Chapter 332 Senior Brother Chen
Uncle Qi nodded and said, "That's true. The Tao family didn't have much hope, but the one who got into trouble was the head of the family after all. We have to find out whether he is dead or alive. If he is alive, we have to see him. If he is dead, we have to see his body. The Tao family finally came to us, so you just go there and do your best and leave it to fate."
After listening to Uncle Qi's words, Qingyang roughly understood what they meant. Because Qingxin Sanren couldn't afford to lose face, they arranged this task. Do your best and leave it to fate, which means that they should go there to show their respect. They can't leave people with a bad impression and affect the reputation of Qingfeng Hall. As for the final result, it is not very important.
In this way, it is easy to grasp the scale. If you can help, try your best. If it is too dangerous, just turn around and leave. No one can say anything.
After Uncle Qi finished speaking, seeing that Qingyang and Lu Dingshan did not immediately express their opinions, he thought that they were worried about danger, and then said: "This mission requires a total of three people. A disciple from the outer courtyard has already signed up. He has the cultivation level of the fifth level of Qi Refining. It is still safe to take care of him along the way."
The requirements of this mission were not high to begin with. Now that they heard that there was another disciple from the outer courtyard who was at the fifth level of Qi Refining on the same journey, there was no problem. Qingyang and Lu Dingshan had no more objections and took on the task directly. Then they thanked Uncle Deng and Uncle Qi and left the outer courtyard hall together.
After leaving the hall, the two did not return to their residence, but went to the market together. This time they were going on a long journey, so they had to make full preparations in advance and prepare some necessities.
A large purchase almost used up all the spirit stones on Qingyang's body. Not to mention the low-level talismans and elixirs, which were necessary items, Qingyang also bought a top-grade magic weapon-level forest-piercing armor, which cost him more than 70 spirit stones. This armor is said to be made of the third-level forest-penetrating beast skin, and its defense is extremely amazing. It is difficult for ordinary cultivators below the middle stage of Qi Refining to hurt Qingyang. Even if attacked by cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining, as long as they are not hit directly from the front, there will be no life-threatening situation.
Qingyang even spent spirit stones to rent a measuring plate to test the spiritual roots, of course, for his master, Taoist Songhe. The spiritual roots of cultivators are extremely difficult to measure with eyesight alone. Generally, only cultivators above the foundation-building stage have this ability. Qingyang cannot reach this level of cultivation and can only rely on the spirit measuring plate.
Including what he got from the netherworld master, including what he earned in the farming courtyard over the years, including the rewards for killing the ground rat and one ear, Qingyang has accumulated more than 400 spirit stones over the years, but he spent them all in a few days. Except for the armor that was bought for himself, the other meridian-opening pills and the rented spirit-testing plates were all for his master, Taoist Songhe. In fact, Qingyang knew very well in his heart that these things were useless, but he still bought them, even if it was just for psychological comfort.
After buying things, the two of them came to the gate of another small courtyard in the outer courtyard, ready to visit the senior brother who was doing the task with them. The two of them had asked before. This senior brother was called Chen Biwang, with the cultivation level of the fifth level of Qi Refining, and he was more than ten years older than Lu Dingshan.
This senior brother Chen Biwang seemed to be very famous in the outer courtyard. Lu Dingshan asked someone at random and found out where Senior Brother Chen lived. However, the disciple who showed them the way had a teasing look and a smirk on his face, which made Lu Dingshan wonder if he had a flower on his face.
When the two found Senior Brother Chen's residence and knocked on the door of the small courtyard, Lu Dingshan finally understood the reason for the disciple's smirk.
In front of him stood a man in his forties, not tall, with fair skin, wearing colorful clothes, with blush on his face, a small braid standing up high, and a small red flower inserted on it. If a child of five or six years old were dressed like this, it would be acceptable. But for a middle-aged man in his forties to dress like this, it would be too scary.
The man saw Qingyang and Lu Dingshan's faces full of astonishment, and seemed to be very satisfied with his appearance. He immediately smiled and said, "Are you two junior brothers stunned by my beauty? Or are you confused by my grace? Or are you shocked by my strength?"
"Brother Chen is so graceful that we are ashamed of ourselves." Awakened by the other party's words, Lu Dingshan hurriedly bowed to the other party and said.
The other party seemed not to hear the ridicule in Lu Dingshan's words, but thought it was a compliment to him, and laughed: "Hahahaha, I think so too, it seems that we heroes think alike. Two junior brothers, are you here to find me to do the mission together? I've been waiting for you for a long time."
There are all kinds of people among the cultivators, and everyone has seen strangers than Chen Biwang, so after being surprised, Qingyang and Lu Dingshan quickly adjusted their mentality. Senior Brother Chen Biwang seemed to be normal except for his aesthetics. He quickly talked about the mission he had just received from the outer courtyard without any hesitation.
"Yes, we just received a mission from Uncle Qi. I heard that Senior Brother Chen and we have the same mission, so we came to visit first." Qingyang said.
Senior Brother Chen Biwang seemed to be in a good mood. He patted his chest and said, "Okay, okay. We are from the same school and have chosen the same mission. Naturally, we have to take care of each other. You two are both at the third level of Qi Refining, right? Don't worry, with me, Chen Biwang, all the ghosts and monsters are not a problem. I will ensure that you are safe all the way. There will be no problem with this mission."
Chen Biwang's tone was very high, but it was normal because his strength was there. Under normal circumstances, for cultivators of the same Qi training level, their strength would double for every level difference, not to mention that there was a threshold between the initial and middle stages of Qi training among them? So a fifth-level Qi training cultivator could at least match four or five third-level Qi training cultivators. You can't help but accept it.
"Thank you, Brother Chen. When are we leaving?" Qingyang said.
Chen Biwang said, "I have already met the Tao family. The situation is quite urgent. The sooner we go, the better. If you don't need to make preparations, we'd better leave tomorrow."
Qingyang and Lu Dingshan looked at each other and nodded at the same time, saying, "Okay, that's settled. Brother Chen, make an appointment with the Tao family and we will come to you early tomorrow morning."
After discussing the departure time, Qingyang and Lu Dingshan returned to their respective residences to prepare for the next day's departure. In fact, there was nothing to prepare. Everything that should be bought had already been bought. As for other commonly used items, they were generally carried with them and taken when needed.
For cultivators, commonly used items would be carried in the object-storing talisman, and they would not leave anything too valuable in the cave. Qingyang had the huge space of the Immortal Drunken Gourd, not to mention that he did not even leave the commonly used common supplies. In the entire courtyard, only the spiritual herbs that Qingyang planted casually in the spiritual field to conceal his presence were more or less valuable.