Chapter 291

"So that's how it is; tell me about this Tathagata." Bai Ze said to Su Chen.

"The cause of this matter is..." Su Chen told Bai Ze about his asking Doumu Yuanjun to take action, using the old grievances of the Jie Sect to indirectly force Tathagata to his death: "According to my information, the Fomen attaches great importance to Tathagata's reincarnation body and has already secretly sent people to search for it. I also investigated this matter, but the Fomen invested too much power, so to avoid its edge, I temporarily shelved it some time ago."

After listening to Su Chen's words, Bai Ze paced back and forth in Su Chen's cave dwelling.

"Tathagata's reincarnation body..." Bai Ze muttered: "If the Fomen can find his reincarnation body, they can make up for the vacancy after Sun Wukong is missing. But if this person falls into the hands of others..."

He turned around abruptly and looked at Su Chen.

"You cannot give up searching for this person."

Su Chen didn't ask for the reason and waited for Bai Ze to continue.

Bai Ze sat down again and told Su Chen his thoughts: "That Tathagata's reincarnation body, when reincarnating, is subject to the mystery of the womb and is no different from a mortal."

"If you can find this person before the Fomen, we can use his layout to disrupt the Fomen's plans. And I can take action to completely obscure the heavenly secret on Tathagata's reincarnation body, so that the Fomen can never find him."

"Senior can do it?"

"For mere heavenly secret obscuration, I still have some confidence." Bai Ze said lightly: "The difficulty is not in obscuring, but in finding. After all, Tathagata is the master of the Fomen; I cannot directly deduce the whereabouts of his reincarnation body, so this can only rely on you."

Su Chen also felt it made sense upon hearing this.

He had previously given up looking for Tathagata's reincarnation because finding someone was like looking for a needle in a haystack, which would consume too much energy, and even if he found him, he wasn't sure he could protect him from the Fomen, which was somewhat not worth the loss.

But now with Bai Ze here, the situation was different.

The Heavenly Secret Treasure Mirror could obscure his own heavenly secret, but couldn't actively obscure others, and Bai Ze happened to make up for this shortcoming.

In this way, if he could find Tathagata's reincarnation, he could hide him.

"Good." Su Chen stood up: "I will find a way to find the person; after finding him, I will leave it to Senior to protect him."

"No problem." Bai Ze nodded and asked: "But what after finding him? How do you plan to deal with this person?"

Su Chen smiled slightly: "I already have some ideas in my heart; let me keep you in suspense for now, and when I really find him, I will tell you."

As he was speaking, footsteps came from outside the cave dwelling.

"Staff Officer, Senior Bai's residence has been tidied up." Lady Tie Shan's voice came from outside the door.

Su Chen replied and stood up to say to Bai Ze: "Senior, shall we go see the residence first?"

Bai Ze nodded, and the two walked out of the cave dwelling side by side.

Lady Tie Shan led the way, and the three walked along the mountain path toward the north of Flower Fruit Mountain.

After walking a few steps, Su Chen suddenly asked: "Lady Tie Shan, what happened to the information about Tathagata's reincarnation that I asked General Yan Que to collect before?"

Lady Tie Shan didn't stop and turned back to answer: "Staff Officer previously ordered not to spend too much energy, so General Yan Que lowered the priority of information collection in that area. We haven't received any useful news these days."

Su Chen nodded: "Send a message to General Yan Que, tell him to restart the information collection priority for Tathagata's reincarnation from now on, especially for those with abnormal talents among mortals; report any news at any time."

He paused and glanced at Bai Ze: "If I am not in Flower Fruit Mountain, come directly to Senior Bai Ze; in the future, when I am not in Flower Fruit Mountain, if you have anything, ask Senior Bai Ze more."

Although Lady Tie Shan didn't know why Su Chen suddenly changed his mind, she never asked much and replied simply: "Understood, I will send a message to General Yan Que later."

