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The long caravan moved slowly along the trade road.

There were quite a few people within the caravan.

However, most of them were mortals, warriors recruited from the Mortal Towns beneath Red Maple Valley.

As for true Xiu Xian practitioners, there were only four in the open. One Mid Qi Refining Stage cultivator at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer guarded the center of the caravan.

Qi Chuan and the other two Qi Refining Third Layer cultivators were stationed around the caravan to prevent unexpected incidents from occurring anywhere.

Qi Chuan and a Young Man of around thirteen both remained at the rear of the caravan.

Of course, if anything truly happened, Qi Chuan and the other Qi Refining Third Layer cultivators would not be of much use. The one they truly had to rely on was that Qi Refining Sixth Layer cultivator.

This person looks so young. He seems even a year younger than me? He should only be at the Qi Refining Second Layer, right?

Not far from Qi Chuan, the thirteen-year-old Young Man could not help looking in his direction.

This thirteen-year-old Young Man was named Qi Feng.

His Cultivation Base was at the Qi Refining Third Layer.

However, when he was nine, an Elder serving in the Main Vein had privately tested his spiritual root ahead of time and brought him to cultivate in the Main Vein.

Even so, being able to rise from an Immortal Seedling with no Cultivation Base to the Qi Refining Third Layer in merely four years filled Qi Feng with pride. All of it was thanks to his own Middle Sixth-grade Spiritual Root.

After glancing at Qi Chuan, Qi Feng casually withdrew his gaze, a shadowy light surfacing in his eyes.

This time, Third Grandmother said that when the Wind Moon Sect recruits new disciples, our Qi Family will have one Inner Sect Quota?

I am already at the Qi Refining Third Layer, and there are still two years before recruitment begins. If I work harder and take some elixirs, perhaps I will have a chance to reach the Qi Refining Third Layer Peak. Could I seize that Inner Sect Quota?

As for Qi Chan'er, the granddaughter of the Transmission Elder, although she has a Fourth-grade Spiritual Root and has apparently already reached the Qi Refining Third Layer despite being a year younger than me, I estimate that she will not be able to break through to the Mid Qi Refining Stage within two years. After all, the Mid-stage Bottleneck is not so easily broken.

But if we are both at the Qi Refining Third Layer Peak by then, Qi Chan'er possesses a Fourth-grade Spiritual Root and is a year younger than me. The Lineage will most likely still choose her...

At this thought, Qi Feng's expression grew increasingly ugly, and his confidence in obtaining the Inner Sect Quota fell lower and lower.

Unless, shortly after reaching the Qi Refining Third Layer Peak, he happened upon a fortuitous opportunity and luckily broke through the Mid-stage Bottleneck to enter the Qi Refining Fourth Layer, he would have almost no chance of surpassing Qi Chan'er.

Such lucky breakthroughs had happened before, but the odds were simply too low.

Qi Chuan naturally had no idea what Qi Feng was thinking. He did not even know the other's name.

At that moment, Qi Chuan vigilantly scanned the activity around the caravan. He did not lower his guard merely because a Qi Refining Sixth Layer cultivator was overseeing the caravan.

Those at the Qi Refining Third Layer did not possess Spiritual Sense.

They did not even possess the Spiritual Sense needed to examine their own bodies internally. Only after breaking through to the Qi Refining Fourth Layer could one awaken Spiritual Sense for internal examination, though it could not be projected outward.

Therefore, Qi Chuan could only rely on his eyes.

However, as a Qi Refining Third Layer Xiu Xian practitioner, Qi Chuan had keen ears and sharp eyes. With a casual sweep of his gaze, everything in the wilderness—the rustle of grass in the wind, birds in flight, and beasts on the ground—was crystal clear to him.

Moreover, Qi Chuan reached a conclusion: the scenery of the Xianxia world was truly quite good. Untainted by technology, and with a trace of Spiritual Qi lingering between heaven and earth, one could discover numerous scenic wonders with a mere glance.

Under Qi Chuan's vigilance, the area around the caravan remained safe and peaceful, with nothing happening. As they traveled along the desolate trade road, they occasionally entered Mortal towns to rest briefly.

