Zhao Yan was a young female cultivator, who came to Pure Lotus City for opportunities.
It's been three years since she came here, as young and passionate cultivators, she head into wildness for land reclamation missions, but encounter many dangers and poisoned by misama.
Zhao Yan, decided to leave this City, she thought she would find opportunity like high level ore, herbs or some secret but she found nothing, even faced death serval times. She wanted to leave but... Pure Lotus Sect asked for spirit stones.
She was from White State Cities, when Pure Lotus Sect of Desolate Land came to her city, advertising that they were opening up wildness, everyone should came, they are many opportunities and chance to immortality, and Zhao Yan attracted by broad on the ship.
However, now if she want to leave then she have to pay the spirit stones, because Pure Lotus City and other city were far away, and between these cities, there were many monsters, misama and dangers. If she want to go out, she have to go by ship, and this ship ticket was three hundred spirit stones.
So, Zhao Yan has no way but stay here, because she doesn't have spirit stones.
Zhao Yan dragged her tired body and rushed into the market with all her might.
Seeing the buildings on both sides of her, she let out a long breath.
She exhaled a large amount of black air from her mouth, and her face turned pale.
Around her, a dozen or so figures scattered around also looked up one by one, open their mouth and let out black gas.
"It doesn't matter. I've survived another day, which is already impressive," Exhaling heavily, Zhao Yan wished she could vomit out her lungs.
If she don't get rid of the miasma in the vast mountains and wilderness, she be finished sooner or later.
"puff--"
Among the people who exhaled, one person spat out blood.
The other cultivator around him who were spitting out black air immediately pounced on the person who was vomiting blood.
Zhao Yan ran towards the depths of the market town; she didn't want to get involved in the hustle and bustle.
After a brief scramble, the bleeding figure was stripped naked and his body was thrown aside like a shrimp.
…
Zhao Yan saw such scenes too many times, she knew that if she stay in this city for too long, she would be poisoned by misama or killed by someone. However this was still something good, if beautiful face she hide behinde her disguise technique discovered, she would be sold as slave, something Zhao Yan doesn't want to see. It would be better to be died by misama than being slave.
Feeling the stinging pain in her lungs, Zhao Yan's face turned even paler.
Being constantly immersed in miasma, even a Qi Refinement Cultivator of the Third Stage like her cannot stand it.
Zhao Yan headed towards the center of the town, preparing to report the tasks she had done in the past few days in exchange for some spirit stones to pay for next month's rent.
All the way to the center of the city.
There stands a tall stone archway here.
Behind the stone archway is a street of shops.
A faint spiritual light appeared and disappeared, and the defensive formation was activated at all times.
After entering the archway, Zhao Yan took two deep breaths of spiritual energy. The stinging pain in her chest was also relieved a bit.
This street was built under the leadership of the Pure Lotus Sect and is undoubtedly the safest place in the entire market.
Zhao Yan dreams of living here, but she knew how to face reality.
Walking on the street, Zhao Yan did not look too much at the shops around her, and tried her best to avoid the gazes of other cultivators.
After passing through various shops, the innermost part is the General Affairs Hall built by the Pure Lotus Sect.
All cultivators who accept the mission of opening up new land for the Pure Lotus Sect need to accept the mission here.
Most of the pioneering missions are to explore the environment of the nearby area.
Where is the spiritual vein?
Where is the best place to base your family?
Where is suitable for opening up spiritual fields, etc.
Simple, right?
It's just a bit life-wasting.
In the undeveloped wilderness, there are dangers including but not limited to miasma, poison gas, monsters, swamps, and attacks from one's own kind.
If no one dies every day, the day won't get through.
The mission Zhao Yan accepted this time was to investigate the terrain of Area 234.
This is a place where there is not much miasma and it has been initially developed.
Zhao Yan obediently entered the General Affairs Hall and came before a manager of the Pure Lotus Sect, where she handed in her task.
"Topographic map of two hundred and thirty-four areas."
As a cultivator at the Third Stage of Qi Refinement, she couldn't take on any difficult tasks.
This kind of drawing of topographic maps is barely acceptable for exploring the specific environment.
If you think why not make map randomly since it's difficult to judge it. Then, let me tell you that this world had many smart people and there were few smart people who have done this.
But the Pure Lotus Sect has been passed down for so many years, and they are the ancestors of using tricks.
Many people will be sent to investigate a region.
If the picture you draw is too different from that of most people, Pure Lotus Sect would send you to King of Hell.
At the beginning, many people tried, and after Pure Lotus Sect of sending people to King of Hell, the people are very extremely obedient now.
The steward carefully looked at the map drawn by Zhao Yan and some of the marked places, and nodded.
"Do you want contribution points or spirit stones?"
"I need spirit stones."
Five spirit stones.
Zhao Yan grabbed it and left.
The rent for next month was enough, and now she just wanted to go back to her shack and rest.
…
"It's so tragic. My internal organs have been hollowed out."
"Damn demon cultivator, they are still in the market town, aren't they afraid of the Pure Lotus Sect's law enforcement team?"
Before returning to his residence, Zhao Yan saw a group of people gathered in a corner, pointing and talking.
A broken body lay in the corner.
She walked over quickly without even taking a second look.
She returned to the small house she rented and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ahem…"
This small house located in the outer area of the market town did not give Zhao Yan much sense of security.
Lying on the wooden bed, Zhao Yan regulated her breathing.
Zhao Yan's luck was pretty good this time. She didn't encounter any monsters or evil cultivators, but she did breathe in some miasma.
Five spirit stones, and she can live for another month.
"We must move!"
Staring at the roof, Zhao Yan once again began to think about moving.
Such crisis-ridden days are not suitable for her. The outer housing area is too unfavorable for stability.
As she was thinking of falling asleep, she heard knock at her door. Zhao Yan, reluctantly got up and looked at outside of her door peephole and saw it was her neighbour, Yang Hao.