Han Li and Huyan I entered the mansion one after the other. They passed through a corridor at the side of the courtyard and arrived at the guest hall. After they sat down, a young servant quickly entered the hall and served them tea.
Daoist Huyan didn't even glance at the tea. With a wave of his hand, he took out a glass wine cup and poured a bowl for himself. He raised his head and drank it in one gulp.
As if he was carefully savoring the taste of the wine, the slovenly old man smacked his lips for a long time with an intoxicated expression. Only then did he exhale and exclaim in admiration.
"This Red Hair Wine is indeed strong!"
When Han Li heard this, he asked with some surprise, "Senior, you know of this wine?"
"Hehe!
In the past, when I was traveling the world, I once drank it in the northern border of the Wasteland Continent, so I have some impression of this wine.
It is different from other immortal wines. This wine needs to be soaked in the blood essence of many demonic beasts and sealed for a hundred years before it can be drunk. Its color is like blood and its strength is tyrannical. Mortals naturally cannot drink it. Even cultivators below Deity Transformation stage drinking it is tantamount to seeking death.
However, there is no harm to immortals. "Daoist Huyan spoke with fervor and assurance.
"Junior has never seen Senior's attainments in wine tasting. I can't help but gasp in admiration," Han Li said with a faint smile.
The slovenly old man patted the wine jar on the table and said with a smile, "Brat, stop flattering me. If you have something to say, just say it. For the sake of this Red Hair Wine, I can agree to anything as long as it's not too excessive."
"Junior went to the Spirit Herbal Garden today and discovered that the Dao Soldier I previously planted has sprouted.
However, this sprout is slightly different from the one recorded in the notes you gave me, so I came to ask Senior about it, "Han Li said.
"Oh?
What's different? "When Daoist Huyan heard that it was related to the Dao Soldier, he immediately became spirited.
"My Dao Soldier sprout has some strange dark golden veins," Han Li said.
"What kind of veins?
Take me to see. "Daoist Huyan raised his eyebrows and immediately asked.
"Junior has drawn the pattern, please take a look." Han Li flipped his wrist, took out a piece of paper, and handed it over.
Daoist Huyan took it and looked at it for a moment. Then, a smile appeared on his face, and he said, "Kid, you might be lucky. Your bean soldier should have mutated."
"Why did it mutate?" Han Li was puzzled.
"There are many factors that affect the mutation of bean soldiers, such as the water source of the plantation, the earth vein, the spiritual liquid used to water the bean soldiers, and the quality of the bean soldiers themselves.
This can only be determined based on the specific situation, "Daoist Huyan explained.
When Han Li heard this, he lowered his head and pondered. Could it be because of the green liquid?
Or was it because of the underground fire vein?
"However, don't be too happy too early. The mutation of the bean soldiers is an uncontrollable situation. It may become better, but it may also become worse. It all depends on luck." Taoist Huyan poured a bowl of wine and gulped it down before he added.
When Han Li saw Old Man Huyan drink bowl after bowl of wine, he knew that he most likely had something on his mind. Thus, he didn't continue to disturb him.
"Since there's nothing to pay special attention to for the time being, let's not worry about it for now.
Thank you for telling me about this, Senior. Junior will take his leave, "Han Li said as he bowed to Daoist Huyan.
Daoist Huyan waved his hand and said, "Go, go. I still want to drink a few more cups …"
Han Li smiled helplessly, then turned around and left.
Two days later, in the secret room of the cave residence.
Han Li took out a cow mask with a flip of his hand and put it on his face.
With a flash of light, a huge azure formation plate appeared on the wall of the secret room.
After confirming that the bean soldier's mutation was fine, Han Li planned to continue accepting missions in the Anicca Alliance in exchange for spirit stones.
On the left side of the formation plate, new missions would appear at any time, and completed missions would also be canceled at any time. Usually, except for some special missions, the updates were very frequent.
Han Li's gaze swept down from the mission plate, and when he saw the middle area, he saw a very special mission.
The reason why it was special was that in the past missions, the details of the mission would not be announced. Every time, the person who convened the mission would gather everyone, then the specific details of the mission would be announced. However, this time, the specific details and requirements of the mission were announced together.
The specific details of the mission this time were to protect the Sacred Puppet Sect's important places and defend against the invasion of foreign enemies.
Han Li knew a little about the Sacred Puppet Sect. He knew that the sect was located in the Northwest Sea of the Thunder Storm Ocean, which was not too far from the Ancient Cloud Continent. It was a medium-sized sect that manufactured and sold all kinds of puppets, and was famous in the nearby sea area.
Its overall scale was naturally incomparable to the Fire Dragon Taoist Sect, but due to its special existence, it had always traded puppets with many immortal sects. Therefore, the sect's wealth was far from what those sects of the same rank could compare with.
