Rebirth of a Quasi-Immortal Spirit

The assassin was stunned, looking at Gao Zhun as if she were a fool. Shouldn't he be saying something like, "Answer my question, and I'll let you die a quick death"? This girl disguised as a boy was actually offering to spare his life?

The assassin's expression shifted several times as he stared intently at Gao Zhun's face, trying to find evidence of her lying. However, no matter how he observed, the conclusion remained the same—this girl hadn't lied to him, but…

"What's the question?" After struggling for a moment, the assassin finally spoke. His mission had failed today, but if he could go back, he wouldn't have ended up dead. If he could really escape with his life today... Thinking of this, he looked at Gao Zhun even more anxiously, hoping that he could answer the other's question.

Seeing the eagerness in the assassin's eyes, Gao Zhun couldn't help but sigh. Just a moment ago, the assassin had looked down on him and wanted to take his head back to complete his mission, but now he was actually hoping to answer his questions and escape. The changes in fortune were too fast.

Shaking his head to clear the jumbled thoughts from his mind, Gao Zhun lowered his head, looked at the disheveled assassin lying on the ground, and asked softly, "Who exactly hired you to kill me?"

"You don't know the enemies you made, yet you ask me?" Upon hearing Gao Zhun's question, the assassin instinctively sensed that something was wrong, but what did it have to do with him? As long as he held onto the chips in his hand, he wouldn't lose his life today.

Gao Zhun said coldly, "Whether I know or not is not important. I'm asking you now."

As Gao Zhun uttered these words, her keen eyes noticed a fleeting light emanating from her own soul bones. This discovery gave her a sudden realization. She had been thinking of applying some pressure to the assassin, but given her inferior cultivation level, she couldn't use her power to intimidate him. However, she didn't want to give up, so as soon as she spoke, a change occurred in her soul. As for the assassin on the ground…

Gao Zhun noticed that the assassin's eyes were clearly confused for a moment, and then his gaze turned to him. For some reason, the confusion in his eyes gradually disappeared, replaced by a resolute look. He said with his lips moving, "As a Ding-generation assassin in the Pavilion, I have no way of knowing the specific identity of the employer. However, I once saw the cultivator who came to issue the mission by chance. Perhaps this will be a clue."

After speaking, the assassin skillfully took out a jade slip from his storage ring, placed it on his forehead, and handed it to Gao Zhun. What appeared before Gao Zhun was a clear profile image of a cultivator.

Gao Zhun nodded to herself, then destroyed the jade slip. Her gaze then shifted back to the assassin. If she still couldn't realize that she had completely controlled this person by now, she wouldn't need to travel on the Immortal Spirit Continent anymore, because she couldn't bear the shame.

A Ding-generation assassin? Gao Zhun's gaze swept over the assassin. This was an assassin from the legendary and incredibly mysterious Blood Transformation Pavilion. And if there was a Ding-generation assassin, and one at the peak of the late Nascent Soul stage, what about the Jia, Yi, and Bing generations above him? Where was their pavilion master?

The more Gao Zhun thought about it, the more excited she became. Although she had no past grudges or recent conflicts with the Blood Transformation Pavilion, the assassin who had come to her doorstep was definitely a golden opportunity that she could not afford to miss. Suddenly, a plan took shape in her mind.

Without hesitation, Gao Zhun carefully separated a small wisp of her divine sense and ordered the assassin to distribute a large amount of his own divine sense, allowing the assassin to use his own divine sense to envelop her small wisp. This was an extremely risky act, but fortunately, it succeeded. Nowadays, even high-level cultivators would find it difficult to discover the wisp of divine sense they had planted in the assassin's sea of ​​consciousness. Moreover, if it were discovered, she could use the connection established with the assassin through this wisp of divine sense to issue an order for the assassin to destroy her sea of ​​consciousness. That way, the evidence would be completely destroyed, and the Blood Transformation Pavilion, which might only discover the assassin's abnormality much later, would be unable to detect it.

Although Gao Zhun was unwilling to kill, she was not so naive. If the Blood Transformation Pavilion failed in one attack, wouldn't they send a second or third? Therefore, the assassin in front of her was particularly important as an inside agent to obtain information about the Blood Transformation Pavilion.

"As you wish, I won't kill you. You can leave now." Having done all this, Gao Zhun waved his hand in a very good mood, sending the assassin away.

Ah Zhong, who witnessed the whole thing, didn't say anything. What could he possibly say? The Azure Storm had advanced to the Azure Hurricane, easily controlled a cultivator of the same level but several minor levels higher than himself, and even dared to place his divine sense on the other person, allowing him to return to the organization and thus easily obtain an undercover agent from a major power. Today, Gao Zhun had shocked him too much, so much that he didn't want to have any reaction.

