Mortals ask the immortals

Until he returned to the inn, the joy on Duan Qing's face had not faded.

With so many waste stones, in addition to the ten pieces given to He Changzai, the rest could all go into his own pocket.

This was definitely an unprecedented windfall.

If he sold more than 600 waste stones and exchanged them for spirit stones, it might be enough for him to make up enough contributions to the sect and customize a set of flying swords in the sect shop!

Going up to the second floor of the inn, Duan Qing's expression suddenly froze for a moment, and then his brows knitted.

In his perception, Sheng'er and He Qiliu's rooms were actually empty, and the two were not in the room!

He had a bad premonition in his heart, and quickly took out the sound transmission jade slip and tried to contact Sheng'er.

However, at this time, the few marks in his sound transmission jade slip, including Sheng'er, were all dim.

The effective range of the sound transmission jade slip is about hundreds of miles, which means that Sheng'er is currently hundreds of miles away from the Jiye City!

What's going on!

With full of doubts, Duan Qing pushed open Sheng'er's room, looked around, and found a jade slip on the table.

His eyes lit up, and he took the jade slip in his hand and checked it.

"Brother Qing, respectfully, He Qiliu's parents are buried near Taisheng Mountain. Sheng'er will accompany He Qiliu back to Taisheng Mountain to pay tribute. Brother Qing, don't worry."

After reading the contents of the jade slip, he breathed a sigh of relief.

It turned out that they returned to Taisheng Mountain to pay tribute to He Qiliu's parents!

No wonder He Qiliu has been in a bad mood since he left Taisheng Sect!

It is estimated that he had to come to Youzhou with him just to take the opportunity to pay tribute to his parents!

As a result, the boy was captured by the people of Taisheng Sect as soon as he arrived at Taisheng Sect. Later, after he was rescued by him, he had left Taisheng Sect and had no chance to do this.

Thinking of this, Duan Qing felt a little sympathetic to He Qiliu.

Like him, every time he returned to Xiaoan City, he would definitely go to Xiaoan Mountain to pay tribute to his parents.

It is human nature to miss one's parents.

Sympathy is sympathy, but it is obviously risky for He Qiliu and Sheng'er to return to the territory of Taisheng Sect.

Fortunately, the two should not have been gone for long.

It has been more than a day since he left the inn to go to the primitive wasteland yesterday.

Even if the two set out after he left, it has only been more than a day.

It took him ten days to take them from Taisheng Sect to Jiye City.

At his speed, he believed that he could catch up with them before they arrived at Taisheng Mountain.

With this in mind, he quickly checked He Qiliu's room. After finding no abnormalities, he did not delay any more and set off directly, flying all the way south to Taisheng Sect.

...

Five days later.

Duan Qing's face was quite solemn at this time, and he was no longer relaxed five days ago.

According to his idea, if he flew at full speed, it should take only three to four days at most to catch up with Sheng'er and He Qiliu.

After all, the two's cultivation was too low. He Qiliao was only in the early stage of the Questioning Heart Realm, and Sheng'er was only in the late stage of the Transcendent Realm. Their flying speed was completely different from his.

However, it was surprising that after five days, he still hadn't found the two.

During this period, in order to prevent missing the two, he never let go of the sound transmission jade slip and kept observing Sheng'er's mark in the sound transmission jade slip.

Once Sheng'er was within a few hundred miles of him, the mark in the sound transmission jade slip would light up to ensure that he would not miss the two because of the deviation of the route.

Although the distance between Taisheng Sect and Taihuang Sect is far, the round trip must be a straight line. Even if there will be some deviation between different people, the range of hundreds of miles should be enough to make up for the deviation.

But in the past five days, Sheng'er's mark in the sound transmission jade slip has never lit up, which is obviously unreasonable.

If Sheng'er and He Qiliao really returned to Taisheng Mountain, then there are only three possibilities for the current situation.

Either Sheng'er and He Qiliao are still ahead of him.

Either the two of them had an accident, or were delayed by other things, so that they deviated from the flight route and missed him.

Or, the two of them entered a space like a realm or a spirit beast ring!

Apart from this, he could not think of any other possibilities.

In comparison, the latter two possibilities are obviously much greater, especially the second one!

This means that he is very likely to have flown ahead of the two of them.

Thinking of this, Duan Qing couldn't help but sigh in his heart, a little annoyed.

If Sheng'er and He Qiliao really deviated from the flight route, or entered the realm space by mistake, then it would be difficult for him to find the two of them!

At this time, the outline of a mountain range in front of him vaguely came into his eyes.

Seeing the mountain range in front, Duan Qing's heart moved.

It is the Taishang Mountain Range where the Taishang Sect is located!

He passed by this place when he came here before, and He Qiliao also introduced it to him.

The location of the Taishang Sect is between the Taihuang Sect in the north and the Taisheng Sect in the south, which is closer to the Taisheng Sect.

Even though Sheng'er and He Qiliao were delayed on the previous route, they would still pass through the territory of Taishang Sect if they were to go to Taisheng Sect.

He might as well wait for two days in Taishang Sect. If no one showed up, he could go back to Taihuang Sect to look for the two along the way.

Having made up his mind, Duan Qing immediately flew to the market in the Taishang Mountains.

Due to the terrain of the Taishang Mountains, there are no mortal cities in the mountains. There is only a large market near the Taishang Sect's mountain gate for Taishang Sect and surrounding sects to trade.

The market of Taishang Sect is hidden in a mountain stream in the Taishang Mountains, only a few miles away from the Taishang Sect's hinterland halfway up the mountain.

Not long after, Duan Qing arrived at the market of the Supreme Sect, but he did not enter. Instead, he found a big tree near the market, sat on the branch, and waited quietly.

While waiting, he kept an eye on the situation of Sheng'er's mark in the sound transmission jade slip to avoid missing it.

About half an hour later, a sneaky young man suddenly came under the tree where Duan Qing was.

"Hey, fellow Taoist, do you have time to chat?" The young man stretched his neck and whispered to Duan Qing.

Duan Qing glanced at this person lightly and said impatiently: "No!"

"Don't be in a hurry to refuse, fellow Taoist, wait until I finish speaking, you may be interested." The young man said meaningfully.

Duan Qing was too lazy to pay attention to this person and did not respond.

Seeing this, the young man smiled and said, "Hey, are you waiting for someone, fellow Daoist?"

Duan Qing was startled and looked at the young man, his face calm and he said, "Why do you think so?"

The young man looked quite pleased, "Not only do I know you are waiting for someone, I also know you are waiting for a man and a woman!"

Hearing what the young man said, Duan Qing's face suddenly darkened, "Who are you and what is your purpose?"

"Haha, Yan is just a messenger. Someone asked me to pass on a message to you. If you want those two little ghosts alive, follow Yan to the Black Wind Forest, 120 miles west of the Taishang Sect Market, within half an hour."

After that, the young man clasped his hands together, looked at Duan Qing with a smile, and waited for Duan Qing's reply.