Since they had waited at the Hundred Refinement Sect for the two peak Xiu Zun to travel all the way here, the place where the breath soil had been discovered was clearly not far from the sect. To the east lay the Dao Sea; to the west lay the Venerable Domain, or the Western Region.
If they were heading to the Western Region, it was tens of millions of miles away. Even if Mu Bai traveled at full speed without sleep or rest, it would take him years.
The two arrivals were also extremely eager to obtain the breath soil. Without resting for even a few days, they set off in search of the treasure.
What Mu Bai had not expected was that the breath soil lay less than a thousand miles from the Hundred Refinement Sect, beneath a mountain peak that thrust straight into the sky.
Seeing Mu Bai's puzzlement, Bailianzi chuckled and explained, "This is Zhu Bei Peak, and it has always belonged to our Hundred Refinement Sect. I happened to discover that this mountain grew several meters taller every year. Puzzled, I spent several years excavating and probing with my divine sense, only to discover a wondrous world underground."
Mu Bai had also used his divine sense to probe underground before, seeing veins of stone and rivers that seemed like another world. Although his current divine sense was not weak, it was still far inferior to Bailianzi's. Thus, the underground scenery Bailianzi could probe must have been even more extraordinary, especially since this place was unusual enough to nurture breath soil.
As for why Bailianzi had invited Xiu Zun Han Cang and Xiu Zun Chang Feng to his own territory to retrieve the treasure, it was naturally because he could not manage alone. Otherwise, he would not