Sword Sect Outer Sect

Chapter 20 Invitation

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After the exchange concluded, Ke Huai stood up and said, "It is truly remarkable that all of you fellow Daoists have benefited from this small exchange gathering."

"If there is an opportunity, let's meet again for the next barter."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the group left.

"Fellow Daoist Wu, Fellow Daoist Rong, this exchange went unexpectedly smoothly. This superior room will be available for about two hours. If you don't mind, you can stay here and have a detailed discussion with Fellow Daoist Tong."

Ke Huai said goodbye and left on his own: "See you again if fate allows."

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Ke..."

Song Yan did stay, having made a huge profit by exchanging those items for three bottles of Huangya Dan. He was naturally willing to give them face since it was just a casual chat.

"What brings you two to this private meeting?"

Wu Huaguo was an ordinary-looking female cultivator, lacking Lin Xiaoyu's alluring demeanor and ethereal attire.

She looked at Song Yan, her face full of the perseverance that comes with years of experience in the cultivation world: "Fellow Daoist Tong, you just said you wanted information about the Supreme Spiritual Object. To be honest... my husband and I do know about the Supreme Spiritual Object."

"Oh?"

Song Yan's eyes lit up, and he listened attentively.

The couple recounted their story in detail.

It turns out that the couple had accidentally learned about the cave dwellings of Foundation Establishment stage cultivators when they last attended the Lingyuanze Night Market.

That rogue cultivator started from humble beginnings. Although his spiritual root aptitude was extremely poor, he was exceptionally gifted in magic. With some fortuitous encounters, he eventually cultivated to the late Foundation Establishment stage.

It should be noted that in the Chu Kingdom, a Foundation Establishment cultivator is already considered a senior or a true master.

Even among the six major sects, at the late Foundation Establishment stage, they are the backbone and core combat force.

Unfortunately, that senior was ultimately limited by his aptitude and passed away peacefully in the cave.

It is said that the cultivator had a penchant for collecting various magical texts during his lifetime, so those cultivators who knew about this planned to go and explore together.

It is said that the cave is protected by a magic array, which requires at least ten cultivators at the mid-stage of Qi Refining to work together and slowly break it with their spiritual power before they came to find the couple.

"The cultivator who approached my wife and me said that the senior's lightning and fire magic was unparalleled among his peers during his lifetime. Based on this, we can infer that there might be a supreme spiritual object of the lightning or fire element in the cave."

"However, we did not fully believe what that person said, which is why we did not make a decision to exchange items at the barter meeting."

"We weren't familiar with them, so we lied and said we needed to invite a friend who was quite capable, and they agreed..."

"I wonder if Fellow Daoist Tong would be willing to accompany us, for the sake of Huang Yadan..."

"Gentlemen, you are acquainted with Fellow Daoist Ke and the others from earlier, so why did you invite them instead of me, a complete stranger?"

Wu Huaguo shook her head: "I don't trust Lin Xiaoyu and Ke Huai. Zhou Jiasheng is honest and kind-hearted, but he is on good terms with Ke Huai, so we dare not take the risk."

“Fellow Daoist Tong is different. His status as an outer disciple of the Dongyuan Sect is enough for us to invite him. In addition, his slaying of demonic cultivators and destruction of pill formulas are enough to show Fellow Daoist Tong’s character.”

Song Yan asked, "What if what I said is false?"

"Do not."

"Fellow Daoist Tong is absolutely not exaggerating on this point."

Wu Huaguo smiled nonchalantly.

“From the moment Ke Huai stopped you until now, you have only told one lie.”

"Tong Chuping is not his real name."

"..."

Song Yan remained silent, thinking to himself, "What kind of Daoist secret technique or treasure is this that I've never heard of before?"

They can even tell whether someone is telling the truth or lying!
"Okay, when?"

"Fellow Daoist, please do not be impatient. The time is set for a year and a half later."

"so long?"

It's true that cultivators usually spend a long time in seclusion, but these people are all in the Qi Refining stage, so they don't need to go through long periods of seclusion.

