Chapter 1313: Entangled Heart and Love

"Which geniuses are there?" Mo Hua couldn't help but ask.

"This... many..." Director Chief Huangfu said, "There are some from all prefectures, and some from the Dao Prefecture have also come, but specifically which people, it's not within my director's duties, so I rarely ask..."

The Dao Court's authority is very large, and the Seven Pavilions are also large in scale, with a very fine division of labor.

Working in the Seven Pavilions, everyone does their own thing, and just doing their own thing well is very busy.

Other things, they might not have the leisure to manage.

Moreover, these aristocratic family children are geniuses, arrogant and proud, and their composition is complex. They are experiencing things on the front line.

Director Chief Huangfu is responsible for coordinating affairs in the rear.

The two sides almost have no intersection, so naturally, they don't know much.

Mo Hua nodded.

He also understood why when he told True Person Hua before that he was experiencing things and got lost and entered the wilderness by mistake.

True Person Hua and other dignitaries didn't have too many doubts.

Because indeed, many sect and aristocratic family disciples are experiencing things in the Great Wilderness.

A sect disciple, on the way to experience things, getting separated due to the chaotic war and entering the wilderness by mistake, is not a strange thing.

Even at this very moment, there might be sect disciples on the front line, fighting the Great Wilderness Wang Ting.

This is war; anything can happen.

Mo Hua thought for a moment and asked again: "Aristocratic families participated in the war, has there been any progress in the war?"

Director Chief Huangfu nodded, "The Dao Court is unified, and its power is the strongest. But major aristocratic families and sects are also giants, with deep foundations. Once they gather under the Dao Court's order, their strength is extraordinary."

"Under the Dao Court's fury, the aristocratic families surrounded and suppressed them, and the Great Wilderness Wang Ting couldn't withstand this momentum, retreating steadily. Our army pressed in, and now, looking at the momentum of the advance, it is estimated that in less than half a year, we will be able to kill into the Wang Ting and execute the rebels..."

Mo Hua was shocked and lost in thought.

"So we are now, outside the Great Wilderness Wang Ting?"

"Not quite," Director Chief Huangfu shook his head, "Distance to the Great Wilderness Wang Ting is still several thousand miles, separated by several mountain boundaries, but according to the momentum of the advance, it is estimated that in less than half a year, we will be able to kill into the Wang Ting and execute the rebels..."

Mo Hua's heart was shocked, lost in thought.

Seeing Mo Hua's appearance, Director Chief Huangfu suddenly realized that he might have said a bit too much without knowing it.

No way, chatting with this kind and easygoing Mo junior brother, he couldn't stop his words without knowing it.

"Can't say anymore..." Director Chief Huangfu sighed, "Affairs are numerous, I still have to be busy. The job of director can't escape a life of toil."

Mo Hua also knew he couldn't disturb Director Chief Huangfu's official duties anymore, so he said: "Director Chief Huangfu has worked hard."

Mo Hua thought for a moment and added: "When you have time, I will treat you to good tea."

Director Chief Huangfu nodded happily, "Good."

Mo Hua treating him to tea, as long as he had time, he was still very willing to go.

"Oh, right." Director Chief Huangfu exhorted again, "I will send someone to find the wild grass you want, but you must not go out yourself; outside... it's not that safe."

Many people are eyeing this junior brother of his whose origin is unknown, not knowing what kind of schemes they have.

Director Chief Huangfu didn't say much, just lightly pointed this out.

Mo Hua nodded, "Okay, I know, thank you, Senior Brother Chief Huangfu."

Afterward, the two left separately, and Mo Hua returned to his guest room to rest.

And Director Chief Huangfu, worthy of being a Heavenly Power Pavilion director, did things in an orderly manner, and in less than half a day, he had someone deliver a dozen storage bags of wild grass to Mo Hua.

He didn't know which kind of wild grass Mo Hua specifically meant.

Therefore, he plucked a lot of every kind of wild grass.

Mo Hua picked the suitable wild grass and began to weave the Great Wilderness Straw Dog Life Technique day and night.

