As the sky darkened, the Repayment Gathering drew one day closer.
Three figures streaked swiftly through the dim heavens.
"By my reckoning, there are roughly two days left..."
Qiu Yinong wore a grave expression. While circulating her aura, she carefully searched the ground for traces.
Two short days.
They had to follow Senior Brother Chu's route, investigate it point by point, and find his trail.
After that, they still had to hurry to the banks of the Eight-Treasure Merit Pool.
Clearly, there was nowhere near enough time.
Gao Wen walked ahead, his brows tightly furrowed and his face dark.
Of course, it was not as if they had not considered it.
Why not wait until the Repayment Gathering ended, until the Rogue Cultivators and demons from every side had dispersed and the Buddhist Gate had lowered its guard, before seeking the Nine-Colored Bodhi?
But the Nine-Colored Bodhi was an exceedingly precious Supreme spiritual medicine within the Buddhist Gate.
Other than the few that fell into the hands of top-tier great figures and were sealed away as reserves,
most of the time, such spiritual medicine would be plucked and used the moment it grew, never left in storage.
According to Senior Brother Chu's earlier calculations,
these very days happened to be when a new batch of Nine-Colored Bodhi would ripen.
If they missed this critical juncture, who knew how many years they would have to wait for the next one.
That was why they had to brave the wind and waves at their sharpest, grit their teeth, and fight for it.
As Jiang Yuechu traveled alongside them, she calmly listened to the report Golden Thread Patriarch sent into her mind.
According to its report,
after the rat demon left, it had first hidden in a remote wilderness Cave Abode for two