The matter of the pill room completely erupted two days later. Initially, an elder returned to Pill Peak and entered the pill room, only to find the three elders guarding it missing, and furthermore, discovered that all the pills were gone.
Especially upon seeing that there were no more Youth Preserving Pills in the pill furnace, his expression changed drastically. He struck the great bell of Pill Peak to notify all disciples and elders of the entire peak.
The elders who were originally at Prince Yuwu’s place and had not yet returned were also alarmed, returning to Pill Peak one by one. Upon seeing the empty pill room, their expressions changed drastically.
“How could this happen?” Every elder gathered together had an ashen face, staring gloomily at the pill furnace.
“Where are the three elders who were guarding this place?” an elder at the forefront asked angrily.
“We do not know, there is no news of them. We do not know where they went. We searched all over Pill Peak but found no trace of them. However, after asking some disciples, they said they saw someone wearing elder robes going down the mountain last night.”
This single sentence made the expressions of the elders even darker. Every one of them clenched their fists tightly, especially the elder at the forefront, who punched the pillar beside him fiercely, causing the pillar to shatter instantly.
“Send people to search. You must drag those three out for me. Anyone who dares to steal the clan’s pills must die!” the elder roared.
“Yes!” The elders were also furious. How precious were these pills, and no one even knew the exact quantity. They were meant for the sacred land to cultivate disciples, but just like that, they had all vanished. The sacred land would suffer a massive blow to its vitality. Without suitable pills to reward those outstanding disciples, it might even cause the disciples of the Rain Mist Sacred Land to lose heart.
Thinking of such terrible consequences, some elders even became frightened. If the sacred land held them accountable, none of them could escape responsibility.
Especially when they saw that the entire furnace of Youth Preserving Pills had been ruined inside, these people began to breathe rapidly, gritting their teeth, wishing they could skin and flay those three alive.
How much effort had they expended for these Youth Preserving Pills? Many secret treasures of the sacred land had been brought out, and they had even requested the sacred elders of the clan to take action. This was the painstaking effort of their Rain Mist Sacred Land, yet even such a thing had been stolen by these people.
“You deserve to die!” The elder at the forefront gritted his teeth and began ordering the elders to pursue and kill the three. In their view, those three elders had obviously been unable to resist the temptation of the Youth Preserving Pills and betrayed the sacred land.
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The entire Pill Peak, and even the Rain Mist Sacred Land, went crazy over this. All topics converged on the looting of the pills at Pill Peak.
Especially when the news that the Youth Preserving Pills had been ruined spread, countless disciples of the sacred land flew into a rage, shouting one after another that they would drink the blood of those three elders.
Ye Chu was picking herbs in the medicinal herb room. Upon hearing this news, he almost laughed his teeth off. Of course, occasionally disciples came to the medicinal herb room to search and investigate, but how could their strength possibly see through Ye Chu.
After the news of the pill room theft spread for several days, it caused an even bigger sensation. Even some of the supreme elders of the Rain Mist Sacred Land could not sit still and began to put pressure on Pill Peak.
At the same time, they also dispatched disciples to pursue the three elders. However, there was absolutely no news of these three elders. Apart from a disciple saying they saw someone in elder robes going down the mountain, there were no other traces of them. This made it impossible for them to even begin pursuing and killing the three.
“This is impossible. Even if the three had the ability to escape underground, it is impossible for there to be no news at all.” Everyone was puzzled in their hearts, suspecting that the three elders were still staying within the sacred land, they just did not know where.
As a result, the disciples of the Rain Mist Sacred Land began to search extensively throughout the sacred land. Every single disciple had to be verified repeatedly several times.
Ye Chu was verified several times. However, as a low level disciple, they did not take him to heart, so it was a close call but ultimately safe.
However, anyone going down the mountain was completely blocked. Without the order of a supreme elder, no one could go down the mountain.
This point gave Ye Chu a slight headache. He thought to himself that if he had known this, he should have taken the opportunity to leave when he framed the three elders.
Back then, after looting the pill room, Ye Chu had deliberately worn elder robes to escape down the mountain and let the disciples see him. However, after doing all this, Ye Chu, who still wanted to take some advantage, returned to the Rain Mist Sacred Land.
“This is truly a headache. The road down the mountain is blocked. I cannot go down the mountain at all. Do I have to stay here forever? If I stay too long, I will sooner or later be discovered by them. This is the sacred land after all. It will be troublesome if I am discovered.” Ye Chu took a deep breath.
But despite having thousands of thoughts in his heart, the blocked road was a solid reality. Ye Chu could only stay put and blend in within the sacred land.
This blockade of the mountain range lasted for a full week. During this week, Ye Chu made no other moves. Every day he just picked medicinal herbs, and of course, occasionally delivered herbs to the outside of the pill room.
After the pills were stolen, Pill Peak began to refine medicine on a large scale to replenish the already severely depleted pill supply for the clan.
And while Ye Chu was delivering herbs each time, he also learned that Prince Yuwu’s injuries had fully healed. He had also joined the ranks of those searching for the thief.
What made Ye Chu’s heart tremble with fear was that Prince Yuwu told the elders that the ones who stole the pills were not necessarily the three elders, and it was even possible that the three elders had already met with disaster.
His guess made some people half believe and half doubt, but Prince Yuwu did not care. He gathered people himself and began to search for the thief according to his own ideas.
It was just that Ye Chu was too inconspicuous, and his disguise was done well. Even though Prince Yuwu’s suspicion was correct, he still failed to drag Ye Chu out.
However, Ye Chu’s happiness did not last long. Prince Yuwu began to order all newly admitted disciples to go see him.
This order made Ye Chu’s heart skip a beat. He naturally could not meet with Prince Yuwu. Once they met, it would definitely be known that he was the one who did all this.
While Prince Yuwu was urging the newly admitted disciples to go see him, Ye Chu finally stopped hiding and his dancing figure vanished from the medicinal herb room.
After investigating the disciples one by one, Prince Yuwu shook his head and asked, “Are these all the newly admitted disciples?”
The elder in charge of the newly admitted disciples bowed and replied, “There are still a few who were invited by the elders of Pill Peak to pick medicinal herbs. They are not present!”
Prince Yuwu’s heart skipped a beat, and he shouted at the elder, “Call them here as well!”
Among the few disciples, only Ye Chu was missing. This made the elder shout, “Where is Bai Ye?”
“We do not know. We have not seen Bai Ye for several hours,” one of the disciples replied.
Prince Yuwu’s face turned gloomy, and his hands clenched tightly. “Who is Bai Ye? Explain everything about him clearly!”
These disciples also guessed a certain possibility. While they were terrified and horrified, they also confessed everything they knew about Bai Ye.
Hearing their introduction, Prince Yuwu became even more convinced that there was something fishy about Bai Ye. Because although Bai Ye appeared ordinary, he was unusually enthusiastic about the affairs of the sacred land.
“Dig three feet into the ground and find Bai Ye for me!” Prince Yuwu roared, already certain in his heart that the matter at Pill Peak was related to Bai Ye.