The Taoist didnât care if the child was truly the Luo Familyâs young heir or if this was a trap.
Once he sensed the child had Buddha Light, he focused on seizing it.
He entered the residence and found that the inhabitants were ordinary people.
The place had guardians, and maids and servants, but the childâs parents were nowhere to be seen.
He also didnât care if the house belonged to the Luo Family or if these people were child-stealing thieves.
The Taoistâs only thought was to take the childâs lifespan, to seize the Buddha Light from the child.
He operated in the shadows, using Evil Magic discreetly.
Chanting softly, he could only employ makeshift methods here, ensuring no one noticed.
He couldnât just openly snatch it.
The Taoist acted sneakily, using bewildering techniques, so the ordinary people in the room didnât notice anything amiss.
In the morning, a woman with a wrapped head quietly arrived.
If Madam Huang were present, sheâd recognize this woman as a sister-in-law from her motherâs family.
This woman had given birth around the same time as Madam Huang, but her child was born a month early.
She was merely a concubine.
The legitimate sister-in-law had birthed only a girl, intending to raise the concubineâs son as her own.
Madam Huangâs scheme would require her familyâs awareness and cooperation.
Her brother had no interest in such swaps.
The sister-in-law from Madam Huangâs maternal family, however, had a notion that since it wasnât her son, and with her sister-in-law wanting to swap her own child, why shouldnât she swap the concubineâs child?
As long as the child brought wealth and glory to the Huang Family and their marriage.
Who cared if it wasnât royal blood?
The sister-in-law came to check on the child, hesitant to take him back, fearing her sister-in-law might return home and discover the auspiciousness on the child had been taken away.
She planned to take the child after Young Master Luoâs investigation yesterday, thinking today was safe.
Young Master Luo had already searched the residence yesterday, and no one would likely search again today.
The sister-in-law from Madam Huangâs family couldnât wait and planned to take the child today.
When she entered the room, she didnât realize there were strangers inside.
The Taoist, hiding, noticed the fake Luo Baojun radiated luck and auspicious Qi, but couldnât extract these from him.
Yet, he was determined to leave with the child to enhance his own cultivation.
He no longer cared if he returned to the Taoist Temple, as long as he could use the child to advance his cultivation.
With the child, he planned to wander the world, keeping the Taoist Temple unaware.
It didnât matter whose child this was, as long as he took the child far away, the others wouldnât be able to track him.
Taoists naturally could roam cities, even across the nation or the world.
They didnât require travel permits.
In this country, with the State Preceptor being a Taoist, Taoists were more respected than monks.
The Huang family was ordinary, lacking martial strength.
The guards were just amateurs, incapable of matching the Taoistâs luck-based cultivation abilities.
The enemy used bewildering techniques to trap them within the estate.
While they remained trapped, unaware the child had been taken.
Though their entrapment was limited, during this time the Taoist, unimpeded, could employ his abilities and transport means to leave the place.
The Taoist carried a bundle, and this time he hired a carriage instead of traveling by horse.
Initially descending the mountain quietly, without a horse, leveraging his abilities; now, he hired a carriage, carrying a box with the child inside.
Carriage companies took jobs as long as they were paid, without concern.
It was simply transporting from one town to another, merely dozens of miles apart.
The place they were at was within the city, heading to another town, a journey of merely half a day.
The substantial payment ensured delivery, with funds secured at the carriage company until completion.
This arrangement guarded against mountain bandits or villains.
They demanded more deposit money than the fare itself.
The Taoist had ample funds, shared earnings from their Taoist Temple, with generous donations from incense visitors for each mission.
Hiring a carriage posed no issue.
Yet, he harbored murderous thoughts, considering eliminating the coachman to take the carriage.
As long as the coachman wouldnât ruin his plot, upon reaching a remote, wild area, he planned just to knock him out instead of killing, leaving him bewildered upon awakening, unsure of his whereabouts.
The Taoist wished to travel farther, not staying too close, as the Taoist Temple could find him quickly.
He also feared the family reporting the abduction to authorities, who might soon search for him.
In hiring the carriage, he had already disguised himself somewhat.