At the beginning, I cleaned the Sutra Library and completed the incomplete skills.

Li Lan did not directly state what spiritual plants and materials he currently needed.

If someone with exceptional talent were to see it,

it would be difficult to guarantee that they wouldn't deduce what talismans and formations he intended to create.

As a precaution,

Li Lan casually wrote down many spiritual plants and materials that seemed completely unrelated.

He then mixed in one or two of the ones he truly needed and handed the list to Su Xiang.

The latter was unaware of these intricacies.

Seeing that the other party wanted to buy so many spiritual materials, he was overjoyed.

He was completely immersed in the fantasy of how much reward he would receive from the Su family after completing the task.

When he left, he was practically floating on air.

While Su Xiang went to prepare the spiritual materials,

Li Lan did not sit quietly in the teahouse and wait foolishly.

He began to browse the joint market again.

His divine sense constantly scanned the stallholders, searching for traces of other rogue cultivators.

Li Lan wasn't trading at the market for the first time, so naturally, he wouldn't put all his eggs in the Su family's basket.

Besides comparing prices,

he also wanted to see if he could find any bargains in the joint market.

The rogue cultivators who came here obviously understood the rules.

They all disguised themselves as ordinary people with different identities.

The old farmer selling vegetables was actually selling spiritual plants, the blacksmith forging iron was actually selling magical artifacts, and the hawker selling candied haws was actually selling pills.

As he walked along, Li Lan's eyes were opened.

This place was located in the mortal world, and its scale was many times larger than the Azure Stone Market of Guangji Temple.

He walked and looked around, and he couldn't finish browsing it completely even after a whole day.

He had no choice but to find an inn to stay in, feeling somewhat unsatisfied.

Li Lan had already inquired in advance that this mortal You Shen Day gathering would last for five consecutive days.

Therefore, he didn't have to worry about his safety after the gathering ended.

That night,

outside a large courtyard with four layers of buildings exuding an ancient and heavy atmosphere,

the lanterns under the eaves swayed gently in the breeze, and the Su family crest was printed on the lamp paper.

The vermilion solid wood door creaked open.

Su Xiang walked out with an excited expression, eager to find Li Lan.

What he didn't know was that,

at this moment, many pairs of eyes were staring at him from the shadows.

"Senior Sister Xingyue, I've inquired. This person is called Su Xiang, and he's a member of the Su family responsible for managing the collateral descendants."

"His status is not high, and he didn't have the qualifications to come to this Su residence in the past."

"Today, he seems a little abnormal."

A low voice came from the darkness.

"Is this guy going to affect our mission?"

Lin Xingyue pinched her brow, not answering.

Her face looked somewhat tired.

The Lingxiao Sect had been turbulent in recent years.

Two years ago, earth-shaking changes suddenly occurred.

Li Lan didn't know that.

The half of the token he casually discarded in Shisun Gang directly accelerated the infiltration speed of the Demonic Path cultivators.

He also didn't know how much suffering this small act had caused the outer disciples of the Lingxiao Sect.

The Lingxiao Sect, like Guangji Temple, initially issued a large number of tasks to purchase rare spiritual plants, with generous rewards.

This should have been a good thing, but somehow,

some of the outer disciples who had handed in the spiritual plants died accidentally during the mission, while others disappeared silently.

Later, Lin Xingyue was fortunate enough to collect a rare spiritual plant, and after handing it in, she finally learned the truth.

It turned out that the Lingxiao Sect had long been infiltrated by Demonic Path cultivators.

Those once-respected outer elders were all disguised as demonic cultivators.

At that time, she faced two choices.

Either be implanted with a poisonous gu and become a Demonic Path disciple, or die.

Few people would want to die if they could live.

Lin Xingyue reluctantly chose to become a Demonic Path disciple.

So she also disappeared on the surface and secretly did things for the Demonic Path cultivators everywhere.

Their tasks were quite strange.

Mainly, they were to kidnap mortals in the mortal world that were specifically requested by those above.

Lin Xingyue didn't know what those Demonic Path cultivators wanted these mortals for.

Over the past two years,

she had done countless dirty things for the Demonic Path and had also received many rewards.

She had recently succeeded in raising her realm to the fifth level of Qi Refining.

Those above also promised that as long as she was willing to do well, she would not only be able to remove the poisonous gu in her body in the future and become an official Demonic Path disciple,

but also that breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage in this life would not be an unreachable goal.

Lin Xingyue didn't know if what they said was true or false, but she still had a glimmer of hope in her heart.

Just as she was thinking about things in her heart,

another voice came.

"Senior Sister Xingyue, earlier today, I happened to see this Su Xiang in the market."

"The person he was entangled with was a young man."

"Senior Sister, you also know that young man. He's the kid who snatched our Azure Frost Moonflower in Immortal Trace Valley."

Before that disciple could finish speaking, Lin Xingyue understood who he was referring to.

After all,

the impression Li Lan had left on her was too deep.

Lin Xingyue was afraid that she would never forget it, even in death.

A fifteen-year-old spiritual plant that she was determined to obtain was snatched away by a teenager from Guangji Temple right under her nose.

Over the years,

Lin Xingyue had actively participated in all sect missions related to Guangji Temple.

The purpose was to have a chance to run into him again.

But Li Lan had seemed to evaporate from the world in recent years, and there was no trace of him.

Even if she managed to capture an outer disciple of Guangji Temple, she had never asked for any news related to him.

Lin Xingyue even thought that.

this guy had already died, or was not a disciple of Guangji Temple at all.

She didn't expect to meet him again here.

"What did you say! ?"

"You met that damn kid?!"

"Damn it, why didn't you say so sooner?!"

Lin Xingyue suddenly grabbed the disciple's collar and slapped him hard.

A clear red handprint immediately appeared on the latter's face.

Afraid of her senior sister's pressure, he quickly explained:

"Didn't you say, Senior Sister, that everything should focus on the Demonic Path mission, that it's related to our lives, and that other things are not important?"

"So I didn't say anything…"

Pa!

Lin Xingyue slapped him again with her backhand.

She gritted her teeth and said:

"That kid is different!"

"I have sworn a poisonous oath that even if I have to give up my life, I will definitely make this kid pay for his blood debts!"

"If we let that kid run away, I'll twist your head off!"

"Where is he staying?"

The disciple was so frightened that he kept silent, and quickly said the location where he last met Li Lan.

At this time,

a clever disciple added:

"Senior Sister Xingyue, so much time has passed now, that kid is as cunning as a fox and has a very deep mind, he will definitely not be waiting obediently in the original position."

"Since this Su Xiang has met him once, the two of them may be doing some kind of transaction."

"If we follow Su Xiang, we can naturally find the kid's hiding place by following the vine."