Chapter 3: The True Heroes Adventuring Party

Qu Yi arrived at the city gate of Huzhong City. Seeing four guards looking at him, he smiled and took out his identity card.
“Thank you for your hard work,” Qu Yi said with a faint smile as he handed over five Origin Stones.
The guard who received Qu Yi’s identity card inserted it into a slot on a large nameplate and quickly retrieved it.
“Go in,” the guard said indifferently.
Qu Yi took back his identity card and walked into the city with a smile.
The identity card modified by the Artifact God was indeed indistinguishable from the real thing; even the detection methods of the Demon Realm could not detect it.
As soon as he entered the city, Qu Yi inquired about the location of the Adventurers’ Guild and then hired a flying snow carriage to head straight there.
The Adventurers’ Guild was a neutral organization in the Demon Realm, with branches on various planets, serving various adventuring parties.
The Adventurers’ Guild in Huzhong City was located in the city center, covering a large area. It was predominantly pure white in color, looking solemn and grand.
Qu Yi landed beside the guild’s square and sensed Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, and Xiang Zhong inside the guild hall, applying to form an adventuring party.
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The identity cards of Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, and Xiang Zhong recorded their cultivation levels—all were Upper-Class Soul Demons.
Now, the three of them approached a window designated for those applying to form an adventurer-level party.
“The three of us want to apply to form an adventuring party,” Xiang Qing said with a smile at the window.
Behind the window was a flamboyantly dressed woman who blinked her alluring eyes at Xiang Qing and smiled, revealing her teeth.
“Show me your identity cards,” the woman said in a seductive voice.
Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, and Xiang Zhong remained calm as they took out their identity cards and handed them over.
The woman picked up their identity cards and inserted each one into a square device behind her. After a while, she took out their cards again.
“All of you are Upper-Class Soul Demons. At least five people are required to apply to form an adventuring party,” the woman said with a smile.
Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, and Xiang Zhong immediately frowned—it seemed forming an adventuring party wasn’t easy after all.
“Alright, we’ll go find two more people,” Xiang Qing said, taking back their identity cards and smiling at the woman.
Without waiting for her reply, the three turned and left to find two more companions to form the party together.
Qu Yi had overheard the entire conversation.

Near the Adventurers’ Guild, there was an inn. Qu Yi went in and then, in the room, asked Jin Zun, Mu Zun, and Tu Zun to release their Dimensional Balls.
“Hehe, Xiang Qing and the two others are still looking for people to form an adventuring party. Let’s approach them first,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
Jin Zun thought of an interesting idea and laughed, then said, “Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, and Xiang Zhong—we’ve already used the Soul Storage Technique on their Soul Flowers, so they’re actually under our control. Now, the four of us can form an adventuring party with them and stay together at all times.”
Mu Zun thought about it and also laughed, “Since we’re not familiar with the Demon Realm yet, it will be convenient to use this adventuring party to operate there.”
Qu Yi nodded and said, “Let’s go and find Xiang Qing and the others.”
Immediately, Jin Zun, Mu Zun, and Tu Zun used their Immortal Essence to change their appearances, making them look different from Qu Yi’s.
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At that moment, Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, and Xiang Zhong were walking around the square in front of the Adventurers’ Guild, scanning the area in search of two Demon Realm cultivators to persuade them to form an adventuring party together.
However, it was quite difficult to find two ideal Demon Realm cultivators. These cultivators had to be Human Soul Demons, not more powerful than them, with personalities that matched their requirements, and backgrounds that seemed reliable—such conditions made it hard for Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, and Xiang Zhong to find two such cultivators.
Just as they were worried, Qu Yi, Jin Zun, Mu Zun, and Tu Zun approached.
“Sir, I can see that your Demon Essence is very strong—you must already be at the level of a Human Soul Demon. The four of us are only at the level of Three-Star Human Soul Demons. Since we’re short one member, we can’t apply to form an adventuring party. How about the four of us join forces with you three to form an adventuring party?” Qu Yi said cheerfully as he got closer.
Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, and Xiang Zhong glanced at Qu Yi and the others, then exchanged secret messages.
“These four are all at the level of Human Soul Immortals. The three of us can easily control them. Even though they know we’re Human Soul Demons, they still dare to ask to form an adventuring party together—so they must have some treasures with them.”
“It doesn’t matter. No matter how strong they are, they’re still just Human Soul Demons. Even if they have excellent demonic weapons, they won’t be of much use. Besides, the three of us have defensive battle robes. Even if Earth Soul Demons attack us, it will be hard for them to hurt us, let alone these four.”

