Volume One, Chapter 10: The Nascent Soul Stage Reversed-Slashes the Golden Core Stage

“I’m taking this one!” Lin Hongye’s stubborn spirit flared up. “It’s just a mere Nascent Soul-level demon beast. Why can’t I slay it?”

The elder of the Mission Hall was at a loss. “You’ve just broken through to the Golden Core stage, and your cultivation isn’t even stable yet. How could you possibly handle a Nascent Soul-level demon? This is reckless nonsense!”

“If you really want to take it, fine. Call the sect leader here. If the sect leader approves, you can take it. Otherwise, no discussion.”

The elder turned his head to the side and then threatened, “I don’t care. If you don’t let me take this mission, I’ll tear down this Mission Hall!”

With that, Lin Hongye made a move to draw the Vermilion Sun Immortal Sword, looking ready to start a fight with the entire Mission Hall.

Seeing this, the elder hurriedly pressed the half-drawn Vermilion Sun Immortal Sword back into its sheath, feeling as if he had provoked a deity.

“I’m telling you, little ancestor, you really can’t take this mission. If anything goes wrong and you get hurt during it, how am I supposed to continue as the Mission Hall elder?”

It was common for disciples on missions to get injured, and many had even died. But Lin Hongye was different—she was the future sect leader, a prodigy destined for the imperial realm, the great hope of the entire Great Wilderness Immortal Sect.

If anything happened to her, Zhang Xianfeng would surely dismantle the whole Mission Hall.

Lin Hongye sighed and said, “Fine, fine, I won’t take the mission then.”

“But bring out the mission scroll. I want to see what this Nascent Soul-level demon beast looks like.”

Hearing she wouldn’t take the mission, the elder heaved a sigh of relief and agreed immediately.

“Alright, I’ll fetch it for you. Meanwhile, look at the other missions.”

...

Soon after, the elder produced a scroll and handed it to Lin Hongye.

“The demon’s appearance is in the scroll. Take a look.”

Lin Hongye took the scroll, a gleam of triumph flashing in her eyes.

“Oh, so it looks like this...” she feigned interest, glanced at it twice, then suddenly accelerated and flew out of the Mission Hall in an instant.

The elder stared after her for a moment, stunned, then shouted in frustration, “Lin Hongye! Come back here!”

...

“Such a wild one, today’s a good day...” Lin Yang stood in front of his flower bed, lowering his hand as he used the Spirit Rain Technique to water his plants.

“Boom!”

With a streak of light descending, the entire Vermilion Sun Peak trembled again. Without turning, he already knew who had arrived.

“I say, Sect Leader, could you make less noise next time? My little Vermilion Sun Peak can’t handle your roughness.”

Lin Yang turned to look at Zhang Xianfeng helplessly, who rolled his eyes in response.

“You’re the one with no manners, going to the bathroom in the flower bed instead of the latrine.”

Lin Yang’s eyes widened, then indignantly retorted, “You’re the one going to the bathroom! I’m watering flowers! Watering flowers!”

Zhang Xianfeng ignored Lin Yang’s grievance and spoke with slight concern.

“Did you know Lin Hongye went on a mission?”

While watering, Lin Yang nodded absentmindedly. “Of course. She told me beforehand.”

“She took a mission to slay a Nascent Soul-level demon beast. Are you aware of that?”

Lin Yang paused briefly, then answered casually, “If she took it, then so be it. That girl is strong; she can definitely handle it.”

Lin Hongye’s breakthrough from the Foundation Establishment stage to the Golden Core stage had relied on supreme-grade crystallized pills.

With these top-grade pills boosting her realm, her vitality and spiritual power far surpassed others at the same level.

Though she was only in the early Golden Core stage, her spiritual strength and vitality matched those of late Golden Core cultivators.

Moreover, her mastery of the Immortal Fire Dao had reached full fruition, making her power even more formidable. Combined with millennia of battle experience, being invincible at the Golden Core stage was no problem.

Most importantly, she still wielded the Vermilion Sun Immortal Sword given by Lin Yang, more than enough to slay a Nascent Soul-level demon beast.

But Zhang Xianfeng was unaware of all this.

Hearing Lin Yang’s words, he clicked his tongue displeased.

“What do you know? She’s only early Golden Core stage. How could she possibly slay a Nascent Soul-level demon beast?”

“The sect has already sent Law Enforcement Hall and External Affairs Hall disciples to find her. We must bring her back to avoid any accidents.”

Lin Yang nodded, then suddenly looked at Zhang Xianfeng with surprise.

“What did you come to me for, Sect Leader? I never encouraged her to take the mission—you can’t wrong an innocent man.”

Zhang Xianfeng rolled his eyes. “Who said I came to blame you? I’m here to ask how you’re considering your options.”

“To stay at Vermilion Sun Peak, become an outer gate elder, or return to the secular world as a carefree national strategist?”

Lin Yang watered flowers leisurely, replying casually, “Still thinking it over. Let me consider a bit more.”

Zhang Xianfeng could see through the evasion, sighed helplessly, and turned to leave.

“Alright, carry on with your thoughts. I’ll go check if Lin Hongye has been brought back.”

After Zhang Xianfeng left, Lin Yang stopped watering and murmured with concern:

“An early Golden Core slaying a Nascent Soul-level... shouldn’t be a problem... right?”

...

Within just an hour, Lin Hongye had already flown swiftly away from the Great Wilderness Immortal Sect to a city under its jurisdiction.

“Xieshui City... Let’s enter and have a look.”

Though she was a cultivator from Central Province, the vastness of Central Province meant there were many places she didn’t know.

Seeing that no Law Enforcement Hall disciples had caught up, Lin Hongye smiled with pride.

“You youngsters actually dare to chase your Empress? What a joke.”

Setting aside her cultivation, her control over the spiritual power within her body was far beyond that of the Law Enforcement Hall disciples.

In the span of an hour, she had spent nearly half that time teasing the pursuing disciples—dozens of them, yet not a single one touched her robe.

Once inside the city, Lin Hongye opened the mission scroll and examined it carefully.

After reading, she folded the scroll and murmured:

“Two hundred miles northwest of Xieshui City. That’s not too far. Flying by sword, it’ll take at most two days.”

“Alright, then. Let’s head there now.”

With that, Lin Hongye wasted no time and soared on her sword toward the mission location.