Born with immortal seed

Chapter 69 Paper Kite
"Senior Brother Bai, let me introduce you."

Bai Zichen arrived as promised, much to Lu Song's delight.

"Senior Brother Cai Heng has always taken good care of me, and he was also in charge of this mission."

Cai Heng touched his smooth head, forced a fawning smile onto his fierce face, and said, "Junior Brother Lu is exaggerating. We newly recruited menial disciples are just sticking together for warmth."

“Junior Brother Xun Shuang is cold on the outside but warm on the inside. His family has been in the Black Mountain for generations. This time, we will have to rely on Junior Brother Xun’s family heirloom magic weapon to deal with the demons.”

Lu Song pointed at the triangular-eyed cultivator, and Xun Shuang hurriedly waved his hands, saying, "Where Senior Brother Bai is, I can help out. I'm just cheering from the sidelines."

"This junior brother Luo Qi has recently been learning the art of talisman making, and he is quite talented."

Lu Song introduced the three of them and then explained why Cai Heng had accepted the sect's mission.

It turns out that last month, the General Affairs Hall posted a task issued by the Refining Hall, which was to purchase a large number of Ghost Face Jade Spider limbs, with a reward of twenty sect contribution points for each limb.

The mission caused a huge stir among the outer disciples and menial disciples, who all inquired about the whereabouts of the Ghost-Faced Jade Spider.

The Ghost-faced Jade Spider is a high-grade Qi Refining demon beast with eight legs, which means that hunting one will earn you at least 160 sect contribution points.

This doesn't even include other parts of the Ghost-Faced Jade Spider, which can also be exchanged for spirit stones.

Such an income would tempt even the less successful inner disciples, let alone the outer disciples and those doing menial tasks.

However, the Ghost-faced Jade Spider is extremely rare. Several outer disciples who accepted the mission went through great hardships to hand in the spider's limbs, only to have them classified as ordinary jade spiders by the deacon of the Weapon Refining Hall. None of them have successfully claimed the reward yet.

It just so happens that a few months ago, when Luo Qi was working on improving the map of Black Mountain, he encountered a ferocious giant spider in an abandoned cave. Terrified, he scrambled out of the cave.

Upon returning, after comparing the two images, it was confirmed that what Luo Qi had seen was indeed the Ghost-faced Jade Spider.

Cai Heng learned of the Ghost-Faced Jade Spider's whereabouts and was reluctant to let the mission slip away. Upon hearing that Lu Song could get help from an inner disciple, she immediately wanted to take on the mission.

Unexpectedly, the steward of the General Affairs Hall said that because the spider limbs delivered several times were incorrect, the steward of the Weapon Refining Hall was already dissatisfied and refused to allow Cai Heng and the others to accept the mission because their cultivation levels were too low.

Left with no other choice, the group pooled together five spirit stones and bribed a steward to take over the mission while the head steward was away.

For this mission, Xun Shuang even stole his family's top-grade magic weapon, which is said to be quite effective against spider-like demonic beasts.

“Junior Brother Lu should have conveyed my message to you: I don’t want any of the Ghost-Faced Jade Spider’s limbs, I only want its venom sacs. Also, any other finds in that cave belong to me and have nothing to do with you.”

Bai Zichen tapped the table with his index finger, completely ignoring the ghost-faced jade spider.

Moreover, the abandoned cave is not too far away; if I use my full power to fly on my sword, I can arrive in about half an hour.

I'll just treat this as a trip to relax and practice my swordsmanship; sparring with the mud spirit puppets all day is really boring.

"We will do as Senior Brother Bai says, without any objection."

Cai Heng was already quite satisfied with getting his hands on the Ghost Face Jade Spider's limbs; he even considered giving two of the limbs to the helper.

Although the poison sac was valuable, the sect did not purchase it during their missions, and it would take a lot of effort to find someone to sell it, plus the price would be discounted, so Cai Heng didn't care.

