Chapter 26: Hunting

Taisheng Sect

  Outer Peak Deacon Hall.

  Stepping into this hall, Deacon Zhang quickly came to greet them.

  "Junior Sister Shen, Junior Sister Xia, did the mission go smoothly?"

  Shen Qingluo nodded, "The matter has been resolved. Uncle Zhang, do you know whether the three brothers Meng who accepted the mission with me and Senior Sister Xia have returned to the sect?"

  "Yes, their protective teleportation talismans were activated, and they were directly teleported to the Deacon Hall. They just returned to Yunxian Peak not long ago. Since you have completed the mission, I will send a voice to call them."

  Half a cup of tea later, Meng Zirui, Wang Fang, and Zhao Yanran came to the hall one after another. Through voice transmission, they knew that the mission was completed. At this moment, they looked at Shen Qingluo and Xia Jinxi with complicated eyes.

  In terms of cultivation, the three of them have the lowest Qi Refining Level 7 and the highest Qi Refining Level 9. However, their performance in this mission is far inferior to the two junior sisters who are at the sixth level of Qi Refining.

  Originally, each person could get 100 contribution points after completing this mission. However, the three of them were ambushed by the enemy not long after they started. If they didn't have the amulet, they would have died long ago. It can be said that they had no contribution to the overall mission, so they had no chance to get contribution points.

  In this way, the total of 500 contribution points were theoretically all given to Shen Qingluo and Xia Jinxi.

  The two took into account that it was these three senior brothers and sisters who invited them to join, and the mission was also snatched by the other party at the beginning of the month, so they gave them 90 contribution points.

  In the end, Meng Zirui and the other two got 30 contribution points each, and Shen Qingluo and Yao Molian got 205 contribution points each.

  For Meng Zirui, Wang Fang and Zhao Yanran, 30 contribution points was a pleasant surprise, which was equivalent to three or four ordinary sect missions. The original resentment in their hearts disappeared completely, and was replaced by gratitude to the two.

"Hehe, their face switch too fast. Why you give points to them? Useless things" Peach Blossom Fairy

Xia Jinxi was surprised that this ancestors come out. "Of course you also see their resentment, although it's their own fault they didn't contribute, but human always want to place blame on others, sooner or later we'll become enemy like that. More ever I don't lack contribution points now, as the saying goes 'problem that can be solved by money is not a problem' I just exchange peace with contribution points"

"Humph! They're just loser. Oh I come out to remind you when you'll collect Yuan-Yang again?"

"Do you think it's easy to find peerless talented man. I feel my luck emptied by our first target. But I still have a strategy, but I don't know if it will work. If it's not work.. just leave it to fate. Oh I want to ask you something, do you can be detected by divination in this world?"

"Nonsense. Of course not. This is fairy artifact, if you want to divine it, the superpower in this world alone not enough. You'd better work hard, I still need to stabilize my return power"

"Yeah, yeah.." It's better for her to rest to prepare for tomorrow.

After leaving the cave at morning, Xia Jinxi went straight to the Deacon Hall to accept the task of hunting monsters.

  There is a primeval forest a hundred miles south of Taisheng Sect, where the task of hunting monsters is located.

  Unlike previous tasks, the sect will not issue amulets for hunting monsters. In other words, safety is not guaranteed, and disciples die in these tasks every year.

  In the Class A task area of ​​the Deacon Hall, Xia Jinxi looked through the descriptions of various tasks and selected the one that suits her best.

  During this period, Deacon Zhang provided some information.

  There are many kinds of monsters in the primeval forest. Because it is used as a task site by the sect, elders go to investigate the situation every once in a while. Once a monster of the second-stage or above appears, it will be killed immediately.

  As for the early second-stage, it will be seriously injured and left for the sect disciples to train, and the first-stage monsters will be left free.

  There, the most frequent monsters are wolf monsters, but there are not many tasks related to this type of monster.

  Wolves like to live in groups, and it is easy to be surrounded if you hunt rashly.

  Xia Jinxi finally accepted a task of collecting golden wolf bones.

  After accepting the task, Xia Jinxi did not stay in the deacon hall for long. She thanked Deacon Zhang, then left the sect and headed straight for the primeval forest.

