260Chapter 259 New Mission Exorcising Demons Teaching Little Phoenix Cat

The Alchemy Sect has nearly forty Foundation Establishment cultivators. Three must be selected from among them. Who says that I can’t be one of those three?

You Xiaohua glanced at everyone and said with a faint smile, “This event will be held in a month. Those who wish to participate can register with me. In addition, I will not participate in this competition myself, so as not to take up a spot.”

Upon hearing this, everyone couldn’t help but look at You Xiaohua.

When it comes to You Xiaohua’s alchemy skills, no one can deny her expertise.

Even Guo Pin, after these years, has long been convinced of her abilities, and he even comes to her for advice on many aspects of alchemy he doesn’t understand.

But as for You Xiaohua’s combat strength…

Honestly, even if she were a woman at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment, probably very few people would acknowledge her combat strength.

But why isn’t she participating? Taking up a spot? What a boastful tone!

The four Foundation Establishment Grand Perfection experts besides Yu Xian, as well as the eight Foundation Establishment Late Stage experts, all felt a sense of resentment.

Yu Xian’s expression also shifted. Although he felt no resentment, he couldn’t help but look at You Xiaohua with a hint of surprise.

She reached the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment around the same time as me, only four years ago, yet she already thinks she can defeat everyone in the Alchemy Sect?

If I don’t participate to avoid taking up a spot, doesn’t that mean that if I participate, I’m guaranteed a spot?

Despite their dissatisfaction, no one dared to say anything at the moment. After all, You Xiaohua was the Grand Elder of the Alchemy Sect, and apart from the Sect Master and a few Golden Core Elders, she held the highest position. Whatever she said went.

If she doesn’t occupy it, she doesn’t occupy it; it won’t affect other people’s competition for it. On the contrary, it reduces one competitor.

As for whether she is powerful or not, she will reveal herself during the actual Inner Sect Foundation Establishment Competition.

You Xiaohua smiled faintly, unconcerned about the gazes of the crowd. She exchanged a glance with Yu Xian, revealing a sly glint in her eyes, and chuckled as she said, “Now, I will begin to arrange the sect’s tasks.”

Everyone immediately straightened up and waited for You Xiaohua to assign tasks.

Yu Xian was taken aback by You Xiaohua’s gaze, then smiled helplessly to himself; he understood.

If I’m not mistaken, not participating is actually a privilege that You Xiaohua has given herself.

The purpose is to avoid fighting oneself, because fighting oneself, regardless of victory or defeat, is not a good look.

Sect missions always have easy and difficult ones; the easy ones have long been snapped up by the inner disciples who have reached the Foundation Establishment stage.

The difficult tasks, if left unattended, will naturally pile up and eventually be forcibly assigned by the sect to the disciples of the various secondary peaks and mountain gates, who will have no choice but to do them.

Therefore, the tasks that can be assigned to the various sub-peaks and mountain gates are naturally backlogged tasks that no one has done for a long time, and they are considered to be relatively difficult.

But no matter how difficult the task, there is always a limit; it must be something that a Foundation Establishment cultivator can complete.

For example, the mission I gave Yu Xian last time to kill seven evil cultivators was actually something that someone at the Foundation Establishment Great Perfection stage should be doing.

However, due to her personal emotions, You Xiaohua assigned this task to Yu Xian. Afterwards, she always felt apologetic, which led to various acts of care and even the gift of the pill.

Today’s mission has been assigned, and Yu Xian hasn’t taken on a mission in four or five years, so it’s unclear how she will handle it.

You Xiaohua began calling out names one by one and handing out mission scrolls.

Over the years, everyone has come to know that You Xiaohua assigns tasks based entirely on individual ability, ensuring fairness and impartiality.

Therefore, when a task falls to me, I will naturally accept it willingly and then try to complete it. If there is a task that I really cannot complete, then I can only abandon it and lose contribution points.

“Yu Xian.”

