Chapter 87, Level 87 Mission.
Meng Chiwan's gaze moved downwards again, and sure enough, she saw those words.
Mission Location: Demon Realm.
Task requirement: Locate the missing "Wenbei Umbrella" belonging to the Meng family in Beijing and Taiwan.
Meng Chiwan's gaze fell on the line of mission requirements. It was a short line, but it contained many things that felt completely unfamiliar to her.
First, which family is the Meng family of Jingtai? I don't think I've ever heard of this family before. Also, what is the "sorrowful umbrella" and what is its purpose?
Meng Chiwan was completely baffled.
Wen Liansong also received her own mission at this time, which, as expected, was a Sichuan-level mission. She put away the mission slip and walked towards Meng Chiwan, then looked down at Meng Chiwan's mission slip.
Upon seeing the bright red character "岳" (Yue), she stumbled, speechless, and exclaimed, "A Yue-level mission?!"
She rubbed her eyes, thinking she must have seen wrong, but when she opened them again, the bright red character "岳" was still there, even more glaring than before.
After a long while, she finally muttered, "Could it be a mistake?"
Meng Chiwan felt that it wasn't a mistake, but that this task was indeed assigned to her. She looked down at the wooden slip, which was still covered with some old dust, until she ran her hands over it and it looked brand new.
Undeterred, Wen Liansong asked the disciple in charge, and unsurprisingly, the answer was that there was no mistake. Having ruled out the most likely possibility, she had no choice but to resign herself to staring at the wooden note, her eyes fixed on it as if she wanted to burn a hole in it.
Meng Chiwan patted her hand and asked, "Have you ever heard of the Meng family of Jingtai?"
Wen Liansong shook her head in confusion: "I've never heard of it, but since we're back in the Immortal Alliance, why don't we go to the library to see if we can find any clues? Anyway, my mission isn't urgent for now, so I'll go with you first."
Meng Chiwan didn't want to delay her, so she said, "I can go and take a look by myself. Your own task is more important."
But in the end, they couldn't resist Wen Liansong's insistence, and the two of them came to the library together.
The Immortal Alliance Library has a vast collection of books, and it would be impossible to browse through them all one by one. Fortunately, the library has a technique for searching by keywords, which is extremely convenient.
Meng Chiwan searched for the keywords "Meng Family of Jingtai" and "Wenbei Umbrella," but only a handful of books came up. She decided to take them all home and start reading them.
Since the mission location was the Demon Realm, she also brought back some books from the Demon Realm to read.
Although this task is at the Yue level, it may not be simple, so no completion time was set, giving her plenty of time to prepare.
It seems she's forgotten someone!
When Meng Chiwan hurriedly changed her clothes and went down the mountain, ignoring the meaningful glances from the innkeepers, she was greeted by this scene when she opened the door.
She wondered if it was just her imagination, but there seemed to be a hint of resentment in his eyes, which should have been empty.
Meng Chiwan coughed lightly, trying to cover up her embarrassment, but then she thought to herself, this thing isn't a person, why should she feel guilty?
The next moment, she regained her composure and asked gently, "Did something happen to you here?"
Yun Xianqing stared at her for two seconds, then mechanically shook his head.
Meng Chiwan breathed a sigh of relief. Well, she thought, even if bad things are indeed more likely to happen here, it's not necessarily true that everyone who stays here will encounter them... Wait... something seems off.
Her gaze lingered on his hands with their distinct knuckles... and then on his skull.
After a long while, she finally looked up and asked, "Did you buy this toy?"
Yun Xianqing followed her gaze to the "toy" in her hand, tilting her head slightly as if wondering what she meant.
Seeing his dazed look, Meng Chiwan knew she wouldn't get anything out of him, so she stopped worrying and said, "We might have to go on a long trip, so don't bring your toy with you."
Yun Xianqing nodded, and was thus led astray by Meng Chiwan.
However, because the place they were going to was quite special, Meng Chiwan made some other preparations in addition to theoretical ones, such as spending a lot of money to buy two sets of pure black clothes for herself and "Yun Xianqing".
Meng Chiwan looked at herself and "Yun Xianqing" dressed in black and nodded in satisfaction. "Hmm, not bad, that's more like the style of a demon."
As for how to conceal her spiritual energy, she was originally troubled by it, but not long after she accepted the mission, her junior sister sent her something.
Meng Chiwan casually twirled the bracelet on her wrist. This bracelet looked ordinary, but it was a rare magic artifact in the Immortal Alliance, called the Cangling Bracelet. It could hide all the spiritual energy in a cultivator's body, so others could not see that she had spiritual energy, let alone realize that she was a cultivator.
In addition, she also learned that the common currency in the Demon Realm was magic crystals, so she used her spiritual power to exchange for all the magic crystals on the black market and carried them with her.
