The wooden sign flew very steadily, but at an extremely fast speed. Xiao Chen chased it all the way, and unexpectedly discovered that the wooden sign did not lead to the Merit Hall, and finally stopped in an unknown courtyard. /\/\Wandou Literature Network★ ../\/\
Xiao Chen walked in with doubts and found that more than ten people had already arrived in the courtyard, and the girl he had just seen on the big tree supporting the sky was also here.
She saw Xiao Chen actually coming here, with a slightly surprised expression on her face. Xiao Chen counted the number of people, including him, there were ten people in total.
Everyone has at least the realm of a middle-grade great martial artist. The girl's realm is the highest, and she has the realm of a top-grade peak great martial artist. It is a hurdle from a great martial artist to a martial master. The sooner you enter the realm of a martial master, the higher your achievements will be in the future.
For this reason, Tiandao Pavilion even has a clear stipulation that if one cannot reach the realm of martial master before the age of twenty-five, he will be directly disqualified from being an inner disciple.
Except for Xiao Chen, the remaining people all knew each other and were chatting quietly together, "I don't know if I will come back alive after going this time. I almost died there last time. "
"Yes, if I hadn't been in urgent need of merit points, I wouldn't have risked my life. Recently, I feel that my cultivation has reached a bottleneck. I need to buy some pills to assist my cultivation."
Xiao Chen's face changed slightly when he heard this. He looked at the collars of these people and found that they were all embroidered with only two lines of gold thread. This was a sign of ordinary disciples. These people were not core disciples of the inner sect.
But how did they receive the high-level mission from the sect? Could it be that I was deceived? Xiao Chen thought of what happened on the second floor, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.
In fact, he was indeed deceived. On the second floor of the Hall of Merit, the list of high-level tasks that the man gave him were all high-level tasks that were extremely dangerous and few people took them on.
Everyone can take on the truly normal high-level tasks, but that person didn't show him. He didn't know the tricks in it.
"Hey! Which peak are you from? What's your name? You're so familiar. My name is Mu Xinya, from Gangyu Peak, whom we just met." When Xiao Chen was deep in thought, the girl took the initiative to come over and say hello to Xiao Chen.
For some unknown reason, neither Liu Ruyue nor Liu Suifeng wore Qingyun Peak's signature clothes, nor did Xiao Chen. He was still wearing the clothes he brought, so outsiders couldn't tell at a glance which peak Xiao Chen came from.
Xiao Chen retracted his thoughts and carefully looked at the girl in front of him. This girl was only sixteen or seventeen years old. She had a good appearance and always had a smile on her face. She had two Yuanyang knives stuck in her waist.
She felt like the little girl next door, looking extremely lively. Xiao Chen smiled lightly and said: "Qingyun Peak, Ye Chen!"
Mu Xinya and the eight men looked at Xiao Chen in surprise and looked at her carefully. After a while, Mu Xinya said: "Didn't you go to the second floor first yesterday? Why did you accept this task? , Didn’t they show you other advanced tasks?”
Seeing that Xiao Chen was a little puzzled, Mu Xinya explained the reason in detail. After listening to it, Xiao Chen suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the person left for a long time before taking out the task list.
Moreover, the risk factor of the tasks was very high, and the options for the tasks were extremely low. All these explanations, combined with Mu Xinya's, could only show that this group of people had really fooled themselves.
Seeing that there was something wrong with Xiao Chen's face, Mu Xinya advised: "Don't think too much. Just complete the task as hard as you can. The punishment for failing the task is very serious."
The other people were not core disciples, so they completely understood Xiao Chen's current feelings, and they all tried to persuade him. Xiao Chen also became familiar with these people after going back and forth.
Among these people, a Beichen Peak disciple named Ma Cheng has the most experience in this mission. He has been there twice in total, and he did not reserve anything in telling everyone what he knew.
"The location of the mission is hundreds of meters deep underground. Our main task is to protect ordinary people who are mining. We often encounter some weird things underground. We must not be careless. If there is something we can't deal with, we should immediately deal with it. Retreat and call the elders to come, it’s important to save your life.”
Plop, plop!
As Ma Chengzheng was talking, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and three old men dressed in black appeared in front of everyone. The collars of the three old men were all embroidered with two crossed golden knives.
This is the sign of the Supreme Elder of Tiandao Pavilion. The Supreme Elder has a respected position in Tiandao Pavilion and has the power to directly issue merit tasks.
The aura of the three of them seemed unfathomable, and their aura was as majestic as the vast ocean. Xiao Chen conservatively estimated that the three of them had at least the cultivation of King Wu.
Especially the old man in the middle is even more impressive. His old face is covered with wrinkles and clouded, and his eyes are flashing with cold light from time to time, which makes people feel frightened.
The old man looked at the crowd, frowned slightly, and said with some displeasure: "The number of people is getting smaller and smaller every time, and there is actually a low-level martial artist running in. The Hall of Merit has suppressed our mission too hard."
