The Demon Cultivator of the Sword

Chapter 8 Murong Qingcheng
Murong Qingcheng is ranked seventh. She is sixteen years old and has reached the peak of the late Condensation Realm. She is the only one among the top ten core disciples who has not yet entered the Baoyuan Realm.

There is also Wu Liangyu who is also on the Hidden Dragon List in the original novel. He is not a core disciple yet and ranks first among the inner disciples.

Among the top ten core disciples, there were Senior Brother Wang and Senior Brother Liu, who had welcomed them into the sect together with Senior Brother Ling that day. They were ranked fourth and fifth respectively.

But these two people are almost twenty-five years old and will soon leave the ranks of core disciples.

Become an inner sect deacon like Senior Brother Ling.

Only after breaking through the Star Realm can one become an elder.

The rest of the top ten core disciples were similar.

Most of them are over 22 years old.

After taking a quick glance, Gu Yuan didn't pay much attention to it.

He began to look for tasks that suited him, but what made him laugh and cry were the tasks assigned to outer disciples, which were basically tasks like taking care of the medicine garden, cleaning the yard for core disciples and elders, etc.

Generally, only outer disciples who are of common origin and lack money would take on such missions.

People from wealthy families who have no shortage of money would never waste their training time on such tasks.

This is also the reason why there are so few outer disciples in the Spiritual Palace.

However, after thinking about the several hundred taels of silver given by his parents in his room, which was all his belongings, Gu Yuan decided to accept the task.

After all, warriors are big spenders. If they come across something they need one day, wouldn’t they miss the opportunity in vain?

"Junior Brother Gu, you are here too."

Just at this moment, a man walked in from outside the hall. It was Senior Brother Ling.

At this moment, his aura became even more unfathomable than it was four months ago.

As expected, his cultivation has reached the peak of the late Baoyuan realm.

The peak period for a warrior’s training is between the ages of 25 and 35.

Perhaps within a few years, you can enter the stage of refining true essence and break through the star realm.

Gu Yuan turned around and said, "Senior Brother Ling."

Senior Brother Ling smiled and said, "You are here to accept the mission, right? I forgot to tell you that before the outer disciples are promoted to the Condensation Realm, the sect will not issue them with missions outside the sect. Firstly, the danger is too great, and secondly, the outer disciples are generally too young and lack experience in the martial arts world, so they are easily deceived."

Gu Yuan nodded to show his understanding. After all, outer disciples were generally very young, especially in a sixth-grade sect like the Feitian Demon Sect.

Even younger.

Most of them are under fifteen years old.

He was promoted to the Nengzhen Realm at the age of fifteen. In an ordinary seventh-grade sect, he is definitely a rare genius, but in the Feitian Demon Sect, he can only be regarded as having ordinary qualifications. He cannot be said to be bad, but he is definitely not a genius.

Senior Brother Ling seemed to see Gu Yuan's embarrassment and suggested, "I see that your cultivation has already reached the ninth level of the Qi Training Realm. In three days, the trial of the mass grave will begin. If you are in urgent need of money, you can give it a try."

"Mass grave?" Gu Yuan's eyes lit up, and he thought to himself: It seems to be a trial project similar to Liuyun Sect's Wooden Man Alley, which is specifically aimed at outer disciples.

Senior Brother Ling nodded. "The Mass Burial Mound is a traditional trial project of the Feitian Demon Sect. It opens once every four months. If you can pass it, it means that you have high practical ability and you will receive corresponding rewards from the sect."

"The top ten will be rewarded with three Snow Spirit Pills that have the same effect as the Ice Heart Pill, and 100,000 taels of gold; the top six will be rewarded with a low-grade storage spirit ring; the top three will be rewarded with a Yuan Zeng Pill and a low-level earth-level secret book of their choice; the first place winner can be promoted to an inner sect disciple and can choose a mid-level earth-level technique or martial art of their choice."

"This sect is really generous." Gu Yuan's face showed a moved expression.

This sixth-grade sect is truly incomparable to ordinary sects.

You know, a mid-level earth-level secret book can become a unique secret book in an ordinary seventh-grade sect. But compared to this, Gu Yuan is more interested in Zeng Yuan Dan and Xue Ling Wan.

It can allow Gu Yuan to advance into the realm of Condensation faster.

As for the intermediate earth-level skills, Gu Yuan believed that with his talent, he would be able to learn it sooner or later.

Even learning top-level earth-level skills in the future will not be a problem.

"Haha, our Feitian Demon Sect is one of the seven sixth-grade sects in Nanzhuo Territory. Naturally, we are far from being comparable to those sects below the sixth grade."

When talking about his own sect, the Feitian Demon Sect, a look of pride appeared on Senior Brother Ling's face.

Gu Yuan nodded heavily to show his agreement.

But he didn't feel much sense of urgency.

There is no other reason.

Everything comes from strength.

He practiced the top human-level skills to the sixth level, and practiced the top human-level swordsmanship and top human-level lightness skills to the highest level.

He didn't think he would not get a place.

The most important thing is that he comprehended a hint of the artistic conception of wind from the Nine Swords of Gale.

Even if there are outer disciples who really practice earth-level martial arts.

According to Senior Brother Ling, the top three can freely choose a local-level martial art.

He is not afraid either.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside the Spirit Hall.

"It's Senior Sister Murong. Senior Sister Murong is back."

"I heard that Senior Sister Murong accepted a mission to wipe out a thousand-man bandit group led by three Bao Yuan Realm early stage warriors. It's incredible that she came back so soon."

"Of course. Senior Sister Murong is one of the top ten core disciples. She practices the sect's top-level martial art, the Heavenly Demonic Art. Even several core disciples at the early Bao Yuan Realm have been defeated by her. Even if a group of horse thieves with only three Bao Yuan Realm warriors in charge had more people, Senior Sister Murong could kill a large number of them with just one palm."

"It looks like it won't be long before Senior Sister Murong can enter the Bao Yuan realm."

Gu Yuan looked in the direction of the voice and saw a woman in purple clothes and a veil with a face mask slowly walking in from outside the door.

The woman looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old, with long black hair like a waterfall, a noble temperament, and a plain purple dress. She had a graceful and soft figure and a veil on her face. The energy in her body did not dissipate but instead retracted inward, giving her a sense of embracing the essence.

"His aura far exceeds that of the peak warriors in the late Condensation Realm that I have seen before. It looks like it won't be long before he can enter the Embrace Origin Realm."

Gu Yuan thought to himself.

Murong Qingcheng knew nothing about the exploration of soul power, but the strangeness in the dark still aroused her vigilance, and she turned her head to look in the direction of Gu Yuan.

"Did you notice it? No, I didn't." Gu Yuan noticed that the other party's eyes were scattered and he didn't notice him.

Of course, there was no point in continuing the exploration, so Gu Yuan withdrew his soul power.

Murong Qingcheng felt something strange disappear and was a little confused, but she didn't think too much about it. After entering the hall, she completed the task and left without staying for too long.

But even after they walked away, everyone's eyes never left each other.

Gu Yuan was naturally no exception. It was not that he had any feelings towards Murong Qingcheng, but this was the first character with a name and surname in the original novel that he had seen since he traveled through time.

(End of this chapter)