Everyone ascended, but I didn't get on board

Chapter 105: The Demonic Plague in Luoyang Town

Qiu Ci's training team consisted of fifteen people, eight male cultivators and seven female cultivators. Their destination was Luoyang Town, a small town in the southwest of Lanru Continent, near the Hehuan Academy.

That's right, she was the first to accept the challenge from Hehuan College. Although she didn't understand why the other party still wanted to challenge her even though she had fought against them in the competition, at least she was more familiar with the opponents of Hehuan College, so she was the first to respond to this challenge.

The challenge was scheduled for three months later, leaving plenty of time, so Qiu Ci didn't rush to contact them. Instead, he followed the training team all the way. Wan'an City had a designated teleportation array to various immortal cities, so they immediately used it to reach the nearest immortal city to Luoyang Town. The rest of the journey would require them to fly their own swords.

The group of people were not afraid of hard work. They took out the map to determine the direction before heading towards Luoyang Town.

The location of that town was indeed a bit remote. They flew for more than two hours and even flew in the wrong direction several times before they found the town. Everyone landed and prepared to walk to the town.

"Finally found it." One student breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at the older Nascent Soul student in the front and said, "Senior Brother Jiang, why don't you first explain this commission in detail to everyone?"

The senior brother surnamed Jiang nodded, looked at everyone solemnly, and said, "Everyone, the specific content of this training is to resolve the demon plague in Luoyang Town."

"Demon plague? There is a monster in the town. What kind of monster is it? What's its cultivation level?" Everyone became nervous when they heard about the monster plague. Monsters are different from monster beasts. Monsters are intelligent, and some are very cunning. Most of them have special talents that are unknown to the public. If you are not careful, you will fall into the monster's trap.

"The mission doesn't detail the specifics, so we need to explore on our own." Senior Brother Jiang shook his head, his expression becoming more serious. "The mission only states that this demon has abducted many young women in the town over the past ten years, even killing female cultivators. So I suspect this demon has practiced some kind of evil technique to replenish yin and yang. The academy's assessment is that this demon's cultivation level should be in the Jindan stage, but we're not sure whether it's in the late or early stages."

Hearing that he was only at the Jindan stage, all the students breathed a sigh of relief. It was just the Jindan stage. They still had two Yuanying stage cultivators. Even if they took a step back and said that Master Chu was still following them, there would be no danger.

Only Zhen Yi, who was standing aside, had a thoughtful look on his face.

"Luoyang Town is just ahead. Everyone, be careful and don't act alone." Senior brother Jiang warned everyone before leading a group of people towards the town.

Perhaps it was because their long, green robes were too conspicuous, that as soon as they reached the town gate, someone approached them with a delighted look on their face, "Are you all immortal masters from the Holy Academy who have come here to catch monsters?"

"Yes." Senior Brother Jiang stepped forward and clasped his fists, saying, "We are indeed students from Twin Star Academy. We received a commission from the town to come here to deal with the demon infestation."

The other party's expression was even more surprised. He immediately turned around and ran towards the town, shouting as he ran, "Mayor, Mayor, the Immortal Master of the Holy Academy is here! The Immortal Master of the Holy Academy is here!"

This shout startled everyone on the street, and many people gathered around them, looking at them curiously.

Qiu Ci observed silently and found that not all the people in this town were ordinary people. Many of them had practiced cultivation, but their cultivation level was very low. Most of them were in the Qi training stage, and the highest was only about the fifth or sixth level.

I remembered what the old man from Juanshan had said, that Blue Star had once popularized cultivation on the mainland, so it was no surprise that so many people in this town were practicing. It seemed that compared to the previous Linyuan Continent, it was much easier for ordinary people to get started with cultivation on this continent.

The training team was stunned by the enthusiasm of the townspeople and stopped their steps to enter the town for a moment, until the man who had just run away came over, supporting an old man.

"Someone from the Holy Academy has finally arrived!" The old man, though being supported, walked briskly. He looked at the people at the town entrance with surprise and joy, and quickly clasped his fists and saluted, saying, "I'm so glad to see you immortal masters here. I'm Li Meng, the mayor of Luoyang Town. Greetings to the immortal masters of the Holy Academy." "Mayor Li, you're welcome," Senior Brother Jiang immediately stepped forward to support the man, replying, "Protecting the area is the academy's responsibility. We're here to address the demonic threat in this town."

"Okay, okay." The mayor seemed very excited and hurriedly greeted everyone and walked towards the town. "My fellow immortal masters, you have come from afar and must have worked hard. Please follow me to my mansion to rest for a while."

The team didn't refuse, after all, they were a little tired after a day's journey. So they followed the mayor into the town and walked along the small street in front. Although the street was not wide, it was very busy. Although the vendors on both sides were curious about the group, they did not delay their business and looked at them curiously from time to time.

The mayor led the group to a large house, the largest on the street. "Li Mansion" was inscribed on it, suggesting it must be the mayor's residence. The mayor seemed to have made preparations long beforehand. After welcoming the group in, he showered them with compliments. If it weren't for everyone repeatedly stating they were already fasting, he would have abandoned the idea of a banquet. After arranging accommodations for everyone, he took his leave.

The training team didn't disperse, but instead gathered to discuss how to deal with the demonic infestation. They had just asked the mayor about it, but his information was very limited, saying only that it was a demonic creature that preyed on women, which was similar to the information they had received from the academy.

"What do you think? Where should we start investigating?" There was too little information, and Senior Brother Jiang also felt it was a bit difficult.

"When I first entered the city, I used a magic talisman to investigate, and there was no remaining evil spirit in the town." A student from the Talisman Pavilion said.

"I just set up a demon-binding formation at the town gate." A student from the Formation Pavilion also said, "If a demon enters the town, I will be able to sense it immediately."

When the two of them spoke, the other students were a little surprised. They had been stunned by the excitement of the townspeople before, and they didn't expect that someone would actually think of such things. Even Qiu Ci looked at the two students in surprise. Well, not bad, extra points.

"Well done." Senior Brother Jiang also gave the two of them an appreciative look and continued, "We have too few clues right now, so I suggest we split up tomorrow and investigate the situation, especially in those families where women have gone missing."

Everyone nodded in agreement and discussed some other details. Then Senior Brother Jiang, who was presiding over the meeting, asked, "Does anyone have any other opinions? If not..."

"Senior Brother Jiang..." Zhen Yi, who had been unusually silent since entering the town, suddenly spoke up, "I have a question I can't figure out."

"What?" Senior Brother Jiang looked at him.

"I've looked at the map. Luoyang Town is located in the southwest, so it's closer to Hehuan Academy." Zhen Yi frowned and asked, "Why didn't they ask for help from Hehuan Academy regarding the demon infestation, but instead turned to us at Shuangxing Academy?"

Senior Brother Jiang was stunned for a moment, then thought for a moment before saying, "Although Luoyang Town is closer to Hehuan College, it's also within the protection of our Shuangxing College. Perhaps they're seeking help from Shuangxing College because they trust us more."

"Oh." Zhen Yi nodded without asking any more questions, but his brows furrowed even more tightly.

Seeing that it was completely dark, everyone dispersed and went back to their rooms to rest.

Qiu Ci did not interrupt from beginning to end, and just watched quietly. Thinking that they would act separately tomorrow, he still made a gesture out of concern. In an instant, several rays of light flew out and attached themselves to the fifteen people one by one.

Put a label first to avoid losing the person.