Oh no, I accidentally cultivated three spiritual roots and became an empress!

Chapter 237 First Collaboration, Not Bad

Damn Zhong Lingxin, she pulled this trick, how are they supposed to have a chance to make a move!

By this time, Zhong Lingxin had already left the Alchemist Association.

With the invisibility and concealment talismans refined by Uncle Xuan Yuan, she quietly left the Alchemist Association amidst the chaos of the crowd.

She knew someone wanted to kill her, so of course she wouldn't just leave.

Instead, he went to the Dark Moon Palace, obtained the identity of a resident of Qingling City, disguised himself as a Golden Core male cultivator, accepted a mission to hunt bald eagles, and left the city openly.

Now, the bald eagles are growing into young adults, and they need a lot of spiritual energy, so they will attack the surrounding monsters and cultivators who are training.

In Qingling City, missions to hunt bald eagles are issued every year around this time.

Many cultivators accepted this task, most of whom were at the Golden Core stage.

Zhong Lingxin was soon invited by several other groups of cultivators to join their teams and hunt bald eagles together.

Zhong Lingxin happily agreed and casually joined a team.

The group chatted and laughed as they walked, and the conversation soon turned to Zhong Lingxin, the queen of gossip.

As a new member of the team, Zhong Lingxin kept smiling and listened quietly to what others were saying.

"Hey, did you guys know? The reward for hunting down Elder Zhong Lingxin of the Alchemy Association on the mission leaderboard has increased again."

"Of course I know, that's been the top task for the past few years, never falling out of the top ten. What a pity..."

"Don't feel sorry for them. They keep raising the bonus precisely because they can't kill them."

"You have no idea. I've heard that quite a few patriarchs at the Tribulation Transcending stage have come, all wanting to take on this mission. I heard they're all getting impatient waiting."

"Yes, yes, the day before yesterday, when I went to the teahouse, I heard two cultivators cursing Elder Zhong for hiding in the Alchemist Association and refusing to come out. They said that if they angered him, he would go and destroy the Alchemist Association."

"It's not that easy. The Alchemist Association's protective formation is said to be the best in Qingling City. And Elder Zhong has Master Long's array plate. I heard that the Alchemist Association is shrouded in mist and clouds, and no one can get in."

"I hope Elder Zhong is alright. In recent years, it has become much easier for us poor brothers to buy pills. We can just buy them directly with spirit stones, unlike before when good pills would be snatched up by insiders as soon as they came out."

"That's right, that's right. They used to say you could exchange two sets of spiritual herbs for one pill, but such a good deal was never available to poor rogue cultivators like us. It's much better now. I'd rather exchange three sets of spiritual herbs for one spiritual pill. Have you noticed? Those alchemists are much more enthusiastic about refining pills than before, and their attitude is much better too."

"What a pity! Elder Zhong has threatened those people's interests; they won't let her off the hook. Alas, what a pity!"

"I also heard that those people are still eyeing Elder Zhong's disciples, who have dragon blood. I don't know where Elder Zhong has taken them. People are searching all over the world, but they haven't found them. Do you think Elder Zhong might have some kind of secret place where she sent her disciples?"

"It's possible. I've heard that Sect Master Lu of the Qingyun Sect swore an oath that the Qingyun Sect doesn't know the whereabouts of the Long family."

"These past few years have been tough for the Qingyun Sect. I heard that several Transcending Tribulation Ancestors have been guarding outside the Qingyun Sect, trying to capture members of the Long family. As a result, they've captured quite a few Qingyun Sect disciples. Nowadays, the disciples of the Qingyun Sect rarely leave the sect."

"Isn't that similar to the Lingyun Sect? Even the disciples of the Lingyun Sect dare not leave the sect to gain experience."

"That's different. The Qingyun Sect sent out several patriarchs to kill a demonic cultivator who was undergoing tribulation. Only then did things become a little quieter outside the Qingyun Sect."

"Junior Brother Wu (Zhong Lingxin's pseudonym Wu Tong), why haven't you said anything?"

"Hehe, senior brother, I'm listening. The senior brothers are having a great time talking, I'm just listening."

"Don't you dare spread rumors. In Qingling City, we rogue cultivators have a tough time. No one is allowed to talk nonsense."

"Yes, yes, junior brother understands. The senior brothers didn't say anything either. They just spoke plainly, and the whole of Qingling City knows it."

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As they spoke, the group arrived at Flying Eagle Gorge.

Above Flying Eagle Gorge, countless bald eagles were circling, and several teams were hunting them.

Someone recognized Zhong Lingxin's team and shouted warnings to them to be careful. There were too many Flying Eagles this year, and they were all incredibly fierce. Several brothers had been injured. Some brothers, after being injured, couldn't dodge in time and fell into the deep ravine below, becoming food for the old dragon in the ravine.

Qi Yuanfeng, the leader of Zhong Lingxin's team, said with a stern face, "Brothers, follow the formation we arranged the day before yesterday. Five of you will use wood and metal spirit energy for ranged attacks, while two of you will use earth and water spirit energy for cover. Brother Wu Tong's fire spirit energy should burn their feathers as much as possible."

Zhong Lingxin nodded and stood at the front of the line.

She currently displays the three spiritual roots of fire, earth, and metal.

With Earth and Gold in the team, she was assigned to cast more fire spells.

This arrangement is absolutely right. Teamwork is all about the cooperation between spiritual roots.

Especially when fighting flying monsters, teamwork is even more important.

In the distance, several bald eagles swooped down and flew overhead. Countless ice arrows rained down on them.

Zhong Lingxin took the lead and swung her flaming sword, the raging flames emitting a golden light as she met the ice arrow.

When water and fire clashed, large plumes of white mist rose into the air above Flying Eagle Gorge.

Occasionally, a few ice arrows would pierce through the white mist and shoot down, only to be removed by the spells of cultivators with wood and metal spiritual roots.

Qi Yuanfeng nodded. "Not bad for our first collaboration!"

He leaped onto his flying sword, brandished his long staff, and with a whooshing sound, swung it towards the incoming bald eagle, shouting, "Brothers, charge!"

Zhong Lingxin followed closely behind Qi Yuanfeng, and once again swung her flaming sword, unleashing a long trail of flames that burned towards the incoming bald eagles.

Qi Yuanfeng pointed his long staff, and a wind blade carrying a long flame burned towards the white-headed eagle even faster.

The bald eagle had probably dealt with Qi Yuanfeng before and knew that he had this skill of using leverage to send force through his body, so it split up on both sides and pounced on Qi Yuanfeng.

One of the cultivators who flew up with Qi Yuanfeng laughed loudly, "Brother, it seems we've fought so many bald eagles that they all remember you."

Qi Yuanfeng smiled, and with a flick of his long staff, thousands of cold stars flashed from the tip, as if the staff had a spearhead, aiming at the head of the flying bald eagle.

The bald eagles simultaneously spat out ice arrows, aiming at Qi Yuanfeng and Zhong Lingxin.

With a wave of their hands, the two cultivators with earth spiritual roots created an earthen shield in front of them, and countless ice arrows pierced into it.

Taking advantage of the situation, Qi Yuanfeng thrust out with his staff again, the spear tip of the staff now more solid, aiming at a bald eagle that was swooping down.

Zhong Lingxin saw it clearly and unleashed a burst of flame, blocking the bald eagle's path as it flew diagonally.