Chapter 245 Qing Tan's First Visit to Lily City
"Yu Qingtan, no, you...you're not Kexin, what have you done to Kexin?"
Seeing Yu Qingtan change into the appearance of Xu Kexin, Chu Yu became even more terrified. Recalling various past events, she was horrified and couldn't help but ask.
"Ha-ha-ha, your Kexin will go to accompany you in the future."
Yu Qingtan laughed wildly, pulling out a red long knife—the Weeping Blood Blade—and stabbing it into Chu Yu's chest.
"You..."
A red light shot out, illuminating Yu Qingtan, who was utterly indifferent.
Such a level of Blood Tether could be purified by her Purification Spell within three days.
Soon, the cultivator with sealed cultivation—Chu Yu—turned into a dried corpse, all blood drained by the Weeping Blood Blade.
Yu Qingtan pulled out Chu Yu's Golden Core and incinerated her body to ashes with the Fireball Technique.
"The Calamity Crossing Old Scoundrel will soon go down to accompany you as well,"
murmured Yu Qingtan.
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The next day, Yu Qingtan emerged from seclusion at the Tanxian Elegant Courtyard.
Qing Shuang continued her own cultivation in retreat. As for the "Xu Kexin" of the Extreme Path Demon Sect, it was enough to show her face occasionally.
After all, Xu Kexin had always been a cultivator dedicated to cultivation and crafting Taoist instruments. She only began appearing frequently recently because of her relationship with Chu Yu. Now that Chu Yu was no more, it was normal for her to continue as a hermit.
Recently, Yu Qingtan's Charm Points had been increasing by about one million per day, which equated to only a thousand Affection Points. That's just 360,000 per year.
The growth was too slow for Yu Qingtan's liking, and she was determined to stir things up.
"Miss, you've emerged from seclusion. Congratulations on significantly advancing your cultivation!"
Yan Xi, dressed as a maid, was naturally the first to greet her.
To be present the moment Yu Qingtan emerged from seclusion, Yan Xi had someone specially modify the Formation on the door to Yu Qingtan's room so that it would alert her.
Yu Qingtan was aware of this, but too lazy to bother with it.
"It's just a slight improvement. Where are the senior sisters?"
"The Senior Sister Qing Rou and the others are in closed-door cultivation. Junior Sister Wen and Junior Sister Xiang have returned to their families due to some issues at home," answered Yan Xi.
"Oh." Yu Qingtan hadn't expected Xiang Yiyi and her junior sister Wen Jin to have gone back home.
"First, you will accompany me to pay respects to the Master, and after that, I plan to take on a sect task. Would you like to join me?" Yu Qingtan asked.
"I shall follow Miss wherever she goes," Yan Xi had already decided to stick closely to Yu Qingtan.
Yu Qingtan then took Yan Xi to visit True Lord Rou Jia but, unfortunately, both True Lords Rou Jia and Yong Li were also in closed-door cultivation.
Yu Qingtan went to the Wendao Sect's task hall to check the tasks she could take on.
On the way and in the task hall, disciples she met greeted her with great respect.
"Greetings to Fairy Qingtan!"
"Hunt a Third Stage early-stage Black Wind Tiger, ten thousand Sect Contribution Points."
"Hunt a Third Stage early-stage Canglong for twelve thousand Contribution Points."
"Search for a hundred pounds of Third Stage Cadmium Gold Stone, ten thousand Sect Contribution Points."
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"Activities of disciples from the Extreme Path Demon Sect have been spotted near Lotus Gate, investigate the situation, starting from a thousand Contribution Points."
Yu Qingtan looked at this task, remembered the information she had gathered while disguised as "Xu Kexin" at the Extreme Path Demon Sect, and felt a stir in her heart. Then she turned to Yan Xi and asked, "Yan Xi, if I remember correctly, both Sister Wen and Yiyi's families are in Baihe Immortal City, aren't they?"
"Yes, Miss!"
Cultivation sects in the Southeast Region regularly hold recruitment events at nearby mortal realms, Immortal Cities, market towns, and so on.
Neighboring sects with good relations often share recruitment areas, after all, most cultivation sects have their specialties and are not suitable for all cultivators-in-the-making.
The recruitment event in Suichuan Immortal City was jointly held by Sunset Gate, Tianxiang Valley, and some smaller forces.
