"It's bad luck, someone stole the Mist Spirit Fruits from the back mountain!" A disciple responsible for guarding the spirit fruit forest of the Chaotian Immortal Sect rushed to the front hall in a panic. He was going to find Elder Lin. Disciples who recognized him saw his pale face and quickly stopped him to ask what was happening.
"Senior Brother Qi, the Mist Spirit Fruits were stolen!"
"Stolen? How many? Senior Brother will use his merit points to cover for you, so you won't be punished."
The younger disciple's face was pale, his lips trembling:
"All~All of them were eaten..."
"What? All eaten?" Senior Brother Qi's voice was sharp, he was scared. It wasn't what he thought... it wasn't one tree, it was a whole patch! At least hundreds of trees...
"Yes, not a single fruit could be found in the entire fruit forest... The younger disciple's voice was already choked with tears."
The two senior brothers collapsed onto the ground, Senior Brother Qi was stunned. Who could eat so many fruits? These were Mist Spirit Fruits, eating one fruit could increase one's cultivation by a hundred years. Wouldn't they burst if they ate so many? And were they definitely eaten? Wouldn't they have been stolen to be exchanged for spirit stones?
"Junior Brother, are you sure they were eaten, not just picked?" Senior Brother Qi didn't believe they were eaten.
"Senior Brother Qi, they were really eaten, look at all the fruit pits on the ground? Why don't you go and see for yourself? I'm going to find Elder Lin, I... I'll definitely be expelled from the sect... Wuwu~~" The younger disciple finally couldn't help but cry.
When Elder Lin heard about this, he looked at the younger disciple, whose eyes were swollen into two walnuts from crying, with disbelief. Who could eat so many Mist Spirit Fruits and not die from overeating?
He decided to go and see for himself. Upon arriving at the fruit forest, he encountered the disciple surnamed Qi, whose name he didn't remember, only that he was good friends with the disciple guarding the fruit forest.
The younger disciple followed behind Elder Lin and saw Senior Brother Qi staring blankly at the fruit pits on the ground, his face filled with shock.
"Senior Brother Qi, Elder is here." The younger disciple tugged at Senior Brother Qi's sleeve.
"Greetings, Elder. This disciple, Qi Zhen, greets Elder." Qi Zhen came back to his senses and quickly bowed.
Elder Lin waved his hand, not paying much attention. The matter of the fruit forest was more important now. Even the experienced Elder Lin was astonished to see the ground covered in fruit pits. He walked around each tree in his surprise. What the younger disciple said was indeed true, the Mist Spirit Fruits had been eaten, not picked. The fruit pits on the ground were proof!
Qi Zhen had already walked around before they arrived. Now, he was just looking worriedly at the younger disciple, wondering if he would be expelled from the sect. The crime of negligence in guarding could be serious or minor. But Mist Spirit Fruits were so precious, and the loss was so great, if compensation was required, the younger disciple would probably not be able to repay it even if he sold himself for five hundred years...
Soon, the matter was reported to the sect, and the sect's executive elder and the elder in charge of the treasury also came in person. The main reason was that the matter was too strange. After seeing the fruit pits covering the ground, they immediately reported to the sect leader.
The sect leader strictly ordered the executive elder to thoroughly investigate whether there were any loopholes in the entire mountain protection formation and if any outsiders or demonic beasts had infiltrated. He also ordered a thorough investigation of whether disciples of each peak were harboring outsiders or demonic beasts...
The entire Chaotian Immortal Sect was in a state of panic. As for the disciples guarding the fruit forest, they were only fined three years of labor without merit points. That is, they worked for free for three years. According to him, he only slept for an hour and woke up to find the ground covered in fruit pits. As for the reason for his sleep, he knew nothing. Based on this situation, the execution hall could not punish him too severely. Being able to come and go without a trace, without being discovered by the sect patrol disciples, was enough to prove that it was not something ordinary disciples could contend with. After all, the disciples who could enter the patrol team had cultivation levels above the Golden Core stage. Otherwise, if they encountered a powerful enemy, disciples of the Foundation Establishment stage would be defeated in an instant. The mountain protection formation was so powerful, and to be able to break through it, the cultivation must be profound.
