"A mid-grade magic weapon?"
"It looks like it's full of ordinary beast souls. If some demon beast souls could be added, the power of this banner could be greatly increased. It might even grow into a mid-grade peak magic weapon. Young friend, you really have a good opportunity."
"It seems I underestimated you. Go, this task suits you. Go find the other fellow Daoists and complete it together."
After finishing his speech, the elder with the flat nose waved his hand, somewhat envious.
Seeing this, Lu Xuan took the wooden token with the mission marker, said goodbye, and left without looking back.
"What a pity. If we were outside, I would have taken this little magical artifact no matter what. But with the Red Leaf Ancestor suddenly emerging from seclusion, the Red Leaf Market is likely to be in turmoil again. It's better to stay calm..." The flat-nosed elder sat on the creaking armchair, muttering to himself in a voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz.
Lu Xuan had already left the hermitage.
He knew that this elder with the flat nose was at the Great Perfection of the sixth level of Qi Refining, just one step away from entering the late stage of Qi Refining, and was the second most powerful expert in the Loose Cultivator Alliance.
Only below the heartless sage.
But this step trapped Elder Flat-Nosed for ten years.
Cultivating immortality is just that fantastical.
Lu Xuan arrived at the main hall of the Loose Cultivator Alliance and found that there were several cultivators in the middle stage of Qi Refining there.
As expected, they were all cultivators on this mission. They were all at the mid-stage of Qi Refining, three at the fourth level of Qi Refining, and one middle-aged man in golden robes at the fifth level of Qi Refining.
Including Lu Xuan, there are three men and two women.
"My name is Lu Xuan. I greet you fellow Daoists."
"So Fellow Daoist Lu Xuan is a new member of our Loose Cultivator Alliance. It's no wonder you're a stranger to us," one of the female loose cultivators said politely.
Lu Xuan nodded upon hearing this.
As for the other three, they all had very high noses.
It seems that these cultivators in the mid-stage of Qi Refining look down on Lu Xuan, a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the third level of Qi Refining.
Seeing this, Lu Xuan disagreed.
A moment later, the golden-robed man who had been resting with his eyes closed stood up. He was at the fifth level of Qi Refining and was vaguely the leader of this trip.
"Senior Brother Jin, can we set off now?" Another female cultivator asked in a fawning tone, her voice carrying a hint of manipulative charm.
"Okay, let's go!"
Having said that, they each summoned their magical artifacts and headed towards their destination, the Yunmeng Mountains.
Lu Xuan then unleashed his Soul-Devouring Banner, which transformed into a black wind that swept him up and propelled him into the sky at an extremely high speed.
"A mid-grade magic weapon!"
The group exclaimed in surprise.
The leader, a Qi Refining Level 5 cultivator, Senior Brother Jin, possessed only a low-grade peak golden flying sword.
As for the others, they all possessed ordinary low-grade magic artifacts, the kind worth only twenty or thirty spirit stones.
The purple-clad female cultivator who had been so approachable and greeted Lu Xuan earlier moved closer to him and offered her compliments:
"I knew you were no ordinary person, Fellow Daoist. When we get to the dangerous Yunmeng Mountains, Fellow Daoist Lu, please take good care of me."
"Of course." Lu Xuan replied politely. He wouldn't easily trust anyone. In the cultivation world, it was common for even Daoist couples to turn against each other.
Besides, we were just strangers who met by chance.
Unlike other sects, there is no sense of camaraderie within the Loose Cultivator Alliance.
Those who can break through to the third level of Qi Refining and join the Loose Cultivator Alliance are all ruthless individuals, none of them are simple.
"By the way, my name is Zhou Lingyun, so that Fellow Daoist Lu Xuan may know. May I ask which cultivation family you come from and whether you are out here to gain experience?"
"So it's Fellow Daoist Zhou Lingyun, my apologies for not recognizing you." Lu Xuan chuckled, neither confirming nor denying.
Seeing that Lu Xuan wasn't someone who could be easily fooled, Zhou Lingyun, the woman in purple, followed him and stopped trying to test him.
Senior Brother Jin, Zhou Lingyun, a man in black robes, and the woman in the light red palace dress who had previously tried to please Senior Brother Jin, dressed like a female cultivator from the Lingyin Pavilion in Red Leaf Market.
Sure enough, the female cultivator in the palace dress also flew over to try and get closer to her:
"Fellow Daoist Lu, I was disrespectful just now, please forgive me. My name is Shen Yue'er. I was originally from Lingyin Pavilion, you may have heard of me. Later, I made a mistake and was kicked out by my master, Fairy Linglong. I had nowhere to go, so I could only join this Loose Cultivator Alliance and take on missions to make a living."
Shen Yue'er's voice was extremely soft, and her words could make people lose their minds without them even realizing it.
"A bewitching technique?" Lu Xuan was startled, almost falling for Shen Yue'er's trick. He almost made a fool of himself.
"Hmph." Lu Xuan sneered, activating his magic weapon at an extremely fast speed, instantly catching up with Senior Brother Jin, who was at the forefront.
It turned out that Lu Xuan deliberately lagged behind, not wanting to stand out.
At this moment, Lu Xuan had some questions for this Senior Brother Jin, but he didn't know if the other party would give him face.
"Fellow Daoist Jin, my apologies for my rudeness. May I ask where this mission is headed and what exactly we are tasked with?"
Lu Xuan cared about these things because the reward for this mission was too high: five spirit stones per person.
Lu Xuan didn't believe this kind of task would be so easy or simple; it was more likely a risky gamble.
Upon hearing this, Senior Brother Jin didn't put on any airs anymore and said calmly:
"To be honest, we are only assisting. The main force for this mission is Venerable Hanxin."
"What, Master Hanxin?"
Before Lu Xuan could make any statement, the three people behind him were already terrified.
They all seemed to regret it.
Sure enough, these five spirit stones were not so easy to obtain.
Upon seeing this, Senior Brother Jin comforted everyone, saying:
"Actually, it's nothing. With Master Hanxin in charge, dealing with a first-tier demon beast shouldn't be difficult."
A first-tier demonic beast? Lu Xuan knew that a first-tier demonic beast was equivalent to a Qi Refining cultivator. However, demonic beasts were physically powerful, either extremely fast or incredibly strong. Since even Han Xin Shangren had been mobilized, the demonic beast this time was probably a mid-first-tier demonic beast, equivalent to a mid-Qi Refining cultivator.
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