I Can Accumulate Proficiency, Starting from Alchemy

Chapter 694: Chapter 314: Nine Thunder Immortal Domain, First Encounter with the Dark Soul

Fu Hongxi.

This was the first time Han Yi learned the name of the middle-aged man he had killed.

The core information revealed in this sentence is that Han Yi needs to complete Fu Hongxi’s task, which is ‘Find and kill ten fourth-stage Gu Clan, current progress 0/10.’

The information given by the mansion spirit earlier also mentioned that in order to kill the master of the Immortal Mansion, one must complete their tasks, but Han Yi thought that he could carry out multiple tasks in parallel and complete the inheritance tasks later when he had the opportunity.

However, he didn’t expect that this task would be the top priority, and he couldn’t take on any other tasks before completing it.

This made it impossible for him to carry out his other plans.

At present, there was only one way to go, and that was to complete this inheritance task.

As for this inheritance task, it wasn’t easy. The mansion spirit had explained earlier that the Gu Clan parasites on cultivators, and the strongest Gu Clan discovered in the Immortal Realm had parasitized even Daluo Immortal Venerates.

Moreover, as soon as he entered the Ten-Thousand Battle Palace, he heard a Spirit Transformation stage Cultivator shouting about going to kill the Gu Clan and demanding that their companions be at least at the Middle-stage of Spirit Transformation.

These bits of information all indicated how dangerous it was to eradicate the Gu Clan.

No wonder Fu Hongxi couldn’t stay in the Immortal Mansion, because his task was basically a dead end, and he could only flee back to the Beidou Region in shame in the end.

Han Yi fell silent for a moment before finally closing the Five-color Spiritual Column and putting the token away.

Then, he began walking towards the outside of the Immortal Palace. Halfway there, he stopped with his gaze falling on a Spirit Transformation stage Cultivator who had previously been calling to gather people to go to the Nine Thunder Immortal Domain.

An idea formed in his heart.

Since the Gu Clan had appeared in the Nine Thunder Immortal Domain and the Spirit Transformation Cultivators were taking action, it was likely that Nascent Soul Cultivators and even Gold Core cultivators might join forces as well.

With this thought, Han Yi wandered through the Immortal Palace, and after a quarter of an hour, he finally encountered a Nascent Soul Cultivator with the same task, trying to gather fellow cultivators.

Han Yi immediately walked up and stated his purpose.

This team of cultivators consisted of seven people, led by a Nascent Soul Late Stage middle-aged man. To Han Yi’s surprise, the middle-aged man’s eyes were pure blue.

Moreover, after hearing Han Yi’s introduction, the middle-aged man actually showed a slight regret.

“Fu Hongxi was actually killed by you.”

“However, you’re out of luck, Xiao Changxiong also died not long ago, so you won’t get any rewards either.”

Han Yi’s pupils shrank slightly. These two sentences implied that this middle-aged cultivator actually knew Fu Hongxi and was also involved with another person named Xiao Changxiong and the so-called rewards.

The middle-aged man noticed Han Yi’s confusion and gave a brief explanation.

In the Age Candle Immortal Mansion, many cultivators who share the same or similar Immortal Roads are likely to receive the same task since the mansion promotes a competitive atmosphere.

Like the seven cultivators gathered here who were all tasked with eradicating the Gu Clan, their Immortal Road naturally had something to do with it, and killing Gu Clan would naturally expedite their progress on the path to becoming an immortal.

This middle-aged man knew Fu Hongxi and Xiao Changxiong because they had the same task, and he had some understanding of these two people.

Twelve years ago, Fu Hongxi and Xiao Changxiong teamed up to investigate the Gu Clan’s traces in a certain place, during which a conflict arose, and Fu Hongxi secretly snatched one of Xiao Changxiong’s spiritual treasures, then escaped and never appeared again. After Xiao Changxiong returned to the Immortal Mansion, he secretly issued a bounty to hunt down or kill Fu Hongxi.

However, since then, Fu Hongxi never appeared again, and Xiao Changxiong also met his demise three years ago, which naturally brought an end to this bounty.

This matter caused quite a stir in the circle, but it was just private shenanigans between cultivators and had not reached the stage of the Mansion Spirit’s judgment.

Han Yi suddenly understood.

He now knew another reason why Fu Hongxi had left the Immortal Mansion and returned to the Beidou Region.

Points, tasks, including stealing the spiritual treasure before leaving – these should all be reasons why he did not dare to return to the Immortal Mansion.

Furthermore.

If Han Yi’s conjecture was correct, then the spiritual treasure that Xiao Changxiong had been robbed of was most likely the Xuanhuang Taiji Plate, a high-grade spiritual treasure.

“My name is Lu Anping, Nascent Soul Late Stage Cultivator.” The middle-aged man saw that Han Yi was not flustered, his face pleased, and introduced himself before emphasizing:

“We will set off in six hours.”

“The Nine Thunder Immortal Domain is not close, and we need to use the cross-domain Transmission Array, which is quite expensive. This time, we must gain something from this.”

The other six cultivators briefly introduced themselves, some with a warm smile, some with a cold face, some expressionless, and Han Yi noted down their names and basic information.

Then, like the other six cultivators, he stood behind Lu Anping. He had all his equipment with him and had nothing to prepare.

Subsequently, two more cultivators joined this temporary team, and as the time was almost up, these ten cultivators formally made a Heavenly Dao Oath regarding their upcoming cooperation, such as not stabbing each other in the back under any circumstances, whoever discovered the Gu Clan would claim it, and if they couldn’t defeat the Gu Clan, they would all attack together. In the end, whoever killed the Gu Clan would rely on their own strength.

Following the group, Han Yi walked out of the Ten-Thousand Battle Palace and then saw everyone take out their tokens and activate them one by one. Before in the Immortal Palace, Han Yi had learned about the operation rules of the Immortal Mansion through the mansion spirit, and naturally knew what was going on.

Within the Immortal Mansion, the main means of moving and teleporting between the Immortal Palace and the various Immortal Mansions was the token. This token not only served as an identity plate but also a powerful spiritual treasure. However, it didn’t have a spiritual treasure space and was not a battle spiritual treasure, but a pure auxiliary spiritual treasure. Moreover, most of its functions could only be used within the Immortal Mansion.