Chapter 108: Falsely Claiming Rewards

  Lin Tianyang gave Feng Wu the Tiandu Dan, which was indeed found in Yu Wanqing's storage bag, but he only found one.

  The Tiandustone was useless to him, so Lin Tianyang decided to give one to Fengwu in exchange for her further gratitude. In Lin Tianyang's view, if he were to join the Red Mist Sect in the future, there would be many places where he would need Fengwu's help, and it was only natural that he should try his best to win her over.

  After that, the journey was quite smooth, and finally returned to Juxing Island through the transmission array.

  After returning to Juxing Island, Fengwu let out a sigh of relief. Juxing Island was also under the jurisdiction of Chi Xia Sect, and for Fengwu, this was equivalent to her returning to her own territory, making her feel much more at ease.

  "Feng Xianzi, now that we're here, I'd say we're basically safe. So, Xianzi, are you going to return to Purple Mist City or head back to the sect directly?" Lin Tianyang asked, looking at her relaxed demeanor.

  "Feng Wu replied directly without hesitation: 'The ten-year trial in Purple Mist City has already tempered my mental state sufficiently, so I had planned to return to the sect immediately after this trip. If Easy Daoist doesn't have other plans, you can come with me, but for now, we still have a large sum of spirit stones to earn.'"

  "Earning Spirit Stones?" Lin Tianyang was puzzled upon hearing Feng Wu's words.

  Feng Wu smiled and said, "Easy Dao friend forgot, when we went there, we encountered Hei Xiaojiu Sha, although Xue Guangming ran away, but the others were all killed by us, they are all wanted cultivators, killing such cultivators can get rewards from Lidao Hall on the island!"

  "Oh! And this matter, since it's like this, we naturally can't let it go!"

  This time, the trip to find the Phantom Fruit was quite rewarding, but not many spirit stones were gained. The things obtained couldn't bear to be exchanged for spirit stones. There were free spirit stones to be taken, and Lin Tianyang naturally wouldn't miss them.

  Two people arrived at the Council Hall of Juxing Island, and Feng Wu directly showed her identity as a cultivator of Chi Xiao Sect, and soon came to the front of the master of the Council Hall.

  The master of this Star Island's Council Hall is a very old late-stage Jindan cultivator, who probably came here to spend the rest of his life since he had no hope of advancing further.

  After seeing the Phoenix Dance Sect's identity card, the host immediately smiled and asked: "So it's Junior Sister Feng. What brings you to find me, Junior Sister?"

  Feng Wu didn't exchange pleasantries with him, and directly said: "I, along with this Yi Dao friend and another Dao friend, encountered the Black Tide Nine Evils at sea. After a battle, except for Xue Guangming, we killed the other eight people, so I came specifically to collect the reward!"

  "What? You've killed eight of the Black Tide's Nine Evildoers?" The old man exclaimed in surprise.

  "What's wrong, Brother Shifu doesn't believe we have this ability?" Seeing his surprised look, Feng Wu felt a bit dissatisfied.

  The old man immediately shook his head and said, "No, I wouldn't doubt Shifu's strength. It's just that the reward for those eight people was collected a few days ago, totaling 13,000 spirit stones. Could it be that your companion who was killed together with you came to collect it first?"

  "What?" The two of them cried out in surprise, but Yu Wanqing was already dead and couldn't be deader. He couldn't have come to collect the reward, and he didn't have any items on him that proved the eight people were dead.

  Lin Tianyang thought for a moment and suddenly realized, "I understand! The person who comes to receive the reward should be Xue Guangming himself. If I'm not mistaken, he's the only one who can produce proof of the eight people's identities. But what surprises me is that he actually has the guts to come to the island!"

  Feng Wu nodded after listening to Lin Tianyang's explanation: "That's right, Yi Dao's idea is very reasonable!"

  "When the two said this, the old man was shocked and exclaimed: "Feng Shizhi, this is impossible! When receiving the reward, there was Wu Qianbei who guarded the island present. Could Xue Guangming even deceive a Golden Elixir Cultivator?"

