Chapter 1368

In a crimson forest filled with twisted, strange trees, five young men and women stood silently in a secret place, separated by several feet from each other. WwW. feiazw. CoM Net

A man in his thirties, wearing a brocade robe, with snow-white eyebrows and eyes like lightning.

A young woman in a black dress, with a slender figure, eyebrows like ink, and a face carrying a murderous aura.

A purple-robed youth of twenty-seven or twenty-eight, with a blood mole on his mouth, handsome and gentle, with a smile on his face.

A woman in a white robe, looking sixteen or seventeen, with a beautiful face and a hint of childishness.

The last man, twenty-three or twenty-four, wearing a cyan robe, expressionless—it was none other than Han Li, who had left Sky Abyss City not long ago.

These five people looked so young, but their cultivation was all above the Spirit Transformation stage, and except for Han Li and the youngest woman in the white robe, who were at the mid-stage, the other three were all at the late-stage Spirit Transformation.

However, the young woman in the black dress was the woman surnamed Xiao of the Black Phoenix Clan who had appeared after the beast tide years ago.

This woman looked at Han Li coldly; although she did not say a word, there was naturally a look of surprise and suspicion in her eyes.

"I really didn't expect that among the three cultivators sent by your human race this time, two are only at the mid-stage cultivation. Is your race trying to deliberately sabotage this operation?" the man in the brocade robe with snow-white eyes said coldly. Although his voice was not loud, it buzzed in the ears of everyone present.

Hearing the white-browed man's words, the youth with the blood mole moved his eyebrows slightly, his smile fading a bit. Han Li, however, did not blink, only looking down and playing with a milky-white jade slip.

As for the young girl in the white robe, her black eyes rolled around, and she just smiled.

None of the three responded.

Seeing Han Li and the others behave this way, the white-browed man was furious, a fierce look flashing on his face. Just as he was about to say something else, the young woman surnamed Xiao suddenly spoke:

"This trip may concern the safety of Sky Abyss City and even our two races. If we don't cooperate sincerely, let alone completing the mission, whether we can reach the mission site is another matter. Don't forget, just the journey alone will take half a year. Since your race sent three fellow Daoists, I assume you are all extraordinary people. But since we will be traveling together for such a long time, we should introduce ourselves. I am Xiao Hong, from the Black Phoenix Clan, and this is fellow Daoist Li of the Black Hawk Clan."

The young woman looked neither humble nor arrogant.

Hearing this, the youth with the blood mole moved his eyes and said with a light laugh:

"I am Long Dong. Seeing the extreme fire power on you, Fairy, I assume you have already cultivated the Black Phoenix Clan's life-bound flame to a very high realm."

"Are you a member of the Long Clan!" The young woman's expression changed slightly upon hearing the youth's name.

"I didn't expect Fairy to know about my Long Clan." The youth with the blood mole opened his mouth to reveal a set of snow-white, shining teeth and said with a smile.

"I am Ye Ying," the young girl in the white robe said with a smile, her voice as clear as an oriole.

"Han Li!" Han Li spat out two words indifferently and immediately shut his mouth.

"Han Li? It really is you. No wonder you had such a strange treasure as the Immortal-Extinguishing Pearl that day; you were indeed a high-level cultivator originally. So, you cultivate both magic power and the physical body." Xiao Hong faced Han Li, but her voice was cold.

Hearing the mention of cultivating both magic power and the physical body, both the youth surnamed Long and the white-browed man were shocked, and the young girl in the white robe was also stunned.

"You say I cultivate both magic power and the physical body? Let's say so. It's been many years; how is Dai'er doing now?" Han Li showed no strange expression, only asking back indifferently.

"Dai'er following me back then was the wise choice. Now her cultivation speed is incredibly fast; she has already condensed a Golden Core. Catching up to you and me is only a matter of time." Hearing the name Dai'er, the young woman was silent for a moment before replying coldly.

"Is that so? Since she is fine, I can rest easy." Han Li sighed softly.

"How is it? Does Sister Xiao know Brother Han?" the young girl named Ye Ying asked with a giggle after scanning Han Li and the woman.

"Know him? Hehe! We can be considered old acquaintances!" the young woman said with a cold laugh.

At this time, the youth with the blood mole also glanced over. He seemed to be looking at Han Li and Xiao Hong, but his gaze paused slightly on the young girl before moving away as if unintentionally.

A trace of greed flashed deep in his pupils, but no one discovered it.

"Although we haven't entered the depths of the savage wilderness yet, the fact that you all could arrive here alone shows that your divine abilities are not weak. But the journey ahead will not be as easy as before. If the five of us don't join forces, I'm afraid it will be difficult to reach the Black Leaf Forest safely. The dangers encountered on this road are several times more terrifying than before," Xiao Hong warned after thinking for a moment.

Upon hearing the words "Black Leaf Forest," the other four changed expressions and were somewhat moved.

