cultivators. Why didn't you go to a third-grade state boundary?"

The old man smiled bitterly, "If I go to a third-grade state boundary, I'll die even faster."

Mo Hua didn't understand.

The old man sighed: "In a second-grade state boundary, those who come to kill me are all late stage Foundation Establishment. I suppress my cultivation, and I still have an advantage."

"But once I go to a third-grade state boundary, those who come to kill me are probably Golden Core from the Gui Shui Gate, or even several late stage Golden Core. I am a Golden Core middle stage cultivator. If they surround and attack me, I will definitely die without a doubt!"

Mo Hua suddenly realized. The laws of the heavenly way, misfortune and fortune depend on each other. Although they suppressed his strength and made him unable to save people, they also arguably saved his life at the same time. Otherwise, if the twelve-stream Gui Shui Gate directly sent Golden Core or even ruthlessly sent a Featherization True Person to silence them, not to mention the Yu family's water stronghold, even Yu Canghai himself would be turned to ashes in an instant.

Mo Hua's heart had some enlightenment. The great array of the heavenly way, the balance of laws, seems to have many disadvantages... For example, Uncle Gu, a Golden Core, is very strenuous to capture evil cultivators at the level of Fire Buddha and Water Yan Luo, who are at the peak of Foundation Establishment and have top-level dao methods. But conversely, if there were no restrictions of the heavenly way laws, then the face would probably not be evil cultivators at the level of "Fire Buddha" or "Water Yan Luo." Higher level evil cultivators would probably be able to slaughter large numbers of low and middle level cultivators with a flip of their hand, causing immeasurable killing karma. Places like small fishing villages would have been exterminated countless times long ago. And evil gods at the level of the Great Wilderness Lord, if there were no restrictions of the heavenly way, could probably just look at the myriad beings, corrupt countless cultivators' dao hearts, make endless living beings fall into the evil path, and become his sacrifices...

"Wealth, power, and even cultivation, cannot expand without limit. If they are not balanced, they will definitely cause huge disasters to the poor and weak, thereby causing suffering to living beings, the great dao will collapse and produce evil changes, making all things in the human world be annihilated and return to nothingness..."

"This is perhaps the heavenly way..."

Mo Hua was a bit dazed for a moment, and a trace of cold cruelty and yet extremely real enlightenment was born in his heart. Cultivators seek the dao and become immortals. He seemed to vaguely understand the prototype of the "dao" he was seeking.

Just now, when Yu Canghai and Gu Changhuai were speaking, they were both a little startled when they saw this. They didn't understand. After just a few words, Mo Hua seemed to have gained some enlightenment, and there was an unknown, ancient, and profound meaning flowing in his eyes. The two did not dare to speak for a while.

After a moment, Mo Hua came back to his senses and saw that Gu Changhuai and the two were all looking at him. He said with some puzzlement: "What happened?"

Gu Changhuai pondered: "You...what were you thinking?"

"Nothing, just a little bit of enlightenment." Mo Hua said humbly.

Gu Changhuai's expression was complex. Yu Canghai also looked at Mo Hua with a slight tremble in his eyes.

After the group chatted for a few more sentences, Gu Changhuai got up and left. "There are matters in the Dao Court Division, I have to go back first..." Gu Changhuai said, then looked at Yu Canghai again, "You just stay here, properly heal your wounds. I will come back to ask you questions later."

Clearly, he was only at the initial stage of Golden Core, and Yu Canghai was at the middle stage of Golden Core, but he was not at all polite, and his words were not at all polite. Yu Canghai also knew the principle of bowing his head when under someone else's roof. He cupped his hands and did not say anything.

Mo Hua waved his hand, "Uncle Gu, walk slowly."

Gu Changhuai looked at Mo Hua again and admonished: "When you return to the sect early, try to go out less, and also remember, don't mention the matter of the Xiao family executive officer to anyone."

Mo Hua nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

Gu Changhuai then left. However, he was not too worried. This boy Mo Hua hid who knows how many secrets in his belly. If it came to matters that "cannot be told to others," killing a Dao Court Division executive officer, and a Xiao family executive officer who colluded with criminal cultivators at that, probably couldn't necessarily rank among them.

After Gu Changhuai left, Mo Hua then quietly asked Yu Canghai, "Elder Yu... senior..." Uncle Gu is Golden Core, so he doesn't need to give him face. But he is only Foundation Establishment, so he still has to be polite and call him "senior." Yu Canghai was somewhat wary of Mo Hua and thought that Mo Hua's background was definitely not ordinary. He quickly said: "I don't dare to be called old senior. If little friend doesn't mind, just call me elder." He was indeed an elder in the clan before. If the Water Prison Gate was still there, with his Golden Core middle stage cultivation, he could also shoulder the position of an elder.

"Mm, Elder Yu," Mo Hua asked curiously, "What inheritances exactly does your Water Prison Gate have?"

Yu Canghai was slightly startled, then looked at Mo Hua somewhat warily and said word by word: "Our Water Prison Gate's inheritance can only be passed down to the descendants of the Water Prison Gate." The meaning was, don't ask, it's impossible to tell you.

"I just asked." Mo Hua muttered. He did have a little bit of a desire to learn, but it was just a little bit, not that much. Yu Canghai did not comment.

"Right," Mo Hua suddenly thought of something and asked: "Before, when I used the water prison technique to trap that Water Yan Luo, it had no effect at all. When I used the water prison technique to trap you, it also didn't have much effect. Why is this?"

Yu Canghai was startled when he heard this, "You exchanged blows with Water Yan Luo?"

Mo Hua nodded, "Sort of..." They exchanged blows, and it could barely be considered a draw.

Yu Canghai looked at Mo Hua again with high regard. Being able to exchange blows with Water Yan Luo at the middle stage of Foundation Establishment and still retreat unharmed is something that ordinary cultivators cannot do. Yu Canghai had exchanged blows with Water Yan Luo and knew how difficult Water Yan Luo was to deal with. Moreover, being able to be an enemy of Water Yan Luo... Yu Canghai's goodwill towards Mo Hua increased by a few points in his heart.

He thought for a moment and finally opened his mouth: "Our Water Prison Gate's inheritance is also divided into three, six, and nine grades."

"And within these three, six, and nine grades, there is a relationship of 'upper overcoming lower'."

"Ordinary water prison technique, in the Water Prison Gate's technique system, is a relatively lower grade inheritance. Even if you learn it well and use it skillfully, it cannot overcome the Water Prison Gate's upper grade inheritance methods."