Within personal space.
"Whatever." Si Zang asked, feigning composure, "Now that you've entered the Dao Rhyme level, have you qualified for the next level?"
"..." Lin Feng felt like he was being pricked by a thorn when he was asked this question.
They've only just reached the "good" level; we can't keep pushing them to reach the "excellent" level.
"yes..."
But he still answered honestly.
"Sigh..." Shizang sighed.
"Sigh..." Tang Hong sighed.
Yu showed a helpless look, while Sun He and the other two gave her disdainful glances.
"Alright, I've made my decision!" Si Zang suddenly spoke up: "Whatever, I'll help you complete your advancement mission, and I'll also use the power of the Heavenly Dao to help you reforge your weapon!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Feng immediately understood what the other party meant.
"Reaching the Earthly Grade 'Good' so smoothly is already a very fortunate thing for me. Anything higher is truly beyond my capabilities." Si Zang leaned closer to Lin Feng: "But there's something I can do!"
As he spoke, Si Zang raised his hand and walked to Yu's side, saying loudly, "Whatever, Yu is a girl, she can't always be fighting and killing in the nightmare space. Her life hasn't even started yet, you can't hold her back."
"Si'er, say what you want to say, don't mess around." Tang Hong couldn't help but curse.
Joking aside, when it comes to serious matters, it's best not to play matchmaker.
Everyone knows that although there are no age restrictions for them, and they can date even if they are a hundred years apart, there is no need to rush things at this time.
"Yes, yes, yes." Si Zang shook his head indifferently: "Whatever. Xiao Yu is prepared to return to the real world with me and become a disciple of the Divination Sect."
"Hmm..." Lin Feng nodded, and after receiving Yu's apprenticeship approval, he couldn't help but ask, "When will the apprenticeship ceremony be held?"
"Haha, that's fine anytime, but let's wait until you've completed your advancement." Si Zang waved his hand: "I'm not even in a hurry, and you're already getting anxious."
At this moment, Sun He interjected, "If that's the case... we can also try to officially start recruiting participants. We can try to continue improving individual ratings. Si Zang will be responsible for some training in the real world, while we can be responsible for finding suitable candidates from the mission worlds..."
“No problem.” Si Zang replied immediately: “I can also talk to the Daoist sect. Cang Feng will definitely be interested. We can find a few reliable partners then.”
“That sounds good.” Lin Feng responded to the group’s suggestion: “You can try to make contact with Xie Yuan Dao. Even if you can’t reach an agreement, it can still have a deterrent effect on some people.”
Si Zang shook his head and agreed: "Tsk tsk tsk, alright, I'll go take a look when I have time."
Just like in the martial arts world, retiring from the life of a martial arts master means that someone will return for revenge, and if they want to live in peace, they will inevitably have to interact with other forces.
“I have a few candidates,” Sun He spoke again: “Shadow Puppet, Puppet Master, and Paper Cutting—three people I know from unorthodox schools. They rarely roam within the Nightmare Space; they mostly stay in the real world…”
“Brother He, this is interesting. They don’t walk in the Nightmare Space, so why did we recruit them?” Si Zang immediately asked curiously.
Sun He replied, "They also obtained the qualification for a superior rating at the prefecture level, but it was impossible for them to complete the task, so they gave up for the time being."
"Where are their mission worlds?" Lin Feng couldn't help but feel more curious.
“They qualified, but haven’t started the rating mission yet,” Sun He said. “The three of them have been traveling together for years, and they remember clearly who they offended and what they encountered. When they qualified, they felt a pressure and immediately gave up on the promotion.”
After hearing Sun He's explanation, Lin Feng immediately asked curiously, "Level-1 rating missions are risky. Last time I entered the Holy Tang World, I encountered other participants... Are you planning to have us help them after they start their missions?"
“If that’s the case, it’s too simple. You can start a group mission,” Sun He said. “Although very few people would do this, I think... you can do it.”
"Why?" Lin Feng became even more curious. Although individual missions were risky, they were still beneficial to him. Team missions would inevitably increase the difficulty.
"Of all the participants who activated the top-tier prefecture-level rating mission, less than half returned alive." Sun He took a deep breath: "This includes those participants who had survived for a long time and whose enemies were all dead."
"And then there's the Earth-level..." Si Tao stood up and let out a long sigh: "Alas, Earth-level rating missions test our willpower. Even if we start them alone, we'll still run into each other by sheer coincidence... For now, if it's Journey to the West, Investiture of the Gods, or the Primordial Era, it's safer to go in as a group."
After Si Tao finished speaking, Sun He added, "If you agree, we will try to obtain the rating qualification as soon as possible."
“Wait, Brother He, I’m withdrawing.” Si Tao turned around, twisting his waist: “The risk of rating is too great, and I don’t plan to enter any world related to the primordial world.”
"Take me with you, I'll go!" Tang Hong stood up.
"Alright, alright, give me all your weapons. I'll reforge them all in a day, so I won't have to worry about not being able to go." Si Zang raised his hand and clapped it hard: "If you have any extra points, you'd better give them to me as well."
Si Zang turned the tortoise shell in his hand. Although it hadn't led to the worst possible outcome, it wasn't good either.
“It’s very dangerous.” Si Zang repeatedly denied it, but did not stop them: “You’ve overcome even more dangerous ones, this one shouldn’t be too difficult.”
"These are my remaining five thousand Nightmare Points." Lin Feng, without suspicion, handed over all the points: "These are some items I have."
"The last ten thousand." Tang Hong also sent over the points, and finally, Lin Feng handed the weapon to Si Zang.
"And you two?" Si Zang asked Sun He and Wen Chen.
"I don't need it." Sun He refused Si Zang's offer, and Wen Chen shook his head as well.
"You don't even want the blessings and merits?" Si Zang asked, his eyes wide.
Wen Chen immediately felt a little guilty, but quickly shook his head again: "My sword has been integrated with the Primordial Stone, so it does not involve karma or merit."
Sun He also said, "My Great Millstone was forged in my personal space. Although it is much weaker, it is absolutely indestructible."
As long as he doesn't die, his millstone will continue to be repaired by the nightmare space.
"Alright, alright, then I'll get back to work. You guys keep an eye on things." Si Zang waved his hand and immediately applied to travel to a world he had visited before.
"Let's go prepare and come back before the next mandatory mission," Sun He instructed, then led Wen Chen and Tang Hong to the mission world he had prepared.
Once only Lin Feng, Yu, and Si Tao remained in the personal space, the space fell silent.
"I'm going to rest." Si Tao turned around and fled his personal space.
"I...I'm planning to go home and visit," Yu said.
"Okay." Lin Feng added as a final instruction: "Old Zhang works in the Seventh Bureau. If you have any questions, you can go to him."
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