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Chapter 663: Obtaining an identity, news from an old friend

Qin Ming took the identity badge handed over by Elder Lin and paid a considerable amount of spirit stones.

From then on, he was considered a person of status in the spiritual world.

"Thank you, Elder Lin."

I was able to accomplish this thanks to the big boss in front of me who nodded in agreement.

According to the information he had heard previously, it was quite difficult to obtain the identity badge of an ordinary cultivator in Tianxing City.

With the Tianxing City identity badge, one can enter and leave the fairy city freely without facing numerous scrutiny.

Under normal circumstances, if a monk wants to obtain an identity badge, he has to queue up and go through a lot of procedures and undergo strict examination.

After all, Tianxing City is the main city of the human race, and it does not allow cultivators from other races to sneak in secretly.

This time, with the recommendation of the cultivator named Yao, Qin Ming really saved himself a lot of trouble.

His attitude towards this decisive and swift monk also changed slightly.

After completing the registration, Elder Lin, who was dressed in a blue robe, put away the spiritual pen in his hand and asked:
"I see that young friend Li has a calm and simple temperament, with a scent of plants and trees, and the lingering charm of alchemy. I guess he has been dealing with spiritual plants for many years? His attainments in alchemy seem to be quite good. I wonder what level he has reached?"

Qin Ming was immediately startled when he heard this. He couldn't help but sigh that he was indeed an elder in the Void Refinement Stage and had a very sharp vision.

Just by meeting him for the first time, he was able to judge his specialties.

However, it was precisely because of this that the other party looked up to him and did not treat him as an ordinary cultivator.

I will not handle the procedures myself and just chat here.

If it were any other cultivator, it would be difficult for them to meet this great cultivator in person on a normal day.

Qin Ming did not hide anything and replied respectfully, "What Elder Lin said is correct. I am just a country bumpkin. I like to spend my days with spiritual fields, tending to spiritual plants, and refining pills to exchange for some daily resources. Currently, both of my skills have reached the fifth level."

Even so, he still maintained his principle of keeping a low profile and did not mention that his attainments in weapon refining and formations were above level five.

Otherwise it would be too shocking.

As for the level of spiritual plants and alchemy, it was only mentioned as the fifth level, and it was not said to be the fifth level top grade.

That's enough.

"Oh~ I see. No wonder Young Master Li has the confidence to come to Tianxing City. A fifth-level spiritual plant master is truly a rare profession! I didn't expect that his alchemy skills have also reached the fifth-level realm. It's really rare, haha." After hearing this, Elder Lin's eyes suddenly lit up.

Qin Ming's answer seemed to be quite beyond his expectations.

Originally, in Elder Lin's guess, he was at most a fourth-rank spiritual plant master.

A fifth-level Dan Saint plus a fifth-level spiritual plant master has a different meaning.

Planting elixirs and refining pills is a perfect cycle of self-sufficiency.
Even in Tianxing City, there are not many monks who can reach this level.

When he said this, even Yao Xing, the middle-aged silver-armored monk standing beside him, was slightly moved.

Qin Ming was surprised when he saw Elder Lin's big reaction.

"Is it possible that being a spirit plant husband is a rare profession in the spirit world? Well, I guess there aren't many monks willing to deal with spirit fields every day. Moreover, the life span of most monks is not even as long as that of spirit plants."

'When spiritual plants reach the fifth level or above, it takes hundreds or even thousands of years for the medicinal power to grow. Some cultivators die before the spiritual plants mature. The cost-effectiveness is not very high.'

"As for high-level alchemists, they are in great demand no matter where they are."

After hearing Qin Ming's implicit answer.

Elder Lin stroked his beard and smiled: "Since little friend Li is planning to stay in Tianxing City for a long time, why not join the Star Guards, isn't it better?"

"Junior Brother Yao's team is in need of additional members. You can start work immediately after joining."

"After all, if you want to cultivate and develop in Tianxing City, the rent of this spiritual cave alone will be a considerable expense!"

"But once you join the Star Guards of Tianxing City, not only will you have various resources to worship, but the Immortal City will also provide you with permanent residency rights and spiritual caves."

"Besides that, there are other benefits. For example, the power in your hands is also enormous. It can be said that you have the power of life and death in the entire human race in the spiritual world. Except for the three holy places of the human race, no other forces can restrain you."

