Grandpa, times have changed.

Chapter 618 The Aura of Taunt
Another two days later.

Because the mission time had expired, many of the second batch of Ascension Messengers who had not yet chosen to settle their missions were forcibly settled by the Tai Xuan Immortal Network and recalled from the mission world.

Unsurprisingly, the vast majority of them were from the Supreme Dao Sect, and their mission completion rate was less than ideal...

There is nothing we can do about this.

Normal practitioners consider three steps ahead before taking one step, but those who follow the "path of survival" of the Supreme Daoist sect...

Every step you take requires building a road first!

This ascension mission was special because they rarely accept missions that require completing specific targets within a set timeframe.

At noon, the sun is just right.

Sword Sect Inner Sect, Sword Ancestor's Hall.

A figure slowly emerged from inside the hall, walked all the way to the outside, and finally stopped at the foot of the steps leading down the mountain.

A mountain breeze wafted from afar, causing a few strands of hair that had fallen across her forehead to flutter gently.

She wore a simple, fitted, and elegant black robe, and her long hair was tied in a high ponytail.

Her skin was fair and radiant, her neck was long and slender, and her features were delicate. She looked capable and sharp.

It was Zhang Yunlu!
Years of life-or-death experiences have tempered her, making her less naive and more composed.

Gazing into the distance, she felt a sense of being in another world.

Although only three months had passed in the Tai Xuan Realm, it felt like she had stayed in that unfamiliar world for a full three years!

After a long while, she finally calmed down.

After carefully observing the location of Chi Jiuyu's cave, she looked away, took out her phone from her storage ring, and walked down the mountain while looking at it.

She was responsible for settling accounts this morning.

After leaving the Ascension Hall, she went back to freshen up and tidy herself up. After calming herself down, she changed into the third-generation Sword Sect disciple uniform she wore when she became an apprentice and prepared to visit her master to explain the situation.

This is how it always is when we come back from missions.

This time was different. She had barely stepped out the door when she arrived directly at the Sword Ancestor's Hall.

At first, I didn't quite understand, but after my uncle explained, I learned that my master had gone into seclusion recently and I didn't know when he would come out...

However, my uncle also said that Master's seclusion this time wouldn't be too long.

only……

For a true immortal like my uncle, just how long exactly does he mean by "not too long"...?

That's unknown.

As the phone screen gradually lit up, message notification sounds rang out one after another.

The vast majority of them were pop-up ads promoting their own products, followed by ads from her older brother Zhang Xiu, her friends Lin Xuanxuan and Nangong Ruo, and others.

Even the principal of Xuanjian City No. 3 Middle School sent her a message asking if she had time to go back for the school's anniversary celebration.

The message was sent more than a month ago.

Zhang Yunlu went inside to take a look, only to find that the so-called 'school anniversary' was still more than a month away.

If you calculate the time, there's been a three-month gap in between!

"..."

Three months in advance?
This message came a bit too early.

Looking at the message, Zhang Yunlu didn't know how to reply for a moment, after all, a lot can happen in a month...

So she decided not to reply and instead started looking at other people's messages.

First and foremost is Zhang Xiu.

Lucky Xiao Zhang: "Don't worry, bro, I'm fine."

Lucky Xiao Zhang: "I was just working on a task and wasn't receiving any messages."

After sending the two messages, Zhang Yunlu waited for a while, but received no reply.

She didn't think much about it.

After all, they are cultivators; they may be practicing or carrying out a mission.

It's perfectly normal to not be able to contact someone for several months.

Then she looked at other messages.

First, there's Lin Xuanxuan and Nangong Ruo. News about them dates back a long time, and there's been no further news since.

If she's not mistaken, she's gone on a mission as part of the third batch of Ascension Messengers.

Lin Xuanxuan's messages caught her eye a few more times.

Just wanting to coast along without getting rich: "Hey Zhang, I have something to tell you in secret."

Just wanting to coast along and not wait to die: "When you get back, remember to check on the number one candidate in this year's 'Immortal Sect Special Recruitment'."

"Just wanting to coast along, not waiting to die: She's the younger sister of Senior Sister Jiu Yu's good friend, named Ye Zhiwei."

"Just wanting to coast along and not wait to die: 'Senior Sister Jiu Yu even guaranteed that she learned the Heavenly Net Sword Weft.'"

"By the way, the Qingling Qi-Evolving Pill you asked me to refine is finished. Remember to pick it up..."

There was a lot more to say after that, mostly complaints about the first batch of ascended messengers after reading the mission progress report.

My senior's best friend's younger sister?

Zhang Yunlu frowned slightly.

