In the Wuxiang Sword Sect's mission hall, Cheng Ling watched the disciples shuttle back and forth, which was very lively.
This mission hall not only publishes missions, but also has many ranking lists, such as newcomer rankings, Qi refining rankings, foundation building rankings, etc. Many disciples were sitting under the list, rushing to have a cup of spiritual tea, and talking about the names on the list.
"I never thought that the good-for-nothing of the Chen family could become the king of kings!"
"We can't call him that now. You know he got the Foundation Establishment Pill, and he may have already established the Foundation."
"It's nothing. Even if he wins the King of Kings, he is still no match for Senior Brother Chen Song. Senior Brother Chen Song is ranked in the top ten on the foundation building list!"
"There is also Senior Brother Cheng Hongyi, who is ranked third. Killing him is not an easy task."
"This foundation building list is really magical. The top two people have not been seen for a long time, but the people behind them don't have any opinions."
"You don't know something. Senior Brother Ling Xiao, who is ranked first, has already reached the realm of fake elixirs. He should be in seclusion to attack the golden elixir! As for the second-ranked senior sister Cheng Yanbing, she has gone out to practice and has not come back yet. I guess she also It’s almost time to hit the golden elixir stage.”
Cheng Ling listened silently and thought to himself: Ling Xiao, Cheng Yanbing, Cheng Hongyi, and Chen Song, these people should be careful. Except for Ling Xiao, they all seem to be descendants of the Chen and Cheng families. It seems that they still cannot relax!
This was his first time coming to the mission hall. For more than two years, he had stayed at the Taoist temple on the top of the mountain. Up to now, he had made very little progress just by practicing hard every day. He also remembered that Xuan Lingzi advised him to go out and practice more, so he tried to come to the mission hall to have a look, and also took on a few sect missions.
Cheng Ling rarely appeared outside, except for the rookie competition. Therefore, not many people in the sect knew him, and he was happy to do so. Being surrounded by people all day long was not something he was used to, so it was better to be free!
After passing the list, he came to the task release area. I had already planned to go to the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountains to experience it, so let’s see if there are any missions related to the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountains!
The Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range is the mountain range where the Wuxiang Sword Sect is located. The entire mountain range is very huge and contains many monsters and resources. The ancestor of the Wuxiang Sword Sect took a fancy to this mountain range and established the sect here. It can be said to be the resources and training place exclusive to the sect.
Cheng Ling wanted to be on guard against the Chen Cheng family's conspiracy. It was just right to practice in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, and he would not leave the sect too far, so he could seek help in time if something happened. Moreover, Xuan Lingzi also gave him a high-grade sound transmission jade slip, which can directly transmit sound as long as it is not too deep.
Soon, Cheng Ling chose dozens of sect tasks, most of which involved collecting the furs of monster beasts or gathering herbs. This type of task was the most common, but few disciples were willing to take it on because it was too time-consuming.
But for Cheng Ling, he didn't have much else to do anyway, and it didn't matter if he stayed in the mountains for a year and a half. He took over all the collection tasks and completed them one by one when the time came.
After accepting the mission, he went to the sect's trading hall to buy some elixirs for healing and increasing cultivation. Cheng Ling has a lot of spiritual stones on his body. After two years at home, especially the year when he won the title of King of Queens, he could receive fifty low-grade spiritual stones every month.
In the past, he would use part of it to absorb spiritual energy for cultivation, but after reaching the foundation building stage, the cultivation effect of low-grade spiritual stones was greatly weakened, and he could only use it as currency to buy elixirs.
He spent all the spiritual stones on his body in exchange for a large bag full of elixirs. When everything was ready, he left the trading hall and walked towards the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range. Within the sect, there is a direct path to the mountains.
Cheng Ling didn't know that as soon as he entered the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountains, someone reported his whereabouts to the Sword Hall and the Shu Hall.
In an inner room of the sword hall, Chen Hai said with a sullen face: "This brat is finally willing to leave that turtle shell. Send an order and ask Chen Song to lead people to kill him. Remember to save his life. I’m still useful!”
In the martial arts hall, Cheng Yuan listened to the disciple's report, pondered for a while, and then said: "Don't rush to take action now, let Hongyi send people to watch quietly and find out his details first!"
In a dark secret room, a voice came out: "You said he went to the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range?"
"Yes, do you want to catch him?"
"What do you think of his actions in the past two years?"
"He has been in the formation hall for the past two years. Uncle Xuan taught him carefully and won the title of King of Kings. His qualifications seem to be very good! And I heard that his talent for formation is also very high!"
"Well, as long as he has no other thoughts about the sect, just ignore it for now and let him grow and see what kind of situation he can reach."
"Yes, but that treasure...!"
"Zixu's non-existent things were not found with Cheng Xueyao back then. He was only a ten-year-old boy and he didn't have such deep scheming."
"Then you mean that it has been acquired by the Chen family?"
"I don't know. There is no evidence. Anyway, just stay vigilant and stand down!"
"yes......!"
