Immortal Lord Liujing spent the entire journey retracing her memories. Before the Golden Carriage reached the Mysterious Court Mountain Gate, she finally remembered what she had forgotten.
Oh, right.
They had gone to that treasure land that had flown in to hunt down the Profound Ancestor Evil Spirit, not specifically to seek opportunities. Now they had all gained something, yet they had forgotten to hunt down the Profound Ancestor Evil Spirit. They had not even caught a glimpse of him.
Wouldn't that be rather difficult to explain now that they were back?
"The Profound Ancestor Evil Spirit is exceedingly cunning. Since showing himself last time, he hasn't revealed his whereabouts again. While I was in the Buddha Kingdom, I did occasionally sense him, but judging by his location, he wasn't in the Six-Thousand-Li Zone. He was mingling among the Lower Cultivators, and I couldn't get over there. You needn't blame yourself, Fellow Daoist Liujing. Just report the truth to the two Great Immortal Lords," Zhang Yuan said considerately.
His words were half true and half false.
The aura of Xuan Chen, the Profound Ancestor Evil Spirit, had indeed appeared within the Lower Cultivators' eight-thousand-li area, rather than the six-thousand-li area occupied by him and Immortal Lord Liujing. However, he could have crossed the barrier, found Xuan Chen, and killed him.
He had refrained purely because he did not want to kill him so soon.
Before leaving the Buddha Kingdom, he had even taken a deliberate look at Xuan Chen. His haul had been quite good too: he had obtained three strands of heavenly gang and earthly sha. Once he returned, a breakthrough to the third revolution would be just around the corner.
Several True Lords had also watched over this visit to the Buddha Kingdom. He refused to believe that,