Chapter 103
Li Hao successfully advanced. After stabilizing her strength, she finally emerged from the cave.
The sect had already prepared everything, and when she went out, she saw the sect leader who had been waiting for her for a long time. The sect leader could tell at a glance that Li Hao's strength had successfully advanced.
In the world of cultivation, even those with superior talent need two or three years to reach the Qi Gathering stage, and then the Spirit Sensing stage. This usually takes more than ten to twenty years. However, Li Hao, after only a decade or so since joining the sect, has already successfully reached the Acupoint Opening stage.
For ordinary monks who have attained enlightenment, even the fastest one would take three to four hundred years.
But Ziweixing is still different. Like the previous Ziweixing from the demon world, it took less than a hundred years to enter the Tongqiao stage.
However, no one has a faster record than Li Hao.
Li Hao invited some acquaintances including the four peak masters to celebrate. After Li Hao successfully advanced, he was specially taught by the headmaster for a period of time, who taught Li Hao a lot about cultivation and magic.
Unfortunately, the headmaster wanted Li Hao to learn his swordsmanship. However, he didn't expect Li Hao to have no talent for swordsmanship. Perhaps his talent was elsewhere. He was quite talented in magic, but unfortunately he couldn't inherit the talent of the Flowing Cloud Sword God.
Liuyun Sword God felt helpless, but talent was something that was difficult to erase. Just like Li Hao possessing four talents, he was already better than everyone else. It was impossible for him to be perfect.
"How can they be in the main peak without the talent of sword cultivation? You, the leader, have monopolized the position, Li Hao. It would be better for us to be their masters." However, several peak masters who knew the news could not help but complain.
He even tried to snatch Li Hao from the hands of Liuyun Sword God.
"Yes, yes, as Li Hao's master, you didn't pay any attention to them. On the contrary, we spent more time teaching them." Meng Qu, the leader of Danfeng, couldn't help but say.
She had no way to modify the pill, but Li Hao modified the pill formula to perfection. This talent made him a natural master of pills.
However, the Sect Leader pretended not to hear these words and avoided them. In short, no one could snatch Li Hao from his hands.
I have already performed the apprenticeship ceremony. You can only be considered as teachers, but not masters.
However, these things had no impact on Li Hao. Anyone could be her master. The entire sect treated him with great care, which was why she had taken the initiative to help the sect leader eliminate another Divine Transformation cultivator from the Demonic Path. Of course, another purpose was to quickly quell the various sneak attacks from outside.
Li Hao, who had already broken through to the Tongqiao stage, discussed with the sect leader that she would be leaving the sect. She had previously obtained a clue, the one she had bought at an auction, concerning the secret chamber of a weapon refiner in the Shenhua stage.
The headmaster didn't refuse Li Hao's request to go out. "It's good to go out and gain some experience. Besides, it's not that dangerous out there anymore. Oh, and you can take on some demon-slaying missions for the inner disciples."
It was a special period before, so Li Hao did not do the tasks of an inner disciple.
Li Hao was going to a place where she could complete some inner disciple quests along the way. She simply went to the disciple hall to look for quests along the way. The auctioneer had given her a location in a mountain range south of Yunze. So Li Hao picked two quests along the way.
Her current strength is that of a cultivator at the Tongqiao stage, which is already very good among the inner disciples. The four peak masters and the elders or deacons are all cultivators at the Breakthrough stage.
Those people looked at his token and handed the task to her. Li Hao originally wanted to go alone, but at this time he happened to meet the Liu brothers and sisters.
"Um, Sister Li. Long time no see." Liu Ruxin saw Li Hao at a glance and greeted her.
"Long time no see. How have you been lately?" After that accident, Li Hao never saw Liu Ruxin again.
After all, it was because of him that Liu Ruxin received death threats and was almost buried alive.
"I have also joined the inner sect. Now I am also an inner sect disciple, a disciple of Danfeng." Liu Ruxin said.
"Are you here to choose a mission?" Li Hao asked. Li Hao was very kind to Liu Ruxin. She had invited Liu Ruxin and the Liu siblings to the recent promotion party. However, it seemed that Liu Ruxin was in seclusion for promotion, and Liu Suixing had to take care of his sister and didn't come either.
"Yes, I just got promoted, and I plan to do some tasks to consolidate my cultivation." Liu Ruxin said.
For Li Hao, every time she was promoted, it was a promotion to a big level. However, for ordinary disciples, they had to go through three stages from elementary to intermediate and then to advanced, and then another big level promotion. No one was like her, who could directly skip a big level of cultivation every time.
There are also differences in strength between primary Qi Gathering disciples, ultimate Qi Gathering disciples, and advanced Qi Gathering disciples.
Li Hao also contributed to Liu Ruxin's breakthrough to the Qi Condensation stage and her ascension to the Spirit Sensing stage. She gave Liu Ruxin a lot of things as a way of repaying their previous friendship.
Li Hao had already had the opportunity. If it could make Liu Ruxin live a more stable life in the future, she planned to leave something for Liu Ruxin.
