Chapter 3 Northern Wilderness, Green Leaf White Lotus!
A full thirty python dragons formed from cell particles roared at the sky inside Lin Xuan's body. With him as the center, circles of white air waves rippled outwards, kicking up a cloud of visible dust.
"The Tenth Realm of Qi Refining is still not perfect, but the power in my body can forcibly shake Foundation Establishment cultivators!"
With three hundred thousand jin of immense force, Lin Xuan was confident he could fight even a Holy Son of the Foundation Establishment Realm.
A moment later.
Lin Xuan displayed the Aura Concealment Technique, causing his sharp and cold aura to gradually fade away.
Phew!
After the thirty python dragons in his body calmed down, Lin Xuan exhaled a long breath. The white breath remained condensed without dispersing, extending for several meters until it hit the wall and scattered.
"It is time to go find resources!"
With a thought, Lin Xuan walked out of the room and headed towards the Mission Hall of the Nine Heavens Holy Land.
He displayed the Great Void Technique, and with the enhancement of hundreds of thousands of jin of immense force, he was like a cannonball shooting out of the sky.
Accompanied by the thunderous sound of breaking air, he disappeared among the mountains.
Nowadays, the Tianxuan Continent is divided into eight great continents, distinguished by direction. Outside these eight great continents are the Ancient Forbidden Lands that no one dares to explore.
The human race resides in the Eastern Continent. The human race is divided into Four Great Holy Lands, Four Great Imperial Dynasties, and Four Great Sects.
Most of these twelve forces are distributed in the outer regions of the human race's territory to resist the invasion and slaughter of foreign races.
The territory within the Eastern Continent spans hundreds of millions of miles.
Even for a mighty expert of the Tribulation Crossing Realm, traveling desperately, crossing the entire Eastern Continent would take hundreds of thousands of years.
Therefore, even within the Eastern Continent, the places where humans can survive are extremely few.
The Nine Heavens Holy Land is one of the Four Great Holy Lands. It stands in the extreme north of the Eastern Continent, bordering the territory of the Northern Continent.
It is frequently disturbed by the Demon Race. It is mainly responsible for guarding the northern gate of the human race and preventing the Demon Race army from invading human territory.
Inside the Nine Heavens Holy Land, disciples are divided into: Laborer Disciples, Outer Sect Disciples, Inner Sect Disciples, Core Disciples, and Holy Sons/Holy Daughters!
Where Lin Xuan was going this time was the organization that issued tasks, the Mission Hall.
Disciples obtain different contribution points by completing tasks of varying difficulty.
On a towering mountain peak shaped like a giant sword, there was a majestic building halfway up the mountain.
Disciples came and went like clouds inside, mostly Outer Sect and Inner Sect disciples.
Because Core Disciples have massive resources from the sect to take, they spend most of their time on cultivation.
However, other low-level disciples need to do some sect tasks to exchange for sect contribution points. Only by relying on this to exchange for sect resources can they cultivate.
Lin Xuan stepped into the main hall and went directly to the task collection point, accepting a task to find a Green Leaf White Lotus.
"Task issued by Elder Wang of Divine Fire Peak: Find a Green Leaf White Lotus, twenty contribution points per stalk!"
"Are you sure you want to accept this task? This Green Leaf White Lotus is not easy to find!"
The person in charge was a female disciple with delicate features. Seeing that Lin Xuan was only an Outer Sect Disciple, she warned him.
"Yes, please process it for me!" Lin Xuan said.
"En, the task deadline is one year and two months. You must bring back a Green Leaf White Lotus within this period, otherwise twenty contribution points will be deducted!"
Seeing Lin Xuan's mind was made up, this female disciple directly processed the request for him. She took out a mission plaque and handed it to Lin Xuan.
"Why is this junior brother so unable to think things through? That Green Leaf White Lotus is a second-grade item. Leaving aside whether he can find the Green Leaf White Lotus first, even if he can find it, such natural treasures are always guarded by spirit beasts. An Outer Sect Disciple cannot possibly complete this mission!"
