Every sect likes disciples who "eat less and work more". Disciples with high contributions will naturally receive a certain degree of "preferential treatment", which is also normal.
Seeing Huang Jian nod to indicate that he would participate in this mission, Ye Li thought about it and nodded, saying, "Actually, I am also a little curious about the Northern Four Bases, and I also need a lot of contribution points, so I plan to participate in this mission."
Except for the first few months when Ye Li barely completed some tasks, he basically just kept obtaining contribution points from other disciples and did not gain any contribution at all.
Ye Li's strength has improved to the middle stage of the Divine Descent Stage. If he reports his strength to the deacon who comes to review the disciples' cultivation situation at the end of the year, he will definitely get a place to participate in the competition for outstanding disciples.
After all, he had only been in the sect for a year and had already reached a higher realm, which was considered a sign of excellence for the Imperial City.
Judging from Ye Li's current plan, he hopes that he can temporarily suppress his realm and not improve it, and then when he participates in the competition for outstanding disciples, he will be able to join the mid-stage group of the Descending Spirit Stage.
Otherwise, he would have to join the late stage of the descent period, which would be slightly disadvantageous for him.
If Ye Li can win all three games in the competition and has a high enough contribution level, then with his current status as an Earth-level disciple, he will immediately get an opportunity to participate in the Heaven-level disciple trial.
According to what Tunri said before, if Ye Li could become a heavenly-level disciple of the Imperial City, the benefits he would get would definitely be huge.
Not only will he have more resources for cultivation, but he will also be able to receive direct guidance from senior elders or deacons of the Imperial City, and will become a senior official in the Imperial City in the future.
This advantage in status will even be passed on to the Ye family far away in the borderland.
Once the news that the Ye family had produced a high-ranking official in the Imperial City spread, although the Ye family could not act arrogantly and bully other forces at will, at least other forces would not be able to bully and hinder the development of the Ye family.
Seeing that Ye Li had also accepted this mission, Mu Tianzhi naturally nodded and said, "Then I'll go take a look too. Anyway, I've heard about the Northern Four Bases for so many years, but I've never been there, which is a bit regrettable."
Mu Tianzhi's situation is different from Ye Li's. He is responsible for refining medicine for others, which is a task he received from the task office.
Even though these tasks are issued by the disciples of the sect, completing these tasks is still considered as helping the sect, so a small amount of contribution points can also be obtained.
With the accumulation of small amounts, Mu Tianzhi's contribution may be the highest among the three, so he himself should not need more contribution.
The reason why he chose to participate in the mission was, firstly, because he was curious, and secondly, because he wanted to stay with his two friends for a while longer.
Seeing that Mu Tianzhi also agreed to participate in the mission, Ye Li and the other two finally showed excitement on their faces.
After all, the three of them are all young people. Although there are some differences in age, as long as they are young people, they all like to be lively.
This time they can go to the North Fourth Base together. According to their ideas, this will definitely be a lively and interesting thing, so they are naturally very happy.
After the three of them made their decision, they went to the task handover point together, reported their names, and then each received a battlefield map.
The person who issued the task told them that after accepting the task, they must reach the Fourth Base of the North within half a month. If they are late, their contribution points and contribution degree will be deducted accordingly.
After the three of them accepted the task, they made some preparations in the city, mainly ensuring that there was sufficient stock of medicinal pills.
Afterwards, they each led their horses and headed towards the fourth fort in the north.
There were many other disciples in the city who chose to participate in the mission, but everyone's departure time was slightly different, and their speeds were also different, so they did not travel together.
The horses of Ye Li and his two companions were riding very fast, and they caught up with several groups of disciples from the Imperial City along the way. They had also left the city relatively early, so they quickly got ahead of everyone else.
The Four Northern Fortresses were located northwest of the Imperial City, separated by four or five counties. The three men's horses were very fast, and they could basically get there within ten days.
Apart from rushing on the road, the three of them had a lot of free time. After all, everyone knew that this trip to support the Northern Fourth Base was just a show, and apart from taking a longer time and being a bit boring, there was no danger.
The three of them passed through several counties along the way, and they deliberately slowed down their pace, stayed for a while in places with beautiful scenery, and also went to the city to eat some delicious special snacks.
It took them almost thirteen days to reach the easternmost fortress among the four northern fortresses.
The fortress was built between two high mountains, completely blocking the road, and the surrounding area extended to both sides, with small camps built everywhere, blocking the entire area.
The three of them had no idea where those small camps were located. There was jungle everywhere they looked, so the small camps must be hidden in various strategic locations.
However, even from a distance, they could see the tall and majestic black fortress in the distance.
The entire fortress is built with huge black bricks and stones. It looks extremely heavy and solid, and seems to be unshakable.
The three of them were several miles away from the fortress. At a glance, they could appreciate how magnificent this fortress, which was built to defend against attacks from monsters, was.
However, it seemed that because they arrived at dusk, the whole fortress seemed to be quite quiet, and no human figures could be seen from a distance.
Although Ye Li felt strange, he didn't care too much. After all, they were quite far away now. Just because there was no one on top of the fortress didn't mean there was no one inside.
The three of them rode their horses at full speed for a while and soon arrived in front of the huge black fortress. It was only then that they finally realized that something was wrong.
It was not only because the fortress was extremely quiet at this time, but also because they found that the gate of the fortress was ajar, and they could faintly see quite a few corpses inside.
The three people who saw this scene were shocked. They quickly jumped off their horses and then flashed to the huge gate in front of the fortress.
After listening carefully, Ye Li found that there was no movement inside the fortress. After looking at each other with Huang Jian and Mu Tianzhi, he stuck his head out from behind the door and looked inside the fortress. However, he suddenly found that the fortress was in a mess and several corpses were lying by the door.