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Chapter 285: Chapter 189 Mission

Xu Chuan had changed into a common robe, and his facial features now resembled those of a middle-aged man.

Li Shiming had also changed his face, using a mask artifact provided by Xu Chuan that, though not highly ranked, had the ability to disguise.

Having altered their clothing and appearances, they would not be discovered by Cultivators as long as they refrained from engaging in combat; however, should a fight break out, especially for Xu Chuan, the Spiritual Artifacts and Cultivation Techniques he used would definitely draw the attention of certain individuals.

The Senluo Sect wielded tremendous influence in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains; nearly all factions acted as their informants.

Therefore, Xu Chuan remained low-profile, frequently pulling out a Jade Scroll to check his path and often altering his direction to avoid various Cultivator forces.

Li Shiming was very curious about that Jade Scroll, which most likely contained information about the Ten Thousand Great Mountains recorded by the Shushan Sect.

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After more than ten days of stealthy travel, Xu Chuan stopped.

“Brother Li, ahead is the territory of spirit beasts; we can’t fly anymore and must walk on the ground!” Xu Chuan reminded Li Shiming.

Li Shiming nodded to show he understood. For the past thousand li, he had hardly seen any sign of human habitation, whether from mundane people or Cultivators; it seemed no one approached this area.

Xu Chuan restored his own attire, changing back into his robe, and his face returned to its original appearance.

He also took out his Spiritual Artifact for inspection, seemingly a bit nervous.

“Brother Li, this is the location of the Mu Yang Three-leaf Clover. If we run into trouble and get separated, wait for me here. If I don’t make it…” He paused for a moment before continuing, “I ask that you please help me deliver the Mu Yang Three-leaf Clover to the Shushan Sect. This is a token; I’ve left a message for my master within it!”

Xu Chuan’s voice was heavy; he was prepared for the worst upon entering the territory of the spirit beasts.

Through ten days of interaction, his trust in Li Shiming had grown significantly.

A Cultivator like Li Shiming, who hailed from outside the Beishu Continent and had no entangled interests in Beishu, was an ideal assistant when offered certain benefits and was definitely worthy of trust.

It was extremely difficult for a Cultivator to find a reliable friend, and Xu Chuan felt extremely fortunate.

“Brother Xu, as long as the Mu Yang Three-leaf Clover is there, no matter what happens, I will deliver the Mu Yang Three-leaf Clover to the Shushan Sect!” Li Shiming promised solemnly.

During these days, he had also learned who needed the Mu Yang Three-leaf Clover—it was Xu Chuan’s master.

Xu Chuan’s master, having been severely injured by a Golden Core Demon Cultivator, was in a stable condition, but the sinister energy infused in his body by the Demon Cultivator was exceedingly difficult to expel.

Coincidentally, all three Three Yang Reviving Pills within the Shushan Sect had been exchanged by other Cultivators, preventing Xu Chuan’s master from dispelling the sinister energy.

And the Mu Yang Three-leaf Clover, the main ingredient for another batch of Three Yang Reviving Pills, originated from the Ten Thousand Great Mountains and was ordered through the Beishu Trading Company—even with tripled prices, there was no assurance that the Mu Yang Three-leaf Clover would be available in the upcoming years.

Although the Mu Yang Three-leaf Clover was precious, it had never been this scarce.

Xu Chuan was aware that a power struggle within the sect was surely at play; otherwise, how could his master’s healing be delayed if his grandmaster was not in secluded cultivation.

For the sake of his master’s health, he had come alone to the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, hoping to chance upon luck.

If the Mu Yang Three-leaf Clover his master had discovered was no longer there, he would continue the search, a detail he had not clearly explained to Li Shiming.

At Chaoyun Peak of the Senluo Sect, Li Yuanba had not stayed long within the sect; he chose three combat missions and then left.

All three combat missions were in territories not too far from Li Shiming and Xu Chuan’s current location; he was coming as reinforcement.

Although Li Yuanba had no talismanic treasures in his possession, his combat power was in fact greater than Li Shiming’s, for Jiang Chen was the strongest existence among all of Li Shiming’s combat capabilities.

Jiang Chen possessed the peak combat strength of late-stage Foundation Establishment and had even touched upon the fringes of Golden Core power.

This meant that as long as he did not directly confront a Golden Core cultivator, Jiang Chen was nearly invincible below the Golden Core level.

If talismanic treasures were the strongest means for ordinary Cultivators to fight against Foundation Establishment Cultivators, then Jiang Chen was akin to an inexhaustible talismanic treasure; hence, the reason Li Shiming did not allocate any talismanic treasures to Li Yuanba.

Li Yuanba took out a Jade Flying Boat which quickly soared through the air.

The distinctive mark of the Senluo Sect was prominently displayed on the side of the Jade Flying Boat, making his identity known to all Cultivators.

Therefore, even as the Jade Flying Boat passed over some Loose Cultivator’s territories, it encountered no difficulties at all; such was the advantage of having a powerful sect.

While Li Shiming and Xu Chuan had traveled a long distance, Li Yuanba had caught up in just four days.

Li Yuanba reviewed the missions; this place was called the Golden Crow Mountain Range, and all three missions he took were first-level tasks to eliminate three early-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators who dominated this region.

Although the three early-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators belonged to the same region, they were not together, hence the three separate missions.

The reason these three early-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators were marked for execution by the Senluo Sect was their own doing; they had attacked a Senluo Sect gathering team, and although no one was killed, they robbed all of the Spiritual Objects.

The gathering team, composed of one Foundation Establishment Cultivator and more than a dozen Qi Refining Cultivators, could only be considered peripheral members of the sect, and the Senluo Sect had many such gathering teams.

Many of the ordinary resources within the Ten Thousand Great Mountains were acquired through these gathering teams.