Chapter 659: Chapter 660: Demonic Aura

Noon.

Chen Baiqing sat at the table and chairs where they had drunk the night before, holding a book and reading carefully.

She didn’t wait long.

Cui Hao pushed open the room door first, greeted Chen Baiqing, and naturally sat in the chair beside her, then lazily stretched.

"Senior Sister... what book are you reading?"

Chen Baiqing’s lips curved into a light smile:

"Someone’s hundred thousand words."

Hearing this, Cui Hao was as if struck by lightning, his hazy head instantly clearing—the hundred thousand words essay criticizing Eldest Senior Sister’s poor command had long been known throughout the sect.

Only the brand new hundred thousand words was what Cui Hao had agreed to write for Eldest Senior Sister.

These hundred thousand words were written with extreme flattery—Cui Hao had written them while enduring nausea.

He had to flatter to the point where Eldest Senior Sister would be too embarrassed to show it to anyone.

That day, Eldest Senior Sister had read one page and didn’t flip to the second, only giving him a look that said—you really are disgusting.

Never did he expect Eldest Senior Sister would actually show this to Third Senior Sister.

If this got out, wasn’t Eldest Senior Sister afraid her reputation would plummet?

Cui Hao opened his mouth to speak...

Seeing Cui Hao’s expression, Chen Baiqing showed a satisfied expression, then gently placed the book in her hand on the table.

Cui Hao’s gaze naturally followed, and he saw that the book’s content wasn’t the flattering hundred thousand words he had written, but rather what seemed to be a very niche treatise on the Heavenly Dao.

He asked quietly: "Senior Sister, you know?"

Chen Baiqing didn’t answer, instead picking up the book on the table and quietly reading again.

Cui Hao could only hold his breath at this.

Third Senior Sister’s methods were truly becoming more seasoned—keeping people hanging was the most uncomfortable thing.

She didn’t wait long.

Three room doors all slowly pushed open.

The three standing at the door exchanged a glance, automatically forgetting last night’s events.

Lu Lingyi walked over first, the remaining two following her steps.

"Sorry to trouble you yesterday, Squad Leader." Lu Lingyi bowed in thanks.

Chen Baiqing put the book in her hand back into her space ring:

"It wasn’t trouble. Last night, you all probably heard quite a bit about my information and personality from my junior brother. My few secrets were probably all spilled by him."

Lu Lingyi’s expression was slightly embarrassed.

Seeing this, Chen Baiqing continued:

"I’m not angry. What my own junior brother says, as his senior sister, I naturally have to own. Although I don’t know whether my junior brother told you my purpose in coming here, you should all believe that among those present, I should be the one who most wants this trial to end perfectly."

"So, I have only one request."

"If I give you any mission orders that you find hard to understand, please follow my requirements first. I accept all questioning afterward."

Cui Hao quickly stood up and was the first to respond:

"Understood, Squad Leader. No problem, Squad Leader."

Seeing Cui Hao agree so quickly, even though Lu Lingyi knew he was a plant, she could only agree along with him.

Wang Chuan and Li Zhuhua also bowed together in agreement.

Seeing everyone agree, Chen Baiqing took out a message token from her space ring and handed it to Lu Lingyi:

"The mission arrived not long ago. Take a look first. The others should prepare to depart for the Northern Julu Continent. You can explain the mission to the others on the way."

Lu Lingyi’s expression showed slight surprise. They had only met yesterday noon—how had the mission arrived already today at noon?

But regardless of her confusion, she had to reach out and accept the message token, probing it with her divine sense.

The mission received was as expected.

It was targeting a cult with connections to the Celestial Demons, and the mission was straightforward—eliminate and eradicate.

Ever since Chu Xingchen’s battle in the Western Niu Continent and Bai Xuanling’s Ascension to Immortality by Daylight, after the entire immortal sects began exchanging intelligence, most sect trials and missions had been focused on demon-hunting and extermination.

The Xuanqing Heavenly Sect was especially so.

Out of ten missions, at least eight were related to Celestial Demons and cults.

The important part of this message token wasn’t the mission content, but the intelligence.

The intelligence determined the difficulty of this mission.

Lu Lingyi’s gaze swept over the content, and her heart grew somewhat heavy.

In this mission’s intelligence, there was actually the possibility of a Spirit Transformation cultivator being present.

Although the Northern Julu Continent, from the current Central Province perspective, was definitely a place poor in spiritual energy and opportunities.

Being able to cultivate a few backbone Nascent Soul cultivators would already be good.

Spirit Transformation cultivators in the Northern Julu Continent were mostly those who had fled from the Central Province.

And a cult that could organize a Spirit Transformation cultivator to participate probably wouldn’t have just one.

As the former world’s number one immortal sect, the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect’s trial missions were naturally not a group of heaven’s favored ones using their talent and cultivation to bully surrounding Nascent Soul rogue cultivators.

Lu Lingyi nodded, accepting Chen Baiqing’s orders, but her gaze also turned worriedly toward Cui Hao.

Even for a Xuanqing Heavenly Sect Nascent Soul cultivator, facing a Spirit Transformation evil cultivator... that was extremely risky.

Let alone Cui Hao, who was only at the Golden Core realm.

But since Cui Hao was her own junior brother... presumably the Squad Leader would also take extra care of him.

Northern Julu Continent.

The Xuanqing Heavenly Sect had a teleportation array, but it couldn’t teleport directly to the Northern Julu Continent boundary.

The Northern Julu Continent nominally had no forces belonging to the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect. A Xuanqing Heavenly Sect cultivator entering the Northern Julu Continent boundary openly would easily attract attention—not just from evil cultivators. Moreover, trial missions inherently had a flavor of using the small to gamble against the large.

Changing appearance, replacing clothes, and infiltrating was the general approach.

Chen Baiqing had been to this continent boundary with Master before, handling the incense divine path matter. Zhou Ping was from the Northern Julu Continent.

But that time, the place was under the Taidao Sect’s jurisdiction, also in the Northern Julu Continent boundary near the Central Province.

The Northern Julu Continent boundary was roughly divided by four of the Eighteen Immortal Sects, based roughly on paper strength, dividing barren and wealthy lands.

Naturally, the closer to the Central Province, the better the territory.

The Taidao Sect was naturally the leading immortal sect in the Northern Julu Continent.

Chen Baiqing’s mission point was the Yunmeng Marsh in the western Northern Julu Continent.

That territory nominally belonged to one of the Eighteen Immortal Sects—the Yunmeng Pavilion.

Before departing, Chen Baiqing had also done her research. The Yunmeng Pavilion, one of the Eighteen Immortal Sects, had its earliest origins in the Yunmeng Marsh.

So in the intelligence, it was written—the extremely introverted Yunmeng Pavilion, which hardly managed external affairs, had withstood pressure from all sides and secured the rights to the Yunmeng Marsh territory.

There might be secrets to the Yunmeng Pavilion’s rise within this.

A spiritual horse covered in mud shook its head, its steps slowly pulling forward.

Cui Hao raised his gaze, then lifted the curtain behind him:

"Senior Sister, going further forward, we’ll reach the Yunmeng Marsh."

Chen Baiqing’s gaze looked straight ahead, seeing only a vast expanse of clouds and mist, with only a few extremely treacherous peaks piercing through the mist, revealing their ferocity.

The vast clouds and mist stretched and spread, as if wanting to devour everything that entered this place.

Chen Baiqing’s eyes narrowed slightly, her tone calm:

"What a massive demonic aura."

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