"Okay, can I do the mission with you? There's someone I'm a little scared of." Liu Ruxin said, looking at the two task lists in Li Hao's hands.
"Sure, I'll add you two to the task list." Letting Liu Ruxin follow him to complete the task would also make it easier for him to take care of Liu Ruxin, so that she wouldn't encounter any danger outside.
Li Hao added the names of the two people to his task.
So the three of them prepared and set off. Liu Ruxin was in the early stage of sensing the gods, while Brother Liu was in the middle stage of sensing the gods.
Li Hao was at the initial stage of cracking. Their lineup couldn't say they could dominate the world of cultivation, but they wouldn't encounter any difficulties either.
After all, even the cultivators at the Breakthrough Stage who could deal with them didn't dare target the disciples from the Huaqing Sect. After all, they were all afraid of the Huaqing Sect's Flowing Cloud Sword God taking action.
So they didn't encounter any difficulties along the way and soon arrived at the location of the first mission. They followed the mission instructions and first found the local government.
When the local officials saw them falling, they quickly took them to see the prefect.
The prefect had obviously been prepared. He took the jade pendant of Huaqing Sect provided by Li Hao and others and confirmed that they were righteous monks.
"That's great. It's great that you, the immortals, are here." The prefect showed a relaxed expression and was very happy about the arrival of Li Hao and others.
"According to the document, there have been cases of accidental death in your city. Have there been any new cases during this period?" Li Hao asked directly.
In this world, the mortal world has developed a special response plan for dealing with demonic attacks. It's difficult for ordinary people to find cultivators, so the righteous sects of cultivation communicate with the various imperial courts. Different sects have their own areas of responsibility.
They won't interfere in mortal affairs, but if demonic rebellion occurs, the local court will notify the righteous sects. For example, the Huaqing Sect's territories cover three or four countries, and they experience over a dozen demonic incidents each month. In the inner disciples' quest column, all inner disciples must complete a task annually, which can be delayed temporarily or completed when free.
The sect would use simple information to filter and determine the level of the tasks. Higher-level tasks would have cultivation requirements. The tasks Li Hao accepted were all medium-level tasks.
Things like this that need to be reported to the sect must be written in a detailed document. So after Li Hao accepted the mission, he also carefully read the mission documents.
This place has a bit of the charm of the Jiangnan water town, with a river running through the entire town. The local fabrics and porcelain are very famous.
In this town, everyone lives a relatively peaceful life. However, a year ago, strange things began to happen.
It all started with a problem with the proprietress of a tofu shop. One day, she broke out in a red rash all over her body and had a high fever. Her family thought she was seriously ill, but after a week, she recovered. However, her appearance had changed dramatically. The previously obese proprietress suddenly became thinner and more beautiful, and her skin returned to the firm and delicate complexion of her youth.
After half a month, she became a famous beauty in the local area.
Many people envy the boss lady's good fortune, and many women can't help but find her to ask her how she did it.
The follow-up of this incident scared everyone. The accident happened before they could figure out why.
Because the owner's wife had gone mad and killed her husband and his family, the friend found that the tofu shop was closed. Then he went to their house and saw the bodies of the Zhang family members chopped into pieces.
The murderer, the tofu shop owner, sat on a pile of body parts with a machete in her hand.
The scene at that time was enough to make even an experienced coroner vomit. The matter was quickly settled, and the tofu shop owner was taken directly to the execution ground. Even her beautiful appearance could not hide her devilish behavior.
There were many suspicious points, but the murderer had already been brought to justice, so the prefect didn't think too much about it.
But things started to get out of control. Another woman broke out in a red rash. After a few days of fever, she became young and beautiful. With the previous incident as a warning, her family tied her up. But it didn't seem to have any effect. Within two weeks, another family was murdered, and even tying up the woman didn't help.
On a rainy night, another family was murdered. A woman was left in the woodshed. The hemp ropes binding her were untied. They tore apart. Even a wild boar couldn't break free of a rope as thick as two fingers.
Three such tragedies occurred within a year. The first case killed four people. The second case also killed three people. The third case, however, only the husband died. This was a horrific case rarely seen in this town in a century.
All three wives were sentenced to death, but many suspected the work of demonic forces in such bizarre circumstances. The main concern was that the perpetrators were all wives from the same family. Normally, they were fragile and vulnerable. The second wife was particularly affected. Her husband was a butcher at the market, possessing strength unmatched by most men. Yet, she, a woman in her thirties, chopped him into pieces. It was obvious that something was fishy going on.
The prefect didn't actually want to report this to the court for a few ordinary civilians. After all, the demonic rebellion within his jurisdiction would affect his political achievements. He couldn't go against the will of the people! The local wealthy merchants, in particular, feared that the incident would affect them. They put pressure on him to report it and have the immortals come and deal with it quickly.
"A case just happened recently. The woman is getting younger at this time. Their family has locked him up." said the prefect.
"The most urgent thing is to take us to see it first," Li Hao said. The methods of cultivation in the demonic way are varied and strange, so such a sacrificial method cannot be ruled out.
The best way is to look at the person involved. "It sounds so scary!" Liu Ruxin said.
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