Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

The Kunlun Mountain Range was located on the west side of the Divine Land. It was located on the east side of the Yong State in Xi’ning County. The desert in the extreme west was as long as almost four thousand kilometers.

If the people of the divine continent wanted to go to Kunlun to become a disciple, they had to set off from Guanzhong and cross Longyou to Xining County.

After that, they would take the Qiang Middle Road into the Sand Region. They would pass by Ruoqiang, Qimo, and Khotan along the northern foothills of the Kunlun Mountain Range before finally arriving at Shulik Town to rest for a few days.

They then headed south into the Kunlun Mountains and arrived at the Kunlun Pillar.

However, there was no need for the Kunlun disciples to go out.

They only needed to fly from the heaven pillar on their sword and head east along the Kunlun mountain range, passing through Layer City, Xuan Pu, and Fan’tong. After leaving the Kunlun mountain range, they would reach Xi’ning County.

After that, they would turn southeast and pass through Long You before arriving at Chang’an.

The entire journey was about six thousand kilometers. They only needed three hours to complete it.

Qiu Changtian and Xu Yinglian rode on their swords and crossed the entire mountain range from the west to the east, arriving at the Yuxu Peak on the eastern edge of Fantong.

The Yuxu Peak was where the Tai’qing Sect’s external deacon hall was located. Whether it was the management of external businesses or training missions, they were all assigned by the Yuxu Peak.

Located at the foot of the northeast mountain of the Yuxu Peak was the largest market outside Kunlun, the “Red Platform”. There was also the “Kunlun Spring”. It was said that soaking in it could nourish one’s face and beautify one’s skin. It was the holy land for the female disciples of the Kunlun Sect.

Xu Yinglian stayed in the Yuxu Peak warden’s hall for a while and wanted to soak in the Kunlun Spring.

However, seeing that Qiu Changtian was still patiently browsing through the mission jade plates on the wall, she could only forcefully suppress her impulse and continue to accompany Qiu Changtian in his selection.

“Collaborate to explore the newly discovered Qi Mountain Ruins?” Xu Yinglian looked at one of the missions and suddenly said, “This looks good, it’s challenging.”

“No.” Qiu Changtian’s answer was also very simple.

“What about this?” Xu Yinglian asked again, “Are we searching for the severely injured Demon Cult cultivators who escaped from Beijing Mountain?”

“No.”

“Why?” Xu Yinglian asked in confusion.

“Because it’s too troublesome,” Qiu Changtian said as he glanced at the jade plaque beside him that “eliminated the rampaging demon beasts”.

Hunting demonic beasts was a clear goal, and the process was short. He could quickly obtain spirit stones as remuneration and give it to Ling Yunpo to help him solve his urgent problem!

“Troublesome?” Xu Yinglian asked in bewilderment, “We’re here to train, why would we be afraid of trouble?”

Qiu Changtian chuckled.

“Explore the ruins? Who knows how big the ruins are and how long it will take to explore?”

“As for searching for the severely injured Demon Cult cultivator, who knows where that fellow ran off to? If the mission doesn’t come to an end even after half a month, I’m afraid I won’t even have the chance to soak in the Kunlun Spring!”

Xu Ying Lin’s face turned red. She thought that he had seen through her thoughts and lowered her voice subconsciously.

“If necessary, I won’t soak in the Kunlun Spring this time. There will be many chances in the future..”

“Who said anything about you?” Qiu Changtian glanced at her. “I mean I want to soak in the Kunlun Spring myself.”

As a result, the Junior Sister with pretty hair had her expression quickly turned icy and her eyes became terrifying.

“What do you think of this mission?” Qiu Changtian pointed at the jade tablet beside him. “Are you interested in hunting demon beasts?”

“Forget it.” Xu Yinglian laughed coldly. “When chasing demonic beasts in the deep mountains and dense forests, my vision is dim. I’m afraid that my flying sword will miss the target and pierce Senior Brother’s body.”

“Could it be that Junior Sister’s eyesight isn’t good?” Qiu Changtian asked with surprise. “This is the first time I’ve heard of someone being able to mix a four-legged demon beast with a cultivator.”

“Although their appearances are different, their auras are all smelly and annoying.” Xu Yinglian looked away. “I can’t tell them apart with eyes closed.”

“So why is Junior Sister using the Flying Sword Technique with eyes closed? Are you planning to murder Senior Brother and seizing the Chief position?”

