While Jiang Qing'e and Li Luo's two small teams entered the 13th Purification Outpost and began making various preparations to start the purification task.

  In some dark cave near the deep area.

  The sky and earth here are filled with a thick, heavy black fog that churns and rolls, emitting countless eerie whispers from within the darkness. Faintly visible within the fog are twisted shadows darting back and forth.

  In the dark fog, there was a faint sound of footsteps.

  A figure walked alone in the dark fog, wearing the robes of a Zixing Master from the Holy Mystic Star Academy. The face was not unfamiliar, it was Shen Jinxiang.

  He walked with a smile in the terrifying black fog, he could clearly feel the malicious gaze in the thick black fog, but he didn't have any color of fear.

  At that moment, his footsteps suddenly stopped, and he lowered his head. From the ground below, a pale arm suddenly drilled out, these arms like snakes, wrapped around his feet.

  Evil thoughts and dark energy surged up along his soles, crazily drilling into his body.

  Whoosh!

  The surrounding dark fog was also violently surging at this time, and all kinds of eerie objects emerged, bursting out with malicious intentions. The thick black air howled towards Shen Jinxiang like a storm.

  Faced with the sudden attack, Shen Jinxiu's expression remained unchanged. The next moment, a powerful force burst forth and shot up into the sky, directly dispersing the thick black fog that filled this area.

  As if a hurricane swept through the clouds.

  "Ring of Fire."

  A low murmur seemed to rise, and in the next instant, a gigantic ring of fire burst forth from Shen Jinxiu's body. The ring of fire swept across, causing the temperature of the surrounding heaven and earth to suddenly surge.

  Moreover, in the fire ring, countless mysterious fire patterns were engraved, those fire patterns were like a dragon coiling around, where they passed, the dark fog directly dissipated, and the strange objects in the dark fog were also burned into nothingness at this time.

  The pale arm wrapped around his foot turned into ashes in no time.

  In a brief moment, this area filled with thick black fog was swept away and cleared.

  The strength of the powerful can be seen from this.

  After purifying the evil intent pollution in this area, Shen Jinxiu stood on a hillside with his hands behind his back, gazing deeply into the dark cave.

  There existed some eerie atmosphere that even he felt extremely uneasy about.

  At the same time, I also felt a vast and endless, heaven-oppressing aura.

  That is... the Dean.

  It was also because of the dean's presence that the powerful and eerie aura in the depths of the dark cave did not make any unusual movements, and both sides formed a standoff.

  "A king-level strong man, indeed extraordinary." Shen Jinxiang let out a light sigh, his eyes flashing with an extremely fiery color, that realm, he had been yearning for it for a long time.

  However, wanting to rush to the king level is really too difficult.

  Throughout history, countless talented individuals have been blocked at this very step.

  "Some plans should also be further promoted, for my... path to the throne." Shen Jinyue stood still, silent for a long time, then he suddenly turned his head and glanced at a certain place outside the dark cave.

  "The nine luminous appearances shine brightly like a great sun; the mind is like crystal, and ten thousand evils cannot invade."

  Shen Jinxiu's eyes were dim, and he whispered to himself in his heart: "Jiang Qing'e, you attach so much importance to Li Luo's words. If he dies before your eyes, will there be a crack in your bright heart?"

  He lowered his gaze, seemingly glancing at a certain place in this land, then swung his sleeve and stepped forward.

  Not long after Shen Jinxiu left, the ground suddenly began to writhe and twist, and vaguely, a strange human face was formed.

  That face full of malicious gaze looked at the direction where Shen Jinxiang left, and finally slowly submerged, turned into a black line, shuttling on the ground, rushing towards the distant rear.

  ...

  Jiang Qing'e and Li Luo finally found a place to stay after half a day of preparation, located on the top floor of a stone tower.

  The basic facilities in the room are simple but also relatively complete. Each team has its own room, and the two teams will gather together again.

  Everyone first took out the special dried meat prepared by the Academy for them, which was said to be soaked in energy liquid, able to accelerate the recovery of internal forces, and also fill their hunger. One piece could last for half a day. It can be said that for the purification task of the Dark Cave, the Academy has done extremely well in all aspects.

  Having simply solved the problem of her stomach, Jiang Qing'e spread out a map on the stone table. The surface of the map was rough, and in the center position, a high tower was drawn, which was emitting some light at this time.

  Obviously this high tower represents their current purification stronghold.

  While the central point is the center, the surrounding areas are marked with small towers, only to present an unsettling black color at this time.

  "These small towers are the locations of the purification towers. At this time, they all appear black, indicating that they are covered by the power of evil thoughts and are in an unactivated state."

  "And once the Purification Tower is activated, the markers on the map will light up as a reminder." Tian Tian pointed at the markers on the map and said to Li Luo and the others.

  Li, Luo and San exclaimed in surprise. This crude and simple-looking map seemed to be not so simple after all, as it could actually sense the changes of other purification towers in real-time? This was a huge relief for them.

  "Don't underestimate this map, its role is very significant, no less than the 'Qingmu Heart Protection Card'." Jiang Qing'e said.

