Jun Changxiao attended the auction primarily to broaden his horizons. After all, communicating more with sect leaders was better than working behind closed doors at home.

As for the Miaohua Palace Master.

Well, he also really wanted to see exactly how she was one in ten thousand, how she was a great beauty.

Men, after all.

Loving to look at beautiful women was very normal.

If Jun Changxiao righteously declared he didn’t like looking at beautiful women, he would either be extremely hypocritical or… have issues with his orientation.

“Sect Leader Jun.”

Before leaving, Family Head Ai handed over several spatial rings, saying, “These are medicinal materials Ai has recently collected.”

“Many thanks.”

After accepting them, Jun Changxiao cupped his fists in farewell, saying, “Tomorrow Jun will certainly attend the auction.”

Mm.

He had medicinal materials and spatial rings too.

So basically, these kinds of things didn’t need to be deliberately purchased—looting bags and gifts from others were sufficient.

The medicinal materials Family Head Ai gifted were quite numerous. Jun Changxiao pulled up the Pill Refining Pavilion and refined quite a lot.

Currently speaking, Healing Pills and Body-Molding Pills were extremely abundant. Meridian-Opening Pills and Qi Spiral Pills were also plentiful.

The most important Qi-Gathering Pills, although over a thousand had been refined, supplying over five hundred disciples was like a drop in the bucket.

“Ah.”

Jun Changxiao sighed, saying, “Resources, oh resources, I need you so much!”

That evening, he set about arranging sect affairs for Li Qingyang, then entered the Training Tower to train for two hours. The next day after eating breakfast, he set off for Huyang City.

However.

Just after descending the mountain, Lu Qianqian, pure as an ice lotus, stood beneath a tree.

Jun Changxiao said puzzledly, “What are you doing here?”

Lu Qianqian said, “I heard from second senior brother that Sect Leader is attending an auction. I wanted to go see the excitement.”

“Constantly cultivating in the sect, you should also go out to clear your mind,” Jun Changxiao said. “Let’s go. Follow this seat to Huyang City.”

Thus, the two departed from Tiegu Mountain.

After the sect became standardized, Sect Leader Jun had renamed this nameless mountain peak Tiegu Mountain. After all, many sects either established their sects based on mountain names or directly changed them to names related to their sect.

This was a trend.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do—must follow the mainstream.

…

Early morning, all was quiet and still.

The eastern horizon showed faint light, carefully soaking the pale blue sky. A new day gradually moved closer this way.

Mountain wilderness moisture was heavy, often permeated with light fog.

Jun Changxiao and Lu Qianqian walked out from the morning mist one after the other, quite giving the feeling of an immortal couple descending to the mortal realm.

This was the second time the two traveled alone together. The first time was going to Qingyang City to participate in the Hundred Sects Recruitment.

At that time, Jun Changxiao had just transmigrated over, a complete newbie. Lu Qianqian’s temperament was like an immortal’s. The two walking together was quite discordant.

Now having entered fifth-rank Martial Master, gathering the authority of a sect leader around him, walking alone with this woman, his aura had already successfully overshadowed hers.

Actually, these past few months, Lu Qianqian’s attitude toward the sect leader had changed greatly. She rarely used words to stifle him anymore.

“Qianqian.”

Jun Changxiao chatted casually, “Last time going to Qingyang City to participate in the Hundred Sects Recruitment, the sect only had you and me. Now it’s developed to over five hundred—thinking about it feels incredible.”

Lu Qianqian said, “A properly scaled sect needs at least several thousand disciples. Sect Leader still has a long road to travel.”

Though she said this with her mouth, in her heart she had to admit.

During this period, under his management, the Tiegu Sect really was getting stronger day by day.

She had once said that if she were sect leader, she could make the sect dominate Qingyang Commandery. Looking at it now, not only could he achieve it, but he would probably take even less time.

As for dominating the Star Meteorite Continent.

