"I have already cultivated the Crimson Copper Body Technique to perfection, and my martial arts level has reached its limit. I need to find a way to obtain a top-tier martial arts technique so that my martial arts level can not remain stagnant."
"I've already cultivated the Dewdrop True God Technique to the third level. Once I reach the fifth level of Qi Refining, I'll have to consider finding immortal techniques at the sixth level or higher, which is also a problem for me."
Lin Xiaofei sighed as he thought to himself.
He could exchange for advanced cultivation techniques within the Qingfeng Gang, but immortal cultivation techniques were a different story. After all, there was no place in Qingshan Town that sold immortal techniques, and it was also difficult to find cultivators. Otherwise, he would have thought of some way to exchange for someone else's immortal cultivation technique.
"However, I've only reached the mid-stage of the third level of Qi Refining, so I'm not in a hurry."
With these thoughts in mind, Lin Xiaofei started walking down the path from Xiaoyunpo.
"I don't have a lot of silver right now, otherwise I would have directly exchanged it for the top-tier martial arts techniques in the guild. It seems I still need to hurry up and do the guild's tasks, as that's a faster way to earn silver."
The inner disciples of the Qingfeng Gang do not need to spend money on food and lodging, but if they want to obtain cultivation resources, there is only one way: to do more tasks within the gang.
Fortunately, Lin Xiaofei has a master of high status. When choosing tasks within the gang, he can prioritize those that are easy and yield more resources, and there are also people willing to do tasks with him.
Of course, Lin Xiaofei really wanted to tell his master that his martial arts level had reached the peak of ordinary martial artists, but after thinking about it, he held back.
After all, even if he is a gifted person, it is impossible for him to make great progress in martial arts cultivation suddenly unless he has a lot of resources to cultivate.
However, in the eyes of others, he did not have a way to acquire a large amount of resources, so he could only be patient and not be too reckless, otherwise, he would attract the attention of some high-ranking figures in the gang and expose his secrets.
With a single step, Lin Xiaofei used the Light Cloud Step, his feet lifting off the ground. As he stepped onto the ground, it felt as if a force was rising from below, propelling his entire body forward. With a light tap of his feet, he easily traversed a distance of ten meters.
At this moment, his steps were as if the wind was blowing beneath his feet, his movements were graceful, like a gust of wind, and his speed was astonishing.
In less than a minute, he arrived at the foot of Xiaoyunpo Mountain.
As he was crossing the stone path in the stream, preparing to walk towards the village street on the other side, he saw an old man walking towards Xiaoyunpo from the front.
He carried another bag of food back to the dilapidated little Taoist temple.
Lin Xiaofei thought to himself, glancing at the other person from afar.
For the past three years, Lin Xiaofei has come to Xiaoyunpo every day to collect morning dew to cultivate immortal techniques. He can meet this old man every ten days or half a month, but the old man never looks at him directly, and he ignores him as well.
However, Lin Xiaofei felt this was normal, since the two had never met before. He had only come here to collect morning dew to facilitate his cultivation of immortal techniques, and had no intention of getting to know the other party.
"Xiaofei, wait for me. I'm going to town to sell some chickens. Could you take one back with you to make soup for your parents?"
Walking on the dirt street of a village outside the town, Lin Xiaofei's second uncle happened to be carrying five live roosters. Upon seeing Lin Xiaofei, he quickly called out to him.
Since he killed the rat-beast, no strange beast has come to harm the chickens raised by the villagers in his second uncle's village. Now, his second uncle raises more than 30 chickens, and every now and then he catches a chicken and sells it at a stall in town.
"Second Uncle, you can keep it and sell it yourself. I have something to do, so I'll be leaving now."
Lin Xiaofei shook his head, waved his hand, and strode away.
Soon, Lin Xiaofei entered the Qingfeng Gang branch, the main hall, and sat down in a corner, waiting for someone.
"Xiaofei, you arrived earlier than us."
A moment later, a voice came from over.
Lin Xiaofei turned his head and saw a boy and a young man walking quickly toward him from not far away.
The young man in front of him, Lin Xiaofei had known since the day he entered the Qingfeng Gang branch, was named Qin Hong, and had now entered the skin-refining stage of ordinary martial artists.
The other young man, Liu Hengchang, was tall and robust, ten years older than Lin Xiaofei, making him twenty-four. He was an inner disciple who had cultivated his martial arts to the late-stage bone-refining stage of an ordinary martial artist. Lin Xiaofei and Qin Hong both called him Senior Brother Liu.
Senior Brother Liu has been in the gang for thirteen years and has experienced many things in the gang. He is quite strong and clever. For Qin Hong's safety, his master arranged for Liu Hengchang to be by Qin Hong's side to protect him.
"You were all so mysterious yesterday, telling me to wait for you here today. What do you want from me?"
Lin Xiaofei asked.
"Here's the thing, my master asked me to handle something, but with the combined strength of Senior Brother Liu and me, it's a bit difficult to deal with, so I'd like you to help me out."
Seven days ago, a steward named Chen, who worked under my master, casually placed a martial arts manual and some silver on the table. At the time, Steward Chen was dealing with something and forgot about it.
After investigation by the gang's disciples, it was discovered that an outer disciple had become greedy and secretly took the martial arts manual and silver. He then left the city and joined a group of bandits in Shuitong Bay, becoming a bandit himself.
My master said that if I kill that traitor and bring back the martial arts manual, I'll be rewarded with 150 taels of silver, which we'll split equally. What do you think?
Qin Hong's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile.
His master assigned him various tasks, which allowed him to acquire considerable cultivation resources and silver.
Within the Qingfeng Gang, to exchange for cultivation resources such as techniques, weapons, and pills, one must complete numerous tasks. Fortunately, Qin Hong's master is the head of the Internal Affairs Hall, and he assigns Qin Hong the best tasks each time.
This time, his master assigned him a task: to hunt down a traitor within the gang, for which he would be rewarded with 150 taels of silver, a considerable sum for an inner disciple.
Lin Xiaofei was short of silver and wanted to exchange it for the Golden Lotus Technique, a popular martial arts technique within the sect, which required six hundred taels of silver.
"That outer disciple took the martial arts manual and silver, which is one thing, but he even dared to become a river bandit. He must have lost his mind. Doesn't he know that our Qingfeng Gang will arrest him? Once we catch him, even if he survives, he'll probably spend the rest of his life in the dungeon."
Also, why is the reward for this mission so much silver?
Lin Xiaofei, puzzled, spoke directly.
Any outer disciple's status is only slightly higher than that of a menial disciple, and not even as important as a minor leader. In other words, in the eyes of the Qingfeng Gang's higher-ups, an outer disciple is just a very insignificant person and not worthy of such a large reward.
This surprised Lin Xiaofei somewhat.
"This outer disciple has been working under Steward Chen for five years. Just last month, because of something, Steward Chen promoted him to be one of his men. Who would have thought that the guy would take Steward Chen's things?"
Isn't this a slap in the face to Steward Chen? Steward Chen naturally wouldn't let that traitor get away with it, and besides, the martial arts technique that traitor took was worth at least five hundred taels of silver. That's why this mission rewards a relatively large amount of silver.
As for why this traitor took Steward Chen's things, that's a long story.
As he spoke, Senior Brother Liu swallowed hard.
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