Kunlun Spring was not originally a hot spring.

It is just an underground mineral spring. The spring water is icy to the touch and never freezes all year round. It also contains rich minerals.

In other words, it is the spiritual power of the earth contained in the minerals that makes bathing have the effect of beautifying the skin and removing dirt and purifying the soul.

Therefore, the female monks of the ancient Chan sect diverted the spring water into the pools made of warm jade, thus creating indoor hot springs. Now it has become a tourist destination on the border of Kunlun.

In the single hot spring room, Xu Yinglian took off her plain robe, revealing her flawless body, and her long black hair was wrapped in a bath towel behind her head.

She first lifted her jade feet and slowly tested the water temperature before she slowly stepped into the clear water and soaked her curvaceous body in it.

"Huh." Lying sideways in the hot spring pool, leaning lightly against the warm jade wall, in the rising mist, Xu Yinglian let out a long breath, revealing a comfortable and happy expression.

I don’t know how long it took, but a thought suddenly popped up in my mind.

What are you doing now, brother?

Are you also taking a hot spring bath in a certain room?

Xu Yinglian had both respect and hatred for his senior brother Qiu Changtian.

What we respect is his extraordinary talent, which is truly admirable.

She also hated his extraordinary talent, which was too terrifying and made her chase him almost desperate.

The most infuriating thing is that his family wanted to make a Taoist marriage contract with him without even asking him...

Xu Yinglian slowly immersed her face in the water, feeling a little weak.

In fact, she didn't hate Senior Brother Qiu, but she had never thought about matters between men and women.

Qiu Changtian is just a goal that I want to surpass.

After I completely defeat him, he will be no different from other boring and idle people in this world, and I won't even look at him.

Humph.

Thinking of this, Xu Yinglian's mood improved as he soaked in the hot spring water.

Contrary to what she had guessed, Qiu Changtian was socializing outside at the moment, meeting with Kunlun disciples who had also taken on the task of "hunting monsters."

In the restaurant, all the participants have arrived. Except for Qiu Changtian, there are three men and two women, all dressed as Kunlun outer disciples and exchanged names.

"My name is Lu Zheng, nice to meet you all, fellow disciples of Kunlun." One of them bowed first and said.

"No problem. I'm Liu Daoran."

"Liu Yiyi."

"Wenqin."

"Hu Haozhi."

After everyone finished introducing themselves in order, their eyes fell on the last person, Qiu Changtian.

"Qiu Changtian." He also introduced himself with a smile.

The room was quiet for a moment.

Then, the disciple named Lu Zheng laughed as if to break the awkward atmosphere:

"What a coincidence, I have the same name as this generation's chief senior brother."

Qiu Changtian: ...

Wait, how did I become someone with the same name?

But he had a quick mind after all, and he quickly figured out the reason.

Because Qiu Changtian is the master's direct disciple and has a noble status, he doesn't need to go out for training!

Who among those who are standing here is not a poor outer disciple who has no master to protect him and is forced to be independent and self-reliant?

In order to improve his cultivation as quickly as possible, he had to take on Qi Refining tasks in the Deacon Hall for a long time, just to earn a few spirit stones to subsidize his cultivation.

Among all the Qi Refining tasks, hunting monsters is the one with the lowest reward and the most laborious.

You should know that whether you are exploring ancient ruins or searching for hostile monks, you will have the opportunity to obtain additional magic weapons, elixirs, and even skills.

What can you get from hunting monsters? Fur? Flesh? Excrement?

The only advantage of this task is that it can be completed quickly. You can quickly increase the volume in a short period of time and get enough spirit stones by accumulating tasks...so those who will take this task are all outer disciples who are in urgent need of spirit stones.

Not to mention the chief senior brother of this generation, even other direct disciples and inner disciples who can receive monthly wages from the master, who would be interested in such a small amount of spirit stones!

Thinking of this, Qiu Changtian couldn't emphasize anymore that "I am the chief senior brother" and could only nod in agreement.

The other outer disciples seemed unaware and were just chatting with each other to get acquainted.

"Speaking of Kunlun's chief Qiu Changtian, he seems to be a man who does not live up to his reputation." The disciple who introduced himself as "Liu Daoran" sneered, "I heard that when he first joined Kunlun, he did not even walk the path to heaven, but was directly appointed by the head of the sect!"

"Is this true?" Another female disciple named "Wenqin" asked in astonishment, obviously having never heard of this matter. "How can the sect confirm his qualifications for cultivation if he hasn't completed the Path to Heaven? Why can he be directly appointed as the chief of this generation?"

"What else could it be?" Liu Daoran curled his lips, "I guess he must be from a cultivation family, so he must be related."

