On this day, Shi Mu was engrossed in drawing talismans in the stone room of the stronghold, when a knock on the door came. ``

He raised an eyebrow, got up and opened the door, a look of surprise on his face.

I thought it was the disciple who came to the door again to ask for a talisman, but it turned out that it was Jin Chen's burly figure standing outside the door.

"How can Senior Brother Jin have time to come to Junior Brother?" Shi Mu let Jin Chen into the house and asked suspiciously.

Jin Chen's eyes glanced around in the stone herd room, and landed on the stone table, on which a pile of rune paper was placed in a mess, as well as rune ink, magic pens and other things, as well as a few completed runes.

"Senior Brother Shi is really diligent, and he doesn't rest during his recuperation. Jin Chen laughed and did not immediately explain his intentions.

"Senior brother said with a smile, I was just recuperating from my injuries and bored, so I casually refined some talismans as a backup. Shi Mu smiled slightly.

Jin Chen took the few talismans that Shi Mu had just refined, and looked at them carefully.

"The runes refined by Senior Brother Shi have smooth brushwork, full of spiritual power, and an extremely high success rate, even some spirit level talismans may not be able to do it, but it's a pity that the people in this stronghold can't enjoy it anymore. Jin Chen sighed and said with some regret.

"What does Senior Brother Jin mean by this?" Shi Mu's face moved.

"Hehe, I just received an order from the alliance here to transfer Senior Brother Shi to a stronghold in the northeast, and I happened to have nothing to do, so I personally sent it over. Jin Chen smiled, took out a jade slip from his arms, and handed it to Shi Mu.

Shi Mu was stunned, took the jade slip, and probed into it with his divine sense.

Inside was a commission signed by the Alliance. It was to ask him to rush to a secret stronghold in Xuanling Mountain within ten days to report, and a map was attached to it. The location of the stronghold was indicated.

After reading it, Shi Mu was overjoyed.

Judging from the map, that stronghold is quite far from the current battlefield ahead, and it is relatively safe.

Although the jade slip did not explain the reason for transferring him to the past, he could be transferred to the rear. Probably not a bad thing.

"There's Senior Brother Laojin. The younger brother should have obeyed the alliance's dispatch, and set off for the past two days. Shi Mu put away the jade slip and said with his hand.

Before that, Jin also hoped that Senior Brother Shi could do a small favor. Jin Chen's face was embarrassed, and after hesitating for a moment, he said.

"Senior Brother Jin has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it, if it is something that he can do, he will definitely serve it. Shi Mu replied without thinking.

"Okay! Jin is here to thank the other people in the stronghold first. Senior Brother Shi also knows that the battle situation on the front line is tense now. The requirements for the talisman are quite large, and Jin hopes that Senior Brother Shi will refine another batch of talismans. Originally, I planned to wait for my junior brother to finish healing before talking about it, but now it seems that I won't mention it again. I'm afraid it's going to be too late...... I have brought the list of talismans and materials, and as for the merits, it will be fifty percent more than before. Jin Chen arched his hand, and then took out a jade slip, a stack of rune paper, and several colorful spirit stones from his arms, and put them on the stone table.

"If that's it. Senior brother rest assured, Shi Mu will live up to his mission. Shi Mu smiled and said with a full mouthful of promise.

He still has a good impression of the leader of the stronghold in front of him, who is usually calm and fair, and with additional meritorious rewards, he can also contact the talisman technique, so he naturally won't refuse.

When Jin Chen heard this, he naturally thanked him with great joy, and immediately said goodbye.

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Ten days later, deep in the Xuanling Mountains.

At the foot of a steep mountain thousands of feet high, a burly and tall young man in a black shirt was standing on top of a large rock, his eyes looking around, his brows furrowed slightly.

This person is Shi Mu.

He found it according to the map in the jade slip, but after wandering around here for a while, no one came out to greet him.

"The entrance to the stronghold here should also be covered by the formation, do you want me to find it myself......" Shi Mu was a little speechless in his heart.

His current cultivation in the path of formation is still shallow, and it is not easy to see through an illusion formation.

But it's not entirely impossible.

Shi Mu jumped down from the boulder, his eyes narrowed slightly, his pupils flashed into a golden color, and he looked towards the ground around him.

A moment later, he crouched down on a withered grass, and a faint footprint could be seen on the ground, which must have been washed away by the rain a long time ago, and was barely visible.

Shi Mu smiled.

Although this footprint was shallow, it could not escape his spiritual gaze. For him at this moment, this footprint was like a giant elephant stepping on the ground, and it seemed huge and clear.

Shi Mu stood up and groped forward in the direction of this footprint, and there were scattered traces of people walking in front of him.

Although the traces left on some rocks or hard ground were shallow and sometimes unrecognizable, they quickly found the direction of progress and traced it all the way.

The further he went, the more obvious the remaining traces became, and they all led in one direction, and Shi Mu's heart suddenly became reassured.

A moment later, he stood in front of a mountain wall, and all traces were gone.

He dissipated the golden light in his eyes, carefully looked at the stone wall in front of him, and lightly touched it with his hand, and suddenly disappeared into it.

"Sure enough......" Shi Mu nodded and withdrew his arm.

