330: Mission of the Wildfire Elder

Seeing Xun Xiuyuan accept the jade pendant, Titan also revealed a smile.

“My life truly depended on your pills to survive this time. Although only a hundred years passed in the secret realm, the injuries in my body were still worsening.”

Speaking of this, Titan held the bottle of Law Comprehension Paste in his hand and continued, “This Law Comprehension Paste is truly miraculous. It can actually help me comprehend new laws. Even places that felt obscure before became easy to understand. With these hundred pills, I estimate my injuries will slowly be offset and eventually recover by the superficial understanding of the new laws I comprehend. Even if I can’t advance to the Saint King Realm, it’s still excellent.”

Titan directly informed Xun Xiuyuan of the importance of these Law Comprehension Pastes.

It was tantamount to saving his life in a roundabout way. Although the main reason was his own profound accumulation of insights, Titan did not mention it.

Xun Xiuyuan smiled and said, “It’s good that these pills are helpful to Senior Brother. At today’s master-disciple ceremony meeting, why did Senior Brother recommend Vice Sect Leader Qinghui? Didn’t we discuss and decide to acknowledge Feng Lin as our master?”

Titan smiled and said, “I came to you for two things. The first is about your Law Comprehension Paste, and the second is about Vice Sect Leader Qinghui.”

“If the one who came today wasn’t the First Vice Sect Master Qing Hui, but the Sect Master or the Second Vice Sect Master, our plan would still be to acknowledge Feng Lin as our master.

But Qing Hui is different; he hasn’t been corrupted.”

Titan’s words were firm, as if Vice Sect Leader Qinghui could never be corrupted.

Seeing Titan speak with such conviction, Xun Xiuyuan couldn’t help but ask in confusion, “Why?”

Titan smiled and said, “Because Vice Sect Leader Qinghui cannot be corrupted.”

Xun Xiuyuan frowned, still not understanding.

Titan smiled and said, “Vice Sect Leader Qinghui is very special. His soul and body cultivate separately. The primary target of corruption is the soul. If the soul cannot be corrupted, subsequent matters cannot proceed. This is also the most difficult reason to discover, as the soul is formless and intangible.”

“When Qing Hui’s soul appeared during the master-disciple ceremony, it was merely a materialization of a divine ability, not that the soul actually looked like that.”

Xun Xiuyuan understood this statement. The Law of the Soul was one of the earliest laws Xun Xiuyuan had comprehended, so he understood it very well.

Seeing Xun Xiuyuan’s look of realization, Titan continued, “After Qing Hui’s body achieved the Saint King Realm, he went to the Cosmic Battlefield and never returned to the Yuan Ling Sect. His soul, however, remained in the Yuan Ling Sect. So, his body on the Cosmic Battlefield has no soul and cannot be corrupted.”

What Xun Xiuyuan couldn’t understand was that the soul must be attached to the body.

Even at his current realm, if his soul left his body for too long, it was highly possible for them to become two relatively independent entities. Wasn’t Vice Sect Leader Qinghui afraid of such a situation occurring?

Although he didn’t ask, Titan saw Xun Xiuyuan’s confusion.

He continued to explain, “Vice Sect Leader Qinghui is not human; he belongs to a special race. This ability is something we humans do not possess. Because of this, Qing Hui has become the most trusted person among those of us who have not been corrupted.”

Xun Xiuyuan understood why Titan wanted him to acknowledge Vice Sect Leader Qinghui as his master. He then stood up and said, “Should I go to Elder Shanhuo’s place to receive a mission now?”

Titan nodded and said, “Logically, yes, because this is the custom of the Yuan Ling Sect. If you hadn’t acknowledged Qing Hui as your master, you would probably have been summoned by Mountain Fire by now.”

Xun Xiuyuan smiled and said, “If it’s a blessing, it’s not a curse; if it’s a curse, you can’t avoid it. I’ll go and get the mission.”

Titan nodded, “Although the Cosmic Battlefield is very dangerous, about eighty percent of the area near the base at the exit of our Yuan Ling Universe is still under the control of our Yuan Ling Sect. The Four Grand Elders are also guarding it. Although I suspect some people, there have been no instances of disciples being killed. You must know that the minimum realm to enter the battlefield is True Saint Realm, and unwarranted losses would have too negative an impact.”

Xun Xiuyuan bade farewell to Titan, left the secret realm, and headed to the territory of Elder Shanhuo, the mission elder.

The Mission Hall was right in the center of Mountain Fire’s territory, a tall and prominent edifice that Xun Xiuyuan spotted from a great distance.

Upon arriving closer, after verifying his identity at the mountain gate, a direct disciple immediately came to personally guide Xun Xiuyuan, acting very cordially.

After all, Xun Xiuyuan was a core disciple, his status far above that of a direct disciple, and almost all core disciples were of the Great Saint Realm.

The guiding direct disciple couldn’t help but ask in confusion, “Is Senior Brother Xun only returning today? I don’t seem to have seen Senior Brother Xun before.”

The guiding disciple was also a True Saint, and he learned Xun Xiuyuan’s name when Xun Xiuyuan verified his identity.

Xun Xiuyuan smiled and said, “No, I just joined the Yuan Ling Sect.”

The guiding direct disciple was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, “Xun Xiuyuan, so it’s you. Your great name is known throughout the entire Yuan Ling Sect, and the news of you acknowledging the Vice Sect Master as your master has already been broadcast throughout the sect.”

Xun Xiuyuan knew that the Yuan Ling Sect was like a complete nation; seemingly scattered, but in fact, the connections between them were still very deep. He was not at all surprised that his information could spread so quickly to Elder Shanhuo’s territory.

If it weren’t for the so-called problems that had arisen in the Yuan Ling Sect, the former Yuan Ling Sect should have operated like a precise machine, running in an orderly fashion.

The direct disciple led Xun Xiuyuan to the entrance of the Mission Hall and said, “Senior Brother Xun, your rank is high, so your missions are personally issued by the Elder. You can just go in; the Elder is on the top floor of the main hall.”

Xun Xiuyuan thanked the disciple and entered the Mission Hall.

The first floor of the Mission Hall was crowded with people issuing missions, accepting missions, and submitting missions.

It was very busy, but Xun Xiuyuan’s entry did not attract the attention of others. Xun Xiuyuan walked directly to the elevator on the side, and after entering, he went straight to the top floor.

Mountain Fire received a message from his subordinate and called Xun Xiuyuan in.

Upon entering, Xun Xiuyuan saw Mountain Fire behind the desk. It was a very simple office, unlike the atmosphere on Nangong Yan’s side; it was very harmonious here.

Mountain Fire looked up at Xun Xiuyuan and said, “Choose one of these two missions.”

Although Mountain Fire couldn’t overtly trick Xun Xiuyuan, if he chose wrongly, he couldn’t blame him.

Xun Xiuyuan took the documents and looked at the two missions.

First mission: Enter the Cosmic Battlefield, obtain one hundred cosmic stones, and earn one hundred merit points.

Second mission: Enter the Cosmic Battlefield, kill one hundred True Saints from other universes, and earn one hundred merit points.

Xun Xiuyuan was a bit puzzled and asked, “Is there a difference between these two missions?”

Mountain Fire did not hide anything: “cosmic stones are a universal currency, similar to fragments of the primordial World, and can greatly improve the growth of the inner World. As for the second mission, it’s self-explanatory: fight on the battlefield.”