Chapter 463

Watching as he took the Earth-Shaking Bell.

And Bai Shuqing, who still had not withdrawn.

Ye Qingxuan felt somewhat puzzled, so he raised an eyebrow and asked directly:

"Bai Shuqing, you are lingering without leaving. Is there something else?"

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's inquiry.

Bai Shuqing hesitated for a moment, and the thoughts he had just suppressed surged in his heart again.

Seeing Bai Shuqing's hesitant appearance.

Ye Qingxuan glanced at Bai Shuqing, a hint of a smile on his lips, and spoke again:

"Speak quickly if you have something to say, or I will order you to leave."

Upon hearing this, Bai Shuqing took a deep breath and made up his mind instantly.

Only then did his face, rarely seen, show determination. He bowed to Ye Qingxuan and said solemnly:

"City Lord, Shuqing does not wish to fall behind others. I wish to leave seclusion and enter the Green Demon Realm to hunt the Green Demon Clan. I beg the City Lord's permission!"

Hearing Bai Shuqing's request, Ye Qingxuan chuckled helplessly:

"Just this? I approve. After you settle the mortal residents of Huangfeng City, go to the Green Demon Realm to gain experience on your own!"

Speaking thus, Ye Qingxuan waved his hand, and two jade talismans appeared before him.

He gave a slight push, passing the jade talismans through the air to Bai Shuqing.

Looking at the two jade talismans before him, Bai Shuqing felt puzzled:

"City Lord, what are these?"

Under Bai Shuqing's questioning gaze, Ye Qingxuan began to explain:

"These are two Grade Seven High-Grade Talisman Treasures I forged. One is an offensive talisman treasure, and the other is a defensive one."

"Each talisman treasure can unleash power equivalent to the Late Stage of the Void Piercing Realm three times."

"I bestow these two talisman treasures upon you for self-defense!"

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's explanation, Bai Shuqing did not immediately take the talisman treasures before him. Instead, after a moment of hesitation, he refused:

"This? City Lord, this gift is too precious. Qing Shu has rendered no service to deserve such a reward and dares not accept it!"

If these were items of the Grade Six level.

Given his nature, he would not have been so formal with his own City Lord.

But according to Bai Shuqing's estimation, his own City Lord was merely a powerful figure at the Early or Mid Stage of the Void Piercing Realm.

Grade Seven High-Grade talisman treasures should be of considerable help to his City Lord as well.

During his hundred-plus years in Dongxuan City, he had received protection and cultivation from his City Lord, for which he already felt indebted.

In this situation, although he longed for the two talisman treasures, he still chose to refuse.

Ye Qingxuan did not know what Bai Shuqing was thinking.

Seeing Bai Shuqing refuse, Ye Qingxuan merely waved his hand casually and said:

"These two talisman treasures are just small trinkets I forged on a whim. They are not precious items to me."

"Forged on a whim?"

Bai Shuqing was slightly startled in his heart; it seemed he had underestimated his City Lord's depth.

To be able to casually forge Grade Seven High-Grade talisman treasures, his City Lord's cultivation base must be at least Late Stage of the Void Piercing Realm, if not the Peak?

Just as Bai Shuqing was surprised by Ye Qingxuan's depth, Ye Qingxuan did not pause and continued speaking:

"I bestow these two talisman treasures upon you for self-defense only because I hope you can survive in the Green Demon Realm."

"I do not wish for my hundred-plus years of cultivating you to be wasted in vain."

Upon hearing this, Bai Shuqing's heart became firm, and he no longer refused:

"Qing Shu thanks the City Lord for this great kindness!"

Having spoken, Bai Shuqing respectfully held the two floating talisman treasures before him and stored them in his robes.

No matter what his City Lord said, the kindness he had received was real.

Although he did not say it aloud at this moment, he had already decided in his heart to serve Ye Qingxuan unto death.

Seeing Bai Shuqing accept his talisman treasures, Ye Qingxuan nodded slightly, his voice ethereal:

"I hope that among the Void Piercing cultivators of Dongxuan City in the future, you will secure a place and be counted among them."

