"Everyone, listen up! The City Lord has ordered us to make sure no bugs attack the south gate for three days. If we succeed, everyone will be rewarded with a chance to join the City Lord's Mansion's treasure-hunting team!" someone from the City Lord's Mansion shouted.
The reward excited the many rogue cultivators, and they immediately set out to exterminate the bugs.
Ling Guang laughed. "If we can do it, we'll have two chances to join the City Lord's Mansion's treasure-hunting team. Fugui, let's give it our all."
Lu Yin smiled and nodded. Keeping the bugs away for three days wasn't difficult. After the fighting they'd just been through, it was normal for no bugs to appear for three to five days—as long as they killed enough of them.
Attacks rained down outside the city. Half a day later, many cultivators charged out, their eyes bloodshot from slaughter.
They yearned for a chance to rise to the top in a single bound.
Just like those who dug through sand in the Western Region, rogue cultivators were desperate to protect themselves. Their cultivation careers were forever accompanied by anxiety. The more anxious and repressed they became, the more they longed to climb higher.
Ling Guang, his sister, and Lu Yin charged out as well, fighting with all their might.
At last, the bugs were wiped out.
One day, then two, then three passed, and no bugs appeared.
It was not until the afternoon of the third day that a group arrived outside Black Marsh City's south gate. The City Lord personally welcomed them and led them into the city.
Ling Guang was surprised. "Is that Yu Xiang'er?"
Lu Yin raised an eyebrow. Yu Xiang'er? The fifth of the Seven Fairies?
Although he had never met Yu Xiang'er, Lu Siyu had told