Chapter 73: Mission from Heaven
Chapter 73 Heavenly Descent Mission
In the Self Trade Valley, there were quite a few pedestrians on the streets, and the valley was brightly lit.
A blue-shirted man with ordinary features strolled through the streets, walking around.
The blue-shirted man was none other than Shen Long, after leaving Green Bamboo Peak, he did not immediately return to Green Cloud Peak, but came to Self Trade Valley to see if Li Xin would follow him.
Shen Long strolled around the streets, did not find anything unusual, walked into a teahouse, asked for an elegant room, ordered a pot of spirit tea.
After a tea time, Shen Long changed his face and walked out of the elegant room.
He circled around the Free Trade Valley, did not find any followers, and left the Free Trade Valley.
Shen Long came to the hidden scripture cabinet and read the canonical books for half an hour to confirm that no one was following him before leaving.
Returning to his residence, Shen Long quickly walked into a secret room and entered the Royal Spirit Tower.
Shen Long took out the insect eggs and placed them in the Royal Spirit Pool.
He came to a demonic insect pattern with a cool appearance like a golden cicada, placed his hands on top of the demonic insect pattern, and injected mana.
The two eyes of the demonic insect lit up, and Shen Long’s face quickly paled.
He withdrew his palms and walked quickly towards the Imperial Spirit Pool.
A golden cicada was lying in the middle of the Imperial Spirit Pool, and it had many tiny eyes on its head.
“Success!”
Shen Long let out a long sigh of relief, he was really worried that it wouldn’t hatch, five hundred spirit stones was a lot of money for him.
His expression was excited, the Hundred Eyes Golden Cicada was ranked higher.
A Jindan cultivator of the Royal Spirit Sect had raised a third ranked Hundred Eyes Golden Cicada, and treasure hunting to break the ban could play a not insignificant role.
Shen Long did not intend to raise the Hundred Eyes Golden Cicada, for one thing, he had quite a few spirit beasts and spirit insects, the burden was already great, and just purchasing the Spirit Feeding Pills was a considerable expense.
Xiao Bi rewarded a bottle of Spirit Feeding Pills, only ten, has long been used up.
Since worshipping in the Royal Spirit Sect, Shen Long’s biggest expense is to buy Spirit Feeding Pills, not only him, other Qi Refining cultivators are the same, without feeding Spirit Feeding Pills, Spirit Beasts and Spirit Insects won’t advance so fast.
He planned to sell the Hundred Eyes Golden Cicada for a sum of spirit stones.
Shen Long had sold the Snow Winged Ice Centipede at the early stage of the first rank in his early years, he didn’t have much insight at that time, and he sold it very cheaply, no merchant is an adulterer.
His current insight is far from what he had back then, this Hundred Eyes Golden Cicada can definitely be sold at a high price, but it can’t be sold for the time being.
Li Xin had just sold the insect eggs, not long after that someone was selling the Hundred Eyes Golden Cicada, it was hard not to arouse the suspicion of others.
He planned to sell the Hundred Eyes Golden Cicada after some time, so as to play it safe.
This Hundred Eyes Golden Cicada was relatively weak, Shen Long still expected it to sell for a high price, boiled some Silver Pith Spirit Rice, fed it to the Hundred Eyes Golden Cicada, and exited the Royal Spirit Tower.
He sat down on the green stone bed and applied his energy to cultivate.
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A mountain steep peak, at the foot of the mountain stood a more than twenty feet high green stone monument, on which was written the three big words “Heavenly Shadow Peak”, this is the location of the Royal Spirit Sect’s Intelligence Hall.
At the top of the mountain stood a splendid palace, with the words “Heavenly Shadow Hall” written on the plaque.
A white-faced man in a golden shirt was sitting on the main seat, and the man’s aura was as vast as the sea, obviously a JieDan cultivator.
He was holding a thick book in his hand and was flipping through it.
A blue-skirted young woman in her early forties stood at the side with a respectful expression.
“Let’s pick seven from this group of new disciples! The remaining three will be chosen from amongst the home born disciples, their strength should not be too weak, those who are too flashy should be left out, the batch of disciples sent to Zhao last time almost died out and did not gather any valuable news, I hope this time is better.”
The gold-shirted man commanded.
