Chapter 154 Night Visit to the Scattered Alliance
Yuan Ming entered the hall, and a middle-aged man with a dignified appearance sat there, with a deep aura, a foundation-building existence.
Next to the middle-aged man stood two young men and women, both dressed in white, the man was handsome, the woman was charming, like a pair of wall people.
The two were not very old, but their cultivation was extraordinary, and the aura they exuded was a few points stronger than his own.
"Senior, are you the one who is testing?" Yuan Ming's eyes fell on the middle-aged man, and he asked calmly, not at all affected by the unique pressure of the foundation-building cultivator.
"Yes, I am Huan Shi, the deputy leader of the Bai Ye San League. This hunting mission is very important. For your safety and for the interests of this alliance, I have to carefully select personnel. I hope you will understand." The middle-aged man smiled lightly and said with a very polite attitude.
"Of course, I wonder what the senior wants to test?" Yuan Ming asked.
"The test is very simple. This mission requires a certain level of strength. If you can hold on for a quarter of an hour under the hands of one of the two people behind me, you will pass. You are not allowed to use magic tools or talismans during the process." Huanshi said.
"That's all?" Yuan Ming thought it would be a difficult test, but it didn't sound complicated.
"You are a ninth-level Qi Refiner, and you are quite arrogant. Let me see how strong you are!" The young man in white couldn't help but said coldly when he heard this.
Huanshi frowned when he heard Yuan Ming's words, and looked at Yuan Ming with interest.
"Follow me!" The young man in white walked towards the side hall next to the hall.
Yuan Ming saw that Huanshi didn't stop him, so he followed him.
The space in the side hall is not smaller than the hall. The thick stone walls are reinforced with prohibitions, and the ground is also paved with a thick layer of stone. It looks like a martial arts room specially used for fighting.
"You go first." The young man in white closed the door and said proudly.
Yuan Ming didn't say anything, and he sank his qi into his dantian and took the posture of shadowless step.
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A quarter of an hour later, the door of the side hall was pushed open, and Yuan Ming walked out slowly, his breath was normal, his clothes were neat and tidy, and the bamboo hat on his head was intact.
A few breaths later, the young man in white also came out.
Half of his body was burnt black, half of his hair was burned off, and his right cheek was swollen, looking quite embarrassed.
"Brother, are you okay?" The woman in white hurriedly came forward and supported him.
The young man in white looked depressed, opened his mouth to say something, but didn't say anything after all.
Just now in the side hall, he was proud of his higher cultivation than Yuan Ming, and let Yuan Ming make the first move, but Yuan Ming stood still and asked what he could do as long as he could hold on for a quarter of an hour, right? This made him very angry.
He couldn't help but make the first move, but Yuan Ming didn't move, but when he moved, his body movements were weird and abnormal, just avoiding blindly. Not only could he not catch up with him, but his spells and other means were also avoided by his weird acrobatics.
After this lasted for more than a cup of tea, he looked at the pretty face that always had a faint smile, and was a little angry. He did not hesitate to activate the magic weapon, wanting to give the other party a warning.
As a result, the other party suddenly raised one hand, and a ball of fire lit up at the fingertips, as if he wanted to cast the fireball spell, but he didn't know whether he was not well-trained or what, and the fire condensed at the fingertips but could not be released, and he was a little flustered.
Naturally, he didn't want to miss such a good opportunity, so he approached closely and wanted to give the other party a thundering blow.
Who knew that just when he rushed to the front of the other party, the "fireball" that was a little bigger than the ordinary fireball spell suddenly exploded. He couldn't avoid it and immediately suffered a big loss.
With his arrogant temperament, and he used the magic weapon before, he was naturally embarrassed to say anything.
Huanshi's expression was very calm. He had already used his spiritual sense to detect the battle situation in the side hall.
"Is this considered a pass?" Yuan Ming looked at Huanshi and asked.
"Of course, you are so talented and you easily defeated my stupid disciple. I admire you." Huanshi smiled.
"I just followed the rules set by your alliance and survived for a quarter of an hour by luck." Yuan Ming remained humble.
"You are even more rare for you to win without being arrogant. I wonder which Taoist friend is lucky enough to accept you as a disciple. I really envy you." Huanshi sighed and asked tentatively.
Yuan Ming just smiled politely and didn't answer.
"Haha, take this token, and gather at the Ghost Crying Gorge in the Ten Thousand Mountains in ten days. The specific details of this mission will be explained to you there." Huanshi took out a white jade card and handed it to Yuan Ming.
"Ten days later..." Yuan Ming murmured.
In this way, he will have enough time to return to the Biluo Cave and refine the Green Fish Sword into a magic weapon, which will greatly improve his strength.
"Senior Huanshi, since I have passed the assessment, can you tell me the news of the target beast? I can also make some corresponding preparations in advance." Yuan Ming thought for a while and asked.
