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Within the sphere of influence of the Nanshan family in the western region, a huge snake-type demonic beast had appeared. It had attacked the village several times and swallowed humans, causing the people within the sphere of influence of the Nanshan family to be terrified.
That Goblin Beast was extremely powerful, and when the Nanshan Family sent out their disciples to kill the Goblin Beast, they would not be able to return. However, when the Nanshan Family sent out their Revealing Astral Realm experts, they could not find it.
That beast was not only strong, it also had sharp senses. Once a Revealing Astral Realm Ranker came close, it would run and hide, and only a Earth Origin Stage Ranker could make it show itself, so it had such harsh conditions.
"If a Revealing Astral Realm Ranker gets near, he will escape. Looks like that demonic beast's strength hasn't surpassed the Revealing Astral Realm, it's just that its strength is especially strong."
Su Lie pondered in his heart.
Before this time, there were already two Revealing Astral Realm s and four Earth Origin Stage Rankers who had accepted this mission.
The two Revealing Astral Realm s returned empty-handed, and the four Earth Origin Stage Rankers never returned.
This was the reason why this mission was published on the red crystal monument.
"A total of 500 contribution points! It's worth a fight!"
Su Lie clenched his hand into a fist and made a decision.
Normally, a mission would only have a few dozen achievement points at most, but this mission had a total of 500 points and was ten times more valuable than the previous missions. It was worth the risk.
It was almost impossible to not take risks when one wanted to walk the path of cultivation.
After he had finished looking through all the red crystal tablets, Su Lie returned to the fifth crystal monument. He stretched out his hand and pressed down on the crystal card.
After a moment of silence, the crystal monument established a connection with the identity jade tablet within his body. The detailed information about the mission was sent into his identity jade tablet, while the crystal monument became blank. However, after a few short breaths, words appeared again.
After receiving the mission, Su Lie did not stay any longer. After exiting the Main Mission Hall, he flew on air, however, he did not directly return to the Jiumai Peak, but instead went to Yu Ling's mountain peak.
When he came out, his face was dark.
The morning of the second day, Su Lie left the Lie Wei Inn and left the Jiumai Peak, flying straight for the sect's exit.
When he appeared outside the sect, it was already more than an hour later. Just traveling to the sect's interior was enough for him to spend an hour.
"Western Yuan Region!"
Su Lie's eyes looked to the west before his body moved and flew off.
However, what he did not know was that right after he left the Jiumai Peak, he had already been targeted by people. Once he left the sect, the news immediately spread to the other courtyards of the royal family disciples.
"Has he finally left the sect?"
Deep within a courtyard, a youth in a cyan, gold, and white robe suddenly opened his eyes.
"Su Lie, I, Qin Lin, will never forget the shame in front of Wuhua Pavilion's doors."
A cold light flickered in the eyes of that person as he took out a jade token and started to whisper.
After ten breaths of time, he finally put away the communication jade token. The cold smile on the corner of his mouth gradually spread outwards.
"..." The majority of Western Yuan Region was within the territory of the Great Qing Empire, and there were also a few that belonged to the Great Spirit Empire.
Starting from the sect, Su Lie took a full seventeen days to reach the borders of Great Spirit Empire's Nanshan family.
Within the sect's missions, there were detailed instructions for the missions. Even the places where the demon beasts frequently appeared were recorded. There was no need for Su Lie to understand the situation himself.
This mission was requested by the Nanshan clan to the Tianyuan Sect, and the Great Spirit Outer Sect did not have the confidence to pass the mission to the Inner Sect.
Su Lie also didn't have any plans to go to the Southern Clans. He directly went to the places where the demon beasts frequently appeared.
It was a desolate mountain forest. The spiritual energy was sparse, and there were no spiritual medicines nor any heavenly or earthly treasures. It was just a place to chop firewood from a nearby village.
Because of the rampage of the demon beasts, they often attacked the nearby villages and towns, devouring the living. Almost all of the villages and towns near the forest were emptied and no signs of human life could be seen.
Su Lie held the Qiankun Pen in one hand and carefully looked around, searching the forest.
According to the mission's description, the demon beast could also accurately sense the cultivation level of the cultivator. With Su Lie's cultivation, it would not be able to avoid him and should appear very soon to devour the delicacy that was delivered to its doorstep. However, Su Lie had already wandered around the forest for half a day without seeing any trace of the demon beast.
Had he eaten his fill and gone to sleep?
Su Lie was somewhat depressed in his heart. However, this was only the first day, so he wasn't too disappointed.
Although Jie Shao didn't mention how long it had taken those people to find the demon beast, they couldn't have met them the moment they arrived.
The area of the forest was not small either. It was not easy to search every single one of them within a radius of a hundred miles.
A few nearby towns and villages had already been emptied out. Su Lie was too lazy to go to the big city and directly found an empty room in the village to stay. He had already made his long-term plans.
