Chapter 368: Chapter 368: The Great Relocation of Yanyun Thirteen Cities (Four Updates)
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In front of the task wall, a multitude of disciples gathered.
They looked up at the words above, quietly discussing as they read.
“A new Sect mission, relocation!”
“What kind of odd task is this?”
“Quick, look at the details of the task.”
“This task is a Sect-level mission open to all members. It requires traveling thousands of miles to Yanyun Thirteen Cities to assist Elders in relocating the city’s residents and necessary items.”
“Note 1: The task consumes a great deal of mana, and the journey is long; it is not recommended for disciples who cannot perform Flight Spells.”
“Note 2: Disciples who meet the requirements may accept the task. Each successful relocation counts as one task completed.”
Xu Dalei read out the details of the task.
Hearing this, many disciples immediately sighed in disappointment.
They were only at the third layer of Qi Refinement and had not yet mastered the Light Body Technique, let alone higher-level flight spells like Falling Blooms in Profusion, so the task was beyond them.
“I can take on this task,” Xu Dalei said eagerly.
After the grueling practice in the Cultivation Tower, he had broken through to the sixth layer of Qi Refinement and had also mastered quite a few spells.
For him, this task was a must-have.
“So can I,” Mu Sisi said.
Her cultivation level was even higher, having reached the seventh layer of Qi Refinement, and her mastery of spells surpassed that of Xu Dalei.
“Pretty much all of us First Generation Disciples meet the requirements for the task, don’t we?” Scapegoat Wang Ping’an muttered, standing in front of the task wall.
“Brother Wang, do you think we could form a team?” asked a Second-generation Disciple who was at the fourth layer of Qi Refinement.
“That should be possible!” said Wang Ping’an, looking at the task details, “It doesn’t say we can’t form a team!”
“Then let’s form a team!”
“Great idea!”
Many disciples hurriedly looked for teammates.
“You can form a team, but each team must not exceed three members,” said Chu Yun’er, who was wearing a veil, as she added a third note to the task details.
[Note 3: Cooperation is allowed, but to prevent freeloading, each team must not exceed three people]
After reading the third note, some disciples who had planned to form teams of more than a dozen members and were of lower realms nearly burst into tears.
It seemed the task was not meant for them.
On the other hand, disciples of the fourth and fifth layers of Qi Refinement formed teams of three and successfully accepted the task from Chu Yun’er.
In front of the Sect Main Plaza.
Li Zilong stood on a high platform, with a silver spear on his back, saying, “No need to rush, all disciples who have taken on a Sect mission, please wait for a moment. In a while, we will head to Yanyun Thirteen Cities together.”
“Yes,” the disciples nodded in agreement.
At that moment, a new task appeared on the task wall.
“Look, there’s a new task!”
“This task is open to all Sect Disciples, responsible for slaying strong enemies encountered during the relocation process in Yanyun Thirteen Cities. The requirement is to have at least reached the first layer of the Element Gathering Realm.”
“It’s a high-level task meant for those with true inheritance powers; our cultivation levels are too low to complete it.”
“This task is so dangerous!”
“Look what it says: Slaying one Demon General Level enemy is considered as having completed the task once. Slaying ten High-rank Demon Soldier Level Demonic Beasts also counts as one task completion.”
“Wow, there’s no requirement for Middle Rank and Lower Rank Demon Soldiers. That means, no matter how many such demonic beasts you slay, you can’t gain any task points.”
“Never mind, we’ll continue our arduous practice and wait for our cultivation levels to ascend before participating in the relocation tasks to Yanyun Thirteen Cities.”
“Keep dreaming! By the time our cultivation levels meet the requirements, the relocation task will have long been finished.”
The disciples were greatly frustrated.
They hurriedly sat cross-legged on the protruding platforms of Feilai Peak, absorbing the spiritual energy of the place and continuing their practice relentlessly.
Others prepared to challenge the Cultivation Tower.
On the Sect Main Plaza.
“Everyone is here, let’s set off!”
Li Zilong stepped on his silver spear, which expanded to a hundred meters in length, radiating a brilliant aura. It swept up dozens of disciples, flying together towards Yanyun Thirteen Cities.
