His Master's words came true.
The Excavation Management's search for the key progressed very slowly.
Three years had passed since the establishment of the Excavation Management and the first meeting.
According to the rules of the Excavation Management, the term of office of the chairman was only ten years. In a trance, Feng Yin Daoist Master's impassioned speech at the first meeting, looking forward to a better future, still appeared in front of them. However, three years later, the initial enthusiasm gradually faded, and the problem surfaced.
That legendary key, where was it?
Three years was not a long time, it was far from enough for the cultivators of the Excavation Management to search the entire land of the Nine Prefectures. This key that had been missing for more than ten thousand years was destined to not be found so easily … However, after three whole years, not even a single clue was found. It was inevitable that people would be discouraged and even criticize it. In the past three years, under the leadership of Daoist Master Feng Yin, almost all the large and small sects of the Union of Ten Thousand Immortals participated in the search, which consumed countless manpower and material resources. In just a few years, the maintenance cost of the Rising Sun Fortress was about to become astronomical. However, the search was fruitless. The key was still nowhere to be found. Moreover, the more they searched, the more desperate they became. Because in the past three years, people had checked one immortal treasure after another. Shengjing Sect even opened their treasure house and checked dozens of immortal treasures — regardless of whether they could be used or not — one by one. However, in the end, not even the slightest clue was found.
There was an ancient fable that was passed down from the Western Continent. It said that in order to select the right material, an inventor made more than three thousand failed experiments. However, he used each failure as the cornerstone of victory, and finally, he succeeded. However, in fact, a fable was just a story. In practice, let alone more than three thousand failures, even three hundred or even thirty times were enough.
If you don't believe it, if someone suddenly failed while having sex with his girlfriend, one or two times was fine, but after failing three thousand times in a row, do you think the other party would wait for the three thousand and first time to regain their masculinity?
Daoist Master Feng Yin was facing such a predicament. In the past three years, it could be said that there was almost no progress. In addition to the increasingly bloated organizational structure of the Excavation Management Committee and the increasingly beautiful promise of the future, there was no substantial progress. Thus, people began to doubt.
Was the Spiritual Master of Lingjian School really reliable? Even though his personal cultivation wasn't bad, and he was also the head of one of the Five Uniques, but Lingjian School's population was sparse, and their interactions with the outside world were not ordinary. Among the Five Uniques, it was publicly acknowledged that they were relatively backward and closed off. In this kind of sect, their management level was naturally unable to be reflected. Furthermore, Feng Yin Daoist Master had been the chairman of the excavation management committee for the past three years, and his work progress was close to zero, which seemed to prove this point …
This pressure was nothing to Feng Yin, who had experienced great storms and waves, but he couldn't really remain indifferent. Thus, this Perfected Deity Stage cultivator frequently used the Star Diffraction Technique to forcefully search for clues. With his level, if he were to seriously deduce, ordinary celestial treasures wouldn't be able to hide at all. However, after three years, Feng Yin didn't find anything, and even he himself was slightly discouraged.
On this day, he once again failed to deduce anything. In desperation, he called Wang Lu over and asked him to tell him what he saw and heard that day. After all, the person who talked to Zhong Shengming was Wang Lu, not him.
"Tell me the conversation that day again, and see if there are any clues that we haven't found yet."
Wang Lu sighed and said, "Sect Master Shibo, I have already answered this question no less than ten times. You can also recite the conversation between me and Zhong Shengming, why do you still ask?"
Feng Yin said, "This time, tell me in a different tone, I'll try to find some inspiration."
Wang Lu helplessly said, "Sect Master ah, people who can't can't can't. Even if the bed partner changes to forty-eight positions, it's still impossible to make the eunuch rise."
The Sect Leader was even unable to get angry at this kind of treacherous words and deeds that compared the Sect Leader to a eunuch. Thinking about it, Wang Lu's words were not unreasonable. Over the past few days, he had really racked his brains and deduced all the possibilities. He did not even hesitate to go to the Savage Land, but he still found nothing. This was not a problem that could be solved simply by hard work.
In fact, if hard work could solve the problem, why would he be criticized for three years?
Thinking of this, the Sect Leader's heart was moved and he decided to take a risk.
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"What? Sect Leader, are you kidding me? You want to find Eighth Junior Brother? "
In the Spirit Pool Peak's Assembly Hall, when the regular Elders meeting was about to end, the Second Elder Liu Xian was surprised to hear the request of the Sect Leader.
The other Elders also stared with round eyes, waiting for the further explanation of the Sect Leader.
Feng Yin also had a helpless look. "It's about the group of immortal tombs. I'm at a loss here, so I can only consider letting the professionals do it. "
"Senior Brother, you must not!" The Third Elder Fang He sternly interrupted, "Although the group of immortal tombs is of great importance, Dixian's inheritance is, after all, just a worldly possession. And Eighth Junior Brother … the price is too heavy, we must not be careless!"
Feng Yin wryly smiled. "If even you say that, then it's just superstition."
Fang He's voice was even louder. "Senior Brother, even if there's no reliable theory to support it, but the fact is better than all the theory, this is not wrong!"
With that, Fang He shook his head. He felt that his harsh words were too rude to the Sect Leader, so he hurriedly apologized and then lowered his voice.
