After another period of time passed, Mo Hua, through his “spy” within the Gu family, Wan Yi, learned that Uncle Gu must have already gone through the matchmaking. He then chose a time and secretly sent a message to ask Gu Changhuai:

“Uncle Gu, how was the matchmaking?”

This question was probably very annoying.

Gu Changhuai didn’t want to answer, so for a long time, there was no reply.

However, this matter also involved Ye Jin’s cause of death, so after about an hour, Gu Changhuai finally endured his discomfort and replied:

“Failed.”

“What kind of failure?” Mo Hua was puzzled. “Did the matchmaking fail, or did the ‘interrogation’ fail?”

Matchmaking failure was the most normal thing.

If the interrogation failed and no clues were found, that was the important issue.

Gu Changhuai: “Both failed.”

Mo Hua sighed: “Uncle Gu, you’re an old Court Officer too. How can such a small matter not be handled well, not even find out a single thing…”

This old and arrogant tone was exactly like the questions from an old Chief Officer.

The message order sent to Gu Changhuai made his face turn ugly for a moment.

This boy Mo Hua was truly skilled at making people angry.

Mo Hua then curiously asked:

“What did you all talk about during the matchmaking? Did you discuss family background? Spirit stone salary? Cultivation path planning? What do you think of that Flower Instructor?”

Gu Changhuai couldn’t bear it anymore. He directly closed the message order, putting it out of sight and out of mind, ignoring Mo Hua.

Mo Hua was helpless.

Uncle Gu’s tolerance still needed to improve.

He couldn’t even stand such few words, not magnanimous at all.

Since Uncle Gu didn’t say anything, he could only find another way to inquire.

Two days later, it was the ten-day rest period.

Mo Hua then personally went to the Gu family, asked around, and found Elder Gu Hong drinking tea in the living room.

When Elder Gu Hong saw Mo Hua, her eyes lit up, and she quickly greeted him:

“Mo Hua, come, I have pastries here.”

Mo Hua muttered in his heart:

I’m not a child anymore…

But he still sat next to Elder Gu Hong, drinking tea and eating the pastries Elder Gu Hong gave him.

The tea had a sweet fragrance with a slight bitterness, and the pastries were crispy with a slight sweetness. The two neutralized each other, creating a very special taste.

While eating, Mo Hua then softly asked:

“Elder Gu Hong, how was the matter of Uncle Gu’s matchmaking?”

As soon as this was mentioned, Elder Gu Hong’s face fell, looking very angry. She complained to Mo Hua:

“You say Changhuai, this person, is simply a stubborn donkey, like a blockhead, with only a good appearance.”

“When they first met, the other girl saw his handsome face and couldn’t help staring at him for a long time, her face all red. But he was like a wooden block, not saying a word.”

“This is not the most hateful part. The most hateful part is, as soon as he sat down, before drinking a few sips of tea, he put on that Court Officer aura, like interrogating a criminal, asking the girl east and west…”

“Asking what, where is your hometown, where do you live, what places have you been to usually?”

Elder Gu Hong supported her forehead with her hand, endlessly in pain, and said to Mo Hua:

“You tell me, like this, how can this matchmaking succeed?”

“I could only apologize with a smile, saying that he is busy with Court Officer affairs all day and has developed a habit, which will be fine after marriage.”

“That’s how I barely salvaged the situation, but I could also see that the girl’s face was clearly a bit ashen…”

“Alas…”

Elder Gu Hong let out a long sigh, so angry that her teeth itched.

“If he wasn’t my own nephew, I would rather sit at the door and drink the north wind than even glance at him.”

Mo Hua nodded.

Indeed, in the Court Officer, the handsome and cold Court Officer, at home, is still inevitably scolded by the elders.

“That… Elder Hong,” Mo Hua quietly asked again, “What do you think… of that ‘Flower Instructor’?”

Elder Gu Hong was startled, “What about her?”

“Mhm.” Mo Hua nodded, “I’m a bit curious, so I’m asking.”

Curious?

Elder Gu Hong thought for a moment, frowned, “Honestly, I feel something is not right…”

“Where is it not right?”

“Her makeup is too bright, her expression is a bit unnatural, when she looks at Changhuai, she has that look of craving for beauty, looking a bit…”

Elder Gu Hong lowered her voice and quietly said to Mo Hua: “A bit like a willow catkin.”

Mo Hua was thoughtful.

Elder Gu Hong pondered for a moment, then said strangely: “Her behavior is a bit not like a sect instructor, but rather like…”

She stopped halfway through her sentence, suddenly realizing that she was in front of Mo Hua, not among her group of “old sisters,” so she closed her mouth awkwardly.