  Three hours later.

  At the edge of the primeval forest, Xia Jinxi rejected the invitation from his senior brother to join a team and walked into the forest alone.

  There are not only monsters here, but also some ordinary beasts, the latter are all food for the former.

  Not long after walking, a whistling sound came from her ear.

  Xia Jinxi turned around and swung her sword to the right and back. With a sizzling sound, a gray poisonous snake was cut by her sword, and its body was broken into two pieces. After falling to the ground, it kept twisting.

  Continue to walk forward. Not long after she left, a larger spotted snake jumped out of a bush in the distance, quickly swam to the body of the gray snake that was broken into two pieces, and swallowed the remains into its stomach in a few seconds.

  Half a cup of tea later, Xia Jinxi encountered seven wolf monsters, all in the late first stage.

  They seemed to regard her as a delicious prey, following her all the time, sharpening their claws, waiting for an opportunity to attack.

  At a certain moment, one of the wolf demons jumped up, as fast as lightning, and opened its sharp teeth to bite the girl's neck.

  A fishy smell came to her nose, and Xia Jinxi snorted coldly, and slashed the wolf demon's head with the Lingyun Sword in her hand.

  Unlike the gray snake that was killed with one strike before, this wolf demon reacted quickly. With a sweep of its long tail, it brought a small whirlwind and rolled itself to the side, narrowly avoiding the attack of the Lingyun Sword.

  At the same time, the remaining six wolf demons attacked together.

  Some opened their mouths to bite, some raised their claws to tear, and some swept their tails as weapons, with different postures.

Xia Jinxi take this task is to hone the Tai Chi Swordsmanship she practice, so she have prepared to be injured.

 When Xia Jinxi's Lingyun sword fell, sword blade turned, and a stream of spiritual energy turned into substance and slashed across, cutting off one of the wolves neck .

  The cold light condensed, and the sword energy continued to fight forward, attacking the other six while she was dodging their attack. It's inevitable she can't avoid all attack, the injuries finally emerge on her skin.

  Xia Jinxi calmly resisted with the Lingyun sword in hand.

  There are three remaining wolves on the other side, surrounding her. She mobilized a trace of spiritual energy and shook it, instantly shattering the surrounding wolves.

One wolf was thrown not far from her position, intending to bite off her leg from the ground.

  Xia Jinxi's reaction was not slow. As soon as there was any movement on the ground, she raised her feet and changed her position without thinking.

  Before the wolf could catch her feet, it was cut off by Lin Qi.

  After several fights, two remaining wolves became alert of her, and theye're physically low.

  Xia Jinxi was waiting for this opportunity.

  She used Tai Chi swordsmanship to entangle the the wolf. One more wolf was sliced by Lingyun sword.

  Xia Jinxi recalled her every move when she tried the 'Remnant Phoenix Shadow', and the Lingyun sword in her hand began to change sword moves.

When the surrounding air began to chill, she sliced the sword toward the last wolf, and died.

"Hah.. it's failure, right?" Xia Jinxi muttered in disappointment

"You.. are you trying to use the move 'Remnant Phoenix Shadow' just now?" Peach Blossom Fairy in disbelief

"Well.. I intend to, but as you see it's failure"

"No, you don't have to be disappointed. Because the failure to condense ice phoenix is lies in it's exercise instead your swordsmanship. When the surrounding air chilled it mean the ice phoenix about to condense, but as I already told you that the prerequirement of this technique is to have Yin Yang Body. Because the common body can't bear it as this technique is initially for phoenix descendants that have monstrous strength."

"Oh when you said it like that make me motivated. So this technique have extraordinary origin, so you also really extraordinary?" Xia Jinxi really doubtful

"Of course this diety was extraordinary. You still impossibly don't believe it? Why??"

"Maybe because the technique is not serious enough...?"

"Ugh, that's just your so called moral, practicing Yin Yang, harmony, nature, which one is not serious"

"When you say it that way, I really can't deny it." Xia Jinxi sighed

"Well, it should be like that"

Xia Jinxi already putting all of wolves to the space while bickering with Peach Blossom Fairy, she was about to continue walking inside.