"Eighth Junior Brother's treasure hunting ability is indeed disdainful of the world, but every time he goes out to explore and collect ancient treasures, he would inevitably cause great trouble. Eighty years ago, he found the immortal treasure red gourd, but it also released the Golden Horned King, a remnant of the demon race from the great war of immortals and demons. Seventy years ago, he looked for a summoned beast and provoked a strange beast from overseas. Sixty years ago, he accidentally broke the insect poison in the Western Continent, which led to a biochemical crisis. The last time, fifty years ago, was … "
"Okay, okay, we all know about Eighth Junior Brother's great achievements." Seeing that the atmosphere in the meeting hall was getting more and more gloomy, the Second Elder, Liu Xian, quickly interrupted the Third Elder's recollection.
Feng Yin sighed, nodded and said, "Third Brother, I understand what you mean, I don't intend to let him act, but it's a pity to not use his treasure hunting ability. It's better to find him first and ask for his opinion. Rest assured, it's just to ask for advice, I won't let him go out of the mountain. "
Fang He was obviously still worried, but since Sect Leader Senior Brother had said it like this, it was not convenient for him to refute. Not to mention that he was also a member of the Excavation Management, so he was very clear about the pressure his Senior Brother was under.
After the meeting, Feng Yin Daoist Master summoned his Eighth Junior Brother to Stellar Peak to ask for advice. Not long after, a young man in luxurious clothes ran in excitedly.
"Senior Brother, I heard that you're looking for an immortal treasure, but you can't find it no matter what? Haha, don't worry, leave it to me! As long as you tell me the basic characteristics of this thing, I will find it for you within a month! "
While talking, the young man untied the wine gourd from his waist and drank half of the gourd in one go. His face turned red, and he looked extremely excited.
"Senior Brother, just say it, I'll go now! Never procrastinate! "
All these years, because the Eighth Elder went out to look for treasures, he constantly stirred up trouble and was forbidden to go out of the mountain by the Heavenly Sword Hall. At this time, when he heard from his Fifth Senior Sister that the sect's prohibition might be loosened, he was immediately excited.
Seeing this scene, Feng Yin Daoist Master also had a headache.
"Alas, you should know about the group of immortal tombs."
"Oh, the group of immortal tombs, I seem to be a member of the Excavation Management? However, I only attended the first meeting, and before I could enjoy myself, I was dragged back by Senior Brother … "
Feng Yin angrily said, "Nonsense, otherwise, when you go to Shengjing Sect at night, wouldn't you provoke an unmanageable big trouble!?"
"I won't be discovered."
"Do you think Shengjing Sect people are just decorations?" Feng Yin scolded him a few times and then changed the topic. "So far, there's no clue about the key to the group of immortal tombs. I've used the Stellar Star Diffraction Technique to deduce it hundreds of times, and I've personally traveled all over the Nine Regions, but all along, I haven't been able to gain anything. According to Wang Lu, the key must exist, moreover, it's an immortal treasure … However, after three years of fruitless search, could it be that he's wrong? "
When it came to business, the Eighth Elder's complexion suddenly turned serious. "Senior Brother, speaking of which, I still clearly remember the three clues that Wang Lu told me about Zhong Shengming, which are the most important clues in the search for the key. Therefore, I've always wondered why you guys didn't pay attention to it. "
Feng Yin curiously said, "How could we not pay attention to it? Wang Lu even made a Big Heart Demon Oath in front of the entire Excavation Management to guarantee that his clues are absolutely correct. In the past three years, he has always been guided by those three clues and never ignored them. "
The Eighth Elder said with a smile, "That's even more wrong. Senior Brother, do you remember what the third clue is?"
Feng Yin said, "Third, if you really can't find the clue in the known area, you might as well look further. Sixteen thousand years is more than enough time for anything to happen. "
"Yes, right now, you can't find the clue in the known area, so why don't you look further?"
Feng Yin wryly smiled. "How far can it be? Two months ago, I just came back from Penglai Island, and I even had a fight with the Island Master and snatched her Water Moon Pearl for inspection … As a result, I was cursed by her for two months. "
The Eighth Elder curiously asked, "Is it the Penglai Island Master who has a rumor with you?"
Feng Nu angrily said, "Rumor my ass! It was Wang Wu, that bastard, who was talking nonsense! She even dared to ask me for hush money! "
Seeing that his Senior Brother was angry out of shame, the Eighth Elder quickly changed the topic. "That's why I said Senior Brother, you guys are strange. You even ran away from the Overseas Immortal Island, why don't you just run further?"
Feng Yin snappily said, "How far? Do you want me to go to the Western Continent? "
Speaking to this, Feng Yin was suddenly startled.
Then the Eighth Elder nodded and said, "Yes, if I were you, I would've already gone to the Western Continent."
Upon hearing this, Feng Yin suddenly felt enlightened.
Damn it, I'm really narrow-minded. I thought that the treasure of Nine Regions can only be found in Nine Regions, but I didn't think that after ten thousand years, what can't happen? Not to mention that for thousands of years, the Eastern and Western Continent have frequent exchanges … Isn't there a famous chef from the Western Continent on the mountain?
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