Ambush

Black Mountain City fell, Golden Core cultivator was slain.

A Golden Core Immortal City was completely looted, and countless cultivators at the lower levels were killed or injured.

Although Fairy Ruyan and her group did not intentionally slaughter low-level cultivators, they inevitably injured some unsuspecting cultivators during their looting.

Therefore, by the time they left, the entire Black Mountain City had been transformed into a fiery inferno, and countless cultivators within the city were frantically fleeing for their lives.

Meanwhile, thousands of miles away, Fang Yu and his group were already dividing up the spoils.

"Senior sister, can I exchange all of mine for Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone?"

Fairy Ruyan shook her head and said, "I don't have many Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone on hand, so I can't exchange them with you..."

"Ah!" Fang Yu's expression darkened upon hearing this.

However, the next moment a purple, Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone appeared before them.

"... But I can give you one!"

Fang Yu snatched the Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone into his hand and repeatedly thanked her, saying, "Thank you so much, Senior Sister! Thank you so much, Senior Sister!"

"I can trade with you!" Yang Zhan's voice rang out, and he produced three Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone in his hand. "Want them?"

Fang Yu immediately nodded and said, "Senior Sister Yang, are you really willing to switch with me?"

Yang Zhan laughed and said, "It's possible, but you'll have to exchange it for a hundred times the price. Well, your harvest this time will only get you 3!"

"You're so mean!" Fang Yu's smile vanished.

"This stuff is impossible to buy anywhere. Only True Disciple and Nascent Soul elders have a tiny exchange quota. Selling it to you for a hundred times the price is already a bargain. Take it or leave it!"

Yang Zhan's tone was rude, but Fang Yu could only grit his teeth and admit it, "I'll switch!"

Hehehe!

Yang Zhan immediately let out a strange laugh, tossed three Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone to Fang Yu, and then gathered his share of the spirit resources in front of him.

Fang Yu put away the three Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone, feeling delighted.

He didn't care too much about these ordinary spiritual resources. Although exchanging them for Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone at a hundred times the price seemed like a loss, he would definitely exchange them for strategic resources, even if it were a thousand times more expensive.

After dividing the spoils, the four immediately headed towards their next target.

Time passed amidst a series of surprise attacks.

Fairy Ruyan was responsible for selecting the mission target. Upon arrival, if it was a large formation of lower-grade third rank, Fang Yu would break the formation.

For the middle-grade and upper-grade third-tier formations, Fairy Ruyan would break the formations while he assisted and humbly sought her guidance.

His skill in Dao of Arrays formations gradually improved through repeated consultations. Later on, Fang Yu was able to break most of the arrays, and then Yang Zhan and Zhang Zhonghu would charge in like two mad dogs, slaughtering everything in their path.

It must be said that the tasks chosen by Fairy Ruyan were very suitable for them, with the highest level being the Golden Core Early Stage, so the rewards were very substantial.

After exchanging six more Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone with him, Yang Zhan said he had no more and refused to exchange any more with him.

This allowed Fang Yu to accumulate a large amount of spiritual materials. Although the vast majority were first or second-tier spirit medicine, and a small number were third-tier spirit medicine, these spirit medicine were enough to refine a large number of pills to exchange for contribution points.

On this day, Fairy Ruyan set another goal.

"Moonshadow Mountain was originally guarded by a Foundation Establishment Lineage. After the great battle, the Primordial Devil Sect a Golden Core cultivator to oversee the area, specifically to protect the mountain's specialty, ' Moonshadow Stone,' a very precious material for refining weapons. This time, we not only need to kill the Golden Core cultivator guarding the mountain, but also destroy the entire mine..."

Fang Yu listened as Fairy Ruyan set a goal, and habitually calculated the fortune of this journey from his sleeve:

[fierce]

'It's a monster!'

Fang Yu's heart skipped a beat, and his brows furrowed.

If the four of them were able to sense the ferocity, then there must be an ambush at Moonshadow Mountain, and it must be a large one, at least at the Nascent Soul level, otherwise it couldn't possibly be a ferocity.

Ruyan Yan finished explaining the target's situation, she saw Fang Yu frown.