Everything is ready; all that's left is to set off.
As Meng Chiwan led "Yun Xianqing" down the inn's stairs, she keenly sensed something amiss. The ill-intentioned glances she had received upon arrival seemed to have vanished; they were bowing their heads, as if lying in wait, or perhaps wary of something.
Meng Chiwan glanced suspiciously at Yun Xianqing beside her. Seeing that he had listened to her and hadn't brought the skull out, she breathed a sigh of relief and stopped worrying about it.
Something must have happened here during the days she was away, but since Yun Xianqing didn't say, she didn't care.
...
At the entrance to the Demon Realm, the Nightmare Flower was in full bloom. Its jet-black stem, as black as ink, grew upwards, and wisps of demonic energy rolled on its nine dark purple petals. The blood-red opening at the stamen opened and closed, as if it were constantly swallowing something.
Meng Chiwan, carrying Yun Xianqing, braved wind and rain and finally arrived at the entrance to the Demon Realm before dark. There was a queue in front of them that wasn't very long, and the speed of movement wasn't fast, but fortunately, it was still moving at a normal pace.
Suddenly, a commotion came from ahead: a person wearing a dark cloak was pushed to the ground, and a demonic aura instantly pierced through his body, and a pungent smell of burning immediately spread throughout the entire group.
The whispers in the group immediately ceased, and then someone at the front of the group shouted: "This is what will happen to any cultivator who dares to trespass into the Demon Realm!"
After he finished speaking, his eyes swept over the people in the back of the line, the warning in his eyes was self-evident.
Meng Chiwan frowned, looking at the charred corpse on the ground, a sense of unease flickering in her heart.
When it was Meng Chiwan's turn to be questioned, the corpse on the ground had already been carried away and its whereabouts were unknown.
A jet-black crystal ball floated in front of Meng Chiwan. This was the magical artifact used by the Demon Realm to distinguish between immortal cultivators and demons.
When a demon places his hand on the crystal ball, it will not react at all. However, if a cultivator from a celestial sect places his hand on it, the crystal ball will immediately turn transparent as if it has been filled with water, until the black color completely disappears.
"Put it up." The demon guarding the door glanced at her, but seeing her clothes and figure, he did not suspect her identity for the time being.
Meng Chiwan, feeling confident and fearless, calmly placed her hand on it.
Even if the Cangling Bracelet were to encounter an unexpected accident, with her current cultivation level, she might still be able to escape unscathed.
Fortunately, the items from the Immortal Alliance are of guaranteed quality. The crystal ball remained unchanged, still as black as a moonless night.
Meng Chiwan withdrew her hand without showing any emotion and said, "Is that enough?"
The man nodded, stepped aside, and gestured for her to go in.
Meng Chiwan did not rush to leave. She took a step to the side and then stopped to wait.
The man wasn't surprised; he figured the two must have been traveling together, and she was waiting for her companion.
Following her was Yun Xianqing. Meng Chiwan said to him, "Just put your hand on it."
The man glanced at her with some oddness, then at "Yun Xianqing." He found it strange that someone would need to be taught such a simple thing by another. Was she an idiot?
"Well, you're actually a cultivator!"
The demon guarding him, who had been silently watching him, shouted.
The demons guarding the area instantly turned their attention to Yun Xianqing, surrounding her and Yun Xianqing together as if they were about to be annihilated.
Meng Chiwan's gaze shifted from Yun Xianqing's hand to the crystal ball. The crystal ball was tumbling, its black color seemingly hidden by the white, and it slowly became transparent.
The demon then pointed at Meng Chiwan and roared, "How could you be with cultivators!"
Meng Chiwan frowned impatiently and said, "As expected, you're just a clueless little devil. No wonder you've spent your whole life guarding the gate."
Seeing that she was not only unperturbed but also had the mind to berate him, the demon became furious and said, "You can be arrogant when you turn to ashes!"
Meng Chiwan calmly said, "I have already passed the test of the crystal ball. Are you going to say that the crystal ball was wrong? Take a good look at him with your pig brain again. Guess why I taught him to put his hand on the crystal ball?"
She was so calm and so self-assured that the demon actually began to hesitate and looked at "Yun Xianqing" in accordance with her words.
Looking up, I immediately noticed something was wrong.
He is not in his right mind.
The demon was startled, and unconsciously looked at the girl standing to the side. The girl's face showed a hint of impatience, and there was the incomprehensible thing she had said earlier, as well as... his cultivation level, which he could not fathom.
Meng Chiwan's impatience grew stronger, and seeing that he seemed to be wavering, she decided to add fuel to the fire: "You ignorant fool, can't you even tell what this is?!"
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