The Quest for Immortality

”Then... how did you manage to rescue Yu Er?”

Mo Hua was Yu Er’s savior, and out of courtesy, Wenren Wan refrained from scrutinizing him too closely with her Divine Sense.

But from what could be observed on the surface, Mo Hua’s Cultivation was only at the Foundation Establishment level.

His Blood Qi was very weak, his Spiritual Power not particularly strong, and, being a Loose Cultivator, he seemingly came from an impoverished background and likely didn’t possess any remarkable Spiritual Artifacts.

Even if he had a superior Spiritual Artifact, with his level of Spiritual Power, he probably couldn’t unleash its full potential.

How did such a junior cultivator manage to rescue his own Yu Er?

It couldn’t be that he alone defeated more than a dozen traffickers, could it...

Mo Hua said with a bashful tone, ”I was just lucky, happened to be passing by, and for some reason, all those traffickers were dead, and Yu Er was locked in a box, so I ’picked’ him up and took him to Qingzhou City...”

Mo Hua stuck with the same story as before.

He was just a passerby, a kind young man.

Just a bit lucky.

The death of the traffickers had nothing to do with him.

Upon hearing this, Wenren Wan was somewhat astonished, but she couldn’t help harboring doubts.

Everything seemed too coincidental...

How could the traffickers just die out of the blue?

And how could he have just happened to find Yu Er?

There was something fishy...

Seeing that Wenren Wan didn’t quite believe him, Mo Hua thought for a moment then sighed, revealing an expression of ”after-fear”:

”To speak truthfully, it’s also because of Yu Er’s great luck and strong fate.”

”If my luck had been just a bit worse and I hadn’t come across him, and he really had been picked up by someone else, that would have been troublesome...”

Wenren Wan’s heart jolted.

Indeed!

If Yu Er had been ”picked up” by another cultivator with ulterior motives, or one who schemed with great deliberation, then Yu Er would have been in danger!

She thought it through carefully once more and the more she thought about it, the more reasonable Mo Hua’s words seemed.

Shangguan Yi had told her before that Yu Er had been ensnared in a scheme by a powerhouse, manipulated behind the scenes, and taken from place to place, with little chance for escape...

But man’s calculations are no match for those of heaven.

By a stroke of fate and opportunity, Yu Er was instead rescued by this child, Mo Hua.

Isn’t this evidence that Yu Er’s fortunate destiny and good opportunities?

As a mother, who wouldn’t wish for their child to have a profound fate?

Wenren Wan’s heart felt comforted.

Of course, this child, Mo Hua, had ”good luck” as well.

Shouldn’t she feel relieved that Mo Hua was lucky?

If he hadn’t been lucky, he wouldn’t have been able to rescue Yu Er, and she might never have seen Yu Er again...

The more Wenren Wan thought, the more convinced she became, and she found herself nodding in agreement.

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Yu Er was truly fortunate!

If Yu Er could have such good fortune, why couldn’t Mo Hua be lucky too?

A lucky child saving a child with good fate, what could be wrong with that?

Realizing this, Wenren Wan felt assured, believed him to a great extent, and the more she looked at Mo Hua, the more she took a liking to him; her heart filled with gratitude, she sincerely said:

”Mo Hua, you have done a great service for both the Shangguan and the Wenren families. What do you wish for?”

Mo Hua was taken aback and felt somewhat embarrassed.

Saving Yu Er had been a convenient act for him, and asking for a reward now seemed a bit like... trading favor for gain?

And he had grown quite fond of Yu Er.

Aunt Wan, from the Wenren Family, had also been kind to him, even treating him to good food.

After a moment’s thought, Mo Hua decided to forego a reward, just asking them for a little help would suffice.

”Aunt Wan, can you send me to the Qian Taoist Sect?”

Although they were in the Qian Xue State Boundary, they were on the edge of the state boundary, and Qian Xue State was a fifth-grade state boundary with vast territories; it would take some time for him to get there.

If there was a delay and he was late, missing the chance to join the sect, that would be a problem.

Wenren Wan, however, misunderstood, feeling somewhat ashamed and distressed as she replied:

”The Qian Taoist Sect is one of the ’Four Great Sects’; its threshold is extremely high, and relying on the Wenren Family’s influence might be a bit difficult...”

Mo Hua was startled, then shook his head and said, ”Aunt Wan, you just need to take me there...”

Wenren Wan was puzzled, ”Take you there?”

”Yes.”

After thinking it over, Mo Hua felt that since Yu Er was kindhearted and Aunt Wan was very good, and because the Wenren Family was also a great noble clan, there seemed to be no need to keep secrets. So he continued:

”I have a Sect-Entering Order...”

Wenren Wan gasped, her voice trembling, ”You have a Sect-Entering Order from... the Qian Taoist Sect?!”