Chapter 341 - A Different Kind of Painting (1/2)

Leng Jin Yu was thinking about the person missing from his memories while searching for the Heart-Calming Buddha Flower with Jing Yi. At the same time, sect master Yuchi and Grandmaster Zhangsun were searching for Jinde on the sect master's peak. They had already looked in every nook and cranny of the sect master's palace and in those places where one could hide outside. Unfortunately, there wasn't even a hair of Jinde to be found.

The two men convened in front of the palace again. Zhangsun Xun Yi frowned while Yuchi Bing Xia looked defeated. That person had done a lot for their sect while they had only provided him with a place to stay. Now they weren't even able to do that much. He didn't even know where to put his face anymore.

”There are quite a few empty houses on the peak. Let's look there, too. He probably felt that he didn't have much time so entering one of them would have been a good idea. And if he didn't find anyone in there, he might have just stayed and waited for one of us there.”

Yuchi Bing Xia nodded. ”Then … I'll take the west side and you take the east side?”

”Mn. Let's do that then.” The Grandmaster didn't stay to talk about it any longer and hurried to the east. Never mind opening the secret realm. He didn't have much hope that that person would be able to do it. But he felt bad about having him experience all this.

Zhangsun Xun Yi started to comb through the houses. He didn't enter if somebody else was there and instead started with the other houses. Only if he couldn't find him there, would he have a closer look at the others. Unfortunately, it seemed like he'd really have to do so.

Although they hadn't talked about it, Yuchi Bing Xia adopted the same attitude. He searched in the houses where nobody was living first but couldn't find that person anywhere. For a moment, he considered going to see the Grandmaster again to ask if he had been lucky but then decided against it. Who knew if that person stayed put? If he felt that something was wrong on the peak, he might go somewhere else. How were they supposed to find him then? So he shouldn't waste any time.

He looked at the house closest to him but hesitated. One of his disciples was in there. If he went up, then he'd have to explain at least a bit but normally nobody would talk about that person. Even he had only heard about him when he had been chosen to become the next sect master. He couldn't casually divulge this secret even if the person he'd talk to was one of his own disciples.

But how was he supposed to do this then? He would have to make sure that the disciples weren't in. But they wouldn't just leave their houses. Only if they wanted to seclude themselves in an environment more suitable for cultivation or were sent on a mission would there be an opportunity.

Yuchi Bing Xia slightly raised his brows. Come to think of it of the few disciples he had some actually were on the outside right now. Maybe he should start with their houses first.

He looked around and his gaze fell on a path leading to a house close to the foot of the mountain. That was where Yu Jin had lived until a few days ago. Yuchi Bing Xia sighed. He really had a hard time coming to terms with the fact that his favorite disciple had been lost just like that. He really could only hope that the secret realm would open soon. Even if all hope was lost for the Yun Zou Sect, he didn't want Yu Jin to die in some unknown realm.