Li Hua, early stage of JieDan, Deputy Head of the Intelligence Hall.
“Yes, Uncle Li.”
The blue-skirted young woman agreed, looking respectful.
Chen Qingqing, mid Foundation Establishment stage, a deacon of the Intelligence Hall.
Li Hua waved his hand and let Chen Qingqing retire.
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A month’s time passed quickly.
On this day at noon, Shen Long was having a meal at the Spiritual Cuisine Pavilion, and Qian Dafu sat next to Shen Long.
Qin Shan walked over and said, “Senior Brother Shen, Senior Uncle Liu invites you over.”
Shen Long was stunned at first and quickly agreed and followed Qin Shan.
“Senior Brother Qin, what is it that Senior Uncle Liu is looking for me for?”
Shen Long opened his mouth and asked.
“I don’t know, it shouldn’t be anything bad.”
Qin Shan said, he really wasn’t sure.
Arriving at the entrance of the Green Cloud Hall, Qin Shan spoke, “Uncle Liu, Senior Brother Shen has arrived.”
“Shen Long, come in! Qin Shan, you can step back.”
Liu Xian’s voice rang out.
Shen Long hurriedly walked in, and seeing Liu Xian sitting on the main seat, he hurriedly bowed and said, “Disciple pays his respects to Uncle Liu.”
“Come with me! Someone wants to see you.”
Liu Xian said, walking towards a green stone passageway.
Shen Long hurriedly followed, and before long, they arrived at the end of the green stone passageway, and a practice room with an open door came into view.
Shen Long naturally would not be unfamiliar with it, he was practicing here last time.
He followed Liu Xian into the practice room and saw a blue-skirted young woman in her early forties with an aura quite a bit stronger than Liu Xian.
“This is Senior Sister Chen of the Intelligence Hall, Shen Long, Senior Sister Chen has something to find you, you guys take your time to talk, remember, keep the conversation confidential, don’t say anything to anyone, including me.”
Liu Xian said this, turned around and walked out.
“Disciple Shen Long pays his respects to Senior Sister Chen.”
Shen Long bowed and bowed, his expression was apprehensive, he didn’t know what the Foundation Establishment Cultivator of the Intelligence Hall was looking for him for.
“Senior nephew Shen, I’ve checked your details, you were born in the Thousand Bamboo Valley, worked in the Crafty Soldier Hall for a few years, and then hunted and killed demonic beasts for a living, right?”
Chen Qingqing said.
“Precisely.”
Shen Long nodded his head in a hurry.
“Don’t be nervous, I’m not interested in what happened before you worshipped the Royal Spirit Sect, checking your details is to confirm that you’re reliable, and I intend to send you to the Kingdom of Zhao to gather intelligence.”
Chen Qingqing said.
Shen Long froze, pondered for a moment, and asked, “Senior Aunt Chen, disciple’s cultivation is shallow, going to Zhao country is a long mountain and a long distance, his own safety is a small matter, it would not be good to delay the great things of this Sect.”
“Don’t worry, since I chose you, naturally I will send a foundation cultivator with you to accompany you, you are only responsible for playing the understudy, you can’t delay the Sect, this is an order, not to be resisted, even if a foundation cultivator is chosen, you can’t reject it, of course, a sum of resources for cultivation will be given to you, and if the mission is completed, you will be rewarded with a large sum of good deeds.”
Chen Qingqing said.
Shen Long showed a difficult face, this unexpected event had disrupted all his planning.
The sky will not fall, if it is good to go to Zhao to collect intelligence, why not pick someone else.
“Senior Aunt Chen, disciple has important information, can I report it to the Master Ancestor of the Intelligence Hall?”
Shen Long said, he wanted to take out the Royal Spirit Order to be exempted from this errand, the least he could do was to exchange it for a Foundation Establishment Pill.
“It’s the same to tell me anything, Senior Uncle Li is so busy, it’s impossible to see you.”
Chen Qingqing refused.
“Disciple can only report to Master Li, please ask for Master Aunt Chen’s accommodation.”
Shen Long said carefully.
Chen Qingqing frowned with her willow eyebrows, pondered for a moment, and said, “If it’s a trivial matter, you can’t afford the crime of disturbing Master Ancestor Li’s purification.”