These densely populated Mortal cities, along with the many villages and towns around them, all fell under the rule of the Wind Moon Sect. Even the Qi Family did not dare cause trouble lightly, so on the surface, they merely posed as an ordinary caravan.

After seeing more of it, Qi Chuan realized that the lowly mortals of the Xianxia world were likely even more pitiful than those of ancient times in his Previous Life, living even harsher and more miserable lives.

Fortunately, he had been born in a Mortal town of the Qi Family and had the protection of Qi Family cultivators. Otherwise, if he had transmigrated into an ordinary Mortal outside, who knew what kind of fate he would have met?

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed. The journey had been peaceful all along, and Qi Chuan had begun to think that nothing would happen.

But that day, the caravan passed through a mountain range thick with forests.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Without warning, the sound of something tearing through the air rang out. Fireballs, water arrows, ice cones... tore through the sky and descended upon every part of the caravan.

At once, the entire caravan fell into chaos. The Demonic Horses neighed, while terror appeared on the faces of the Mortal Warriors.

They're here?

Seeing this, Qi Chuan immediately prepared himself.

"How bold! You actually dare attack a Qi Family caravan!"

At that moment, however, an angry shout rang out from the center of the caravan. The Qi Refining Sixth Layer cultivator atop a Demonic Horse flung out several talismans. The talismans ignited and transformed into fireballs, water arrows, ice cones, and more, meeting the sudden attacks in midair.

Bang! Bang!

Explosions echoed through the air as both sides' fireballs, water arrows, ice cones, and more perished one after another.

"Haha! Leave now if you know what's good for you, and you may yet escape with your lives. Otherwise, both your lives and goods will be lost!"

A hearty laugh sounded out. Then, five black-clothed, masked figures leaped from the dense forest around the caravan. Spell Power fluctuations emanated from each of them—they were all Xiu Xian practitioners!

After these Rogue Cultivators appeared, they immediately charged toward the caravan.

"Protect the caravan!"

The Qi Family's Qi Refining Sixth Layer cultivator shouted angrily, then took the initiative to meet two Rogue Cultivators. One was at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer and the other at the Qi Refining Fifth Layer. They instantly began fighting, while the former could only barely hold on.

As for the remaining three Rogue Cultivators, they continued charging toward the caravan. Their target was the goods within it.

Of course, if anyone tried to stop them, they would not mind taking that person's life as well.

I didn't expect trouble to arise after all.

Seeing this, Qi Chuan sighed. When he had accepted this mission, he had thought the journey would be relatively safe.

But now that things had come to this, there was nothing he could do.

He could only move to meet the nearest Rogue Cultivator.

"So young, and what Cultivation Realm could you possibly have? You dare come seeking death?"

This Rogue Cultivator was at the Qi Refining Third Layer. When he saw a handsome Young Man of only about twelve charging at him, a cruel smile immediately appeared at the corner of his mouth.

He formed a Hand Seal with both hands and muttered an incantation. When he spread his palm, a Crimson Fireball roughly half the size of a fist rose into existence. With a sweep of his arm, the fireball shot through the air and smashed toward Qi Chuan in the distance.

Though this Rogue Cultivator was not young, he was only at the Qi Refining Third Layer. Yet he possessed a Fireball Technique that had reached the Minor Accomplishment Stage.

Such power was enough to run rampant below the Qi Refining Fourth Layer. Even a Qi Refining Third Layer Peak cultivator would find it troublesome without special means.

What was more, someone of that age probably had no more than the Qi Refining Second Layer of Cultivation Base and did not appear to possess any magic artifact. One Fireball Technique should be enough to burn him to death, shouldn't it?

Yet in the next moment, Qi Chuan smiled faintly. As he formed a seal and raised his hand, a Mana Water Arrow as thick as an arm appeared. The Mana Water Arrow paused slightly, then pierced through the air and shot down toward the Qi Refining Third Layer Rogue Cultivator.

And that was not all. Qi Chuan once again forced himself to form a seal. Soon after the first Mana Water Arrow, two more arm-thick Mana Water Arrows rose into being and descended upon the Rogue Cultivator.

In a short span of time, three Mana Water Arrows surpassing the Minor Accomplishment Stage shot forth in succession. Their might was astonishing, and the Rogue Cultivator's expression changed drastically!