But it's alright, anyway, I'm about to go on a joint mission with the sect.

With more time, we can further improve our strength and have more confidence in protecting ourselves.

"We only learned about the time and details of the meeting from that person."

Song Yan nodded.

……

The three discussed the matter at length for a while before Song Yan got up and left.

By this time, the lights in Lingyuanze were sparse, and the night market had gradually dispersed.

Having already sold the item, Song Yan had no reason to stay any longer and went straight back to his outer disciple's cave. Three bottles of Yellow Sprout Pills were placed in front of Song Yan; this was perhaps the most extravagant he had ever been.

According to his original plan, he was to sell a bottle of Huangya Dan first to make up for the spirit stone deficit from this night market trip.

But then I thought, there's less than a month left before the mission, why bother refining Qi-Nourishing Pills?

Instead, improve yourself in all aspects.

"It's really difficult to break through in spiritual power cultivation in a short period of time..."

Song Yan decided that for the next few days, apart from basic spiritual energy cultivation, he would focus on cultivating his divine sense.

Although the Five Star Pulse-Grasping Mantra has no follow-up, it is actually a method for training one's spiritual sense. Therefore, although continuous practice may result in slow progress, it can still increase one's spiritual sense.

Finally, there is the method of "condensing sword essence" mentioned in the "Sword Cultivation Technique".

Song Yan carefully took out a Huangya Dan, which was pale yellow in color and had a delicate medicinal fragrance.

As the pill entered his stomach, a surge of pure spiritual energy flowed to his limbs and bones.

……

The Dongyuan Immortal Sect has seven main peaks surrounding the Lingyuan Great Swamp, with three mountains in the south and four peaks in the north.

Lotus Peak only accepts female disciples.

"Hey? Qingqing, Xiaoyun, what are you doing?"

As Liu Yuechan, an inner disciple, passed by Lotus Plain, she caught a glimpse of two young girls furtively holding a small booklet and whispering to each other in the outer pavilion.

"Senior Sister Liu, in a few days, Qingqing will be going to participate in that sect joint mission."

On the peach tree outside the pavilion, a petite girl sat barefoot, chuckling mischievously as she swung her fair feet.

"It's their first time leaving the sect. They're investigating the male cultivators who went with them, trying to find Qingqing a boyfriend!"

"Zhaozhao, what nonsense are you talking about!"

The two female cultivators below immediately blushed and ran to the peach tree to shake the branches together.

They seemed very dissatisfied with the "traitor" who had betrayed them.

The girl in the peach tree is named Xiang Zhaoling. When she entered the sect, she was directly introduced into the inner sect for cultivation because of her extraordinary talent of having a single fire spiritual root.

Single spiritual root, commonly known as heavenly spiritual root.

This caused quite a stir at the time, and several other major companies tried to subtly inquire about the news.

"Hey...hey...I made a mistake...I made a mistake...stop shaking me, I'm going to get dizzy!"

"Oh?"

Liu Yuechan became interested: "Let me see it..."

"Which of our fellow disciples are fortunate enough to travel and enjoy the scenery with our Qingqing?"

“Lu Ziye…”

Upon seeing the first name, Liu Yuechan frowned.

"What's wrong, Senior Sister Liu?"

"Ah...it's nothing, it's just Senior Brother Lu..."

"He is rather... rather... witty."

"If he said anything that upset you, come back and tell your senior sister, and she'll beat him up."

"Good."

"Shao Sichao... He has been in the sect for more than two years and has reached the sixth level of Qi Refining. He's just so-so."

In fact, Liu Yuechan had hardly ever heard of the names of these outer disciples.

"Song Yan..."

"After one year and seven months in the sect, I have reached the fifth level of Qi Refining. My aptitude is a bit lacking."

He's quite handsome... um?

Liu Yuechan suddenly looked doubtful.

"This name sounds familiar..."

Did I remember it wrong?

I seem to have heard about it from Senior Sister Qin of the Inner Sect.

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