  "This......" Hearing the old man's words, Feng Wu didn't know how to explain either, but judging from the situation, her reward was probably going down the drain.

  Lin Tianyang also felt a sense of depression, how could something like this happen out of the blue? If he hadn't known about the reward from the start, that would have been fine, but now someone had claimed his reward, and it just didn't feel right.

  "Feng Shi Mei, the reward has been received, and I, an old man, cannot afford to pay again. If you, Shi Mei, really think there's a problem, go directly to the island and find Wu Qian Bei!" This old man is also a slippery one; as soon as something goes wrong, he immediately shifts the responsibility onto Wu Qian Bei of the Golden Elixir stage.

  "Feng Xianzi, this is the place of Chi Xia Sect, what do you think we should do?" Lin Tianyang asked in a transmitted voice.

  Feng Wu said somewhat helplessly, "This isn't the first time something like this has happened. Even if we find a Golden Elixir stage senior, it won't do anything unless Xue Guangming himself shows up. Otherwise, it'll definitely end in nothing, and instead waste our time!"

  "Well, in that case, let's just consider ourselves unlucky and leave this place!" Lin Tianyang also sighed with some helplessness.

  Feng Wu saw that he didn't pursue it, and she herself agreed too.

  Perhaps because the reward was misappropriated, the two of them used up all their bad luck on this matter. From then on, everything went smoothly on the road ahead. After leaving the Black Tide Sea, it took less than a month for the two to arrive at the Red Mist Sect.

  Chi Xia Sect was named after Chi Xia Peak, where the sect was established. According to Feng Wu, from the establishment of the mountain gate at Chi Xia Peak to the present, it has been over 9,000 years. In total, three Transcendent cultivators have emerged, but the last one also achieved enlightenment over 900 years ago. Currently, the highest cultivation in the sect is held by Zhang Wu Xin, the Grand Elder of the sect, who possesses late-stage Nascent Soul cultivation. There are also two mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators and six early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators. Among the four major sects in Jingzhou, Chi Xia Sect currently ranks third.

  Lin Tianyang compared the Red Mist Sect and the Lei Yan Sect. Even if you don't count that one Transcendent Ancestor, the remaining Nascent Soul cultivators of the Lei Yan Sect are far superior to those of the Red Mist Sect in both number and cultivation level. It seems that the current Red Mist Sect can only be considered a second-rate sect even on the Southern Grand Road, and it's even inferior to the Lieyang Sect.

  When Lin Tianyang was brought into the sect by Feng Wu, he found that this Chi Xia Sect was indeed a sect that had once possessed a Transcendent cultivator. The entire sect revolved around Chi Xia Peak, with multiple surrounding mountain peaks radiating from it. Everywhere could be seen palaces, caves, pavilions and towers, and occasionally, cultivators could be seen flying through the skies on their swords. In terms of scale, it indeed had the momentum of a first-rate sect.

  Feng Wu took Lin Tianyang directly to the main peak of Chi Xia Peak.

  On the road, Lin Tianyang already knew that Chi Xiaofeng and Zi Xiaocheng's Zi Xiaofeng were similar, also divided into layers. However, because it was higher than Zi Xiaofeng, the entire mountain peak was divided into thirty-six layers. Now Feng Wu is taking Lin Tianyang to the Executive Hall on the thirtieth layer of Chi Xiaofeng.

  Like the Lei Yan Sect, the Chi Xia Sect also has several Golden Elixir stage executives managing the sect. However, unlike the Lei Yan Sect's extremely large main peak which has an executive, the Chi Xia Sect only has one Executive Hall, where apart from the Grand Executive, there are three other Golden Elixir stage executives responsible for jointly managing the sect's affairs.

  When Lin Tianyang and Feng Wu arrived at the gate of the Executive Temple, a guardian of the temple's gate, a Zhugong period cultivator, saw Feng Wu and immediately exclaimed in surprise: "Elder Sister Feng, it's great that you're back at this time!"