Tianshan Lake
This time, however, it was the complete opposite, which shows that the cultivation world truly has the principle of respecting the strong ingrained in its very being.
"Senior Sister, this token is fine. New disciples all go out like this the first time, and they can come and go as they please afterward." As he spoke, the disciple on duty respectfully returned the token to Ruan Qingyu.
"Thank you, junior brother." Ruan Qingyu accepted the gift with a smile, nodded good-naturedly, and walked towards the mountain gate.
Only the disciple on duty remained at the foot of the mountain, watching her retreating figure, secretly admiring how kind-hearted this senior sister was. Just as he was engrossed in watching, he suddenly realized something was amiss.
He subconsciously looked down and saw a black thunder leopard glaring at him at his feet. It opened its huge mouth and roared at him, startling him so much that he fell to the ground, simply because the thunder leopard's cultivation was superior to his own.
"Yunyin!" Ruan Qingyu's voice came from afar, quickly calling Yunyin back, leaving the duty disciple sitting on the ground for a long time before finally getting up.
The mission hall was still bustling with people, with many disciples coming to return their missions. Ruan Qingyu, familiar with the place, stood in line at a mission return area and waited. There was only one person ahead of her, and it was soon her turn.
"Elder, your disciple has come to hand in the mission." Ruan Qingyu nodded respectfully to the elder who was collecting the mission materials before handing over her storage bag.
The elder calmly pointed to the table, and only after seeing Ruan Qingyu place the storage bag on the table did he probe it with his divine sense.
He glanced at Ruan Qingyu's disciple token and slowly nodded: "Hmm, fifty sand slippery fish, the number matches. Wow, that's fresh enough."
After speaking, the elder gently tapped Ruan Qingyu's token, and a flash of white light appeared. Ruan Qingyu then saw five hundred contribution points appear on her token, one hundred more than the initial task contribution points.
The elder lifted his eyelids slightly and said calmly, "I know you're curious. Actually, this sandfish was a task I assigned myself. You did a good job, so I'll give you some more."
Hearing his explanation, Ruan Qingyu bowed and thanked him, saying, "Thank you, Elder." After saying that, she turned to leave, but then she heard the elder speak again.
"That Thunder Leopard behind you looks quite spirited. With its Foundation Establishment cultivation, it would be suitable as a beast pet. Remember to go to the Affairs Hall to get a beast pet token, otherwise you might get captured by another disciple and have its beast core removed without anyone knowing." After saying this, the elder fell silent.
Ruan Qingyu turned around and bowed again to express her gratitude before leading Yun Yin to the first floor.
Yunyin's voice came from within his consciousness: "This old man has the cultivation of the Golden Core stage, yet he cannot discern my true cultivation level. It seems that the Xuantian Sect is indeed all show and no substance."
Sensing the casualness in his tone, Ruan Qingyu smiled and said, "It's still better to be careful. The elders of the Mission Hall are all ordinary disciples who have risen through the ranks through hard work. If you want to see fighting skills or eyesight, you have to look to the junior, intermediate, and senior elders."
The Affairs Hall was arguably the most leisurely place in the entire Xuantian Sect. After Ruan Qingyu went in and briefly explained her purpose, she received a pet badge, which she immediately hung around Yun Yin's neck.
It immediately encountered strong resistance from Yunyin, whose furry head shook repeatedly, unwilling to wear the pet tag.
The next moment, Ruan Qingyu impatiently slapped Yun Yin on the head. This slap carried no spiritual power, but it startled Yun Yin, who then obediently put on the beast pet token.
Just because in her mind Ruan Qingyu said fiercely, "If you don't bring it, your tail is not allowed to entangle me in the future, and your claws can forget about scratching my clothes."
Instantly, Yun Yin pricked up his ears and obediently sat down to wait for Ruan Qingyu to put on the beast pet tag. His own wife wouldn't let him near her; that wouldn't do. If word got out, the other beasts would probably laugh at him.
Seeing that he obediently cooperated with her, Ruan Qingyu finally showed a satisfied smile and scratched Yun Yin's chin: "That's more like it."
Seeing the smile on Ruan Qingyu's face, Yun Yin licked the hand that was still resting on his chin, and said nothing more. If she smiled so beautifully at him every day, perhaps being a little more obedient wouldn't be so bad for him?
The warm, damp sensation on the back of her hand was strange, a mix of tingling and prickly sensations. Ruan Qingyu grabbed Yun Yin's mouth and shook it.
Only then did she leisurely head to the mission hall on the third floor, looking for a more challenging mission this time. The last mission was too safe; this time, she wanted a mission that required action, so she could gain some experience.
The task list was still piled high with tasks, just as it had been when she first arrived. Many tasks were accepted after a few flashes of inspiration, and Ruan Qingyu searched for a long time among the dazzling array of posts.
This slightly more challenging task offers richer rewards. In addition to sect contribution points, there are also spirit stones, extra resources, and more.
Most of the tasks involved hunting monsters in wastelands and secret realms, with few involving direct combat with other players. Unable to find any, Ruan Qingyu simply turned her attention to tasks involving challenging monsters.
After searching for a while, she actually found a mission: to go to Tianshan Pool in Luzhou to eliminate an evil dragon for a small sect. The demonic beast was a dragon in the early stage of Foundation Establishment. Originally, it only ate other demonic beasts in Tianshan Pool, but in the last six months, its demonic power had greatly increased, and it had started eating people.
That small sect was originally the Shanchi Sect, which developed by relying on some resources from Tianshan Pond. Although the sect leader of Shanchi Sect was at the early stage of Golden Core, there were other things to deal with within the sect.
