The Quest for Immortality

”To take or not to take...”

Mo Hua was somewhat conflicted.

After pondering for a while, he decided to secretly ”pocket” the two Jade Slips.

Such objects, unlike Spiritual Artifacts and Pills, were commonplace and usually involved secrets and spell points that no one would investigate.

It was normal for a Cultivator’s Storage Bag to contain Jade Slips, and not strange for it to lack them.

If he took them without showing them to others, there wouldn’t be a problem.

Hiding the two Jade Slips in the ”Storage Ring” his master gave him, which could also isolate their aura, was very safe.

Besides, Mo Hua really wanted to know if the sword control spell named ”Golden Flash” was hidden within these two Jade Slips.

With his mind made up, Mo Hua moved his hand slightly, and the two Jade Slips were collected into the Storage Ring.

Then he tidied up various miscellaneous items, returned them to Boss Jiang’s Storage Bag, and, restoring everything to its original place, he stuffed the Storage Bag back into Boss Jiang’s embrace.

Mo Hua even applied a Fireball Technique to make the Storage Bag look like a ”battle-damaged” version.

After completing all these actions, Mo Hua clapped his hands, nodded his head, and felt thoroughly satisfied.

The bad man was killed.

The Spirit Stones were earned.

And he also acquired two Jade Slips, contents unknown.

Time to slip away...

Mo Hua performed another check, ensuring there were no oversights, then released his Divine Sense, examining the scene from the perspective of a bystander.

He confirmed that none of the deaths of these ten plus people had anything to do with him.

Nor could it lead anyone to associate them with him.

Only then did Mo Hua feel at ease, and a feeling of gratitude emerged.

”Thanks to Uncle Zhang Lan...”

”It was the Taoist Court Official, Uncle Zhang Lan, who taught me not... No, he taught me how to conceal my tracks!”

I didn’t let Uncle Zhang Lan’s teachings go to waste!

Mo Hua nodded his head.

He then withdrew his Divine Sense and turned to leave, but as soon as he did, he suddenly hesitated.

He felt as though he had overlooked something...

Mo Hua furrowed his brow and carefully recollected the journey’s every little detail, growing more perplexed, and he suddenly recalled that this group of Cultivators had been pushing a cart with several storage chests on it...

Where were those storage chests?

Mo Hua’s gaze became focused, and with a sweep of his Divine Sense, he let out a surprised sound.

His Divine Sense... couldn’t detect them?

”No, it’s not that my Divine Sense can’t detect them, but the aura of these chests has been concealed, making them very hard to be sensed by Divine Sense...”

”There’s a problem...”

Mo Hua’s eyes gradually lit up.

He extended his Divine Sense to its limit, even employing the Calculation Method his master taught to detect traces of Spiritual Power.

Finally, after a short while, Mo Hua’s Divine Sense flickered, and he located the storage chests.

The storage chests were still inside the eatery.

Boss Jiang had placed them in a corner, so they were not affected when the Earth Fire Formation exploded, and afterwards, when the eatery was split by Sword Qi, the thatch and beams scattered, covering up these few storage chests.

Mo Hua had failed to notice them at first.

From a corner of the eatery, Mo Hua flipped out the storage chests somewhat laboriously.

These chests, carried by Boss Jiang all the way and even concealed through special means, had almost eluded Mo Hua’s notice.

There definitely was a major issue...

”What exactly is inside the chests?”

Could it be Boss Jiang and his group’s real family fortune?

Mo Hua perked up.

The chests were locked and engraved with Formations, but they weren’t difficult, especially not for Mo Hua.

Releasing his Divine Sense, Mo Hua confirmed there were no traps like hidden weapons in the storage chest before carefully breaking the Formation Patterns and opening the chest.

As the storage chest opened, Mo Hua looked inside and suddenly froze.

”Empty?”

There was nothing inside...

What’s going on?

Mo Hua frowned; his fingertip touched a spot, revealing a Pattern as he opened another storage chest.

But it was also empty inside...

Mo Hua then directed his gaze to the third storage chest.

But just as he was about to break the Formation Patterns, Mo Hua hesitated, his expression somewhat astonished.

”This... isn’t a storage chest...”

Although it looked exactly the same, the material and structure were completely different.

This was a seemingly ordinary chest secluded by a Formation...

Mo Hua’s eyes slightly shimmered.

Storage chests, like Storage Bags, contain Void Power that is profound in principle but applied in a very rudimentary way, capable of holding numerous times more than its own space.

But this kind of space is repelled by a ”Living Soul.”

Storage chests cannot contain people or any other living things.

All the strange remarks made by Boss Jiang along the way resurfaced in Mo Hua’s mind.

”Complications...”

”Whether it’s one or two, they’re both for sale...”

”Sell off that brat along with them...”

Initially, Mo Hua thought they had already trafficked other Cultivators and were merely taking him along opportunely.

But there was no sign of trafficked Cultivators along the way.

And their luggage was storage chests, which cannot hold living people.

So Mo Hua was not suspicious.

He had even assumed that Boss Jiang’s group was responsible for ”receiving the goods.”

Other Cultivators did the trafficking; they handled the ”transportation” and ”transfer.”

They hadn’t yet received the ”goods” for their journey...

But now, their ”luggage” included a chest that wasn’t a ”storage chest.”

And it was specially blended to deceive and distract others.

Could it be that what this chest contained was...

Mo Hua’s heart skipped.

He examined the chest more closely and found that it was engraved with Second-Grade Formations, and not just one set.

There were defensive formations to prevent the chest from being damaged;

Concealment formations to prevent peeping;

And lock-type formations to seal the chest, keeping it from being opened...