If you want to participate in the bounty order of the metaphysical world, you need to log in to the metaphysical world forum to register and sign up. The metaphysical world will then select a team leader from the registered disciples and notify them of the gathering time and place.

However, it is not so easy to register in the Metaphysics Forum. It adopts a real-name recommendation system. In other words, you must be recommended by at least one senior in the metaphysics circle in order to pass the verification and register successfully.

Although Zhang Daxian was surprised that Wen He, a young disciple of the Metaphysics World, didn't know about the Metaphysics World Forum, after all, those bastards loved to jump around in the forum. Although he didn't take many tasks, the Metaphysics World Forum was indeed a very active forum. Basically, all the disciples of the Metaphysics World were there, sharing the first-hand information they received, as well as the strength rankings, magic weapon rankings, etc.

Of course, Wen He was too embarrassed to admit that he actually knew nothing and could only draw diagrams of formations. So in response to Zhang Daxian's doubts, Wen He's explanation was that his master was rather reclusive, so he was not very clear about the metaphysics world and the existence of metaphysics forums.

Fortunately, Zhang Daxian just asked casually and had no intention of pursuing the matter. He nodded and directly took Wen He to register a forum account.

The registration review for the forum account was quick. After confirming the identity of the recommender Zhang Daxian, Wen He was quickly approved. As soon as he logged in, he was briefly introduced to the forum's sections and operations.

Unlike the strict registration review and real-name system, the atmosphere in the forum is much more lively and free. Disciples of the metaphysical community can participate in discussions using their real names or anonymously, and there are no special restrictions.

Wen He thought about it and turned her account to anonymous. It was not that she wanted to be mysterious or anything, but in such a circle where everyone seemed to be a master of metaphysics, Wen He was a little timid for a rare time.

If this forum allowed random registration, Wen He wouldn't be affected, but the problem was that this forum adopted a real-name recommendation system. It wouldn't be a problem for her personally, but it would be bad if it implicated Zhang Daxian.

After all, even if Wen He didn't understand the world of metaphysics, he knew that in addition to strength, reputation was also very important for disciples of the world of metaphysics.

Once you have a certain reputation, people will come to you on their own initiative. Zhang Daxian is one of them. His strength may not be very obvious, but his reputation outside is indeed good.

If she really did something embarrassing during the mission, she would lose face for herself, but it would be bad to lose face for Zhang Daxian who helped her as well.

Taking this into consideration, Wen He chose to remain anonymous and, as Zhang Daxian said, found the location of the bounty order. After signing up, he casually took a look at the comments below the bounty order.

But after watching for a while, Wen He gave up, because she really couldn't understand. The disciples of the metaphysics world were enthusiastically discussing which major families had issued the bounty orders this time. The disciples of the Wang family, the disciples of the Shen family, and so on, made Wen He confused and had no idea who was talking to whom. She only knew that these should be relatively famous metaphysical families.

For example, the Wang family seems to be a hot topic among the younger generation recently, and the names of disciples from this family frequently appear in many posts. There is also a disciple from the Shen family, and the Shen family seems to be in a completely opposite situation to the Wang family. It used to be a powerful metaphysical family, but is now a bit declining, and its status in the metaphysical world has begun to become controversial.

"Which families do you think will respond to the bounty orders right now? I bet the Wang family is one of them. The two brothers from the Wang family should be trying to get on the newcomer list recently. They're quite powerful and have the potential to replace the Shen family. Didn't you see the top two and three magic weapon rankings? They're all in the hands of the two Wang brothers. The Wang family is really generous."

"That being said, I don't like the behavior of the Wang family disciples. I just happened to meet those two brothers during a previous mission I took on. How should I put it? In comparison, I still prefer the Shen family disciples. The Shen family disciples have the orthodox demeanor of the disciples of the metaphysical world. I heard that the Shen family disciples will also participate in the bounty order this time. I think the Shen family should lead the team this time. After all, it's the Shen family. Haven't you seen that the strength and merit rankings still have the names of the Shen family and have never been surpassed?"

