Zhan Chen came to Juying Building again, and came to the place responsible for registering and managing disciples' information, and asked the on-duty disciples there: "Senior brother, can I ask about someone's address?"
The on-duty disciple asked: "Okay, whose name are you looking for?"
"Her name is Xu Liyan."
"Are you looking for Xu Liyan?" The disciple was slightly startled.
Zhan Chen felt something strange in his expression and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Oh, but that Xu Liyan, the daughter of the Xu family?"
"Exactly."
"She is quite a celebrity in our sect."
"Haha, can you find me, senior brother? I have something urgent to do with her."
"Okay, I'll take a look for you right now." The on-duty disciple searched for it and finally said, "She lives at No. 4045."
"Thank you!"
Zhan Chen got Xu Liyan's residence and left in a hurry. After searching all the way, he finally found the courtyard where Xu Liyan lived. Different from where he lived, it was an elegant courtyard quite close to the new city. In this courtyard
Nearby, you can vaguely see several other buildings.
Standing at the door, Zhan Chen hesitated for a while before activating the communication spiritual array at the door. However, after waiting for a long time, there was no response. He couldn't help but activate it again, and it was still the same.
"Could it be that Xu Liyan is in retreat? No, if she is in retreat, a retreat sign should be hung at the door. Then there is only one possibility. She is not here, but has gone out?" Zhan Chen thought silently.
Not seeing Xu Liyan made him feel a little uneasy, so he stayed at the door of the courtyard for a while, and suddenly thought of another possibility: "By the way, I should have thought of it. As the direct daughter of the Xu family, Xu Liyan,
How come she lives on Shichu Island with ordinary disciples? She should live on a unique suspended island with other Xu family members. It seems that it will not be easy for me to meet Xu Liyan."
Because he knew that the island owned by the ten major families was still on the island where the elders of the inner sect lived, and ordinary disciples were not allowed to get close to it unless they had special tokens.
He thought about it again, took out the pen and paper from the storage ring, wrote a few words on the paper, and stuffed it into the mailbox, hoping that if Xu Liyan happened to come back, she would see his letter.
After doing this, Zhan Chen finally finished another task on his mind and returned home to quietly wait for the passage of time.
Ten days later, Zhan Chen came to Bai Shan's home early in the morning. As soon as Bai Shan saw him, he asked: "Zhan Chen, are you ready?"
Zhan Chen nodded and said: "Ready."
"Then let's set off now."
"Let's go? Just you and me?"
"Yes, this mission is mainly to evaluate your ability and value, and I am the observer. Let me first make it clear to you that you should not get any hints from me during the mission, nor do you expect me to give you any help. And
This mission also has a certain degree of danger, and you may have to pay the price with your life."
"I understand, we can go." Zhan Chen replied, but he was surprised in his heart that the Bai family had prepared a trial specially for him.
Bai Shan nodded and said, "Then you come with me."
Zhan Chen followed Bai Shan and left the inner sect, left Renjie City, and headed southeast of Renjie City.
Along the way, Bai Shan remained silent. Zhan Chen finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked again: "Senior Sister Bai, where are we going?"
"It will take about three days to go to a place called Shaqing Castle, depending on our speed."
"Then what kind of place is Shaqing Castle?"
"The wind and sand there are very strong, and the sky is black and yellow, but it produces a mineral called black rock crystal, which is an important material for refining weapons. So our Bai family set up a stronghold there."
"So what is the specific content of this mission?"
"There will be people who will explain it to you clearly when you get there. Now I don't understand the specifics of the mission. Remember, I'm just an observer."
"Okay then." Zhan Chen didn't hesitate to ask.
The flying speed of Mingfa Realm is extremely fast, but it still takes three days to reach Shaqing Castle, which shows its remoteness. As the destination approaches, Zhan Chen feels obvious changes in the surroundings. The wind in the air blows fiercely.
It's getting stronger and stronger. You can't even notice it at high altitude, but
As soon as you get close to the ground, you will see strong winds carrying yellow sand all over the sky, hundreds of meters high, completely covering the scenery below. And as Zhan Chen and Bai Shan approach, this situation intensifies, and when they reach the center of the storm, the entire
The entire sky turned black and yellow.
Suspended in the clear sky, overlooking the scene below, Bai Shan said to Zhan Chen: "We are here. Do you see the sand castle vaguely emerging in the yellow sand below? This is our destination."
After her reminder, Zhan Chen took a closer look and saw what seemed to be a series of buildings in the yellow sand.
"Let's go down." Bai Shan said as she began to descend. Zhan Chen followed her closely. Before they were about to enter the raging wind of the yellow sand, they both put up a layer of protective shields. This cost almost no immortal energy, but
But it can effectively resist the harassment of wind and sand.
After landing on the ground, Zhan Chen looked up and was immediately shocked by the sight in front of him. Sand castles made entirely of yellow sand stood in front of him, each one tens of meters high, like a small mountain peak.
There are hundreds of such sandcastles standing tall, one next to the other, like rolling mountains.
"Is this Shaqing Castle? It's really magnificent!" Zhan Chen couldn't help but sigh.
Bai Shan smiled slightly and said: "Does this make you sigh? I'm not afraid to tell you that this is just a very small stronghold of our Bai family. There is nothing to be surprised about. Come with me."
Bai Shan led the way, but when he approached the sand castles, he was stopped by patrolling guards. They shouted: "Stop, who are you?"
Zhan Chen took a closer look and found that the guards' cultivation levels were all below the Ming Dharma realm, and some even only had the elementary level of Yuan Shen.
Bai Shan took out a token from the storage ring and showed it to them.
When the guards saw the token, they were shocked and hurriedly saluted: "It turns out to be the envoy of the Bai family. Let's go and report it to the Lord of the Castle!"
One of the guards turned and left, and after a while, he came out with a middle-aged monk.
Zhan Chen guessed that the middle-aged man was the bunker master of Shaqing Castle. Like himself, he was also at the beginning of Mingfa.
When the middle-aged man saw Bai Shan, he immediately showed a friendly smile and hurriedly bowed down and said: "Lu Huang pays homage to the Bai family envoy! We are finally expecting you to arrive. It's really a rain after a long drought!"
Bai Shan nodded and said, "Lu Huang, there's no need to be polite. It's a great honor for you to serve our Bai family."
"Two envoys, it's very windy and sandy here. Let's go in and talk." Lu Huang said.
"That's fine."
So Lu Huang led the two of them into one of the largest sand castles.
Entering the sand castle, Zhan Chen looked around and found that there was a cave inside, decorated just like a castle.
Lu Huang took them into a hall. After the three of them sat down, Bai Shan said to Lu Huang: "Lu Huang, tell us the situation here quickly."