After finding a random place to rest for a while, Gao Yuan wore a mask and a cloak, wielding the wind spell and quietly suspended in the air more than a thousand meters above the ground, staring at the majestic Qifeng Mountains in the distance.
In his mind, he inadvertently recalled the scene when he first met a mysterious person outside Qingyuan Mountain. How similar was the appearance of the person at that time to his now?
When he thought about this, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
In less than a year, his situation has changed dramatically.
When he first arrived in Qingyuan Town, with his cultivation level of only the second level of Qi training, he was not qualified to even be a casual cultivator outside the city.
Today, he can actually accept the mission and take the initiative to hunt down the monks who are suspected to be on the third level of Kaiyuan Realm!
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Putting away his racing thoughts, Gao Yuan focused on his eyes.
According to the map information recorded in the jade slips, the Qifeng Mountains are generally in an irregular rectangular shape, one hundred and twenty miles wide from east to west and two hundred miles long from north to south. Its scale is much smaller than that of the Qingyuan Mountains.
There are fourteen major peaks with a height of more than 1,000 meters, and countless smaller peaks scattered among them.
At this time, what Gao Yuan was looking at was the main peak of the Qifeng Mountains, 'Fengchao Peak'. It was rumored that in ancient times, the mythical beast 'Fire Phoenix' once lived here.
The names of ‘Fengchao Peak’, ‘Qifeng Mountain Range’ and even ‘Yifeng City’ in the distance are all related to this allusion.
Seen from a distance, the shape of 'Fengchao Peak' is a relatively regular trapezoid. The top of the peak has no peak, but is a somewhat concave plane.
Based on this, Gao Yuan guessed that this mountain peak might be an ancient extinct volcano that had been dormant for many years.
A total of six suspicious locations were marked on the map in the jade slip. Without other information as a reference, he wanted to find the mission target named 'She Mi', so he had only one way to investigate them one by one.
As he slowly descended to one meter above the ground, he quickly cast a spell to activate the cloak, and large crisscrossing black and white stripes appeared on the surface of the cloak.
After a short delay, Gao Yuan's figure began to become illusory.
Then he briefly identified the direction, and like a ghost, silently drifted towards the first investigation point.
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Deep in the Qifeng Mountains, less than thirty miles away from the ‘Fengchao Peak’, there is a small peak less than three hundred meters high.
Like other surrounding peaks, this small peak is lush and lush with trees, especially the densest number of sycamore trees.
It's midsummer, and the sycamore trees on the mountain are growing in full bloom. Their lush branches and leaves block the harsh sunlight, casting swaying tree shadows on the hillside.
Under the foot of the mountain on the north side, among countless trees, a deep stone cave about ten feet in size can be vaguely seen.
A low and echoing voice came faintly from inside the cave, getting louder and louder from far to near.
After a while, two figures in black robes came out of the cave.
The man at first was a burly man in his fifties with a dark complexion.
He is at least two meters tall, and his majestic body bulges out of the black robe he is wearing. At a glance, he looks like a black bear that has become sperm.
Half a step behind him, a young man in his thirties followed closely.
His appearance is completely opposite to that of the strong man in front of him. Not only is his face white, but he is also very thin. At this time, his face has a panic look on his face, and he is anxiously explaining something to the strong man.
The dark-faced strong man stood outside the cave. He turned around and frowned, listening to a few words with his hands behind his back. Then he interrupted the young man's ramblings with an impatient look on his face and sneered:
"You don't need to explain so much. Whether it's the tonic method you practice or a purely personal hobby, I don't bother to ask. You just need to remember one thing, the tasks assigned by Master must be completed to the letter!
Especially this time, I don’t care what method you use, you can’t lose even one of the two thousand blood slaves!”
When the thin young man heard this, his face suddenly relaxed. He wiped the cold sweat on his face and said with a smile:
"Don't worry, senior brother, junior brother will do his best to complete this errand this time!"
After saying that, he secretly glanced at the strong black-faced man and said worriedly:
"Elder brother, why don't you stay with me? If the hunting mission issued by the Exile Alliance is really aimed at me, you can rescue me in time!"
Seeing the panic on his face, the black-faced strong man felt a little disdainful in his heart, but there was no expression on his face. He just said indifferently:
"Don't worry about safety. I have my own arrangements and will stay here for a while. The hunting mission is for ten days. If it is targeted at you, there will definitely be exiles here within ten days.
I will take care of it when the time comes.
Master from the Exile Alliance has also made arrangements. After dealing with this Exile, if this task is issued again, someone will pick it up."
Having said this, the dark-faced man's face turned cold and he said solemnly:
"This is not the first time you have caused trouble for me. The reason why I still keep you is because you are quite capable at doing things. You'd better keep this advantage, otherwise..."
The black-faced strong man did not continue speaking, but the threat on his face was not concealed at all.
The thin young man's face froze when he heard this, and he quickly gave another piercing assurance.
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Huddled in the shadow of a huge sycamore tree that was more than ten feet wide, Gao Yuan turned on his qi-gazing technique and looked into the distance.
The loose black cloak not only concealed the aura on his body, but also greatly concealed the various fluctuations caused by his spell casting.
Due to time constraints, he had not yet had time to master the second-level version of Qi-Wang Technique.
Despite this, the Grandmaster-level Qi-Watching Technique driven by innate energy is still very effective. It can help him discover many details that are invisible to the naked eye without using the power of spiritual thoughts.
Just like now, wherever he looked, inside the cave extending underground, there were extremely illusory light black thin lines pouring out from it, extending in all directions.
"There is indeed a problem!" He whispered in his heart.
Although there are a small number of monsters distributed in the Qifeng Mountains, these thin lines of black energy that cannot be detected by the naked eye are obviously not caused by monsters. In the field of vision of Qi Wang, they are very different from monsters.
He subconsciously thought of the ember pious named 'She Mi'.
With such good luck, I found the second one after checking it?
He did not rush into action, but activated his Qi-gazing technique, carefully inspected the space within a few hundred meters around the cave, and memorized the direction and fluctuation patterns of those illusory black lines.
Then he slowly walked out of the shadows, carefully walked around the floating thin lines, and arrived at the entrance of the cave bit by bit.
Then he stretched out his spiritual tentacles and spread towards the ground under his feet.