Digging up spiritual roots and seizing blood? You scumbags, wait and tremble.

"Junior sister, why are you alone?"

A young man in a green robe came up with two followers. He was holding a long sword in his hand and had a playful smile on his face, which looked extremely weird.

Swordsmen are usually aloof, but he was holding a long sword with a playful expression, which looked weird no matter how you looked at him.

"I got lost with my senior brothers." This was the truth, so Zhong Ran sighed softly when he said this.

"Who is your senior brother? Tell me about it, maybe we've met before."

Zhong Ran raised his eyebrows and said softly, "I'm afraid you really don't know each other."

They had just arrived from the world below and hadn't made a name for themselves yet, so how could anyone possibly know them?

"Since Junior Sister doesn't want to talk about it, then forget it. I wonder if Junior Sister is going to the city to participate in the challenge competition of the major families?"

Zhong Ran was stunned. She really didn't know what the Family Challenge Competition was.

"What do you mean, brother?"

After hearing her words, Lu Yuanhao understood that she didn't know what was happening in the city.

He immediately smiled and said, "Since you don't know, why don't we go together? I will explain it to you slowly."

Zhong Ran did not refuse: "In that case, I'll trouble you, Senior Brother."

"No trouble." Lu Yuanhao's face was almost blooming with a smile: "I haven't asked for the name of my sister teacher yet."

"My surname is Zhong, and my given name is Ran."

"So it's Junior Sister Zhong, my name is Lu Yuanhao."

Lu Yuanhao made a gesture of invitation, and the two of them walked towards the city together.

"Junior Sister Zhong, you may not know that the city ahead is called Ancheng. There are five major factions in the city, including the City Lord's Mansion."

"Although this place is remote, it has a large area and is rich in black stone."

"Some time ago, when they were exploring the mountains for more minerals, they unexpectedly discovered a mysterious cave that seemed to have never been explored."

"Somehow this matter got out, attracting the attention of the five major forces in the city, and even attracted the attention of forces outside."

"Countless Nascent Soul experts have gone to investigate and have come to the conclusion that the cave is at least the place where a peak Spirit Transformation expert has passed away."

"Moreover, that powerful god-transforming expert is very likely to be an extremely powerful formation master. The formation there is very powerful."

"There's a self-destruct device inside. If a cultivator above the Jindan realm enters, the self-destruct array will be activated, and everything inside will be reduced to nothing."

Everyone agreed that if such a self-destructing formation was set up, there must be some incredible things inside.

Because of this unknown, everyone wants their family's younger generations to go explore and see if they can get the treasure inside.

They were also afraid that the geniuses of their own family would not be able to defeat the geniuses of other families after entering the tomb, so they secretly recruited independent geniuses from outside, hoping that they could help the geniuses of their own family after entering the tomb.

It started out secretly, but now it is open and aboveboard. Whoever can successfully challenge the genius designated by the major families can join that major family.

Zhong Ran's heart moved slightly when he heard this. The place where the most powerful person at the peak of the Spiritual Transformation staged his death?

There must be some good stuff there, and she must be very tempted, okay?

With her current strength, she should be fearless whether it is the foundation building stage or the golden elixir stage.

It’s just that when facing a Jindan cultivator, you need to spend more energy.

But only cultivators below the Jindan stage can enter that tomb. Isn’t that her home ground?

She remained calm and continued to ask, "Brother Lu, do you know which of the five major forces in the city is more reliable?"

Lu Yuanhao was very satisfied with her attitude and said with a smile: "The City Lord's Mansion is the largest force. It has recruited many powerful staff members and has countless strong people. Naturally, it is the most powerful force."

"Next is the Shi family, one of the four great families, the most powerful family. There are countless strong people in the family, and no ordinary person can shake it."

"The Deng and Xiao families behind are related by marriage and support each other. They can barely be compared with the Shi family."

"The most insignificant one is the Fang family."

Lu Yuanhao said, "If Junior Sister Zhong doesn't have any ideals, why don't you join me in the City Lord's Mansion recruitment?"

Zhong Ran said softly, "The requirements for recruiting in the City Lord's Mansion should be very high, right? With my current cultivation level, I'm afraid I'm not up to par."

She deliberately revealed a hint of her cultivation aura, allowing people to see clearly that she was just a small cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining.

Lu Yuanhao indeed noticed it. He was surprised at first, and then he laughed.

"With Junior Sister Zhong's current level of cultivation, she is indeed not suitable for the City Lord's Mansion."

More than just being unsuitable for the City Lord's Mansion, even the Fang family, at the bottom of the heap, would look down on a young cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining.

After all, the major forces recruit geniuses in order to contribute to their families.

These independent cultivators were willing to participate in their recruitment competition because they wanted a chance to enter that cave.

It can be said that everyone has their own needs.

However, no family would be willing to recruit a mere Qi Refining cultivator, as it would bring no benefit to their family.

"However, if Junior Sister Zhong really wants to enter that cave, there are ways."

Zhong Ran raised an eyebrow and looked at her: "Oh? Is there any way?"

"From today on, Junior Sister Zhong is my Junior Sister and will come with me to see the world."

Lu Yuanhao said coolly, "After I join one of the factions, you can then enter the cave with me. I think I will still give you this favor."

Zhong Ran was speechless: "Is this even possible? They should have a limit on the number of people, right?"

"There is indeed a limit on the number of people, but I am very powerful. Once I become famous in one battle, those strong men will naturally give me some face."

It was the first time that Zhong Ran met such an overconfident person. To put it bluntly, he was just conceited.

However, she still followed up the conversation and asked, "But, Senior Brother and I have only just met, and he has already helped me so much. How can I repay him?"

She didn't believe that there would be any good things in the world without reason. This person might have other thoughts about her because of her appearance and low cultivation level.

Lu Yuanhao coughed lightly and said seriously, "Actually, I'm not afraid of Junior Sister Zhong laughing at me. My Lu family is not some unknown small family. It's just that our Lu family is not nearby."

"I came out to gain experience, and I just happened to hear about this, so I wanted to go and see it for myself."

"It's fate that I met Junior Sister Zhong today. I really just wanted to help her broaden her horizons."

Zhong Ran kept staring at his expression, but the young man was always smiling and she couldn't tell anything.

"In that case, I'll trouble you, Senior Brother."

Her strength is not bad, but her cultivation is a flaw.

If she reveals her strength, it might cause some unnecessary trouble later.

Since this young man came to her door to serve as a stepping stone, it would seem hypocritical for her to refuse.

"No trouble!" Lu Yuanhao's smile widened: "Junior sister, please."

"Brother, please."

The two men politely gave way to each other and entered the city together.