Chang Zai rode the serpent-scaled sparrow and circled above the herd of rubber oxen for a while. It looked like he was looking for an opportunity to attack, but at the moment, he was extremely nervous.
Recently, he had become more and more convinced of his own judgment. There must be something here that was very important. Daoist Xi Yi didn't want him to bring the secret back, so he had been looking for an opportunity to escape.
Now that he was far away from the master and disciples, he knew that the opportunity had come.
However, Daoist Xi Yi was definitely watching him, and if he escaped on the serpent-scaled sparrow, it would be too obvious. He was afraid that once he moved, he would immediately be discovered.
He didn't know what Daoist Xi Yi's cultivation was, but it shouldn't be difficult for her to catch up to him.
Fortunately, he had already known what he was going to do several months ago, so he had managed to summon many birds that could be used as mounts. At the moment, they were following him from afar, waiting for his summons.
The rubber oxen below finally noticed the serpent-scaled sparrow circling in the sky. The appearance of their natural enemy immediately caused them to panic, and they began to rumble as they ran.
Chang Zai immediately controlled the sparrow to dive down. At the same time, a spirit bird received his summons and immediately rushed over. With a leap, he landed on its back and ordered the serpent-scaled sparrow to continue chasing the rubber oxen. Meanwhile, he urged the spirit bird beneath him, and with the help of the smoke, he flew into the distance.
Daoist Xi Yi saw that the herd of rubber oxen was in chaos and knew that the matter had been accomplished. Even with his deep character, he still praised Chang Zai. He didn't think too much about Chang Zai. They were surrounded by the wilderness, and Chang Zai couldn't go anywhere without them.
However, he was a person with keen senses. After waiting for a while, he couldn't help but frown when Chang Zai didn't return.
The matter of the spiritual milk must not be leaked. Although the possibility was very small because Chang Zai didn't know what they were looking for, the other cultivators weren't stupid. Once someone learned about the general situation here through Chang Zai, they would probably immediately guess what they were doing here.
Even if they didn't think of it, as long as they became suspicious, there would never be a day of peace here.
He said with a sullen face, "Bai Tu, I'll give you the flying boat. Go find Chang Zai. Don't say anything when you see him, just kill him immediately."
Bai Tu was stunned. He had the same thoughts as Daoist Xi Yi. Where could Chang Zai go? Moreover, he didn't know that they were going to take his life, so there was no reason for him to escape. However, he knew that he was the one who found them. If there was a problem, it would be his fault. He gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, Master."
He took a few steps forward, flipped himself onto the flying boat, picked up the token, shook it, and soared into the air.
He looked into the distance. Just Now, there was no movement in the east and west. Only the north was covered by smoke and dust. Therefore, if Chang Zai wanted to escape, he could only pass through this place. He believed that as long as he chased in this direction, he would definitely find Chang Zai. He immediately shook the talisman and searched in that direction.
Chang Zai was indeed flying towards the north. He didn't dare to leap too high and only flew close to the ground. He was worried that Daoist Xi Yi would catch up to him, so he was very careful. Along the way, he changed his mounts several times and finally landed in front of a cave. This was where the bird he was sitting on originally resided. It was on the cliff, but the path below was winding and led straight to the depths of the ground.
In fact, this place was filled with such underground caves. He had used flying birds to explore the surroundings for several months before he found these places.
Once inside, he immediately ran down. The complicated and winding underground path gave him an incomparably safe feeling. However, he also knew that if the other party really came looking for him, these probably wouldn't be enough to stop them.
When he reached the deeper regions, there were flowing underground rivers everywhere. He found a narrow and waterless cave and squeezed in with great effort. He then untied his headband and found an invisibility talisman. He stuck it on his body, and his aura instantly disappeared.
In reality, there was a set of formation flags in the headband, but as someone who had not opened his meridians, he had no way of using them. He could only use this method now.
Bai Tu kept circling in the sky, searching back and forth, but he didn't find any traces of Chang Zai. He grew more and more frustrated.
Chang Zai had only left not long ago. He didn't believe that he could have gone far in such a short time. He must have found a place to hide, but he just couldn't find him.
At daybreak, he returned to his original place with a dejected expression. He lowered his head and said, "Master, disciple is useless. I didn't find Chang Zai's whereabouts. Please punish me, Master."
At this time, Daoist Xi Yi had already taken advantage of the situation to obtain the spiritual milk. However, his good mood from before had completely vanished after this incident. He snorted and said, "Why would I punish you? If we can't find this child, once the news is leaked, there will be countless fellow Daoists who will come looking for us. At that time, us three will all lose our lives."
Both Bai Tu and the other youth paled when they heard this.
Daoist Xi Yi pondered for a moment. "This kid was prepared. I underestimated him. However, he definitely can't have gone far. He's most likely hiding somewhere. Wait for me to perform a divination and find his whereabouts."
He immediately performed a divination, but Just Now, when he wanted to clearly divine Chang Zai's whereabouts, his expression changed.
He realized that he actually couldn't find Chang Zai's whereabouts. If he forced it, then the price would be unimaginably great.
