The party returned in a grand procession to Immortal City at last. Elder Yu dismissed the others and kept Mo Hua behind, along with Mo Shan, Yu Chengyi, Yu Chengwu, and Zhang Lan of the Dao Court Office.
Elder Yu brought everyone to the guest hall of the South City Artifact Refining Guild. There was no one around, and arrays isolated the place, making it relatively hidden.
Everyone knew what Elder Yu wanted to do, and their expressions were somewhat grave.
Elder Yu took a sip of tea, then asked Mo Hua, "In Deep Mountain, were there really Sinful Cultivators?"
Mo Hua handled matters with a sense of propriety. Since he had been delayed in Deep Mountain for so long, he must have discovered something.
Thinking of the earlier conjectures about Deep Mountain, Elder Yu suspected that what Mo Hua had said before was very likely true. In the depths of Great Black Mountain, there really was a band of Sinful Cultivators hidden away, and their power was probably not small.
But Mo Hua shook his head. "They weren't Sinful Cultivators."
Elder Yu was slightly startled, then let out a breath of relief.
As long as they weren't Sinful Cultivators...
"They were Evil Cultivators," Mo Hua said.
"How many?"
"But you're an Array Master. The arrays I laid just happened to make it easier for you to distinguish directions."
This map was detailed and meticulous. The Evil Cultivators' residences, the prison cells where people were held, even the kitchen were all marked on it.
"There's more?" Zhang Lan could not help saying. "Just how much intelligence did you gather? You're still not done... Don't tell me you've already figured out Yanguina inside and out."
Zhang Lan nodded, thinking that it was fortunate Mo Hua was an Array Master. Otherwise, how