Chapter 1353: Seeking the Old Truth

Zhou Yiqiao's question stunned everyone present. It was obvious that they had never thought about this question either.

Shen Kuo coughed lightly, breaking the silence.

"Junior Brother Zhou, our master also said the same thing when we were initiated."

There was a hint of helplessness in Shen Kuo's voice.

"He said that the senior brother is in seclusion outside, preparing to break through to the Void Refining Realm, and asked us not to disturb him."

Zhou Yiqiao frowned. He remembered that his master had indeed said such words, but he always felt that something was wrong.

He turned and looked at Gu Changsheng.

Among them, Gu Changsheng was the one who clearly handed over the Bailijing gift to Zhou Yiqiao.

"Third Brother, you once handed over the things of the eldest brother, so you should know his true identity, right?"

Gu Changsheng smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Junior brother, you think too highly of me."

"I have never actually met the eldest brother, and those things were handed over to me by others."

He paused and continued.

"The three of us only know that our eldest brother is extremely powerful. Not only has he not been targeted by any sect in Central Continent since he was listed on the Heavenly Questioning Pavilion's Rebirth List, but the sects are also extremely wary of him."

Mu Huairou took over the conversation and continued in her soft voice.

"Although the eldest senior brother is no longer here, his influence has always remained in the Netherworld Demon Sect."

"Tuoba Qingshan was afraid of our master, so he didn't dare to take our lives. He was also afraid of our senior brother, so he could only imprison us in Wangu Mountain."

This was the first time Zhou Yiqiao knew the true identity of his senior brother. He couldn't help but listen attentively. The doubts in his mind seemed to be peeled off layer by layer, but seemed to be even more confusing.

"Then... who exactly is the eldest senior brother? Why is it that even the Netherworld Demon Sect, which is known as the leader of the Tianchen Realm's demonic sect, is wary of him?"

Zhou Yiqiao couldn't help but ask, but as if he had thought of something, he answered himself.

“Perhaps there is someone who can know the true identity of big and small things.”

After these words were spoken, not only Li Mubai who had been listening to them as a story, but even Shen Kuo and the other two cast curious glances at them.

"Oh? Junior Brother, please tell me, who on earth has the ability to know the secret of Senior Brother?"

Zhou Yiqiao did not keep the secret and told the story of the female cultivator named Gu whom he met in the Baigu Market in order to complete the task given by the Baigu Elder before he joined the sect.

"I am responsible for collecting taxes in Baigufang City. How come I have never heard of a senior named Gu?"

After hearing what Zhou Yiqiao said, Shen Kuo was a little surprised.

Zhou Yiqiao was stunned, then looked at Shen Kuo with some shock.

"How is that possible? Junior brother still remembers that the shop was called Mi Shen Xuan, and it sold some rare and bizarre treasures."

"If I hadn't been lucky enough to buy a soul contract book in this senior's shop, it would be unknown if I could pass the test of the master."

Hearing Zhou Yiqiao's certainty, Shen Kuo's expression became more confused.

"this......"

"I personally go to every store in the White Bone Market to collect spirit stones. There is absolutely no way there is anything I don't know about."

Seeing that both of them insisted on their own ideas, Mu Huairou couldn't help but make a suggestion.

"I have just observed that all the Netherworld Demon Sect monks who besieged Wangu Mountain have left. If we want to know which one of you has a problem with your memory, why don't we go to the White Bone Market in person?"

Zhou Yiqiao and Shen Kuo's eyes lit up when they heard this, and they felt that this method was quite feasible.

The two of them nodded immediately and agreed in unison.

"Senior Sister Mu is right. Let's go to the White Bone Market and take a look. Maybe we can find the answer."

Gu Changsheng also echoed.

"Without further ado, let's set out now."

"If the female cultivator surnamed Gu is still here, I can ask her directly about the matter of the senior brother."

Li Mubai, the only one who didn't say a word, naturally wanted to watch the fun. While a few people were still deciding whether to stay or leave, he had already stood up, looking as if he was ready to go.

His senior brothers and sisters had not fully recovered yet, so Zhou Yiqiao was naturally willing to have a bodyguard. The five of them marched towards the Baigufang City in a mighty manner.

Baigufang City was not far from Wangu Mountain. With Zhou Yiqiao's current level of cultivation, even if the three of them were flying, it would only take him half an incense stick of time.

After arriving at the destination, Zhou Yiqiao led everyone straight to the location of Mi Shen Xuan in his memory.

However, when they arrived there, they found that it was an empty space and there was no sign of any shop at all.

Shen Kuo looked as if to predict the outcome and said with a smile.

"That's what I told you. I collect rent from every tenant in this market. There are no merchants I don't know."

Zhou Yiqiao's face turned a little ugly. He looked around, trying to find a sense of familiarity in the surrounding scenes, but everything around him seemed so strange, as if the Mi Shen Xuan in his memory had never existed.

