Celestial being

Time flies, and two years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Except for the booming business of Xuanhua Lingxiang Shop, other aspects were as calm as before. What Yuan Ming was worried about did not happen, and no one from the Zhenling Sect came here.

In the secret room of Residence No. 86, Yuan Ming sat cross-legged, with a faint green light all over his body.

With the income from Lingxiang Shop, he also has an almost endless supply of cultivation elixirs. At first, he only took the four spiritual elixirs, and then simply added the more effective ones, which were worth close to four hundred spiritual stones a bottle. The combined liquid pill.

It is said that this is the best cultivation elixir suitable for the early stage of foundation building. It is equivalent to the treatment given to direct disciples by sects like Changchun Temple.

At the same time, with the assistance of Zi Xuan Lingxiang, his cultivation has improved rapidly, and now he has reached the peak of the early stage of foundation building.

Yuan Ming opened his eyes, and there was a faint light in his eyes, and he slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air.

After he calmed down, he took out a white pill and drank it, and the green light on his body quickly became brighter.

This white elixir is called Ninghua Dan, and it has the effect of assisting in breaking through the bottleneck of cultivation in the foundation building period.

Yuan Ming closed his eyes again, breathed in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and ran the Nine Yuan Jue to refine the Condensation Pill, trying to break through the bottleneck in the early stage of foundation building.

Not long after, powerful mana fluctuations suddenly burst out from his body, spreading outward like a tide.

The secret room was surrounded by a silver light curtain formed by the silver token, and all mana fluctuations were blocked.

This situation lasted for a full quarter of an hour. The green light on Yuan Ming's body suddenly dimmed, and the turbulent mana fluctuations returned to calm.

"The training in the foundation building period is indeed much more difficult than the Qi refining period." He reluctantly opened his eyes and murmured to himself.

This is his third attempt to break through the bottleneck in more than a month.

Yuan Ming did not continue to retreat, looked at the time, stood up and left Lingxiang Shop, drove the magic weapon out of the city, and returned to Leizhou City.

He found a teahouse and sat down. Along the way, a soul crow was secretly released to monitor the surroundings.

Soon, a short figure in a gray robe walked into the teahouse, glanced at the guests in the building casually, then found a seat by the window and sat down, asking for a pot of tea.

Yuan Ming saw through the soul crow that no one was following the man in gray robe. He went to the man in gray robe and asked tentatively: "Grandma, long time no see. It's still the same as when I was a child."

The man in gray robe looked up and saw Yuan Ming. He was overjoyed and said with a bit of kindness, "Your child is already so old and looks exactly like your mother."

She lifted her hood, revealing the face of a middle-aged woman in her forties, with a slight wrinkle between her eyebrows, and curly hair that was black and white, but her eyes looked bright and energetic. She looked at Yuan Ming's appearance carefully, but soon she pretended to be angry again: "You didn't come to see me when you came to Leizhou, which made me worry for a long time."

"Aren't you worried about causing trouble for grandma?" Yuan Ming replied.

"Grandma is afraid of nothing. You are already old. When I heard that you were coming to Leizhou, I immediately left the customs. I waited here and there, but even if I couldn't wait for you, I was anxious to death. Besides, if Changchun Temple takes revenge on you, they will still Shameless." Grandma said.

"I still have to be careful. It's hard to guard against hidden arrows." Yuan Ming said.

In the past few years, he felt that his life in Xiaohu City was relatively stable. In addition, the soul crows he sent to patrol the city from time to time did not find anything unusual, so he often sent several letters to his parents to report that they were safe. The specific location has not yet been disclosed.

Not long ago, he contacted his grandma, so she asked him to meet him at the Leizhou City Tea House at this time, saying that he had something to ask.

"Well, Ming'er, you are really young and mature. If your cousin is half as distracted as you are, I will feel at ease even if I die. Originally, I didn't want to trouble you, but after a few days, your cousin Xu Tian has to go out for training. As a result, Leizhou recently A murderer who specializes in hunting Qi Refining monks has appeared nearby. Many people have been killed. I really can't worry about it. However, the leader happened to arrange for me to leave the sect and I can't shirk it. After thinking about it, I can only leave it to you. "Grandma sighed, full of apologies.

Before Yuan Ming could speak, he heard his grandma say again: "Grandma also knows your difficulties. If you can't take any action, can you recommend a reliable friend on your behalf? I can trust your vision."

"Grandma, you are worrying too much. I happen to be free during this time, but I can't get close, so I can escort you secretly." Yuan Ming thought for a moment and agreed.

"You don't have to worry about this. Every year, for the training tasks, the sect will issue collection tasks in the casual cultivator association. As long as they are qualified casual cultivators, they can participate. Ming'er, you can participate under a pseudonym." Grandma was overjoyed and said hurriedly .

Later, Yuan Ming asked his grandma about some details of the mission. He declined the elixirs and spiritual stones that grandma brought to him, and only took a new robe. Instead, he gave many cultivation elixirs and spiritual incense as gifts. Filial piety.

After all, before she set foot on the immortal road, her grandma loved her mother very much and took great care of her family. She was even willing to take her in when she offended Changchun Guan and fled, but she did not go to seek refuge.

While grandma was very happy, she also told Yuan Ming to be careful at all times.