The low-grade martial artist was talking about Xiao Chen. Even if Xiao Chen was dissatisfied, he did not dare to lose his temper at this moment and kept silent.
"Forget it, let's make do with it. There hasn't been anything big happening recently. It's been relatively peaceful. Ten people are enough." A person next to him said.
The old man in the middle nodded, "I'll tell you about this mission in detail now. I'll keep it short so I won't go into too much detail."
"The task is very simple. It is to patrol the underground, protect and monitor. Ordinary people who dig the spirit stone mine can complete the task in a month."
It's really simple. If you say it, it means you haven't said it yet, Xiao Chen slandered in his heart.
After the old man finished speaking, he took out a jade bottle and pointed it at everyone: "Relax, don't use your vitality to resist!"
Whoosh!
In the jade bottle, a huge suction force came. When Xiao Chen heard the old man's words, he did not use his energy to resist, and was sucked into the jade bottle with a swipe.
This jade bottle is actually a secret treasure. The bottle forms a small world of its own. In the void, it is pitch black and you can't see your fingers. The other nine people didn't see it either, and they don't know where they went.
In this dark space, time seemed to stand still. Xiao Chen knew that this space was similar to the space in his Qiankun Ring, so he was not panicked.
Sitting cross-legged, he directly entered the cultivation state, slowly running the Purple Thunder Art to spend this boring time.
boom!
I don't know how much time passed, but Xiao Chen felt that the soles of his feet were solid, and he had arrived in the outer space. When he opened his eyes and looked, he found that he was in a damp stone room.
When Xiao Chen stood up, he immediately felt that the surrounding spiritual energy was so frightening that it was a bit unbelievable, as if he could reach out and touch the ethereal spiritual energy.
"Is this the spiritual mine?" Mu Xinya next to her looked around curiously with her big eyes open.
The remaining eight people and the old man who brought them did not show up. He was the only two here. There is a stone table and two simple stone beds in the stone room, and all kinds of daily necessities are available.
Could it be that the two of them would have to live in this place for the next month? Xiao Chen felt a little headache when he thought about it. Mu Xinya, on the other hand, still had a smile on her face, looking around at the surrounding environment and flipping the utensils in the stone room from time to time.
brush! A stone door opened in the stone room, and a middle-aged man dressed in black walked in and said: "You two have been assigned to a group. You will be living here for this month. If you have anything to do in the future, you can come to me. Come on, I will Let me take you out to familiarize yourself with the environment first.”
They really wanted to live together. Xiao Chen felt a little embarrassed when he thought about it, so he said to the man: "Senior, is there really no problem with this?"
The middle-aged man said strangely: "What's the problem? You got a bargain and acted like a good boy. People live in groups of two here. If you want to change, I can change it for you right away."
"No, no!" Xiao Chen waved his hands and said, if he lived with a man, it would be even more unbearable.
The middle-aged man nodded and said: "Don't call me senior or anything. I'm not that old. Just call me Uncle Ye or Zeye. Let's go quickly."
"Right, wait a minute, I almost forgot, hold this first."
The middle-aged man handed the two a map made of animal skin. Xiao Chen took it and took a look and found that it was a map of tunnels similar to a maze, with dazzling twists and turns.
The map has the words "eighth floor" written on it, and the scale of the map is found. The mine tunnels on this floor alone cover an area of several thousand square meters, which is frightening.
Xiao Chen found where he was on the map and found a slightly glowing bright spot on it. He didn't know what it was.
Ye explained: "This light spot is the badge on your waist. As long as you don't lose the badge, you don't have to worry about getting lost. If the badge does not move for a long time except during rest time, it means that you are in danger and someone will Support you immediately."
This probably also has the meaning of surveillance. With this map, the whereabouts of the two of them will be completely controlled, Xiao Chen thought secretly in his heart.
Ye then pointed out on the map the location of the headquarters in this layer of mines, and told them that the black lines marked with them were dead ends and they could not go past them.
After explaining for a long time, Xiao Chen and the two of them had a general understanding of the mine. They were no longer at a loss and knew nothing.
After telling the two people about the mechanism of the stone gate, Ye took them out to get familiar with the mine. They didn't go far out of the stone room. In the dim mine, I saw a group of ordinary people with dark faces who had not taken a shower for an unknown amount of time.
On the wide corridor, these people were digging hard into the ground with mine manuscripts, their faces looking numb and lifeless.
The task of excavating spirit stones is arduous and huge. It would be unrealistic for Tiandao Pavilion's own disciples to do it. These people were all sent here after signing a life-and-death contract with Tiandao Pavilion.
They were told in advance about the hardships and dangers here, but because of the high remuneration, these people all thought of leaving after working for five years and making a fortune.
Wealth and wealth are sought in danger. If they work for five years and are really lucky to go back, the reward they will receive will be enough to allow them to enjoy wealth and glory for the rest of their lives.
But, is it really possible to go back