“But rather like what?” Mo Hua asked, puzzled.

“Nothing,” Elder Gu Hong said, “It’s fine not to say.”

Mo Hua criticized in his heart.

When facing me, why do they all like to say half of it?

Elder Gu Hong saw that Mo Hua still wanted to ask, and quickly pushed the pastries in front of Mo Hua, “Eat the pastries, you are at the age of growing up, you need to eat more…”

When mentioning this matter, Mo Hua was a little worried.

“Elder Gu Hong, I won’t stop growing taller later, right?”

Elder Gu Hong said solemnly:

“What kind of talk is this? You just have a naturally weak body, deficient blood energy, growing a bit slower, there’s no way around that. In the future, when you cultivate and are reborn, you can definitely grow into a tall and handsome man, like Changhuai… no, even more handsome than Changhuai.”

“You have a gentle temperament, as lustrous as jade, not like Changhuai. His temperament is like a smelly stone, completely hopeless.”

Elder Gu Hong was still very angry when mentioning this matter.

“You say, with his looks, if he just opened up a bit, who knows how many warblers and swallows would surround him? Why do I have to work so hard?”

“Mud can’t hold up a wall!”

Mo Hua asked: “Then what should be done about Uncle Gu’s matchmaking hereafter?”

“What to do?” Elder Gu Hong said, “Let’s leave it like this for now. In a short time, where can I find another one for him? If he still has this stubborn temperament, I find one, he offends one, then where do I put my face?”

“Let’s just make do for now, force Changhuai to meet this girl a few more times and see if they can get along.”

Mo Hua was puzzled, “But, didn’t you say this instructor looked a bit like a ‘willow catkin’?”

“That’s true,” Elder Gu Hong pondered, “But sometimes, you can’t judge a person by their appearance, especially at the first meeting. Giving others a conclusion based solely on the first impression is always too arbitrary. Let’s see later…”

Mo Hua nodded, “That makes sense.”

He also wanted to let Uncle Gu sacrifice his “beauty” and chat with this person named Hua Ruyu a bit more, perhaps they could find other clues.

Elder Gu Hong looked at Mo Hua, her eyes showing appreciation, and said:

“Changhuai is hopeless. When you grow a bit more, I will find a way to arrange a good marriage for you.”

Mo Hua’s expression stiffened.

He didn’t expect that while innocently eating melons, he would end up eating himself.

Mo Hua softly said: “Elder, I’m not in a hurry…”

Elder Gu Hong shook her head: “You should be in a hurry. This kind of matter should be planned early.”

She said sincerely: “You are not the same as children from other families. Although you have old Mister Xun backing you, you yourself don’t have a very strong family background, and your spirit root is not very good…”

“Of course, in my eyes, you are a good child in every way, but when it comes to discussing marriage, those big families and upper sects are all very realistic. Family background and spirit root are hard limitations.”

“According to my experience, you absolutely cannot find those heavenly daughters from big families.”

“These girls are mostly proud, willful, and look down on people, not suitable for you.”

“Moreover, the bigger the family, the more rules there are, the stricter the marriage, and the more realistic. Even if the two of you like each other, you are willing and I am willing, the elders and old ancestors of the family will definitely not agree.”

“It’s useless even if you are capable.”

“After all, you are just one person. How can you compare to the accumulation of their family clan for thousands, even tens of thousands of years?”

“An arm cannot twist a thigh, let alone push a mountain.”

Elder Gu Hong sighed and thought:

“The best is a little girl from a medium-sized family, slightly lower third grade, around fourth grade, that’s most suitable.”

“Gentle temperament, considerate, knows how to care for people, preferably still an array master.”

“A bit higher, quasi-fifth grade is also okay…”

Speaking of which, Elder Gu Hong’s eyes suddenly lit up, “If you are willing, I can pick one for you in the Gu family!”

Right, why didn’t she think of this matter before?

The Gu family is just quasi-fifth grade.

She is a real power elder in the Gu family and has a certain say in the clan.

She mostly knows the backgrounds of the Gu family’s girls.

She also sees the nature and ability of this child Mo Hua.

Marrying a girl from the Gu family might keep Mo Hua in the Gu family.

Elder Gu Hong became happy and quickly asked Mo Hua:

“How about it?”

Mo Hua’s head felt a bit dizzy, “No, Elder Hong, it’s still too early for this matter.”

“It’s not early, but you don’t need to worry, just cultivate with peace of mind, I will keep an eye out for you.”

Elder Gu Hong stared at Mo Hua with bright eyes.

