"Master Ku, I brought you some new people."

"You have to work harder on this big cauldron. The master will need it in seven days. You must not waste time."

The examiner handed Jiang Li and others over to a Mediterranean monk who was in charge here.

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The Mediterranean manager was patrolling everywhere to urge progress, and when he found something wrong he started pointing and cursing.

Jiang Li and others saw him grabbing a subordinate and scolding him for a whole quarter of an hour before he had time to pay attention to them.

But when he saw the number of new people, his face showed dissatisfaction again.

"Only a few? Don't fool me."

"If we fail to complete the mission and the leader gets angry, we'll all be doomed!"

The examiner was also helpless. It was true that Wantumen was recruiting thousands of new students every day.

However, qualified formation masters are extremely rare, and the skills of other independent cultivators who took the test were extremely poor.

If you use it directly on the field without training and correction, it will really ruin everything.

"Okay, okay, all of you follow me. Let me see what you can do."

On Master Ku's desk, there was a huge fully analytical drawing.

Jiang Li took a look and saw that it was a tripod-shaped magic weapon that was bigger than a house.

Judging from the materials used and the scale of the runes, this magic weapon is definitely not simple to make. Its power may be comparable to that of the Earth Rank.

A magic weapon comparable to the earth-level level, you can practice it as soon as you say it.

This kind of structure does not exist at least in the Dachongshan Immortal Cultivation World.

Soon, Master Ku brought over a stack of drawings and distributed them to Jiang Li and others.

"All of you go over there and carve patterns on the black bricks. Follow this blueprint and don't make any mistakes. You must hand in ten qualified black bricks within one day. Otherwise, you will all have to work as firewood for me!"

It is extremely difficult to manufacture a furnace and mold to make a magic weapon of this size, so the method they adopted is to melt the metal ingots layer by layer.

Just like building a house, pieces of metal ingots that have been refined individually are melted and accumulated in circles.

The difficulty lies in the fact that the upper part of the cauldron must always be in a semi-molten state, and the black ingots cast on it cannot have any errors.

Once it solidifies and melts again, or if the position of a certain black brick deviates, the integrity of the magic weapon will be greatly reduced and its effectiveness will fail.

This requires a large number of fire-attribute monks who take turns to provide powerful firepower to maintain it, and also requires a formation master with superb skills that Lian Jiangli can only look up to to coordinate the overall situation.

Keeping high-grade metals in a molten state is extremely difficult, even with the help of a specific formation.

This is completely different from the fire-fanning mission in the Alchemy Hall that even Qi-training disciples can take on.

This is probably the reason why Wantu Sect specifically attracts monks with fire attributes.

The top-level formation master that the latter needs is probably Master Ku.

Jiang Li and others were assigned to their own spirit carving platforms. After entering the position, they did not even have a chance to adapt and were directly forced to do hard labor.

Each person was given ten black bricks, each of which was the size of a coffin, and they began the hard work according to the blueprint.

Carving patterns on a flat surface according to the disassembled drawings is actually just the most basic work.

Even if they were casual cultivators, they would not be unable to do this.

Jiang Li was carving patterns on the black bricks while looking around. There was no one watching them, and they could leave at any time as long as they finished their work.

This place should have been temporarily built by Wantumen after they captured Luanshiling.

After such a big effort to temporarily refine such a large cauldron, I don’t know what it’s used for.

He quickly finished the work at hand, but the others who came in with him would probably have to work all night to catch up.

After pretending to be tired and handing in ten rune bricks, Jiang Li received today's allowance.

They were told that they could find any unoccupied house in Blackrock City to live in.

If there are still local residents alive, they will be free servants and no one will stop them from doing anything.

Walking down the street, the city built of hard black stone has a unique flavor. From some traces on the roadside, Jiang Li could tell that this was once a prosperous city for cultivating immortals.

But at this moment, there are only human corpses piled everywhere that have not yet been cleaned up, showing the sadness of this place.

If I don't stop it, maybe in the near future, the Dachongshan cultivation world will become what it is now.

Bang! At this moment, a dirty little kid suddenly bumped into him.

Jiang Li didn't move at all. The child's head was hit and it was red and swollen, and he fell to the ground.

"I'm sorry, sir!"