  Li Luo curiously touched it, and the rough texture made his heart skip a beat. He tentatively asked, "Is this made from the bark of the Xiangli Tree?"

  Tian Tian looked at him with some surprise and nodded immediately.

  Li Luo finally understood at this moment, that the majestic Shengli Tree represented what for the Holy Mystic Star Academy, cultivators needed it to cultivate, suppress the dark cave needed it, open the portal needed it, transmit students needed it...

  It seems that every aspect of the Sacred Xuanxing Academy is inseparable from this Synergy Tree, and it can be said without exaggeration that if that Synergy Tree were to disappear, the Sacred Xuanxing Academy would likely become completely paralyzed.

  "The black concentration of these small towers seems to have some differences, is it because of the strong and weak evil intentions that exist around them?" White Mengmeng suddenly asked in a low voice.

  Jiang Qing'e looked at her with some surprise and smiled: "You're very observant."

  Bai Mengmeng was praised by Jiang Qing'e, her pure and innocent face suddenly turned red, feeling a bit shy.

  Indeed, as Mengmeng said, the pollution around these purification towers is somewhat different in strength, and the Academy has also classified the purification towers around each stronghold into three levels: primary, secondary, and tertiary.

  Jiang Qing'e pointed to a small black tower symbol closer to the distance point with her slender fingers, saying: "Generally speaking, the purification towers near the distance points are all first-class, and the difficulty of activating this kind of purification tower will not be too great. However, as you gradually move away from the distance point, the evil thoughts pollution becomes heavier, and the purification towers there are upgraded to second-class..."

  Her finger moved to a more peripheral location on the map, where the small tower symbol was indeed darker and deeper than the innermost one before.

  Li Luo nodded slightly and then his gaze shifted to the outermost area of the stronghold map, where he saw the symbols of two small towers.

  These two small towers, dark as if they were a pair of eyes without whites, just looking at them makes one's heart feel a chill.

  "Is... this a pair of third-level purification towers?" Li Luo asked slowly.

  Jiang Qing'e nodded, her gaze at the two three-level purification towers also becoming more solemn, saying: "These two three-level purification towers are considered the most difficult points in our area and the final target of our purification mission this time."

  "The pollution there is the most severe, and the mutants that appear will also become exceptionally powerful. It's a hard bone to gnaw on, but ultimately, it can't be avoided."

  Li Luo's expression also turned serious. Although he was unfamiliar with the so-called Three-level Purification Tower, it didn't stop him from guessing its level of danger.

  Jiubai smiled and interjected, "However, high risk also means high returns. If the third-level purification tower is successfully activated, it can earn 10,000 school credits."

  Li Luo raised his head and stared in shock, exclaiming: "One million points of Academic Credits?!"

  They struggled to get first place in the ranking battle and barely got 5,000 points, but here, a third-level purification tower was activated successfully, and they could get 10,000 school credits?

  Jiang Qing'e nodded slightly and said, "Indeed, according to the school's rules, activating a third-level purification tower requires 10,000 points, a second-level purification tower requires 4,000 points, and a first-level purification tower requires 1,500 points."

  Li Luo, Bai Mengmeng, and Xin Fu stared at each other in dismay. They had struggled to get first place in the ranking battle, earning only 5,000 points. Yet here, just activating a purification tower earned tens of thousands of academy points?

  To know on this map, roughly speaking, there should be dozens of purification towers?

  How much does this come to?

  Just thinking about that number, Li Luo's heart started racing, it turned out that this was the fastest way to get points in Shengxuan Xuefu... No wonder Jiang Qing'e went to great lengths to bring him along.

  After doing this several times, getting a million points doesn't seem too far-fetched, does it?

  "Besides activating the Purification Tower's academic points, eliminating abnormals also earns points."

  Tian Tian added, "The probability of encountering a White Disaster-level anomaly is one in five hundred, and the probability of encountering a Red Disaster-level anomaly is one in eight hundred. Disaster-level anomalies are divided into Earth Disaster-level and Sky Disaster-level. In our outer peripheral area, the probability of encountering a Sky Disaster-level anomaly is low, so we only need to pay attention to Earth Disaster-level anomalies."

  "Earth disasters are also graded to distinguish between them, but it's quite simple, divided into major and minor earth disasters. Major earth disasters are equivalent to the later stages of the Earth Extermination Realm, belonging to the top tier of the earth disaster level, worth 4,000 points. Minor earth disasters are worth 2,000 points."

  She smiled and said: "Clear code pricing, no cheating of old and young."

  Li Luo swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and for a moment, that kind of apprehension and fear towards the alien seemed to have weakened a lot.

  "When are we leaving?"

  Tian Tian looked at Li Luo, who had suddenly become enthusiastic and somewhat impatient, with some doubt in her heart. This Li Luo, his courage was indeed not small.

  Only Jiang Qing'e's golden eyes had a hint of smile in them, and she casually put away the map.

  "Let's set off now."

  She paused for a moment, her eyes gazing at Li Luo and the others, her voice somewhat mournful as it came.

  "Also, welcome you all... to experience the horror of the dark cave."