Chapter 20: The Crisis of Yellowstone Town

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  The sun had set for a long time, and the sky was dark. The two of them walked forward along the small path in the woods, chatting and laughing.

  Just now when there was a conflict with Zhong Chongshan, Xiao Chen still remembered the arrogant words of Zhong Chongshan, and one sentence even moved Xiao Chen's heart.

  He is a Starlight Warrior. In the current Divine Continent, the heaven and earth's yuanqi is thin, and simple cultivation has little effect. It must rely on the demon core of the demon beast and the accumulation of spiritual elixirs to rapidly increase its cultivation.

  If he could go down the mountain and gain experience, Xiao Chen felt that this was an opportunity.

  And also get the quota for promotion to inner door disciples, which is a great opportunity, Xiao Chen naturally does not want to miss.

  "Do you want to take the rescue mission in Huangshi Town?" Upon hearing this, Yue Ling furrowed her brow and said: "This mission is very dangerous. Zhong Chongshan dares to go because he has his maternal cousin's backing. For us disciples without any background, taking on such a mission would be too perilous."

  "Oh? How is it dangerous?" Xiao Chen asked in puzzlement, he had just arrived at the outer gate and didn't know about this task.

  Yue Ling explained, "Huangshi Town is a town under the protection of Yunjian Sword Sect, located on the edge of Nanyun Black Forest. However, three days ago, Huangshi Town sent a distress signal to the sect, saying that they were attacked by unknown creatures, and the warriors in the town suffered heavy casualties, and are now unable to resist!"

  "What unknown creature?" Xiao Chen heard this and furrowed his brow, stopping in his tracks. "What are you referring to?"

  "I don't know about that." Yue Ling shook her head and said, "But I reckon it's probably some kind of powerful demon beast. The people in those towns aren't very knowledgeable, they didn't recognize the demon beast, so they just called it an unknown creature."

  "There is also this possibility." Xiao Chen nodded as he spoke, before understanding the "Divine Demon Chronicle", his knowledge of demonic beasts was almost zero, for example, Ling Shuiyan's mount, the Azure Water Golden Crystal Beast, was as fast as a whirlwind, with immense power, and killing people was probably as easy as drinking water, ordinary people would naturally be shocked.

  "Xiao Chen, shidi, it's better not to take on this task. For disciples like us who don't have a high level of cultivation and no backing, taking on transportation tasks is still manageable," said Yue Ling.

  "Vision determines the future, and if one is already weaker than others, then not working harder will only lead to further weakness. I won't take on transportation tasks, but this rescue mission I'll accept." Xiao Chen said firmly: "Zhong Chongshan can do it, why can't we? Are we weaker than him? His cultivation is only at the sixth level of Condensing Spirit Heaven after all."

  "But Zhong Chongshan has an inner disciple's protection..." Yue Ling said with a hint of helplessness.

  "Since there are inner disciples, it's only natural that the powerful existence is for them to deal with. We'll just take advantage of this small opportunity and gain some experience." Xiao Chen said.

  Two people were talking while walking, and unknowingly they had already walked to their residence. Yue Ling only then realized that she had arrived at her own place of residence, and said: "Xiao Chen Shixiong, I've arrived."

  "Hehe..." Xiao Chen smiled faintly and nodded, saying: "Then, Master Sister should rest early."

  After finishing speaking, Xiao Chen stepped out and left, heading towards his own dormitory building 1989.

  "Eh? Xiao Chen, junior brother." Yue Ling hadn't expected Xiao Chen to leave so suddenly and shouted out.

  Xiao Chen turned around and asked, "Is there anything else?"

  "Unless tomorrow we take a look at that task together, the reward for promoting to inner door disciple quota is still very tempting." Yue Ling made up her mind.

  "Alright, see you tomorrow." Xiao Chen said, and walked away.

  As soon as he sat down in his own room, Ye Liu Xing's voice emerged from Xiao Chen's mind. Ye Liu Xing said: "Youngster, you're quite bold! With just the cultivation of a single layer of the Condensing God Mirror, you dare to go down the mountain to take on a task, very much like Big Sister's style back in the day!"

  "It's impossible to get the tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair. I am a Starlight Warrior, and my cultivation is arduous. I can only seek wealth and honor in danger if I don't work hard myself. Am I supposed to wait for the sect to cultivate me? Is that possible?" Xiao Chen said, having already seen through the fact that most sects wouldn't cultivate him. The Starlight Warrior required too much energy, enough to cultivate over a dozen other warrior disciples. Moreover, even if the entire sect's resources were used to cultivate himself, it might not be enough for his own use. The sect wasn't foolish; doing so would be a loss.

  "The Yunjian Sword Sect won't cultivate you, and you're right about that." Yè Liúxīng paused for a moment before continuing: "However, don't worry, with the guidance of this young lady, your cultivation path may be more difficult, but as long as you're willing to work hard, you definitely won't lose to those geniuses who are being supported by the sect."

  "Thank you, Xie Jiejie," Xiao Chen said sincerely.

  If it weren't for Ye Liu Xing's help, he wouldn't be alive today and would have died on the day of the test, so Xiao Chen believed in Ye Liu Xing.

  "Alright, you cultivate now, go receive your mission tomorrow." Yè Liú Xīng said as he fell silent.

  Xiao Chen also didn't say much after hearing the words, and quickly started operating the Jiujiu Lianhun Jue, soon calming his mind and focusing his spirit inward, entering a state of cultivation.

  The True Origin Technique, this foundational technique now has little effect on Xiao Chen, the speed of absorbing the heaven and earth's origin energy is far from being proportional to the energy Xiao Chen needs.

