Chapter 54: Dangerous New Mission
Zhou Yuyingzun restricted Li Xianyue and his companions from participating in the war for two months, but unexpectedly, it suited the wishes of Li Xianyue and others.
That brutal battle woke up Li Xianyue and his companions: just thinking about fighting is definitely not enough, their force is too weak!
Even Qian Lin gave up his previous mentality of just trying his best, but took on a new look and practiced hard like Li Xianyue and others.
There was not much difference in level between Qian Lin and the cultivator of the fighting spirit wolf, but he was tortured miserably by that spirit wolf.
Although Qian Lin had to face the spirit wolf to protect his friends, it also exposed his lack of combat experience.
Just after a month of recuperation, Qian Lin became addicted to cultivation. Li Xianyue and his friends went to see him for something, but he only left after chatting for a few words.
The companions once again started the whole-hearted cultivation mode. Zhou Yingzun was afraid that Master Yuan would really take Li Xianyue away, so he did not make it too difficult.
In order to once again portray the image of a good old man, Zhou Yingzun personally explained to Li Xianyue and his companions that he had to punish his companions for the sake of Nanying.
The Zhou Committee told Li Xianyue and his companions that they should rest in peace and recuperate, and that they would not have to participate in the patrol for two months if they were unable to participate in the war.
However, these kind words were only spoken after Li Xianyue and Mo Chen completed the punishment of refining the medicine, and they were just being good people afterwards.
After more than half a month of arduous training, Li Xianyue and his partners achieved good results, which was an unexpected surprise.
Even though Li Xianyue only practiced for ten days, he successfully broke through to the Grand Perfection of the Grand Martial Arts Master level, and the little fat boy was only a little bit away from the Grand Perfection of the Great Martial Arts Master level.
The other partners have also penetrated one or two main meridians, and have gained a lot.
On this day, just after the two-month restriction period, Li Xianyue and his friends once again approached the Zhou Committee Yingzun to apply to participate in the war.
"Xianyue, you are finally here. I have been waiting for you for a long time." The Zhou Committee Yingzun said hurriedly, as if he was really looking forward to the arrival of Li Xianyue and others.
The friends looked at the impatient Zhou Yingzun in surprise. After experiencing the punishment, the friends did not feel that Zhou Yingzun had anything good waiting for them.
"Well, well, since you are so quick and responsive when things happen to you, I have a big task for you."
The Zhou Committee Yingzun seemed to be praising Li Xianyue and his companions for arranging important tasks, without caring at all that he had just punished his companions for this.
Li Xianyue and his companions knew that Zhou Yingzun was referring to the sniper attack on the spiritual wolf, but they did not expect that Zhou Yingzun would directly change this statement at this time.
The companions looked at the matter-of-fact look of the Zhou Committee Yingzun and shook their heads. No one was willing to ask what the mission was.
"Ying Zun, we are new to Nanying and don't know anything. We should get more experience on the battlefield."
Qian Lin looked at the ugly expression on Zhou Committee Yingzun's face. After all, he didn't want to make things too tense, so he gave Zhou Committee a chance to step down.
"Ahem! I have already discussed this task with Master Yuan and assigned it to you directly."
Zhou Yuyingzun probably also knew that Li Xianyue and his companions would find reasons to shirk this task, so they had already prepared their trump card.
Having said this, Li Xianyue and his companions could only nod in agreement.
However, the friends still didn't want to quarrel with a hypocritical person like Zhou Yuyingzun for too long, so they took the mission and left.
Li Xianyue looked at the contents of the task and finally guessed why Venerable Yuan agreed even though he knew that the Zhou Committee might have evil intentions.
It turns out that some of the medicinal herbs in Nanying's reserve are no longer sufficient, but King Jiang Cheng needs some of these herbs to refine high-quality Qingshen Pills and Futi Pills and other commonly used pills.
The county will only send a batch of herbs every three months, but that is already the limit of the county. If Nanying consumes too many elixirs, the poor herbs will have to find their own way.
