Sword Sect Outer Sect

Chapter 14 List
In fact, Song Yan did not know the true background of Granny Qin, or even that she was completely unaware of it, but this did not prevent Song Yan from trusting her.

About nine months ago, Song Yan took his two bottles of Qi-Nourishing Pills, which barely resembled pills, all over the market, but no one was willing to buy these few Qi-Nourishing Pills.

Not to mention, the quality of this pill was extremely poor.

Until he clung to his last shred of hope, he entered the small, out-of-the-way shop that had just opened for business, and there he met Granny Qin…

"Stinky boy!"

Qin Xijun suddenly delivered a powerful slam to Song Yan's head, pulling him out of his reverie.

"Do you think this is a black market?! Huh? You're bringing all sorts of shady stuff here to sell..."

"Tell me honestly, where did you get this from?"

Song Yan chuckled and quickly recounted his entire experience of descending the mountain to Granny Qin.

"Demon Cultivator..."

Qin Xijun pondered for a moment: "It's appeared again..."

“Mother-in-law, well… I don’t need these things. Since you’re not accepting them, why don’t you just destroy them all…”

Song Yan felt a little regretful, but not too disappointed.

"Tsk, why are you so honest?"

Qin Xijun rolled her eyes at him: "Things themselves aren't inherently good or bad; it all depends on how the person uses them..."

"hold head high……"

Looking at the bottle of Spirit Transformation Blood Pills, Song Yan couldn't help but mutter to himself: Is there really a difference between good and bad in this?

"Grandma's definitely not going to sell...but..."

Qin Xijun glanced at Song Yan and saw only an almost overflowing clear stupidity in the boy's eyes, and immediately lost interest in keeping him in suspense.

"Do you even know about Lingyuanze Night Market?"

"Night market... it's just a market that opens at night."

Song Yan was completely baffled.

"..."

Qin Xijun had a terrible headache and muttered to herself, "This child doesn't understand anything..."

"The Lingyuanze Night Market opens on the 19th of next month. I'll take you there to sell the stolen goods..."

"Did you understand?... If you understood, get lost!"

Boom!
By the time Song Yan came to her senses, she had already been moved to the entrance of the general store, and the wooden door was slammed shut.

"Yan...Yanyan...Who is she?"

Only then did the little snake dare to emerge from the robe, still shaken: "It was a bit scary."

Song Yan smiled wryly. Granny Qin was good in every way, except that she had a bit of a temper.

"Grandma Qin is a very good person...it's just that her temper is a little bit..."

"I wonder how old she is now..."

He knew that a cultivator's appearance could not be used as a basis for judging their age.

In the world of cultivators, there are countless ways to preserve youthful appearance, such as a kind of elixir called the Youth Preservation Pill.

If you take Yidan, you can stay young for ten years.

What one looks like when taking the elixir remains the same even if one's lifespan is exhausted overnight.

This elixir is a hot-selling item among both male and female cultivators, and female cultivators are especially fond of it.

However, this elixir is quite complex and not something Song Yan can refine.

It's unclear whether Granny Qin is an inner or outer disciple, but since she calls herself Granny Qin, she must be quite old. He personally estimates she's probably in her fifties or sixties, given her profound and unfathomable spiritual power...

He must be at least at the late stage of Qi Refining...

Shaking his head, Song Yan banished these chaotic thoughts and returned to his cave.

Senior Brother Lin Qing once told him that, based on the time he joined the sect, he would need to take on a formal mission outside the sect in two years, which would naturally be much more difficult than miscellaneous tasks.

What he needs to do most right now is to improve his immediate combat strength.

Breaking through to the sixth level of Qi Refining within half a year? He didn't even consider it.

With his aptitude and cultivation resources, this is nothing short of a pipe dream.

He took the flying sword out of the Qiankun bag. The bloodstains on it seemed to have faded a bit, but it still smelled fishy.