"If you are willing, this elder can make the decision. Would you like to consider it, Mr. Li?"

If outsiders heard what Elder Lin said, I don’t know how many people would be eager to agree to it immediately.

If you want to become a Star Guard of Tianxing City, you may not be able to get it even by relying on connections.

This can be seen from the fact that when Qin Ming ascended to the spiritual world, the silver-armored monk named Jiang Tian risked his life to make trouble at the Welcoming Immortal Platform and prevent him from ascending, just to win the position of Star Guard Captain.

But Qin Ming knew that behind enjoying generous treatment and holding great power, there were also risks.

If he were sent to the front line to carry out a mission, even if he was invincible among his peers in the Spirit Transformation Stage, it would still not fit Qin Ming's style of steady development.

What's more, there are countless masters in the spiritual world, and we should not underestimate the heroes of the world.

Qin Ming's plan was to go to the jurisdiction of Tianxing City, rent a piece of spiritual land, first practice to the Lianxu realm, and then continue to pursue the path of immortality.

As the saying goes, the world is bustling with people because of profit, and the world is bustling with people because of profit.

Tianxing City is located in the Falling Star Wasteland of Kunlun Domain. It has a special geographical location and is surrounded by various alien races. The resources and products of each race are extremely rich. Countless rare treasures, spiritual materials from heaven and earth, materials from monsters, etc., which are rarely seen in the outside world, can be traded here.

The spiritual vein environment here is also above level six.

"Thank you for the kind invitation, Elder Lin. However, I am used to a free and easy life. I am afraid joining the Star Guard is not suitable for me." Qin Ming declined politely.

Elder Lin was also quite surprised to hear this. He did not expect that there would be someone who could resist the temptation of power and not be tempted at all.

And looking at Qin Ming's expression, it doesn't look like he is pretending.

"Haha! Since Li is determined to live a pastoral life and has his own ideas, I won't force you. I still have some chores to take care of. Junior Brother Yao, please take them down and settle them down."

Although the skills and cultivation displayed by Qin Ming aroused a little interest from the elder in the Nascent Soul stage, in his eyes, a Spiritual Transformation cultivator was just that, and he would not pay too much attention to him.

So they ordered them to leave.

"Yes! Elder Lin!"

Yao Tiannan clasped his fists in return and then walked out of the Zhitian Palace with Qin Ming.

He asked his team members to go to the Hall of Merit to collect the mission rewards, and he took Qin Ming and teleported out of here and came to the inner city.

"I didn't expect that Brother Li is such a determined and hardworking person. If you change your mind, you can come to the Xingwei Camp to find me." Yao Tiannan took him to a busy street and then said to him.

Qin Ming thanked him: "Thank you Lord Yao for taking care of me today. If you need me in the future, please let me know."

"You're welcome. I'm actually a casual cultivator as well. Since we've met, it's just a matter of convenience." Yao Tiannan waved his hand and said.

He didn't care. He was the captain of the Star Guard. Why would he need Qin Ming's help?
Yao Tiannan just thought that Qin Ming was just being polite to him, so he didn't take it to heart.

"By the way, if you want to rent a spiritual cave for a long time, you can find Shopkeeper Cao of Tianque Treasure House. The power behind this shop is the Tianxing Company, which is quite powerful. In the area under the jurisdiction of Tianxing City, they have many excellent spiritual places for sale and rental."

"Oh? Really? Thank you, Master Yao, for letting me know."

Since Qin Ming has revealed his identity as a spiritual plant master, he must need a suitable spiritual field to grow spiritual plants, so Yao Tiannan also took the opportunity to introduce him.

After Yao Tiannan introduced Qin Ming, he said goodbye and went back to do his own things.

After the two said goodbye, Qin Ming took Mo Lingwei to find an inn to stay temporarily.

This place is the high-end residential area of ​​Tianxing City, with all kinds of inns and caves of all sizes.

It's just that the price is too touching, it's indeed much more expensive than other places.

Ordinary cultivators simply cannot afford it. The price of a room for one night starts at several hundred high-quality spirit stones.

The next day, Qin Ming contacted Baili Hui through the talisman.

But when Qin Ming found the other person, he saw that he was working as a handyman in a shop outside the city to make a living.