In order to find enough medicinal herbs, Nanying would often send more than a dozen spirit-level teams deep into nearby small forests and into the outer areas of Tianluo Forest to practice during the day and collect herbs at night.
When the agreed time comes, a Spirit King-level team will go to the border to escort those heroes back, but often only three or four teams come back, and more than half of the team members are lost.
There were even many times when no team came back at all or only one came back, so Nanying could only focus on absolute defense to reduce injuries and disabilities.
Li Xianyue and his friends are mostly great martial artists. In a forest full of beasts, if they randomly encounter a spiritual master-level beast, Li Xianyue and his friends may be wiped out.
Under normal circumstances, arranging Li Xianyue and his friends to collect herbs is not much different from sending them to death, which is really strange.
What's even more strange is that the Zhou Committee Yingzun actually asked Li Xianyue and Chen Luo to participate. It seems that Qian Lin, a spiritual person, is not as important as Li Xianyue in the eyes of the Zhou Committee Yingzun.
The reason for asking Li Xianyue to participate was actually that Li Xianyue performed extremely well in blocking the spirit wolf, and he still looked high-sounding.
However, Li Xianyue knew in her heart that this inexplicable arrangement by the Zhou Committee Yingzun must have a special meaning.
But Medicine King Jiang Cheng helped Li Xianyue too much. As long as there was a chance to help Medicine King Jiang Cheng, Li Xianyue could not refuse.
Moreover, the purpose of going to the forest to collect medicinal herbs was indeed for the human race and for the soldiers of the southern camp, so Li Xianyue and his companions would not refuse.
The Zhou committee had grasped Li Xianyue's psychology and knew that Li Xianyue would never hide, so he deliberately arranged for Li Xianyue.
Master Yuan also knew this truth well, so he took over this task for Li Xianyue, which required him to risk his life.
"Master, I'm worried that the Zhou Committee has bad intentions." Li Xianyue found Venerable Yuan, hoping that he could give some advice.
"Hey, if he had good intentions, he wouldn't ask for you by name." Venerable Yuan nodded, making it clear that the Zhou Committee's arrangement must have a bad purpose.
"Xianyue, you don't have to worry, just be on guard against Chen Luo." Venerable Yuan looked at Li Xianyue's darkened face and said with squinted eyes.
Yes! I am afraid that every great martial artist who is stared at by a powerful spirit master will turn black when facing the inevitable trap!
Li Xianyue nodded and relaxed. He understood what Master Yuan meant and was no longer filled with doubts in his heart.
Although Zhou Wei was hypocritical and insidious, he was in Nanying, so he could only arrange the plan in advance for Chen Luo to implement it.
As long as they keep an eye on Chen Luo during the process of collecting herbs and prevent him from having the opportunity to implement the plan and notify the orcs, Li Xianyue and his friends will not directly encounter a desperate situation.
"Xianyue, don't worry and go collect the medicine. I'll be here waiting for you to come back."
Venerable Yuan said with a confident face, whether it was to cheer up Li Xianyue or whether he had already thought of a countermeasure.
Li Xianyue discussed with his friends and decided to send only six people to collect herbs. If necessary, they could be divided into two teams.
Li Xianyue, Chen Luo, and Little Fatty are in a team, and Mo Chen, Xiaohua, and Qian Lin are in a team.
Each team has an alchemist who is responsible for identifying the collected herbs and keeping the most useful parts.
Zhen Qian, Qian Xing, and Cai Wen fell behind their partners in cultivation, so they were responsible for An Xin's cultivation in Nanying.
On a dark night, with only a narrow arc of the moon in the sky, Li Xianyue and his companions left Nanying and officially began their herbal collection.
"Hehe, we finally set off." On the mountainside of Qingshi Wushan, the Zhou Committee Yingzun looked at the leaving team and felt very happy in his heart.
"Old guy, I won't let you get what you want!" Behind a mountain rock, Venerable Yuan walked out of the aura shield and whispered angrily.
Li Xianyue and his companions walked further and further away, but they did not know that the Zhou Committee Ying Zun and Yuan Zun had already started a confrontation.
Chapter completed!