"Forget it. The Shen family that you mentioned as number one on the strength ranking list has been gone for who knows how many years. They were from over 80 years ago, so they might have already been buried."

"Hey, the one above, I don't agree with what you're saying. You're always defending the Wang family. Are you some kind of lapdog of the Wang family? Don't you see? Even after more than eighty years, no one in our metaphysical world can match that person's strength ranking! Including your Wang family! After more than eighty years, no one has been able to surpass him, and what's listed there is only the strength that person had when he was in his twenties!"

It seemed like they were talking about someone and suddenly the topic got heated up. After a while, the posts below were in a mess and seemed to be about to catch fire, and there was no way to stop it.

This made Wen He curious and he went to look for the strength ranking list and merit list they mentioned. However, he was caught off guard and saw a very familiar name. He couldn't help but exclaimed "Huh".

It’s Shen Yan.

It was the name that appeared in the jade token, Chen Yan!

It turned out that the person grandpa met was really a master. He really didn't lie to her. It seemed that he was a master among masters in the metaphysical world. Even after so many years, there were still so many disciples in the metaphysical world supporting him. It can be seen that his status in the metaphysical world is so extraordinary.

But it's a pity that Wen He originally thought that this master was still alive, but unexpectedly he seemed to have disappeared due to some accident more than eighty years ago. Wen He calculated the time, so maybe he had an accident not long after her grandfather met him. Was it because he had a premonition that something would happen to him, so he left all the ancient books to her grandfather for safekeeping?

Wen He couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable. After all, the personality style of this master presented in the jade token made Wen He feel very interesting. She liked it very much and even thought that after things settled down, she should ask Zhang Daxian if he knew this master. She wanted to meet him and return the jade token and ancient books to her.

Because the more she came into contact with them, the more clearly she felt the previous owner's love for these ancient books, especially the feeling transmitted from the jade pendant, which made her realize that these were not treasures that could be given away casually.

The reason why the master placed these things with her grandfather might just be a temporary measure. It would be better to return the items to their original owner. Now it seems that if that person is no longer alive, then it is the Shen family that should return them.

Let's put this matter aside for the time being. Although it may be a bit selfish, Wen He still needs the help of the jade token and ancient books. She needs to learn as much knowledge about metaphysics as possible in a short period of time to avoid falling behind.

About ten days later, the bounty order finally stopped accepting applications, and the list of disciples from the metaphysical world who accepted the task was announced. There were actually quite a few people on the list. A rough calculation showed that there were about fifteen people.

The team leaders seemed to be two old seniors and the two brothers from the Wang family. As soon as the news was announced, the forum became abuzz with all kinds of comments, both nice and not so nice.

It's not because of anything else, it's just because when the disciples of the Shen family received the bounty order, they actually gave the team leader quota to the two brothers of the Wang family. Doesn't this mean that the Shen family has declined in another way?

The forum was abuzz with discussion, but Wen He wasn't concerned about that. She was concerned about the notice their team leader had sent them. They were to depart in three days, but their departure point was on the other side of the mountain, where the fog seemed less severe. They also advised the participating metaphysical disciples to prepare yellow talisman paper, magical instruments, and other protective gear in case of emergency.

When Wen He drew a formation, he would just pick up whatever was at hand and draw something on the ground or on a piece of white paper. He usually drew it on the spot and did not have the habit of carrying any ready-made yellow paper talismans with him.

However, what the old senior said must be meaningful. Wen He thought about it and followed his old memories. He ran to Feng Shui Street and bought a stack of yellow talismans, about twenty pieces in a stack.

Wen He originally wanted to buy more, but these yellow talismans were too expensive, especially the blank ones without any formations drawn on them. The cheapest one cost one hundred dollars a piece. This stack cost Wen He two thousand dollars, which made her feel so painful that she couldn't bear to buy more yellow talisman paper.

