Chapter 4208 The Mysterious Old Man

"Where is she? How could there be no one?"

Ye Bufan felt as if cold water had been poured over him, his excitement instantly vanishing. He rushed into the stone cave, searching everywhere, but still found nothing.

The First Demon Insect said, "Young Master Ye, did we make a mistake? Is this someone else's Immortal Cave?"

"Absolutely not."

Ye Bufan reached out and grabbed the silk robe and Immortal Sword from the ground. Although Gong Qingxuan was only a Clone, her Qi was exactly the same as her main body.

"I can confirm that these two items belong to Master."

He wasn't entirely sure about his relationship with Yuan Yao Fairy. He had a Master-disciple relationship with Gong Qingxuan, and countless sparks flew between him and Yuhua Ling and Yuhua Fei.

However, in front of everyone, for the sake of easy explanation, he temporarily referred to her as Master.

Ye Bufan said, "According to what Supreme Emperor said, combined with the scene in the stone cave, it can be inferred that Master was severely injured at the time and temporarily opened an Immortal Cave here, concealing her Qi.

The sword is hers, and the clothes are dirty ones she changed out of. There should be no mistake."

Sword Emperor said, "Is there a possibility that Yuan Yao Fairy merely stopped here temporarily and then left not long after?"

"That doesn't make sense either."

Ye Bufan shook his head again. "If she left on her own, she wouldn't leave her personal sword behind, and she would also take the net at the entrance of the Immortal Cave.

After all, these two are personal treasures, and they are top-grade Immortal Artifacts; it's impossible to discard them casually."

Xuan Yuan Linglong said, "So that means Yuan Yao Fairy didn't leave on her own, but was taken away by someone?"

Ye Bufan nodded with a heavy expression: "It should be so. We are not the first to find this place. She was taken away by someone else before us."

After saying this, his heart grew incredibly heavy. He had finally found her hiding place, but it turned out he was a step too late.

If previously there were still clues to finding Yuan Yao Fairy, by searching step by step in the direction of the great battle back then, now there wasn't a single clue.

In the vast Human Race, in the immense Immortal Realm, where was he supposed to find her?

"Ye Dage, don't worry, we can think of a way slowly."

In contrast, Lu Banxia was more composed. "I guess the other party took Yuan Yao Fairy, most likely because they were targeting you. Perhaps they will come looking for you soon."

Xiao Qing said, "Why do you say that? Could it be that other Immortals were training, happened to discover this stone cave, and just took her away?"

"That's impossible."

After Lu Banxia spoke, Ye Bufan forced himself to calm down and began to consider the current situation.

"If it were an ordinary Immortal training, even a Saint Emperor, they wouldn't let go of two top-grade Immortal Artifacts. They would definitely take this sword and the net at the entrance.

But now the other party only took the person, ignoring these two items, which can only mean that his goal was Yuan Yao Fairy, and he doesn't value such treasures."

"That makes sense."

Xuan Yuan Linglong said, "Then who could it be? Could it be the Evil Lord of Myriad Beasts, or the Devouring Heaven Demon Emperor from before?"

"No."

Ye Bufan said, "The Evil Lord of Myriad Beasts, in order to escape before, even used Xiaobai to disturb my mind, and he didn't mention Yuan Yao Fairy at all.

If he had this trump card in his hand, he wouldn't have chosen to flee; he would definitely threaten me and take the Devouring Heaven Demon Emperor and the others with him.

But none of these four mentioned Yuan Yao Fairy, which means she's not in their hands at all."

Jin Meier frowned: "If it's not them, then who could it be? This is War God Heaven, could it be the Primordial Saint Emperor?"

Ye Bufan said, "That's also unlikely. When I entered War God Heaven, the Primordial Saint Emperor and his subordinates didn't put us in their eyes at all, and it's impossible for them to use Yuan Yao Fairy to deal with me."

Xuan Yuan Linglong slapped her head hard: "Then who could it be? I really can't think of anyone."

Not only her, but everyone else was at a loss, completely unable to think of any clues.

"Forget it, if we can't think of it, then don't. Let's go out first. If he wants to find me, we should meet very soon."

Ye Bufan led everyone out of the water cave, but when they reappeared on the lake surface, everyone was stunned.

They saw an old man floating in the air opposite them, not tall, about 1.6 meters, short and chubby.

His skin was very fair, a brilliant smile hung on his face, he had a big belly, and he held a string of prayer beads in his hand, looking like a smiling Maitreya Buddha.

These were all secondary; the key was a White-Clothed Woman floating beside him, not standing, but lying in the Void Realm, seemingly asleep.

"Master!"

Ye Bufan exclaimed after seeing the woman's face. It turned out that the sleeping White-Clothed Woman was precisely the Yuan Yao Fairy he had been searching for.

He had searched for so long without finding her, and he never expected to meet her here so unexpectedly.

Ye Bufan couldn't care less about anything else. His figure flickered and he rushed over, wanting to snatch Yuan Yao Fairy into his hands.

No matter who the other party was, no matter the reason, nothing could stop him from saving her.

But what he didn't expect was that before he could even get within a hundred feet of Yuan Yao Fairy, he was blocked back by an invisible barrier.

His speed was very fast, but the faster he was, the harder he crashed, and he was bounced back dozens of feet away.

"This…"

Ye Bufan was filled with shock. What he hit was not some barrier, but an Immortal Emperor Domain.

With his current strength, ordinary Domains could not stop him at all, which showed how powerful the opponent's strength was.

"Ye Dage, I'll go!"

Xuan Yuan Linglong shouted loudly, and the Immortal Sword in her hand slashed out.

On the other side, Ye Tian, who was always a man of few words but fierce actions, said nothing, but transformed into a cloud of black mist and charged towards Yuan Yao Fairy.

Both of them had now reached the Peak of Five-Rank, and ordinary Domains could not stop them at all.

But the result was exactly the same as Ye Bufan's; they were still blocked back by an invisible barrier.

The opponent's Domain was truly powerful; even a Five-Rank Saint Emperor could not shake it in the slightest.

"Break for me!"

At this moment, a sharp and unparalleled sword light streaked across the sky, slashing fiercely.

Sword Emperor Wan Jianyi made his move. As a Sixth Grade Saint Emperor and a Dao Venerable of the Sword, the power of his sword strike was imaginable.

But the result once again surprised everyone. After the sword light struck the opponent's Domain, it only caused a ripple, and then it dissipated into nothingness.

"Hiss!"

Everyone was shocked now. Just by relying on his Domain, he blocked the Sword Emperor's full-power strike. This terrifying strength was simply beyond imagination.

Could it be that this was a Seventh-Rank Saint Emperor, or even a higher Rank?

Seeing everyone's reaction, the plump old man smiled slightly.

"Everyone, why are you in such a hurry? Let's talk nicely."

Wan Jianyi held his Immortal Sword, looking at the opponent with sharp eyes: "Who exactly are you?"

His heart was filled with immense shock and doubt. The opponent was clearly a Human Race, and his strength was even above his own.

But as the head of the Five Great Sects, the Sword Emperor of Qin Jian Mountain Manor, he could be said to know all the Human Race powerhouses, yet he had never seen this old man before.