Ximen Changqing was not in a hurry to release Lao Tao and Lao Mu. This was the Baiyu Mountains and there were many high-level monks. It would be troublesome if they were caught.
Not long after searching, I saw more monks escaping from a distance, including Void Refining monks, God-transforming monks, and Fusion monks.
Everyone has the same goal, which is to find and capture this running spiritual plant. All the monks understand that this thing is a treasure.
At least this is a ten thousand year elixir that channels the spirit, and the ten thousand year elixir is a valuable treasure, so the ten thousand year elixir that channels the spirit is even more precious.
One day later, Ximen Changqing met three monks who were in the late stage of refining the void, and the four of them looked not very good.
"Three fellow Taoists, I didn't find any spirit plant that can run away!"
Ximen Changqing spoke first.
"So do we!"
"Nothing found!"
"It's like running away in vain!"
The three of them spoke one after another, disappointed by this, but it was also expected.
Spiritual plants that can run away have always been a legend. Most monks only heard others say about it and have never seen it with their own eyes.
It is a very lucky thing to see a spiritual plant that can run, and luck is destined to belong to a very small number of monks.
"Four little friends, have you discovered anything?"
A monk in the middle stage of integration came out of the air with a majestic look on his face and asked seriously.
"Senior, the four of us searched for a whole day and found nothing!"
A Void Refining monk answered truthfully.
"Since you haven't found it, continue searching. If you find that spiritual plant that can run away, tell me immediately."
The monk in the middle stage of the integration very domineeringly punched four communication marks into the arms of the four people.
This communication mark also has a certain tracking function. If the four of them leave the Baiyu Mountains, the fused monk will be able to find them immediately.
After one month, the communication mark will disappear automatically and will not have any impact on the monks.
"Yes, senior!"
The four of Ximen Changqing did not resist and accepted the reality. They were afraid that it would be difficult for them to leave the Baiyu Mountains for the time being.
They came here to look for opportunities, but turned out to be other people's coolies. Ximen Changqing and the other four could only smile bitterly.
Before, they looked for spiritual plants that could run quite carefully, but at this moment, they no longer had the intention to search seriously.
Even if it is discovered, so what, after catching it, it is not in the suitor's bag, so why bother looking for it?
Ximen Changqing was not in a hurry. He stayed to see the situation first. If he wanted to leave, he could leave at any time. He would not look down on just a mid-stage integration monk.
In just three days, almost all the high-level monks from White Feather City came to the White Feather Mountains to try their luck. Even the monks from the White Feather Sect were dispatched.
However, there were not many monks sent out by the White Feather Sect. It seemed that it was just a private behavior of a few disciples and did not affect the normal search of other monks.
In the forbidden area behind Baiyu Gate, an old man sat cross-legged, exuding terrifying coercion.
He is the Supreme Elder of Baiyu Sect, Zhuge Baiyu.
Not far in front of him was a young monk in the early stages of integration. He was not nervous at all when he saw Ancestor Bai Yu.
"Ancestor, that thing has appeared again. Nearly a thousand high-level monks in Baiyu City are searching in the Baiyu Mountains, but they still haven't found it yet!"
The young monk spoke calmly.
He is none other than Zhuge Hongyu, an elite member of the Zhuge Immortal Clan, and a direct blood relative of Zhuge Baiyu.
"For this cunning guy, I have spent my whole life here, and I have laid many traps, but I just can't catch them.
Even my ancestor has only seen this thing once, and after establishing the sect, he has never seen it with his own eyes again!"
Zhuge Baiyu became angry when he thought that he had not been able to catch the running spirit plant for so many years.
Back then, he was just a monk in the late stage of cultivating the void. When he was traveling, he saw the running spirit plant in Baiyu Mountain.
He didn't recognize what kind of spiritual plant it was, so he recorded it with photo beads and captured it himself.
It's a pity that he failed and failed to catch this spiritual plant that could run away.
After returning to the fairy clan, in order to solve his doubts, he took the shadow bead to ask a clan elder who was close to him by blood.
After the clan elder saw it, he was immediately overjoyed and quickly summoned the clan's senior officials to play the photo beads again.
After that, the leader of the Zhuge Family's Tribulation Period personally led the team and set off quietly to Baiyu Mountain to look for this spiritual plant that could run away.
But these big guys have been searching for more than a hundred years in the Baiyu Mountains, and they haven't even seen the shadow of this spiritual plant.
Naturally, the leader of the clan cannot stay here forever. If other immortal clans find out about it, they will probably guess that there is a treasure here and can only quietly return to the clan.
