Chapter 6 North Underworld Fragment Map, Puppet City Lord!
Nine Dragons City.
"Oh my, this guest really has an eye for quality. This is a treasure map fragment I excavated from an ancient Great Emperor's tomb from the ancient era. It only costs thirty spirit stones, an absolutely fair price for everyone!"
The shifty-eyed old stall owner followed Lin Xuan's gaze to the yellowing fragment. His eyes lit up, and with a face full of smiles, he extended three fingers and spoke hurriedly.
The stall owner did not even know where this fragment came from himself. However, since someone had selected it, this item was now valuable!
"Barter trade!"
Lin Xuan saw that the stall owner had some discernment. With a movement of his divine sense, he took out a Green Leaf White Lotus from his storage ring.
"A Second Rank spirit medicine!"
The thin old man at the stall suddenly had his small eyes light up. With his years of business experience, he naturally would not be mistaken. This was a genuine Second Rank spirit medicine. If this deal went through, he would definitely make a huge profit!
"Deal! Deal!"
The old man hurriedly accepted the spirit medicine. With a face full of smiles, he offered up the map fragment with both hands.
Lin Xuan accepted the fragment with an indifferent expression, finding it cold to the touch like frigid jade. He did not intend to test the authenticity of the map fragment here. After storing it in his storage ring, he turned and left.
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Nine Dragons City, outside the City Lord Manor.
Lin Xuan intended to remind the City Lord of Nine Dragons City to be on his guard. After all, previously, this sentinel city had been slaughtered until no one remained, resembling a purgatory on earth.
When Lin Xuan arrived outside the City Lord Manor, he happened to encounter the burly City Lord Song. Accompanied by two personal attendants, he walked out with a vigorous stride. His steps were steady, and his black and white eyes were filled with indifference.
Lin Xuan, who was on the street, had intended to speak upon seeing City Lord Song. However, when he saw the faint golden feather mark on the center of City Lord Song's forehead, his pupils suddenly constricted.
Fortunately, he adjusted his mindset in time and walked away without showing any emotion.
"That golden feather mark is the Puppet Divine Seal of the Sky Peng Race. The opponent must be one Great Realm higher than City Lord Song to be able to control him as a subordinate puppet. Looking at it this way, it must have been done by that old bird from the Sky Peng Race!" Lin Xuan thought to himself.
He now came to a sudden realization. He finally understood why Nine Dragons City, despite having a city protection formation that even a Unity Realm expert would find difficult to breach, was still slaughtered within a short half an hour. It had become a purgatory on earth.
"The only one who can resolve the crisis of Nine Dragons City is the Sacred Lord of the Nine Heavens Holy Land," Lin Xuan thought.
Subsequently, Lin Xuan used his Nine Heavens Holy Land disciple token to rent a grey crane for free from the stronghold stationed by the Nine Heavens Holy Land in Nine Dragons City. He then rushed back toward the Nine Heavens Holy Land.
He returned to the Mission Hall. Sounds of surprise immediately arose from the surroundings.
"It is Lin Xuan. He actually returned. Could it be that he found the Green Leaf White Lotus?"
"It has been less than two months. How could he be so fast!"
"I do not believe it. How could a mere outer sect disciple like him retrieve a Second Rank spirit medicine, the Green Leaf White Lotus, so easily!"
While several bystander disciples exclaimed in surprise, there was a fat disciple in a red robe who had cultivated to the Great Circle of the Qi Refining Realm. He spoke with a look of disdain.
"I am here to hand over the mission!"
Lin Xuan walked over to a counter. At the same time, he took out his mission token from his storage ring and handed it over.
At the counter was an inner sect female disciple wearing a green dress. When she picked up the mission token, she glanced at Lin Xuan standing before her and asked, "Junior Brother, did you obtain the Green Leaf White Lotus?"
Lin Xuan nodded in response.
The gaze the inner sect female disciple cast upon Lin Xuan involuntarily gained a trace of respect.
"Bring out the mission items. I will register them for you!" the inner sect female disciple said.
"Right here?" Lin Xuan asked, looking at the small counter.
"Yes!" A trace of doubt flashed through the inner sect disciple's eyes.
However, when Lin Xuan proceeded to take out thousands of Green Leaf White Lotuses and piled them into a small mountain on the counter, the female disciple's eyes were filled with astonishment. Only then did she understand why Lin Xuan had asked that question just now.
Who could have known that he would find so many Green Leaf White Lotuses?
Each Green Leaf White Lotus looked as if it were carved from jade. Piled up like a mountain of jade, they emitted a bright, jade-like luster that attracted the gazes of everyone in the Mission Hall.
Hiss...
Every disciple who saw this pile of Green Leaf White Lotuses gasped in shock.
"Where did he get so many Green Leaf White Lotuses!"
"Lin Xuan has run into great luck!"
Most of these voices contained envy. Only that fat disciple wearing a red robe had a face the color of iron as he clenched his fists tight.
"There are a total of three thousand one hundred and twenty-six Green Leaf White Lotuses. Exchanged into sect contribution, that is sixty-two thousand five hundred and twenty points!"
After putting away all the Green Leaf White Lotuses, the inner sect female disciple felt her mouth go dry. She handed Lin Xuan's identity token back to him and spoke.
"More than sixty thousand sect contribution points!"
Almost all the disciples present could hardly conceal their envy.
One had to know that some inner sect disciples of the Holy Land could struggle desperately for a year and not even earn five thousand contribution points!
"Junior Brother Lin Xuan, where did you get these Green Leaf White Lotuses?"
"Yeah, Junior Brother Lin Xuan, tell us!"
Just as Lin Xuan was about to leave, some disciples crowded around him. They asked with respectful and polite expressions.
"The core area of the Northern Wilderness Mountain Range!"
Lin Xuan did not waste words with them. Leaving aside whether they had the strength to enter the core area of the Northern Wilderness.
Even if they truly found the valley where the Green Leaf White Lotuses grew, they would at most find one or two stalks that he had left behind.
"Northern Wilderness Mountain Range... core... area!"
The disciples who had come to ask froze up just hearing these few words.
"He walked out of the Northern Wilderness core area!?"
After Lin Xuan finished speaking, a sense of awe appeared in everyone's eyes.
The core area of the Northern Wilderness did not lack great demons at the Golden Core Realm and Nascent Soul Realm. That was a place even Core Disciples dared not easily set foot in. Lin Xuan had returned safe and sound, and judging by the sheer number of Green Leaf White Lotuses he brought, it was clear he was not lying.
At this moment, on one side of the hall, the fat disciple in the red robe who had mocked Lin Xuan earlier involuntarily raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead. Fortunately, what he had said just now was not too excessive!
Lin Xuan had just stepped out of the hall.
He headed straight for the Azure Cloud Hall. The Azure Cloud Hall managed both inner and outer sect disciples and was the necessary department for outer sect disciples to promote to inner sect disciples.
As long as he could pass the testing checkpoints of the Azure Cloud Hall, Lin Xuan would be able to successfully advance to become an inner sect disciple.
The cultivation peaks where inner sect disciples resided were much closer to the spiritual energy dragon veins of the Nine Heavens Holy Land. This would be of great benefit to his cultivation.
Most importantly, upon entering the inner sect, he would be able to use the sect's teleportation array for free once a month.
When that time came, he could proceed with his next plan!