The Kunlun Mountains are located to the west of Shenzhou, extending from Xining County in Yongzhou in the east to the desert Gobi in the far west, spanning nearly four thousand miles.

If people from Shenzhou wanted to go to Kunlun to become disciples, they had to start from Guanzhong and cross Longyou to Xining County.

Then we took the Qiangzhong Road to enter Shazhou, passed the three towns of Ruoqiang, Qiemo and Yutian along the northern foot of the Kunlun Mountains, and finally arrived at Shule Town to rest for a few days.

Then go south into the Kunlun Mountains and arrive at Kunlun Pillar.

However, Kunlun disciples do not need to go through so much trouble when going out.

All you have to do is fly from Tianzhu on your sword, head eastward along the Kunlun Mountains, and pass through the three areas of Chengcheng, Xuanpu, and Fantong in turn. After leaving the Kunlun Mountains, you will reach Xining County not far away.

Then turn southeast and pass through Longyou to reach Chang'an.

The entire journey is about six thousand miles and can be completed in just one and a half hours.

Qiu Changtian and Xu Yinglian flew up on their swords, crossed the entire mountain range from west to east, and reached Yuxu Peak on the eastern edge of Fantong.

Yuxu Peak is the location of Kunlun Taiqing Sect's external deacon hall. Whether it is the management of external industries or training tasks, they are all uniformly allocated at Yuxu Peak.

Located at the northeast foot of Yuxu Peak is the "Chitai", Kunlun's largest market open to the outside world. It houses the "Kunlun Spring", which is said to be able to beautify the skin. It is a holy place where female disciples of Kunlun Taiqing Sect linger.

After Xu Yinglian stayed in the Deacon Hall of Yuxu Peak for a while, he began to want to go and soak in Kunlun Spring.

However, seeing that Qiu Changtian was still patiently browsing the task jade cards on the wall, he had to suppress his impulse and continue to choose with him.

"Cooperate to explore the newly discovered Qishan earth vein ruins?" Looking at one of the tasks, Xu Yinglian suddenly said, his tone eager to try, "This looks good and challenging."

"No." Qiu Changtian's answer was also very concise.

"What about this?" Xu Yinglian asked again, "Searching for the seriously injured demon sect monks who fled here from Beimang Mountain?"

“No.”

"Why?" Xu Yinglian asked puzzledly.

"Because it's too troublesome." Qiu Changtian said this, looking at the jade token next to him that read "Eliminate the rampant monsters."

Hunting monsters, this type of task has clear objectives and a short process, and you can get spirit stone rewards quickly. Quickly give it to Ling Yunpo to solve the urgent problem!

"Trouble?" Xu Yinglian asked in confusion, "We are here to gain experience, why should we be afraid of trouble?"

Qiu Changtian laughed and said:

"Explore the ruins? Who knows how big the ruins are and how long it will take to explore?"

"As for searching for the seriously injured demon sect monk, who knows where that guy ran off to? If the task is not completed in ten days or half a month, I'm afraid we won't even have the chance to soak in Kunlun Spring!"

Xu Yinglian blushed, thinking that he had seen through her thoughts, and her voice unconsciously lowered:

"If necessary, I don't have to soak in Kunlun Spring this time. There will always be opportunities in the future..."

"Who said you?" Qiu Changtian glanced at her, "I said I want to soak in Kunlun Spring by myself."

Then the face of the junior sister with long black hair quickly turned cold again, and her eyes began to look terrifying.

"What do you think of this mission?" Qiu Changtian pointed at the jade token next to him and said, "Hunting monsters, are you interested?"

"Forget it." Xu Yinglian sneered, "It's dark when we're hunting monsters in the deep mountains and dense forests. I'm afraid that if I'm not careful, the flying sword will miss and stab my brother."

"Junior sister, is it possible that your eyesight is not good?" Qiu Changtian asked in surprise, "This is the first time I've heard of someone confusing a four-legged monster with a cultivator."

"Although they are different in appearance, their temperaments are both stinky and annoying." Xu Yinglian turned his eyes away, "I really can't tell them apart with my eyes closed."

"So why did Junior Sister use the sword control technique with her eyes closed? Was she planning to murder Senior Brother and take over the position of Chief?"