Therefore, the disciples of the sect widely speculated that it must have been a powerful demonic beast! Only demonic beasts with strong physical bodies would dare to greedily eat so many Mist Spirit Fruits!
Several days of investigation yielded no results.
While the commotion was happening, in a cliff cave in the back mountain of the Chaotian Immortal Sect, the sleeping Qilin and Chizhu were completely unaffected. These two imbeciles had eaten their fill and were sleeping soundly.
At this moment, Chaoyangzi and Chaotianci, along with their group, returned to the Chaotian Immortal Sect. As soon as they heard about this matter, they felt it was unusual, and upon seeing the crime scene, they inexplicably found it familiar. This modus operandi of eating without wiping their mouths was extremely familiar.
Chaoyangzi said to the executive elder:
"Where is Qilin?" In the past, when Chaoyangzi went out, before he even reached the mountain gate, his contracted beast would happily come out to greet him. Now, he had been back for half a day, and he still hadn't seen it. If it wasn't in secluded cultivation, then this case could basically be solved.
As expected, when they arrived at the cave in the back mountain cliff, they saw Qilin and a giant spider sleeping soundly, their exhalations carrying the spiritual energy of Mist Spirit Fruits. Some people get drunk on wine, some on tea, this was the first time they saw someone drunk on fruit. Everyone present mentally exclaimed "Serves them right!" Greed, you won't die from overeating...
Little did they know that these two imbeciles had competed in eating five-element spiritual fruits that were mutually antagonistic on Penglai Immortal Island, and the spiritual energy contained in one of them was equivalent to hundreds of Mist Spirit Fruits, and they hadn't exploded. They had even unlocked a new function - "Eating". So they were destined to be disappointed.
Elder Lin and the executive elder were both extremely angry. This was the contracted beast of the sect's next sect leader, and the Water Spider Chizhu was said to be from Penglai Immortal Island... They couldn't afford to offend them! It was just that the loss was a bit too great, so both of them looked at Chaoyangzi, their heads feeling a bit blank, not knowing what to say.
Chaoyangzi desperately suppressed the urge to wake up Qilin and beat him. As soon as he returned, he was in big trouble. He was just about to say something...
Chaotianci next to him spoke up.
"The sect has lost its entire year's supply of Mist Spirit Fruits, and it is now confirmed that your Qilin ate them. As the sect's宗子, you cannot show favoritism!" Chaotianci said to Chaoyangzi with a sarcastic tone. He just wanted to know what he would do. If Qilin did not come out to confess, then he could be accused of unfairness...
He had been so stifled on the way back to the sect. Clearly, they were his subordinates, so why did they all listen to him? He had just accidentally made a sound when passing by a snow beast, causing them to be surrounded by snow beasts. Well~ In the end, they still won... Then the command and authority were stripped away by Chaoyangzi. It was truly infuriating. He lost face in front of his own subordinates!
"I will compensate the sect for the loss this time. It is my fault for not disciplining properly." Chaoyangzi pretended not to hear Chaotianci, not even casting a glance at him.
After speaking, Chaoyangzi handed a Qiankun bag to Elder Lin. Elder Lin's spiritual sense swept through it, and it was full of rare spiritual plants and herbs, making his eyes light up with excitement. He had wood-element spiritual roots. Planting them was not difficult, but some of the spiritual plants were already extinct. Yet, the sect's 宗子, Young Master Yang, had actually found them. They were in his hands, and the varieties were very complete, some even rarer. What did this mean for the sect? It meant that with these heaven-sent treasures, the sect's overall combat power could be greatly increased, allowing them to cultivate more Nascent Soul and Deity Transformation cultivators...
The executive elder saw Elder Lin so excited that his beard was standing on end, and he became even more curious. He took the Qiankun bag and scanned it with his spiritual sense, wow... He was also extremely shocked...