Straw dogs can block disasters for him.

For every additional straw dog, the risk of his Golden Core formation decreases by one point.

Therefore, the more straw dog life techniques, the better.

But in the process of weaving straw dogs, Mo Hua often felt that his cause and effect were in a state of constant fluctuation.

Ever since he was darkly calculated last time, Mo Hua's perception of cause and effect seemed to be getting more and more sensitive.

It seemed that in the dark, many people were stirring, many pairs of eyes were staring at him, wanting to dig out his secrets.

But these "eyes" were all hovering outside his life destiny, seemingly fearing something, not daring to swarm up, not daring to truly step into the "thunder pool" and devour his secrets completely.

These people also seemed to realize that Mo Hua's cause and effect could be coveted with a glance.

But truly getting involved would mean certain death.

It's just that there is no wall that doesn't leak in the world.

There is only the thief who steals for a thousand miles, not the thief who guards for a thousand miles.

On this day, Mo Hua was lying on the table, using his nimble hands to weave straw dogs, when his heart stirred, and his gaze narrowed.

He felt that his cause and effect seemed to have been touched by something...

Or it was like being pulled by something, so it leaked a little...

Privy Chamber.

The busy Director Chief Huangfu and Director Shangguan gathered together again, and True Person Brother Zhuge was also present.

In front of them lay a jade slip.

Inside the jade slip, some news was written:

"Mo Hua..."

"Profound Void Gate little senior brother... it is rumored that he is from a loose cultivator background in the Li Prefecture, but in reality, he is very likely the 'illegitimate son' of some Old Ancestor."

"He used the identity of a loose cultivator to cover people's eyes and ears, and joined the Profound Void Gate... After entering the gate, he quickly received the personal instruction of the Profound Void Xun Old Ancestor in formation arts, and was doted on and indulged————"

A line of small characters was noted at the back, the handwriting was scribbled, and the person writing seemed to have great resentment:

"Lying to ghosts? If he is a loose cultivator, I will eat my own life sword..."

The main text continued afterward:

"This child is a bully of the Profound Void Gate, holding the title of 'little senior brother', doing the things of a Crown Prince in the sect, lawless and unruly."

"The inner and outer gate elders are all unwilling to offend him. Fellow disciples of the same generation must all listen to his words, being ordered about by him, not daring to disobey..."

"And this child's greatest contribution is the champion of the Ganxue Dao Discussion formation arts."

"It is rumored that he monopolized this formation arts champion title twice, and there are unspeakable shady dealings inside."

"And in the contention of the Sword Discussion Assembly, there were also many fellow disciple geniuses, such as the Chong Xu sword genius Linghu Xiao, the Profound Tai direct descendant Sect Ouyang Xuan, etc., acting as his vanguard. Under the stars holding the moon, this child's performance was also very excellent..."

"But during the period, it seems that a great turmoil was caused. Even ten years later, when the elders of the Dao Discussion Mountain mention this child, their expressions change drastically..."

"In addition, this child is arrogant and domineering, his methods are despicable, his popularity is extremely poor, and he has many enemies in the Four Major Sects and Eight Great Gates."

"Privately, people often say: The Sword Discussion can be lost, but Mo Hua must die! Killing Mo Hua once, one can die without regrets! It can be seen that his sins are deep, and his actions are hair-raising..."

True Person Brother Zhuge and the two directors looked at the jade slip, then raised their heads to look at each other, their expressions complex.

"This is talking about... Mo Hua?"

"Should be, the name is written on it..."

"Truly, one cannot judge a person by their appearance..." True Person Brother Zhuge muttered, "Is this brat really this bad?"

Director Shangguan was helpless, "Rumors only, how can they be taken seriously?"

"These 'rumors'... where did they come from?" True Person Brother Zhuge asked, "The documents are all sealed. We didn't find anything."

Director Chief Huangfu said: "I was worried that someone would harm our Mo junior brother, so I had some subordinates pay attention to the movements of the aristocratic families, and then discovered that the aristocratic families seemed to have truly dug up some news about Mo junior brother."

