Disguise

The sect's laws would not tolerate provocation!

Seeing Senior Brother Han, the leader, grow angry, Old Wu abruptly fell silent. He looked at Senior Brother Han with an awkward expression and an apologetic look.

"Everyone, wait quietly! Don't say another word."

Another Outer Disciple had been leaning against a large tree with his eyes closed, resting. Only now did he speak lazily.

In an instant, the four men by the mountain path fell silent.

Before long, Li Yunjing spotted the four Outer Disciples from afar.

"Heh heh! Senior Brothers, sorry to keep you waiting! I'm truly sorry! Qiongze Peak is quite a ways from Feixia Peak, after all."

Li Yunjing looked apologetic and apologized again and again.

"Senior Brother, is everyone here? Can we go take the mission now?"

Li Yunjing kept his posture low and continued asking.

"Hahaha! It's fine. We've already collected the provisions for the sect mission. Let's go!"

The leading Senior Brother Han laughed heartily. As he spoke, he patted the two Hundred Treasure Pouches at his waist, clearly letting Li Yunjing know that they had taken care of everything.

Li Yunjing glanced around. Everyone had at least two Hundred Treasure Pouches hanging from them, and the one with the most had four.

Ten Hundred Treasure Pouches in all!

Clearly, that was the amount the five of them were transporting.

But these four bastards hadn't taken him seriously at all.

They had even collected the portion he was responsible for, with no intention of letting him keep it.

From the very beginning, these four Outer Disciples seemed to have been filled with hostility toward him!

"Good! I'll follow your lead, Senior Brothers! Whatever you say, I'll do!"

Thinking this, Li Yunjing put on a delighted smile, though inwardly he sneered.

These bastards seemed eager to get moving. It looked like the people accompanying him were the ones Wei Henian had arranged.

But now, Li Yunjing was no longer worried about his own safety.

They didn't even have any flying artifacts issued by the sect.

Clearly, they were all in the same boat and had no standing.

No standing meant no strength!

This time, they would definitely have to cross mountains and ridges to transport the provisions.

It seemed the four of them were planning to strike somewhere uninhabited.

That was perfect!

Just what he wanted. Four Outer Disciples weren't impossible to kill!

They would see who was more ruthless!

The mission had been accepted with such ease that Li Yunjing hadn't even gone inside the Mission Hall on the mountain.

And yet the mission had already been accepted.

For a servant disciple to receive such treatment was probably a first since the sect was founded.

After leaving the Divine Firmament Dao Sect, Li Yunjing wore a faint sneer and followed the other four, racing down the mountain path.

The four Outer Disciples were all between the fourth and fifth levels of the Qi Refining Realm.

For Outer Disciples at the Qi Refining Realm, briefly hovering in midair was no problem, let alone running.

One by one, they ran ahead of Li Yunjing at great speed. In the blink of an eye, they had left Guest-Welcoming Peak, where Li Yunjing had first entered the sect, and headed down the mountain.

Li Yunjing, meanwhile, looked as if he were gasping for breath, stumbling along behind them with heavy, uneven steps.

Before long, the four had left him seven or eight zhang behind.

But no one knew that as Li Yunjing ran, his Mystic Jade Inner Armor, Cold Star Sword, and Gale Boots were all activated. The five talismans were also tucked into his robe, ready to be pulled out and unleashed at the fastest possible speed.

"What a good-for-nothing..."

The Outer Disciple surnamed Wu glanced back when he had a moment. Seeing Li Yunjing's wretched state, he couldn't help transmitting his voice to the other three.

"Heh heh! Isn't that perfect? Once we leave the Divine Firmament Mountain Range and enter Emerald Forest Ridge, we'll finish him off!"

Senior Brother Han, the leader, sneered as he sent his voice to his companions.

"Honestly, he's such a nobody. One person would've been enough. Senior Brother Ye, too—he actually sent all four of us."

The skinny Outer Disciple from earlier complained.

"Don't talk nonsense! Senior Brother Ye is looking out for us. This nobody is worth 100 Spirit Stones, and we've completed the mission to transport provisions too. We'll earn quite a bit this time, and we even get a week off. What's not to like?"

Hearing this, Senior Brother Han glared hard at him.

"Yes! Yes! Yes! I misspoke."

The skinny man quickly admitted his mistake.

"Heh heh! Once we finish the mission, we can visit the market near Red Sun Valley. I haven't been to Warm Fragrance Pavilion in ages. This time, I'll give those little vixens a thorough going-over!"

The Outer Disciple surnamed Wu wore a lecherous grin.

"You rascal! You waste all your Spirit Stones on women!"

Senior Brother Han shook his head slightly. Clearly, he still had his sights set on the Dao and couldn't bear to waste Spirit Stones on prostitutes.

Even prostitutes in the cultivation world couldn't tempt him.

"Heh heh! The rest of us don't have much of a future. You're different, Senior Brother Han. You'll probably reach the sixth level of the Qi Refining Realm soon, won't you?"

The Outer Disciple surnamed Wu sighed, his expression complicated.

It wasn't that he was greedy for women. The truth was, he had no future. He looked like a middle-aged, sturdy man, but in reality, he was already sixty years old, and had only reached the peak of the fourth level of the Qi Refining Realm.

He definitely had no hope of reaching Foundation Establishment.

Since that was the case, he might as well enjoy life instead of leaving regrets behind when his time came.

Qi Refining Realm cultivators could live at most a little over two hundred years. He was now in his prime, but his prime was only the fourth level of the Qi Refining Realm!

Even if he managed to reach the seventh level of the Qi Refining Realm or higher, by then he would probably be past his prime and already in decline.

Reaching Foundation Establishment required the body, essence, and spirit to all be at their peak. He was destined to have no future.

At the mention of their future Dao Paths, the four fell silent.

It was a heavy subject.

Within the Divine Firmament Dao Sect, countless Inner Disciples and prodigies had successfully broken through and gained another life.

Yet in the shadows beneath that glory lay the bleached bones of countless Outer Disciples and servant disciples.

Even the Divine Firmament Dao Sect couldn't help most people advance further!

It wasn't that the Divine Firmament Dao Sect lacked the means or resources. It was simply that ordinary Foundation Establishment disciples were no more than strong ants to such a vast sect.

Foundation Establishment disciples held no significance for the sect's development.

They weren't the sect's goal or hope, so the sect wouldn't spend resources raising their cultivation.

Only Golden Core seeds would be valued!

That was the strength of the Divine Firmament Dao Sect!

The four were silent. Li Yunjing had fallen nearly ten zhang behind them. His whole body was soaked with sweat, and his legs felt as if they were filled with lead, growing weaker by the moment.