370: Chapter 370 The Sect Leader's Mission

"Going back to the mountain already?"

Su Lianxue asked immediately after hearing this.

"Of course. The mission is complete, so it's about time to head back."

Lin Ming nodded.

"Pfft, Senior Brother, do you really think I don't know what your mission was?"

Yu Yaoqin complained.

"Delivering a letter to Senior Brother Su Chi and taking this long, huh?"

"Of course. Miss Lan Qin is the top courtesan of Huaqing Pavilion; it took me quite a while to get an appointment with her."

Lin Ming said with a serious expression.

"Pfft..."

Yu Yaoqin scoffed again with disdain.

If her Senior Brother hadn't exposed his identity, that might have been true.

But in Dongchao City, Senior Brother's identity was practically common knowledge.

She didn't believe that with his status, he wouldn't be able to secure a meeting with a brothel's top courtesan.

"Alright, Junior Sister. The situation at the front is unfavorable. We might even have to go to the front lines and fight for the Sect."

Lin Ming said.

"Stinky Senior Brother, we came here this time with a mission."

Yu Yaoqin said with a look of pride.

"A mission?"

Lin Ming's first reaction upon hearing Yu Yaoqin's words was disbelief.

He turned his gaze toward Su Lianxue.

Su Lianxue nodded, indicating that Yu Yaoqin was telling the truth.

"Stinky Senior Brother, you actually doubted me."

Yu Yaoqin puffed out her cheeks and looked at Lin Ming with dissatisfaction.

She pulled out a command medallion and brandished it before Lin Ming's eyes.

"The Sect Leader's Command Medallion?"

Lin Ming looked surprised when he saw the medallion.

The medallion in Yu Yaoqin's hand was indeed the Sect Leader's Command Medallion representing the Mountain Master of Yuanxu Mountain.

"Well, Stinky Senior Brother?"

Yu Yaoqin said.

"You've got some nerve, stealing the Sect Head's medallion."

Lin Ming said immediately.

"Stinky Senior Brother, who could possibly steal the Sect Head's medallion?"

Yu Yaoqin said.

This was the medallion of their Yuanxu Mountain's Mountain Master, the medallion of a Nirvana Ancestor; it wasn't something she could steal just because she wanted to.

"Just kidding."

Lin Ming smiled and said.

He knew that, of course.

He was just making a small joke.

"What kind of mission would be given to you?"

Lin Ming asked curiously.

Lin Ming was curious about what kind of mission their Mountain Master would assign to Yu Yaoqin.

Knowing that the strength of the two was only in the Spirit Treasury Realm.

It was surprising that Sect Master Yun Xiao would personally assign them a mission and even entrust them with the Sect Leader's Command Medallion.

"I don't know."

Yu Yaoqin shook her head.

She remembered that day, at Yu Yaoqin's strong suggestion, Su Lianxue had agreed to go to Dongchao City with her to find Lin Ming.

But before they could even leave Yuanxu Mountain, they were stopped.

They were stopped by Sect Master Yun Xiao.

Sect Master Yun Xiao had personally given them a mission.

Yu Yaoqin had accepted the mission without a second thought; after all, it was a mission personally issued to them by the Sect Head.

Yu Yaoqin didn't have the slightest intention of refusing.

"You don't know?"

Lin Ming's expression turned strange.

"The Sect Head's instruction was for us to stay in Dongchao City. As for the mission's details, we'll find out when the time comes."

Su Lianxue said.

She actually found it a bit strange herself.

Assigning them a mission without telling them the specific details.

This situation was just like those old fogies Su Lianxue knew.

Very mysterious.

If such a thing happened in the Great Zhou, she would have long since exiled such people to the borders for training.

"Our Sect Head also likes to play these games."

Lin Ming said.

These so-called high-ranking Sect officials loved to play these games; Lin Ming was already used to it.

"So, the two of you need to stay in Dongchao City for a while."

Lin Ming said.

"What do you mean 'the two of us'? Aren't you here too, Senior Brother?"

Yu Yaoqin said.

"This is a mission the Mountain Master gave to you, not to me."

Lin Ming said.

He wasn't part of this mission.

"The Mountain Master has ordered that you must also participate in this mission, Senior Brother."

Yu Yaoqin spoke in a serious tone this time.

Lin Ming's gaze shifted back to Su Lianxue.

Su Lianxue nodded, confirming that the Sect Head had indeed given such an order.

"Senior Brother, are you going to defy the Sect Head's orders?"

Yu Yaoqin still maintained her serious expression,

though her serious look actually gave off a cute feeling.

"Since the Sect Head said so, I'll stay."

Lin Ming said.

He had to give Sect Master Yun Xiao Face; after all, he was his Junior Martial Uncle.

Besides, a portion of his initial funding had come from him.

"That's more like it."

Seeing this, Yu Yaoqin nodded with satisfaction.

"Stinky Senior Brother, you've been in Dongchao City for so long. Why don't you take Junior Sister Su and me to see the fun places and try the good food?"

Yu Yaoqin added.

"You're in Dongchao City to carry out a mission, not to play."

Lin Ming said.

"What does it matter? Anyway, the Sect Head said as long as we stay in Dongchao City or by the sea, it's fine."

Yu Yaoqin said somewhat indifferently.

As long as they stayed, there were no restrictions on what they could do.

"Right, Junior Sister?"

Yu Yaoqin looked at Su Lianxue and said.

Su Lianxue also nodded slightly.

That was indeed the gist of it.

"Dongchao City has been on lockdown for so long that there aren't many fun places left. You two should just stay put."

Lin Ming said.

True Monarch Lu Zhixing and Li Zhiting, those two True Monarch-level experts, were both urging him to leave Dongchao City.

Yet the Sect Head wanted them to stay in Dongchao City.

There must be a reason for this.

As for why Lin Ming stayed so readily, it was naturally for the sake of his two Junior Sisters.

He wouldn't just leave his Junior Sisters alone in a place that could be dangerous.

"No way."

Yu Yaoqin shook her head.

"Stinky Senior Brother is so cunning. He's had his fill of fun and now won't take us along."

Yu Yaoqin complained.

"Junior Sister, if Senior Brother won't take us, we'll go play by ourselves."

Yu Yaoqin then looked at Su Lianxue.

A hint of helplessness appeared on Su Lianxue's Face.

"Huaqing Pavilion... Senior Brother Su Chi's childhood friend. I didn't know Senior Brother Su Chi had a childhood friend. Many people on the mountain are interested in him."

"But Senior Brother Su Chi rejected them all, saying cultivation is his priority. Some people even thought he didn't like women."

Yu Yaoqin said to herself.

She wanted to see what Senior Brother Su Chi's childhood friend was like.

"Wait."

Lin Ming said.

"You can see her, but you can't blow your cover."

Lin Ming added.

He didn't doubt for a second that Yu Yaoqin would go to see Miss Lan Qin, but the condition was that she couldn't blow their cover.

Otherwise, their lie would be for nothing.

Lin Ming also told Yu Yaoqin about the lie.

"I understand."

Yu Yaoqin said with a serious Face after hearing it.

"However, the battlefield Senior Brother Su Chi is on this time is probably very dangerous."