  It's not just the True Origin Technique, any basic technique that absorbs the heaven and earth's origin energy can't satisfy Xiao Chen. It can be said that if Xiao Chen wants to quickly advance, he can only rely on the vast energy contained within the heavenly treasures and earthly gems; otherwise, even the speed at which a king-level technique absorbs origin energy would be somewhat strenuous for Xiao Chen.

  Unless it's a fairy-level technique, but now Xiao Chen is still unable to cultivate fairy-level techniques. The difficulty of cultivating the Starlight Battle Body lies here, and the technique and cultivation are completely unmatched, relying only on innate talent, who can afford to support...

  However, Xiao Chen still secretly operated the True Yuan Technique, absorbing the heavenly and earthly yuan qi into his dantian, where it was refined by the vortex, although the amount was small, having some was better than having none.

  At the same time, Xiao Chen was also practicing the 99th Refining Soul Technique, cultivating his divine soul.

  The starlight and moonbeams were absorbed by Xiao Chen, refining his divine soul. The clear and cold light of the stars and the bright glow of the full moon rolled and surged above Xiao Chen's head, entering and exiting through his seven apertures, continuously cleansing his divine soul.

  Now, Xiao Chen has cultivated the 99 Soul Refining Technique to the second stage, the Soul Refining Stage. His divine soul is becoming increasingly powerful and can now multitask, cultivating two techniques simultaneously.

  Time flies like an arrow; one night's space is gone in the twinkling of an eye.

  When the sun rose, Xiao Chen slowly opened his eyes, stopped cultivating, and was full of energy. Between the opening of his eyes, there were flashes of light.

  "Today I'm going to receive a task with Yue Ling." After finishing his washing, Xiao Chen changed into the outer sect disciple uniform and headed out to meet Yue Ling at their agreed location.

  When Xiao Chen arrived, Yue Ling had already been waiting there for a long time.

  "Xiao Chen, Shidi." Yuelin greeted.

  "Senior sister, lead the way, I still don't know where to receive the task." Xiao Chen said with a smile.

  "Tasks from the sect, rewards for completing them, cultivation resources... and so on can all be collected at the General Affairs Department."

  Before long, they had arrived at the office of Feiyun Pavilion.

  However, when Xiao Chen and Yue Ling arrived at the entrance of the Chamber of Affairs, they immediately found that the entrance was filled with outer door disciples, numbering in the hundreds.

  "So many people?" Xiao Chen frowned, a large number of people meant intense competition.

  Yue Ling also furrowed her brow and said, "I reckon it's all for the rescue mission of Huangshi Town. After all, completing the mission can earn a spot to become an inner sect disciple, which is naturally enticing."

  "Yue Ling, are you also here to receive the mission to save Huangshi Town?" But at this moment, a voice rang out.

  Upon hearing this, Yue Ling glanced at the man and replied calmly: "Is that so? Is Fellow Disciple Qian Ming also here to receive a task?"

  "Heh heh...... I've already taken it, but this task is quite difficult, and it's hard to complete alone. I'm gathering a few partners. Sister Ling's cultivation isn't weak, why don't you join me?" Qian Ming invited.

  Xiao Chen looked at the person after hearing this, and saw that he had thick eyebrows and big eyes, a straight nose and mouth, and his whole body emitted a strong sense of righteousness. His gaze was open and honest, making people feel like he was an upright and transparent person at first glance.

  However, Qian Ming seemed to look down on Xiao Chen, from start to finish his eyes never looked at Xiao Chen, as if Xiao Chen was just air, which made Xiao Chen very dissatisfied.

  "Xiao Chen, Shidi, Qian Ming, Shixiong's cultivation is very strong, already at the eighth heaven of condensed spirit. It would be good for us to have each other's support. What do you think?" Yue Ling didn't rush to answer Qian Ming, but instead asked Xiao Chen what he meant.

  "Whatever Shifu decides is fine." Xiao Chen didn't have any objections, more people meant more power and it was a good thing to have someone to rely on. Although this Qian Ming Shixiong looked down on him, Xiao Chen didn't mind.

  "Is he going too?" Qian Ming's eyes saw through Xiao Chen's cultivation, and it was actually the first layer of Condensing Spirit Heaven. Such a cultivation level is considered the lowest among the outer sect disciples, and now it seems extremely surprising.

  "Qianming Shixiong, I've brought three more brothers." Just then, four more people rushed over, the leader of whom had a dark complexion and a robust build, excitedly saying.

  "Yue Ling is also here." The robust disciple saw Yue Ling was also there and immediately felt a shock.

  Yue Ling is the flower of Fei Yun's separate courtyard, and many outer door disciples have a crush on her. If she can also be invited to join the team, it will undoubtedly be a very pleasant thing.

  "Brother You Jian." Yue Ling shouted.

  "En." You Jian responded and said: "Qian Ming Shixiong, why don't we invite Yue Ling Shi Mei to join the team as well?"

  Upon hearing this, Qian Ming said: "Inviting Yue Ling is naturally not a problem, but that junior brother's cultivation is only at the first level of concentrated spirit. If he goes with us, he will inevitably be a burden, and in the heat of battle, we won't have the leisure to protect him."

  "I don't need protection." Xiao Chen suddenly spoke up at this moment.

  "Little brother, do you think this is a game? This mission is very dangerous. Even Qingming Shixiong had to spend a lot of money to invite an inner sect brother before daring to go. With your current cultivation, can you even kill a demon beast?" Yu Jian also saw through Xiao Chen's cultivation and said, surprisingly looking down on him as well.