Everlasting Chapter 121: Woman In Black (1/2)

Chen Feng gave it a glance and his brows immediately furrowed.

“This provision states that the cultivator must at least be at level 2 of the Concealed stage. Is it at the employer's request?” Ye Ziming extended his finger to point at the paper.

“Yes, that is the minimum criteria. If enough people come to sign up for this task, this criteria will rise even further,” said the old man with a smile.

“In that case, all three of us are qualified,” said Ye Ziming with a smile.

“The two of you are qualified, but this fellow is probably not.” After saying that, the old man turned to look at Chen Feng.

However, the expression on the old man's face immediately changed.

“Eh? What happened? Earlier, this young fellow was just at level 1 of the Concealed stage. How did it suddenly become level 2 of the Concealed stage? Could it be my old eyes were playing tricks on me?” Despite his shock, the old man said nothing.

In the end, the old man smiled. “It seems I made a mistake.”

“This paper only states the cultivation base requirement and not where we are going. It did not say anything about how dangerous it will be. There isn't even anything regarding what rewards we can get after we complete it. Given these conditions, isn't this unfair to us cultivators who choose to accept this task?” said Ye Ziming with a smile.

“These conditions were not set by our trade a.s.sociation. They were set by the employer who put up this task. I can only ask for your forgiveness on this. In three more days, the employer will come to our Scarlet Yang City to select the cultivators needed. When the time comes, you all will understand,” said the old man with a chuckle.

Chen Feng, Ye Ziming and Lu Ta exchanged glances before getting up and leave. After that, the three of them casually found an inn within the city and stayed there for three days as they waited for the arrival of the employer.

“It seems the cultivation world is not only a world where might reigns supreme, even money holds G.o.d-like value. With a vast number of medicinal pills, you can get numerous cultivators to risk their lives for you. Right now, I am tempted to employ a few bodyguards to follow me about,” said Chen Feng with a laugh.

“Right now, I am feeling very curious about the ident.i.ty of the employer. A mysterious woman who is an alluring stunner. Tsk tsk! I want to have a look and see which sacred lady that woman is.” Ye Ziming smiled.

Three days pa.s.sed quickly. On this very day, the number of cultivators within Scarlet Yang City grew even higher and all of them gathered at the Great Origin Trade a.s.sociation.

Chen Feng's group had only just stepped on the street when they heard an uproar rising from the crowd far ahead. Next, everything fell silent. Not a single person within the street said a word as they stretched their necks to peer into the distance.

Several outstanding auras gradually approached as a row of people, tens of them, slowly walked over.

“Could the mysterious woman have appeared? They have quite the number of cultivators with them. Some of them are very powerful too. There are probably those with Soulflames amongst them.” After sensing the formidable auras radiating off the cultivators, Chen Feng's heart thumped. He retracted his own aura and his Soulflame became compressed until it was only as small as a flickering seedling. It hid within his sea of wisdom, not moving at all.

Finally, the mysterious woman appeared before Chen Feng's eyes.

She was tall and fully clothed in black. However, her clothes could not conceal the bulging curves of her voluptuous body. There was a black veil covering her face and the outline of her face was barely visible. Despite only getting a glance of her, Chen Feng was shocked. Even though he was unable to get a good look at her facial features, he could not deny that she was alluring. For some reason, a pre-conceived thought rose to his mind. There was no need to say anything more about her figure, but her face too must surely be beautiful to the extreme. That thought became branded in his sea of wisdom.

“This woman is very powerful. Her black attire and even her veil are high-grade Magic artefacts.” Ye Ziming sent a secret vocal transmission to him.

“I too, cannot determine her cultivation base. Who knows what background this woman has? However, the bodyguards around her are quite powerful. It is likely that some of them have already condensed out Soulflames,” Chen Feng quickly replied.

“To be able to condense out Soulflames, they must at least be at level 7 of the Concealed stage. For their party to possess such power and still recruit so many loose cultivators, this place they are heading to is no ordinary place,” Ye Ziming speculated.

Having determined that there were experts in the other party, Chen Feng stopped using his divine sense to inspect the other party's state of cultivation so as to not be detected. It might end up bringing them unwanted troubles.

Four bodyguards with cold expressions followed behind the woman in black. Appearance wise, they looked to be around 30 to 40 years old. Their bodies were upright and there were no emotions on their faces while an impa.s.sive aura radiated off them. They gave off a stern atmosphere, walking in a uniformed pace as they guarded the woman in black.

In addition to the four bodyguards with cold expressions, there were also some young cultivators surrounding the woman in black. They formed an arc beside her. Several of them wore resplendent clothes and all of them had das.h.i.+ng and elegant appearances. They were looking at the woman in black with pa.s.sionate gazes. Those with discerning eyes could immediately tell that those cultivators were the woman in black's courtiers. Or perhaps, they should be called her escorts.

“Tsk tsk! Many of those young and handsome cultivators have backers behind them. They are all from reputable sects. Some might even be from the Ten Great Immortal Dao Sects. Loose cultivators do not possess that kind of demeanour.” Ye Ziming suddenly laughed out.

In addition, there were also over 30 cultivators following them. There were males and females, of varying age and differing types of clothing. Judging by those factors, Chen Feng estimated that they must be loose cultivators that she had recruited from some other place. As this group of cultivators were moving forward, Chen Feng mobilized his divine sense to feel them out. The weakest amongst them was at level 3 of the Concealed stage. There were also some that Chen Feng could not a.s.sess. Two in particular managed to sense Chen Feng's actions and they turned around to snicker at him.

“Could this woman be from one of the immortal dao sects?” Chen Feng speculated.

“Not even heir disciples of the Ten Great Immortal Dao Sects can hope to match this level of financial power. As for the elite disciples, it is unlikely for them to spend so much money to recruit so many loose cultivators. There must be more to this than meets the eye,” Ye Ziming a.n.a.lysed.

“Come, let's head to Great Origin Trade a.s.sociation,” said Chen Feng. At the same time, he adjusted his aura and finally fixed it at level 3 of the Concealed stage. That way, the other cultivators would think that Chen Feng was a level 3 Concealed stage cultivator. Only those with a higher soul power than Chen Feng could see Chen Feng's true state of cultivation.