Everyone was speechless after hearing this. It was a semi-open secret that the children of the great families of immortal cultivation always occupied the majority of the inner disciples and direct disciples of Kunlun Taiqing Sect. Even many people with poor qualifications could sometimes get a quota because their elders in the clan were immortals or elders in Kunlun, which made their fellow disciples despise them.

"Don't worry about the chief brother, let's take a look at this mission." Seeing everyone's depressed and gloomy expressions, Lu Zheng quickly tried to smooth things over and introduced everyone, "In the spirit stone mine in Laolongling, a loach broke into it recently and obstructed mining."

"This monster looks like a wild sheep, has four horns, is good at running and jumping, eats people, and will be fierce when seeing blood."

"Fortunately, it cannot use the Five Spirits spells and is a low-level demon beast. Therefore, as long as we act carefully, it won't be difficult to kill it first with our flying swords."

"It's not far from here to Laolongling. If everything goes well, it will take no more than two hours to hunt and get back."

He passed the mission scroll around to everyone, and no one had any objections.

After all, cultivators at the Qi Refining Stage have not yet undergone marrow cleansing. Although their bodies are as weak as those of ordinary people, the attack power of their flying swords is sharp enough.

Unless the monster finds an opportunity to launch a sneak attack, the opponent will be killed by being pierced by the flying sword, instead of the turn-based fight described in fantasy novels where "you cast a fire spell and I cast a wind blade."

After the mission was confirmed, everyone was about to set off. At this time, Qiu Changtian suddenly said:

"Wait a moment, I have another junior sister who will go with me later. Can you wait for me to bring her over?"

"This is not good." Lu Zheng said awkwardly, "There are not many spirit stones for this mission. It's okay if five people share it, but it would be too little if six people share it."

Qiu Changtian was speechless after hearing this. He had looked at the mission reward before, which was only 120 low-grade spirit stones. There was only four less spirit stones between five people and six people. What difference could this little bit make?

Looking at the other disciples, although they didn't say anything, their expressions all meant the same thing: they didn't want to add another person's share.

Then Qiu Changtian suddenly realized: four low-grade spirit stones were nothing to him, but to these outer disciples, it was a huge sum of money that would hurt their bones!

"How about this?" He smiled and said, "My junior sister and I will work together, but I will only get one person's reward."

"That's great!" Lu Zheng was overjoyed. After all, this was like earning a free worker. "But will your sister agree?"

"She doesn't care." Qiu Changtian said with a smile, "She comes from a family of immortal cultivators, so she doesn't care about these few spirit stones."

As soon as these Versailles-like words came out, everyone's faces suddenly became tense. Lu Zheng was about to continue asking "Why did you come to do the mission?", but was interrupted rudely by Hu Haozhi next to him:

"My fellow Daoist, if you want to bring my junior sister here, please hurry up. You can't leave so many of us waiting for you two!"

The others were disciples of the 280th generation and had just entered the sect, but Hu Haozhi was the 279th generation and had entered Kunlun thirty years earlier than everyone else.

Therefore, he interrupted him with the airs of a senior. Lu Zheng did not dare to ask any further questions and just looked doubtful.

"Okay, everyone please wait a moment, I'll be there soon." Qiu Changtian turned and left.

After he disappeared, Liu Daoran sneered and said, "How could the eldest daughter of a cultivation family do such hard work? This man may not be sincere. Everyone, be careful and don't let him take advantage of the situation."

"Let's not talk about that." Liu Yiyi, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "At least he is still quite handsome."

"You think so too?" Wen Qin also said excitedly, "He looks like a handsome young man from a wealthy family!"

"Can good looks be used as spiritual stones?" Liu Daoran said with a dark face, "An embroidered pillow is just a bag of grass, do you understand?"

"You ugly guy, you know nothing!" Wen Qin had long been annoyed with him and cursed directly, "If you are jealous of others' good looks, just hold it in! Don't be so sarcastic and annoying!"

"You!" Liu Daoran was furious and was about to fight back. Seeing this, Lu Zheng hurried over to mediate, "Alright, alright, we are all from the same Kunlun sect, let's not hurt the relationship."

After finally calming down his anger, Liu Daoran began to think about leaving the team and working on his own.

After all, he had a falling out with the female monk in the team. If he didn't fight back, he would be upset and scolded. If he fought back, he would lose his grace. It would be better to leave.

But on second thought, if I left in such disgrace, who knows how these female monks would gossip about me, ridicule me and slander me behind my back.

It would be better to wait for the other party to bring that junior sister back and let everyone see what kind of "young lady" she is!