After discussing the matter, everyone left the restaurant and set off.

Bai Zichen glanced at Lu Song and the others. He had the Ink Bamboo Sword, which allowed him to ride on it, but he didn't have the ability to take others with him.

However, if they had to travel on foot, it would probably take a day and a night to reach the abandoned cave mentioned by Luo Qi.

"Senior Brother Bai, we have kites for transportation, so our flight speed is a bit slow. We'll have to trouble you to make do with them."

Cai Heng seemed to sense Bai Zichen's predicament, and took out a kite-shaped magical artifact from her storage bag, placing it in front of him.

Kites are low-grade magical artifacts, barely qualifying as flying magical artifacts. Because they are relatively inexpensive, they are quite popular among lower-level cultivators with some wealth.

"That's perfect, you two lead the way."

Bai Zichen nodded, and then watched as Cai Heng threw out the kite, which grew to a width of ten feet, with two small stools woven from bamboo and wood underneath.

Cai Heng and Luo Qi climbed up, and the two of them pressed their hands on the paper kite and channeled their magic power into it. The flying artifact wobbled and floated up, slowly flying forward at most ten feet off the ground.

Xun Shuang and Lu Song did the same thing, boarding a red paper kite with a tiger painted on it.

"This flying speed isn't even as fast as running at full speed with a speed-boosting talisman... Besides, I feel like I'd be blown away by a strong gust of wind."

Bai Zichen was speechless. No wonder cultivators with even a little wealth would not buy kites for transportation, but would rather spend several times more spirit stones to purchase a mid-grade flying magic weapon.

The flight speed was slow enough, but the sight of two people crammed on a small stool with their legs dangling in the air was really unsightly.

Over time, it becomes uncomfortable.

Moreover, since the kite flies so low, it can be hit by any spell, which defeats the most important function of a flying artifact: escape.

It has only one function: flight. This allows for direct travel without having to traverse mountains and rivers.

No wonder the selling price has never gone up.

Bai Zichen patted the ink bamboo sword, caught up with the two paper kites, carefully controlled the speed of his sword, and lingered behind them.

Cai Heng glanced back and saw a dark green sword light following closely behind. He knew it was Bai Zichen riding his flying sword, and his old face flushed red. His two paper kites were secondhand; the seller had repaired them in several places, making their flying speed even slower.

They were afraid that if the kite flew too fast, it would break two holes in it.

But knowing that Bai Zichen had a flying sword, Cai Heng felt even more confident about the mission.

After floating in the sky for almost three hours, we finally arrived at our destination.

When Cai Heng and the others got off the kite, their legs went weak and they almost couldn't stand up.

Bai Zichen sheathed his sword, landed on the ground, and glanced at the deep cave.

"Senior Brother Bai, the Ghost-faced Jade Spider should be deep inside this cave. Once this type of spider-like demon beast establishes its nest, it basically doesn't migrate."

Cai Heng packed up the kite and limped over.

"Let's make some preparations and then go down into the cave."

The cave must have been used for mining in the past, as there were some rusty and broken tools and several ore carts discarded nearby.

Cai Heng held a round shield covered with animal hide in one hand, and with the other hand she summoned a huge luminous pearl, which emitted a soft but extremely penetrating white light under the stimulation of magic.

Lu Song held several small golden knives in his hand, while Luo Qi simply held a dozen talismans in his hand.

Xun Shuang, who was walking at the very back, held an oil lamp carefully against his chest. It was hard to tell whether he was letting the oil lamp protect him or he was protecting the oil lamp.

Bai Zichen nodded almost imperceptibly. These people were well-prepared and did not think that this sect mission would be easy just because he had joined them, nor did they think they could take advantage of the situation.

His gaze lingered on the oil lamp in Xun Shuang's hand for a few more moments.

This oil lamp magic artifact must be the Xun family heirloom they mentioned, which has a great restraining effect on spider-like demonic beasts.

(End of this chapter)