After about a dozen people had passed, You Xiaohua’s voice came.

Yu Xian calmly replied, “Yes.”

You Xiaohua waved her hand and said, “You are in charge of handling this task.”

But then a mission scroll flew over. Yu Xian reached out and caught it, opened it, and his eyebrows twitched slightly.

“A three-striped tiger, a mid-level fourth-tier demonic beast, has appeared 26,300 miles southeast of Haotian Sect. This demonic beast has slaughtered thousands of people in a county. Whoever finds and kills it will be rewarded with eighteen contribution points.”

I’ll start by saying this.

The map included at the end marked more than a dozen locations where the three-striped tiger had appeared.

Kill a mid-tier fourth-order monster…

Looking at the map, Yu Xian pondered to himself.

Although it is not difficult to find the location of the monster under the Qintianjian (Imperial Mirror of Heaven).

But how old is this map?

But fourth-tier demonic beasts in the wild are quite intelligent; would they obediently wait in place?

They’ve probably long since disappeared.

But with the mission in hand, Yu Xian couldn’t say much and nodded, “I obey the Elder’s order.”

You Xiaohua nodded and then issued other tasks.

Soon, all the tasks were distributed, and You Xiaohua said with a faint smile, “Everyone, go and complete your tasks. Don’t delay the internal competition a month from now. Also, those who want to register for the competition can tell me now.”

“Elder, I’m signing up!”

As You Xiaohua spoke, a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator immediately stood up and shouted a message.

“I’m signing up!”

“I’m signing up too!”

“Senior sister, I want to sign up!”

“I!”

…

One by one, those at the late Foundation Establishment stage and the Great Perfection stage all got up to sign up.

Even a few cultivators in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, feeling they were extraordinary, got up and signed up.

After a while, the voices faded away until no one spoke. Yu Xian then stood up and said, “Senior Sister, I’m signing up.”

You Xiaohua glanced at Yu Xian, nodded, and looked around before asking, “There are fifteen applicants. Are there any more people who want to sign up?”

The remaining early and mid-Foundation Establishment cultivators, though yearning for it, knew their cultivation level was too low. Signing up would only result in being beaten, which was pointless. They didn’t even have any interest in the Inner Sect Foundation Establishment Competition, so naturally they wouldn’t participate.

Therefore, no one replied.

Seeing this, You Xiaohua nodded and said, “I have noted down the names of those who have signed up. Everyone, please disperse and go complete your tasks.”

Everyone immediately stood up and said, “We’ll take our leave.”

After saying that, they dispersed one by one.

Yu Xian left the alchemy hall and, without returning to his courtyard, went straight down the mountain and headed out.

I wonder if the three-striped tiger is still at any of the dozen or so nests marked on the map.

If it’s not there, then it’s like looking for a needle in a haystack; it’ll be extremely difficult to find.

After leaving the Haotian Sect’s main gate, Yu Xian used the Cloud Soaring Technique to rise into the air and head southeast. At the same time, a thought popped into his spirit beast pouch.

More than four years have passed, but it is unknown whether Yunzhonglu has completed its advancement.

The thought followed the spiritual energy into the spirit beast pouch, where the Cloud Heron remained lying in the same spot, not yet awake.

However, its entire body was radiating a faint heat!

Meanwhile, an extremely long, fiery red feather had grown from the feathers on its tail, with a color like an eye, which was very beautiful.

Upon seeing this, Yu Xian was overjoyed and thought to himself, “Could it be that it has awakened some kind of innate firebird bloodline? Good! Burning away the impurities and restoring an ancestral lineage—if you can succeed, your future will be limitless!”

However, since it didn’t wake up, I had no mount to ride and could only use magic to fly 20,000 miles away, which would take a day or two.

The little phoenix cat changed its location and hid in a corner.