Lu Qianqian could still only use “dreaming” to describe it.

“Are you tired? Want to rest for a bit?”

“Not tired.”

“Are you hungry? Want to eat something?”

“Not hungry.”

Accustomed to this woman’s ice-cold personality, Jun Changxiao didn’t take it to heart and instead said, “Have you heard of Miaohua Palace?”

Lu Qianqian said, “A newly risen fourth-rate sect. The Palace Master is named Xi Jingxuan and is hailed as a remarkable woman of the world.”

Jun Changxiao said in surprise, “You even know the Palace Master’s name—you understand quite a lot about sects.”

Lu Qianqian said, “These forces, Sect Leader must also understand. For example, which sects can’t be provoked, which sects have strong backing.”

“This seat doesn’t provoke trouble, so why understand sects? Besides,” Jun Changxiao paused, saying, “Why shouldn’t they come understand my Tiegu Sect?”

A sect wanting other sects to understand it.

If outsiders heard these words, they would definitely scoff.

“Don’t provoke trouble?”

Lu Qianqian said, “The Black Eagle Hall Vice Hall Master and disciples you exterminated some time ago—Sect Leader is equivalent to having provoked trouble. If they discover it was our Tiegu Sect who did it, they certainly won’t let the matter rest.”

“Killed in the remote mountains, bodies burned too—how could they possibly be discovered?”

Jun Changxiao said confidently.

This guy, no wonder he burned them with Exquisite Fire—turns out he had already thought ahead to leave no traces.

Lu Qianqian said, “Don’t underestimate a seventh-rate sect, and even less can you underestimate an evil sect, because they have unknown methods and might be able to investigate it.”

“What’s more.”

“The Black Eagle Hall people came to intercept us, so they definitely learned about it from the rogue cultivators at the valley entrance.”

“As long as they inquire, with the evil sect’s characteristic ruthless way of doing things, regardless of right or wrong, they’ll certainly come looking immediately.”

This woman’s words were a bit lengthy, but they were also a reminder to the sect leader.

“Makes sense.”

Jun Changxiao stroked his chin, saying, “This Black Eagle Hall must be paid attention to, lest we get ambushed by them.”

Lu Qianqian said, “This disciple believes that to avoid subsequent trouble, Sect Leader can lead us to first exterminate that evil sect organization.”

Jun Changxiao said in shock, “Isn’t that a bit brutal?”

Lu Qianqian’s gaze turned fierce, “Open attacks are easy to dodge, hidden arrows hard to defend against. Rather than passive defense, better to take the initiative and eliminate any emerging danger in advance!”

Jun Changxiao said, “We’ll discuss this matter after the auction ends.”

He very much agreed with Lu Qianqian’s suggestion. After all, Black Eagle Hall was an evil sect with methods no different from Fine Rain Tower. Once they took initiative, he would be very passive.

Jun Changxiao wasn’t afraid of them openly causing trouble—he was afraid of underhanded methods in the shadows.

Lingquan Sect was a very good example.

If he hadn’t decisively struck and exterminated them in one fell swoop, who knows what troubles might have emerged later.

“Just an evil sect.”

On the road to Huyang City, Jun Changxiao thought to himself, “Exterminating them isn’t any problem.”

He adopted Lu Qianqian’s suggestion, deciding to eliminate in advance any danger that might possibly emerge, nipping it in the bud!

This approach was very correct.

Because at Black Eagle Hall in Huaying Commandery, having waited so long without seeing the Vice Hall Master and disciples return, they had already begun investigating the matter.

As long as they discovered the disciples went to intercept the Tiegu Sect then lost contact, they would certainly come to Qingyang Commandery to cause trouble.

Evil sects wouldn’t reason with you or present evidence. As long as there was any suspicion, they would rather wrongly kill a thousand than let one escape.

Of course.

Investigation also required time.

Since Jun Changxiao decided to exterminate Black Eagle Hall, he should be able to strike first before they did.