Chapter 274

No one knew for the time being that the team led by Wen Qingjiu had already encountered and clashed with the Taoist priest, but after Gu Hongying and the other seniors who had assigned tasks to Wen Daotang confirmed that the team that had taken on the [Green House] mission had not returned, they really began to worry.

Although the five of them felt that the Taoist priest was not that powerful, and theoretically he should be easily arrested, they were afraid that something unexpected would happen - just like luck had allowed this team to encounter unexpected situations, which was completely common.

"How about..." Gu Hongying suggested quietly, "Let's go over and take a look?"

In terms of fighting ability, the Lucky Team may not rank high, but in terms of escaping and the ability to sense danger, the Lucky Team is definitely very good at it.

Anyone who has been living with various accidents and emergencies for more than a year will slowly develop some skills.

"There is a defensive formation engraved on the blessing plaque of Chang'an Academy. Even if the difficulty suddenly rises to Class A, the defensive formation can hold out for a while." Yin Li said, "I can set up a concealment formation. Let's go over quietly and take a look."

The defensive magic array on the Chang'an Academy's blessing badges are all equipped with alarm devices. Once triggered, they will quickly notify the wearer's direct teachers to come to the rescue. This kind of emergency rescue usually comes very quickly, and each of them has a defensive magic weapon on them, so nothing will go wrong as soon as they meet.

The worry about their classmates still outweighed the uncertainty about their own luck. Fortunately, the team looked at each other, and finally gritted their teeth and decided to sneak over to take a look.

Following the map that Hao Zhizhi had retrieved earlier, they successfully found the suburbs, successfully walked to the unfinished building complex, successfully found the target building, and then—

"Boom!!!"

Amid the earth-shaking explosion, bricks began to rain from the sky. Concrete bricks of all sizes flew down from the sky like flowers from the sky and smashed towards them.

Luckily, this team didn’t let us down: “!!!”

What is going on? This is!

Fortunately, after training, their physical instincts sometimes outperform their brains, and at the moment of the explosion, Yin Li quickly set up a formation, Hao Zhizhi activated the talisman that had been prepared long ago, and the five of them ran towards the nearest shelter - the ruined building closest to the explosion site.

Hiding behind a relatively solid wall, feeling the ground beneath his feet and the wall behind him shaking, Gu Hongying worriedly said, "Will the building we're hiding in collapse? Woohoo!!"

Before he could finish his words, Eric, who was closest to him, had already covered his mouth tightly. Yu Tu quickly put a short-acting silence charm on it. Bricks and rubble flew in from the space reserved for the window not far behind them, creating an effect like a dust storm, and the crackling sound was almost deafening.

In the flying dust with extremely low visibility, concrete question marks almost appeared above the heads of Yu Tu and the other four people. Amid the question marks in their heads, even louder explosions were heard, as terrifying as the end of the world.

I don’t know if it was because they reacted quickly enough, but even though this dilapidated building was riddled with holes, it still withstood the “heavy rain” and did not become a ruin directly.

Before the smoke and dust was about to completely dissipate, Yu Tu looked out from the irregular hole next to his head that was smashed by a stone, and found that the target building had completely collapsed. The dust on the ground was slowly blown away by the wind, and five figures appeared in the ruins. The person in the lead looked vaguely familiar.

Yu Tu: "...Senior sister?"

His muttering was very soft, but Wen Qingjiu still caught it. She looked over with a stern face, and at the hole on the second floor of the unfinished building a little further away, she saw the dusty Yu Tu and the familiar faces behind him.

Wen Qingjiu whispered, "Look here first, I'll be back soon."

She seemed to have mastered some speed-enhancing skills, and after a few leaps on the ruins, she successfully entered through the window position that had been reserved previously.

Wen Qingjiu: "Why are you here? Are you doing a mission? Have you been affected?"

Fortunately, the team was not fooled: "..."

Looking at the calm and composed senior, and then looking at themselves panicking in their attempt to avoid the rain of bricks, it seemed like their worries were in vain.