Mo Hua couldn’t handle it and quickly said: “I’ll go see Uncle Gu.”

He finished speaking and ran away like smoke.

Elder Gu Hong shook her head with a wry smile, didn’t bother with Mo Hua, but silently put this matter in her heart.

She pondered for a moment, and murmured:

“I need to pull a red string for him and see…”

She was originally an impatient person. She said she would do it, and she did it. Thinking of this, she immediately went back to her elder’s residence and took out the Gu family’s clan genealogy from a box.

On the clan genealogy, there was a separate page recording the names and birth dates of the Gu family’s females.

This was a secret for the family. Except for elders with her special status, no one else could casually flip through it.

Elder Gu Hong took out a red string, red light flowing in her eyes, and pulled the red string over the names of the females on the clan genealogy one by one.

“I wonder which little girl from the Gu family will have fate with Mo Hua…”

Elder Gu Hong said silently in her heart.

But after pulling for a long time, the red string didn’t move at all.

Elder Gu Hong frowned, the red light in her eyes increased, but just in the next instant, a sudden change occurred.

The red string in her hand suddenly broke.

Elder Gu Hong was astonished.

If it didn’t pull, it didn’t pull, why did it break?

There was no way. She could only take out another red string, then silently recited the heart formula, light flowing in her eyes, and continued to pull the red string for Mo Hua.

But she didn’t try many names before the red string suddenly broke again.

Elder Gu Hong didn’t believe in evil and pulled a few more times. The result was that it broke again.

Her expression then became solemn.

“Not a coincidence? Could it be…”

Elder Gu Hong’s eyes slightly narrowed. She took out a thicker red string woven with gold thread and inlaid with red jade, symbolizing ‘golden jade good marriage’.

“Today I just don’t believe it…”

Elder Gu Hong continued to pull the red string for Mo Hua.

The golden jade good marriage red string was indeed extraordinary. She tried pulling it more than ten times. Although there was no effect, the red rope was still intact.

Moreover, when pulling to the name of a direct line little girl from the Gu family, there was already a faint reaction on the red rope.

Elder Gu Hong’s expression was slightly happy, but just at this moment, a wave of heart palpitations came.

She lowered her head and saw that in an instant, a wave of illusory fresh red flame burned up, directly burning off the entire red rope…

Not only did the red rope burn, but the gold thread on the red rope also broke inch by inch, and the inlaid red jade also turned to dust.

Elder Gu Hong was stunned on the spot.

The red strings… all broke…

The golden jade good marriage also burned.

It seemed that Mo Hua’s red string did not allow her to pull it at all.

The marriage within this was simply not something outsiders could covet.

Elder Gu Hong gradually had a guess in her heart, her face pale, and she couldn’t help but murmur:

“This child Mo Hua, who will he marry in the future, is exactly what kind of terrifying person…”

On the other side, Mo Hua, who didn’t know how many red strings Elder Hong had broken, wandered around the Gu family and finally found Gu Changhuai in a remote study room.

“Uncle Gu, I talked to Elder Hong, and she decided not to arrange matchmaking for you temporarily.”

Mo Hua said straight to the point.

Gu Changhuai’s expression was somewhat doubtful, “Aunt won’t give up so easily…”

Before, Aunt Gu Hong would say every time, “I won’t bother with you anymore,” but after ten days or half a month, at most one or two months, she would say again, “I’ve picked another girl, you’ll definitely like her, find time to go see her.”

“Really!” Mo Hua nodded, “But, there’s a small condition.”

Gu Changhuai’s face showed an “as expected” look and asked: “What condition?”

“You need to meet that Flower Instructor from the Hundred Flowers Valley again and chat a bit to check for clues,” Mo Hua said.

Gu Changhuai frowned, “Is this Aunt’s condition?”

“The front part is what Elder Hong said, and the back part is what I added.” Mo Hua was very honest.

Gu Changhuai was silent.

He didn’t want to interact with boring people, especially boring women.

Mo Hua then said seriously: “This is the only remaining clue in this case so far. I’m at this age and can’t arrange matchmaking for you. Uncle Gu, if you don’t investigate, there will be another wronged soul in the world, and Senior Sister Ye Jin will die with her eyes not closed!”

Gu Changhuai was experienced, so he wouldn’t be easily provoked by Mo Hua’s few words.

But Mo Hua was actually right.

Matchmaking aside, the case must be investigated.

“Okay,” Gu Changhuai sighed, “I’ll find time to go see her again.”

Mo Hua admonished: “Be gentle, don’t put on the airs of a Court Officer, even if you have to pretend to be a graceful and elegant young master.”

Gu Changhuai glanced at Mo Hua lightly, “Or you go?”