But the Zhuge Immortal Clan was naturally unwilling to give up this treasure, so they asked Zhuge Baiyu, who discovered the spiritual plant, to leave the family and establish a sect in the Baiyu Mountains.
This sect is just a cover. Zhuge Baiyu's main task is to find and catch this spiritual plant that can run away.
Zhuge Baiyu's own strength naturally cannot catch this spiritual plant. For this reason, the Zhuge family has provided a large number of maze and trap formations. As long as the spiritual plant that can run accidentally enters the large formation, it will definitely not be able to escape.
It's just that over the years, this spiritual plant has never fallen into the formation once. The large number of high-level formations deployed by the Zhuge Immortal Clan have not played their due role at all.
These large formations would move around frequently, trapping monsters in the mountains and monks who strayed in from time to time, but they could not trap spiritual plants that could run away.
Every formation is secretly controlled by Zhuge Xian clan members. If a monk accidentally enters the formation, they will guide him through the mist and allow him to escape smoothly.
If a monster accidentally enters the formation, they will not be polite and directly introduce it into the killing array to kill the monster to obtain materials.
"Ancestor, please relax. Based on the location of this appearance, we have temporarily deployed five high-level formations. Maybe we can trap that thing!"
Zhuge Hongyu opened his mouth to comfort his ancestor.
"Hmph, if I could have caught it, I would have caught it long ago. I have given up all hope, just let fate take its course!"
Zhuge Baiyu was hit again and again and had completely given up hope.
It doesn't matter if you can't complete the task, you can always stay in Baiyu Mountain and be free and at ease, without being restricted by anyone.
Of course, it would be better if the task could be completed. Once the thing is really caught, the clan elders will be very happy. It will definitely be a great achievement.
Zhuge Baiyu is now in the middle stage of Mahayana cultivation. He believes that once he completes his mission, there is a great possibility that the family's senior officials will support his promotion to the Tribulation Stage.
"Ancestor, I have sent people to keep an eye on all the monks in the Baiyu Mountains. Once someone discovers that thing, we will receive the news immediately!"
Zhuge Hongyu told his ancestors about his arrangements.
"Okay, you do the work, don't worry, I, ancestor, you stay here to guard, I'll go out for a while!"
After Zhuge Baiyu finished speaking, he disappeared in a flash.
A moment later, Ancestor Zhuge appeared in Baiyu City and quickly found the monk surnamed Yang who was about to retreat.
"who!"
The monk surnamed Yang had just entered the cave. Before he could retreat, he felt that someone had invaded his cave. In the blink of an eye, he had entered the cave.
"Did you find that thing, little friend?"
Ancestor Bai Yu asked calmly.
"Senior Bai Yu! This junior indeed saw it. That thing ran too fast, and this junior couldn't catch it!"
The monk surnamed Yang was very nervous and answered uneasily.
"Yeah?"
Patriarch Bai Yu suddenly stepped forward, stretched out his palm to clasp the forehead of monk surnamed Yang, and used the secret soul-searching technique.
"Well, my little friend has really seen it. He has been in seclusion for thousands of years. It's not surprising that his body has died and his Taoism has disappeared!"
After the ancestor Bai Yu finished speaking, he used the fire spell to turn the monk surnamed Yang into ashes.
The monk surnamed Yang said that he had been in seclusion for thousands of years, but there were many monks who failed to break through the seclusion and died.
Besides, a thousand years is a long time. After a thousand years, no one will remember the monk named Yang, and there will be no consequences if he kills him.
After killing the monk surnamed Yang, Patriarch Bai Yu opened all the restrictions in this cave, creating the illusion that the monk surnamed Yang had begun to retreat.
In less than half an hour, Patriarch Bai Yu returned to Bai Yu Mountain and appeared in front of Zhuge Hongyu.
Like the monk surnamed Yang, many monks who had seen the spirit plant running were killed by Patriarch Bai Yu.
The reason why these monks were killed was because Ancestor Bai Yu wanted to search the souls of these monks to see where the spiritual plant had appeared, so as to lock its range of activities multiple times.
Since all the souls have been searched, naturally they cannot be kept, so as not to affect the reputation of ancestor Bai Yu, and at the same time, to prevent other monks from learning more information.
In the eyes of Patriarch Bai Yu, killing some ordinary monks for the benefit of the Zhuge Immortal Clan is nothing more than a trivial matter.
"Ancestor's matter is finished so quickly!"
Zhuge Hongyu naturally knew what his ancestor was doing. He also had no feelings for ordinary monks and would just kill them.
