"Okay, I understand. You can go back now." Shangguan Xi looked at the memorial tablet in front of her and urged Xu Yuehuai to leave. She wanted Xu Yuehuai to be alone so she could think about the questions that had never been answered before. She didn't want to talk to Xu Yuehuai much right now.
Xu Yuehuai stood up and looked at Shangguan Xi sitting on the ground. "Everyone will go out to do missions again to improve their strength. We look forward to your return. Don't let everyone down."
Xu Yuehuai admitted that she felt a chill after hearing what Shangguan Xi said. She pushed open the door and went out. The moment she stepped out, Shangguan Xi glanced back. The door slowly closed, leaving only a glimpse of her clothes. Only after Xu Yuehuai left did the tension in her heart finally ease.
The Third Elder outside the door saw that Xu Yuehuai had come out so quickly after going in, and assumed that her venting had been in vain. His face showed a worried expression again. "Did you finish talking so quickly? Didn't you want to say anything more?"
The Third Elder clearly wanted Xu Yuehuai to persuade her, but Xu Yuehuai shook her head. "I can't do anything about this. She won't listen to me or take it to heart. I'll be leaving now, Elder. Sorry for bothering you."
After Xu Yuehuai went down the mountain and told everyone about the matter, he sent a representative to select a task. Undoubtedly, the task fell to Shi Mu, as everyone felt that he needed to be trained, so they sent him.
Shi Mu was hesitant to go, worried that the task he had chosen might be unsuitable, perhaps too easy for them. In that case, the task would be of little use. He picked and chose in front of the task list and finally settled on a task. To their surprise, the task was to go to Duan City, the same Duan City where they had recently gone to the Grand Competition. The task was to find the corpse or the living person of the old Valley Master of Dragon Roar Valley in the Azure Sky Forest.
Shi Mu did not go to the competition. Although he had heard what happened, he was still unclear about the details. Mainly because he was not talkative and no one told him the details, which led him to accept this task.
Once a task is accepted, it cannot be abandoned. If you abandon it, you will have to pay the same number of points. This rule is to prevent anyone from maliciously causing trouble.
Looking at the task, Nangong Yu was speechless for a moment. Of everyone present, only Shi Mu hadn't participated in the competition, so everyone looked constipated. Seeing their expressions, Shi Mu thought the task he had accepted was too easy. He lowered his head, feeling somewhat guilty and embarrassed, and said, "I know the task I accepted was a bit easy, but I saw it had so many points, more than our last task, so I accepted it. Don't they say points can be exchanged for a lot of good things? So I thought we should earn points while completing the task, right?"
Shi Mu analyzed it and found it very reasonable. Nangong Yu, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but ask, "Junior brother, when you found out that its score was so low, didn't you suspect that there might be a trap? What if it was a trap to lure you into accepting it, but there was actually a bigger conspiracy behind it?"
Shi Mu took the mission token, looked it over, and then handed it to Nangong Yu. "It shouldn't be. I checked it carefully at the time, but there weren't many people there, so I didn't have time to ask for other people's opinions."
"No way! With such a low score, don't you doubt the authenticity of this mission?!" Nangong Yu exclaimed in shock.
Xuan Chi said from the side, "Alright, stop scaring him. We'll just go. At worst, it'll only take two months. Okay, everyone go back and pack your things. We'll leave in a bit."
Shi Mu stood there scratching his head. If he still didn't know what was going on, then all these years of his life would have been wasted.
He joined everyone in packing up their things. After they finished, he stood in the corridor, looking at all the things. He felt a sense of satisfaction. Without saying a word, the group boarded the spirit boat. On the way out of the sect, Nangong Yu explained to Shi Mu why everyone was so shocked when they heard about this mission.
After listening to the story, Shi Mu realized that he had made a huge mistake. His eyes immediately showed a hint of tension. "No way, I didn't expect things to turn out like this. Will we never come back? Will we fail to complete this mission? I'm sorry, everyone, I didn't expect things to turn out like this."
Shi Mu felt a pang of guilt, as if he had committed some terrible mistake. Fu Ziyi, who was standing to the side, looked at his pathetic state and said, "Say less for now. The distance from Xuancheng to Duancheng is not short. Just cook some good food to reward everyone along the way. Stop talking so much nonsense. If we can't finish, we can't finish. It just shows that we are still too weak."
Fu Ziyi took it all in stride, and everyone nodded in agreement with what he said. Upon hearing this, Shi Mu looked at Fu Ziyi with admiration in his eyes.
For a moment, when Fu Ziyi met his gaze, she was a little embarrassed and looked away.
On the way, they didn't talk much. One of the talkative people left, and Shi Mu became the one who chattered incessantly. Although she used to be a timid, introverted person who didn't like to talk, she could now communicate normally with them without being affected in the slightest.
In order to make himself more useful, Shi Mu constantly asked others for advice before disembarking from the spirit boat, improving his fighting style and raising his martial arts skills to a higher level.
The city was a no-fly zone, so their spirit boat stopped outside the city and they still traveled together into Duan City. Duan City was just as lively as when they last came, with vendors hawking their wares everywhere. It was Shi Mu's first time here, and he was very excited, looking around at everything he saw as something new and exciting.
The others didn't want to bother with him and let him play by himself. They first found an inn to stay in.
The Azure Sky Forest is located right behind Dragon Roar Valley. Although so much time has passed, Xu Yuehuai's reputation in Duancheng remains unchanged. As soon as she entered the inn, several people recognized Xu Yuehuai and came forward, "Miss Xu?"
Xu Yuehuai's subconscious action of turning her head to look at the person in front of her gave away her identity. When she realized that the person in front of her was indeed Xu Yuehuai, she happily shared with the people around her, "Hey, everyone come and see, Miss Xu has come to Duancheng, Miss Xu is here!"
Her voice was so loud and clear that everyone around immediately looked over. The shopkeeper recognized Xu Yuehuai and stopped what he was about to do to collect the money, his face beaming with surprise. "It really is Miss Xu!"
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