The child apologized repeatedly, then lowered his head and ran away.

The child lowered her head, but Jiang Li could still see a string of numbers branded on her face.

The Wantu Clan was not a kind person. All those who survived in Blackrock City were reduced to slaves. They branded numbers on their faces and kept them in the city as property.

The child just now was one of them.

But she bumped into me on purpose.

Jiang Li walked casually into an alley, then reached out and took out a piece of paper from his pocket. It was the note that the child had quietly put into his arms when they collided just now.

If Jiang Li hadn't seen that she didn't take anything out, the child would have been gone.

"Twenty-two on Oakstone Street."

There is only one address written on it.

After Jiang Li finished reading it, the note suddenly caught fire and disappeared completely.

Judging from the situation, it seems that I have been found by a group of underground workers.

Blackrock City had just fallen, and if Wantumen wanted to manage the entire area, it would be impossible to achieve stability without decades of operation and development.

The existence of some resistance forces is actually normal.

These resistance forces share the same goal with Jiang Li and can be a source of support that can be united and won over.

Theoretically speaking, Jiang Li should visit the address on the note and then seek cooperation.

But who is Jiang Li?

I am the leader of Chongshan League. It is too naive to think that I can lead him by the nose just by writing a piece of paper.

He did not go to the Twenty-Two Houses on Oak Street, but instead found a house nearby and walked in.

He was lucky. There was a brother and sister, a boy and a girl, huddled in a corner and shivering.

After seeing Jiang Li come in, the woman was frightened and shrank back, while the man forced himself to remain calm and walked forward and knelt down in front of Jiang Li.

Those who can live in this city must be descendants of a cultivation family. They are so flexible and have good character.

"My Lord, is there anything we can do for you?"

Jiang Li waved his hands, completely ignoring their intentions. He found a room at random and started meditating in it.

. . . .

Oak Street at night.

"Master Huyan, why hasn't the man you mentioned come yet? Can he really be trusted?"

Several monks wearing the outer clothing of the Wantu Sect were gathered in an inconspicuous house, discussing something secretly.

"I used the Qi-gazing technique to see that the man behaved in an extraordinary and righteous manner, and was extremely proficient in the art of rune formations. He must not be an ordinary casual cultivator. He must be a direct disciple of a major righteous sect to have such ability."

"Now the remaining cultivators in my Luanshiling have been forced to attack a cultivation world called Dachongshan."

"But what Wantumen said was all lies. By chance, I learned some secrets of the Blood King's Crown. Once the cauldron is cast, all the people in this city will die!"

"We need help, just be patient and wait."

But as time passed, not only did they not wait for Jiang Li, the door of house 22 on Oak Street was kicked open from the outside.

A team of Blood Blade Guards rushed in aggressively and started smashing, chopping, burning and digging the ground. They tore down the house inside and out, and left angrily when they didn't find anything.

"Master Huyan, did we send the note to the wrong person?"

Master Huyan and his companions, who were hiding in House 23 on Oak Street, just across the wall, all looked frightened.

Fortunately, they were careful, otherwise they would have been wiped out this time.

Their notes were indeed burned after reading, but with just a few words, Jiang Li could easily write a new one and send it to the Blood Knife Guards in a way that would arouse suspicion.

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And then the scene just now happened.

Jiang Li's doing this was both a lesson and a test.

First, let them correct their attitude and know who is asking for help.

The second is to see whether this group of people is meticulous enough. If they are a group of brainless "righteous men", it would be safer for him to work alone.

"Wait, look there."

After the team of Blood Blade Guards left, a rat in a red coat jumped out from somewhere.

Instead of running around, he just crossed his legs and sat on the only intact chair in the house.

Next to the red-coated rat, there was a bottle of elixir.

When Master Huyan saw the pill in the dark, he knew that Jiang Li had already understood that it was the note he had passed on.

Because that was the bottle of antidote for the poisonous mushroom that he gave to Jiang Li when they were traveling in the wilderness.

Afterwards, he took the same test as Jiang Li and secretly witnessed Jiang Li's amazing spiritual carving skills.

This led to the subsequent note incident.

"What is that? A rat spirit?"

The monk next to him looked confused. What was going on with this rat?