This situation meant that Chang Zai was already a Daoist cultivator, so he couldn't perform divination.
This result shocked and angered him. He knew that Bai Tu had passed on a breathing technique to Chang Zai, but this technique was very crude. It was impossible for him to cultivate anything decent in such a short amount of time. This undoubtedly meant that Chang Zai had already stepped onto the path of Dao before he had come to their side.
Who had passed on this Daoist technique to him? Where was this person? Could it be that everything he had done had been seen? Or was he just bait?
Thankfully, he didn't panic. After calmly thinking about it, he believed that Chang Zai had been imprisoned in the palace, so it was most likely that he had learned something at that time. Perhaps there was something in that stone room, or perhaps there was some expert hidden in the palace. Because Bai Tu had found Chang Zai on a whim, it didn't seem like it had been arranged beforehand.
When he thought of this, he calmed down a lot. If he wanted to find a person's whereabouts, even if he couldn't divine it, there were still other methods. He ordered the youth beside him, "Go and find a few Luo Hounds."
The youth acknowledged, and in a short while, he brought over a few small dogs with large heads, drooping ears, and flat noses.
These spirit dogs could distinguish a person's aura, and they could cross mountains and rivers as if they were walking on flat ground. As long as they remembered a person's aura, they would never forget it. Although Chang Zai's own clothes had all been taken away by him, his aura still lingered around his residence. This was unavoidable. Unless a cultivator had reached the Meridian Opening stage and purposely restrained himself, there wouldn't be any traces left.
The youth led the Luo Hounds around the area where Chang Zai had lived. The few spirit dogs twitched their noses, barked a few more times, and scurried out.
Bai Tu and the youth were overjoyed and immediately followed.
Chang Zai lay on the ground, wondering if he had left any flaws behind.
However, he felt that he had overlooked something, but he couldn't think of what it was. After all, he was young and limited by his knowledge. It was already not bad for him to be able to do this, but he couldn't cover everything.
After thinking about it, he felt that Daoist Xi Yi wouldn't give up so easily. She must still be searching everywhere for him, so he couldn't leave this place yet. Since there was still time, he might as well open his meridians here first.
This was an extremely dangerous choice. If a cultivator encountered an enemy while opening his meridians, it would undoubtedly be a suicidal move. However, he couldn't care less about this. If the other party really found his hiding place, he wouldn't be able to defend himself with his current level, so it wouldn't be too bad.
He did what he thought of. He sat up and took out the external meridian opening medicine from his belt.
Shen Dong had already told him what to do at this stage. Now that he was done, he just had to follow the prescribed order.
After Bai Tu and the youth chased out, to prevent Chang Zai from really escaping, the youth patrolled in the sky on the flying boat while Bai Tu searched on the ground.
However, they didn't find anything. Fortunately, these Luo Hounds kept chasing in a certain direction and never stopped halfway, which meant that they hadn't lost their target.
Not long after, all the Luo Hounds stopped in front of a cliff and started barking at a cave above.
Bai Tu stuck a Body-Lifting Talisman on himself and climbed up. Soon, he arrived at the cave. He looked down a few times and found shallow footprints that extended deep into the cave. He couldn't help but exclaim in joy, "Found it."
The Luo Hounds also scurried in at this moment. Then, they started barking and chased down one of the tunnels. Bai Tu saw them and hurriedly followed.
On the other side, Daoist Xi Yi was reflecting. He had always been careful, so how could he have made such a mistake? In reality, as long as he left a trick on Chang Zai beforehand, he wouldn't have to patch up this mistake afterwards.
Although this move was a bit like bullying, when it involved such a matter of life and death, why would he care about such things?
"No, that's not right."
As he pondered deeply, he Just Now remembered that he seemed to have seen this child before, and he suspected that there was karma behind him, so he didn't touch him at that time. However, when he saw him just now, he actually didn't remember that scene at all, nor did he think that they were the same person. To cultivators, this kind of thing was logically impossible, so why was it like this?
He suddenly thought of a possibility, and his expression changed involuntarily.
He glanced outside. Regardless of whether things were as he guessed, it was definitely not right to stay here. He had to find a way to leave.
Now that he had obtained the spiritual milk, there was no harm in changing disciples. If Bai Tu and Xi Yi Yi were fine, then he could find them again in the future.
With this thought in mind, he immediately leaped up and flew into the sky.
Bai Tu followed the Luo Hounds. No matter how complicated the underground passage was, it was nothing to him. Very soon, he arrived at a spacious underground hall. On the opposite stone platform, Chang Zai was sitting there in good condition.
He was instantly overjoyed and shouted, "Chang Zai! I've finally found you. Let's see where else you can run to! "
At this moment, Chang Zai also saw him and stood up. He said, "Looks like I guessed right. You and your disciple really want to take my life." He looked at the Luo Hounds again and said, "But you brought these little dogs in. Aren't you giving me more helpers?"
Bai Tu's expression changed, and he felt that something was wrong. In the next moment, the Luo Hounds in front of him turned around and bit at him.
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