After Ning Jiu, quite a few Demon Extermination Squad cultivators had performed outstandingly in this operation.
Central Region prodigies like Xuan Youli and Chu Jingxiao had also made it onto the subsequent commendation list.
When this list was distributed to cultivators everywhere, they all noticed several names they had never seen before, or whose reputations had once been obscure.
Among them, the group of cultivators from the Northwest drew particular attention.
In the Spiritual Connection Realm, there were Moonlight Female Immortal Xue Qingluan, Immortal Wood He Shenglai, and Luo Yuan of Chuyun Pavilion, who had never previously appeared on the Heavenly Talent Ranking.
The three of them had each completed their Demon Extermination missions alone. In the subsequent operations, they had aided fellow cultivators endangered in many places and curbed the expansion of the evil soul crisis.
Though their achievements certainly could not compare with Ning Jiu's, across the entire Southwest Demon Extermination Squad, their performances were already exceptionally remarkable.
Most Demon Extermination Squad cultivators had nearly exhausted every ounce of strength simply completing the missions in their hands. Even when they later received calls for aid, their hearts were willing but their strength fell short.
Cultivators like them, who could ensure their own safety while still having the strength to save others and battle that terrifying evil creature again, were few and far between.
"The three come from different factions. It seems the Northwest is not a place where only the Yang Clan stands tall above the rest."
"Indeed. Before this, we only knew of that clan's twin prodigies. Who would have thought that beneath the radiance of those two Gold Ranking figures, such outstanding talents had remained hidden without showing their faces?"
"And it is not just these three. The Tiger Chasing Dynasty, where this He-surnamed cultivator comes