"Then thank you very much, Senior Brother!" Shi Xuan immediately beamed with joy, his cloudy expression turning into a bright one in an instant.
Without further hesitation, she turned and went back to the fourth floor, a slight smile playing on her lips as she took the Soul Gathering Stone, as if the junior sister who had been in unbearable pain was just a figment of Lu Shenzhi's imagination.
Looking at her retreating figure, which showed no reluctance whatsoever and even carried a hint of joy and excitement, Lu Shenzhi felt as if he had been extorted, but he had no evidence.
After bidding farewell to Shi Tianjiao, the three of them left Qingshui City together.
After Shi Xuan left, Shi Tianjiao, along with the garrison commander of Qingshui City and the remaining cultivators, sighed, "Fellow Daoist Shi Xuan is truly righteous! She arrived at the critical moment when our Qingshui City was in dire straits, ignoring my indifference, and refined a powerful explosive pill to resolve the crisis. Afterwards, she risked her life to go to the demon territory and completely resolve the demon beast tide."
Now, to express our gratitude, Qingshui City opened its treasure vault for her to choose from, yet she only took a single inconspicuous stone from the fourth floor, and didn't take a single one of the many fine items from the fifth floor! What noble character this is!
The cultivators nodded in agreement, praising, "Indeed, worthy of being a new disciple of the Lianfeng Sword Sect!"
The more Shi Tianjiao thought about it, the more admirable Shi Xuan's character in giving up the top treasures became. He said solemnly, "This matter cannot be left like this. I must immediately write a letter of commendation for Fellow Daoist Shi Xuan and send it to the Lianfeng Sword Sect. Her sect must also know about her righteousness!"
A few days later, Shi Mingxiu received this letter of praise from Qingshui City. The letter highly praised Shi Xuan, a disciple of the Lianfeng Sword Sect, and the words were so ornate that they were hard to describe.
He had heard a little about what Shi Xuan had done in Qingshui City, but he didn't expect that the city lord would write a letter of thanks.
This was the first time Shi Mingxiu had received a letter of commendation since he became the sect leader, which was quite rare.
Such a rare item could not be kept hidden, especially since it was something a disciple of the sect had done to bring honor to the sect. Therefore, in order to ensure that all the disciples saw the "special honor" that Shi Xuan had received, Shi Mingxiu posted the letter of commendation in the most conspicuous place in the dining hall.
How conspicuous was he? So conspicuous that every disciple who came to the dining hall could see him as soon as they entered, and every disciple who passed by would stop to watch. In no time, Shi Xuan became famous once again in the Lianfeng Sword Sect.
During this period, the common phrases used by the disciples of the Lianfeng Sword Sect have changed. When praising someone, they can't help but say: "Great righteousness!"
For example, you picked up my things and returned them to me? That's incredibly kind of you! You carried things for me when you went down the mountain? That's incredibly kind of you! You agreed to go on a sect mission with me? That's incredibly kind of you!
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Shi Xuan managed to remain in the sect even when she wasn't physically present, yet her legend was still circulating throughout the sect. So much so that when Shi Xuan returned to the sect, she was completely bewildered to find that all the disciples who saw her greeted her with smiles and clasped their hands in greeting, saying, "What a noble act!"
That's a story for another time. Right now, Shi Xuan is on his way to the Azure Dragon Secret Realm.
The Azure Dragon Secret Realm is near Qingshui City, about an hour's journey by sword. Her two senior brothers, Lu Wenxing and He Weiqing, asked to go with her, but she refused.
"There's only one token for the Azure Dragon Secret Realm, and Golden Core cultivators aren't allowed inside. I don't know when I'll be able to come out after I go in. Senior brothers, you should go back."
Lu Wenxing was still unwilling to give up: "But what if you encounter danger? Your senior brother will have to protect you!"
Shi Xuan looked at him sympathetically and replied, "Even if I encounter danger inside, you wouldn't know, and even if you did, you couldn't get in."
He Weiqing said, word by word, "But, junior sister, you're all alone out there... I'm worried..."
“I have plenty of ways to save my life, so my two senior brothers don’t need to worry.”
That was the only way. But the two still escorted Shi Xuan to the entrance of the Azure Dragon Secret Realm, and waited outside for a long time until they saw Shi Xuan enter with the token before returning to their sect together.
As soon as Shi Xuan entered, she sensed a dangerous aura and instinctively dodged backward. Sure enough, where she was about to land, a huge snake tail lashed out, and if she hadn't dodged quickly, she would probably have been sent flying.
Shi Xuan stared intently ahead and saw that it was actually two demonic beasts fighting. A giant python and a very large leopard. Shi Xuan couldn't tell their levels, but judging from the extent of the destruction, they were at least level six.
The two demonic beasts fought fiercely, neither gaining the upper hand, and paid no attention to Shi Xuan, this insignificant outsider. Or rather, they didn't mind dealing with her after the fight was over.
The surrounding area was a mess, with patches of blood splattered on the ground.
Both beasts are now injured, but neither shows any sign of retreating, as if they have some deep-seated hatred and are determined to fight to the death.
Shi Xuan didn't rush to leave. She stepped back further away from the battlefield and found a secluded spot to hide and watch the fight unfold.
The python and the leopard fought fiercely, their battle causing the earth to shake, until they were both severely injured.
When they were too exhausted to continue and lay on the ground, barely able to recover their strength, Shi Xuan suddenly leaped into the air on his puppet sword and threw two modified explosive pills downwards in mid-air.
The two high-level demonic beasts, who had initially disregarded these insignificant humans, never expected such an outcome. The two small, unidentified spheres exploded between them, creating a large crater in the entire area.
The two demonic beasts, already on the verge of death, were caught off guard by the blast. Accustomed to clashes of power, they had never seen anything like this before. They didn't even have the intention to dodge before being blasted down to their last breath.
Shi Xuan rushed down and quickly reaped the lives of two high-level demonic beasts.
When the python was cut open, the carcass of a leopard cub was revealed inside. It turned out the python had eaten the leopard's cub; no wonder they harbored such a deep and irreconcilable hatred.
Shi Xuan collected two level-six demon cores, then stored the corpses of the two demon beasts into her storage bracelet. These corpses were only suitable for storage in a bracelet; if they were stored in Silver Frost, they would probably rot and deteriorate very quickly.
There must be treasures in the cave of a level six demon beast. Following the activity tracks of the two demon beasts, Shi Xuan found his way to their lair.
Inside the leopard's cave, the walls were covered in shimmering, glowing light, a truly beautiful sight. The light emanated from a mushroom-shaped spiritual plant, tinged with a faint blue hue.
Zhao Cai immediately became excited and fluttered towards the glowing wall to start eating.
Shi Xuan twitched his lips; this guy was more enthusiastic about food than anything else.
Thinking of this, Shi Xuan felt that he couldn't show favoritism, so he also released Hongmao from Yinshuang.
Upon seeing the red-haired girl, Shi Xuanfu suddenly had a bold new idea. Her eyes lit up as she asked, "Little Red, do you eat monsters? Dead ones."
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