Xu Chang'an did not rush into the cave.

  He still had doubts about the quiet environment here.

  The system mentioned that the creature was a Qingyan Tiger at the third level of Qi Refining, while Xu Chang'an himself was at the ninth level, just one step away from breaking through to the Kaiyuan Realm...

  If the system wasn’t wrong, then the information his senior sister gave him should also be correct. Completing this task should be simple for him.

  However, Xu Chang'an didn’t trust it completely. After all, with his system, which had no attributes to speak of, he couldn’t be too sure.

  But one couldn’t always retreat. If an opportunity presented itself and was turned down, what was the difference from being a zy fish?

  Xu Chang'an drew his long sword and carefully approached the cave.

  When he got closer, he could feel the faint trace of demonic energy, confirming that the Qingyan Tiger was indeed inside the cave.

  Xu Chang'an thought for a moment, then gripped the hilt of his sword, slightly lowering his body, gathering his sword energy.

  After a short while, a faint light gathered on the bde, and a silver sword aura slowly took shape. As Xu Chang'an focused his energy, the bde grew brighter, and in just three breaths, the sword light expanded from the size of a fingertip to the thickness of an arm.

  As an outer sect steward of the Morning Cloud Sect, Xu Chang'an could choose two low-level cultivation techniques to study every year. One of the techniques he chose was the "Cumutive Yuan Technique." Though it took a long time to accumute energy and was often useless in combat, it was excellent for ambushing low-level, brainless demon creatures. It could be said to be a necessary skill for lower-ranking disciples to complete sect tasks.

  After all, it's common sense to unch a ranged attack before close combat.

  When the sword aura had gathered enough, Xu Chang'an took out a low-level Demon Banishment Talisman from his waist and shot it into the cave with a flick of his fingers.

  He didn’t want to rush into the cave and fight the Qingyan Tiger directly, as the terrain inside was unknown.

  Instantly, the talisman activated, and thick smoke poured out from the cave.

  With his sword aura in hand, Xu Chang'an was prepared to flee immediately if the Qingyan Tiger turned out to be a formidable demon.

  However, to his relief, what came running out of the cave was a tiger slightly over a meter tall. Its crimson tongue drooled, spshing the mud as it licked the ground. Its cws and wide eyes were filled with tears from the smoke of the demon banishment talisman.

  Xu Chang'an, who had been waiting by the cave entrance, stepped forward. His left foot moved slightly forward, sending a burst of energy from his calf to his waist and back.

  He took a step.

  His posture was firm, his steps steady, his body twisting as he spun with his sword, perfectly synchronized. It was as if he was twisting a rope, unwavering.

  “Steady force, swift motion!”

  Xu Chang'an swung his sword diagonally downward with a burst of energy. A bright silver light followed, and the sword aura flew straight toward the Qingyan Tiger’s head!

  The ambush, careful preparation, and the overwhelming difference in realm left the Qingyan Tiger no time to react. Its head was severed from its body in an instant, and it died on the spot.

  [Qingyan Tiger killed. Reward granted. Shop update begins.]

  Almost simultaneously, Xu Chang'an heard the system’s voice in his mind. He shook his head and walked toward the tiger demon’s body.

  “It’s weak, and it doesn’t seem like a rogue demon,” Xu Chang'an checked the Qingyan Tiger’s corpse, then walked into the cave, where he noticed food clearly left by someone for the tiger. His eyes twitched.

  “As expected... this was some disciple’s mount... But it’s none of my business.”

  When intelligence is wrong, the disciple who organized the information would be punished, but the one carrying out the extermination task would not be held responsible.

  The sect was very strict about its rules in this regard.

  Xu Chang'an thought about his senior sister’s distracted demeanor these past days. It was clear that the Qingyan Tiger she had registered wasn’t a rogue demon.

  “Sorry, Senior Sister. It's not that I’m careless, but there was no other way.” Xu Chang'an turned into a shadow and left the scene.

  At that moment, the little girl who lived next door to Xu Chang'an suddenly noticed something. Her face changed, and she ran straight out of her house.

  At the Mountain

  The little girl looked at the severed Qingyan Tiger, her teeth clenched in anger.

  She had spent an entire spiritual stone to buy this pet, hoping to talk to the beautiful older sister more... but after riding it for only a few days, it was killed by someone?

  Looking at the sword light, it was definitely a disciple of Morning Cloud Sect who had killed her pet by mistake.

  “Who’s so brainless?” the little girl stomped her foot angrily.

  She was going to report it to her elders. She couldn’t let this slide.