Song Yan tried to use his spiritual power to cleanse the filth, and perhaps because the owner of the filth was already dead, this simple method proved remarkably effective.

Soon, the flying sword was as clean as new, and it became easy to wield.

When facing Lu Xiaowei and his two companions, Song Yan was very dissatisfied because his supposedly powerful flying sword had suffered a major setback.

Could it be that I don't have any talent for flying swords?

Impossible, absolutely impossible... It's just that I have too little experience fighting enemies.

Song Yan replenished his spiritual power and ignored Xu Youhe, who was wandering around the cave. He then entered a state of cultivating the nameless incantation.

The most obvious advantage I have in this battle against the enemy after descending the mountain is this extraordinary divine sense.

Song Yan decided to play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses, first cultivating the strength of his divine sense, and also trying to open up the seventeen light spots in the Yin-Yang Realm.

Lingyuanze Market, the Worry-Relieving General Store.

Not long after Song Yan left, someone knocked on the wooden door of the general store.

Who is it? The door is unlocked.

squeak-

The wooden door was pushed open, and a heroic face came into Qin Xijun's view.

"Hey, Ono. What a distinguished guest! What brings you here today?"

Qin Xijun casually brushed the dust off the chair beside her and said, "Sit."

Lu Ziye was terrified, knowing that this person was speaking sarcastically and ironically, so he dared not sit down: "Hehe, Master, I've come to ask you when you'll be back..."

"I'm not going back!"

"It's so peaceful here, and I won't be bothered by you little brats."

Lu Ziye forced a smile and said, "Master, Senior Sister Qin was only concerned about the family back then, so please don't hold a grudge against her."

"Besides, the Qin family is also where you were born, why ruin the harmony over this..."

Qin Xijun's face immediately turned cold: "I've said it many times, the Qin family is rotten to the core..."

"I'm not a member of the Qin family. If there's nothing else, please leave. My shop is closing soon..."

"Alas, Master..."

Boom!
By the time Lu Ziye came to his senses, he had already been moved to the entrance of the general store, and the wooden door was slammed shut.

"So this is the fate of everyone who comes..."

Lu Ziye muttered to himself as he left the market.

……

Time passed in a blink of an eye.

April 11th, outside the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall at the outer gate.

A group of outer disciples were gathered around a notice board, discussing it animatedly.

The words written with spiritual power floated above the signboard, clearly visible.

"This is quite unusual... It's actually a joint mission between sects."

Someone in the crowd was chatting with their companion: "Since I joined the sect, I think I've only seen him twice. I remember the last time was when we went to Beiya Mountain..."

The notice board displayed numerous accepted missions, clearly listing which outer disciples were to undertake them.

One of the tasks was prominently displayed at the very beginning of the notice board.

Joint mission between sects.

Location: Silent Valley.

Xuan Yuan Sect announced a joint operation between the three sects: Xuan Yuan Sect, Ling Fu Sect, and Dong Yuan Sect.

Six months ago, unusual spiritual energy fluctuations began to appear around Silent Valley, and now they have begun to affect the spiritual plants and beasts in the valley, hence this mission.

May 9th of this year.

The team leader is Elder Xu Ziqing.

Lu Ziye, an inner disciple. Ninth level of Qi Refining…

Outer disciples were transferred.

Shao Sichao, Qi Refining Stage Six...

Gu Qingqing, Tang Lin, and Song Yan are all at the fifth level of Qi Refining...

"Huh? It's true that everyone else has been in the sect for two years, but this junior brother named Song Yan has only been in the sect for one year and seven months..."

"That's really true..."

"I don't know. Maybe the sect thinks that this junior brother is already in the mid-stage of Qi Refining and can take on this task?"

"..."

Soon, everyone's attention was drawn to something else, and the topic of Song Yan only appeared for a moment before being submerged.

Among the crowd, an ordinary-looking boy stared at the notice board.

He overheard the conversations of those around him, and stared thoughtfully at the name Song Yan.

(End of this chapter)