Who Brought Him into the Cultivation World?

Chapter 423: Chapter 365: Searching for the Wood Spirit!

”I’m done with this!”

As night fell, Minzhou Prefecture became hazy under the moonlight, and the elder of Langya Mountain spoke angrily.

The night scenery was beautiful, but surviving on the northwest wind was not.

He had searched the entire day without finding anything, and one could imagine how terrible he felt inside at the moment.

As he finished speaking, an elder from the Qinglan Sect arrived, also complaining loudly.

He had never suffered like this before.

”I’m going back to the sect, you all can play by yourselves!”

It seemed like they had made an agreement; elders from the sect appeared one after another, even Ou Mingdong came along carrying a nearly decomposed corpse.

The Great Elder of Piaomiao City shook his head, seemingly helpless, ”I have limited abilities. It seems the pills have nothing to do with me, and I can’t find them.”

The Great Elder of Dragon and Phoenix Palace similarly spoke unhappily, ”They only said it’s a Spirit Body, without a single clue. How do we find it? It’s simply ridiculous.”

”Amitabha, I want to go back to cultivate quietly.”

The Grand Monk from Galan Temple clasped his hands together and shook his head.

Seeing that one after another was giving up, the remaining elders of Star Moon Pavilion and Mo Family were a bit anxious.

”If all of you are giving up, then I’m even more powerless, goodbye!”

The words of the elder from Mo Family were echoed by the Great Elder of Star Moon Pavilion.

Now only Elder Luo from Nanli Sword Studio remained, as for the one from Unparalleled Tower, he was still in a corpse state, and no one asked for Ou Mingdong’s opinion.

Ou Mingdong dared not make decisions for his master, so he simply listened quietly as the seniors spoke.

Elder Luo also seemed exhausted, glanced at everyone, and mumbled, ”You bunch of fools keep searching slowly, I’m leaving.”

It was like a signal; following his departure, elders flew off in different directions one by one.

In a moment, only the dumbfounded Ou Mingdong and the dead master behind him were left...

Had they really gone?

A gust of cold wind woke him up, and Ou Mingdong shivered; he also missed Su Wanjun a bit, so leaving was naturally a good option.

But his master’s current state was indeed unfit for travel, besides, if they were to leave, they should decide once he woke up.

Thinking this through, he decided to first head back to the city to make do, at least until his master was ready by daylight.

So he carried his master and continued towards Minzhou City; he moved slowly, and the Great Elder of Unparalleled Tower was almost curled up, afraid to fly too hastily.

When he rushed back to the city gate, something unbelievable happened.

Almost simultaneously, eight streaks of light flashed, then paused mid-air at the city gate.

The group looked at each other with wide eyes, falling into an awkward silence.

Ou Mingdong also felt awkward, damn it, he should have entered earlier or arrived a moment later.

Seeing the seniors so awkward, he felt immense pressure!

Elder Luo was the first to break the silence, gritting his teeth, ”Weren’t you all leaving?”

”Weren’t you the first to go?”

The Great Elder of Piaomiao City raised an eyebrow in mockery, but unexpectedly got pierced by the Grand Monk’s rebuke, ”Amitabha, hadn’t you given up?”

”Old monk, weren’t you going to cultivate quietly?”

”Weren’t you giving up?”

”Weren’t you done playing?”

...

A group of people started accusing each other noisily, and Ou Mingdong dug his toes into the ground in embarrassment, not because he was embarrassed, but because the seniors’ awkwardness crashed over him.

Though speaking ill of seniors might not be proper, his master was right; each of them was as cunning as a monkey.

He understood the seniors’ plan; each one truly gave up, but pretended to leave.

Wasn’t it just to fool others into leaving, leaving oneself to chase Han Yu for sure without competition?

Their plans were all good, the only oversight was not imagining everyone had the same thoughts.

”Damn it, you all have a hundred and eighty ideas, doing this means continuing to search tomorrow.”

”Humph!”

Elder Luo was the most ridiculous, the first to feign departure, yet now the first to accuse others, and after a disdainful hum at them, he entered the city.

The rest didn’t waste words, throwing a glare at each other and then left.

Ou Mingdong wiped off cold sweat, thinking the seniors’ skills at bearing their faces were truly impressive, their tactics one after another, he must wait for his master to come alive before engaging with them.

Young like him shouldn’t get involved, in terms of cunning, he’d definitely lose to these guys.

...

Han Yu originally found an inn and was bragging with Ling Wuce, unexpectedly, amidst the uproar, a group of old fellows all returned, along with corpse-carrier Ou Mingdong.

”Boy, the Spirit Body is beyond our reach, change the condition!”

As soon as he entered, Elder Luo boldly sat down, then glanced around, and noticed Ling Wuce; not just him, but the others all stared intently at him.

Ling Wuce was still confused, then suddenly felt a sensation of needles pricking his back.

”You young man are still quite young, why are you getting involved?”

It was still Elder Luo speaking, as he didn’t need to be courteous to Ling Wuce.

As he spoke, the rest also fixed their sharp gazes on him.

With the Life Span Pill in Han Yu’s hand, having an old head around him would easily incite hostility among the crowd.