Over the past four years, it has consumed a considerable number of cultivation spirit beast pills given to it by Yu Xian. In addition, it has good talent and is now equivalent to a mid-level fourth-order spirit beast. Its size has also decreased slightly, and a sixth extremely blurry line has appeared on its body without its knowledge.

Yu Xian revealed a satisfied expression. In four years, this little phoenix cat had gone from the lower rank of the fourth level to the middle rank of the fourth level. It was quite diligent.

The ancestral lineage of the Phoenix Cat is said to have been left by the Phoenix, but in Yu Xian’s opinion at this moment, it should not have much to do with the Phoenix.

Phoenix and Phoenix are two kinds of innate beings!

These two extremely powerful innate beings, through their union with other innate birds and their own union, gave birth to countless colorful phoenixes, celestial phoenixes, azure luan birds, and phoenixes of the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire, earth), as well as countless other birds of all kinds.

But it’s impossible for a bird to give birth to a cat. How could a bird possibly give birth to a cat?

As for the union of birds and beasts, it is basically impossible.

The ancient beasts with bloodlines similar to the phoenix and the dragon were something Yu Xian didn’t know for a moment.

Perhaps in the future, when our knowledge broadens, we will be able to guess what kind of innate being this little phoenix cat’s ancestor was.

Yu Xian watched for a while before turning his gaze away.

However, he paused for a moment, then looked at the little phoenix cat.

If you’re lucky, you might be able to find the three-striped tiger among the dozen or so marked dens it inhabits.

But if you’re unlucky, it can be really hard to find.

Therefore, the little phoenix cat’s ability to detect scents becomes especially important.

With its help, finding the three-striped tiger might be much easier.

Thinking of this, Yu Xian made a move and landed directly in front of the little phoenix cat.

But upon hearing this, Yu Xian immediately raised an eyebrow, revealing a hint of anger.

You wouldn’t know unless you looked closely; from a distance, this little phoenix cat looked like it was diligently cultivating itself.

But upon closer inspection, the little phoenix cat was seen with its four paws tucked in, resembling a large patterned sea cucumber, its head lowered, and it was actually purring softly!

Is it practicing meditation there? It’s probably just taking a deep nap.

Yu Xian couldn’t stand the little phoenix’s lazy behavior. With a thought, he transformed into a ball of spiritual energy, grabbed the little phoenix by the neck, and threw it away.

Meow!

Just as it was sleeping soundly, it was suddenly disturbed. The little phoenix cat let out a startled cry, spun around in the air several times, adjusted its body, and landed on all fours. Only then did it look at Yu Xian with fright in its eyes.

“Instead of cultivating properly, you’re sleeping?!”

Yu Xian said in a deep voice, “Do you think you can be lazy just because you’re talented?!”

The little phoenix blinked and meowed, as if in defense.

Yu Xian shouted, “Still dare to argue?!”

The little cat immediately shrank back, lowered its head, and dared not meow again.

“You better remember this.”

Yu Xian looked at the little phoenix cat and said in a deep voice, “Every moment, every minute, every breath! You must cultivate diligently! There is no such thing as rest! Although your aptitude is good, it is only comparable to the Cloud Heron! In this world, there are countless spirit beasts and demon beasts with aptitudes ten, a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand times better than yours! They are born to be overlords, to be unique! And what are you!? You are just an ordinary phoenix cat! There are hundreds of millions of phoenix cats like you in the world! Yet you don’t think about working hard, but about resting! Who do you think you are!? What right do you have to rest!? Do you think you can easily break through to the fifth, sixth, or even seventh, eighth, or ninth rank!? If you get old, your qi and blood decline, your comprehension decreases, and there is no possibility of further progress, what use will you be except as a meat pet, skinned and dismembered, having your beast core extracted and your blood squeezed out!? Do you even understand!?”

The little phoenix cat trembled slightly, looking up at Yu Xian with a shiver in its eyes.

It seems to understand, but more than that, it doesn’t.

With the intelligence of a seven or eight-year-old child, can it really understand all that you say to it?