At the same time, the mission had a certain restriction on the participating members. Only members of the Anicca Alliance who had a green mask and above were qualified to participate in the mission. From this, it could be seen that the risk of carrying out the mission was not small.
However, the rewards offered by the Sacred Puppet Sect were very generous. The promised reward was equivalent to ten times that of other ordinary missions. When Han Li, who was in urgent need of spirit stones, saw this, he could not help but be tempted, and immediately decided to accept the mission.
As there was still some time before the mission gathering date, Han Li refined two batches of pills with the spirit herbs he had previously saved. At the same time, he also made some preparations for the trip to the Sacred Puppet Sect.
A few months later.
In the southwest of the Ancient Cloud Continent, there was a small coastal city called "Lookout". As it was located in the south, close to the Thunderstorm Ocean, the weather was slightly warmer. It was one of the few places in the entire Ancient Cloud Continent that could feel the changes of the four seasons.
Outside the city, there was an official road that was more than 50 feet wide that led to the coast. It meandered into a green elm forest.
Within the forest, beside the official road that was filled with lush grass, there was a wooden pavilion built every few miles for people to rest.
At this moment, the third pavilion in the forest was surrounded by a thick layer of white fog. If one entered the fog, one's vision would be less than a foot, and it was almost impossible to see anything.
Around the third pavilion was not affected by the thick fog at all. There were more than ten people sitting opposite each other along the long corridor on both sides. Without exception, all of their faces were covered with green beast masks.
Only a graceful woman standing at the foot of the stairs outside the pavilion stood out from the rest. She wore a red fox mask on her face, and her whole body exuded a charming and mysterious aura.
Not far away from him, there was also a woman in a pink lotus skirt with a slender waist. She also wore a green rabbit mask covered with spirit patterns on her face.
Although the two of them had their faces covered, the completely different female auras that they exuded were equally pleasing to the eyes. Many people in the pavilion, who seemed to be sitting upright and still, were secretly glancing at them.
At this moment, a golden light flashed across the sky above the dense forest and landed on the ground outside the pavilion.
The golden light ignored the thick fog and landed on the ground outside the pavilion.
When the light faded, a tall man appeared. He wore a loose black robe that looked like a cloak and wore a green deer mask on his head. He was Lin Jiu.
As soon as he landed, he immediately walked forward and bowed to the graceful woman respectfully.
The woman nodded at him, and they did not speak.
Immediately thereafter, a streak of azure light shot through the mist from the east and landed outside the pavilion, revealing an azure-robed man wearing a cow-head mask. It was none other than Flood Dragon Fifteen, Han Li.
When the two of them appeared, the rest of the people looked up. However, most of them looked away when they saw Lin Jiu, but they could not help but look at Jiao Fifteen.
After all, he was a mission maniac in this area.
Han Li did not care about other people's gazes. However, when he looked around, he immediately recognized the green rabbit mask with the number "11" written on it. He was slightly surprised.
This was because the person who owned this mask was none other than Bai Suyuan.
As the mask concealed her aura, he could not determine her exact cultivation level. However, after all these years, he speculated that the Moonlight Celestial Body that she possessed was at most a Mahayana Stage cultivator.
Logically speaking, with Bai Suyuan's strength, she should not be able to complete a mission of this level. However, it was unknown why she had appeared here.
However, Han Li did not show any strange expression on his face. He first walked forward and bowed to the fox-faced young woman who was obviously the leader. Then, he nodded at Lin Jiu who he had met a few times. He walked to the side and sat down cross-legged. He adjusted his breath and rested. He did not look at Bai Suyuan.
Bai Suyuan didn't recognize Han Li. After all, she had only seen Han Li's face when he was wearing a mask. She had never seen Han Li's ox mask. However, she had heard of his reputation as a mission maniac. She curiously examined Han Li with a glint in her eyes. It was unknown what she was thinking.
After about a quarter of an hour, two more people arrived one after another.
At this moment, Lin San scanned his surroundings and said to the people in the pavilion.
"Alright, everyone is here.
Let's not waste any more time. Let's head to the Holy Puppet Sect now. As for the details of the mission, I will explain them along the way. "
When everyone heard this, they stood up and walked out of the pavilion.
Han Li realized that other than Lin Jiu, there were a few other members who had gone on missions together with him. When they looked at each other, they nodded their heads slightly as a form of greeting.
Lin San waved his hand and a silver light sprinkled down like crystal powder. In an instant, a silver crescent moon shaped spirit boat floated in the air. It floated in mid-air and was emitting a dazzling silver radiance.
The boat was around 300 to 400 meters long, and its surface was inscribed with circles of mysterious and difficult to understand talisman markings. Its entire body emitted waves of silver light that coiled around the boat, and it seemed to be a flying spirit treasure of high quality.
Then, with a flash of light, his body floated up and landed on the deck of the spirit ship.
When the rest of the people saw this, a few of them looked envious. However, all of them flew towards the spirit ship silently.