She remembered that her senior sister had a good friend named Ye Zhiwei, who seemed to be related to the dog brother who was beaten to tears by her senior sister in the 'Immortal Sect Grand Competition'.

emm...

That said, if it weren't for the fact that the old chat history was still there and the profile picture hadn't changed...

She really couldn't recognize who this "just wanting to coast along" was.

Why did Xuanxuan suddenly change her nickname?

Besides, this new nickname doesn't suit her at all.

She not only had to study alchemy every day, but also had to find time to cultivate herself and practice supernatural arts...

If this can be considered 'living a life of idleness and waiting to die'...

There aren't many cultivators who aren't just wasting their lives!
However, since the person was not there, she had no choice but to suppress her curiosity, exit the chat interface, and continue walking down the mountain.

Ye Zhiwei...

Since Xuanxuan mentioned it, and even learned "Tianluo Sword Manual" with her senior sister's guarantee, then let's go take a look.

Anyway, there's nothing to do right now.

……

……

Some time later, the outer sect of the Sword Sect.

Zhang Yunlu looked up at the seven divine ranking lists that descended from the inner sect continent.

Then, on the list representing Foundation Establishment cultivators, a new name had appeared prominently at the very top—

Name: Ye Zhiwei
Realm: Early Foundation Establishment

Rank: Two
At this point in time, the Sword Sect only has two Foundation Establishment cultivators, so Ye Zhiwei was ranked second immediately after joining the sect.

In the Qi Refining and Foundation Building stages.

Whether one has grasped the principles or has cultivated the foundation of good fortune, the difference is simply too great.

Zhang Yunlu herself has a deep understanding of this.

Then I looked at other lists.

After the 'Immortal Sect Grand Competition', she reached the Golden Core Perfection stage, and her ranking jumped to fourth place on the Golden Core list.

If they can "settle down" for a while longer, they might have a chance to compete for first place.

But the ascension mission came suddenly, and she was gone for three years. When she returned, her name was naturally no longer on the Golden Core Ranking.

And there it was, her name was prominently displayed near the bottom of the Nascent Soul ranking list.

Name: Zhang Yunlu
Realm: Mid-Nascent Soul Stage

Rank: 91
Not bad!

Although she spent the last three years on missions in different worlds, she did not slack off in her cultivation.

On the contrary, during this mission, she absorbed the characteristics of that world's extraordinary system and further improved her own cultivation system.

He finally broke through the Nascent Soul barrier and achieved the highest level of Nascent Soul cultivation.

For a prodigy of her level in the Immortal Sect, the period from Foundation Establishment to Deity Transformation is a time of rapid advancement, and only when she reaches Deity Transformation will the progress slow down.

It was true that the extraordinary had faded into oblivion, but she herself possessed resources.

Moreover, it is precisely because of the special circumstances of that world that the cultivators there have such ingenious ways of controlling and using their power in the smallest details. The meager spiritual energy is difficult to replenish, which leads them to use every bit of power just right. There are many things that can be learned from them, especially for a sword cultivator like her who often has to risk her life and death.

She drew upon and absorbed the essence of an entire world's cultivation system, which is one of the important reasons why she was able to make the list despite being at the mid-Nascent Soul stage.

Although it ranks last, there are so many sword cultivators in the Sword Sect, it is already quite remarkable that someone at the mid-Nascent Soul stage can achieve this.

After glancing at the name at the very top, Zhang Yunlu turned her gaze away and walked towards the Sword-Holding Hall ahead.

As someone who never procrastinates.

Since she had decided to meet Ye Zhiwei, she would definitely not delay.

……

……

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Lin Changsheng was registering the monarch-level prophetic beast he brought back from the mission world at the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall.

After submitting several forms that resembled 'contracts' and undergoing a simple check,

Qing received a light blue identity jade token, different from the jade tokens of Sword Sect disciples.

Name: Qing
Realm: Late Nascent Soul stage

Species: Spirit (Rules)
Guardian: Lin Changsheng

The original Azure was a manifestation of the rules of a world at the Nascent Soul level, and its own level was the limit that the world could contain.

That is, the perfection of the Divine Transformation.

However, upon arriving in the Tai Xuan Realm, she lost the world's blessing, and her level dropped.

Only after leaving the miscellaneous affairs hall did Lin Changsheng look curiously at Qing, who was sitting motionless and extremely well-behaved, with his identity tag dangling from his shoulder.

"What's wrong? Haven't you gotten used to it yet?"

In the previous World 11, Qing actually talked a lot, always asking this and that.

But after arriving in the Tai Xuan Realm, he stopped talking much.