It has no idea how cruel the future can be…

Yu Xian looked at its appearance, closed his eyes slightly, took a deep breath, opened his eyes again, and sighed, “It’s alright, you don’t understand, that’s fine, but I will urge you until you understand. During the years when you don’t understand, any strictness I give you is for your own good. Although there are billions of phoenix cats in the world, you and the heron in the clouds are unique. If I don’t help you, who will I help?”

The little phoenix cat looked at Yu Xian, meowed, and walked over to gently rub against the phantom of Yu Xian formed from spiritual energy. Although it did not understand the meaning behind Yu Xian’s words, Yu Xian’s anger made it understand that it could not be lazy! It had to devote all its efforts to cultivation and could not delay for even a moment!

Yu Xian reached out and stroked the little phoenix cat’s head, calmly saying, “Cultivate well, cultivate well! Otherwise, even if I don’t eliminate you, this cruel world will.”

Having said that, his figure vanished abruptly, his thoughts returning to their original state.

Outside, Yu Xian remained calm, a hint of helplessness in his eyes. He sighed softly, then channeled all his energy and headed southeast towards the location shown on the map.

There is a country 20,000 miles to the southeast, covering an area of ​​several thousand miles. Although it is not large, it is close to the Xuan Tian Sect. Therefore, apart from the changes of dynasties within the human race, there are basically no evil cultivators or demonic beasts coming to harass it. As a result, the number of people is quite large. Although the country is not large, it has nearly 10 million people.

It seems that because of the conflict between the Blood River Sect and the current Haotian Sect, the management of the surrounding mortal kingdoms has been neglected. As a result, not only are there many evil cultivators causing trouble, but also many demons who come out from the deep mountains and forests and the boundless wilderness to wreak havoc, devouring humans to quickly cultivate and increase their strength.

This three-striped tiger is one of them.

As for stronger demonic beasts, those are naturally dealt with by Golden Core experts.

As the sun set and the moon rose, and the moon set and the sun rose again, Yu Xian flew for a day and a night before arriving at the mortal kingdom called Qiuqi.

After taking out the map and glancing at it, Yu Xian headed straight for the county ravaged by the Three-Striped Tiger.

The county originally had a population of no less than 50,000, but the three-striped tiger rushed in and devoured several thousand of them.

Therefore, the entire county was in a state of panic. People were fleeing or hiding. Apart from the elderly, the weak, the sick, and the disabled who were unable to leave, there were hardly any people left in the county.

Now that Yu Xian had arrived from the sky, many elderly people who were waiting to die rushed out of their homes, knelt down, and cried out with tears streaming down their faces, “The Immortal Master has come! The Immortal Master has come! The Immortal Master has come to exorcise the demon for us! Immortal Master! Avenge my son!! Immortal Master!!”

In an instant, countless people also ran out from their hiding places. Looking at Yu Xian walking in the sky, they all knelt down and shouted, “Welcome, Immortal Master! Please, Immortal Master, exorcise the demon!”

Yu Xian glanced down, said nothing, and carefully looked around.

The destruction caused by the Three-Striped Tiger was still evident; houses had collapsed everywhere, huge footprints, burn marks, and a faint aura of a demonic beast all proved that the Three-Striped Tiger had only been gone for a few days.

But based on his own senses, he really couldn’t tell which direction the three-striped tiger had run off from.

After thinking for a moment, Yu Xian raised his hand to beckon.

With a delighted meow, the little phoenix cat leaped out and landed on Yu Xian’s shoulder.

It’s been four or five years since I’ve seen the real world.

Having been confined for too long, the little phoenix cat looked excitedly at the vast and boundless world and couldn’t help but raise its head and let out a long howl.

Meow!

Yu Xian let it bark for a while, letting it vent its anger, before saying calmly, “That’s enough. I’m asking you, can you smell the aura of the Three-Striped Tiger Demon Beast? Which way did it run off to?”