Yan Yue and Morin's group slowly walked over from afar. In a short while, they arrived at the place where the group of five was.
However, Yan Yue did not take a detour like other passersby. Instead, she continued walking straight in the direction of He Yi Mountain Range.
Just as Yan Yue and Morin were about to walk past the five people, Yogeno strode over and nodded slightly at Yan Yue and Morin. "Fellow Daoists, are you going up He Yi Mountain Range? This mountain is full of danger. I wonder if you'd be willing to travel with us."
Yan Yue glanced at him indifferently. She did not answer and turned to leave.
Yogeno immediately said, "Fellow Daoist, don't misunderstand. We're just traveling together. We'll take care of each other, and it won't interfere with our respective missions. If we find something good, we'll naturally distribute it according to your contributions. We won't treat you badly."
"Senior Brother, why are you talking so much nonsense with them? They're just two Qi Refinement cultivators. They're even weaker than the one just now. When the time comes, they might force us to retreat!"
The little girl was annoyed when she saw Yan Yue's cold face and indifferent attitude towards them, so her tone was full of sarcasm and hostility.
"Shut up!" Yogeno growled at Zhou Ying. Cultivation did not completely represent one's strength. Such ignorance and arrogance would cause one to suffer a great loss sooner or later. Why didn't she know how to restrain herself!
Without looking at her junior sister's expression, she turned to Yan Yue and Morin and said, "Little Junior Sister is ignorant. I hope the two of you won't take offense."
Yan Yue indeed did not take offense. In her eyes, Zhou Ying was just a little girl in her teens. There was no need for her to be calculative with a child.
Yan Yue was not that resistant to Yogeno's suggestion of traveling together. She did not want to join the mercenary group because she did not want to be cannon fodder, and traveling together did not seem to affect her completing her mission. If the path was different, they could just split up again on the mountain.
Thinking of this, Yan Yue said to Yogeno, "It's fine!
Since Fellow Daoist has sincerely invited us, it would be impolite for us to refuse. When will we depart? "
Yogeno looked at the few pedestrians behind him, and gave up on looking for other companions.
Among the five of them, he was at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, his Junior Brother was at the early-stage of Foundation Establishment, and his Junior Sister was at the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refinement. Of the two people who joined them not long ago, one was at the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refinement and was a sword cultivator, while the other was at the eighth level of Qi Refinement.
Now, with the addition of Yan Yue and Morin, their team of seven was not too weak.
"We can leave now. Oh right, I'm Yogeno. I wonder if you two …?"
"Yan Yue!"
"Hehe, nice to meet you. I'm Morin. It must be fate that brought us together. Nice to meet you." Morin was not like Yan Yue, who did not worship the strong. He worshipped the strong, just like the majority of cultivators in this world.
It was not that Yan Yue looked down on the strong, but she admired and respected the strong, but she did not worship them. This was because she believed that one day, she would be as strong as them.
"Fellow Daoist Yan, Fellow Daoist Mo, let me introduce you two. This is my Junior Brother, Luo Yi 'er. The one just now is my Junior Sister, Zhou Ying. It's her first time out, so please forgive her lack of etiquette."
As he spoke, Yogeno glanced at Zhou Ying again, causing her to swallow back the words she wanted to say. His Junior Sister was insensible, but fortunately, she still listened to him.
Zhou Ying saw that her Senior Brother was so biased towards outsiders and was so polite to a few small fries in the Qi Refinement Stage. There was no need to mention how angry she was. However, she could not disobey her Senior Brother's words. Otherwise, her master would punish her to go into seclusion again.
Although she did not say it, everyone could see the deep contempt and disdain in her eyes. She was only seventeen years old and had already broken through the ninth level of the Qi Refinement Stage. It would not be long before she could break through the bottleneck and reach the Foundation Establishment Stage. Although it was only the first level, the difference between the Qi Refinement Stage and the Foundation Establishment Stage was like heaven and earth. Therefore, in her eyes, the few Qi Refinement Stage cultivators that her Senior Brother found were ants in her eyes. It was obvious that she had already regarded herself as a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator and had forgotten that she was still at the ninth level of the Qi Refinement Stage.
However, the few people present did not pay attention to Zhou Ying's expression. After Yogeno finished introducing his Junior Sister, he pointed to the other two people and said, "These two are also partners in this trip. The one with the sword is a disciple of the Wuji Sword Sect. His name is Cang Yu, and the other is Du Xiaofeng.
I hope that everyone will take care of each other on this trip. The things that you find will belong to you, and the things that you obtain together will be distributed according to your contributions. I am not talented, so I will be the temporary team leader for this trip. Alright, everyone, let's go! "
No one objected to Yogeno being the team leader. After all, he had the highest cultivation level here. In the cultivation world, strength spoke louder than words.
After each of them introduced themselves, the group of seven set off towards the He Yi Mountain Range.
The small town at the foot of the mountain was not far from the foot of the mountain range, so they only took an hour to reach the foot of the mountain.
Without the lead of the Jin Dan cultivators, no one dared to step into the dangerous area of the central region.
Yan Yue and the others only dared to wander around the periphery. After all, the mission they accepted did not require them to enter the central region. They could find it in the periphery.