Director Shangguan also sighed: "Moreover, what is sealed in the documents is the record of words, and it can't seal people's mouths."

"A person opens their mouth, and everything is said."

"Mo junior brother's documents were mostly sealed by someone in the upper echelons on purpose. But no matter how important he is, he hasn't reached the point of killing to seal his mouth."

"As long as you find relevant people who know him, you can still find out quite a bit of news."

"It's just that there are many mouths, and in this place of the Great Wilderness, collecting news about Ganxue requires quite a bit of time and effort..."

True Person Brother Zhuge pondered, "Then these rumors actually have a basis?"

Director Shangguan said: "Other things are hard to say, but the formation arts champion and the excellent Sword Discussion, these should be relatively 'publicly recognized'."

The evaluation of a person's good or evil might have subjective bias.

But the specific titles are relatively "publicly recognized".

Moreover, they all studied at the Profound Void Gate, and knew the extraordinary significance of the "champion" title in the Ganxue Dao Discussion Assembly, so it couldn't be misreported.

"Sword Discussion aside—we can still see Mo junior brother's cultivation foundation clearly, it is indeed... a bit shabby..." Director Chief Huangfu's expression was tactful, and then said, "But this formation arts... two-time formation arts champion, real or fake?"

Director Shangguan frowned and shook his head, "Logically speaking, it shouldn't be... A hundred years have

In their time, they wouldn't even dare to think about this.

This is the leader of the formation path, not a Chinese cabbage.

In their time, after working hard to cultivate for nine years and discussing the Dao once, whoever could become the leader of the formation path was already something that brought honor to their ancestors and was very extraordinary; the entire family would spread your name, and your name could even be gilded on the genealogy.

And he could get it twice?

A hundred years have passed; has the talent in the Ganxue Prefecture withered so severely?

The key is, they have all met Mo Hua; although he is a good person and everyone likes him, he doesn't seem like that kind of peerless formation genius who "shocks the world and makes ghosts and gods weep."

True Person Brother Zhuge said: "He must have gone through the back door..."

Director Chief Huangfu was helpless, "Don't say it so harshly... he is our junior brother after all..."

"Without going through the back door, it would be impossible for him to participate in the Dao discussion twice directly. In our time, one person could only participate once."

"I guess... he walked some connections."

Director Chief Huangfu and Director Shangguan didn't speak, but in their hearts, they could mostly only find this one explanation.

But then another problem arose...

"Is our Grand Void Gate's face that big? Can we walk through such a big back door?"

"Indeed... this is the Ganxue Dao Discussion Assembly."

"Aren't we the number one sect in Ganxue? We have great power now; creating a 'formation genius' from a loose cultivator background doesn't seem like a difficult task, right?"

"Calculating by time, this was before the three sects merged. At that time, the Grand Void Gate wasn't the number one sect yet."

"That is... Old Master Xun's face is too big?"

"That's not quite right either... is Old Master Xun that kind of person?"

The three frowned, thinking back and forth, and all felt it wasn't very reasonable.

As for the description of "Sword Discussion Winner," it looked even more fake; they didn't know from which angle to understand it.

"Alright, let's end this matter here..." After a moment, Director Chief Huangfu put away the jade slip and sighed: "Don't tell Junior Brother Mo, so as not to make him unhappy."

"Everyone just needs to understand in their hearts about going through the back door."

"Who let him be our 'little ancestor'..."

"Moreover, he is only a disciple; in many cases, he can't make the decisions either."

"Junior Brother Mo is a good person, kind to others, that is enough; everything else is just empty names and rumors, no need to take them seriously..."

True Person Brother Zhuge and Director Shangguan both nodded slightly, lost in thought.

"There is a serious matter, though," Director Chief Huangfu suddenly looked at True Person Brother Zhuge, "Have you checked the golden needle in Junior Brother Mo's head?"

"That's right," Director Shangguan also looked at True Person Brother Zhuge, "You haven't gotten used to being idle and gotten lazy again, not taking Junior Brother Mo's matter to heart, have you?"

True Person Brother Zhuge's expression was displeased.

