Qin Han Chu and Lan Yan sat facing each other on Xue Ying’s back.
Qin Han Chu glanced in Wang Yi’s direction. "Senior Sister, you've really gotten me into trouble."
Lan Yan looked at Qin Han Chu. "You don't seem very scared."
"Being scared is useless."
"Might as well seize this time to cultivate!"
"As long as I'm within the sect, I should be safe, right?"
Shuang Ji Sect maintained strict control over its internal order.
No one was allowed to engage in combat within the sect.
If there was a deep-seated enmity, an application had to be submitted to the life-and-death arena.
"Your mindset is quite good."
"But you've forgotten one thing."
"The sect selects a batch of disciples to carry out missions at regular intervals."
"Wang Yi's grandfather is an elder of the sect, and his father is a deacon."
"As long as he pulls some strings behind the scenes, you won't be able to stay within the sect."
Qin Han Chu genuinely didn't know about this.
Looking at it this way, his situation was very dangerous.
"If I had known this, I wouldn't have agreed to your request."
Qin Han Chu sighed in resignation.
"Notify me when you leave the sect, I can go with you."
"With me by your side, your survival should be fine," Lan Yan said.
"Then thank you, Senior Sister," Qin Han Chu smiled.
They returned to Shuang Ji Sect in silence.
After storing Xue Ying in his beast ring, Qin Han Chu cupped his hands and bid farewell to Lan Yan.
Leaving Lan Yan, Qin Han Chu went to the Treasure Pavilion of Xuan Bing Peak.
He first sold the materials from the Dragon Scale Ice Tiger and then purchased some elixirs to enhance his strength.
"A beauty is the cause of disaster," this saying truly held true.
He had merely helped with a mission, and it had already drawn the ire of Wang Yi.
For his own safety, he had to improve his strength as quickly as possible.
Even if he couldn't reach the Spirit King realm, he had to at least become invincible among his peers.
With the Ice Spiritual Jade purifying his Xuan Bing power, becoming invincible among his peers wasn't impossible.
Carrying the elixirs to enhance his strength, Qin Han Chu returned to his room and began his closed-door cultivation.
However, Qin Han Chu’s good days lasted only two months.
"Qin Han Chu, the sect has assigned you to the guard team to escort resources for the sect."
"Upon successful completion of the mission, you will receive sect rewards."
Hearing this, Qin Han Chu knew he couldn't avoid it.
He rose and walked out of the wooden house, looking at the young man outside. "Where do we assemble?"
"The valley!"
Nodding, Qin Han Chu headed towards the valley.
As soon as he landed in the valley, Lan Yan drifted towards him.
"Why didn't you look for me?"
Lan Yan knew Wang Yi wouldn't let Qin Han Chu go and had been keeping an eye on sect missions.
Upon learning that Qin Han Chu had been selected for the escort duty, she rushed over.
"Aren't you here now?"
Qin Han Chu didn't want to rely on Lan Yan, but he hadn't expected Lan Yan to be so true to her word.
Without him needing to notify her, Lan Yan had come on her own.
Lan Yan's appearance caused surprise among the other disciples.
"Why is Senior Sister Lan Yan here too?"
"Could Senior Sister Lan Yan have also been selected for escort duty?"
"Do you think that's possible? Unless Senior Sister Lan Yan wanted to come herself, no one would assign her this task."
Escorting sect resources was not a lucrative task.
Along the way, they would face the threat of bandits.
If they were unlucky, they might die outside.
Lan Yan was the adopted daughter of the Sect Master and held considerable status within the sect.
The Deacon Hall, responsible for assigning missions, would never assign her escort duty.
"Senior Sister Lan Yan, your name is not on the mission roster."
"Please return," the steward in charge of checking the numbers said respectfully to Lan Yan.
"If it's not there, add it."
"I'm short on supplies recently and want to join this mission," Lan Yan said coldly.
"This..."
The steward was unsure what to do.
Seeing the steward's hesitation, Lan Yan directly snatched the roster and wrote her own name on it.
Seeing this, the steward could only acquiesce to Lan Yan's joining.
The team quickly assembled and then departed the sect with the resources.
Meanwhile, Wang Yi’s follower hurriedly entered Wang Yi’s wooden house.
"Senior Brother, bad news."
Wang Yi frowned unpleasantly. "What is it?"
"Senior Sister Lan Yan has suddenly joined the resource escort team."
Hearing this, Wang Yi abruptly stood up. "What? How did she join?"
"She forcibly added her name to the roster."
"I inquired with witnesses, and it seems Senior Sister Lan Yan joined the escort team for Qin Han Chu's sake."
Wang Yi said angrily, "Lan Yan, you know I want to kill him, so you've come to protect him?"
"Senior Brother, what should we do now?"
Wang Yi said in a deep voice, "Notify our people, do not make a move."
"Yes," the young man quickly went down.
After the young man left, Wang Yi took out a transmission jade slip.
"People within the sect cannot be used, so I'll have to borrow a knife to kill."
...
Within the transport team, Qin Han Chu walked alongside Lan Yan, surveying the escort party. "Senior Sister, where are these resources being sent?"
"Why aren't any Spirit realm powerhouses escorting them?"
Lan Yan walked, answering indifferently, "These resources are being sent to a subordinate dynasty. There aren't any particularly valuable resources, so it's not worth having Spirit realm powerhouses escort them."
Qin Han Chu nodded slightly, understanding.
For the next two days, Qin Han Chu and Lan Yan rarely communicated.
As the team advanced, they had already moved far away from the Shuang Ji Sect's stronghold.
At this moment, the team ahead suddenly stopped.
"Alert!"
The leader was a middle-aged man. Although he was only at the God of War level, he was very skilled at escorting resources.
This man sensed something was amiss, so he put the team on alert.
Just then, hundreds of arrows suddenly shot out from the surrounding jungles.
Everyone acted, blocking the incoming arrows.
After the arrows, over fifty masked martial artists charged forward.
These martial artists were also at the God of War level; no Spirit realm martial artists were involved.
Qin Han Chu knew this was likely the tacit understanding between the parties.
"What a dangerous feeling," Qin Han Chu watched the people fighting in the melee with interest.
"Don't be careless, these people won't hold back."
With that, Lan Yan drew her long sword and entered the fray.
As Qin Han Chu drew his Cold Cicada Sword, three people surrounded and attacked him.
"Giving me so much attention?"
Everyone else was fighting one-on-one, so why was Qin Han Chu facing three-on-one?
It was clear that someone had given special instructions to kill Qin Han Chu.
Qin Han Chu summoned Xue Ying to entangle one opponent and then fought two alone.
Lan Yan, not far away, was constantly observing Qin Han Chu's situation.
Seeing Qin Han Chu being targeted, she immediately released her Flame Beast to assist him.
A God of War-level spirit beast was not something just anyone could possess.
With the assistance of two God of War spirit beasts, Qin Han Chu's situation immediately eased.
A fierce attack with the Giant Sword Slash, and a surprise strike with the Thousand Machine Ice Silk!
In less than ten minutes, Qin Han Chu’s opponents were killed by his cunning.
At the same time, Lan Yan had also dealt with her opponent.
"This Senior Brother Wang is quite ruthless."
"To kill me, he even colluded with the bandits."
Qin Han Chu said as he walked to Lan Yan's side.