221: Chapter 221 Azure Clouds and Myriad Peaks

"What is going on?"

Lin Qing immediately became serious. If Li Yaqing's Family met with disaster, it would be difficult to define whether Lin Qing bore responsibility.

Although the Li Family's later evacuation was due to being implicated by Lin Qing, the Li Family had, after all, taken the initiative to ask them for help in the beginning.

Given the Li Family's character, they would never allow Li Yaqing to fall into Zhou Yichen's hands. If not for Lin Qing and the others stepping in, the Li Family might have already been annihilated.

In truth, Lin Qing did not owe the Li Family anything, but if the opportunity arose, he would still go to save the Li Family members.

"Actually, Senior Sister Li Yaqing didn't want me to tell you, but I don't think I should make the decision for you. Regardless of what choice you make, I will support you."

"Stop with the nonsense, just tell me the situation."

Judging by Ling Shu's tone, it was as if he would die if he went. If that were truly the case, Lin Qing wouldn't go, but he still intended to analyze it himself.

After all, even Ling Shu and the others did not truly understand Lin Qing's strength. Opponents who seemed powerful to them might just be ordinary in Lin Qing's eyes.

"It is Zhou Yichen's older brother, Zhou Rulong."

"He captured the members of the Li Family and specifically named you to come and save them. Although Zhou Rulong said he was alone, Senior Sister Li Yaqing does not believe him; she fears the other party has an ambush, so she wouldn't let us tell you."

"Give me the location first, I will investigate it myself."

"Alright, then be careful. That Zhou Rulong seems to be at the 9th Rank Peak."

The news that Zhou Rulong had broken through to the Tenth Rank was known only to a few members of the Zhou Family. He was afraid that if Lin Qing heard he was a Tenth Rank, he wouldn't dare to come, so he had deliberately hidden his strength when capturing the Li Family members.

"Thank you, Senior Brother! You have come out of seclusion! The number of people wanting custom weapons has already exceeded one hundred."

When Lin Qing arrived at the shop's main hall, Sixing immediately came forward to report the situation during this period.

"These matters are not urgent; I still have some things to take care of."

Lin Qing handed Sixing another Storage Ring filled with a vast amount of Spirit Stones, telling him to continue purchasing Contribution Points, and then took out a 7th Rank Spirit Sword and handed it to Sixing.

"Use this sword for now. When I have time, I will get you a better one."

Sixing's cultivation was only at the 7th Rank, so the Spirit Sword Lin Qing gave him was just right. In fact, the quality of the Spirit Sword Lin Qing provided was already quite high.

It was something Lin Qing had forged when his Artifact Refiner Rank was at the 7th Rank while grinding his last few points of proficiency; it could be said to be approaching perfection.

Although Lin Qing did not use weapons much, for other Cultivators, the importance of a weapon was not low. Some Cultivators were even willing to exhaust their entire Family fortune for a weapon suitable for themselves.

The 7th Rank Spirit Sword Lin Qing gave to Sixing already exceeded the value of Sixing's entire net worth.

Amidst Sixing's expressions of gratitude, Lin Qing walked out of the market, then soared into the air and arrived at the Task Hall of the Wanyan Spirit Pavilion. He intended to use the pretext of executing a mission to first go near the target location to check the situation.

As a super power, the Wanyan Spirit Pavilion had a vast number of Disciples. Correspondingly, the Task Hall would generate a massive number of missions every day for Disciples to accept.

Therefore, Lin Qing easily accepted a decent mission. The mission was simple: hunt down an 8th Rank Yao Beast. The mission location was exactly the Cangyun Ten Thousand Peaks that Zhou Rulong had mentioned.

"Thank you, Senior Brother, are you accepting a mission?"

Just as Lin Qing finished accepting the mission and was preparing to leave, Senior Sister Tao Tao walked in through the Task Hall's main entrance. Muttering "bad luck" to himself, Lin Qing could only respond helplessly.

"I plan to go out for some training. Is Senior Sister also here to accept a mission?"

"Yes, my Realm has completely stabilized, and I also plan to go out and practice. Come, let me see what mission you accepted."

Lin Qing had just finished accepting the mission and hadn't had time to put away the mission token. Since Senior Sister Tao Tao was now reaching out for it, he had no choice but to hand it over.

"An 8th Rank Yao Beast, do you have confidence?"

The Realm Lin Qing displayed to the outside world was 8th Rank Early Stage, and generally, under the same Rank, Yao Beasts were stronger than human Cultivators, which was why Senior Sister Tao Tao asked this question.

"The Formation Plate gifted by Grand-Masters Aunt is very useful; I feel that I am already close to the Middle Stage."

"But isn't that still the Early Stage? No, I will go with you. I promise, unless you encounter a life-threatening danger, I will not intervene."

Looking at Senior Sister Tao Tao's unquestionable gaze, Lin Qing had no choice but to nod helplessly.

Senior Sister Tao Tao going with him was not entirely a bad thing. He had originally intended to go and investigate the situation first; if it were truly a trap, him appearing in that region alone would inevitably make those in the shadows suspicious.

With Senior Sister Tao Tao acting together with him, if they encountered a Cultivator they could not contend with, he would have a justifiable identity, making it much easier to escape.

Cangyun Ten Thousand Peaks was a famous wild mountain range in the Central Continent, stretching for tens of millions of miles. It was named for the clouds and mist that lingered among the mountains all year round.

The mountains here had no gentle foothills; each mountain was shaped like a pillar supporting the sky, with cliffs as steep as if carved by a knife, and the pillars were scattered at different heights, stretching endlessly.

The clouds and mist lingering among the mountains were incredibly thick. Although they did not have the effect of blocking Divine Thought, using Divine Thought was like trying to penetrate the earth, and its effectiveness was greatly reduced.

Deep within the Cangyun Ten Thousand Peaks mountain range, in a mountain stream also covered by clouds and mist, a figure sat quietly cross-legged on the ground.

Behind him was a cave that had obviously been excavated recently. Faint sounds of conversation could be heard coming from inside the cave; naturally, the Li Family members were inside the cave, and the figure sitting cross-legged outside the cave was none other than Zhou Rulong!

Zhou Rulong had not lied; he was truly the only one here.

The news that only Lin Qing from Dongxuan was still remaining in the Central Continent had long since spread. After knowing that there were no other experts behind Lin Qing, Zhou Rulong immediately took action to capture the Li Family members, wanting to lure Lin Qing out.

As for the Li Family, long before the exit of the Kunxu Secret Realm had opened, and before Lin Qing had become a wanted target throughout the entire Central Continent, the Li Family members had already been under Zhou Rulong's surveillance.

There were two reasons why he did not invite others to ambush Lin Qing: first, his own strength had reached the Tenth Rank, and he believed that taking down Lin Qing would be effortless; second, he wanted to personally avenge his younger brother, Zhou Yichen. Although Zhou Yichen had ultimately died at his own hands, there was nothing wrong with counting the grudge against Lin Qing.

As for the outside world's wanted notice for Lin Qing, Zhou Rulong did not care much. To him, whether Lin Qing died was not important; what was important was that Lin Qing died at his hands.