"No, that man is here, let's go out."

Master Huyan sighed, knowing that what he did was somewhat inappropriate.

If you need help from someone, you should take the initiative to go to them instead of being arrogant and testing them.

The scene just now was Jiang Li's dissatisfaction. Now that both sides are even, it's time to talk business.

They appeared from next door, and a group of five stood in front of Jiang Li.

"I apologize for offending you just now, but we have to be careful when we are in the territory of Wantu Clan. Please forgive me."

Seeing several people coming out, the red-coated mouse stood up, bowed, and saluted to them.

"It was we who were reckless. Please don't take offense, sir."

"My name is Huyan Longan. I am bothering you this time because of the lives of 300,000 people in Black Stone City. I hope you will help me."

That Master Huyan is indeed a man of talent, he can actually bow to a mouse.

Huyan is a big family in the immortal cultivation world of Luanshiling, and its status is basically equivalent to that of Shenshan Family in Dachongshan. It can be seen that this person must have held a high position in Black Stone City before.

"Tell me, what do I need to do? What can I get?"

Jiang Li did not reveal the identity of Chongshan League, but asked for compensation from the perspective of a person who had nothing to do with the matter.

The people behind Huyan Longan were immediately dissatisfied, but were stopped by a gesture from their young master.

"We in Luanshiling secretly inherited a dragon ball."

"If you can help us, Huyan can help you get the dragon ball."

Jiang Li became excited when he heard this.

"Dragon Ball? You have Dragon Ball here?"

"No, even if there was a Dragon Ball, it should have been snatched away by the Wantu Clan."

He was surprised at first, and then asked two questions.

Where did the dragon come from in this rocky wasteland?

But if the other party wanted Jiang Li to snatch the Dragon Ball from Wantumen by himself.

He would probably come over right now and crush all five of them to death.

"I don't know the details of the origin of the Dragon Ball, but there is a Dragon Ball enshrined in the Holy Land of Luanshiling. Only my Huyan clan knows the exact address, and outsiders will definitely not be able to find it."

Huyan Longan gave another explanation and reluctantly made Jiang Li believe the existence of the holy land and the dragon ball.

"And we need you to do something with the two hundred black bricks. Hide this rune inside."

"I believe that with your level of array formation, it should not be difficult to do."

Seeing that Jiang Li was interested, he handed over another drawing, on which was a vertical pupil symbol with simple lines but seemingly unique charm.

What he meant was to let Jiang Li use a high-end technique of "double hiding and covering patterns" to hide this vertical pupil on those person-sized black ingots. The most important thing was that no one could see it.

This is not a skill that everyone can use. In the past, there were only a handful of masters who could perform at this level in Luanshiling. Now, there is not even one left.

They probably just went to Jiang Li with the mentality of giving it a try.

"Can."

Fortunately, they were really lucky and ran into him.

Jiang Li controlled the red-coated mouse to pick up a piece of wood on the ground. He first drew the vertical pupil on it, and then began to outline the array pattern over the vertical pupil symbol.

Soon, the vertical pupil was completely covered by the same complex patterns as those on the black bricks. They came closer and looked left and right, but could not see any clues at all.

After hearing Jiang Li's answer and seeing Jiang Li's actions, the expressions of the people on the opposite side were first surprised, and then turned into astonishment.

Being able to do this is already one in a million.

Not to mention that Jiang Li was a mouse controlled remotely, so it would be even easier for the original body to capture him.

"Sir, you really have good means. I admire you!"

"With the help of sir, there is finally hope of stopping the Blood King Cauldron!"

Blood King Cauldron? Jiang Li was somewhat concerned when he heard the name. Could this thing be related to the recognition of the Blood King Crown as its master?

"Don't be too happy too soon. This technique may be enough to fool ordinary array masters. But it cannot be hidden in front of a true master."

"Especially that Master Ku. We must not let him see the black bricks I carved. You need to cover for me."

Jiang Li’s request was reasonable. They had some hidden people in the city who would help even at the risk of their lives.

"Of course, we will do our best to assist you, sir. Also, may I ask your name?"

After a conversation, Huyan Longan bowed respectfully to the red-coated mouse again.

"As for me, you can just call me Qingshan Jushi."

(End of this chapter)