Bai Zhirou put away her greatsword and swept her divine sense into the jade slip.
【Quest Difficulty: Mid Tier-B】
【Quest Details: Recently, there have been signs of Tier Two or higher demon beasts roaming around the vicinity of Luopo Village and Daniu Village within the sect's jurisdiction. Disciples are requested to immediately head out to locate and slay them.】
【Requirement: Led by at least two disciples at or above mid-stage Foundation Establishment.】
Meanwhile, another prompt popped up on Jiang Ye's game panel:
【Adventure Quest: Demon of Luopo Village】
【Current Progress: 0%—5%】
Bai Zhirou gripped the jade slip tightly and turned to leave, desperate to rush down the mountain overnight.
Qi Linger pulled her back. “Junior Sister Bai, calm down! This kind of search quest is extremely tedious. Demon beasts are cunning and will hide their tracks. A few of us aren't nearly enough; we need a large team to conduct a net-style search.”
“Let's head back to Sword Peak tonight to gather inner sect disciples and set off together first thing tomorrow morning. That'll actually be much more efficient.”
Bai Zhirou took a deep breath. Knowing her senior sister was right, she could only suppress her inner anxiety and nod.
Just as they turned to leave the Quest Pavilion, two disciples in Beast-Taming Peak robes stood in a dark corner outside, watching the scene with glints in their eyes.
Shortly after, the two turned and left quickly.
...
Beast-Taming Peak.
Inside a True Disciple's private cave abode.
A man with a gloomy expression and a hideous scar at the corner of his eye was lounging lazily on a stone chair.
In his hand, he was playing with a slick white snake.
The venomous snake flicked its crimson tongue, coiling intimately around his fingers.
This person was none other than the Second Senior Brother of Beast-Taming Peak, Zhao Zonghan.
The two disciples who had just returned from the Quest Pavilion were currently kneeling on one knee, reporting what had just transpired.
After listening to the report, the corners of Zhao Zonghan's mouth curled into a sinister grin.
His tongue flicked out quickly to lick his dry lips, remarkably like a snake's tongue.
“Good, good. She actually delivered herself right to my doorstep to court death.”
“Just as well. She brought down Elder Gao and caused us massive losses. It's time to settle this score!”
He stared down with vicious eyes. “Pass down my order. Tell the disciples who accepted the western region purge quest for tomorrow that they don't need to go. Clear out all the slots.”
“This time, I will lead the team personally!”
Just as the two disciples were about to take their orders and bow out, Zhao Zonghan added with a cold laugh:
“Right.”
“While you're at it, use our previous method to subtly leak the news of Bai Zhirou going to Luopo Village tomorrow to the people of the Yin-Yang Sect.”
“I imagine they must be very interested in this Bai Zhirou.”
...
Thousands of li away.
Inside a luxuriously decorated cave abode of the demonic Yin-Yang Sect.
An emaciated Foundation Establishment man was kneeling on the ground, crying bitterly to a red-robed man seated at the head position.
“Grand Elder! You must avenge my poor child, Sima Kong!”
“His mother passed away early, and the child has been sensible since he was little, diligently cultivating with his cauldrons every day. Who could have thought that during this trip out, such a thing would happen...”
Seeing him babble on, the red-robed man impatiently waved his hand to interrupt his wailing.
A delicate, smooth hand, looking just like a young girl's, reached out from beneath the red robe.
“Those two new concubines you just took in look quite supple. Send them to my cave abode tonight.”
The Foundation Establishment man was Sima Kong's father, Sima Gang. His lips twitched frantically with reluctance. He hadn't even enjoyed those two concubines a few times himself. If he sent them to the Grand Elder's cave abode, they probably wouldn't be coming back.
“Hmm?”
A soft grunt came from the raised platform.
Sima Gang hurriedly complied. “Yes, my Lord. I will send them over to you tonight.”
“Mhm, withdraw. Anyone who dares kill a member of my Yin-Yang Sect... I will make her beg for life, unable to live, and beg for death, unable to die.”
That night, undercurrents surged wildly...
...
Early morning, at the Sword Peak Outer Sect Plaza.
Bai Zhirou was waiting early on.
Before long, the eleven disciples traveling with them assembled.
Aside from the three True Disciples—Qin Zhiwei, Gu Changqing, and Qi Linger—there was an acquaintance, Chu Qianfeng. The rest were all outer disciples at the eighth or ninth level of Qi Condensation.
Just as everyone prepared to set off, a green-robed girl with a baby face came running over in a hurry.
“Senior Brother Chu, wait!”
Chu Qianfeng was startled and hastily stepped forward. “Junior Sister Luo, what's wrong?”
Junior Sister Luo pinched the hem of her clothes, acting coyly. “When you return from this quest, I have something important to tell you...”
In her mind, Jiang Ye, who had just woken up, let out a yawn. Hearing those words, he suddenly froze. Why does this line sound so damn familiar?
Right at that moment, another commotion came from the back of the group.
A female cultivator leaned on a male cultivator's shoulder and asked sweetly, “Senior Brother, if I turned into a stone, would you still love me?”
The male cultivator patted her head dotingly and chuckled softly. “Silly girl, how could a person turn into a stone?”
Jiang Ye: “?”
Things weren't over yet.
In a corner of the team, a male cultivator suddenly squatted down.
He scooped up a handful of dirt from Sword Peak, solemnly stashed it into his pocket, and murmured under his breath, “It's hard to leave one's homeland... Since this is my first Tier-B sect quest, I'll take a bit of dirt from home. May it bless me with a safe return...”
Jiang Ye: “???”
What the hell! Is the death flag prize pool stacking up right now?!
I'll tell you a secret when I return, turning into a stone, taking dirt from home... You haven't even stepped out the gate and you're pulling a triple flag combo?!
Brothers, do you think I can still survive this raid?!
Jiang Ye instantly logged in!
Bang!
Jiang Ye marched over and kicked the dirt-pocketing male disciple flat onto the ground.
“What the hell! You're just going on a quest, why are you acting like you're collecting your own ashes?!” Jiang Ye pointed at his nose and cursed furiously.
Then, he turned violently and stared with murderous intensity at the two affectionate couples. Scared out of their wits, the four of them shuddered violently and stumbled backward repeatedly.
Half a ke later.
Several disciples, having been chewed out into oblivion, were nodding frantically like quails.
Jiang Ye manually purged the “Death Buffs” from these idiots before logging off, satisfied.
In her mind, Bai Zhirou was utterly bewildered. She recalled Jiang Ye muttering, “Why set up random flags and debuff yourselves before leaving?”
She was completely confused by these weird terms, but having witnessed so many absurd actions, she was already somewhat immune to such minor shenanigans.
Gu Changqing cleared his throat to break the awkwardness. “Well then, Junior Sister Bai, shall we depart?”
Bai Zhirou nodded repeatedly.
Gu Changqing placed one hand behind his back, looking oozing with flair, and gave a loud shout:
“Sword, come!”
Clang!
His long sword unsheathed, and he rose into the air riding his sword, looking exceptionally dashing.
The other disciples followed suit, forming hand seals one after another:
“Sword, come!”
“Sword, come!”
...
“Ox, come!”
An extremely out-of-place voice sounded.
Everyone looked back in complete bewilderment.
They saw a dark-skinned, sturdy male disciple riding a massive yellow ox, slowly lumbering along at the very back of the group.
Facing everyone's strange looks, the dark-skinned man scratched his head and gave an honest, awkward smile.
“This is my family's old yellow ox. Don't know how, but it mutated into a Tier One demon beast. I usually just use it as a mount.”
Everyone: “...”
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