"No, I remember it very clearly. This is the location of Mishenxuan."

He muttered to himself, his eyes searching the open space, as if trying to find some clues.

Mu Huairou sighed softly, walked to Zhou Yiqiao and comforted him softly.

"Maybe we remembered it wrong, or the store has moved."

Gu Changsheng also nodded and analyzed.

"Although the White Bone Market is not big, merchants move frequently and it is common for shops to change owners or locations."

Zhou Yiqiao insisted on shaking his head.

"Impossible. The buildings in this market were built by Wangushan. Even if that senior really left, it's impossible for the shops here to disappear with him, right?"

As he spoke, he patted his storage bag, took out an old sachet from it, and continued.

"Look, this sachet was handed to me personally by that senior. Since I never had the chance to meet my senior brother, I kept it in my storage bag."

Seeing the slightly yellowed sachet in Zhou Yiqiao's hand, even the confident Shen Kuo put away his smile.

"That's true. Even if no one is renting this place, it's impossible to leave such a large piece of land vacant in Baigufang City where every inch of land is worth a lot of money."

Everyone looked at each other, all confused.

Just then, a young man passed by, heard their discussion, stopped and looked at them curiously.

The boy was dressed in rags, but his eyes revealed a sense of agility and intelligence.

He saw Zhou Yiqiao in the crowd, and as if he remembered something, his bright eyes shone with a strange light. He carefully ran to Zhou Yiqiao, saluted and asked.

"Excuse me, senior, are you the disciple of Elder Bai Gu of Wangu Mountain, Senior Zhou Yiqiao?"

Zhou Yiqiao looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the person who came was about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a coarse cloth gown. Although his dress was very simple, it was well organized and he did not look like a wandering cultivator with no fixed place to live.

More importantly, this person is very young, but he is already a cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining. Among his peers, he is already considered to be a talented and outstanding one.

Zhou Yiqiao looked at the boy's appearance, gradually integrating it with an identity in his memory, and asked hesitantly.

"You are... Li Jie who led me to find Mi Shen Xuan back then?"

"That's right! I didn't expect that Senior Zhou still remembered me. I am so honored!"

The boy's eyes sparkled with excitement and he nodded quickly.

"But you may have remembered it wrongly. Li Jie was my great-grandfather. He died ten years ago. I am his great-grandson, Li Lin."

There was a barely perceptible excitement in his words, as if it was a great honor for him to be able to speak to Zhou Yiqiao.

"When my great-grandfather was alive, he often mentioned you, saying you were the greatest benefactor he had ever met in his life."

"If it weren't for the help of the senior, he wouldn't have been able to advance to the foundation-building stage. After that, he bought a shop in the White Bone Market, got married and had children, and continued the incense."

The boy became more and more excited as he spoke, and the muscles on his cheeks couldn't help but tremble.

"I often heard stories about you from my great-grandfather. After I became an immortal, I heard about your heroic deeds in the Netherworld. I have always regarded you as my idol. I am so lucky to meet you again this time!"

Zhou Yiqiao couldn't help but burst into laughter when he heard this.

The appearance of Li Lin not only made him see the descendant of an old friend, but more importantly, it made him more certain that there was indeed a mysterious shop called Mishenxuan here!

Thinking of this, he instantly appeared in front of Li Lin, grabbed his shoulders, pointed to the open space behind everyone and asked.

"Since Li Jie told you everything about me, he must have also told you how we met. In that case, you should know that there used to be a Mishen Pavilion here, right?"

Li Lin was startled by Zhou Yiqiao's sudden action, but after hearing his words, he quickly calmed down and replied quickly.

"Senior, you are right. This is indeed the former site of Mishenxuan."

"Old address?"

Li Mubai grasped the key words in Li Lin's words and asked.

"Since you said this place is an old site, you should know why it has become like this. You should also know the current location of the God-Seeking Pavilion, right?"

Although Li Lin didn't know why Zhou Yiqiao's friends were as impulsive as he was, he still answered patiently.

"Of course, my great-grandfather specifically told me about this."

“The reason why Senior Gu chose to relocate to Mishen Pavilion was because hundreds of years ago, a group of cultivators from the Netherworld Demon Sect suddenly descended on Wangu Mountain and surrounded it for three days and three nights.”

Li Lin didn't know that the three people behind Zhou Yiqiao and Li Mubai were the ones he mentioned were surrounded by the Netherworld Demon Sect monks, so he talked about it.

"The senior seemed to know the purpose of these Netherworld Demon Sect monks' visit, and he left this place with the entire shop that day and hid somewhere else in the market."

"Nowadays, apart from a few powerful people who know about Senior Gu's God-Seeking Pavilion, one can only enter it through the introduction of a few well-informed people in the market."