Avenue Stowaway

Kong Fang stayed in this small courtyard very close to the edge of Luofeng City, practicing quietly, while also waiting for the auction two days later.

"Once I buy the Mist Hidden Flower, I will leave Luofeng City immediately and continue on my journey." Kong Fang had originally planned to leave immediately after buying the Fang Cun Map, but unexpectedly he encountered the Mist Hidden Flower and his journey was delayed.

Kong Fang practiced peacefully in this courtyard, unaware that many people had appeared in Luofeng City looking for him. Ziqing and A Luo followed the direction pointed by Jiang Mengchen and searched all the way. Although they found several people who had seen Kong Fang on the way, no one could tell where Kong Fang had gone.

Ziqing and the other person were like two headless flies, wandering around the East Market, even searching every restaurant, but they still couldn't find out any information about Kong Fang.

Soon after, the monks sent by the family arrived in Luofeng City. The two failed to seize the opportunity and could not find Kong Fang for a long time, so they could only return to the family helplessly.

In order not to attract the attention of the two major sects and the other three families, the cultivators of the Zi family were very careful and low-key when they were looking for Kong Fang. They were all looking for him in secret and did not have too much contact with other people. Even if they were asking for information, they did it secretly and did not have any contact with the waiters and stewards in the restaurant.

Most of the restaurants belonged to the two major sects and the four major families. If the Zi family members asked the waiters and managers in these restaurants for information, they would easily be discovered by the two major sects and the other three major families. Therefore, all this was done secretly.

But when dozens of cultivators sent by the Zi family secretly searched the four cities in the southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest, they did not find any trace of Kong Fang. At this time, a day and a night had passed, and it was the next day.

In a spacious hall of the Zi family, the door was closed. Sitting on the main seat opposite the door was a middle-aged monk in black and purple clothes. His skin was slightly dark, but this made him look more majestic. This person was the current head of the Zi family - Zi Yang!

There were three people standing in front of Ziyang. Two of them were none other than Ziqing's father and uncle. The last one was an elder who was in charge of finding Kong Fang, named Zizhen! At this time, Elder Zizhen's face was full of embarrassment, and he lowered his head slightly.

In order to prevent the two major sects and the three major families from knowing that they were looking for Kong Fang, Zi Yang did not let other elders and clan members know about this. Only the three people in front of him knew about this. Of course, Zi Qing also guessed that the family would look for Kong Fang because of her father's initial advice. However, Zi Qing was reminded by her father later and did not leak this matter.

"Zi Zhen, you have seen the Shapeshifting Vine, and you should be very clear about how special it is. Although we don't know what the Shapeshifting Vine has gone through, so that its vitality has been greatly damaged and even its intelligence seems to have collapsed, it did have a foundation for cultivation in the past, so it will be much easier for us to cultivate it again. In order to ensure that the Shapeshifting Vine can fully recover, I asked you to take people to look for the cultivator named Kong Fang, but it has been a day and a night. Is the result you brought me just the three words 'not found'?" Zi Yang's voice was a little low, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his eyes.

Zi Zhen said with embarrassment: "Master, we have secretly searched the four cities in the southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest. But there is no sign of Kong Fang at all. Now my people are searching outside the four cities. As long as he has not left Luofeng City, my people will definitely find him. However, it will take some time." Zi Zhen was suddenly even more embarrassed.

"Head of the family!" Ziqing's father suddenly said, "I heard from Qing'er that Kong Fang wanted to buy the Mist Flower before, but it was bought by someone from Qiankun Pavilion first. It just so happens that there will be an auction at Qiankun Pavilion the day after tomorrow, and the Mist Flower is on the list of treasures at the auction. I guess Kong Fang might go to the auction. We sent someone to guard near Qiankun Pavilion. There should be a great chance that we can discover Kong Fang's whereabouts." Ziqing later heard this news from Jiang Mengchen.

"That's good news, huh. Let's do as you say." Ziyang's expression eased a little.

Zizhen secretly cast a grateful look towards Ziqing's father. If it weren't for Ziqing's father's help, he might have been scolded again.

"Oh, right." Ziyang, who was sitting in the main seat, looked at Ziqing's father and asked, "It's been a day and a night. How is the shape-changing vine?"

"Under the nourishment of Lin Shu's wood element magic power, the vitality of the shape-changing vine is slowly growing stronger, and its condition is gradually improving." Ziqing's father replied.

"That's good." Zi Yang nodded with satisfaction. "Since the method mentioned by the cultivator named Kong Fang has worked, and now a day and a night has passed, let's start the second stage of recovery. I hope nothing goes wrong." Zi Yang turned his head and glanced at Zi Zhen, but his face suddenly darkened. "Zi Zhen, you have to hurry up and look for it. With Kong Fang here, our hope of restoring the Transformation Vine will be greater. As long as the Transformation Vine can grow, it will be a blessing for my Zi family and even more so for future generations."

"Yes!" Zi Zhenlian agreed.

"Okay, all of you go and get busy. I also have to deal with the Jiang family. That Jiang family kid saw the Transformation Vine, and now the Jiang family has been clamoring to see the Transformation Vine. Our four major families and two major sects are of the same blood on the surface, but there has never been a lack of fighting in secret. They want to see the Transformation Vine at this time. There is no way they have good intentions."

Ziqing's father's heart suddenly trembled. He heard something wrong in the seemingly casual words of the head of the family. Originally, getting the Transformation Vine should have been a great joy, but because Jiang Mengchen saw it, the Jiang family knew about it, which turned a good thing into a bad thing.

"It seems that we have to keep Qing'er away from that boy named Jiang." Ziqing's father said secretly.

The three of them opened the palace door and flew away in a hurry.

Ziqing's father and her uncle went to look after the transformation vine, while Zizhen sadly went around the world looking for Kong Fang again.

Kong Fang lived in too remote a place, so Zizhen's people started their search from the prosperous areas, which meant it was destined to be difficult for them to find Kong Fang.

On the other hand, the Lao Family, where the Treasure Hall was located, was experiencing a huge power change. Because of the bad influence Lao Chun had on the Treasure Hall and his rash offense against the Jiang Family, many people who were originally neutral immediately turned to the other faction, and a power change began.

Of course, these are all superficial. What Lao Chun did was just a trigger, an excuse, but sometimes such an excuse is very important. The other faction had been waiting for this day for a long time, and with this reason, they secretly exerted their full strength. As a result, Lao Chun's father's faction was forced to give up the power they currently had, and some people who were too stubborn were even directly cleared out.