"Phew~ We're safe for now." Gao Zhun's tone was unusually relaxed. In just one day, according to the pace of cultivators, they had already left the southeastern border of the Yatian City Domain and officially entered the southeastern region. Here, Gao Zhun had two tasks to complete.

"Collect the Mysterious Mother Elixir and investigate the Ancient Treasure Temple." Gao Zhun stroked her chin. When she received this task, she found it strange. The first task, collecting the Mysterious Mother Elixir, was supposedly assigned by an alchemist in her family. The alchemist was trying out a new pill formula and needed such a substance. But investigating the Ancient Treasure Temple?

Before coming to the Yatian City Domain, Gao Zhun didn't find it particularly strange, but after arriving here, especially after learning about the Ancient Treasure Temple, the mission issued by the Mission Hall became quite intriguing.

Unlike ordinary Buddhist temples, Gubao Temple is never open to the outside world and never needs the offerings of mortals. It is said to have a history of millions of years and is inhabited only by a group of ascetic practitioners who cultivate Buddhist techniques. However, in the last ten thousand years, no one has seen anyone walk out of Gubao Temple because the temple's protective array is still in operation. Such a small temple has never aroused the interest of the Yun family. On the contrary, many rogue cultivators are keen to break through the array to search for treasures. They believe that all the people in Gubao Temple have died inside, and the treasures left behind by the dead should not be allowed to be covered in dust.

Ha, how ridiculous, to covet other people's things and yet speak so righteously.

As mentioned before, it would be understandable if some rogue cultivators, or small families or sects with a lineage of only a million years or less, were interested in this and wanted to investigate. But why would the Gao family, the Gao family, who are so high and mighty on the Immortal Spirit Continent, be interested in such a small temple? Back then, Yongcheng was such a large natural treasure trove, and only the Gao family on the entire Immortal Spirit Continent did not show any interest in it. Now, can this ancient temple be compared to a city?

I may have these thoughts, but now that we're in this area, I should finish this task as soon as possible before moving on to the next place.

The so-called Mysterious Mother Liquid is extracted from a type of stone called Mysterious Mother Stone. This type of stone generally only lives in the southeastern part of the Yatian City Domain. There is a huge city in this area, and because it is rich in Mysterious Mother Stone, it is simply called Mysterious Mother City. I wonder who the first city lord was; he was quite lazy when it came to naming the city. "Truly, he has inherited our true skills," Gao Zhun silently added in his heart.

This Xuanmu City is more than five times larger than Yong City, where Gao Zhun and A Zhong once lived. In other words, its area is five times the size of the entire Earth, which is about the same size as Yong City. A city of this size would only be considered average in the entire Immortal Spirit Continent. However, compared to Yong City, it is like heaven and earth.

Looking at the dense, spiderweb-like urban network before her, Gao Zhun felt dazzled, even after living on Earth for over twenty years. This wasn't because Xuanmu City was filled with towering buildings and dazzling lights—that would be impossible in a world with a cultivation setting. What impressed her was the scale of the city's construction; almost every inch of land was utilized to its fullest potential under the cultivators' planning, even in the larger mortal district.

"This is Xuanmu City." Gao Zhun and A Zhong's eyes sparkled with wonder. To be honest, neither of them had been to many places. They had only been to the Gao family, the Yun family, Yongcheng, and the southeastern border they had just left. This was the first time they had ever seen a truly ordinary city in this world.

"The prosperity here far surpasses what I experienced when I first arrived in Yongcheng. So this is Xuanmu City," Ah Zhong couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

Gao Zhun hadn't forgotten that she still had a mission to complete. "Mysterious Mother Stone, Mysterious Mother Stone, Ah Zhong, let's quickly find a place to buy some of it. The more notes in the mission, the better." After buying the Mysterious Mother Stone, she would then explore the entire Mysterious Mother City. She wouldn't go to the Ancient Treasure Temple until she had explored it thoroughly.

Gao Zhun had made a big decision, but little did she know that three days earlier, another team that had accepted a mission from their sect had arrived in Xuanmu City ahead of time and had already bought up all the Xuanmu Stones in the city in a short period of time. They had even reserved half a year's worth of mining. It was only when she and Ah Zhong went to buy the stones that they learned of this news.

Gao Zhun's smile froze on her face. She asked in confusion, "Danyang Sect?"

Ah Zhong nodded. This was the news he had gathered: two Nascent Soul stage juniors from the Danyang Sect had bought up all the Xuanmu Stones three days ago, with a six-month mining quota remaining. The two were currently residing in the City Lord's Mansion, awaiting delivery to Xuanmu City in six months. (166 Reading Network)