They have been friends for over a hundred years. As a result, now, these two are calling him Junior Brother Mo one after another, not trusting him at all.

Sure enough, the Seven Pavilions is not a good place; it makes people become sophisticated and sycophantic.

True Person Brother Zhuge snorted coldly in his heart and slandered them a few times, but he didn't pay too much attention to it.

Moreover, this matter is indeed very tricky.

True Person Brother Zhuge frowned, "I haven't found it for the time being; the needle the Hua family used seems a bit strange."

Director Chief Huangfu and Director Shangguan looked at each other, "Even you can't find it?"

True Person Brother Zhuge wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he said, "Forget it, I'll talk about it when I find it."

The expressions of the two directors also became serious, and they nodded, "Good."

"If this golden needle really can't be taken out and Junior Brother Mo has some mishap, we really won't be able to answer to the Old Ancestor."

True Person Brother Zhuge's gaze was solemn, "Indeed..."

After returning to the temporary cave dwelling, the dashing True Person Brother Zhuge lay in an elegant green wood chair and began to flip through various magic treasures and catalogs treasured by the Brother Zhuge family, looking for treasures similar to the golden needle in Mo Hua's brain.

His personality is idle, but when he truly does things, he is extremely serious.

Amidst the swirling fragrance, after burying his head and flipping through for three days, True Person Brother Zhuge finally found a name in an ancient scroll...

Looking at this name, True Person Brother Zhuge's brows were tightly furrowed:

"How could it be... this thing..."

"Heart-Entangling, Emotion-Inducing, Desire-Falling Needle?"

Inside the Privy Chamber, not only was Mo Hua stunned, but even Director Chief Huangfu and Director Shangguan were filled with unbelievable shock.

True Person Brother Zhuge nodded.

Mo Hua didn't understand, "How could it be this thing?"

It didn't sound proper just by hearing the name.

And...

"Why did the Hua family put this needle in me..." Mo Hua asked blankly, "Are they sick?"

True Person Brother Zhuge pondered for a moment and said: "You have heard of the four words 'Desire is a bottomless pit,' right."

Mo Hua nodded.

True Person Brother Zhuge said slowly: "The so-called 'desire' is fused with emotion, arises from the heart, controls a person's thoughts, and leads to actions... It contains both good and evil, is difficult to distinguish between right and wrong, and is a chaotic mess; only then is it human desire."

"All of a person's actions originate from unclear and chaotic desires."

"And a person's desires, the small part that can be perceived on the surface, is just the tip of the iceberg; most desires are hidden in the darkness, like a chasm in human nature, deep as an abyss; this is the 'desire pit'."

"When you were sealed by the golden needle, the chasm-like thing you perceived was the manifestation of the 'desire pit'."

"Once the human heart is blocked by the 'desire pit,' it will sink into desire, and reason and conscience will gradually be extinguished."

"The ancients said: 'Preserve heavenly principles, extinguish human desires.'"

"Conversely, if human desires are preserved, then heavenly principles are extinguished. The more prosperous human desires are in the world, the more heavenly principles are extinguished."

Mo Hua frowned, "But... what does this have to do with me?"

True Person Brother Zhuge said slowly: "Heavenly principles, conscience, reason, these can also be called... 'divinity' if you use another way of saying it."

"The more a person seeks heavenly principles, seeks laws, and seeks the Great Dao, the stronger the divinity in their heart becomes."

"Therefore, if human desires are incited, conversely, it can isolate 'divinity'."

"The Hua family used this 'Heart-Entangling, Emotion-Inducing, Desire-Falling Needle' on you to use the deep and bottomless 'desire pit' to stand in your heart, isolate your reason, disturb your mind, confuse your emotions; in other words, it is also... forcibly isolating your divinity."

"These things sound simple, but it is an extremely ancient and profound cultivation 'heart theory'."

"This golden needle is also not an ordinary treasure; the Hua family was willing to use it on you, most likely because they were certain..."

True Person Brother Zhuge looked deeply at Mo Hua, "... that you are... the Great Wilderness Divine Blessing himself!"