Mo Hua smiled awkwardly: “This ‘adult’ matter is more suitable for Uncle Gu.”

After all, you are already over two hundred years old…

Gu Changhuai furrowed his brows, his face full of difficulty.

The ten-day rest period ended, and Mo Hua returned to the sect.

According to his guess, Uncle Gu would have one or two days of psychological preparation, then on the third day, he would go to appoint that Flower Instructor from the Hundred Flowers Valley.

Probably on the fourth day, they would meet.

If Uncle Gu could really find out something, it would be a matter of four or five days later.

During this period, Mo Hua mainly spent his days in Refine Demon Mountain.

In Tai Xu Sect’s cultivation courses, a new “Hunt Demon” class was opened, formally teaching disciples how to reasonably hunt and kill demonic beasts in Refine Demon Mountain.

This course was opened according to convention.

In the past, Tai Xu Sect disciples would all, at this time, that is, in their fifth year of entering the sect, formally, on a large scale, enter Refine Demon Mountain to participate in demon hunting.

Not only Tai Xu Sect, but other sects were also like this.

Foundation Building mid-stage, the first year is for consolidating cultivation, occasionally some disciples go to Refine Demon Mountain to test the waters.

In the second year, after cultivation is consolidated, the sect teaches the hunt demon course and lets disciples enter the mountain on a large scale to hunt demons.

But Mo Hua’s batch was special.

With Mo Hua, this “little senior brother” who was proficient in arrays leading them, a crowd of disciples had already been “militarizing” their hunting in Refine Demon Mountain early on.

The sect’s plan couldn’t keep up with the changes.

The elder who taught the hunt demon class had just been “hired” and immediately found himself “unemployed”.

Because there was nothing good to teach…

The things he taught, these disciples had already become very familiar with them early on, and they had even killed demons until their hands were soft.

There was no way, he could only report to the sect master.

“It’s this child Mo Hua again…”

Tai Xu Sect Master sighed.

He could hear this name from time to time.

Finally, through an elders’ meeting, the sect master specially approved the hunt demon class to advance the progress and let these disciples directly move from theory to practice, directly entering Refine Demon Mountain to hunt demons.

The hunt demon class is generally a full day.

Like this, Tai Xu Sect’s disciples, except for the ten-day rest, had extra time every ten days to stay in Refine Demon Mountain for hunting.

Mo Hua is now even more like a fish in water in Refine Demon Mountain.

Additionally, he also met Ouyang Mu and Linghu Xiao.

The hunt demon progress of Tai A Sect and Chong Xu Sect’s disciples was not so fast, but when they knew that Tai Xu Sect had already let its disciples enter the mountain on a large scale, they were also unwilling to fall behind, so they quickly caught up and also loosened restrictions.

This was the first time the three people had met since the incident in Ten Thousand Demon Valley.

Ouyang Mu and Linghu Xiao were very grateful to Mo Hua.

After all, in Ten Thousand Demon Valley, several people had faced life and death together, and in the end, they were rescued and escaped by Mo Hua, which counted as a “life and death” friendship.

“Senior Brother Mo, if you have any matters in the future, just tell me, I will certainly do it!”

Ouyang Mu’s face was serious and solemn.

Linghu Xiao also said: “Me too.”

Mo Hua waved his hand and said very generously: “It’s just a small matter, no need to mind.”

Because it was now “class” time, several people could only meet occasionally and chat a bit, they couldn’t say more.

But the relationship between the three people became more familiar.

Mo Hua also secretly gave Ouyang Mu some insights on sword forging that he had “extorted” from Jian Gu, letting him secretly look and learn to improve his sword forging skills.

Ouyang Mu looked at Mo Hua’s eyes again, just like looking at his own brother.

As for Linghu Xiao, Mo Hua directly and openly called him “Xiao Xiao”.

He had wanted to call him this for a long time, but he wasn’t so familiar with him before and was a bit embarrassed.

Linghu Xiao was a bit angry.

Perhaps this name did not conform to his lonely and proud personality at all.

It also did not conform to the temperament of a great sword cultivator who was destined to reach the peak of the sword dao in the future.

But due to Mo Hua’s “life-saving grace,” he had no room to “resist,” so he could only hold his nose and accept it.

Moreover, as Mo Hua kept calling him, he also got used to it.

Of course, up to now, only Mo Hua dared to call him “Xiao Xiao” face to face.

These two words, he also only tacitly agreed that Mo Hua could call him, not others.

After all, Mo Hua had saved his life and was different from others.

This was his bottom line as a proud sword dao genius, and also his last “stubbornness”.