Arriving at the trading area, Ye Qingtian looked around.
Ever since he obtained two drops of golden liquid last time, he had great faith in his intuition. But today, none of the items he saw at these stalls gave him the same excitement he felt when he found the golden liquid.
It seemed he wouldn't be finding any treasures today.
Just as Ye Qingtian was about to leave, he saw a familiar person.
Senior Sister Chu Yan.
Ye Qingtian felt a surge of excitement in his heart; this was the woman he had set his sights on.
However, he also knew that his persona was one of arrogance. At this moment, if he were to greet her first, it would make him seem overly eager to get close.
Chu Yan had come specifically because the System had reminded her that Ye Qingtian would be in the trading area at this time. Chu Yan wanted to see how Ye Qingtian would feel when he couldn't find what he wanted.
“Woman, come and greet me quickly!”
Chu Yan heard Ye Qingtian's inner thoughts and laughed to herself. Heh heh, are all Children of Destiny so pretentious?
Chu Yan saw Ye Qingtian, but she didn't go to greet him. Instead, she was with several inner Sect female Disciples, picking out perfumes at a stall.
These female Disciples smelled so good.
“Ding, detected that the Child of Destiny Ye Qingtian is anxious. Rewarding Host with 2000 points.”
Chu Yan and the women were lively as they picked out perfumes.
Ye Qingtian waited behind them for more than ten minutes, but they didn't turn around.
Finally, Ye Qingtian couldn't wait any longer.
“Senior Sister Chu Yan.”
Ye Qingtian actively called out loudly.
At this moment, Chu Yan “belatedly” turned around and looked at Ye Qingtian with a puzzled expression. The other female Disciples also turned around, looking at the person in front of them.
“Who are you? Do I know you?” Chu Yan feigned confusion.
Pfft, it was as if a knife had been plunged into Ye Qingtian's heart. No way, Senior Sister Chu Yan, you even spoke up for me at the Outer Sect Disciple selection competition before.
“Ding, Ye Qingtian feels heartbroken. Rewarding Host with 2000 points.”
At this moment, Chu Yan suddenly “realized,” “Oh, I remember now, you're the one with great physical strength.”
“Yes, it's me. Senior Sister is too kind,” Ye Qingtian said very modestly.
“Mm, good.”
After chatting briefly with Ye Qingtian, Chu Yan turned around, “Come on, let's continue looking at perfumes.”
“Okay.” The other female Disciples all turned around and continued looking at perfumes. They weren't familiar with Ye Qingtian.
Besides, Ye Qingtian's talent was indeed good. However, there were many such Geniuses in the Qingmu Sect.
“I…” Ye Qingtian was still waiting to chat a bit more with Chu Yan, but he didn't expect her to turn away after just a few words. This left all the words Ye Qingtian had prepared unused.
Moreover, if he were to actively go up and continue talking now, wouldn't he be like everyone else, becoming a persistent nuisance?
Ye Qingtian was depressed for a long time, and finally left the trading area and returned to his residence.
However, on the way back, Ye Qingtian always felt that something was missing in his heart. What was it? It was as if he had lost something, or perhaps regretted not having spoken to Senior Sister Chu Yan.
Starting the next day, Ye Qingtian began to Cultivate with an Outer Sect Elder.
According to the Qingmu Sect's rules, after becoming an Outer Sect Disciple, one could accept missions. There were many types of missions; easier ones involved collecting herbs and cleaning the Sect, while more difficult ones involved hunting low-Rank Yao Beasts.
That day, Ye Qingtian accepted an easy mission in the Mission Hall—collecting ten red root grass. This was a fire-attributed herb that grew deep in the mountains and could be used to refine some Rank one fire-attributed Medicinal Pills.
This mission was issued by a Disciple from the Alchemy Hall.
According to the Mission Hall Elder's instructions, red root grass typically grew on Yellow Leaf Mountain, five li away.
“Yellow Leaf Mountain has many Advanced Yao Beasts. To return alive, try not to go too deep. After finding the red root grass in the outer areas, leave quickly.”
The Elder warned before he left the Mission Hall.
However, Ye Qingtian didn't take this seriously; what others saw as danger, he saw as opportunity.
He felt that if he could find other good things on Yellow Leaf Mountain, like the golden liquid he found, he would strike it rich again.
Ye Qingtian prepared his luggage and headed towards Yellow Leaf Mountain.
After walking for half an hour, Ye Qingtian reached the foot of Yellow Leaf Mountain.
“That Elder said red root grass usually grows under Crimson Flame Ore,” Ye Qingtian murmured to himself.
Crimson Flame Ore was a common fire-attributed Ore.
Ye Qingtian quickly discovered a large patch of Crimson Flame Ore a hundred meters to his front left. He picked up his shovel and began digging in the ground.
After digging for an hour, all ten red root grass were found.
He put the red root grass into his spatial ring, then looked towards the depths of Yellow Leaf Mountain, licking his lips, “Anyway, I don't have to turn in the mission until this time tomorrow. I might as well go deeper and see if I can find anything good.”
Having made up his mind, Ye Qingtian walked further in.
Along the way, Ye Qingtian encountered many Rank two and Rank three Yao Beasts. These Yao Beasts were powerful, beyond what Ye Qingtian could handle. Therefore, Ye Qingtian chose to sneak and hide.
Fortunately, there were no major incidents, and he wasn't discovered by these Yao Beasts.
“The deeper I go, will the Yao Beasts be of an even higher Rank?” Thinking of this possibility, Ye Qingtian's heart grew uneasy.
However, another voice in his heart said, “Wealth is found in danger. Without a spirit of adventure, how can one improve their strength?”
Let's do it!
Ye Qingtian mustered his courage and continued forward.
After walking a few more li, Ye Qingtian heard sounds of fighting ahead.
He quickly lay down in the grass and crawled forward.
It turned out to be a human Cultivator fighting a Rank three Yao Beast, a Red-tailed Snake.
The Red-tailed Snake was over ten meters long, its body as thick as a washbasin. Each swing of its tail produced a strong whooshing sound. Wherever its tail struck, whether trees or rocks, they were shattered.
The human Cultivator appeared to be a woman, with long blue hair.
Facing the Red-tailed Snake's attacks, the human Cultivator moved gracefully and agilely, dodging flexibly, making it difficult for the Red-tailed Snake to hit her.
Even if the Red-tailed Snake's tail struck the human Cultivator, her hands constantly drew one water-attributed energy circle after another, diverting the Red-tailed Snake's attacks in other directions and neutralizing the force of the assault.
Water-attributed Cultivators are truly skilled at neutralizing enemy attacks, Ye Qingtian praised inwardly.
But when the human Cultivator turned around, Ye Qingtian gasped in his heart.
Senior Sister Chu Yan!
The person fighting the Red-tailed Snake was actually Senior Sister Chu Yan?
After a long struggle with Chu Yan, the Red-tailed Snake gained no advantage and instead expended a lot of stamina. As time wore on, the Red-tailed Snake's movements also slowed down.
“Hmph!” Just then, Chu Yan's right index finger suddenly pointed at the Red-tailed Snake.
A blue energy finger rapidly condensed on Chu Yan's fingertip, then shot towards the Red-tailed Snake.