Black Iron Sect, Outer Sect Station, a thin old man with a white beard and youthful face was sitting cross-legged in a sealed chamber, constantly breathing in and out spiritual energy.
This old man, named Li Wei, is an outer sect elder of the Black Iron Dynasty, one of the three major sects in this world, his cultivation had reached the sixth level of the foundation establishment realm some years ago.
He has a system that makes him breakthrough every time 10% of his life passes. Now it was his 840 year old birthday and he was ready to breakthrough the seventh level of foundation establishment. People of this realm could live 1200 years, fly in the sky and hide in the ground, it perfectly matches ordinary people's imagination of immortals.
Exhaling a breath of foul air Li Wei summoned his system.
[Name: Li Wei]
[Cultivation: sixth level of foundation establishment]
[Progress: 840/840 Years]
[Breakthrough? Yes/No]
Silently choosing yes, the spiritual energy around started gathering in his body like a whale sucking water and with a sound the bottleneck was broken.
Feeling the surging power in his body Li Wei smiled with satisfaction, suddenly the bell outside the room rang.
Li Wei frowned, he didn't remember asking anyone to come. Opening his eyes he asked in a cold voice, "What is it?"
"In reply to the elder, some days ago the head elder asked me to call you"
Outside hearing Li Wei cold voice the disciple was startled and responded quickly.
The head elder? I wonder if that old ghost has anything to ask me.
"Okay, I understand you can go back first"
Hearing the answer the disciple bowed and then quickly left, he was afraid if he stayed one more second the elder would blame him.
In the chamber after sending the disciple away Li Wei stabilized his new cultivation. After 2 hours, Li Wei groomed his clothes to look more serious and came out of the room.
Gazing at the blue sky he felt the future was promising.
"Meet elder Li"
Coming out of the room, the disciples along the way greeted him, although an outer sect elder was nothing for high ranking individuals but for ordinary disciples he was a big man who could decide their fate with a single word.
As for this disciples' greeting, Li Wei just nodded without saying much, this outer sect disciples at the Qi refining realm were not worthy of his attention.
Arriving at the Head elder residence there was already another old man here waiting. Regarding Li Wei's arrival he was not polite at all.
"Old ghost Li, what are you doing here instead of sitting in your turtle room? Last time I went out with you I lost a spirit beast."
This old man named Liang Feng was from the same generation as him and was also an outer sect elder, his strength was around the sixth level of foundation establishment.
"Old ghost Liang, don't bother with your nonsense, do you know why the head elder called us here?
Li Wei also didn't give him face and asked what he was curious about.
"How could I know? That old swindler must want something for us."
Snorting coldly, Liang Feng was also very annoyed about being called here.
"Lets just wait then".
Li Wei and Liang Feng waited for a while when they heard a deep voice coming from the room.
"You two, come here."
Entering, Li Wei saw that the walls and floors were covered with gold and his mouth twitched slightly. He wondered how much bribes this old guy had taken to build something like this.
Looking at the thin old man in purple robes drinking tea, Li Wei went straight to the point.
"Head elder, let's get straight to the point, don't think because you are two minor realms higher than me you can disturb me whenever you want."
Looking at Li Wei in front of him the head elder was also helpless, this old fellow had no respect at all for his superior. He opened his mouth and explained.
"This time the son of an inner sect elder is going out to train, your mission is to protect him. The inner sect elder promised that after this he will give a treasure that can block one attack from a gold core cultivator to both of you."
Li Wei hated dealing with young masters the most, last time he had a mission like this an arrogant boy started ordering him around and was blasted away with a palm, this caused quite a stir in the outer sect at that time but due to his strong strength he did not face any consequences.
But the reward this time was really tempting, for him who could 100% breakthrough in the future, staying alive was the most important thing. He opened his mouth and said.
"Head elder, I accept this mission but you have to add some more rewards."
"Thats right, I can't work just for a talisman."
Seeing these two greedy people joining forces, the head elder had to agree.
"Okay i can give some spiritual wine to you two."
Li Wei and Liang Feng eyes lit up, for the two of them who had no children and grandchildren, drinking wine was one of the few things that could be used to pass time.
Seeing the two shut up the Head Elder said.
"You will depart today, your destination is the Blue Stone city and the elder son is named Ye Fan. This time he is going out to see the world."
After this the Head Elder stopped, drank his tea, and said.
"You don't need me to remind you of the consequences if anything happens. The family behind this elder is very strong."
Looking at the old man who suddenly became serious, they both nodded and said.
"Don't worry, we also know what should be done"
Coming out of the room Li Wei and Liang Feng went straight to the Beast Taming Pavillion.
Seeing two elders come, the deacons stopped their work and came to greet them.
"Elder Li and elder Liang, what brings you here today?"
Looking at the man with a flattering face in front of him, Li Wei said.
"This time we need one spiritual crane, there is a disciple with a background who wants it, you should know some things need to be done in measure.
The deacon also caught the message, normally they would give old or weak beasts to ordinary disciples, for good quality beasts they needed to pay bribes from their own pocket.
For disciples with a strong background he would not dare to do anything, lest he ends up being crippled and expelled from the sect.
"Dont worry elder, i promise to deliver to the sect gate in a short time."
Nodding, Li Wei said nothing more.
The two came to the sect gate. Here used to be a vast forest, later the powerful people in the sect used their magic powers and developed this area.
There were disciples old and young coming and going, some returned from their missions, some have given up and are coming back to their homes and some just joined and are still full of hope for the future.
They soon spotted a young man in a white robe, adorned with many accessories. Opening his spiritual eye, Li Wei also discovered he was covered with protecting treasures from head to toe.