"Hong Yu, keep an eye on the Baiyu Mountains. Once that thing appears, tell me as soon as possible."
Ancestor Bai Yu waved his hand and asked Zhuge Hongyu to step back.
"Yes, ancestor, I understand!"
Zhuge Hongyu turned around and left, personally heading to the Baiyu Mountains and secretly monitoring all the searching monks.
Letting these monks search will save them from having to do it themselves, and the efficiency will be higher. Even if they catch the spiritual plant, they can't escape from the grasp of ancestor Bai Yu.
Five days passed, and the monks still found nothing. Some monks began to doubt what monk surnamed Yang said, thinking that they had been deceived.
"After searching for so many days, I haven't even seen a shadow. I think the man named Yang probably lied. He didn't see Lingzhi who could run away at all!"
"Over the past thousands of years, there has been so much true and false news that no one can tell the truth from the false!"
"In my opinion, the spirit plant that can run away is nothing, and it is a scam from beginning to end."
"Yes! Look at the Baiyu Sect, there are not many monks who come to search. If it is indeed true, how could the ancestor Baiyu let it go?"
"The Baiyu sect doesn't take this matter to heart. I think it's probably a lie. It's better to go back!"
"I also want to go back, but unfortunately a senior has marked me on my body, so I can't leave!"
"Me too. Senior won't let us go easily if we don't get the treasure. We should persist for a while. After a month, we will be free."
When a group of monks were having a rest, they gathered together to chat. Most of them had the intention of quitting and seriously doubted the authenticity of the matter.
"What are you doing? Why don't you continue searching quickly?"
A late-stage integration monk suddenly rushed out and scolded him sternly.
"Senior, we have been searching for many days, and indeed we have found nothing!"
"Senior, that monk surnamed Yang must have lied. There probably isn't that thing in the Baiyu Mountains!"
"Senior, please be kind and let us go back!"
Several monks looked flattering, but it was of no use at all.
"Little friends, please stop talking nonsense. I am not a arrogant person. I promised you one month, but it is only one month.
After a month, if you still haven’t found anything, you can leave as you please and go search quickly!”
The monk in the late stage of integration demanded with a serious face.
Everyone was very helpless and had no choice but to continue searching in the Baiyu Mountains.
After Ximen Changqing separated from the others, he searched in a direction alone. After confirming that there was no one around, he escaped directly underground and hid temporarily.
He entered the Jiutian space, told Lao Mu and Lao Tao about his loss, and asked them to go out and help search. Everything was done with safety in mind.
"Master, they may not be found, so let me go!"
The Holy Snow Lotus who had just transformed, also known as the Little Saint Ximen, recommended himself.
"Little Saint, you must pay attention to your safety. I will let Tuwa protect you personally. Just search slowly underground! Don't go to the surface."
Ximen Changqing warned.
"Master, you are too worried. I just need to wait quietly. There is no need to search around. If the same kind of people find my aura, they will find it on their own."
Xiao Sheng blinked his cute big eyes with a confident look on his face.
"That's good, let's go out now!"
Ximen Changqing took Xiaosheng and Tuwa out of the Jiutian Space and left them where they were, while Ximen Changqing searched nearby.
After leaving the Nine Heavens Space, the Little Saint immediately used his Perception Field to explore the distribution of spiritual plants around him.
This kind of detection is only effective for spiritual plants and has no effect on humans and monsters. Naturally, it will not be discovered by human monks and monsters.
As for the psychic plant, once it is sensed, it will be discovered immediately, and then it will be found in the direction of the sense.
"Hey! There are similar people! Could it be a trap?"
The strange spiritual plant that was half human and half tree discovered the Little Saint who was using the field of perception, but it was very alert and did not dare to approach immediately.
If it hadn't been alert enough, it would have been caught by the human monks long ago.
"Now that we've encountered it, let's go over and have a look!"
Strangely, Lingzhi always feels that this aura is very attractive to him. Even if there is a trap ahead, he will go there.
Of course, it is very aware of the large group of searching monks outside, so it will carefully walk through the ground and use the roots of plants to perform wood escape techniques.
"This breath seems to be of the same kind that is of great benefit to me. If I can stay with it, it will be of great benefit to me!"
Wei Lingzhi couldn't help it anymore and continued to get closer, even if there was danger ahead!
"Who are you!"
After getting close enough, the strange spiritual plant used the plant's roots to transmit messages to the little saint.
"My name is Ximen Little Saint. You can just call me Little Saint. My body is Saint Snow Lotus! What about you?"
Little Sage also uses plant roots to transmit sounds.