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(Mount Xilean- Holy Sword Sect)

(Outer Districts- Central Mission Hall)

Xu Lu held the piece of paper in her hand and slowly read over its contents one more time.

A simple scouting mission to some place called the Gobrean Jungle.

She wasn\'t exactly sure where that was but out of all the missions on the board in front of her... this one seemed by far the easiest.

Plus, it was a team-based mission as well, so she did not have to worry about getting lost in the outside world since was visiting it for the first time.

The saintess walked over to a nearby counter with slow purposeful steps. The outer disciple behind the counter trembled slightly as the saintess approached him.

"How... how can I help you?" the disciple stuttered nervously.

"I would like to take this mission," Xu Lu calmly spoke.

Her voice was sweet and melodic, it sent chills down the spines of the disciples who heard her words.

Not for the first time, many in the hall could not help but wonder what kind of otherworldly beauty was hidden behind that metal mask.

Surely a woman with a voice as lovely as the saintess had a face to match her voice.

"No... problem..." the male disciple blushed furiously as he reached for a stamp and pressed it against the bottom of the paper.

"You... will... need... five... NO! I mean um... four companions."

Xu Lu nodded and then took the piece of paper from his grasp. She turned around and walked out of the hall paying no attention to the eyes that stared at her retreating figure.

The original Xu Lu may have gotten overwhelmed by the attention but Xu Lu had eighty years worth of memories from her previous mission world.

She was an old woman trapped in a young girl\'s body.

Although even though the cultivators in the mission hall looked youthful... there were some who were probably hundreds of years old.

Time worked differently for immortals.

Especially when the passage of time left no visible scars on their faces or bodies.

No wonder people got so crazy about cultivation.

Who wouldn\'t want to look young and beautiful for hundreds if not thousands of years?

Xu Lu exited the hall and approached her master who was standing patiently in the middle of the central plaza.

"Master," Xu Lu respectfully spoke as she hid the surge of hatred that filled her heart.

"Have you selected a mission?" Lei Ying asked with an expression of concern and warmth on her face.

Xu Lu handed over the sheet of paper and her master read over its contents. Lei Ying frowned slightly as she saw the location of the mission.

The Gobrean Jungle?

Why was that place on a four-star mission?

Still... maybe this was an opportunity in disguise...

"Perfect. Now go and find four companions to help you out... I expect great things from you my dear apprentice," Lei Ying whispered gently.

In full view of the cultivators hanging around the plaza, she pulled in Xu Lu for a warm hug that lasted for several minutes.

Whispers filled the square as the spectators appreciated the familial display of love between Xu Lu and Lei Ying.

"Wow! The saintess has a really strong bond with her master!"

"I heard that Lei Ying was the one who brought her to the sect as a child..."

"She must be like a mother to her."

Lei Ying broke away from the hug and smiled at Xu Lu. However, her young apprentice could see a trace of coldness hidden in her gaze.

Her master turned around and pulled out a sword from her storage bag. She jumped on the sword and flew off into the distance.

Xu Lu turned around and discovered that she was now the focus of attention for all the nearby cultivators.

Well... she might as well take this opportunity to form her team.

"I am looking for four cultivators to join me on a mission. The difficulty is four stars so cultivators in the qi tide stage are preferred," Xu Lu softly spoke.

Despite the low volume of her voice, her distinctively sweet tone entered the ears of the crowd standing nearby.

Immediately there was movement from the crowd as several cultivators stepped forward eager to meet the saintess.

Xu Lu found herself surrounded by a sea of handsome men and beautiful women who all approached her and introduced themselves with great enthusiasm.

"Good day! My name is Qiu Xinyi! My father is an elder in the sect... you won\'t find a sword cultivator more powerful than me!"

"Liar! You barely squeezed into the upper ranks of the inner disciples... saintess you must choose me instead! My name is Ren Tu and I..."

"Nonsense! You couldn\'t defeat Senior Brother Liu in the last sect promotion tournament! How dare you stand in front of the saintess."

Most of the cultivators who rushed forward wore the robes of inner sect disciples.

Their clothes were completely black with reddish threads woven into the fabric along the edges of their robes.

But there were a handful of true disciples in the back of the crowd that were observing the chaos with unreadable expressions on their faces.

Unlike the inner and outer disciples, these true disciples wore a variety of coloured robes that were in different styles.

They appeared to be waiting to see how she would respond to the large crowd of people hovering around her.

This was a test.

"Stop yelling," Xu Lu commanded in a firm tone. The temperature around her body plummeted and frost began to appear on the ground.

The cultivators who were surrounding her began to shiver uncontrollably as a cold chill penetrated their bodies.

An Ice Yin Root was extremely dangerous since the frost qi could affect cultivators that were a higher level than their owner.

Xu Lu cut off the connection with her dantian and the cold chill immediately disappeared as if it had never occurred.

Only the shivering cultivators and the traces of ice on the ground could show what had just happened.

"Now... come up to me one by one and state your cultivation level and why I should choose you for the mission," Xu Lu calmly spoke.

There was considerably less enthusiasm than before as the inner disciples looked at Xu Lu with expressions of fear on their faces.

They knew that the saintess had the most potential in the sect but she was only twenty years old.

The average age when one usually hit the qi tide stage was three hundred years. Even the best geniuses did not reach that level until they were in their fifties or sixties.

The saintess\' talent was far greater than what anyone had imagined.

A short-haired girl holding a zither in her hand stepped through the reluctant crowd and approached Xu Lu with a smile.

"Hello saintess," the girl casually spoke.

"I am called Cao Jia... my specialty is music cultivation and you should pick me because... hmm... I\'m very strong."

The girl opened her mouth and giggled softly. Xu Lu raised an eyebrow as she examined the short-haired girl.

She was pretty certain that the majority of cultivators in the Holy Sword Sect were sword cultivators so it was rare for someone to choose another path.

"Okay... I will consider you," Xu Lu spoke calmly and pointed to the area left of her. The short haired girl hummed in acknowledgement and then stepped to the side.

Another cultivator stepped forward and this time it was handsome young man with long black hair that was tied into a ponytail.

He looked more like a traditional sword cultivator and there was a scarlet sword attached to the hip of his blue robes.

His robes swayed gently in the wind and there was an aura of peace and tranquility surrounding his body.

"Greeting saintess," the man cupped his hand together and bowed respectfully.

"My name is Lin Kun. I am the personal disciple of Elder Zhang and my skills speak for themselves."