"It is not that our alliance wants to conceal it, but we have no choice. If the news of the beast spreads, our alliance will be very passive, and it may even cause the mission to fail directly. Don't worry, my friend, wait for the gathering at Ghost Crying Gorge, and all the information about this mission will be told truthfully." Huanshi shook his head and said.
Yuan Ming frowned slightly and said again: "Since there is a reason, I will not ask what the beast is, but can you tell me the strength of the beast?"
"That's OK, the target of this hunt is a level 2 beast, but don't worry, my friend, the foundation-building masters of our alliance will also accompany us, and this mission is not just for you." Huanshi said so.
Yuan Ming saw that he could not get anything out of him, so he said goodbye and left.
It was dark outside, and the flow of people in Nanshi became increasingly sparse.
Yuan Ming did not go far, and found an inn nearby to stay and rest his eyes.
Time passed little by little, and soon it was midnight.
He took out the incense burner and injected mana as usual. The Tai Chi pattern on the incense burner quickly lit up, and the missing point was quickly filled.
Yuan Ming put away the incense burner and looked at the Baiye Sanmeng station from the window.
"At this time, the screening should be over." He said to himself, sitting cross-legged on the bed, a black light flashed between his eyebrows, and a soul crow flew out and flew towards the Baiye Sanmeng.
Although Huan Shi said it with certainty, Yuan Ming did not dare to believe it completely. It was related to his life and property. What exactly was the hunting mission of the Baiye Sanmeng? He had to find out for himself.
With the speed of the soul crow, it soon quietly arrived at the Baiye Sanmeng station. At this time, the gate of the station was closed, and the recruitment activity had ended.
Although it was late at night, many rooms in the base were still brightly lit, and many people gathered there, talking loudly.
Yuan Ming listened for a while, and what they said was all trivial matters, which had nothing to do with the hunting mission, so he controlled the Soul Crow to fly deep into the base.
The base of the White Night Alliance was not small, and the paths between the buildings were connected to each other, like the blood vessels of the human body, spreading out deep into the darkness of the base, and it was impossible to tell where the important people lived.
The Soul Crow landed on a branch, observing where to go.
At this moment, a sound of footsteps came, and a tall woman came over. It was the woman in white who stood behind Huanshi during the previous test.
The woman was holding a tray with tea and snacks on it, and it seemed that she was going to deliver it to a certain place.
According to the situation during the day, the status of this woman in white was not low. The person who could let her personally serve tea and water must be an important figure in the White Night Alliance, and it might be Huanshi.
The Soul Crow vibrated its wings and followed quietly.
The woman in white soon came to a two-story attic and pushed the door open to enter.
The Soul Crow also came near the attic and heard a faint voice coming from the room on the second floor of the attic. One of the voices was Huan Shi.
"Finally found it." Yuan Ming hurriedly controlled the Soul Crow to fly over.
Considering that Huan Shi was a foundation-building cultivator with a strong spiritual sense, he did not let the Soul Crow get too close. It stopped on a big tree two meters away and hid in the darkness.
"Have all the arrangements been made?" Huan Shi asked.
"It has been arranged. As of today, a total of 55 people have been recruited. According to our previous estimates, even if only 60% of them stay in the end, it will be enough to deal with the group of golden flower poisonous pythons and find the python king's nest." Another voice sounded, but it was the white-clothed young man who was defeated by him during the day.
"Very good, the snake gall of the golden flower python king may have transformed into a snake bead. That is a priceless treasure and must not be lost." Huan Shi warned.
"Master, rest assured. I am very careful. I only told those who applied that I wanted to hunt a level 2 beast. I fooled some people who tried to ask for the specific information of the beast. I also sent away some people who were suspected to be from other scattered alliances to get information." The young man in white replied.
"Very good." Huan Shi said.
In the inn, a strange color flashed in Yuan Ming's eyes.
This time, he used the soul crow to spy, and he really gained a lot. He found out the target of the White Night Alliance.
He had some understanding of the Golden Flower Poison Python. It is a group of fierce beasts in the Hundred Thousand Mountains. It has hard scales and thick flesh. Its venom is even more powerful. It is one of the most difficult python beasts. It is also one of the extremely dangerous beasts that the furry beast slaves do not dare to hunt. The real purpose of the White Night Alliance is obviously the Golden Flower Python King.
Regardless of the strength of the snake king, the task of gathering so many people to participate in the hunt is not as simple as the other party said.
As for the previously mentioned maximum reward of 500 spirit stones, although it seems tempting, it is probably not that easy to get, and there should be some harsh requirements.
In any case, with his current strength and familiarity with the terrain of the Ten Thousand Mountains, he should be able to protect himself if he acts carefully.
At this moment, another voice came from the Soul Crow, it was the young man in white.
"Master, I know that when you fought with the boy in the bamboo hat during the day, you used your spiritual sense to observe the other party. Did you see the origin of that person?"
Yuan Ming was startled. He did not expect the topic to suddenly turn to himself, and hurriedly pricked up his ears to listen attentively.