Ling Wuce was surprised to still receive a young evaluation despite his old age, but thinking about the rank and age of these elders, he indeed was relatively young.

”Xiaoling, this matter isn’t for you to interfere with, go back to where you came from.”

Someone was already attempting to dissuade him with substantial weight, as the Great Elder of Piaomiao City squinted his eyes to speak slowly.

The leaders of the Upper Three Sects clearly spoke, a crowd naturally didn’t say much more, all stared intently at Ling Wuce.

Ling Wuce couldn’t handle such staring, he quickly stood up, the pressure from these old men was too much, he promptly explained, ”Seniors, I’m not here for the Pills.”

This remark changed the atmosphere instantly.

”Sit, sit, sit, why are you standing?”

Especially Elder Luo, his face-changing speed was astonishing.

To them, as long as he didn’t come to meddle with the Pills, every one of them was a bright, aspiring junior.

The conversation turned back to the Spirit Body matter, these old folks were really out of options, it’s not that they didn’t search, actually, they had covered Minzhou Prefecture in a search throughout the day.

The Great Elder of Piaomiao City expressed helplessly, ”If you truly want to search, perhaps you’d have to turn Minzhou Prefecture upside down.”

They could do it, but the difficulty was too great, and the consequences were significant.

First of all, with Ling Wuce present, it was impossible to agree.

If truly turning Minzhou Prefecture upside down, how could people still live here!

”Then why don’t you persuade him to change the condition?”

The Great Elder of Star Moon Pavilion rolled his eyes and grumbled.

The old monk from Galan Temple put his hands together and recited some Buddhist names before speaking, ”Indeed, it’s inadvisable to destroy the entire Minzhou Prefecture. How about changing the condition? Take any Cultivation Technique you like?”

This time, he was fully prepared. After suffering a loss in the previous verbal exchange regarding Cultivation Techniques, he went back and rummaged through the cabinets, truly sorted some upper-class Cultivation Techniques that didn’t require the purity of mind to practice.

Unfortunately, the old monk’s approach was still somewhat immature, as Han Yu’s file leaked from the Inspectorate, and even from several people close to him, such as Ou Mingdong, Ye Hei, cousin, Huangfu Liang, You Li...

It seems among the Nine Sects, only the old monk didn’t know that Han Yu wasn’t following the cultivator’s path.

Because only he foolishly raised the matter of Cultivation Techniques with Han Yu.

The clever old timer, just like the Great Elder of Dragon and Phoenix Palace, understood the worldly ways well, ”Bai Junya is your confidante, right? How about I take her as a disciple when I return, she can choose any Cultivation Technique.”

It’s all about choosing Cultivation Techniques, changing the person to get results, isn’t it?

”Nonsense, this lad obviously pursues our Saintess, last time he even risked his life to save her.”

Elder Luo saw the opposing side waving the red sleeves, without yielding, countered with rumor to refute.

This shameless trick of these two old folks left the rest dumbfounded, they even started playing the emotional card, didn’t they?

But seems like there were no relationships under their disciples!

”Huangfu Liang is your friend, isn’t he?”

Elder from Langya Mountain shamelessly joined in the coaxing, actually, if not for the Dragon Blood Stone issue where Han Yu stood up for him, he wouldn’t know his sect had disciples capable of connecting with Han Yu.

Seeing topics run further astray, even started using unfair means, Elder of Mo Family couldn’t help but angrily curse, ”You bunch of shameless old folks, if you truly want to play this way, Han Yu is intimate with my Xiuwen family, what do you say?”

Han Yu, feeling overwhelmed by the noise, hurriedly stopped everyone.

”Seniors, I’m not deliberately being difficult, I truly want to borrow your luck to help me find the Fire Spirit, apart from this, I really can’t accept any other condition.”

The room instantly went silent, only hearing Elder Luo’s angry voice after a while.

”Then, taking advantage of the night, let’s use our own methods to tear down those mountains outside.”

If Han Yu must have the Fire Spirit, they were really blind, conventional means couldn’t uncover any clues, without turning Minzhou Prefecture upside down, what else could be done.

Observing this group of old timers truly about to go all out, Ling Wuce was startled.

He quickly jumped up to block the door, speaking to stop them, ”Don’t be rash, seniors, such methods really aren’t necessary.”

”Why not listen to my way first.”

Ling Wuce had a way?

Not only the numerous old men were surprised, but even Han Yu was also taken aback to look over.

”You could ask the Wood Spirit!”

”Though of the same Five Elements Spirit Body, even if from different sources, surely it knows something, right?”

This was Ling Wuce’s method, simple yet straightforward.

Why not ask the Wood Spirit, why make such a huge effort?

One by one, the elders of Eight Sects’ eyes lit up, their thinking became clear, how come they hadn’t thought of this before.

The matter about the Wood Spirit was known by all Nine Sects, they had divvied up some fields around it, how did they forget it.

Indeed, the more it was pondered over, the more feasible Ling Wuce’s method seemed.

Eight or nine out of ten, Ling Wuce might truly manage to pull this off.

Then, the question arose, if this succeeded, whose would the Pills be...