“If the Senior-apprentice Brother was so easily assassinated by the Junior-apprentice Sister, wouldn’t that mean that the Senior Brother isn’t qualified for being the chief disciple?”

“Uh, did you just say ‘assassinated’?”

“Senior Brother, you heard wrong. Junior Sister said ‘accidentally killed’.”

“There’s still a difference between accidentally killed and assassinated. How could I have heard wrongly?”

“It seems that the Senior Martial Brother’s ears aren’t very good either. How about I recite the Ear Clear Incantation for Senior Brother? Otherwise, if you can’t even hear Master’s scriptures clearly, then when you come back to report, Junior Brother and Junior Sister will suffer.”

“Junior Sister, don’t change the topic!”

“Don’t hear with your ears, use your heart. Don’t hear with your heart, use your Qi..”

“So don’t recite it anymore!”

Seeing Qiu Changtian speechless, Xu Yinglian couldn’t help but reveal a cold smile.

She had finally found a way to not be at a disadvantage in front of her senior brother. That was to use cold and aggressive words to fight back.

Although this did not match the upbringing of the Xu family in Tiannan, if the elders in the family heard her harsh words, they would most likely faint from anger.

But she also did not want Qiu Changtian to make her lose her composure. That was another kind of unbearable failure.

Qiu Changtian saw her smile from the corner of his eye and secretly sighed.

“Let’s take this demon hunting mission,” he said, pointing to the sign.

“Since my Senior Brother doesn’t listen to my advice, don’t blame me if something happens.” Xu Yinglian deliberately scared him.

“Don’t worry, Junior Sister.” Qiu Changtian smiled and pointed at the Taiyi Light-Splitting Sword on his back.

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Speaking of the Taiyi Light-Splitting Sword, it had to be mentioned that back to the destruction of the Chan and Jie sects in the primordial era. The flying sword system was different.

First of all, to the two sects, there was no such thing as one or two grades of flying swords. All of the flying swords were immortal swords that were way beyond the tenth grade.

However, after the destruction of the two sects, the Weapon Refinement Masters lost the method to forge a perfect immortal sword. Thus, they could only forge lower-grade flying swords for cultivators below the Immortal realm to use.

Thus, there was a system of division between the first and tenth ranks, and it was called the Heaven Stems Forging Sword Technique. Moreover, the forging technique to restore a tenth rank immortal sword had become the dream of all equipment refiners.

Secondly, in order to make up for the combat power of the low-level flying swords, they had no choice but to strengthen the research on the flying swords’ Dharmic Dao seal.

For example, a ninth-grade flying sword had to seal nine different Dao techniques of different strengths on it. When the user’s realm increased by one level, the flying sword Dao technique would be unsealed by one level, thus perfectly conforming to the user’s realm of strength.

For example, Qiu Changtian’s Yu Yan Sword could only unseal the first Dharmic Dao on it because he was at the Qi refinement realm now, and it was called the Dragon Qi Coil Cloud Sea.

As long as he formed a sword seal with his hands and recited the words “the clouds appear with rainfall, the jade rainbow gives birth to smoke”, he would be able to activate the sword’s Dao technique and divert a large number of light swords to restrain the enemy.

However, the Taiyi Separation Light Sword was an extremely powerful immortal sword that had existed since ancient times, so it naturally didn’t abide by the tenth rank Heaven Stem Casting Sword Technique.

There were only three Forbidden Techniques on it (the so-called Forbidden Technique was the powerful ancient Dao Technique). Two of them were sealed by Sect Master Polestar, and only one was left. It was called “Mountain Connecting Seas”.

After activating it, it could pull out endless mountains and seas, trapping enemies within and suppressing them. It could be said to be an almost omnipotent life-saving and killing method.

After hearing Qiu Changtian’s explanation, Xu Yinglian stopped provoking him.

Although she was competitive, she was not arrogant enough to look down on the Immortal Sword Forbidden Technique.

Since the senior brother had the Taiyi Light-Splitting Sword to protect themselves, no matter who the demon beast was, it would not be able to threaten their safety.

Now that she thought about it, she was eager to give it a try. She couldn’t wait to find the whereabouts of the demon beast and kill it before her senior brother did.

“When are we leaving?” Xu Yinglian asked.

“Don’t be anxious. If we want to find the whereabouts of that demon beast, then we have to first contact the other disciples that have accepted this assignment.” Qiu Changtian spoke unhurriedly.

“Before that, why don’t you soak in the Kunlun Spring first?”