23 Mission Hall

"Senior sister, you are really funny." Yi Yanlin still smiled gently, like the sun melting the frost snow on the mountain.

Yang Meili, "....."

Xiu Wanxue looked at Yi Yanlin, who was looking at Yang Meili gently. Then, she looked at Yang Meili, who was making a funny expression when she heard Yi Yanlin say that he might fall in love with her.

Xiu Wanxue secretly reduced her sense of existence as she planned to slip away. Since she already has the spirit stones, she has no reason to stay here.

The two equally charming men and women are now staring at each other with 'devotion'.

When her feet were about to touch the exit door, a voice instantly echoed, which startled her.

"Sect sister Xue, where are you going?" Yi Yanlin seemed to ask normally, as if he were greeting his junior.

"White hair, you are very bold to leave me alone here." Yang Meili instantly ran to catch up with Xiu Wanxue.

She held Xiu Wanxue's sleeves tightly, as if she were afraid that Xiu Wanxue would run away.

Wait, did this girl put some charm on her? Why would she start to like this girl when she just met her today? Yang Meili looked at Xiu Wanxue suspiciously.

"My business here is done; I'm leaving." Xiu Wanxue responded.

"Are you returning back to the Misty Moon Peak?" Yi Yanlin continued to ask.

"No, senior brother." She shook her head.

She planned to go pick up the herbs and was looking for a good place to stay in the future.

She has already become Zhang Qingsheng's disciple; she cannot accept other masters.

The rule of the cultivation world is that once you accept someone as your master, you cannot accept others as your master. A master for a day is a master for a lifetime.

Unless Zhang Qingsheng kicks her out of the Misty Moon Peak and tells the world that he cut all the tie with her, from now on, she is no longer his disciple, can she be able to find a new master or new sect to join?

The outside world is dangerous. Without someone's protection, others will suppress her to submit to them using their power and their force behind their backs.

If she accidentally annoys someone or if someone intentionally targets her to find fault, she will bring disaster upon herself.

Unless she is strong enough to protect herself, she cannot walk freely in this world.

Nevertheless, she didn't need anyone's protection in this life. She wanted to be free and become stronger.

She has had enough of everything. The life lessons from her previous life taught her a lot about the cruelty of this world. The world is scary, but not as scary as humans' hearts.

Her endless suffering from those around her and her sister's betrayal taught her that she couldn't trust anyone too much. She cannot love someone more than herself. She cannot get people's love just because she gave them everything.

All good and bad memories related to her past life have sunk into the bottomless sky since the moment that she was reborn. In this life, she will not rely on anyone else but herself.

"Where are you going?" Yang Meili seemed to be interested in following her.

"I'm going down the mountain."

"Why are you going down the mountain?" Yang Meili asked in doubt.

"...to pick up herbs."

"I will go with you!" Her eyes lit up.

"Senior sister, I don't think this is convenient." She didn't want to disturb Yang Meili for a small matter.

"You are very weak; how dare you leave the sect alone? Did your wings grow behind your back? Kids nowadays really dare to play with their lives." Yang Meili glanced at her with dissatisfaction.

Xiu Wanxue was speechless. She wasn't stupid enough to play with her life. She is going to the nearby mountain.

In her previous life, she went to that mountain with Xiu Wanxia to pick the herbs. Xiu Wanxia was an alchemist too. Although she has everything she wants, Xiu Wanxia still prefers to go out around the world and look for something new.

The mountain where she used to go was safe. There were only spirit beasts living there. Their strengths weren't high.

"Which place are you planning to go?" Yang Meili asked.

"Willow Tree Forest."

"Willow Tree Forest? I've never gone there. I heard that the scenery there is very picturesque. Let's go now!" Yang Meili was excited. She always spent her day practicing hard, so she had no time to relax and visit any places that she wanted.

Now is a good opportunity to let herself enjoy life for a moment.

"Such a coincidence. I planned to go to Willow Tree Forest to pick up herbs too. Why don't we go together?" Yi Yanlin didn't know when to stand in front of them; he made a suggestion.

"Sect brother Lin, aren't you busy with your work?" Yang Meili seemed to smile as she played with her pink and clean nails.

"I'm an alchemist. Picking herbs is my work." Yi Yanlin responded calmly.

Xiu Wanxue, "..."

So, the three went to the mission hall, asking for permission to go down the mountain.

Xiu Wanxue picked up a high-level mission to pick up the spirit butterfly bush from the mission hall.

The reward is twenty medium-grade spirit stones for one spirit butterfly bush.

The mission sounded easy, but it wasn't. The spirit butterfly bushes are hard to find. Not many people knew those flowers' location.

The spirit butterfly bushes only exist in the places where spirit bees live.

"Excuse me, elder, who released this mission?" Xiu Wanxue asked an elder who was responsible for looking at the affairs of the mission hall.

"The mission of finding the spirit butterfly bush was released by the second grand elder." The elder replied kindly.

The second grand elder lived on Woodland Peak, where the beasts also lived. He was a beast taming master.

The grand elder and his disciples took care of the spirit beasts and magic beasts in that forest.

He was looking for the spirit butterfly bushes, which means that he is raising the spirit bees or spirit butterflies right now, and he was looking for the butterfly bushes to let his pets live.