Seeing Qin Ming coming, Baili Hui adjusted the melon-shaped hat on his head, his face showing excitement, and hurried forward to greet him and said: "Senior Li, you are here? I have been looking forward to seeing you, it is really great!"

"Baili Hui, how did you become like this? Living in a small corner?" Qin Ming couldn't help but ask jokingly when he saw his appearance.

Baili Hui rubbed his hands and said awkwardly, "Ahem! It's not that the cost of renting a cave in Tianxing City is too expensive. Besides, my cultivation has not yet recovered, and I haven't got an identity badge. I can't stay in the city for a long time, so I can only do odd jobs here and ask for some information by the way."

"I also spent all the spiritual stones you left me when I was gathering information."

"I see. It's not your fault. Let's go!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Ming patted Baili Hui on the shoulder, and then took him out of the outer city and came to the residential area in the inner city.

After entering the inn room.

Baili Hui saw a strange woman coming forward and couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Senior Li, could this be Senior Lan Bing?"

He thought it was the Blue Ice Fairy in disguise.

Qin Ming said, "This is another fellow Taoist. Her name is Mo Lingwei, and her Taoist name is Fairy Qingxia. She will work with you for me in the future."

"Oh oh oh! It turns out to be Senior Qingxia. I am so sorry for my disrespect!" Baili Hui hurriedly greeted her.

Mo Lingwei smiled and said, "The master has already told me about Fellow Daoist Baili. Since you were also in the Spiritual Transformation Realm before, there is no need to be so formal. You and I can just call each other fellow Daoists. Lingwei has just arrived, so Fellow Daoist Baili needs your care."

"Haha! That's fine if that's the case. We're all working for Senior Li, so I will do my best." Baili Hui kept bowing, looking quite funny.

Subsequently.

After Qin Ming set up an isolation barrier in the room, he immediately asked Baili Hui about some of the situations in Tianxing City.

"Have you found any clues to the information I asked you to find out?"

As soon as Baili Hui heard it, he knew that he was talking about the news about Xiao Xun, Su Yuqing, Diao Yunsou and others.

"Replying to Senior Li, I have inquired through various channels in Tianxing City in the past few years. According to reliable information, after Senior Xiao Xun was taken away by the people of Xinggong, he should have gone to one of the three major holy places of the human race to practice. Naturally, he has a bright future. Senior Li does not need to worry too much."

"After Senior Su Yuqing was brought up, he joined the Star Guards just like Diao Yunsou. Decades ago, the two of them went to the Tianji Mountains to carry out a mission and have not returned since."

"This Tianji Mountain Range is where humans, demons and monsters meet, so collisions and frictions occur from time to time. Although the dangers are great, opportunities are also everywhere."

After listening to this, Qin Ming couldn't help but frown.

The only good news is that Xiao Xun is safe and sound, and it seems that the Xinggong force also occupies a very important position among the human race, and is actually listed as one of the three major holy places.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have been possible to take the person away from Tianxing City so easily.

But I don’t know when I can see her again.

In addition, Su Yuqing and Diao Yunsou were really unlucky to be sent to such a dangerous place as the Tianji Mountains to carry out a mission.
Even though they have now been promoted to the Spirit Transformation Stage, this level of cultivation is nothing in the spiritual world where there are countless races. There are also many high-level cultivators among the demon race and the monster race.

If they encounter the legendary ancient beasts, ancient giants, or ancient true spirits, they would probably be killed by just a sneeze.

But he looked at Baili Hui's words.

On the contrary, it seemed that he was quite envious of what Su Yuqing and the other person had experienced.

Qin Ming raised his eyebrows and asked, "From the looks of you, you wish you could go to the front line and fight the monsters yourself?"

"Hehehe! Senior Li, you must be joking. Becoming a Star Guard is something that many people dream of. When I was young, I also came to participate in the selection, but unfortunately I was not selected!"

"Although it is indeed dangerous for the Star Guards to carry out their missions, and it may take dozens or even hundreds of years, the rewards are also generous!" Baili Hui replied with a dry laugh.

"Many of the elders in the Refinement Stage in the Immortal City have come this far by exchanging merits in this way. It is said that as long as the merits are sufficient, even the Refinement Stage opportunity can be exchanged. This is also a privilege that only the Star Guards have."