Of course, it’s expensive, but Wen He felt it should be enough, as there were twenty sheets of yellow talisman paper.

Therefore, Wen He didn't think much about it, simply packed up his luggage, and asked Ashan to help keep an eye on the situation on the mountain. After all, it was hard to say whether there would be another evil creature like the "mountain ghost" running out. At this moment, the village chief couldn't find Zhang Daxian, and Zhang Daxian would set out with them, so he could only ask Ashan for help.

According to Ashan himself, although he has now returned the position of mountain god, he has been a mountain god for so long that he can deal with low-level evil creatures such as "mountain ghosts". Moreover, he is familiar with the mountains. If there is anything unusual, he can let the villagers take shelter as soon as possible.

With Ah Shan around, Wen He felt much more at ease. It could be said that on the day of departure, Wen He was relatively calm. After all, there were more than a dozen disciples from the metaphysical world, many of whom were experts. With Zhang Daxian also there, Wen He didn't feel too nervous.

Until… Wen He had just arrived at the gathering place and was about to reunite with Zhang Daxian when a conversation between two disciples of the metaphysical world, who seemed to have also received a bounty order, inadvertently reached her ears: "How many yellow talismans have you prepared? This bounty order seems to be more dangerous than before. It is said that we still don't know how many evil creatures are hiding deep in the mountains. I prepared twice as many yellow talismans as usual, 200."

"You only have 200, which is already too few. I just asked around, and apart from the old seniors and some fairly capable people who might have brought fewer, everyone else should have at least 250. I don't have any good protective magic tools, so I prepared a little more, around 300."

“…”

Suddenly, Wen He, who had never seen the world and went out with only twenty yellow talismans, felt a little weak in the legs.

Wen He: QAQ, so she needs to bring so many yellow talismans? Why didn't you explain this clearly before? As a newbie, will she die before she even takes a few steps?

However, Wen He's attention was soon drawn away. He saw a commotion in the crowd. A disciple of the metaphysical school beside Wen He lowered his voice and spoke to the person next to him. "Oh my god, it's the two brothers from the Wang family and the disciple from the Shen family who showed up together. Could they have bumped into each other on the road?"

"The two brothers from the Wang family are easy to spot. They dress so ostentatiously every day, afraid that others won't recognize them. But... there are several young disciples walking over there. Which one is the Shen family disciple? There's nothing we can do. The Shen family has been too low-key lately. They hardly show up in public, not even as often as ordinary disciples."

"The Shen family's disciples are easy to spot. The most conspicuous one is the one wearing casual clothes. The Shen family's disciples have always had top-notch genes, so they can be spotted at a glance..."

Almost subconsciously, Wen He looked in the direction they were talking about.

Sure enough, with just one glance, Wen He seemed to know who the disciple of the Shen family was. Compared with the two disciples of the Wang family who were wearing somewhat exaggerated modern modified Taoist robes, the disciple of the Shen family was not only good-looking, but also had a good temperament. He seemed low-key but not humble. It was obvious that he had received a good education from a large family. Even though he was frequently subjected to implicit provocative glances from the two disciples of the Wang family, he seemed very calm. Standing among the group of metaphysical disciples, he was very easy to recognize.

"It's not easy for disciples of the Shen family. The great war eighty years ago almost brought the Shen family from its peak to the bottom in an instant. Being able to maintain the current level is already very good. It's just a pity that since then, the Shen family has not had any talented children, especially the current generation. That child is very hardworking, but it is obvious that his talent in metaphysics has been lost to everyone else."

A familiar voice sounded in her ears. Wen He turned around and saw that Zhang Daxian had been standing beside her without her knowing when. It seemed that he had just arrived. However, his complexion seemed a little bad, and the fatigue on his face was hard to conceal. He looked much less energetic than the last time Wen He saw him.

"Zhang Daxian, what are you doing..."

