A month passed quickly, and soon it was the day for the Rune Secret Land to open.
During this month, apart from hunting, Ye Li practiced talismans.
During this period, Ye Canglong came to see him twice, both times inviting him to go into the mountains to hunt monsters together in order to practice the practical combat capabilities of the new talisman.
Because he kept using talisman paper to practice talismans, Ye Li drew at least nearly a thousand external talismans in this month. The lowest of these external talismans were earth-level, and the rest were heaven-level.
Because he didn't want to attract too much attention, he only sold half of them. Even so, it caused quite a stir in the Treasure Hunting Pavilion. In particular, when a large part of the talismans he took out were of heaven grade, the appraisers of the Treasure Hunting Pavilion were so shocked that they couldn't close their mouths for a long time.
The sunshine in the autumn morning was not hot but very warm and comfortable. Ye Li left his own courtyard early in the morning and headed towards the Ye family compound facing the rising sun.
Today is the day when the Rune Secret Land is opened. All the young generation of the Ye family who will participate in the exploration of this secret land must gather in the compound.
In the previous month, Ye Li had celebrated his seventeenth birthday, and now he looked more mature than before.
When he arrived at the gate of the Ye family compound, it was already bustling. In addition to the younger generation who participated in this exploration, their parents and family members were also there, constantly reminding them with words like "Be careful".
Ye Li was still walking alone, just like he was in the previous competition, but the only difference was that the eyes of people around him looked at him no longer with disdain and disgust, but with some respect.
Ye Tianyi was standing with his father Ye Ying at this moment. After seeing Ye Li, a complicated expression appeared on his face, but after a moment, he snorted coldly, turned his head away and no longer looked at Ye Li.
Ye Li shrugged indifferently. The relationship between the two sides was not good to begin with, and the other party no longer bothered him for no reason like in the past, which was already pretty good.
"Ye Li, I'm here!"
Ye Canglong's voice suddenly came from behind the crowd.
When Ye Li took a look, he saw Ye Canglong standing with a slightly plump middle-aged woman, who was his mother Su Hong.
There was some embarrassment in Su Hong's eyes when she looked at Ye Li.
"Brother Canglong!"
Ye Li walked over with a smile on his face, greeted Ye Canglong, then looked at Su Hong, nodded, and said, "Hello, Aunt Su." Su Hong showed an unnatural smile and said, "Ye Li, long time no see. Back then... Aunt spoke rudely, you... you must not hate Aunt."
Ye Canglong's father, Ye Yun, is in charge of the family's cargo business outside all year round, so he is rarely at home and it is his mother who takes care of him.
However, because Ye Canglong stayed at Ye Li's house all day long, Su Hong was quite dissatisfied with this. She once ran to Ye Li's house to find her son and said some unpleasant words in front of Ye Li and Ye Hao. Therefore, it is a bit awkward to meet them now.
"Aunt Su, don't mention the past anymore. I don't remember much about it."
Ye Li didn't hold any grudges. After all, except for Ye Hao, the attitude of the entire clan towards his family was similar.
After hearing Ye Li's words, Su Hong's expression became a little more natural. She looked at Ye Li and said, "Ye Li, congratulations on winning first place in the competition.
I heard from Canglong that your current strength has far surpassed his. It will definitely be very dangerous to enter the Rune Secret Land this time. You must help Canglong more."
As Su Hong spoke, a worried look appeared on her face.
Before Ye Li could answer, Ye Canglong spoke first: "Mom, I can take care of myself, I'm not a weak person.
Besides, after entering the Rune Land, everyone will be teleported to different places, so it’s impossible for the two of us to act together even if we want to.”
Hearing what Ye Canglong said, Su Hong's face became more worried, and she said, "Can't you tell the head of the family to give up this opportunity
You have just broken through the Spiritual Mist Stage, you will suffer a loss in there."
After hearing Su Hong's words, Ye Canglong naturally refused. As a talisman master, how could he give up such an opportunity? He started arguing with his mother.
Ye Li looked at the two of them from the side. One looked excited, the other worried. Although it didn't seem very harmonious, what they conveyed was indeed a lot of family affection.
He couldn't help but think of his mother. If she were here, would she be worried about him like this
After all the people who were going to explore the Rune Secret Land had arrived, Ye Wujiu also came here.
"Okay, everyone is here, and we are ready to go.
Just like in the past, each family will have twenty people participating this time, so the total number of people entering the Rune Secret Land exploration mission will be one hundred and forty, and it will last for three days in total.
I believe you have known about this before. The terrain of the Rune Secret Land is different every time you enter it, and it is unclear what resources are inside. However, the level of the monsters is definitely only at the Spirit Mist Stage.
The only thing that won't change inside is the Rune Tower, which opens on the third day after you enter.
The condition for entry is to obtain a rune key. There are only ten in total, corresponding to ten different attributes, so if you have the chance, you must get the key.
Participants from the seven major families will receive a badge before entering, which must be hung around their waists.
Each waist badge is worth three points. If you can enter the Rune Tower and obtain the final treasure, the Thousand Fantasy Stone, you can directly get 100 points, which basically secures you the first place.
In the end, the scores will be tallied up, and the final ranking will be determined by the score of each first-place winner. Do you understand?"
Ye Wujiu explained the rules for entering the Rune Secret Land to everyone. After listening, Ye Li frowned and said to Ye Canglong beside him: "It seems that the competition for exploring this secret land will be extremely fierce.
The scoring method is based on the number of cards, so there is bound to be a fight!"
Ye Canglong nodded, he looked at the people around him and said: "In our Ye family, most of the Lingwu Stage Lingfu Masters under the age of 18 are in the early stage, except for you who are in the late stage, and only Brother Ye Feng is in the middle stage.
Although I don’t know the situation of other families, I think it must be similar, so we won’t suffer too much.
Ye Li, you must seize this opportunity. With your strength, you should be able to enter the Rune Tower. By then, as long as you can defeat the other ten people and obtain the Thousand Illusion Stones, our Ye family will be able to take first place in the three cities."
Speaking of this, Ye Canglong's expression showed some anticipation. In his opinion, no one should be able to stop Ye Li this time.
After a brief conversation between the two, Ye Wujiu ordered everyone to set off. In addition to Ye Wujiu, who was in the God-descending Stage, the Ye family also had five other masters in the Spirit Pill Stage who would go together, in order to guard against any special situations that might arise in the Monster Mountain Range.