Chapter 109: Star-Sky Alien Extermination Mission

Just as Zhang Yunlu was once again starting to match for a battle, on the Xiang Jianzong's internal forum, a post had attracted many comments.

【Another Comprehension-Stage cultivator has started farming the rankings. When do you guys think she'll start Foundation Establishment?】

Aminos: "No more than a week."

Above Green Peak, Green Edge Again: "Is the person above talking nonsense?"

Above Green Peak, Green Edge Again: "I guess three days. I think tomorrow she'll top the leaderboard, rest one day, then start Foundation Establishment the day after."

Swordsman A-San: "Speaking of which, the small squads preparing to charge the rankings must be dumbfounded running into someone farming the board."

A-Fu Loves to Fence: "I don't get it. Even though a Comprehension-Stage Qi Refining cultivator is impressive, she can't beat any random mid-Foundation Establishment or above, right? Since they know who she is, why not just find her offline and warn her not to do this?"

Aminos: "Look look, here's an idiot / pointing with finger."

Can't Stay Calm at All: "This is reverse-trolling, right? I don't believe that even now there are still brain-dead people like this."

A-Fu Loves to Fence: "That Zhang Yunlu hasn't even joined any of the top-ranked squads. Compared to the huge benefits of topping the board, wouldn't it be normal for someone to cause her trouble?"

A-Fu Loves to Fence: "Anyway, if I were the number one in Qi Refining, I'd definitely send someone to warn her."

The current number one in Qi Refining comes from a fairly strong squad, the kind with a certain scale even within the Inner Gate.

Can't Stay Calm at All: "Alright, so he really is a brain-dead person. This kind of heartfelt outpouring where the large intestine does the peristalsis instead of the brain — I could never come up with that in my whole life."

Ming Feng - Xu Changming: "You son of a bitch! Would I be so fucking bored as to go cause trouble for a Comprehension-Stage Qi Refining cultivator?!"

Ming Feng Squad's Xu Changming, the current number one on the Qi Refining battle rankings.

Aminos: "Haha, the main character himself got blown out."

Swordsman A-San: "Spread the word — Ming Feng Squad is going to cause trouble for the Comprehension-Stage Qi Refining cultivator!"

Above Green Peak, Green Edge Again: "Ming Feng Squad is going to send a Jin Dan cultivator offline to really deal with that Comprehension-Stage Qi Refining farmer?"

Instead of stopping because the main character had appeared, even more troublemakers piled on in the comments below.

By the time it spread, it even became that Ming Feng Squad was preparing to have a Soul Transformation elder work behind the scenes to assign Zhang Yunlu a certain-death mission.

【Heard Ming Feng Squad wants to go after a Comprehension-Stage Qi Refining cultivator? You think she really has no background?】

The content was actually just one image.

【Name: Zhang Yunlu】

【Affiliated Squad: Future Sect Master Alliance】

In the Xiang Jianzong, the only person who would create a squad under this name — Little Ancestral Grandmaster! Back then, quite a few people wanted to join the squad she had created, but she didn't think any of them were good enough.

So the threshold is Comprehension? Once this post came out, another pile of people below mocked Ming Feng Squad for kicking an iron plate and the like.

Others guessed which Soul Transformation elder they would arrange.

And the Ming Feng Squad members who saw these comments were all dumbfounded — from start to finish, they had never once thought about going to cause trouble!

Zhang Yunlu herself was unaware of the forum discussion about her, and Chi Jiuyu, because of Yue Ling, also did not get involved in it.

…………

The next morning.

Chi Jiuyu and Yue Ling walked out chatting and laughing.

Although their initial meeting hadn't been that pleasant, after a night of getting familiar, Chi Jiuyu found that she got along quite well with her master's natal sword.

"I'll tell you, don't be fooled by how cold the master is now, barely able to get two words out in half a day — she used to love talking."

"Oh?"

"She was just like you now, chattering away, and at night when sleeping she especially loved holding me and talking."

Yue Ling had even suspected that the reason she wasn't as tall as Big Sister Moon Shadow after taking human form was the lack of sleep back then.

"That's called being lively!" Chi Jiuyu emphasized, "Then why did Master become like she is now?"

She just felt that Master should be like her — and looking at it now, she was right.

"Emm…" Yue Ling recalled for a moment, "I remember it was after Master's and Xiang Jianzong's master passed away, right? Master talked less and less, and slowly became like she is now."

Master's and Uncle-Master's master?

"Then do you have any impression of Ancestral Master?" "I do have a little. I remember Master and Xiang Jianzong both respected him quite a lot."

"……"

Isn't that just stating the obvious? "Also, also, he always seemed very busy, and whenever he had free time he especially liked raising fish."

Raising fish?

Chi Jiuyu thought of the nine fish she had eaten back then… she seemed to somewhat understand why Master had angrily strung her up and beaten her.

Just as she was about to ask more, a slender figure suddenly appeared not far ahead — it was Bie Xuening.

Both of them paused mid-step, feeling a sudden twinge of guilt.

"Come."

With one soft word, Yue Ling felt herself uncontrollably rushing toward her.

"Master, I was wrong—"

Before she could finish, her entire body transformed back into her true form of a longsword, landing in Bie Xuening's hand.

"—!"

Chi Jiuyu: "……"

If she wasn't seeing things, she had just almost knelt, hadn't she? That's it?

That's the one who was bragging to her last night about how much Master valued her, how much Master cherished her.

"Disciple greets Master." Chi Jiuyu's expression was calm.

How could one panic at a time like this?

Bie Xuening stared at her for a while, but Chi Jiuyu remained unmoved.

"She's about to reach Foundation Establishment. Go watch over her. Once she breaks through, bring her along to this place to carry out the mission."

With a light gesture, Bie Xuening sent a wisp of spiritual light into her third eye, and a stream of information unfolded within her.

Western Star Region, Chi Yu Star System, Chifeng No. 47 Star System.

This is the coordinates.

All alien species on the third, fifth, and seventh planets of this star system have been confirmed in rebellion. This region lies under the jurisdiction of the Xiang Jianzong; according to the Xiang Jianzong's Starry Sky Management Regulations, they must be eradicated.

Her mission is to exterminate all alien species on the third and seventh planets.

Zhang Yunlu's mission is to kill the alien king and the biological weapon core on the fifth planet.

"Teacher, I might be able to complete this mission, but even if Xiao Yunlu has reached Foundation Establishment, she still…"

The alien king and the biological weapon core are equivalent to a Nascent Soul cultivator. Don't say Foundation Establishment—she couldn't even defeat a Jin Dan.

Bie Xuening opened her hand, and a radiant talisman engraved with the character "Sword" floated toward Chi Jiuyu.

"Carry my talisman and activate it. Within this star system, all cultivators above Foundation Establishment, except you, will be suppressed."

"Hmm… if it's such an easy mission, why not send someone else?"

You could send them to the Eastern, Southern, or Northern Star Regions.

But the Western Star Region? She absolutely doesn't want to go there.

"No."

… Chi Jiuyu fell silent for a moment; it seemed there was no escaping it. "Then I have one more demand!"

"Speak."

"You must reimburse me for the starship's energy costs!"

"Agreed," Bie Xuening replied without hesitation. "In addition to the starship energy costs, I'll give you an extra million contribution points for incidental expenses."

Huh? Is it really this generous this time?

Second chapter update. One more to come.

(End of Chapter)