"I have a bad feeling. I'm good at estimating, so I couldn't help but spend some time yesterday calculating the good or bad luck of today's trip. But the hexagrams that appeared didn't look good. I didn't believe it, so I calculated a few more times, but the hexagram still showed the same thing..."

Very bad.

Zhang Daxian didn't say the word out loud, but his mouth shape and facial expression told Wen He the answer.

In this regard, Zhang Daxian actually felt a little regretful about letting Wen He come with him. After all, in his opinion, Wen He's third eye might come in handy, but she was too immature and too young. There was no need for young people to take such risks. It was still not too late for Wen He to turn back, and no one would blame her.

Or it could be said that the young people who accepted this somewhat dangerous bounty order on the spot were basically either some capable and confident in their own strength, or needed to use this opportunity to find a breakthrough opportunity. For a young disciple like Wen He who only found out what Yin Qi was some time ago, Zhang Daxian didn't want her to take risks. After all, he thought this girl was quite likable.

To be honest, Wen He was well aware of his own abilities. Now that many of the metaphysical disciples had gathered at the scene, the atmosphere was completely different from the feeling when he had followed the old man out before. Moreover, the closer it got to the departure, the more tense the atmosphere became. Even the metaphysical disciples who had been laughing and talking about the excitement and gossip just now quickly restrained their expressions, creating an atmosphere that was completely different from before.

It has to be said that at this moment, Wen He felt an inexplicable discomfort, but she was rational and knew her limits.

After two seconds of silence, Wen He quickly made a decision. After thinking about it, he gave the twenty yellow talismans he had drawn overnight to Zhang Daxian, hoping to help in any way he could. He also confirmed that he would stay and wait for good news from Zhang Daxian.

Zhang Daxian nodded without looking at the yellow talisman in his hand, but he felt that the paper was of poor quality, so he knew that it was a yellow talisman of not very good quality and might not be used at all. However, Zhang Daxian would not refuse the young man's kindness, so he nodded and accepted them all.

So, not long after, the team from the metaphysics world set off in a mighty procession. More than a dozen metaphysics disciples, led by several old seniors, soon disappeared in the white mist.

Wen He just stood there staring at the white mist for a long time. To be honest, she didn't even know what she was looking at. She stood until her legs became weak and she realized that her stomach was very hungry and was protesting desperately. Only then did Wen He come back to her senses, rubbed her stomach, and decided to go out to find something to eat first, and then go to the metaphysics forum to see if she could find more information.

The entrance from the mountain was much better than the one to Wenhe's old house. Although the road leading to the mountain was desolate and barren for a good distance, if you walked a little further, you could reach the road outside. A ten-minute ride would take you to the nearby town. When Wenhe arrived, it was a little after the dinner market, so the food and soup were still hot.

Wen He randomly picked a simple noodle shop and asked the shop owner to help him order a bowl of wonton noodles. The noodle soup was always hot, and the handmade noodles were cooked in a short time. He then put plump wontons on top. Because the rice market was about to close, the proprietress generously let Wen He lick two more wontons. After taking a mouthful of noodles, Wen He's hands, which had been a little cold from the wind at the foot of the mountain, gradually warmed up.

The proprietress was a talkative woman, and soon she and Wen He were chatting about random things. When she heard that Wen He had originally planned to go into the mountains, she immediately changed her expression and waved her hand, saying, "You can't go, you can't go. You don't know, a lot of terrible things have been discovered in these mountains before. You can't go there."

Wen He had also heard from Zhang Daxian about what happened on the other side of the mountain, so he briefly mentioned it, saying that he knew a little about it, but the proprietress shook her head even more violently, and the expression on her face became even more terrifying.

"You can't go, you can't go, girl. You only know one thing, not the other. We reported all the things you mentioned to the police, but there are even more terrifying things that we didn't dare tell anyone. Everyone in the town kept it a secret and didn't dare to say anything. That mountain can eat people..."

