Gu Changhuai didn't respond.
After a while, Mo Hua sent another message, "Uncle Gu…"
Gu Changhuai still didn't respond.
"Is the Letter Token broken?"
"Didn't you receive it?"
Mo Hua muttered to himself and thought about it before continuing to send messages:
Perhaps unable to bear the annoyance any longer, the person on the other end finally replied:
Mo Hua: "If you're not here, who is replying to me?"
Gu Changhuai seemed to be quite irritated, and after a while, he calmed down and asked,
Mo Hua: "That black residue, have you found anything?"
"Not yet, not so fast…"
"What about Flower Gentleman's Letter Token? Is there any information on it?"
Gu Changhuai was halfway through sending his reply when he suddenly hesitated, "How did you know it was a Letter Token?"
Mo Hua: "I could tell at a glance!"
The day Flower Gentleman died in the Taoist Prison, Uncle Gu had searched Flower Gentleman's Storage Bag.
Mo Hua had been watching him closely and noticed that his expression changed when he flipped through a Jade Slip, so he guessed that the Jade Slip must have something wrong with it.
Mo Hua suspected it was a Letter Token.
Initially, he wasn't quite sure, but looking at Uncle Gu's tone now, it certainly was.
Gu Changhuai was a bit exasperated:
"Can't you find a better excuse?"
You can tell at a glance every day…
Do you have three eyes?
Mo Hua sent a message back: "These are trivial matters, don't worry about it."
Then Mo Hua quickly changed the topic: "Uncle Gu, is there any clue in the Letter Token?"
"I can't tell you that."
Gu Changhuai helplessly: "Why are you so sure there isn't?"
"I guessed, but I'm sure there isn't, the message on it must have been erased…"
Mo Hua had experience with this.
If it wasn't erased by Flower Gentleman himself, it might have been an "inside job" by someone in the Dao Court.
But it was definitely erased.
He had a Letter Token in his possession with its message erased.
It came from the man who was bald but wore a wig, and his head bore the Four Symbols Hawk Claw Formation, known as "Bald Eagle."
Mo Hua had always wanted to restore the erased text on this Letter Token.
But now, he had limited access to the Yuan Magnetic Formation and his skills were lacking, he could only try his luck with "unsealing" or "decrypting."
He still couldn't "restore" the Magnetic Patterns to recover text.
Restoring was much more complicated.
Mo Hua still hadn't figured it out.
While working in the Dao Court office, Gu Changhuai sighed.
He looked around and always felt as if Mo Hua had installed some surveillance formation nearby, watching his every move…
Or maybe this kid could predict and divine like a god…
Gu Changhuai shook his head and sighed,
"Yes, it was erased…"
Mo Hua immediately asked, "Can it be restored?"
Not sure, but not impossible to restore…
Does that mean there is a way to restore the Letter Token at the Dao Court office?
Is there at least a method to restore a Letter Token?
"How can this be restored?" Mo Hua asked earnestly.
Gu Changhuai alertly: "Why do you ask?"
Mo Hua used Magnetic Ink to create an image of a "smiley face": "I'm curious…"
Gu Changhuai: "I'm not a Formation Master."
Meaning he didn't know the specifics of how to "restore" it.
Mo Hua felt a bit disappointed but then asked, "Then who do you guys get to 'restore' the Letter Token?"
Gu Changhuai hadn't answered when Mo Hua suddenly remembered:
"Heaven Shu Pavilion?"
Gu Changhuai was startled.
Gu Changhuai: "How did you know?"
Mo Hua thought for a moment and replied, "I learned it in the Sect, the Yuan Magnetic Formation is a secret formation, not something general Formation Masters would learn."
"The external Formation Masters hired by the Dao Court may know the basic Yuan Magnetic Formation, but they most likely wouldn't know how to restore Magnetic Patterns."
"Because restoring a Letter Token involves complex Formation principles…"
He hadn't even mastered it yet…
Mo Hua muttered to himself and then continued sending messages:
"Heaven Shu Pavilion externally hired Formation Masters, couldn't 'restore' it, so we had to find the central Heaven Shu Pavilion of the Daoist Court."
"Heaven Shu Pavilion is affiliated with the Central Daoist Court and is responsible for Formation Master assessments. It's rich in Formation Study and has countless Great Formation Masters, certainly capable of 'restoring" the Letter Token..."
Mo Hua spoke logically and fluently.
Gu Changhuai was expressionless.
He didn't want to admit that his actions had all been "guessed" by Mo Hua.
But the fact was, Mo Hua guessed everything correctly, and everything he said was indeed true.