"If Senior Brother could be assassinated so easily by Junior Sister, doesn't that just prove that Senior Brother is not worthy of the chief position?"

"Uh, you said 'assassination', right?"

"Brother, you heard wrong. Junior sister said 'manslaughter by mistake'."

"There is a difference between manslaughter and assassination. How could I have heard it wrong?"

"It seems that my brother's hearing is not very good. Why don't I recite a 'Ting Er Ting Xi Mantra' for you? Otherwise, if you can't even hear the master's lecture clearly, when you come back to relay it, your fellow brothers and sisters will suffer."

"Junior sister, don't change the subject!"

"Don't listen with your ears, but listen with your heart; don't listen with your heart, but listen with your breath..."

“So don’t read it anymore!”

Seeing that Qiu Changtian was speechless because of what she said, Xu Yinglian couldn't help but reveal a cold smile.

She finally found a way to not lose to her senior brother, which was to fight back tit for tat with aggressive and cold words.

Although this is completely inconsistent with the family education of the Tiannan Xu family, if the elders of the family heard her speak so harshly, they would probably faint from anger.

But she didn't want to be broken down and lose her composure by Qiu Changtian's words, as that would be another unbearable failure.

Qiu Changtian caught a glimpse of her smile out of the corner of his eye and sighed inwardly.

"Just take this mission of hunting monsters." He said, pointing at the sign.

"Since you don't listen to my advice, don't blame me if anything goes wrong." Xu Yinglian tried to scare him on purpose.

"Don't worry, junior sister." Qiu Changtian smiled and pointed to the Taiyi Fenguang Sword on his back.

…

When talking about the Taiyi Fenguang Sword, we have to mention that the flying sword system was different before and after the demise of the ancient Chan and Jie sects.

Firstly, for the ancient Chan and Jie sects, there is no such thing as different levels of flying swords; all flying swords are of the immortal sword level.

However, after the demise of the two sects, weapon refiners lost the method of forging perfect immortal swords, so they could only forge lower-grade flying swords for use by practitioners below the level of immortals.

Thus, there was a system of classification from level one to ten, namely the "Heavenly Stems Sword Forging Method". And restoring the forging method of the tenth-level immortal sword became the dream of all weapon refiners.

Secondly, in order to make up for the combat effectiveness of low-level flying swords, it was necessary to strengthen the research on Taoist seals on flying swords.

For example, a ninth-level flying sword would have nine different levels of Taoist magic sealed on it. When the user's realm was raised by one level, the flying sword's Taoist magic would be unlocked one level, thus perfectly matching the user's strength realm.

For example, Qiu Changtian’s Jade Smoke Sword, because he is now at the Qi Refining Stage, he can only unlock the first level of Taoism on it, called “Dragon Qi Coiled in the Sea of ​​Clouds”.

All you have to do is to make a sword gesture and recite "brocade clouds fall like rain, jade rainbow gives rise to smoke" quickly or silently, and you can activate the Taoist magic on the sword and send out a large number of lightsaber attacks to restrain the enemy.

However, since the Taiyi Fenguang Sword is an extremely powerful immortal sword that has existed since ancient times, it naturally does not comply with the tenth-level Tiangan sword-forging method.

There are only three forbidden techniques on it (the so-called forbidden techniques are powerful ancient Taoist techniques), two of which were sealed by Master Ziwei, leaving only one, which is called "Mountains and Seas Connected".

After activation, it can pull out endless mountains and seas, trap the enemy in them and suppress them. It can be said to be an almost universal means of life-saving and killing.

After listening to Qiu Changtian's explanation, Xu Yinglian stopped provoking him.

Although she is competitive and eager to win, she is not arrogant enough to look down on the forbidden magic of the immortal sword.

Since senior brother has the Taiyi Fenguan Sword to protect him, no matter who the monster they want to hunt is, it will not threaten their safety.

Thinking of this, she became eager to try again, and she couldn't wait to find the whereabouts of the monster and kill it before her senior brother.

"When do we set off?" Xu Yinglian asked urgently.

"Don't worry. To find the whereabouts of the monster, we have to contact other disciples who have accepted this task first." Qiu Changtian said leisurely.

"Before that, why don't you go and soak in Kunlun Spring first, how about that?"