"What's more, Senior Su and the other two are ascended monks, so the situation is even more special."

"Oh? What's the special method?" Qin Ming asked.

Baili Hui took a sip of tea and continued, "Since ancient times, for unknown reasons, the potential and magical powers of the monks from the lower realms are far superior to those of the native monks in the spiritual world, and when they try to reach the realm of refining emptiness, the success rate is also surprisingly higher than that of the spiritual world, so they are more valued by the upper echelons of the human race."

"In addition, it is said that it is related to a secret event tens of thousands of years ago. There was a powerful human who ascended from the lower realm. In just three hundred years, he cultivated to the fusion stage. His cultivation and magical powers were incredible. Even the powerful people of other races were no match for him."

"Oh~ So there is this layer of relationship. If that's the case, why did the high-ranking human leaders in the Spirit Realm ignore it when the Blood Realm descended to invade the human world?" Qin Ming asked again.

He knew that the mighty man Baili Hui was talking about was most likely the Green Emperor.

Baili Hui explained, "I have also heard a little about this matter. In fact, it is not that the high-level spiritual world does not care. Thousands of years ago, the avatars of several powerful people in Tianxing City also tried to go down to the world, but somehow they all failed, so they lost contact with the human world."

“It was only after Diaoyun Sou and Senior Su ascended that they informed the higher-ups about the invasion of the Blood Realm and the resurrection of the ancient demon, which caused quite a stir.”

"I never expected that this group of demons would actually implement a vicious plan to cut off the human race's spiritual power and sever their lineage. This is truly abominable! They deserve to be killed!"

When saying this, Baili Hui gritted his teeth, feeling quite indignant.

"I have heard that the three races of humans, demons and monsters are constantly fighting openly and secretly in the spiritual world, and the human race is unable to spare any effort. But from what I have seen in Tianxing City, it seems that the world is peaceful. Why is that?" Qin Ming asked.

Baili Hui replied: "Senior Li, you don't know that in addition to the demons and monsters, the human race also faces many alien opponents in the spiritual world. After all, we are still expanding our territory. The places where the situation is tense are all concentrated in these border areas and wild lands."

"And Tianxing City is the biggest line of defense for the human race against alien invasions. If the situation here changes, it means that the war between the spiritual world and alien races that occurs once every tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years will break out again."

"If that really happens, let alone the powerful humans in high positions, even ordinary cultivators like us will not be able to escape. We can only fight to the death until the aliens are driven out."

"It is said that there was an outbreak in which the ancient True Spirit Clan joined forces with the Demon Clan to invade the human race. In that war, even the great masters in the Fusion Stage perished. Many of the human race's main cities were almost lost. It was truly tragic."

When Qin Ming heard this, his heart trembled.

He immediately asked, "When was the last time an alien invasion broke out?"

"According to historical records, less than 10,000 years have passed. It is probably still a long way from the next war in the spirit world." Baili Hui replied. He looked at the heavy expression on Qin Ming's face and couldn't help feeling a little strange.

After hearing this, Qin Ming was immediately relieved.

'Tens of thousands of years is a long time. It should be enough for me to reach the Fusion Stage, or even the Mahayana Stage, right?'

'I hope I have brought peace to Tianxing City.'

'I hope this day will never come.'

Qin Ming prayed secretly.

Then, he asked Baili Hui about other intelligence information he had collected over the years.

However, since Baili Hui's current cultivation level has only recovered to the late Nascent Soul stage, some upper-level information in the world of immortal cultivation is basically out of reach.

After Qin Ming listened to what he said, he rewarded Baili Hui with some elixirs and spirit stones so that he could recover to the Spirit Transformation Stage as soon as possible, which would make it easier to do things.

Baili Hui expressed his gratitude repeatedly, took the storage bag and left happily.

Subsequently.

After resting in the inn for a few days.

Qin Ming decided to find a place to hide for the time being, as his cultivation breakthrough was imminent.

First of all, finding a spiritual land for development is the top priority and it should be put on the agenda.

He immediately took out the map of Tianxing City that Baili Hui had given him and used his divine sense to browse through it.

Soon, a store called 'Tianxing Trading Company' came into view.

(End of this chapter)