In the strange atmosphere, it was Hao Zhizhi who came forward to explain the situation. Wen Qingjiu was stunned for a moment, and finally a smile appeared on his gloomy face: "Thank you for your concern."

The juniors and seniors who came over this time are quite cute.

"That Taoist priest isn't very good at fighting, but he's very good at running." Speaking of their situation, Wen Qingjiu's face darkened again, "We set up a trap formation in advance, but he still managed to escape."

That was a lively thesis, but it slipped away right under her nose!

Wen Qingjiu led them out of the ruined building. Her teammates had checked all the situations in the ruins, but still could not find the direction in which the Taoist escaped.

Yu Tu and his group stood at the edge of the ruins, Wen Qingjiu and his group stood in the center of the ruins, and words like "the thesis ran away", "broken legs", and "three-phase experiment" kept floating into their ears, sounding like the speech of a heartbroken villain.

There was really no trace of the Taoist's escape, so Wen Qingjiu and his team did not return empty-handed. They dug out the broken walls of the fifth floor that were painted with green "paint" from the ruins, pieced them together, and prepared to take them back for research.

Gu Hongying said sadly: "Fortunately, we don't need to get the diploma from Chang'an Academy."

Look at what this graduation thesis has put the seniors through!

The other four people expressed their agreement.

…

The matter did not end there.

After returning to Changan Academy, Wen Qingjiu and his team could not accept this humiliation, or they were unwilling to see their graduation thesis go to waste, so they issued a permanent mission worth 100 points.

In addition to issuing tasks of four levels, A, B, C, and D, to students participating in the competition, Wen Dao Tang also allows students to spend a certain amount of points to issue tasks to other students. As long as the requirements and restrictions of the task are set, it will appear on the list of available tasks after passing the review.

Wen Qingjiu and his team issued a long-term mission. As long as the team's ability to complete the mission can reach the B-level standard, they can accept it and provide information related to the Taoist priests. They will reward points based on the accuracy of the information.

Yu Tu and his friends had all met the Taoist priest and had dealt with him to some extent. They also happened to meet the acceptance criteria, so they also accepted this permanent assignment.

It was not known whether it was because they were blessed by Jinli when they entered Changan Academy, but even though the blessing was quickly used up, their luck seemed to have improved miraculously.

For example, when it was raining bricks, they took shelter in the unfinished building, and the unfinished building did not collapse on the spot; for example, the [Strange Taoist] mission was quickly approved and they were given points; for example, they took on a new mission and no accidents occurred during the completion process - although there were some minor setbacks, there were no serious emergencies like in the past!

"Finally, the hard work has paid off..." After waiting for a whole night and catching the fierce ghost who had started to irrationally kill passers-by at night because of his resentment for jumping off a bridge to commit suicide, Gu Hongying slowly exhaled and wiped his hair wet with morning dew, "It's so smooth to complete the task now!"

If he had said this before, someone would have rushed up to him nervously and put a short-term silence spell on him, but now, the other four people just looked at him and reminded him to set as few flags as possible.

Eric tried hard to stuff the demon's body into his newly made magic weapon. Because the demon's body was big and the magic weapon was a little small, the demon screamed in pain. Eric punched him coldly: "Be quiet, it's too noisy!"

Yin Li could actually use a formation to reduce the size of the powerful ghost so that it would suffer less, but considering the three lives in the powerful ghost's hands, Yin Li pretended that her eyesight was poor and she didn't see it.

Yu Tu dispersed the wood spirit power that he had injected into the weeds on the shore, allowing them to return to their normal state: "Finally caught him. Is there anything missing?"

The detection talisman was completely burned out, and Hao Zhizhi stuffed the unused talismans back into her bag: "Don't worry, the job is done perfectly!"

They waited for four consecutive nights by the bridge before they caught the evil ghost in the Class A mission [Bridge Mischief]. Now they just need to hand it over to Wen Dao Tang to get the points.

The new mission was completed smoothly, and everyone was in a good mood. Eric, through his unremitting efforts, finally stuffed the fierce ghost into the ordinary-looking "thermos cup": "I'll treat you this morning, and we'll go back to hand in the mission after eating!"