"Go! Do not disappoint me!"

Having spoken, Ye Qingxuan's figure gradually faded and disappeared.

Seeing this, Bai Shuqing bowed respectfully once more toward the spot where Ye Qingxuan had vanished and shouted loudly:

"Qing Shu will surely fulfill the City Lord's expectations!"

Afterwards, Bai Shuqing turned to look at the world beyond Dongxuan City and felt his heart and mind become incredibly open.

Unable to help himself, he let out a long, triumphant cry.

Bai Shuqing quickly flew toward the foot of Mount Wanling, his movements exuding a sense of high spirits and confidence.

At another spot on the summit of Mount Wanling.

Hearing Bai Shuqing's triumphant cry, Ye Qingxuan chuckled helplessly and shook his head:

"This young man, his character is indeed not bad!"

Three days later.

After Bai Shuqing settled the mortal residents of Huangfeng City and returned the Earth-Shaking Bell to Ye Qingxuan,

He immediately set off, leaving Dongxuan City where he had cultivated in seclusion for over a hundred years, and flew toward the nearest wormhole passage connecting to the Green Demon Realm near Dongxuan City.

On top of Mount Wanling, Ye Qingxuan watched the figure of Bai Shuqing departing and murmured:

"With a great era approaching, how could our Dongxuan City fall behind others and become a supporting character to someone else?"

Immediately, Ye Qingxuan shifted his mind.

In the next moment, every Dongxuan Token held by a core member of Dongxuan City updated with an announcement:

【Effective immediately! Any core member of Dongxuan City at the Nascent Soul realm or above may apply to form a Demon-Hunting Army and leave Dongxuan City to hunt the Green Demon Clan.】

【After slaying a member of the Green Demon Clan, the Demon-Hunting Army may retain the corpse while also earning corresponding Demon-Hunting Points.】

【Demon-Hunting Points can be exchanged for all techniques, spells, minor divine abilities listed in Dongxuan City, as well as the newly opened military formations of various ranks.】

【Military formations are special, mobile great arrays arranged with numerous cultivators serving as the array cores.】

【Formations built by cultivators of varying numbers and cultivation bases can unleash power far exceeding their individual realms.】

【Furthermore, Demon-Hunting Points do not vanish completely after use; they can be accumulated as total Demon-Hunting Points, serving as the sole basis for ranking within the Demon-Hunting Army sequence.】

【In the future, rankings across different sequences of the Demon-Hunting Army will grant corresponding titles, along with matching benefits and exchange discounts.】

(The author is bad at naming; please suggest various titles for the Demon-Hunting Army.)

Demon-Hunting Points were essentially a benefit Ye Qingxuan freely gave to his subordinate Demon-Hunting Army.

After all, he gained no direct profit from this process.

Demon-Hunting Points could only be exchanged for inheritance-type resources.

This ensured that Dongxuan City's current contribution point system would not suffer significant disruption.

It also allowed him to cultivate future independent strongholds for Dongxuan City without expending substantial resources directly.

Henceforth, any member belonging to the Demon-Hunting Army under Dongxuan City's command.

With corpses of the Green Demon Clan as the finest cultivation resources, and Demon-Hunting Points to exchange for various inheritance resources.

As long as they survived the battles, the cultivators of the Demon-Hunting Army would advance by leaps and bounds.

And in the great era to come, secure a place for Dongxuan City.

As the City Lord of Dongxuan City, he need not stand on the front stage to personally organize the Demon-Hunting Army.

He only needed to control Dongxuan City's direction from behind the scenes, letting his subordinate cultivators strive on their own.

Moreover, as long as he did not appear in person.

The various Demon-Hunting Armies under Dongxuan City's command in the future would inevitably enter a state of competition with one another.

Only through competition could the Demon-Hunting Armies under Dongxuan City's command come alive and accelerate their growth.

One flower blooming alone is not as good as a hundred flowers blooming together.

(End of this chapter.)