While speaking, the three had arrived in front of a cave dwelling among the peaks of Flower Fruit Mountain.

The cave dwelling was chosen in a peak on the north side of Flower Fruit Mountain, facing the East Sea, backed by the mountain, surrounded by ancient pines, and a stream meandered past the cave entrance. The layout in the cave was simple, with stone tables, cushions, and tea sets all available, and spiritual energy flowed slowly in the cave.

Bai Ze stood at the cave entrance and looked at the distant sea and sky.

"Not bad, then I will live here from now on."

Su Chen smiled and said: "As long as Senior is satisfied."

With Bai Ze holding the fort in Flower Fruit Mountain, Su Chen asked less and less about the affairs of the Demon Alliance, handing many things to Bai Ze to handle on his behalf, and he put more time into cultivation.

This Demon Saint, who once assisted the Demon Emperor Di Jun in managing the Demon Court, found managing a Demon Alliance simply easy.

In the blink of an eye, three years had passed since Bai Ze came to Flower Fruit Mountain.

Unfortunately, there was still no news about Tathagata's reincarnation.

During these three years, although General Yan Que's information network was spread wide, the Earth Immortal Realm was so vast; although Su Chen believed that Tathagata's reincarnation was highly likely in Southern Chanbuzhou, Southern Chanbuzhou alone had countless kingdoms, and wanting to find a nameless person, or even someone who didn't know if they were born yet, was no different from looking for a needle in a haystack.

But fortunately, the Fomen hadn't found it either.

During these three years, Su Chen spent most of his time on cultivation; the foundation of the Hunyuan Jin Dan was slowly accumulating, and there was still a long way to go before the Great Luo Dao Fruit. And the last step of the "Thirty-Six Axes of Heavenly Gang" could never be crossed.

Thirty-six forms, combined into one, can realize the true meaning of "Opening the Sky".

For the past three years, he had been pondering the Pangu True Form Diagram and the two innate Dao patterns on it over and over again, but the harvest was meager.

He had also asked Bai Ze for advice, but Bai Ze was not good at this, and couldn't give him any good suggestions.

On the mountaintop, Su Chen stood with his axe, and a wisp of heaven and earth evil aura remained on the blade of the Return to Ruins Divine Axe, slowly dissipating along the handle.

He closed his eyes and thought; now his physical body was strong enough.

The axe technique had also been practiced to the extreme, but the true meaning of Opening the Sky was not a problem of power, nor was it a problem of technique.

"Still no harvest?"

A voice came from behind.

Su Chen turned his head; Bai Ze was standing on the mountain path, holding a bowl of tea in his hand. For the past three years,

He had completely integrated into the daily life of Flower Fruit Mountain.

In the eyes of the monkey troop, he was just an ordinary old man brought back by the Staff Officer, planting flowers, drinking tea, and occasionally playing chess and chatting with the Staff Officer.

No one knew that this seemingly ordinary old man was a Semi-Sage.

"I have long practiced these thirty-six forms of axe technique to perfection, but I can never combine them into one."

Bai Ze sat down on a stone nearby.

"The way of cultivation should not be rushed. I see that you have gained nothing these years; perhaps it is because you are too anxious."

Upon hearing this, Su Chen was startled.

Bai Ze looked at the rolling sea of clouds in the distance, his tone slow.

"I think you should go out for a walk; since seclusion cultivation has no harvest, perhaps the opportunity is outside."

"Senior is right; I am too persistent." Su Chen was awakened by Bai Ze's words: "Thank you, Senior, for your guidance."

"Then I will trouble Senior to take care of this Flower Fruit Mountain and the Demon Alliance."

Now that Flower Fruit Mountain had Bai Ze holding the fort, Su Chen was very relieved and could leave whenever he wanted.

Just as Su Chen was about to find Lady Tie Shan to give some instructions.

The wind and clouds in the entire Flower Fruit Mountain suddenly changed.