Therefore, it was not strange that Wen Jin and Xiang Yiyi hailed from Baihe Immortal City but were disciples of Tianxiang Valley.
"Then let's accept this task!"
Yu Qingtan spoke and accepted the sect task to investigate the traces of Extreme Path Demon Sect cultivators near Lotus Gate.
Before leaving the sect, Yu Qingtan went to pay a visit to True Lord Xinghe to explain the matter.
After all, she was now considered a treasure of the Wendao Sect, and Sect Master Kongbei Zhenjun had suggested that she should not leave the sect rashly before reaching the Nascent Soul Stage. The last time she went out to plot against the Calamity Crossing Old Scoundrel, it was True Lord Xinghe and a Nascent Soul Late Stage master from the Water Vein who accompanied her.
True Lord Xinghe, who had formed his Nascent Soul not long ago, needed to oversee the daily affairs of the Water Vein in recent years, and therefore had not gone into seclusion.
"Qing Tan, demonic cultivators have been rampant recently, and several cultivators on the Pride of the Heavens List have perished. I also suggest that you would do well to cultivate in seclusion within the sect."
"Elder Uncle, if I do not experience the world and only engage in arduous cultivation, I'm afraid it will be hard to transcend the Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation."
"You can still gain experience once you reach the Late Stage of the Golden Core, and go to relatively safe places."
"Elder Uncle, facing dangers is the fastest way to gain experience. Moreover, I have life-saving measures bestowed by Venerable Shenfeng."
Yu Qingtan wasn't lying; with the Fourth Stage Wind Evasion Talisman and the Fifth Stage Directed Teleportation Talisman given by Venerable Shenfeng, she had a reasonable excuse for using the Innate Divine Power Shadow Clone.
As for Yan Xi, Yu Qingtan gave her a Third Stage Escape Talisman, which would generally ensure her safety if no extremely powerful cultivators were targeting her.
"Indeed, there is both great terror and great opportunity between life and death. I wish you a smooth journey!"
In the end, Yu Qingtan persuaded True Lord Xinghe and set off with Yan Xi aboard the "Tanxian Ship" from the Wendao Sect.
Qian Yongduo's small-sized Flying Boat of Supreme Treasure Grade, having been slightly modified by Yu Qingtan, underwent a drastic change in appearance and was renamed by Yu Qingtan as "Tanxian Ship."
Its speed was on par with that of an ordinary Nascent Soul Cultivator and in just three days, Yu Qingtan and her companion arrived at Baihe Immortal City.
Baihe Immortal City is several dozen times larger than Tianxiang Immortal City.
When Yu Qingtan arrived, Baihe Immortal City had actually activated its Protective City Formation. Discover exclusive content at empire
"Who goes there?" A Golden Core Cultivator called out from the city wall as Yu Qingtan's Flying Boat approached Baihe Immortal City.
Yu Qingtan recognized the voice; it was that of a familiar figure, Shun Yuyu of Lotus Gate.
She then retracted her Flying Boat, appeared in the air outside the city, and called out to the city, "I am Yu Qingtan from Wendao Sect, here for a sect mission, Shun Dao You, are you well?"
"It's Fairy Qingtan!"
Shun Yuyu appeared above the city wall.
"However, recently our Lotus Gate territory has been harassed by demonic cultivators, so I must trouble Fairy Qingtan to verify her identity."
Upon hearing this, Yu Qingtan threw out her Identity Jade as a true disciple of Wendao Sect, a jade that is bound to a Sect-Defending Daoist Instrument within the sect and is extremely difficult for outsiders to fake.
Yu Qingtan was able to impersonate Xu Kexin and others because the Reincarnation Mantra produced by the system was incredibly intricate, mimicking the Spiritual Power signature of the person being impersonated perfectly, even fooling such Identity Jades.
Shun Yuyu received Yu Qingtan's Identity Jade and checked it. After confirming its authenticity, he returned it to Yu Qingtan and opened a passage in the Protective City Formation.
"Fairy Qingtan, our apologies for the inconvenience, please come in quickly!"
Yu Qingtan then entered Baihe Immortal City with Yan Xi. As soon as they entered, Yu Qingtan directly asked:
"Shun Dao You, is the situation with the demonic cultivators' disturbance so urgent that it requires opening the Protective City Formation?"