In the first few days, Yan Yue specifically hunted down some large, fleshy, and low-level demonic beasts. Zhou Ying openly and secretly mocked her several times, but Yan Yue ignored her. The Tuantuan had been hungry for several days in the contracted pet space. If she did not give it food, it would make trouble for her again.
Actually, for a Level Six Spirit Beast like the Tuantuan, as long as the demonic core in its body provided energy, it would be fine even if it did not eat for a few months. However, because its cultivation level had not recovered, it was like those Level One and Level Two demonic beasts, needing to eat once every few days.
Morin's mission required a lot of medicinal herbs, and also dug up many Level One and Level Two medicinal herbs required for refining pills. In contrast, Yan Yue's mission did not make much progress.
In the periphery, Level One, Level Two, and Level Three demonic beasts were the majority, and Level Four demonic beasts were relatively rare. However, Yan Yue did not pay much attention to it. To her, completing missions was secondary, and training herself was the most important.
After a few days of getting along, everyone was much more harmonious. Of course, the noisy Zhou Ying was excluded.
In this team, the most outstanding ones were Yogeno, Cang Yu, and Yan Yue. Yogeno's cultivation level was the highest, and his battle strength and experience were naturally extraordinary. When facing demonic beasts, every move he made was accurate.
Cang Yu was a swordsman, and her battle strength and explosive power were several times that of cultivators of the same level.
The reason why Yan Yue stood out was because of her nimble movements and fast and accurate moves. Most of the time, she relied on the external force of her body to deal with demonic beasts. She rarely used spells. Compared to a spell cultivator, she was more of a body cultivator.
It was not that Yan Yue did not want to use spells, but that her spells were not good enough. They were actually low-level spells, and she could be considered to have spiritual power but no use.
This was her shortcoming. She had no inheritance, no master, and no Sect or clan that she could rely on. The only cultivation technique she had now was given to her by Cang Po. However, even so, Yan Yue did not plan to join any forces. She was free and did not want to be tied down.
As for cultivation techniques, she would definitely think of ways to find them.
However, it did not take long for her to be convinced by her naivety.
On this day, everyone gathered together to recover their strength. The group of Level One Black Dog Beasts earlier had depleted nearly half of everyone's strength.
Although the Black Dog Beasts' levels were low, they were social animals. If a single cultivator encountered a group of Black Dog Beasts, they could only run away.
In this place, only Yogeno and Yan Yue were in a better state. They did not look the slightest bit sorry or tired.
Faced with everyone's strange gazes, Yan Yue ignored them. She had expended her physical strength and did not use much spiritual power, so her physical strength was naturally abundant. She treated attacking demonic beasts as a form of training, so the more she fought, the smoother it became and she did not feel tired. It seemed that close combat was still the advantage of body cultivators.
Yan Yue closed her eyes and released her Spiritual Engulfing Divine Sense to observe the situation around her.
Yan Yue released her Spiritual Engulfing Divine Sense in a circle with her as the center. It spread out for five to six miles before stopping. This was the maximum range that her Spiritual Engulfing Divine Sense could reach with her current cultivation level. Ordinary ninth stage Qi Refinement Stage cultivators could only extend their Spiritual Engulfing Divine Sense to about three miles. Therefore, Yan Yue was once again a genius, but she did not know it.
Opening her eyes, Yan Yue frowned slightly. She felt that the range of her Spiritual Engulfing Divine Sense was still too small. If a powerful demonic beast approached, even if her Spiritual Engulfing Divine Sense detected it, it would be too late.
Could she expand her Spiritual Engulfing Divine Sense in only one direction? That way, she should be able to see further!
Putting her thoughts into action, Yan Yue used her spiritual power to control her Spiritual Engulfing Divine Sense, allowing it to expand in one direction at a 30-degree angle. Sure enough, her Spiritual Engulfing Divine Sense could cover further places. Actually, this was common knowledge that ordinary cultivators knew, but who asked Yan Yue to be a cultivator who did not cultivate properly?
Suddenly, a blurry blank spot appeared in the range of Yan Yue's Spiritual Engulfing Divine Sense. It was rushing towards them at an astonishing speed.
Yan Yue could not tell its level, so this unknown creature that was rushing towards them was at least a fourth stage demonic beast.
Looking at its speed, it would reach them in less than two minutes.
Yan Yue could not tell, so she could only ask Yogeno.
"Fellow Daoist Yogeno, there's an unknown creature approaching us from the southeast. Can you tell what it is?"
"Hmm?"
When Yogeno heard Yan Yue's words, he immediately released his Spiritual Engulfing Divine Sense in the direction that Yan Yue mentioned. After a while, Yogeno's expression instantly changed, and he said to the few cultivators who were still resting, "Everyone, quickly be on guard. There's a fifth stage demonic beast coming here."
When everyone heard Yogeno's words, they quickly stood up and made a defensive posture. Du Xiaofeng, Morin, and Zhou Ying stood in the middle of the group. They were the three weakest here.
Yan Yue and the other four people stood in the north, south, east, and west respectively. Sure enough, after a few dozen breaths of time, a demonic beast ran in front of them.
Extreme Lightning Leopard!
Yan Yue looked at this extreme lightning leopard and was slightly shocked. If it was an ordinary fifth stage demonic beast, Yan Yue would not feel anything, but the extreme lightning leopard's speed and lethality were very strong, so it was considered to be above average among the fifth stage demonic beasts. Why would such a strong demonic beast be in the periphery?