Chapter 2856 - 143: Elder You
Chapter 2856: Chapter 143: Elder You
"Being watched?"
Elder You felt a slight chill in his heart. He stood up, walked around the room, released his Divine Sense to check inside and outside, but still found nothing, causing his eyebrows to furrow tightly:
"Indeed, there’s no one..."
"It can’t be, is there really an old monster watching me?"
Elder You shook his head, touched the item in his sleeve, and his gaze turned obscure. After a moment, he sighed quietly:
"Forget it, the important matter is urgent..."
He placed a Jade Slip under the teacup, then flicked his sleeve and stood up, gradually walking away, soon disappearing into the distant valley.
The teahouse fell silent in an instant, with no sign of human presence.
Nor was there anything unusual.
After half a day had passed, there was still no movement.
In the void, shadows swayed, and Elder You’s figure unexpectedly appeared again.
He seemed to have never left.
Elder You approached the Jade Slip and examined it for a moment.
This Jade Slip contained some crucial information, emitting a strong Cause and Effect fluctuation.
Others might not know, but someone well-versed in Cause and Effect can notice it at a glance.
However, he had left the Jade Slip there for half a day, and there were no signs of it being tampered with, nor were there any indications of Secret Technique surveillance.
Elder You frowned, pondering in his heart:
"I hid my figure with the Jinxiu Invisible Garment from the Hua family. With the treasure gifted by the ancestor, I concealed my aura, so it’s impossible for anyone to detect it."
"And in this Jade Slip, I wrote down some grand secrets. Even though they’re just fragments, hard to interpret, the power of Cause and Effect is strong. If someone is really hidden in the dark, whether out of ’curiosity’ or ’calculating wisdom,’ they wouldn’t be able to resist..."
Now that he pretended to leave, lurking for half a day, and still gained nothing.
This indicates that indeed... there should be no one here?
Thinking about this, Elder You felt a bit frustrated and regretful.
In this era of great turmoil, the situation changes rapidly, everyone is busy laying out plans, and every moment is extremely precious.
Yet here he was, wasting half a day just to catch a "non-existent" fish.
Time is gold coins.
Time is Spirit Stones.
Feeling somewhat vexed, Elder You retrieved the Jade Slip and no longer delayed, wearing his raincoat and activating his movement technique to leave.
...
From a distance, Mo Hua watched all of this with a calm gaze.
His gaze was as steady as water, yet his heart was far from calm, even tormented to a certain extent.
Tormented by curiosity.
Tormented by a Taotie-like, greedy craving for unknown Cause and Effect.
He truly wanted to seize the Jade Slip left by Elder You.
Although he didn’t know its contents nor what Elder You had recorded, the "desire" in Mo Hua’s heart couldn’t lie based on his instinct for Cause and Effect.
But Mo Hua still restrained himself.
He knew Elder You was "fishing" him.
Even these tricks of Elder You were ones Mo Hua had long since played out.
Yet, despite this, Mo Hua’s heart was still uncomfortable, filled with a torment of "wanting what he couldn’t have."
The reason bait can catch fish is because, to the fish, the bait is indeed delicious and has an irresistible allure.
The "bait" Elder You left behind continually stirred Mo Hua’s heart.
Until Elder You left, Mo Hua’s heart still couldn’t help but flutter.
The "bait" Elder You left behind might not be real.
But Mo Hua knew that, even if the "bait" from Elder You was false, empty, meant to tempt him, the taste of Cause and Effect wouldn’t deceive; the Hua family was definitely scheming for something larger in terms of Cause and Effect.
The Hua family was profiting from the war.
But it seemed it wasn’t just that simple.
Mo Hua turned his head again, looking at the now vanished figure, slightly plump and seemingly amiable, thoughtful in his expression.
He hadn’t expected to encounter Elder You here.
From the Demon Sect at the Qian Learning State Boundary to the Great Wilderness Sect in Great Desert City, to now this Wildland surrounded by famine, Elder You’s figure was prevalent.
This slightly plump, inconspicuous-looking Elder You had an extensive range of actions and involved himself in too many events, definitely not a common person.
His status with the Hua family might also not be simple.
Mo Hua’s eyes flashed, knowing it wasn’t suitable to linger here, and he made no further delay, maintaining his invisible state as he quietly left.
...
After leaving, back at the main hall of the Witch Priest Hall in Shugubu, with no one around, Mo Hua finally calmed down to contemplate the ins and outs of these matters and plan his next move.
Firstly, there was Jin Wutu.
Mo Hua previously knew that this person was a crucial "trigger," so he spared his life from Lugu’s hands.
But now it seems he underestimated Jin Wutu.
The "role" he plays in these events is quite significant.
Moreover, he’s not simply a "traitor" of Shugubu.
He’s a "barbarian traitor."
An inside agent of the Barbarian Tribes, ashamed of his origins and wholeheartedly aspiring to the Tao Cultivation "Holy Land" of Taoist State, wishing to be reborn and change his fate.
This Jin Wutu cannot be killed for the time being.
He’s Elder You’s "pawn." Killing him would make it impossible to see Elder You’s stratagem.
Then... what about Elder You?
Can Elder You be killed?
Mo Hua indeed harbored murderous intent towards Elder You.
Elder You is a member of the Hua family, a roaming "living pawn," perhaps also a person pulling strings for the Hua family’s ancestor, of vital importance.