“Definitely not a sesame seed triviality, I still ask Senior Aunt Chen to fulfill it.”
Shen Long said.
“Come with me!” Chen Qingqing led Shen Long out of Qingyun Peak and sacrificed a flying boat with flashing blue light to carry them to Sky Shadow Peak.
Shen Long stayed at the entrance of the Heavenly Shadow Hall, and Chen Qingqing went in to report.
After a while, Chen Qingqing walked out and said, “Come in! Senior Uncle Li happens to be free.”
Shen Long answered and followed Chen Qingqing inside.
Li Hua sat on the main seat with a majestic gaze.
“Disciple Shen Long, greetings to Master Li.”
Shen Long bowed and bowed with a respectful expression.
“Senior Nephew Chen said that you have important information to report, now you can speak.”
Li Hua commanded.
Shen Long took a deep breath, took out the Royal Spirit Order and handed it to Chen Qingqing.
“Disciple had obtained a Royal Spirit Order in my early years, I still ask Master Li to recognize the authenticity.”
Shen Long said, looking apprehensive.
He hadn’t told Chen Qingqing because he was afraid that Chen Qingqing would withhold the Imperial Spirit Order.
“Imperial Spirit Order! You actually have an Imperial Spirit Order issued by this Sect!”
Li Hua was surprised.
Chen Qingqing handed the Royal Spirit Order to Li Hua, who examined it carefully and nodded.
“It is indeed an Imperial Spirit Order issued by this clan, what does this have to do with the important information you mentioned?”
Li Hua was puzzled.
“Can disciple use the Royal Spirit Order to offset this mission and delegate it to someone else?”
Shen Long asked carefully.
“No, Master Nephew Chen chose you, you must go, I’ll take the Royal Spirit Order, I can give you a Foundation Establishment Pill and a sum of Immortal Cultivation resources to give you three years to impact the Foundation Establishment Stage, and after three years, regardless of whether you advance to the Foundation Establishment Stage or not, you must go to the Kingdom of Zhao.”
Li Hua said.
“Yes, many thanks to Master Li.”
Shen Long didn’t have any right to refuse and could only agree.
Li Hua threw the Royal Spirit Order to Chen Qingqing and said, “Senior nephew Chen, go to the treasury to collect a Foundation Establishment Pill and a sum of Immortal Cultivation resources, give it to Senior nephew Shen, arrange a spiritual land for him to impact the Foundation Establishment Stage, after three years, he must move.”
The Royal Spirit Sect’s intelligence network in Zhao had almost been uprooted and suffered heavy losses, so they needed to send more people to rebuild their intelligence network.
Chen Qingqing agreed and left with Shen Long.
After half an hour, Shen Long returned to his residence.
Chen Qingqing didn’t dare to withhold and gave Shen Long a Foundation Establishment Pill, 20,000 spirit stones, ten bottles of Spirit Feeding Pills and a sum of good deeds, and also arranged a spiritual land for him to impact the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Shen Long never thought that he would be selected by the Intelligence Hall and sent to the State of Zhao to spy on information, on the way back, he asked Chen Qingqing, Chen Qingqing saw Shen Long’s ability to make a living alone in the Thousand Bamboo Valley, a natural born scout.
“It seems to change the planning, I hope to advance to the Foundation Establishment Stage.”
Shen Long said to himself.
Three years later, regardless of whether he advanced to the Foundation Establishment Stage or not, he would have to travel to the State of Zhao, if he advanced to the Foundation Establishment Stage before traveling to the State of Zhao, the survival rate would be higher.
The Hundred Eyes Golden Cicada was kept for the time being, if he successfully built his foundation, then he didn’t need to sell it, if he didn’t manage to build his foundation, then he would sell the Hundred Eyes Golden Cicada and gather money to buy Foundation Establishment Pills.
Shen Long came to the Green Silkworm Courtyard and sent a sound transmission.
Not long after, Lin Cheng walked out.
“Senior brother Shen, what’s wrong? Something happened to the peach sapling?”
Lin Cheng asked, Shen Long had bought a batch of Green Moon Peach kernels for Lin Cheng to plant in the spiritual field, and they had already sprouted.