Every morning, he would head into the mountains to search. When he returned at night, it would take him four to five days to do so.
Su Lie could not find the demon beast, but the demon beast attacked another village. Dozens of houses were destroyed, and only after devouring more than ten people did they leave.
When Su Lie arrived, the demonic beast was long gone.
From the mouths of the grieving and furious villagers, Su Lie gathered some information. That snake type demon beast was completely jade-green in color and was over a hundred feet long and thick. Its body was frightening, and that demon beast was extremely evil.
Su Lie asked the villagers about the specific strength of the demon beasts, but in the end, he did not gain anything.
In their entire village, there were only three cultivators and the strongest one was only a Natal Opening Realm. One could clearly determine the cultivation level of the demonic beast from their own mouths, it seemed that the demonic beast was even more terrifying than a divine dragon.
"It's over a hundred feet long and over ten feet thick …"
Su Lie followed the tracks left behind by the demon beasts and continued to track them. At the same time, he was also pondering about the information given by the villagers.
With such an enormous body, the power would definitely be extremely astonishing. Then, his power wouldn't be so weak.
"Jade scales all over …" Would it be poisonous? "
Su Lie's heart tightened. He hurriedly rummaged through his Cosmic Bag and took out the detoxification pills that the sect had distributed to him before placing them on his body.
The reason why the sect gave out antidote pills was because of the complicated environment outside. The disciples within the sect might have been poisoned by someone and had some life-saving abilities.
Poison was something impossible to guard against. Regardless of how much experience one possessed or how powerful one's cultivation was, it was possible for one to be ambushed with poison. Without the antidote, one could only wait for death once poisoned.
Not only that, the poison was extremely fearsome as well.
Even if it was a three year old child, without any cultivation, as long as he knew some poison skills, he could still kill Earth Origin Stage s, or even experts from the Revealing Astral Realm.
On the one hand, it was to guard against people's attacks. On the other hand, the disciples of the sect had gone out to gain experience, and there were countless poisonous creatures in the deep mountains and deep lakes. With an Advanced Antidote Pill in their hands, it was no exaggeration to say that they had an extra life.
In Wuhua Pavilion, Su Lie had sold a pill that helped him break through, but had kept the two antidote pills.
Generally, the more eccentric colored snakes were all highly toxic. According to the villagers, Su Lie guessed that the snake-shaped demonic beast was highly toxic and had made preparations in advance.
Following the tracks left by the demonic beast, Su Lie returned to the forest there. However, that demonic beast seemed to possess extremely high intelligence.
Within the forest, traces of crawling were criss-crossing, as if it was a maze. Su Lie had only followed it for twenty li before he lost track of the demon beast, causing him to feel a wave of discouragement.
"Those who send themselves don't eat, and run so far away to stealthily eat. Don't tell me that you think my taste is bad?"
Su Lie could not help but be speechless.
He could only restrain his temper and continue searching in the forest.
Before he accepted the mission, Su Lie was a little worried that the demon beast would be too strong and that he wouldn't be its opponent, so he needed to first probe it out. Right now, he didn't have that kind of thought in his mind at all.
That demonic beast was too slippery!
Su Lie searched through almost the entire forest but he could not find any traces of it.
"My luck is way too bad!"
After searching for another day and finding nothing, Su Lie couldn't help but mutter to himself.
Actually, it wasn't that his luck was bad, but that the demon beast had already sensed him and had been playing hide and seek for him.
The reason for this kind of situation was obviously because the demonic beast sensed the dangerous aura coming from Su Lie.
Although Su Lie's cultivation was only at the sixth level of the Earth Origin Stage, his body had already reached the ninth level of the metal stone and his mental strength had also reached Grade Four Alchemist's level.
While Su Lie was searching for the beasts in the forest, four to five experts left from the Great Qing Empire, passing through the borders of the Great Qing and entering into the forest.
A middle-aged man and four elders!
The middle-aged man and the three elders were at the peak of the Earth Origin Stage, and the old man with a palm sized mark on his face was even stronger, obviously he already had a Revealing Astral Realm cultivation level.
The five of them were all wearing black robes, and their heads were covered by black scarves. They silently traveled through the wilderness like five ghosts.
After half a day, they arrived outside of the forest. They had already obtained accurate information, and their target should be within the forest.
"After this matter is successfully accomplished, we will immediately return to the Great Qing Empire. No one is allowed to cause any unnecessary troubles, which would cause others to suspect that everyone should be aware of the outcome if this matter were to be exposed."
The old man with spots on his face scanned the remaining four people with his yellow eyes. He seemed listless, but none of the four dared to ignore him.
"I don't care what plans the Tang Clan has, but if anything goes wrong, don't blame me for not remembering our old friendship."
The old man spoke again.