"Jiang Yao, what's wrong?"

Fang Yu said in a deep voice, "I think there might be an ambush at Moonshadow Mountain!"

"Ambush!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Zhonghu and Yang Zhan also looked over.

Fairy Ruyan asked, "What ambush?"

Fang Yu said in a deep voice, "In the past three years, we have launched attacks in various places and killed six Golden Core. Even if they were all in the Golden Core Early Stage, it will definitely attract the attention of the Primordial Devil Sect. Moreover, Moonshadow Mountain is not too far from our previous target. If the Primordial Devil Sect wants to deal with us, they may very well set up an ambush here."

"Do you have any evidence?" Yang Zhan asked immediately.

Fang Yu shook his head and said, "No! It's just a gut feeling!"

"What good is intuition!" Yang Zhan scoffed. "I think you just want to go back, don't you? If you want to go back, then hurry up and leave. We'll have one less person to share the spoils with."

"Yang Zhan!" Fairy Ruyan immediately glared at Yang Zhan, then looked at Fang Yu and said:

"Our intuition as cultivators is usually very accurate. I've had a few bad intuitions before, which helped me avoid several crises. Since you have intuition, it's better to believe it than not."

Zhang Zhonghu nodded and said, "That's right, I've had that intuition too."

Yang Zhan glanced at Fairy Ruyan and then at Zhang Zhonghu. "What? You all believe his intuition?"

Fairy Ruyan and Zhang Zhonghu nodded in agreement.

"We've gained enough this time, and we've been out for quite a while now. It's time to return inside and rest. Let the other teams take over the task of destroying ' Moonshadow Mountain '."

"No way, we're going back already!" Yang Zhan was speechless. "I was even thinking of forming my core right before battle!"

Fairy Ruyan said, "Don't try to form your core at the last minute. If you really encounter Nascent Soul cultivator, you won't even have a place to run. Your Sword Intent should be almost ready by now. You can form your core back in the sect. Zhonghu and I are also about to form our cores. Let's wait until we've formed our cores before we come out. Then we won't have to be afraid even if we encounter Nascent Soul."

"Alright then!" Yang Zhan sighed, then turned to Fang Yu and smiled, "You've only just reached the Foundation Establishment Perfection, so you probably haven't even prepared your Core Formation materials yet. I happen to have a third-tier Demon Beast Inner Core on hand. Do you want to trade with me? I don't need much, just half of what you've gained this time!"

"Heh! You wish!" Fang Yu chuckled, too lazy to bother with Yang Zhan.

Three years have passed, and he has come to realize that Yang Zhan is just a heartless brute. Although his impression of him has improved somewhat, that's about it, and he's too lazy to try and win him over anymore.

Having decided to abandon the mission at Moonshadow Mountain, the four of them boarded the Void-Escaping Sundial and returned to the Ascension Immortal Sect.

Two weeks later.

Void-Escaping Sundial entered the Ascension Immortal Sect's grand formation and arrived at the mountain peak where they had started.

"The contribution points from all missions will be transferred to you after I settle accounts with the sect."

"That's settled then. I wish you a successful condensation of your Golden Core!"

"They're gone!"

"..."

The four separated, each transforming into streaks of light and flying off in different directions.

Fang Yu returned to his cave abode and took out the ' Five Elements Spirit Fruit ' that Jiang Xiasheng had given him earlier.

Three years of combat experience filled the last gap in his skills within the Ascension Immortal Sect. Advancing directly from the Foundation Establishment Seventh Layer to the Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer in three years was indeed quite fast for someone with Mid-Grade Spirit Root.

But after experiencing missions with prodigies like Fairy Ruyan, Zhang Zhonghu, and Yang Zhan, his progress is perfectly reasonable.

Next, he announced that he was going to refine a ' Golden Core Formation Pill ', and then, with everyone as witnesses, he refined the Golden Core Formation Pill, began his seclusion, and advanced to the Golden Core stage.

Once he advances to the Golden Core True Disciple. With the battle merits he has accumulated over the past three years following Fairy Ruyan, and the good disciple records he has built up over the past decades, he should be able to become True Disciple of the Five Elements Peak.