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Whitefloat City direction.
“Let’s go, we’re setting off too!”
The Deputy City Lord personally led the team.
The Nishang Palace Master, the Tyrant Blade Sect Leader, the Feathers Sect Master, and other cultivators from the Element Gathering Realm also mobilized with their Elders and Disciples in tow.
They were not from the Misty Sect.
However, Gong Qingqiu, in his capacity as the City Lord of Whitefloat City, had issued a city lord’s bounty mission.
All those participating in the relocation would receive corresponding rewards.
Everyone was quick to move.
By dusk, everyone had successively arrived at the Yanyun Thirteen Cities.
“We’ve finally arrived!”
“Is that below us the Yanyun Thirteen Cities? But why do I only see nine cities?”
Everyone looked down, murmuring among themselves.
“There used to be thirteen cities, but, unfortunately, after several beast tides, only these remain,” Li Zilong explained.
“War General Zilong, you’ve returned.” A few Element Gathering Realm Elders from Yanyun Thirteen Cities hurried over to greet them. “These past days, we’ve prepared a lot, everything that should be packed up has been taken care of.”
“Good, then let’s begin the relocation!” said Li Zilong.
An Elder looked at the several dozen Misty Sect Disciples and Whitefloat City cultivators who had come to help, his expression complex.
“Although many powerhouses have come, relocating over a million people is still too difficult!”
“Yes, it is!”
Even the Deputy City Lord and others expressed it was a challenging task.
“There’s no need for concern, soil, come!”
Li Zilong formed a sword with his fingers, touched the ground, and with his silver spear like a dragon, he pierced through the surface of the earth, lifting up a large swath of soil and rocks.
“Condense!”
Li Zilong clasped his hands in a spell, invisible pressure surged, mixing with water to compress these soils and rocks into a large platform three meters thick and five hundred meters in diameter.
“Rise!”
Li Zilong tossed out three fist-sized Floating Spheres, which, under the astonished gazes of those present, expanded and transformed into inverted triangular cone-shaped Spiritual Artifacts, propping up the earthen platform.
“Solidifying Talisman, suppress!”
Gong Qingqiu walked over from a distance, casually took out a paper talisman, and stuck it on the earthen platform, making it as unbreakable as if it were fortified with gold, and even added railings around it.
“Ladies and gentlemen, this is a Floating Sphere, a special middle-grade Spiritual Artifact personally crafted by the Sect Leader. In a group of three, it can support a weight of 60 million catties, enough to carry a hundred thousand people.”
Each person weighs on average a bit over a hundred catties.
But as they were all carrying luggage and bedding, including the weight of the earth and stone platform itself, one platform could transport a hundred thousand people.
“There’s such a method!”
“Amazing!”
Everyone looked at the large platform with a hundred-meter diameter, then down at the Yanyun Thirteen Cities below, feeling that with these devices, the efficiency of the relocation would surge exponentially.
“I think we can complete the move within three months,” said the Deputy City Lord, looking at the earth and stone platform.
“No need for so long because there are not only that many Floating Spheres.” Li Zilong took out the remaining Floating Spheres, grouped them by threes, and once more constructed earthen platforms on the spot.
Subsequently, Gong Qingqiu took out Solidifying Talismans to continue reinforcing the platforms.
Before long, thirty-three platforms had been constructed.
They hung in the sky like massive discs, a sight to behold from afar.
“As expected of cultivator Lords, with these flying discs, we can relocate very quickly.”
“I thought we were going to have to walk all the way there!”
The citizens of Yanyun Thirteen Cities breathed a sigh of relief, some even excited, eager to climb onto the Floating Platforms right away.
“Ladies and gentlemen, begin the move!”
Li Zilong and Gong Qingqiu gave the order simultaneously, and the cultivators from the Yanyun Thirteen Cities, Whitefloat City, and Misty Sect all began to move.
With their assistance, after a night of busy work, the people of Yanyun Thirteen Cities and their belongings were all moved onto the Floating Platforms.
Poultry, livestock, pots and bowls, food, firewood, rice, oil, salt, and everything else that could be moved were all placed on those thirty-three Floating Platforms.