Borrowing a sword

Chapter 184 Altar
In the woods, Liu Tianfeng dismounted and addressed the Sword Sect disciple, saying, "I am Liu Tianfeng, a deacon of the Daoist sect."

"This is Mo Qingmei, a deacon of the Taoist sect."

Zhao Qianfeng immediately bowed and said, "Zhao Qianfeng, an outer disciple of the Sword Sect, greets the two seniors."

Then, he politely bowed to the Taoist disciples behind him and said, "Greetings, everyone."

His gaze swept over the group of outer disciples, and he was clearly taken aback when he saw Chu Huaixu and Han Shuangjiang.

"Is this Chu Huaixu, the leader of Xuanhuang?"

Chu Huaixu looked at him and nodded slightly: "Senior brother, do you recognize me?"

“Of course. Although I have never met Junior Brother Chu, your portrait has been widely circulated in the Xuanhuang Realm in recent days.” He said in a matter-of-fact tone.

Chu Huai Preface: "."

Good heavens, my photo album sold out?

He observed Zhao Qianfeng and noticed a hint of surprise in his eyes.

But amidst the surprise, there seemed to be a hint of hesitation and doubt.

When he noticed Chu Huaixu looking at him, he didn't meet his gaze but turned his head away to avoid eye contact.

Immediately afterwards, he went to talk to Liu Tianfeng.

This seasoned gaming companion was extremely adept at reading people and observing their expressions; he saw everything clearly.

"That's strange," Chu Huaixu thought to himself.

Then, he quietly kept a watchful eye on things.

Chu Huaixu turned to look at Han Shuangjiang and said softly, "Don't get separated from me later."

"Okay." The girl didn't ask any more questions and nodded in agreement.

After exchanging a few more words with Zhao Qianfeng, Liu Tianfeng said to him, "Why don't you explain the situation to everyone?"

"Okay, senior."

Zhao Qianfeng immediately looked at everyone and recounted the whole process.

He recounted how he traveled to this place, how he discovered the traces of the evil cultivators, and how, with his intelligence, boldness, and meticulousness, he captured one of them and used some special methods to force him to reveal the specific situation inside Chixi Ravine.

He spoke eloquently and fluently, never missing an opportunity to praise himself in every detail, which perfectly matched everyone's stereotypical image of a sword cultivator from the Sword Sect.

—I love to pretend.

Of course, in the eyes of the Sword Sect members, the disciples of the other three major sects were the same, and they always acted in a low-class manner.

After Zhao Qianfeng finished speaking, Chu Huaixu heard the system notification sound.

"[Ding! You have triggered the quest - Exorcising Demons in Chixi Valley.]"

He secretly opened the mission interface to take a look.

"The experience point reward is only 16,000."

"It seems the difficulty level is indeed low."

But his gaze quickly settled on a single sentence.

"[There is a very high probability of triggering a hidden storyline]."

This surprised Chu Huaixu.

"Normally, there should be a certain probability of triggering hidden events, but here it's marked as having a very high probability?" he thought to himself.

Chu Huaixu glanced at the pretty figure beside him out of the corner of his eye, thinking to himself, "With Han Shuangjiang by my side as well, isn't that practically a 100% chance of triggering the event?"

This made him feel that perhaps his trip wasn't entirely in vain.

However, Chu Huaixu still found an opportunity to call Liu Tianfeng and Mo Qingmei aside, intending to give them a heads-up.

He is now the leader of Xuanhuang and is highly regarded by the higher-ups of the Taoist sect. He is no longer a nobody with little influence.

He said directly, "Esteemed deacons, for some reason, I always feel that there is something strange about this Zhao Qianfeng."

"Perhaps it's just my imagination." "But I think everyone should be more cautious about entering Chixi Ravine this time."

As usual, Liu Tianfeng fawned over Chu Huaixu and immediately said, "Alright, then I'll listen to my nephew."

Because of Niu Yuanshan, Mo Qingmei even showed a hint of doting affection towards Chu Huaixu, and immediately smiled and said, "Okay, I will also pay more attention to this Zhao Qianfeng and see if your intuition is right."

Chu Huaixu feared they were just saying it for show, so he had a thought and replied, "This disciple thanks the two stewards for their trust."

After he left, the gray-haired Deacon Liu watched the young man's retreating figure, feeling no worries about the upcoming trip to Chixi Stream.

Before he descended the mountain, the Sixth Elder made a special trip and gave him a [Domain God Talisman].

This talisman contains a wisp of Li Chunsong's [Domain] power.

Even against a fifth-realm evil cultivator, he has the power to fight; he can suppress ordinary fifth-realm cultivators.

As for those below the fifth realm, it's instant kill!

He knew very well that the main purpose of giving him this talisman was to protect Chu Huaixu.

We need to give him experience, but we also need to prevent him from making any mistakes.

In the forest, before officially entering Chixi Ravine, Liu Tianfeng gave a final pep talk.

"The most important thing about this trip down the mountain is to destroy this altar."

"Without the altar, evil cultivators are nothing but a rabble."

After he finished speaking, he began to call out names.

"Lei Ming, Zhou Yuan, and Zhao Qianfeng."

"The three of you stay outside and adapt to the situation."

"If any heretical cultivators manage to escape, leave none alive."

"Zhou Yuan, keep this communication talisman safe. If anything happens inside, contact the Daoist sect immediately."

Once one's cultivation reaches the third realm, one can use telepathy.

He also secretly transmitted his voice to Lei Ming and Zhou Yuan, saying, "You two should save some energy and keep an eye on Zhao Qianfeng as well."

Among the nine outer sect stewards, Liu Tianfeng is the oldest and has the most experience leading teams on outings.

Chu Huaixu had mentioned to Han Shuangjiang before that Liu Tianfeng's Daoist partner was seriously injured and died during a mission while protecting Daoist disciples with him.

At this moment, led by Deacon Liu, everyone quickly finished traversing the Chixi Stream in the forest.

Then, holding the water-repelling beads, they all jumped down.

Chu Huaixu knew very well that if there really was a heretical altar in the Chixi Stream, then it definitely needed to be dealt with.

"Although evil cultivators can become stronger by killing, just like me, I am a powerful and powerful being. They are still very different from me," he thought to himself.

He directly uses experience points to level up, which usually does not produce any negative effects.

But heretical practices are different.

The so-called "becoming stronger by killing" practice of evil cultivators is essentially about devouring the spiritual embryos of others.

However, the spiritual embryos in the world are incredibly diverse and come in all sorts of forms. After being devoured, their power naturally becomes extremely mixed.

Without the altar's assistance, such chaotic power would backfire on it.

But precisely because of this, finding the altar is tantamount to finding the stronghold of evil cultivators.

According to Zhao Qianfeng's previous statement, this is only the lowest level altar, and it was only recently built.

Therefore, the evil cultivators gathered here must all be very weak.

Liu Tianfeng's judgment was not based on blindly trusting everything Zhao Qianfeng said.

It's simply because Chixijian isn't far from the Taoist temple!
The most senior member of the Taoist sect, a peerless killer, vowed to complete the feat of vanquishing demons over the course of sixty years.

He had already slaughtered this entire area time and time again.

(End of this chapter)