The fear of cultivating immortals comes from insufficient firepower

But then, an even more heated scene occurred.

The fourth elder was seen with his head lowered, but he turned around and showed his face in front of Li Xiaofan.

In an instant, those proud eyes could not even cover their bellybands.

"You...do it!"

Hearing this, Li Xiaofan forcibly suppressed the restlessness in his heart and desperately began to recite the Avalokitesvara Heart Sutra silently.

"Relics, color is not different from emptiness, and emptiness is not different from color. Color is emptiness, and emptiness is color."

"Relics, all dharmas are empty. They are neither born nor destroyed, neither dirty nor pure, neither increasing nor decreasing..."

"Nima, it's really neither increasing nor decreasing. Look at this pair. One point added is too much, one point taken away is not enough. They are just so beautiful. It's really terrible..."

On this side, the fourth elder couldn't help but frown when he saw Li Xiaofan standing there motionless.

"What are you waiting for? Let's get started!"

Li Xiaofan nodded, silently running the divine refining technique in his heart, and then all the heat calmed down.

Then he took out his tools and began to hold the fourth elder's arm.

"Elder, I'm going to start, please bear with it, it may hurt a little."

A few hours later, Li Xiaofan left the fourth elder's room with dull eyes, as if his body had been hollowed out.

Time flies and it is two days later.

On this day, the sect leader once again summoned everyone, because today was the day when the Zixia sect's special attack team set off.

In this expedition, Old Man Hu, a Yuanying monk, was the captain, and Li Xiaofan was the chief of staff.

The three peak masters are the captains, commanding the Baizhang Charge Team, the Baizhang Stormtrooper Team, and the Baihua Support Team respectively.

Elder Sun serves as the captain of the scout team, responsible for exploring the route in advance and detecting the enemy's situation.

At Jinling Lake 3, the sect leader held a bowl of wine in his hand and looked at everyone present.

"Everyone, regardless of whether we can achieve a good result this time, this sect leader only hopes that you can all come back safely."

Hearing this, Old Hu took a step forward and raised his fist towards the sect leader.

"Don't worry, Sect Master, I will be careful this time. Just wait for us to return in triumph!"

Duanmu Sheng nodded: "Come, drink this bowl of wine, and this sect leader will bid farewell to you."

Nodding, Old Man Hu took the wine bowl and drank it in one gulp.

Li Xiaofan and others also held a bowl of wine in their hands, and then they all drank.

The next moment, Old Man Hu raised his hand and was about to smash the wine bowl.

However, Li Xiaofan hurriedly stopped him: "Peak Master, that's enough, we'll just have to do it again. And this wine bowl is property, it's a pity if it's broken."

After finishing speaking, Li Xiaofan looked at the Qi Refining Realm disciple next to him who did not need to produce a certificate.

"Come here, take these wine bowls back, wash them and put them away."

Hearing this, the Qi Refining Realm disciple was speechless.

He said in his heart that drinking wine is not mine, and how to wash dishes is all mine.

However, although he complained in his heart, he still came over obediently and took all the wine bowls.

Not long after, the large troops began to set off.

However, when everyone left Jinling Lake and came out of the nearby mountains and forests, they were only Li Xiaofan and Elder Sun.

The two of them were riding in the red flying boat belonging to the sect leader Duanmu Sheng.

As soon as Li Xiaofan got on the flying boat, he took out all his food.

Elder Sun then controlled the flying boat to move forward, while Li Xiaofan used both hands to draw talismans quickly.

Five days later at night, Li Xiaofan, Old Man Hu, and the three peak masters were all kneeling on the top of a mountain, staring at a stronghold a few mountains away.

Not long after, there were spiritual energy fluctuations in the air.

Then I saw an empty place, and Elder Sun appeared out of thin air on a flying boat.

There was not a trace of aura revealed on his body, because Li Xiaofan affixed a fourth-grade Qi Condensing Talisman on him.

Soon, Elder Sun came to the crowd.

Li Xiaofan quickly asked: "How about it? Can you estimate the opponent's strength?"

Elder Sun thought for a while before answering.

"I stayed outside this stronghold for a day and a night, and I saw several groups of people coming in and out."

"But among every team, the most powerful one should only be the golden elixir expert."

"Although I can't use my spiritual sense to detect it, many of them haven't restrained their aura, so I can still sense it."

Hearing this, Li Xiaofan felt confident.

"Okay, so do you know which forces they are from?"

Elder Sun: "These people should not be from big sects. Apart from the royal family's army, I didn't find any disciples from big sects."

After listening, Li Xiaofan nodded heavily, and then looked at the other elders.

"Okay, everyone has heard it. This is our first time to launch a raid on a stronghold, so we must crush the opponent."

"Captain, don't take action now. If the other party's Nascent Soul cultivator appears again, you can take action again."

"In addition, if things change and the opponent's strength exceeds our expectations, then we will decisively implement Plan B."

Several peak masters now no longer regard Li Xiaofan as a disciple at all, but as an absolute peer.

So after listening, they all nodded.

"Then today is the first battle for our Zixia Sect special attack team to make a name for themselves. Everyone, follow me."

After the words fell, Li Xiaofan and Old Man Hu took the lead, flying low along the mountains and forests, and continued to approach the stronghold in the distance.

At the same time, in the distance in front of the stronghold, a group of monks wearing armor were guarding the gate of the stronghold.

While drinking wine, he ate roasted monster meat.

In the excitement of drinking, one of them suddenly crushed the empty wine bottle and looked at his companion.

"Damn it, I'm getting more and more angry these days. Why should we soldiers do all the dirty work like keeping vigil and cleaning up monsters?"

"And those disciples of the sect, even though they don't have to do these jobs, they still drag them one by one as if their mother had eaten donkey dung and eggs. Why?"

Hearing this, a companion next to him also sighed.

"Oh! Stop saying a few words! Who told us to set these rules?"

"If you really don't want to do this, then apply to be transferred to the combat team!"

Hearing this, the guy from before became even more angry.

"Humph, the combat team was a little prosperous a few years ago, but it's getting worse and worse during this time."

"In the past few years, the brothers in the combat team killed people and robbed things. Those are their own."

"But now, the higher-ups say that the army must have military discipline. All the looted storage bags should be handed over. If anyone dares to hide it privately, then military law will be dealt with."

"I really don't know which bastard made this rule."

As soon as they heard that this guy started talking without restraint, several people nearby quickly reminded him.

"Keep your voice down, do you want your life?"

"Besides, you can't hide the storage bag privately. Aren't there military functions in exchange for resources? Why are you yelling?"

It's a pity that this guy seemed to have really drunk too much, or he just wanted to pretend to be crazy with alcohol, and he didn't have any scruples at all.

"Hmph, I just want to say, if others don't know it, don't you know it? In the past few years, military merit can indeed be exchanged for good training resources."

"But now, the head of a foundation-building monk cannot be exchanged for a bottle of second-grade healing pill. What do you think this is?"

"I know some inside information. It is said that the reason why we are being squeezed so miserably is because the superiors allocate more than half of our resources to those sect disciples."

"You tell me, what's the point of being soldiers? Why don't we go to the world and become rich people?"