After entering the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, Cheng Ling went straight into the depths. Almost all the surrounding areas had been plundered by the sect disciples. Not to mention herbs and minerals, there were not even a few monster beasts to be seen.
He moved forward at a very fast speed. He used Chasing Star and Stepping on the Moon to move forward a hundred miles in less than a quarter of an hour. Although he can fly now, flying consumes too much real energy, so he still needs to save his physical skills.
Besides, there are many trees in the mountains, so he can also practice some small moving skills. Now, he is thinking about using all means to improve his combat power all the time.
After a hundred miles, the number of monsters in the forest began to increase, but fortunately, they were all first- and second-level monsters, so he could still cope with them.
Monsters are also divided into levels just like monks. The first level corresponds to the Qi refining stage, the second level corresponds to the foundation building stage, and so on. Human monks can generally kill monsters of a higher level. Although the physical talents of monster beasts are very powerful, human intelligence is far beyond their comparison.
In front of Cheng Ling's eyes, there were more than a dozen Howling Moon Wolves. The Howling Moon Wolf is a gregarious creature and a first-level monster. Its teeth and nails are good materials for refining weapons and are also needed in large quantities for sect tasks.
Moreover, Howling Moon Wolf's defense is not high, but it is very fast. Cheng Ling's attack speed was also very fast, so he completely suppressed the wolves. After a while, more than a dozen Moon Howling Wolves died under his sword, and he obtained a lot of materials.
After killing a batch, he continued to go deeper. The first and second level monsters were easy for him to kill. He didn't use any swordsmanship, he just used basic swordsmanship to hunt monsters.
He found that in battle, his understanding of basic swordsmanship would be deeper, and new ideas would emerge from time to time, and he would consume very little real energy. For a time, he was completely immersed in it, and he became more and more proficient in basic swordsmanship. .
In this way, he kept going deep. Gradually, the first-level monsters were no longer visible, and only the second-level monsters were seen. He didn't care, he was still killing heartily, and soon his storage bag couldn't fit any more.
Although the materials for those monster beasts were not large, they could not bear the large quantity, and the space in the storage bag was also very small. After only half a month, it was full. He had no choice but to take out a few pieces of clothing, make a large temporary package, and carry all the small pieces of monsters and mineral materials on his back.
But as he went deeper and deeper, the level of the monster gradually increased. What I see now are basically the second-level top monster beasts, which is equivalent to perfect foundation building.
Cheng Ling also started to be cautious, paying attention to the situation of the monsters. If it was a large group of second-level top monsters, he would get out of the way and find those individual monsters to fight.
Hundreds of miles away behind him, Chen Songzheng was following with more than a dozen Chen family disciples. They looked at the marks on the ground from time to time to judge the direction Cheng Ling was heading.
At this time, Chen Song was standing next to the body of an iron-armed bear, observing carefully. After a moment, he murmured: "Such a fast speed and such sharp sword moves. It seems that this guy can't be kept any longer and must be eliminated as soon as possible."
A tribesman next to him said: "Brother Song, what do you mean...?"
Chen Song pointed to the cut on the Iron Arm Bear's severed arm and said, "Look, there is no wrinkle at the break of this arm. It was obviously cut off with one blow. Can you do it?"
The tribesman observed it carefully for a few times, shook his head and said, "I can't do it. I need at least two swords."
"That's it. To cut off an iron arm with a sword, you must have a very sharp sword or a very fast shooting speed. Looking at the other injuries on the body, it is obvious that he used an ordinary Hundred Refined Sword. That can only mean that He has a quick release.”
"And I even have some doubts...!"
"What do you suspect?"
Chen Song took a long breath and said cautiously: "I suspect that he cut off both arms with just one sword!"
"What! Cut off two arms with one sword. He is only in the early stage of foundation building. How can he have such powerful swordsmanship?"
"Maybe I'm overthinking it! But even so, he must not stay. You immediately send someone back to report to the hall master and ask him to send more people over. We must deal with him in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range!"
"Yes, I'll send someone back right now!"
"Okay, let's move on!"
Cheng Ling didn't know this at all. He was now extremely cautious and looking ahead cautiously.
Ahead was a quiet valley, the entire valley was in the shape of a gourd, and now he was in the middle of the gourd. When he entered through the gourd mouth before, he felt something was wrong. There were no monsters on both sides of the valley, but there were many precious herbs and ores.
He collected along the road and slowly walked to the middle section, where he discovered the peculiar terrain. On the gourd mouth in the lower half, there were more precious herbs on the stone walls on both sides of the valley. Cheng Ling even saw a dozen "Heavenly Fragrant Flowers" "The Tianxiang flower can improve the cultivation level of the foundation-building monks and can also be used to refine elixirs, which are very precious.
In the middle of the valley, there is a large lake. The surface of the lake is very calm, with no waves, and you can't even feel the wind. On the other side of the lake, you can faintly see a few lotus plants. It was so quiet, almost unnaturally quiet.
For a moment, he stood in the middle of the Calabash Valley and hesitated. Should he go in or not?
