Lianyi's main purpose of going out for training this time was to complete the sect's mission. Although she was the daughter of the sect master, she was no exception. Also, there were some things that she had to learn, such as martial arts, life-threatening silk, spiritual marrow and so on.
As a former cultivator, she knew very well that cultivation was like sailing against the current; if one did not advance, one would retreat. It was a process of fighting against the heavens for life and it was impossible to be smooth sailing. While cultivation in seclusion could also improve one's cultivation, it would not be faster than growing through experience.
So Lianyi took three days to pass the training assessment of Patriarch Qiao, took the self-defense magic weapon prepared by her father, and then was put into a foundation-building team, and successfully left the sect.
Lianyi did not conceal her cultivation this time, but she concealed her face, transforming her face into that of an ordinary, pretty female cultivator, neither outstanding nor ugly, just a very common type.
The team she joined was a four-member team. The captain was Qiao Hao (hao), who was in the late foundation building stage. He was a descendant of a branch of the Qiao family and a magic practitioner with good abilities. He often took on some team leading tasks and was considered a veteran. He was a member of the team specially selected by Qiao Qianshan.
The remaining three were Zhao Mingyu, in the early stage of foundation building, a sword cultivator; Xiao Shanhe, in the middle stage of foundation building, a magic cultivator; and Sun Lanlan, in the middle stage of foundation building, a magic cultivator. Together with Lianyi, there were exactly three men and two women.
Qiao Hao is relatively mature, already fifty years old, and considered a leader in the world of cultivation. He brought Lianyi to introduce her to everyone. This time Lianyi used the pseudonym Elaine, which was her first name reversed.
"Hello, fellow brothers and sisters. I am Elaine. I am taking this trial with you all. I hope you can teach me more."
Ripple said politely.
"Brother Qiao, her cultivation is so low, is she just following our team to complete the mission?"
Sun Lanlan asked directly.
They had encountered such people before. They said they were teaming up with them, but when they saw danger they ran away faster than anyone else, and were unwilling to suffer losses when it came to dividing the task points.
Before Qiao Hao could say anything, Xuanfeng came out from Lianyi's arms, meowed at Sun Lanlan, and bared his teeth at her to express his dissatisfaction.
Lian Yi was not angry either, she smiled and said:
"I am a physical cultivator, this is my spirit beast, Whirlwind, he is a mutant black tiger, now he is at the second stage."
When Sun Lanlan saw the whirlwind, her eyes lit up. Those who could afford to raise spiritual beasts were either capable cultivators or had good luck.
Especially since this one is a mutated black tiger, and looks only the size of a kitten, but don't underestimate his physical strength. At least he can fight back and forth with a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building, so he can be considered a powerful helper.
"Elaine, your spirit animal is so cute."
Sun Lanlan's attitude took a 180-degree turn, and her voice became a little hoarse, which made the three male practitioners beside her a little unbearable.
Lian Yi smiled and replied:
"Yeah, I also think my Tornado is cute. Besides, he is very powerful and will definitely not hold anyone back."
"That's fine. You don't know, we took on a mission before and a male cultivator joined our team. He turned out to be even more pretentious than a female cultivator like me. Most importantly, he was the first to run away when there was danger."
Sun Lanlan finally found an opportunity to complain, and started talking about the terrible mission.
Lianyi was also very cooperative, showing expressions like "How could it be like this", "It's so embarrassing for the male cultivators", and "This is how it should be" from time to time. The two female cultivators chatted happily back and forth.
The remaining three looked at each other and directly threw out the flying boat. The five of them boarded the flying boat and flew towards the mission destination, Bianxia City.
After getting on the flying boat, Lianyi and Sun Lanlan had already established a preliminary friendship. Then Qiao Hao gave each of them a copy of the task jade slip and gave instructions.
"This time we received a mission to find someone. It was a message for help from the Lord of Bianxia City. This city is very far away from our Wuyun Sect and is a relatively remote city that is affiliated with the sect.
Before us, two teams in the early stages of foundation building had accepted this mission, but both teams never returned. The mission points have also increased, and the threshold for accepting the mission has also increased. I have accepted this mission, and you can take a look at the specific mission content first."
At this time, Lianyi had already scanned the jade slip with his spiritual sense and understood the content of the task.
To put it simply, since some time ago, people in Bianxia City have been disappearing for no reason and without any pattern. There are both men and women, but most of them are cultivators. As the number of missing people increases, the cultivation levels of the missing cultivators are getting higher and higher.
The Lord of Bian City did not take it seriously at first, but the situation became more and more serious, and even a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage disappeared on the street. He panicked and immediately asked for help from the Wuyun Sect. Someone from the sect took up the task, but as a result, two teams disappeared one after another.
City Lord Bian did not dare to hide it, and immediately sent a message, asking for help from the sect again, which led to their mission.
"Brother Qiao, did the two teams figure out how these people disappeared? Was there anything unusual before they disappeared? Who did they come into contact with?"
After reading it, Sun Lanlan asked three questions in a row.
"No, according to the city lord, these people disappeared the day after he picked them up."
Qiao Hao said helplessly.
"So we don't have any useful information at the moment."
Lian Yi said with narrowed eyes.
"It can be said that once we enter Bianxia City, we have to rely on ourselves."
Qiao Hao nodded.
Zhao Mingyu, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said:
"I think there is something wrong with the city lord."
Xiao Shanhe was in deep thought after reading it. After hearing what Zhao Mingyu said, he immediately agreed:
"I think Junior Brother Zhao's suspicion is reasonable."
"In that case, it's best for the five of us not to act alone. We should at least have a companion with us every time we act."
As the captain, Qiao Hao must make timely judgments to avoid putting the entire team in danger.
"At the speed of our flying boat, it will take at least a month to reach Bianxia City. Everyone should take turns to control the flying boat and conserve their energy to deal with any emergencies."
"Yes, Brother Qiao."
No one had any objection. This was considered a routine operation for the team going out on a mission. However, this time there was a strange thing called Lianyi. After flying on the flying boat for five days, she broke through directly and advanced from the early stage of foundation building to the middle stage of foundation building.
No one was too surprised. They knew at a glance that the little girl had reached the critical point of breakthrough. They lowered the flying boat and waited for the ripples to break through before continuing to move forward.
Then, the day before arriving in Bianxia City, Lianyi broke through again and entered the late stage of foundation building in one fell swoop, leaving Sun Lanlan and the others a little confused. Is it so easy to advance?
Only Qiao Hao knew that his cousin must have got a good chance to break through so smoothly. Didn’t he see that she used spirit stones to practice all the way instead of meditating and absorbing spiritual energy like them?
"Elian, are you hiding your cultivation?"
Sun Lanlan asked bluntly.
"No! (I just covered my face)
However, I took a spiritual fruit before I set out, and I guess the spiritual energy in the fruit was not completely absorbed by me. Now that it has been absorbed, coupled with my spiritual stone training, I was able to advance smoothly."
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