“I’m going to be in seclusion for a period of time, the key is for you, take care of the peach tree, this is sixty spirit stones, a year’s wages, I’m not sure when I’ll be out of seclusion.”
Shen Long took out the token and sixty spirit stones and handed them to Lin Cheng.
“Diving cultivation! Senior Brother Shen is diving in the Green Cloud Hall?”
Lin Cheng was slightly stunned, hadn’t Shen Long dived? How could he enter the Green Cloud Hall to dive into cultivation again.
“Don’t ask, it’s not convenient for me to say, that’s all!”
Shen Long said this and left with his imperial weapon.
Half an hour later, Shen Long landed at the entrance of a splendid palace, the plaque was written with the three big words “Spirit Que Palace”, there were quite a number of disciples coming in and out, there were both Qi refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators.
There were many practice rooms in the Spirit Que Palace, and the spiritual qi was abundant. The disciples of the Royal Spirit Sect needed to consume good deeds when practicing in the practice rooms of the Spirit Que Palace.
Shen Long walked in with big strides, the hall was spacious and bright, a green jade table was placed inside the hall, a blue shirted man in his early thirties was sitting behind the green jade table, looking at his aura, he was obviously a Foundation Establishment cultivator, a dozen or so Qi Refinement cultivators stood on the side chatting idly.
The left and right sides each have a green stone corridor, not knowing where it leads to.
Shen Long walked over in big strides, bowed and said, “Disciple Shen Long pays his respects to Uncle Liu.”
“You are Shen Long? Senior Sister Chen has told me all about it, Chen Zong, take him to the thirty-fifth practice room.”
The blue-shirted man took out a green-colored token and handed it to a tall and thin red-shirted youth.
Chen Zong answered and received the token with both hands, smiling as he said, “Senior Brother Shen, please follow me.”
Shen Long followed Chen Zong towards the green stone passageway on the left hand side, where he could see quite a few practicing rooms, without exception, the doors of the practicing rooms were tightly closed.
Not long after, Chen Zong stopped at the door of a practicing room, there was a square notch on the door, next to it were the three big words “Thirty-seven” written.
Chen Zong placed the green token into the groove and injected his mana, the green token suddenly shone brightly, and the door opened with a single blow, and an extremely dense spiritual qi gushed out wildly.
Shen Long was a little surprised, the concentration of spiritual qi in this practice room was three times that of the outside world, it was indeed good to impact the Foundation Establishment Stage here.
“Senior brother Shen, this is the key to enter and exit the practice room, keep it.”
Chen Zong removed the token and handed it to Shen Long, telling him how to use it.
Sending Chen Zong away, Shen Long walked in and closed the door.
The practice room was more than ten feet in size, and there was a ten-foot-long green-colored stone bed in the lower left corner.
Shen Long sat cross-legged on the stone bed, took out a blue jade slip, and pasted it on his brow.
This was the foundation building tips given by Chen Qingqing, which Shen Long could use as a reference.
After a while, Shen Long removed the jade slip and practiced cultivation.
According to the jade slip, having just arrived at the spiritual land, it was best to dive into cultivation for a period of time and not to take the Foundation Building Pill immediately.
Not long after, Shen Long closed his eyes and his body surface was covered by a blue haze.
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Qing Yun Peak, Qian Dafu stood at the entrance of Qingmei courtyard and sent a transmission note.
After a small half quarter of an hour, no one came out.
“Strange, at this point in time, Senior Brother Shen should be back!”
Qian Dafu queried.
Lin Cheng walked over and asked, “Senior Brother Qian, are you looking for Senior Brother Shen?”
“Right! Do you know the whereabouts of Senior Brother Shen?”
Qian Dafu asked.
“Senior Brother Shen said that he is going into seclusion for a period of time, the specifics, I’m not sure.”
Lin Cheng said.
“Seclusion?”
Qian Dafu froze slightly, his head full of confusion.
Shen Long hadn’t mentioned this to him! How did it suddenly go into seclusion!
He couldn’t figure it out, so he didn’t think about it, chatted with Lin Cheng for a few moments, and returned to his residence.
After Foundation Establishment, he will change to cultivate the gong method, the original spirit beast will be arranged later, get a better one, and it’s time to reveal the other functions of the Royal Spirit Tower, after Foundation Establishment
(End of chapter)