“Yes, they have treasures, but the three of us have even more and more powerful ones.” In just a moment, Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, and Xiang Zhong finished discussing and were no longer worried about Qu Yi and his group’s intentions. All three started laughing. “Alright, since you four have this request, let’s form an adventure party together. But the position of party leader must be held by me,” said Xiang Qing with a smile, keeping an eye on Qu Yi and his group’s expressions. Qu Yi, Jin Zun, Mu Zun, and Tu Zun all showed signs of hesitation on their faces, but it soon disappeared. “Okay, the four of us agree,” Qu Yi replied with a smile. Thus, the seven of them entered the Adventure Guild together and went back to the window where they had applied to form an adventure party. “Well, you three are really impressive—finding companions so quickly. Fine, as long as you give me the party leader’s ID card, you can apply to form an adventure party,” said the glamorous woman behind the window, smiling seductively. Xiang Qing was momentarily stunned before handing over his ID card again. “This woman is extremely annoying. At first, she wanted the ID cards of all three of us, and now she only wants mine. She’s using her position to toy with people,” Xiang Qing thought irritably. After a while, the glamorous woman looked at Xiang Qing and said, “Use your magic sense to communicate with this naming pillar and engrave your adventure party’s name into it.” The glamorous woman then took out a long, rod-shaped naming pillar. Soon, Xiang Qing completed the communication with the pillar, and the name of their adventure party was: True Heroes Adventure Party. A while later, the glamorous woman took out the naming pillar again and said, “Party leader Xiang Qing, congratulations! Your True Heroes Adventure Party is officially established. You must take good care of this naming pillar. It will be used as proof for receiving and handing over tasks, as well as a tool for recruiting new members.” Xiang Qing nodded with a smile and said, “Thank you.” Then he turned and headed toward the task hall of the Adventure Guild. Naturally, Xiang Xing and Xiang Zhong followed immediately, while Qu Yi and his group also followed calmly. In the task hall, rectangular mirrors stood in three directions, displaying constantly changing texts that introduced various tasks. Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, and Xiang Zhong walked on their own, moving through the human-demon level task area and reading the task descriptions, with no intention of listening to Qu Yi and his group’s opinions. Qu Yi and his group weren’t angry at all; they still followed Xiang Qing and the others with smiles.

Finally, Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, and Xiang Zhong stopped in front of a mirror.
“Tie Lang Xing—hunt down the Howling Golden Demon Wolf and deliver one of its corpses to complete the task. The task level is Upper Human Soul Demon,” Xiang Qing read aloud while looking at the mirror.
Xiang Xing immediately exclaimed, “This task sounds great! Let’s go confront that Howling Golden Demon Wolf.”
Xiang Zhong also laughed heartily, “Great! Let’s head to Tie Lang Xing and kill those wolves.”
Qu Yi, Jin Zun, Mu Zun, and Tu Zun showed no signs of fear, as if they weren’t at the level of Human Soul Demons at all.
Xiang Qing and his two companions knew from the identity cards of Qu Yi and the others that they were all at the three-star Human Soul Demon level. Yet, seeing that they showed no concern at all upon hearing about this Upper Human Soul Demon task, they grew suspicious.
Still, Xiang Qing wasn’t afraid of any treasures those four might possess and remained confident in the strength of his own trio.
What Xiang Qing didn’t know was that the true strength of Qu Yi and the others was actually at the one-star Earth Soul Demon level.
After that, Xiang Qing picked up the Adventurer Guild’s registration pillar and went to the task registration desk to accept the mission of hunting down the Howling Golden Demon Wolf.
“Everyone, this is the first time our True Heroes Adventurer Guild has taken on a mission—we must complete it!” Xiang Qing called out as soon as the seven of them left the guild.
“Leader, rest assured. With our strength, we’ll definitely complete this task,” Xiang Xing immediately agreed.
Qu Yi also replied, “Leader, this task should be no problem for you. The four of us will definitely assist you in successfully completing it.”
Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, and Xiang Zhong laughed heartily.
Soon, the seven of them arrived at the teleportation hall in Hu Zhong City and used the spatial teleportation array to go to a nearby planet—Tie Lang Xing.
Tie Lang Xing had only one continent, shaped like a giant wolf in motion. Due to the color of its terrain, it seemed like iron ore regions were everywhere, which gave it its name.
The habitat of the Howling Golden Demon Wolves was located in the western large basin of Tie Lang Xing, where there was an endless expanse of grassland—a domain ruled by various demon wolves. Most of these wolves were at the Human Demon level, but some had reached the Earth Soul Demon level. As a result, many cultivators from the demon world died there if they were unlucky.
By now, the seven members of the True Heroes Adventurer Guild had arrived at a mountain on the edge of the western large basin.