They barely exchanged ten sentences in two days...

"I'm observing," Qing said sullenly.

The jade pendant he was holding in his mouth fell to the ground and was caught by Lin Changsheng.

"Did you observe anything?"

"No……"

Qing's tone became even more frustrated.

She came into this world to witness more of the 'unknown'.

But once you actually come into this world, all you see is the 'unknown'.

Those humans who were so terrifying that she couldn't even muster the will to resist, those things that she didn't understand at all.

All of this made her feel uneasy and confused.

If Lin Changsheng's appearance was like a ray of light suddenly bursting into a dimly lit room she knew all too well.

This instinctively made her want to break free from her original environment and pursue and understand the essence of 'light'.
Now, it's as if she followed the light out of the room, only to find that the outside world is an endless fog, giving her only a sense of the unknown.

Lin Changsheng also noticed her anxiety and insecurity.

But as a pure sword cultivator, he didn't know how to comfort her for a moment.

"Don't be discouraged, I will help you."

I racked my brains and could only come up with this one sentence.

"..." Qing was silent for a moment, then suddenly said something astonishing, "Let's cultivate together!"

Ok? !

Lin Changsheng was startled by these sudden words.

Qing was extremely serious.

In this unknown world, where terrifying humans abound, Lin Changsheng is her only support.

She was not close to humans in her original world because she knew about all that had happened to humans in the past.

Mating was the best way she could think of to deepen their bond.

However, this world seems to refer to the act of 'mating' as 'dual cultivation,' so she just said that to fit in with local customs.

As he spoke, Qing transformed into a dazzling purple light and landed in front of Lin Changsheng.

As the light faded, a beautiful and exquisite figure appeared.

A purple bodycon dress adorned with tiny crystals accentuated her curvaceous figure, her long, slightly wavy purple hair, and her jewel-like purple eyes seemed to hold a shimmering, watery quality, with purple eyeshadow at the corners of her eyes.

Her red lips were glossy and moist, with a small mole at the corner of her mouth, exuding charm.

Qing was very confident.

When she chose this image as her human form, she referenced many human notions of 'beauty'.

However, as Lin Changsheng looked at the alluring figure before him, a bright and ethereal young girl inexplicably flashed through his mind.

I couldn't help but sigh softly.

"Change back. Since I brought you into this world, I will definitely help you understand it."

His tone was sincere, and his eyes were clear and bright.

green:"……"

Could it be that I thought wrong?
……

……

Sword Sect Inner Sect, Sword Ancestor's Hall.

Xu Xing sat upright in the dojo, watching the messages constantly being refreshed in the 'boss' group chat.

Hongzun: "The presence halo has been distributed, and the two most serious cases have been replaced with a mockery halo."

Hongzun: "I hope this will truly improve the atmosphere within the sect."

Hongzun: "/Sigh"

Overlord: "/thumbs up"

Overlord: "That's ruthless. Those steady juniors of the Supreme Dao Sect are going to have a hard time now."

Danzu: "Seeing what Fellow Daoist Hongzun did, don't you have any thoughts?"

Overlord: "Thoughts? What thoughts? /scratching head"

Danzu: "Haven't you ever thought about improving the atmosphere of the Dragon Elephant Sky-Supporting Sect?"

Overlord: "Huh? Where is there anything that needs to be corrected?"

Danzu: "..."

A low-quality physical cultivator, a brute!

Overlord: "I can roughly understand the presence aura, but what is the effect of the taunt aura?"

Ba Zun: "Hurry up and show us @Hong Zun"

Hongzun: "Wait, let me go look for it."

Ok?
Do we still need to look for this thing?

Why don't you just put one on yourself and show us the effect?
after awhile……

Hongzun: "/image"

The image he posted was a screenshot of the internal communication group for the second batch of Ascension Messengers.

Among the group chat members, there was one named 'Liu Yue of the Supreme Dao Sect'.

The moment you see the nickname, you'll hear an incredibly arrogant voice.

"I am Chen Dongming of the Supreme Dao Sect, a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, residing in XXX's XXX within the inner sect of the Supreme Dao Sect!"

"I'm putting my words on the table today: everyone here is a bastard. If you're not happy, then keep it to yourself!"

"If you've got the guts, come and have your way with me from the inner sect of the Supreme Dao Sect!"

The first sentence is the address, and the last sentence is the real-time coordinates.

Moreover, these words may be repeated three to eighteen times, depending on the medium.

Ba Zun: "It's quite creative."

Overlord: "It's just that this taunting isn't working."

Can these few words really be called sarcasm?
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