"Is this mission really just to scout the movements of the Wood Spirit Clan and retrieve the intelligence data collected by our moles in that clan years ago? It sounds like it shouldn't be too difficult," the young girl asked with a smile.

"That's hard to say. Whether it's difficult or not depends on our luck. If everything goes smoothly, it might be simpler than other missions, but if we encounter trouble, or are discovered by Wood Spirits above the Silver Rank in the Wood Clan, it would be normal for all of us to fall. But this mission is indeed of great importance to our two races, so this risk must be taken," the youth with the blood mole sighed and muttered.

"Since it is so important, why did the higher-ups send us Spirit Transformation level cultivators? Wouldn't it be more reliable to send an Void Refinement stage existence?" the white-browed man asked suspiciously after frowning.

"Hehe, hearing your question, it seems the person in charge of the operation from your race should be Fairy Xiao," the youth surnamed Long did not answer directly, but instead looked at the young woman in the black dress with a smile that was not a smile.

"Since Brother Long knows these things, it seems the human race side should also be led by you," the young woman said calmly, showing no surprise.

"Not bad, I do know a bit more," Long Dong said, his blood mole moving as he did not deny it.

The young girl surnamed Ye curled her lips upon hearing this, but then she seemed to remember something and turned to look at Han Li again.

Han Li was expressionless, as if he hadn't heard the conversation between the youth with the blood mole and the young woman at all, which made the young girl reveal a look of surprise.

"The reason we only sent Spirit Transformation cultivators this time is because the Black Leaf Forest is already shrouded in the Wood Spirit Clan's Heavenly Wood Dream Net. Any existence above the Spirit Transformation level that enters there will immediately have their tracks exposed," Xiao Hong explained to the white-browed man.

"So that's how it is. But Brother Long is one thing; these two are only at the mid-stage Spirit Transformation cultivation. Isn't their cultivation a bit lacking?" The white-browed man nodded, but suddenly narrowed his eyes at Han Li and Ye Ying, saying impolitely.

"Brother Li, rest assured. The elders sent Brother Han and Miss Ye here, so they naturally trust them completely and won't let you down. I can vouch for this," Long Dong laughed.

"Since you vouch for it, so be it. But if they truly become a burden on the journey ahead, don't blame me for not saving them," the white-browed man said grimly.

"Hmph, you are only one realm higher than me; don't talk as if you are an Void Refinement cultivator," the young girl in the white robe finally darkened her beautiful face.

"When cultivation reaches our level, a difference of one realm means a world of difference in divine abilities," the white-browed man sneered and replied arrogantly.

The young girl in the white robe was slightly angry and wanted to say something else, but Han Li interrupted at this moment.

"Since Brother Long and Fairy Xiao know more about the mission than we do, why don't you give us a detailed situation? When I accepted the mission, I only knew the rough idea and didn't expect it to require joining forces with so many people. If I had known, I would have had a ninety percent chance of not accepting this mission," Han Li said expressionlessly, though he was truly somewhat unhappy in his heart.

When he learned in Sky Abyss City that this mission required multiple people to complete, he vaguely felt it wasn't simple. He indeed had thoughts of withdrawing, but he was told by those above that this mission was of great importance, and once he knew the rough situation, withdrawing would mean losing the qualification to accept other missions and he would be forbidden from leaving Sky Abyss City for ten years.

As a result, having other important matters that required him to leave Sky Abyss City within a few years, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and come here.

As a result, after spending a month arriving at this so-called gathering place, seeing that they were not other ascended cultivators but native Spirit Realm cultivators and demon race people, he could only smile bitterly.

It seems the complexity and danger of this mission are even beyond his previous expectations.

Didn't Zhao Wugui and the others say that these missions were generally only accepted by them, the ascended cultivators? Could it be that they accidentally accepted the wrong mission?

But before setting off, he was indeed provided with enough Dust-Extinguishing Pills and was promised that completing this mission would allow him to leave Sky Abyss City. This point was exactly the same as what Zhao Wugui and the others said.

Han Li was naturally somewhat suspicious about this.

"Regarding the details of the mission, I will naturally explain them to Brother Han and Miss Ye on the road. The time for this mission is not too generous, so we had better set off first," Long Dong said with a smile.

"Brother Long is right. Our time is indeed tight. It's better to set off first; I can also release some relevant data on the road," Xiao Hong agreed.

The white-browed man and Ye Ying had no objections.

Han Li pondered for a moment and nodded slowly.

"Alright, there will indeed be time to ask slowly on the road."

"Since that's the case, for the sake of caution, everyone should ride my Spirit Cloud Boat. For one, you don't need to consume any magic power, just some spirit stones; for another, this boat is good at changing and hiding, so I can reduce a lot of trouble on the road," the youth with the blood mole suggested with a friendly face, appearing unusually enthusiastic.

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