Really like a "Minor Religious Con Artist"...
Gu Changhuai: "Suppose so..."
Mo Hua curiously asked, "Can it really be 'restored'?"
Gu Changhuai: "Hard to say."
Mo Hua drew a "speechless little face."
Gu Changhuai, feeling helpless, sighed and explained:
"'Restoring' the Letter Token is quite troublesome, indeed, it has to be handled by Heaven Shu Pavilion..."
"In the Heaven Shu Pavilion of the Central Daoist Court, I have an old friend, so I entrusted the Letter Token..."
Mo Hua exclaimed, "Uncle Gu, you still have old friends?"
Such a bad temper, not good with people, yet still has old friends...
Gu Changhuai felt annoyed and sent a: "Do you still want to know?"
Mo Hua quickly behaved himself.
Gu Changhuai gathered his thoughts and continued: "I handed over the Flower Gentleman's Letter Token to Heaven Shu Pavilion, asking someone to 'restore' it..."
"But the process is long, costly, and the application procedures are complicated..."
"The Yuan Magnetic Formations are rather obscure, not all Formation Masters are proficient in it."
"And the Formation Masters who can really 'restore' a Letter Token are all prominent Great Formation Masters, with very prestigious statuses, and limited time, hardly available to handle a second-grade case for the Daoist Court, to 'restore' such a small Letter Token..."
"Moreover, the Daoist Court Officials are subordinates of the Daoist Court, in terms of status, in terms of authority, even a fifth-grade Daoist Court Official is far less prestigious than any one of the Seven Stars Pavilion within Tian Shu Pavilion..."
"Whether they're willing to help depends on their time, their mood, and also their disposition..."
Gu Changhuai said displeasedly: "Formation Masters really put on airs..."
Mo Hua said, "I'm also a Formation Master, and I don't put on airs!"
Gu Changhuai looked down with disdain: "You're not even a second-grade Formation Master, are you?"
"I have the capability of a second-grade, just haven't been assessed yet."
"Oh," Gu Changhuai said noncommittally, "Every unassessed Formation Master says that."
Mo Hua snorted coldly, deciding not to explain to Uncle Gu, this "Formation illiterate."
Mo Hua said, "If... Heaven Shu Pavilion there doesn't want to 'restore' this Letter Token, let me try..."
Gu Changhuai paused for a long time on the other side, no reply.
After who knows how long, he replied with a single word:
Mo Hua felt the strong doubt.
He was somewhat unconvinced.
Don't underestimate the young due to poverty.
Although he didn't know how yet, he had already learned to unseal and decrypt, further 'restoring' magnetic patterns was only a matter of time.
He just needed to study a bit more himself.
Mo Hua snorted coldly.
Once he truly learned how to 'restore' magnetic patterns, Uncle Gu would probably have to watch his "mood."
He was a Supervisor, dealing with cases every day, sooner or later he would encounter a situation requiring the restoration of a Letter Token, by then he would definitely come asking for help...
Thinking of Uncle Gu asking him for help, Mo Hua felt slightly victorious.
But for now, since he didn't know how, he still needed to keep a low profile.
Mo Hua: "I'm learning it..."
Gu Changhuai didn't know what to say, so he replied noncommittally again:
"Fine, talk when you've learned it..."
"I'm busy, don't bother me anymore."
Gu Changhuai finished speaking and added two more lines:
"Contact me only if it's urgent!"
"This Letter Token isn't meant for you to chat with!"
After that, Gu Changhuai disappeared from the conversation.
He was discussing serious matters...
At most, he was just a bit talkative...
What could be more serious than catching clues about Fire Buddha?
If not this, what else could they talk about?
Mo Hua shook his head.
Uncle Gu, what a man, no wonder he's so unpopular, nobody wants to play with him.
It's only because I'm kind-hearted that I don't mind his bad temper...
Although I don't mind it, I can't be looked down upon either.
Mo Hua decided to set aside other matters for now and learn how to 'restore' the Letter Token first.
One must stand up for oneself.
Eventually, he would show Uncle Gu some "color."
And Uncle Gu had also said that this kind of magnetic pattern 'restoration' only Great Formation Masters from Heaven Shu Pavilion could do.
Only Great Formation Masters!
Then he must learn it too! To become a "Great Formation Master" in the future!
Mo Hua nodded, then began flipping through the Merit Scrolls and some Yuan Magnetic Formation Books, studying the principles of magnetic pattern 'restoration' in the Letter Token.
He wanted to deepen his understanding of Yuan Magnetic Formations based on the knowledge of unsealing and decrypting, and grasp more profound applications of formation principles...