After dealing with the Demon Beast group outside the town, the crowd first did a headcount and found that more than ten people were casualties, with six dead.
In the battle against the Demon Beasts, casualties were inevitable.
For two Profound-level teams to battle a Demon Beast group of about five thousand, a casualty count of just over ten people was very low.
Once the headcount was done, everyone began to collect the Demon Beast corpses individually.
While Liu Hanshuang was tidying up, she secretly noted Lu Zhiwei’s achievents.
She hadn’t noticed before, but what she saw now startled her.
The number of Tier Two Demon Beasts that Lu Zhiwei had slain was over twenty.
As for Tier One Demon Beasts, she had collected over two hundred.
Such results from Lu Zhiwei truly surprised Liu Hanshuang.
Compared to Liu Hanshuang’s own Demon Beast kills, it was only about one-third of Lu Zhiwei’s tally.
In summary, she won.
In this great battle, Lu Zhiwei achieved the top rits.
As the battlefield was cleared, everyone regrouped and fortified the array, retreating into Gourd Town.
Lu Ping, as a Consciousness Body, was the best scout.
He decided to hover near Gourd Town when free, to better understand the surrounding area.
However, just as he thought of this, a dialog box quickly appeared before Lu Ping.
[Doorway Affairs: Clear out Cult Cultivators from the towns around Little Sword Peak in southern Lushan County, destroy the cult there, task completed]
[Completion Reward: Reputation 900, Cold Ice Heart thod ×1]
This was a reward notification for completing a Doorway Affair.
Seeing the completion of this task, Lu Ping pondered briefly and recalled.
Before leading Lu Yuanshan and the others on the Southern Wilderness expedition, he had identified several Doorway Affairs for Cyan Mountain Sect disciples to complete to earn Reputation Points.
Apparently, one task was completed, and likely the others were ongoing.
Sure enough, just as Lu Ping was about to check the task rewards, two new dialog boxes appeared.
[Doorway Affairs: Clear the Qi Cultivation Stage Black Eagle Monster that attacked caravans in Lingxi Forest, task completed]
[Completion Reward: Reputation 720, Cold Water Sword ×1]
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[Doorway Affairs: Guide the lost independent cultivator squad in the depths of the Cyan Mountain Range, task completed]
[Completion Reward: Reputation 510, Talisman Maker upgrade ×1]
Seeing two more Doorway Affairs completed, Lu Ping’s eyes brightened.
He imdiately checked these Doorway Affairs rewards.
In an instant, he gained 2130 Reputation Points.
Additionally, the Cold Ice Sword, as Lu Ping checked, was a Tier Two High-Grade Flying Sword.
This Flying Sword, could pair with the other reward, the Cold Ice Heart thod, for cultivation and practice.
Both the Flying Sword and the Cultivation Technique are Ice Attribute.
Fittingly, in Cyan Mountain Sect, the only one suitable for practicing this Cultivation Technique and using this Flying Sword was Li Weimiao.
I wonder how the little fellow Li Weimiao has been progressing after so much ti.
How is Cyan Mountain Sect faring?
With these thoughts in mind, Lu Ping decided to find an opportunity to return to Cyan Mountain Sect for a look.
After all, the remaining Talisman Maker upgrade reward could be used for Chu Qin.
Chu Qin had already awakened Talisman-Making Talent with Lu Ping’s help earlier and had embarked on the Path of Talisman Making, though it was uncertain how his progress was.
Since Chu Qin didn’t participate in the Southern Wilderness campaign, he remained at Cyan Mountain Sect.
This ti back, it would be a good opportunity to upgrade Chu Qin’s Talisman-Making prowess.
However, first, the situation around Gourd Town had to be thoroughly investigated.
From an aerial view, the town’s shape resembled a gourd, hence its na.
Lu Ping went through the town’s array and began scouting the surroundings.
This investigation didn’t take long, as Lu Ping soon discovered nurous Demon Beast traces.
Many of these Demon Beasts were stragglers from the group or loners foraging or resting.
Their combat strength was generally at the Tier One level.
Moreover, Lu Ping also observed several lone or small groups of cultivators.
These cultivators, being Foundation Establishnt Cultivators, were quite capable.
They traveled the vicinity, either on tasks or to slay more Demon Beasts during rest periods to earn Battle rit Points.
When cultivator teams completed tasks and returned to Purple Fire Castle, they had full autonomy during designated rest tis, allowing them to leave and hunt Demon Beasts solo.
Of course, this was quite dangerous, so cultivators would typically team up.
From this reconnaissance, Lu Ping concluded that Gourd Town was relatively safe.
At least the surrounding Demon Beasts were few and weak, with so cultivators there to eliminate them.
Relieved by this, Lu Ping contacted Zhiwei.
"Zhiwei, at present, the situation around Gourd Town is calm, with no imdiate Demon Beast threats."
"Stay here with your peers in the town, and I’ll visit Cyan Mountain Sect and return shortly."
"Report to through Communication anyti if needed."
Lu Ping had maintained an open Communication channel with Lu Zhiwei, so he transmitted these words directly.
"Okay."
The response from Lu Zhiwei arrived quickly after the transmission was sent.
Lu Ping spent 5 Reputation Points to use [Instant Transmission], choosing Lu Changfeng as the target, and initiated the transmission imdiately.
The scenery before him shifted as Lu Ping quickly appeared beside Lu Changfeng.
Upon landing near Lu Changfeng, Lu Ping quickly assessed the surrounding environnt to see what his second son was up to and where he was, and soon he was taken aback.
"Huh?"
The scene before him was not the scenery of Cyan Mountain Sect but rather a street view.
Changfeng wasn’t at Cyan Mountain Sect.
Lu Ping couldn’t help but smile wryly—he hadn’t checked Lu Changfeng’s location before transmitting, so he didn’t arrive within Cyan Mountain Sect.
But it wasn’t a big issue. First, let’s see what Lu Changfeng was doing.
"Fellow cultivator, a Tier One Middle Grade Four Symbols Qiankun Array should be worth at least two hundred Spirit Stones, yet you’ve lowered the price to eighty Spirit Stones, that’s unreasonable!"
Lu Changfeng was, at that mont, speaking to a middle-aged cultivator, a hint of displeasure on his face.
Lu Ping observed the surroundings briefly, noticing many cultivators milling about, setting up stalls, and selling various Magical Artifacts, Elixirs, Spirit Plants, etc.
Evidently, this was a Cultivation Market.
Lu Ping noticed a market archway not far off, with the golden words ’Guangde Market,’ and realized that Lu Changfeng had co to Guangde Market.
This place was within Guangde County.
Had the second son co here to sell Arrays?
This thought crossed Lu Ping’s mind.
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