"Dao Court Office..."
Mo Hua's expression turned grave. He muttered, "So according to you, Guishui Gate colluded with the Dao Court Office and secretly made a move against you?"
"That's right."
Mo Hua asked doubtfully, "How did you know all this?"
Guishui Gate was one thing.
But the Dao Court Office ran deep. Even if there were some dirty dealings within, it was not something a Water Prison Sect descendant, a stray dog with no home, could know.
The old man sneered. "Don't forget what the Water Prison Sect came from. The 'prison' in Water Prison Sect originally came from 'Dao Prison.' Water Prison Sect cultivators throughout the generations all served in the Dao Court Office. We specialized in pursuit and apprehension, held the power of punishment, and were even secretly treated as the Dao Court Office's running dogs. All the dirty work was handed to the Water Prison Sect. How could I not know the filth within the Dao Court Office?"
"Besides, Guishui Gate was originally something the Water Prison Sect used to borrow a corpse and return its soul. Its collusion with the Dao Court Office is perfectly normal."
"I was hunted down, and the Yu Family descendants were exterminated. On the surface, there is no sign of the Dao Court Office's hand in any of it, but to an insider like me, the Dao Court Office's shadow is everywhere."
Mo Hua said, "The situation within the Dao Court Office must be complicated too. Cultivators from different aristocratic families and sects are all mixed together. It can't all be painted with the same brush."
"The Dao Court Office is a great dye vat," the old man said. "Once you enter it, sooner or later you will be dyed by it. What color you were before entering—does that matter?"