"Eating people? What does that mean..." Wen He was stunned when he heard that out of the blue. He even stopped eating noodles. "Someone died in the mountains? You didn't report it?"

"No, no, no, girl, please don't say that, or else no one will dare come to our small town where business is just starting to pick up." The proprietress quickly tried to cover Wen He's mouth, but when she saw no one was around, she lowered her voice nervously and said, "We didn't say that. An outsider said that. He's the only outsider I've ever seen who could come out of the mountains."

"That night, I happened to be closing my shop at the night market when I saw that outsider passing through the alley. He kept muttering about how it was a shame that all seven or eight of them had been snatched up, leaving him with this one without any spiritual energy. He also said that disciples from the Xuan realm were really good for nourishment... Although we reported this strange outsider, we didn't dare to tell anyone else about his words. We had no evidence to support them and were afraid of retaliation."

"In that case, why are you so sure?"

"Because it's confirmed that someone saw them. Just before that outsider went up the mountain, someone in our town actually saw a small expedition team of seven or eight people going up the mountain. They came back and said they were dressed strangely and were holding something that looked like yellow talisman paper in their hands..."

Yellow talisman paper? Could it be a yellow talisman? But had a metaphysical team entered the mountains before? Why hadn't she heard Zhang Daxian mention it? Even when the bounty was posted, no one mentioned this metaphysical team. After all, seven or eight people were gone in a flash! Whether it was life or death, it was no small matter. How could there be no sound at all?

Moreover, Wen He and the old lady just checked, and the characteristics of the outsider were exactly the same as those of the tourist that Zhang Daxian told her was possessed by a zombie!

From the proprietress's description, it didn't sound like a lie at all. After all, most people didn't know about the world of metaphysics. And it was only in the world of metaphysics, due to the various schools of thought, that people might dress a little strangely. Take, for example, Zhang Daxian, who practically always wore a Taoist robe and yellow talismans...

Suddenly, Wen He had no appetite for noodles at all. She let the hot wonton noodles cool down in the air. She immediately went to the metaphysics forum and anxiously searched for information. Sure enough, she didn't see any teams with similar characteristics in the sections for public bounties and organizing teams to go on missions.

It wasn't until Wen He clicked on a forum for casual cultivators with almost no traffic that he saw a post looking for people to go on a mission. It said that an employer had paid a large sum of money to invite him to go to a certain mountain to get something, and that a team of seven or eight people was needed. There was no specific description of the certain mountain, but Wen He had lived in the old house for so long that he knew at a glance that the certain mountain referred to was the big mountain here, and the gathering place was near this town.

Instantly, Wen He felt alarm bells ringing, and a very bad premonition came directly to her. At this moment, the proprietress who was serving noodle soup to the new customers saw something and suddenly screamed, dropping all the soup bowls. She was unaware of the hot soup scalding her hands, and her face turned pale. "Oh my God, oh my God, what is that? Dashan, Dashan, is it - is it eating people again -"

I didn't know when, but the mountain that was originally surrounded by white fog was gradually covered by the black fog. Faintly, there seemed to be some extremely strange sounds coming. This is... Yin Qi!

A large amount of Yin Qi spread out from the depths of the mountain! The jade plate instantly became scorching hot, as if it was burning the skin, as if it was warning something, and seemed to be urging something!

At this moment, Wen He received a message on WeChat from the computer in the old house, "The seal of the mountain has been broken, leave quickly."

It was Ashan. The message from the old house was only from Ashan. It was Ashan who told her to leave quickly, but Zhang Daxian and the others were still on the mountain! She had to inform them to leave as soon as possible!

Taking a deep breath, Wen He immediately sent everything she knew to the forum administrator, and then she borrowed the boss lady's electric motor and rushed back the same way!

It's not too late. Judging by the time, it's still not too late! As long as she doesn't get lost in the mountains, she can catch up with Zhang Daxian and the others! And Ashan has taught her how to avoid getting lost in the mountains. As long as the mountains can hear her voice, it's fine!