430: Get close to Su Chen!

Just then, a cold and familiar voice pierced through the noisy crowd without warning.

"How many points does Su Chen owe you? I'll pay it for him!"

That voice...

Su Ming raised an eyebrow. Looking through the gaps in the crowd, he indeed saw that familiar figure.

Su Qingyuan.

"Didn't expect to run into her here..."

Su Ming's lips curled slightly as he slowly walked to the side, preparing to watch the show.

Not far away, Su Qingyuan stood with a slender figure, her white robes looking particularly striking.

Opposite her were two burly male Disciples, sizing her up with malicious intent.

One tall Disciple sneered, held up five fingers, and waved them in front of Su Qingyuan.

"Five hundred points!"

Su Qingyuan's breath hitched slightly.

"What?"

Her voice dropped by three degrees.

"How could Su Chen possibly owe you that many points?"

"How could he not?"

Another short, stout Disciple cackled, his voice grating.

"Isn't it because of your good Junior Brother? He keeps bringing up your name—the great beauty Su Qingyuan—everywhere he goes, using your backing to swindle people outside?"

The tall Disciple took over, his tone becoming sarcastic.

"In the entire Nine Heavens Immortal Sect, who doesn't know that you, the great beauty Su, are someone Senior Brother Xiao Yifei has taken a fancy to!"

He emphasized the words "taken a fancy to," the implication in his words self-evident.

"What kind of person is Senior Brother Xiao?"

"He has the Immortal Sovereign Grand Elder standing behind him! As his Junior Brothers, how can we not give Senior Brother Xiao some Face?"

"Consequently, we have to give you and your useless Junior Brother some Face too; otherwise, do you think he would still be standing here in one piece?"

As his voice fell, the short, stout Disciple nodded in agreement.

"Exactly! Your Junior Brother is using a chicken feather as a token of authority; he really thinks he's someone special."

"These five hundred points are already a discount, given out of respect for Senior Brother Xiao!"

Xiao Yifei.

The moment this name was spoken, the Aura around Su Qingyuan changed abruptly.

Ice seemed to be condensing in her beautiful eyes.

Su Ming, standing to the side, frowned deeply.

Xiao Yifei?

In the previous simulations, he already knew that Su Qingyuan was the shadow of some big shot within the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect.

Under these circumstances, no one should be actively approaching or pursuing Su Qingyuan.

Soon, Su Ming thought of a possibility.

"Immortal Sovereign Grand Elder..."

"Interesting!"

Not far away, Su Qingyuan's expression was extremely ugly; she hated being treated as an appendage to Xiao Yifei more than anything.

"Hmph!"

"Five hundred points have already been transferred to you!"

With that, Su Qingyuan left without looking back, leaving the two Disciples looking at each other.

Just as Su Qingyuan passed by Su Ming, the urgent voice of the Sword Emperor Remnant Soul emerged in his mind again.

"It's her! That's right, it's her!"

The Sword Emperor's voice carried unprecedented excitement and trembling.

"Kid, you must..."

Before the Sword Emperor could finish his sentence, his voice was cut off as if by some invisible force, completely vanishing from Su Ming's Soul Sea.

Only that lingering sense of urgency swirled in Su Ming's heart.

"Rest assured, I will keep my promise."

Su Ming responded in his heart; regardless of whether the Sword Emperor could hear him, this was his commitment.

He watched Su Qingyuan's receding back, pondering how to approach her.

Forcibly approaching Su Qingyuan was definitely unrealistic; her background was far more complex than it appeared on the surface.

In the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect, someone was guarding Su Qingyuan at every moment, precisely to prevent any accidents from happening to her.

Acting rashly would only alert the enemy.

"Su Chen, huh..."

Su Ming whispered the name, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.

After thinking it over, he decided to start with Su Chen.

After all, Su Chen was the orphan of Su Qingyuan's Revered Master, and she had not yet planned to give up on Su Chen.

Having made up his mind, Su Ming no longer lingered. He left the trading market and returned to Bamboo Shadow Peak.

Upon returning to Bamboo Shadow Peak, Su Ming did not immediately return to his Immortal Cave for seclusion but began to inquire about news of Su Chen.

He sought out several Disciples who had contact with Su Chen and, through indirect questioning, quickly gained a general understanding of Su Chen's recent situation.

He learned that Su Chen was a bit short on funds recently and was recruiting a team to go outside the Sect to hunt Eerie Creatures to earn points.

"So that's it!"

Thinking of this, Su Ming immediately had an idea.

He quickly found the team mission posted by Su Chen on the bulletin board of the Sect's Mission Hall.

The mission information indicated that a total of four Heavenly Immortal Realm Disciples were to be recruited, making it five people including Su Chen himself.

They were to head to a small immortal stone mine vein called Black Rock Valley to collect Immortal Stone.

The reward for the mission was that the collected immortal stone mine vein would be distributed equally among everyone, including the points from hunting Eerie Creatures.

Su Ming glanced at it and signed up without hesitation.

Three days later, Su Ming received a transmission talisman from the Sect, informing him that the team had been assembled and he needed to go to the front of the Mission Hall to gather and prepare to depart.

Outside the Mission Hall, four figures had already gathered.

Apart from Su Chen, there were two men and one woman, making five people including Su Ming.

One thin man looked alert. Another burly man had a steady Aura. The woman wore neat, short attire, her eyes sharp.

Su Chen scanned everyone.

"Is everyone here?"

He looked around, and seeing no objections, he continued, "Although I, Su Chen, am not a good person, at least the rewards from every mission are distributed fairly; I assume you have all inquired about this."

"Without further ado, let's go!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the five of them flew out of the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect.

Along the way, Su Ming noticed that there was almost no verbal communication among them.

As the team leader, Su Chen only occasionally looked back to confirm no one was left behind.

This silent atmosphere gave Su Ming a preliminary understanding of this temporarily assembled team.

These people were here entirely for the mission; their goals were clear, and no superfluous emotions were mixed in.

It wasn't until a month later, when they arrived above Black Rock Valley and stopped, that Su Chen spoke again.

"From now on, killing Eerie Creatures depends on your own ability!"

His voice was calm.

"For Heavenly Immortal Realm Eerie Creatures, whoever participates in the kill, the points will be divided among those people!"

As his voice fell, Su Chen did not hesitate at all. His figure flashed, and he was the first to rush into Black Rock Valley.

The burly man followed closely behind.

Su Ming walked at the very end, unhurried and inconspicuous.

Just as they stepped into the outskirts of Black Rock Valley, a dozen Eerie Creatures of various shapes swarmed out from the shadows.

The battle was imminent!

"Roar!"

A massive three-eyed Eerie Creature lunged at Su Chen, who was at the front.

On the side, to avoid attracting attention, Su Ming took the initiative to kill the Eerie Creatures below the Heavenly Immortal Realm.

He just flicked his fingertips, and fine, invisible Sword Qi shot out, accurately piercing the heads of those Eerie Creatures.

They didn't even have time to scream before they dissipated into wisps of black smoke.