"Ye Li, I have been here for such a long time, but I have never seen the city lord's face. I didn't expect that you would be summoned by the city lord after just a short time here. This person is really infuriating."
After Huang Jian and Ye Li had been together for a long time, they no longer called each other "Brother Ye" but called Ye Li by his name.
Ye Li looked at Huang Jian with a look of laughter and tears, and said, "Brother Huang, I was summoned for a reason. I don't know whether I can keep my status as an Earth-level disciple. Why are you so envious?"
The three of them talked all the way and soon arrived at the place where the task was to be handed over.
Ye Li thought for a moment and said, "I'd better hand over the mission first and then go back to my residence. Anyway, I don't think the elders of the inner court will come to summon me so soon."
Mu Tianzhi and Huang Jian nodded upon hearing this.
The three of them walked into the task handover area, took out their disciple tokens, handed them to the servants in charge of registration, and then reported the tasks they had accepted and completed.
There were special marks on the tokens of the three people, which were left for them by Huang Ji before they left, to prove that they had all completed the task.
After checking, the servant in charge returned the token to the three people and said, "Three of you, the emergency support mission you accepted earlier has been perfectly accomplished.
In light of this special situation, the sect has increased the rewards for disciples who participate in and complete the mission.
In addition to the same large amount of sect contribution as before, you will also receive 13,000 contribution points each.
This contribution point is used to reward you for your efforts in risking your life to resist the monster's attack."
After hearing the other party's words, Mu Tianzhi and Ye Li were fine, but Huang Jian's face showed an expression of great joy.
He did not have the abilities that Ye Li and the other two had, so he could not earn contribution points like them.
Ye Li can always get tens of thousands of contribution points in a month. Although Mu Tianzhi is not as good as him, he also has seven or eight thousand contribution points a month. He doesn't care too much about the thirteen thousand contribution points.
But Huang Jian is different. He earns contribution points almost entirely through hunting.
He relied entirely on luck to complete the tasks, and he was lucky enough to get an average of 2,000 contribution points a month. These 13,000 contribution points were almost his half-year income. No wonder he was so happy.
After receiving their rewards from the task handover point, the three of them went back to their residence to rest together.
After many days of fierce fighting and the long journey back home, the three of them were a little tired.
After saying goodbye to each other, Mu Tianzhi and Huang Jian returned to their rooms to rest, while Ye Li waited in the room to be summoned by the elders of the inner court.
After waiting for nearly an hour, someone finally came to his room and knocked on his door.
When he opened the door, he saw a servant standing outside, who was indeed the one taking him to the inner city.
Following the other party all the way to the inner city gate, the inner city guards immediately took Ye Li and took Ye Li all the way to the inner court elders' hall.
Ye Li, who had been here once, was not at all unfamiliar with the surrounding environment. However, he had a glimmer of hope in his heart, so he was somewhat disappointed after seeing the empty pavilion in the forest.
But after a moment, he regained his composure and, under the guidance of the guards, quickly arrived at the inner court elders' hall.
When he entered here again, there were two more people sitting in the hall in addition to the nine elders that Ye Li had met before.
One of them was sitting next to Mei Ruoxiang. He looked very old, with a white beard and long eyebrows. He should be the first elder whom he had not seen before.
The other person was a tall, middle-aged man with a broad, handsome face who was sitting behind the elders.
Of course, this middle-aged man was obviously just looking like that. The moment Ye Li saw him for the first time, he knew his identity. He must be the Lord of the Imperial City, Di Tianyao.
The imperial aura emanating from the other person is not something that ordinary people can imitate.
As far as Ye Li knew, Di Tianyao was at least over sixty years old, so he only looked like he was in his thirties or forties.
Ye Li was very curious about the contemporary Lord of the Holy Land and couldn't help but look at him.
However, the aura emanating from the other party, which was enough to make people bow their heads in submission, made Ye Li want to bow his head.
Di Tianyao's eyes were as bright as the sun and the moon. When Ye Li resisted the urge to lower his head and looked at Di Tianyao's face, he was immediately attracted by the other's eyes and no longer paid attention to anything else.
In Di Tianyao's eyes, Ye Li seemed to see a vast sky, and Di Tianyao was the master of that sky, towering above all living beings.
Unable to restrain himself, Ye Li was about to kneel down and kowtow to the other party unconsciously.
However, just as his knees were about to bend, a purple light surged out of his elixir and quickly swept through his brain.
It was as if a basin of cold water was poured over his head. Ye Li's mind suddenly became clear at that moment. He then struggled out of the gaze that looked like that of the Lord of the Sky, Emperor Tianyao, and regained his rationality.
His knees were about to bend, but he controlled them in an instant, and stood still, keeping his back straight.
Seeing Ye Li's performance, a strange look flashed across Di Tianyao's face, and then a light flashed in his eyes. Ye Li felt as if he was seen through by the other party.
After Di Tianyao looked at Ye Li carefully, Ye Li felt vaguely that the other party's eyes seemed to flicker slightly, and then returned to normal.
Everything that just happened seemed to have happened only in the consciousness of Di Tianyao and Ye Li. The ten inner court elders in front of them did not seem to notice anything about it.
Or maybe they had actually noticed it a long time ago, but just didn't show any sign of it. In general, everything that happened in the blink of an eye was as if it had never happened.
"Ye Li, why don't you quickly pay your respects to the city lord when you see him?"
Xue Ziping saw Ye Li standing there in a daze and quickly reminded him.
Ye Li was stunned for a moment, but then he reacted. No matter whether what happened just now was true or not, as a disciple of the Imperial City, he should pay his respects to the city lord as soon as possible.
He had no resistance to this. Given Di Tianyao's status, even if Ye Li was not a disciple of the Imperial City, he should still show respect to him as a junior.
After all, he is the master of the Holy Land Imperial City, and can almost be regarded as a legendary figure.
"Disciple Ye Li greets the City Lord!"
After Xue Ziping's reminder, Ye Li quickly clasped his fists, bowed deeply to the other party, and then spoke respectfully.