Mortal Seeking Immortal

A hundred miles southwest of the Spirit Beast Sect, on a sparsely populated barren mountain.

A mixed-haired hare was cautiously jumping out of its hole and looking for food around. Just as the hare found a piece of lush and tender grass and was about to feast on it, a figure suddenly appeared from behind a huge rock next to the grass.

Faced with the huge monster that suddenly appeared in front of it, the hare was so frightened that it turned around and ran away. In a short while, it hid in another secret cave it had dug.

This figure was Ye Zhou, who had just left the Spirit Beast Sect!

Ye Zhou looked around suspiciously: "No one followed? How is it possible?! Someone was clearly watching just now."

Ever since he felt that he was being watched in the mission hall, Ye Zhou has been more cautious. He usually stays at home and has never offended anyone in the Spirit Beast Sect. The only ones who have conflicts of interest with him are his two senior brothers, Baili Chen and Wan Du Dao Ren.

If Ye Zhou guessed correctly, the people who monitored him should be sent by these two people. Although it is unknown who sent them, their purpose is probably to secretly attack him.

After all, one of the three of them is missing, and the probability of the other two becoming the Sixth Elder's direct disciples is increased.

Ye Zhou pretended to be calm and accepted the task and left, but in fact he wanted to make the other party relax their guard.

After leaving the Spirit Beast Sect, Ye Zhou performed the Liangyi Step halfway, quickly hiding his figure and breath, hiding in this barren mountain, waiting for the person behind him to show up.

But Ye Zhou waited here for nearly half an hour, not to mention the Taoist figure around, even the shadow of the Taoist demon beast did not appear, Ye Zhou then confirmed that no one was following him.

"Sending someone to monitor me but not following me, could it be to find out what task I accepted?"

Ye Zhou guessed in his heart.

It's not impossible. Anyone can read the task jade cards in the task hall at will. As long as you remember the location of those task jade cards and the tasks inside, you will definitely know what task Ye Zhou has accepted.

"Since he didn't take action halfway and secretly investigated what task I accepted, it is very likely that the person behind the scenes wants to tamper with the task. We have to be on guard."

Ye Zhou's face was solemn. He quickly changed his appearance and changed his clothes. Then he left this place and headed for the task destination farthest from the Spirit Beast Sect.

According to common sense, disciples who go out to do tasks will choose to do the nearest task first, but Ye Zhou chose to do the opposite.

Two days later, Ye Zhou appeared on the edge of a group of mountains in the northeast of Donglin Country.

The mountains here are rolling and rarely visited. It is a paradise for all kinds of monsters to reproduce and thrive. Many powerful monsters can be seen in the forest from time to time.

Powerful breaths accompanied by the majestic roars of monsters rose from the mountains and shook the sky!

This dangerous mountain range is located at the border of Donglin Country. Beyond this mountain range is the territory of Wuliang Continent. However, from ancient times to the present, there are very few cultivators who can cross this mountain range alone. This mountain range is named Yushan by the people of Donglin Country.

As long as you enter this mountain range without permission, it will be as terrifying as being in hell. The monsters entrenched here will tear every cultivator who trespasses into this mountain range to pieces, leaving no trace.

One of the destinations of the missions that Ye Zhou accepted is in a small town called Qingyan not far from Yushan.

Ye Zhou adhered to the principle of being careful when going out, and took a short rest here to restore his spiritual power to a full state. Then he put away the flying boat, hid his cultivation to the twelfth level of Qi training, and flew slowly to Qingyan City on his sword.

Ye Zhou had calculated in his mind that two months was more than enough to complete these eight tasks. He didn't want to complete the tasks at a high speed and then take on other tasks.

After flying for just over an hour, a city made of huge green rocks appeared in front of Ye Zhou. A series of large and small formations flashing with various colors were silently operating above the city, protecting the city from foreign invasions.

From time to time, Qi training cultivators flew to Ye Zhou's side, approaching the outside of Qingyan City and walking into the city. Among them, there were some cultivators in the early stage of foundation building.

From the endless stream of people outside Qingyan City, Ye Zhou could easily see that this small city was very prosperous, almost comparable to some medium-sized cities in Donglin.

Ye Zhou remembered seeing in the mission jade slip that Qingyan City was just a remote border town hundreds of years ago.

At that time, there were very few cultivators who came here, and most of them made a living by hunting monsters in Yushan. The residents living here made a living by mining the local specialty, a kind of green hard rock.

Until later, a medium-sized spiritual stone mine was discovered around Donglin Country. By mining spiritual stones, Qingyan City became increasingly wealthy from a remote and poor town, attracting a large number of cultivators and mortals who came here to trade. As a result, this small town gradually evolved into what it is today.

Ye Zhou released his divine sense and carefully explored the sky above the city outside the city. He did not find any demonic energy mixed in it. It seems that the demon cultivators hiding here are really good at hiding as described on the task jade card.

It seems that we can only go into the city to inquire.

Ye Zhou lowered his flying sword and passed through the city gate like an ordinary cultivator, heading straight to the most prosperous city center.

As soon as Ye Zhou arrived at a prosperous street in the center of Qingyan City, he saw a waiter with a cloth on his shoulder and a second-level Qi training level walking towards Ye Zhou from the door of a busy inn, smiling and inviting Ye Zhou to stay in the hotel.

Ye Zhou glanced at the hall behind the waiter where many cultivators had gathered. He thought that if there were any demon cultivators roaming around in the city, no matter how good they were at hiding, they would always reveal some clues.

This inn is crowded with people, and it is a good place to get information, so he followed the waiter into the inn.

In the inn, Ye Zhou found a table in the corner, threw a bag of low-grade spirit stones to the waiter, and asked the waiter to prepare a secluded upper room for him, and then drank tea here while listening to the surrounding monks talking.

Ye Zhou listened here for a long time. Most of these monks discussed transactions with each other, and some were looking for people to form a team to kill monsters in Yushan Mountain and get some materials from monsters to exchange for spirit stones. No one talked about anything related to demon cultivation.

Ye Zhou was not in a hurry. Anyway, he had plenty of time, so he just sat quietly in the inn and listened to the monks chatting.

Finally, after a wave of monks chatting in the inn changed, three Qi training monks dressed as casual cultivators sat at an empty table next to Ye Zhou.

Unlike the other cultivators around them who were dressed neatly, the clothes of these three wandering cultivators were a little messy, as if they had just escaped from somewhere. One of them looked pale and dazed, with a hint of panic in his eyes.