Yuan Ming finally said goodbye to her and returned to Xiaohu City.

…

A few days later, there was a retreat.

The mission hall was particularly lively today. There were monks in various costumes in groups, chatting a little noisily. Behind the counter, the receptionist was so busy that his feet could not touch the ground, and the number of people seemed to be much larger than usual.

Yuan Ming saw that the guys were so busy, so he asked them for a jade slip with a task list printed on it, and looked at it carefully.

There are hundreds of tasks on the list, with different types, and the conditions and rewards for receiving them are also very different.

Simple tasks such as escorting monks and escorting goods, although the rewards are not high, are low in risk and do not take long. They only have certain requirements for the credibility and cultivation of the recipient.

On the contrary, there are almost no thresholds for adventure missions, and the rewards are quite considerable.

However, there are two paragraphs of notes at the end of these tasks. One paragraph is used to explain the possible dangers and make the recipients think twice before taking them. The other paragraph records the number of monks who took the tasks but did not return within the specified time limit.

For example, a mission to explore a secret place in the Kingdom of Zhao would be rewarded with a thousand spirit stones, but the dangers that might be encountered were unknown, and the number of monks who could not recover was already thirteen.

Precisely because adventure tasks are highly difficult and have low completion rates, the number of such tasks accounted for a large proportion in past task lists.

As for simple escort tasks, they are picked up almost immediately after they appear, and few of them stay on the list for a long time.

However, Yuan Ming discovered that there were surprisingly many escort tasks on today's task list, and most of the escorts were monks in the Qi Refining Stage.

He recalled what his grandma had said about the murderers who hunted down the Qi Refining monks, so he called over a clerk and asked insinuatingly.

"There has indeed been a turmoil recently, but it shouldn't be a big deal to seniors. It's just that a murderous unknown monk has appeared in Leizhou. He specializes in picking out lone Qi Refining monks. So far, more than a dozen monks are known to have been killed. ." The guy replied.

Yuan Ming pretended to be surprised: "Is this happening? Can anyone find out his details?"

"This person's concealment method is quite superb. Xiaohu City has organized manpower investigations many times, but all failed. Now, the affected sect has stepped forward to take the lead and offer a reward for information about this person. If seniors are interested, they can also You can participate in the investigation. If you can go one step further and capture this person, we will also provide you with a heavy reward." The man said respectfully.

Yuan Ming nodded noncommittally. Seeing that he was not very interested, the waiter resigned and left him alone to continue checking the task list.

But not long after the waiter left, two monks suddenly walked up to Yuan Ming and bowed their hands towards him.

"I hope you will forgive me for disturbing you."

The speaker was a strong man eight feet tall with a full beard. He looked like a rough man, but his words were extremely polite.

Another monk was wearing a long green cloth gown, holding a whisk in his hand, his eyes narrowed into slits, a faint smile hanging on the corner of his mouth, looking kind.

"You two are looking for me, do you have any advice?" Yuan Ming looked at the other party and asked.

When he was talking to the waiter just now, he noticed that someone was secretly observing him. When he saw the two of them approaching, he was inevitably a little rude in his words. Judging from the aura of the other party, they seemed to be two foundation-building monks with similar cultivation levels to himself. .

"Haha, advice doesn't count. It's just that the two of us saw that my Taoist friend is very impressive, so we thought he must have some magical powers. We also happen to have a task that is short of manpower. I wonder if you would be interested?" The bearded man boasted.

"Sorry, I'm used to being alone, and I don't want to go with others for the time being." Yuan Ming refused without hesitation, and was about to turn around and leave.

"Hey, fellow Taoist, don't be impatient. It's not too late to listen to what I have to say before making a decision." Luo Xihu said with a smile.

Yuan Ming stopped and looked back. There was a trace of alienation on his face but he didn't care about the beard, and continued:

"Fellow Daoist Daoist must have heard from the members of the Casual Cultivator Guild just now. As long as the culprits who attack the Qi Refining Monk are caught, the Guild will offer heavy rewards. To be honest, this Daoist Daoist Liao next to me has a unique method. To be able to pinpoint the location of the murderer, the two of us were originally enough. However, I thought that the murderer was quite cunning. In order to prevent him from escaping, I invited fellow Taoists to go with us and capture the beast. Of course, the reward we would receive afterwards would also be I gave it to fellow Taoists, but I don’t know what their intentions are.”

Yuan Ming frowned, a little disbelieving: "The murderer only picked a single Qi Refining monk to attack, which shows that his strength is limited. You two are both foundation builders, are you afraid that he will escape?"

"This is wrong. Not to mention that the team organized by the Rogue Cultivator Association to capture this beast also included members of the Foundation Establishment Period. They also failed to find traces of him. If I just talk about another thing, I am afraid that fellow Taoists will not think that the man's strength is limited. Now." The bearded man looked around and lowered his voice mysteriously.

"Just two years ago, an elder of the Zhenling Sect was killed in the wilderness near Xiaohu City. The Zhenling Sect was furious and made great efforts to find the murderer. Afterwards, a high reward was posted. But to this day, the reward is not available They are all still on the list, and there is no news about the murderer." The bearded man said.

Yuan Ming was slightly shocked, but he nodded calmly and asked: "Oh, I have heard about this, but what does this have to do with the murderer who intercepted the Qi Refining monk?"