"The missions aren't dangerous, and most of them involve senior brothers and sisters. We're just there to fill in the gaps in manpower, and the rewards are quite generous, so it's a pretty good job. Junior Brother Huang has also received a forced summoning mission."
"Junior Brother Lin, what mission did you take on? I'm going to oversee a small town in the secular world. I heard there are demons running rampant there. Maybe we're even on the same mission."
So that's how it is. Lin Xiuyuan shook his head helplessly. It turned out that because of the competition, no one was willing to take on these summoning missions, so they had to force these newcomers to fill in...
However, the mission is not particularly dangerous, and since it is a forced recruitment, the rewards are quite good. The basic reward is a few Yangfa Pills and five hundred low-grade spirit stones. Depending on the completion rate of the final summoning mission, there will be additional rewards.
Lin Xiuyuan didn't have much to complain about, he just felt a bit helpless about being conscripted.
After all, it's normal for disciples of a sect to obey orders and arrangements, especially since there are rewards!
Lin Xiuyuan understood this when he entered the sect. He was no longer as free as he was when he was a rogue cultivator. As a disciple of the sect, he had already taken on a responsibility.
After giving Zhang Zhiyong a brief reply and expressing his gratitude, Lin Xiuyuan got up and left the secret room, heading towards the spirit beast room.
Not long after, a blue streak of light streaked across the sky and headed towards Zhongxiao Mountain.
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Half a month later.
East of Dai Viet lies a desolate, secular land.
The mountains are sparsely covered with green hills, and a few villages are scattered here and there. They depend on this land for their livelihood, living by hunting and farming. The nearest town is about twenty or thirty miles away. However, the surrounding area consists of secular towns. If one wants to find a place where cultivators are active, one must travel nearly a hundred miles away.
The Daoist escape light swirled down and arrived at the foot of a large mountain.
There were three men and one woman, dressed in different clothes, but without exception, they all had white and black patterns carved into the character "霄" on their chests!
After looking around and finding nothing amiss, Lin Xiuyuan turned his attention to what was in front of him.
Ahead of them was a huge cave, from which a group of people were coming out to greet them.
There were about ten people, all wearing ordinary gray robes with black and white patterns embroidered on the chest, along with the Xiao sect's mark.
"I am Feng Hao, an outer sect steward, paying my respects to the Foundation Establishment senior uncles."
"Outer sect disciple pays respects to Foundation Establishment senior uncle..."
Upon arriving outside the cave and seeing the group of people, they all bowed respectfully in greeting.
The group of four was led by Zhang Zhenghai, who had a square face and looked extremely upright. Next was Senior Sister Xu Hua, who was of above-average appearance but had a pair of phoenix eyes and, with her special attire, exuded a charming allure.
Both were senior disciples of Jiuxiao Mountain. The former was in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, with a still quite powerful aura, and was estimated to be in the high-level mid-Foundation stage. The latter was at the peak of the early Foundation Establishment stage, not far from the mid-Foundation stage.
The remaining two were Lin Xiuyuan and a senior brother of the same generation named Dai Haoran. Dai Haoran should not be considered a new disciple, as he had been cultivating in Jiuxiao Mountain for more than ten years.
However, his cultivation level was clearly inferior to the two senior disciples, only slightly stronger than Lin Xiuyuan, roughly approaching the early stage of Foundation Establishment, which was a bit stronger than Lin Xiuyuan.
Zhang Zhenghai nodded lightly and said, "No need for formalities. Let's talk as we walk. Everyone else, go about your business. Tell me the details. Also, how is Junior Brother Liu? Is he still unconscious?"
"Yes." Feng Da, the steward of the place, quickly dismissed the surrounding disciples and said with a fawning smile, "Reporting to Uncle-Master, Uncle-Master Liu is still unconscious. We don't know what kind of villain he suffered. This disciple is blind and did not see it. A month ago, here..."
The cultivator surnamed Liu mentioned by the two was the Foundation Establishment cultivator guarding this place. He was also a disciple of Jiuxiao Mountain, with a high-level early Foundation Establishment cultivation. He came to guard the mine after accepting a talisman summoning mission.
Although this place is a spirit stone mine, it is only a small one, and a small, low-grade one at that. Moreover, it is located in such a mundane place, so it is highly unlikely that there are any accompanying spirit creatures. This small mine is only of low quality, and it can probably only yield a few million spirit stones.
Therefore, only one Foundation Establishment cultivator was assigned to guard the area, along with a group of outer sect disciples, about seventy or eighty Qi Refining disciples.
Feng Hao was an outer sect steward, assisting the cultivator surnamed Liu in managing this mine.
Although it seems to have only so little strength, making it appear quite weak, the mine itself is not large, and the sect's banner is planted here, clearly bearing the name of the Cloud Soaring Sect. Furthermore, a large formation has been set up, capable of withstanding the attacks of Purple Mansion stage cultivators. Under the onslaught of such powerful individuals, it is enough to hold out for half a month, waiting for the sect to send reinforcements.
Thus, unless war breaks out, such power is more than enough to guard a mine, as long as there are enough people to activate the array.
I doubt any cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage would dare risk offending the Cloud Soaring Sect by coming here to cause trouble. Besides, Purple Mansion stage cultivators usually have hundreds of thousands in assets, and the better ones have around a million. It's not worth taking such a dangerous risk!
Only those reckless demonic cultivators would dare to do such a thing.
However, with such a powerful formation in place, they naturally wouldn't fear the covetousness of these petty villains.
However, according to the old man, a month ago a demonic cultivator in the Foundation Establishment stage infiltrated the mine. He seemed to be proficient in formations, which prevented the great formation from issuing any warnings.
The cultivator surnamed Liu was ambushed and seriously injured. His Qiankun bag was stolen, containing spirit stones mined here over the years, probably worth two or three hundred thousand.
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