"Hmph, overestimating his own ability. I think he will come back with his tail between his legs when the time comes!"
Several Inner Sect Disciples nearby were somewhat surprised to see Lin Xuan accept this mission and discussed it quietly in private.
"Hmm? Lin Xuan?"
Among the many disciples, a young girl with a tall figure and outstanding temperament watched Lin Xuan's retreating figure leaving the Mission Hall. A look of doubt involuntarily appeared in her beautiful eyes.
She had entered the Nine Heavens Holy Land at the same time as Lin Xuan and had now cultivated to the Seventh Realm of Qi Refining, being the most outstanding person among their peers.
She came to this Mission Hall today to accept a mission. Looking at this Lin Xuan now, he seemed to have changed a lot compared to before.
However, Lin Xuan, having collected the mission, looked indifferent and ignored this group of people; his time would not be wasted on them.
In the game before, he had encountered a large patch of Green Leaf White Lotuses in a valley in the Northern Wilderness.
Moreover, the reason he accepted this mission was that finding the Green Leaf White Lotus was secondary. The most important thing was to obtain the key to the Northern Underworld Great Emperor's treasury from Nine Dragons City, a sentinel city.
The Northern Underworld Great Emperor was one of the Great Emperors at the end of the Middle Ancient Era. His Northern Underworld Divine Art could refine the spirits of all things and integrate them into oneself, being one of the banes of the Demon Race.
He remembered that before the game, a beast rebellion erupted outside Nine Dragons City, and the entire city was slaughtered.
Later, through investigation, he discovered that behind this Nine Dragons City riot was one of the maps involved in the Northern Underworld Great Emperor's treasury. Anyone holding a treasury map was equivalent to having the qualification to enter the treasury.
As for the location of the Northern Underworld Great Emperor's treasury, Lin Xuan remembered it clearly. This meant that as long as he obtained the treasury map hidden in Nine Dragons City, he could obtain the entire treasure of the Northern Underworld Great Emperor.
Outside the Mission Hall, Lin Xuan obtained a flying spirit bird, the Grey Crane, for free. The Grey Crane was a first-grade transportation spirit bird with no attack power but extremely fast escape speed, close to a Foundation Establishment cultivator flying on a sword.
With this Grey Crane, Lin Xuan crossed a distance of ten thousand miles in just two hours, arriving at the Northern Wilderness Mountain Range that stretched for tens of thousands of miles.
Looking down from a height of ten thousand zhang, one could see that this Northern Wilderness Mountain lay like a coiled giant dragon, making it extremely shocking.
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Northern Wilderness Mountain Range, periphery.
A group of three men and one woman stared cautiously at their surroundings. These four were dressed in the attire of the same family, seemingly disciples of a clan.
"Brother Feng, how about we go back? It is too dangerous here. With our strength, if we encounter a demon beast of the Foundation Establishment Realm, won't we be eaten!"
One of the thin and weak men said with a look of fear.
"Hmph, what are you afraid of? There are four of us, and I even brought a first-grade top-tier Explosive Flame Talisman to save my life. Besides, this is just the periphery of the Northern Wilderness Mountain Range; how could we encounter a Foundation Establishment Realm demon beast so easily!"
The leader, Brother Feng, held a fiery red talisman in his hand. As soon as his voice fell, the ground beneath his feet suddenly collapsed.
At the same time, a hideous giant mouth with countless fangs swallowed his entire person into it, as if being swallowed by a black hole.
Bang!
In an instant, an Earth Dragon demon beast broke out of the ground. Rings of hideous fangs trembled constantly, as if mocking these few disciples of a small family.
Immediately after, this Earth Dragon was like a gale sweeping away fallen leaves. Amidst the panicked cries of the group, it swallowed them all alive into its belly, turning them into its food.
Just as this demon beast at the peak of Qi Refining had eaten its fill and was about to leave, a sharp and cold momentum suddenly lunged from above.
The Earth Dragon demon beast suddenly raised its head and saw a figure descending from the sky. It felt a pressure hitting it like toppling mountains and overturning seas. The air instantly solidified, and a sense of fear drowned it like a tide!