It took a long time to find the evil dragon, but the beast had already become intelligent. Whenever it discovered that the sect leader of the Mountain Pool Sect had entered the Heavenly Mountain Pool, it would hide.
Helpless, the Shanchi Sect had no choice but to send a message requesting the Xuantian Sect, their superior sect, to send someone to kill the evil dragon. If it was completely eradicated, in addition to the Xuantian Sect's 1,200 contribution points, the Shanchi Sect would also receive a carefully cultivated Tianshan Lingzhi as a reward.
This Tian Shan Lingzhi is a Xuan-grade spiritual herb, suitable for use in various pill formulas. Selling it to alchemists or consigning it to an auction house could fetch a considerable amount of spirit stones.
Upon seeing the task, Ruan Qingyu immediately accepted it to avoid missing out on her desired task again.
Ruan Qingyu left the mission hall without lingering, quickly heading to the trading hall on the second floor with Yun Yin. This time, she wouldn't travel light; with some extra money, it was the perfect time to buy some pills and talismans.
It's no simple matter for a demon beast to have its demonic power surge. If the beast is still in the early Foundation Establishment stage when the mission is reported, but she arrives to find that it has already reached the middle Foundation Establishment stage, then it's hard to say whether she can safely defeat it.
The trading hall was still bustling with people. This time, because Ruan Qingyu had a clear goal, she went straight to the area where pills were sold.
Many fellow disciples greeted her, "Senior Sister, how about a Yellow-grade Spirit Absorption Pill? It doubles your spiritual energy absorption speed!"
"Junior sister, junior sister! Do you need a Yellow-grade spirit sword? I just made one, it's fresh and perfect for your outings to hunt monsters!"
"Senior sister, senior sister, look at me! There are all kinds of talismans here, and the more you buy, the cheaper it is!"
Along the way, Ruan Qingyu walked and stopped frequently. However, her spiritual energy absorption speed was already sufficient. If she were to buy that Yellow-grade magic weapon, wouldn't it be a waste of her Wutong Qin? She could take a look at the talismans, though.
When Ruan Qingyu patiently examined the talismans on the stall, she couldn't help but frown. They were all strange and unusual talismans: shield talismans, cleansing talismans, water-creating talismans, fasting talismans…
Most of the talismans were rather novel but ultimately useless, which immediately made Ruan Qingyu lose interest. She turned to leave, but the other person hurriedly grabbed her sleeve.
This made Ruan Qingyu frown even more, and a burst of fiery red spiritual light rippled from her sleeve, quickly brushing away the other party's hand.
The disciple selling talismans was only at the sixth level of the Qi Refining stage, and he was immediately burned by the flames, wincing in pain. Before he could blow on the flames to make a water-creating talisman to cool down, a dark leopard head approached him, baring its sharp fangs as a threat.
"Ah! A leopard!" The talisman cultivator was so frightened that he fell to the ground with a thud, ignoring the pain from his burns, and immediately moved back.
Seeing that the commotion had been noticed by others, Ruan Qingyu quickly led Yun Yin out of the small building of the affairs hall and headed towards Tianshan Pond.
As for talismans and pills? Let's wait until we pass through towns near Tianshan Pool and see if there are any suitable ones. If we stay in the Xuantian Sect's trading hall any longer, Yunyin might cause trouble.
Recalling how Yun Yin's beastly eyes widened and his breathing quickened when he saw her being grabbed by the sleeve, Ruan Qingyu rubbed his ear. This guy had a bad temper, but he still cared about her quite a bit.
Yunyin, whose ears had been kneaded, felt a tingling sensation in his ears. He then shook his ears, but the tingling feeling did not disappear. He then shook his head.
In an instant, Ruan Qingyu, who was sitting on his back, almost fell off the high sky as he shook his head.
Fortunately, Ruan Qingyu reacted quickly, grabbing the twitching tail and pulling herself back. Before she could even calm herself down, she slapped Yun Yin on the head again: "Concentrate, you'll be in big trouble if you fall."
Tianshan Pool is located at the southernmost tip of Luzhou, separated from Xuantian Sect by two entire continents. Ruan Qingyu endured wind and rain along the way, and when tired, she would meditate and cultivate on Yunyin's back.
Originally, they had planned to let Yunyin rest for a while, but he shook his head and refused, biting his clothes. So they simply traveled day and night, finally arriving at Tianshan Pool on the fifth day.
The summit of Tianshan Lake is covered in snow all year round, but at the very center of the summit lies a clear spring that always emits steam.
The place where the hot spring meets the snow is where the Tianshan Lingzhi grows. Every so often, the Shanchi Sect sends about ten disciples to the hot spring in Tianshanchi to harvest the Tianshan Lingzhi.
Unfortunately, they have gained nothing in the past six months. After the evil dragon devoured several people, the sect leader of the Mountain Pool Sect was unable to find anyone and was instead toyed with by the evil dragon.
When Ruan Qingyu sat on Yunyin's back and traveled along the mountain path to the gate of the Shanchi Sect, the gatekeeper was immediately startled.
He rubbed his eyelids repeatedly, and even pinched his thigh, before realizing that it wasn't just his vision being blurry in the morning, but that a red-robed cultivator had indeed arrived riding a majestic black panther.
"I am a disciple of the Xuantian Sect who has been tasked with eliminating the evil dragon. This is my mission token." Ruan Qingyu took out the disciple token from her waist, poured spiritual power into her palm, and the Xuantian Sect's totem quickly appeared in mid-air.
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