"So arrogant?" Gu Hongying put his arm on Eric's shoulder, "Then we are going to give you a good beating, Eric~"

"It's Eric!" Eric rolled his eyes speechlessly, "If you make fun of my name again, I'll have a fight with you."

Although he knew that Eric was a proud person with a tough mouth but a soft heart, Gu Hongying still knew how to quit while he was ahead. After all, if he was too mean, he would be jointly punished.

"I want steamed buns this morning, Tutu will definitely have noodle soup, Zhizhi will probably have fried dough sticks, and Lili likes porridge—" Gu Hongying counted on his fingers, "You..."

As he was talking, he suddenly felt that the person who flashed by in the peripheral light seemed familiar. Gu Hongying pressed on Eric's shoulder and straightened up - the profile that flashed by at the street corner on the other side of the bridge seemed to be the old Taoist priest who disappeared in the run-down building more than a month ago!

Wen Qingjiu’s long-term mission has been hanging in Wen Daotang for a long time, and the points have increased from 100 to 300, which is equivalent to three A-level missions!

Gu Hongying lowered his voice: "I saw the old Taoist priest!"

After more than a month's mission, the already familiar people had become more proficient in working together. Gu Hongying just gave them a look and without saying anything, he rushed out first, with the other four following behind him.

Gu Hongying reacted very quickly, and the bridge was sparsely populated at daybreak, so the five of them ran as fast as possible, and soon they reached the intersection where the old Taoist disappeared. Hao Zhizhi's searching talisman had already ignited at this moment, and a faint smoke indicated the direction.

Hao Zhizhi: “Right!”

The old Taoist priest may have discovered that someone was chasing him, and his escape route became more and more tortuous. He almost got rid of the searching talisman. Fortunately, Hao Zhizhi and Yin Li cooperated well. When the talisman was almost effective, they used formation to top it up. When the formation was about to dissipate, they continued to use talismans. They took turns like this and did not lose him.

The old Taoist priest may have found that he could not get rid of the people due to the complicated road conditions, so he decided to go the other way and blend into the crowd. As one chased and one fled, the five of them chased into the downtown area.

In a crowded square, the last searching talisman in Hao Zhizhi's hand was of little effect. There were too many and too dense human auras, and the probability of this basic spell failing was very high.

Eric had stuffed the powerful ghost into the magic weapon before, which consumed a lot of his spiritual power. He also chased it all the way, and now sweat broke out on his forehead: "He, he can run quite fast..."

"It's hard to locate him with so many people around." Yin Li whispered, "I've noted his presence before. Give me a quarter of an hour, and I'll try to create an accurate tracking array for him personally."

She had been chasing the old Taoist priest and had no time to build such a sophisticated directional tracking array.

Gu Hongying: "Don't worry, don't put too much pressure on yourself."

It would be best if the old Taoist priest could catch it, but it doesn’t matter if he can’t, it’s all unexpected wealth anyway.

Gu Hongying looked at his watch and realized that it was already past eight o'clock. They had been chasing the old Taoist priest for more than two hours!

It would take some time for Yin Li to construct her formation, so Gu Hongying called Eric, who said he would treat them all, and prepared to buy some food nearby to reward everyone's five dirty temples. In order to squat on the fierce ghost under the bridge, they had been up all night since five o'clock yesterday, and they had just run all the way, so they were all hungry.

Before he had walked far, Gu Hongying heard a timid voice calling out, "Teacher! This teacher——"

Gu Hongying didn't even associate the word "teacher" with himself. He and Eric were arguing while looking around for a breakfast shop. Then... a pink-haired girl stood in front of him.

Gu Hongying: “……?”

Gu Hongying looked at the girl in front of him who was obviously cosplaying and asked, "Hello, what do you want to talk to me about?"

The cosplayer who stopped him looked a little embarrassed. She hesitated for a few seconds, but still spoke very bravely:

"Teacher, your cosplay of Yingying is so realistic! Can I, can I collect stamps with you?"