At this moment, a white light flashed on the stone wall, and a crack opened, and a green-robed man was standing in front of the entrance.

"You are Shi Mu of the Black Demon Gate, welcome to the Rat Nest, in the Qingfeng of the Lower Miaoyin Sect. The green-robed man glanced at Shi Mu with a smile and said.

"It's Shi Mu down there, and there's Senior Brother Lao Qing. Shi Mu took out his alliance identity token from his bosom, as well as the jade slip of the order.

"Come in!" Aomine didn't reach out to pick it up, but moved out of the way and motioned for Shi Mu to go in.

Seeing this, Shi Mu quietly put away the token and jade slip, and took a step forward.

The next moment, he felt a flash of light in front of him, and he was already standing in a wide corridor leading to the underground, and the green-robed man was standing side by side with him.

Shi Mu's eyes froze, but he only felt that the black hole in front of him was hollow, and he didn't know how far it extended.

"Senior Brother Shi was able to find this place on his own, it was really extraordinary, and he deserved to be strongly recommended by Elder Jin. Aomine said with a smile.

"Recommended, Elder Jin?" Shi Mu was stunned for a moment, and his steps paused.

Seeing Shi Mu's expression, Qingfeng also stopped, and asked with a puzzled face:

"What's the matter? Senior Brother Shi doesn't know what this place is?"

"Yes, I just received an order from the alliance to come to this base, and as for other things, I don't know anything about what I want to do here. Shi Mu said honestly.

"It seems that Senior Brother Shi really doesn't know, okay, I'll give you a general explanation. In fact, this is not an ordinary stronghold, but a talisman stronghold of the Alliance. Qingfeng glanced at Shi Mu a few times in surprise, and after a while, he said slowly.

"A talisman stronghold?"

Shi Mu was stunned when he heard this.

"Now that the battle situation is tightening, in order to cope with the large demand for low-level talismans on the front line, the alliance has gathered the elite talismans in various factions together, and temporarily formed this talisman making base The talisman making talent of Senior Brother Shi has been known by some high-level people, plus the strong recommendation of Elder Jin Xiaochai of your sect, so I recruited you here. Aomine said as he led the way.

When Shi Mu heard this, his brows furrowed.

He and Jin Xiaochai only had a one-sided relationship when they were introduced, and they had never seen each other since, and he didn't know if it was a curse or a blessing for such an innate elder to pay so much attention to him.

Thoughts rolled in his heart, and he followed behind Qingfeng in silence.

The two of them walked for about a quarter of an hour, and when they came to the end of the passage, a stone gate appeared in front of them.

Qingfeng turned over his hand and took out a palm-sized piece of white jade, which was engraved with some runes, and with a slight flicker, a white light flew out and sank into the stone gate.

Click!

The stone door slowly opened to both sides, revealing the scene inside.

A huge hall with a radius of more than 100 zhang appeared in front of Shi Mu, and hundreds of people walked around inside, and from time to time there was a spiritual aura treasure rising to the sky.

The space of the giant hall is like a Dan furnace, with a raging flame burning underneath, and there are two or three people waiting next to each Dan furnace, from time to time putting various ores, materials, and even animal skins and bones into the furnace.

Shi Mu recognized that these furnaces were not Dan furnaces for alchemy, but rune furnaces for making rune paper.

A big man guarding the side of the Fu Fire Furnace poured out some viscous cyan liquid from the furnace and carefully poured it into the square molds next to it.

The liquid cooled quickly, and after a while, it condensed into a brand new cyan rune paper, which was carefully collected by the person next to him.

There are forty or fifty rune furnaces in the hall, constantly producing rune papers of various colors.

"Let's go. The blue-robed man waited for Shi Mu to look at it for a moment, and then walked towards the other side of the hall.

The handymen guarding the furnace talisman in the hall were quite in awe of Qingfeng, and saluted him one after another, and cast a curious look at Shi Mu who was walking behind.

Aomine paid no attention to these people, and quickly walked out of the hall with Shi Mu, passing through a long passage.

From time to time, you can see some closed stone chambers next to the passage, and I don't know what they are used for.

A moment later, the two of them came to a wide stone door again.

"That hall just now was just a place for some slaves to make rune paper. This is the talisman hall where the elite talismans of each faction are located. You're new to the city, so you can ask others a little bit more about it. Qingfeng said, turning over his hand and taking out the white jade, a white light submerged into the stone door, and the stone door slowly opened.

Inside the door is a rather open hall, the roof of the hall is arc-shaped, and a white chandelier hangs every few zhang distance, emitting a milky white light, illuminating the whole hall.

In the hall, there are large stone tables, which are filled with all kinds of rune paper, magic brushes, magic inks and other things.

There were twenty or thirty such stone tables, and almost every stone table had a person sitting at it, some of them were busy drawing talismans, and some were gathered in groups of three or two, discussing something in a whisper.

There are several separate rooms around, all with closed doors except for the one at the very exit.

At one end of the hall, a huge white jade stone was erected, on which rows of fonts appeared, which seemed to be a task of making symbols.

Most of the people just glanced at the two of them when they saw them coming in, and occasionally one or two people nodded to Aomine, and continued to be busy with their own business. (To be continued.) )>