The waiter walked past the students' desks in turn with the ticket box, and whoever walked next to him pulled out a task list. When Liuhuo pulled out his task list, he quickly opened it and took a closer look.

"Second-line mission: to investigate the disappearance of Shui Yu..."

It turned out to be an investigative mission, and Liuhuo's heart was slightly calmer.

The mission introduction is very simple, it turns out that at the eastern foot of Daxue Mountain, there is a small stream called Peishui on the edge of the endless swamp. This Peishui is not simple, rich in water system ore 'water jade' Creation Gate specially set up a jade quarry there.

The jade quarrying field is managed by managers sent by the Creation Gate all year round, and a large number of surrounding people are recruited to go to Peishui to collect jade.

It was originally a very simple job, but there has been no mistake for decades, but this year there was a problem.

At the beginning of autumn, the three cars of Shui Yu who were about to be sent to the Creation Gate disappeared halfway, and even the escort was gone, so the disappearance of the Water Jade was also listed as one of the tasks of the Creation Gate.

The task is a second-level task, and it is not difficult to say that it is not easy, after all, it is not very dangerous to investigate in the hinterland of Chu State. But it's not easy, after all, this is a missing case, and it's very difficult to examine the investigator's brain.

The reward for the task is not unusual, one hundred taels of gold and three pieces of top-grade water jade.

When Liuhuo finished reading his task, the inner disciples also completed the draw.

When the draw was completed, the class completely exploded.

"Oh, it's over, you actually let me explore the black mine cave? Senior Brother Yu, haven't they checked?"

"You're pretty good, I'm going to the Endless Sea to hunt for treasure..."

"Oh my God, go to the vast mountains and rescue the captured comrades... Isn't that what makes me fight with the orcs?"

......

Confusion, chaos in the classroom.

Master Tongxuan looked at these living treasures, some of them smiled when they drew good lots, some of them were full of black lines, and some simply scolded.

"Alright, the draw is over, you all go home and get ready. The first-level task lasts for half a year, and the second-level task lasts for two months, and the reward will be halved if the task is completed after the deadline. If it's not done at all... Then you have to continue learning from the old man..."

After saying that, Master Tongxuan ignored these living treasures and left on his own.

Hou Wen saw that Master Tongxuan was leaving, so he hurried to Liuhuo's side and asked.

"Let me see your mission... That's right, it's a second-level mission, or an investigation mission..."

"What's your mission?" asked Driftfire.

"It's nothing, there's a rebel on the other side of Lava City, robbing the warehouse, fleeing into the mountains, I'm going to kill him..."

Liuhuo was a little puzzled when he saw Hou Wen's relaxed face.

"Is the task easy? See you're not nervous at all?"

"Hey, silly brother, you have to go alone, don't you just take a few of your men. There are more people and fewer people, what are you worried about..."

Hou Wen's answer made Liuhuo speechless, these inner disciples are really rich in family background.

After a while, Suzaku also came over, and Liuhuo looked at her empty hands with some puzzlement.

"I'm a secret disciple, and I'm transferred from outside, so naturally I don't need to draw lots with you."

"Also, I watched your mission. Don't look at the surface of the mission, you can lose three carloads of water jade in the hinterland of Chu State, and the black hand behind this is definitely not weak..."

Hearing this, Liuhuo hurriedly asked, "Then what can you do?"

"There's no way yet, but I warn you, you'd better bring a few helpers..."

"Too many helpers are too conspicuous, it's obviously cheating, too few and it doesn't work, why do you have to bring three or four..."

Suzaku's words, Liuhuo agrees very much. A hero with three gangs, it is definitely not possible to be alone, but who to ask for help?

No, you can't always use their people. But who else can you find if you don't look for Hou Wen?

Just as Liuhuo was thinking hard, Suzaku next to him got angry.

"This stupid melon, I've been hinting for a long time, why didn't I react at all, when I was air?"

Suzaku was angry, and the consequences were serious.

When Liuhuo's waist was twisted again, he finally realized the importance of Suzaku.

"Oh, junior sister, can you help me come up with an idea..."

Suzaku looked at the flowing fire and begged him, and his heart was comfortable.

"Actually, there are a lot of people who can help you, aren't those outer disciples all your friends? In my opinion, Zuo Panyu and Yang Fan are very good..."

"And for the sake of your care about my food and lodging, I can too..."

Before Suzaku finished speaking, Liuhuo hurriedly ran out, saying as he ran.

"Senior sister is right, I'm going to ask them for help..."

Suzaku, who had only said half of the words, was really angry, and chased him out angrily, ready to perform the magic skill of twisting his waist again.

When Liuhuo invited Yang Fan and Zuo Panyu, they didn't hesitate at all, and agreed with their mouths.

When the four of them descended the mountain together, everyone had already begun to discuss the content of the mission.

Among the four people who were elated, only Liuhuo kneaded the soft flesh on his waist, and he was a little indignant in his heart.

That night, Liuhuo set up a table of wine and food at home, and the four of them sat around to discuss various precautions for traveling.

At the same time, Li Feiyang was not idle, and was discussing with that strong brother in the room.

"Have you inquired clearly?"

"Absolutely can't be wrong, Sanche Shuiyu was robbed by 'Poison Knife Liu', this guy is full of wood-based spells, and he is good at using poison, he is definitely a ruthless character..."

"Poison knife Liu, I seem to have heard of this name, and he is not a famous person, how can he be so bold and dare to rob the goods of Huamen?"

"It's not very clear about this, but the poisonous knife Liu's methods are not bad, and he is definitely a master"

"I don't care about any master or low hand, you quickly arrange for someone to contact him, give him more benefits, and let him kill the flowing fire..."

Brother Qiang hesitated a little after hearing this, "For such a big matter, let's discuss it with the master." After all, that's Liu Lao's apprentice?"

"What is there to discuss, we don't show our identity, who can guess that we did it, hurry up and go down and arrange..."

After speaking, Li Feiyang turned around and left, leaving only Brother Qiang there sighing.

The preparation of the four of them was very easy, they simply packed their luggage and got four red-scaled horses from Hou Wen. A group of four people rushed to the south of Chu State.

Along the way, Xiaoxing stayed at night and worked quickly, and in seven or eight days, the four of them rushed to the edge of Peishui outside the endless swamp.

"Let's go west along Peishui, about three or four villages, we can get to the jade quarry, where to find out carefully" Yang Fan seemed to be very familiar with the surrounding geography.

Zuo Panyu said to Flowing Fire, "Yang Fan and I are both from Lava City, and we are both miners' children. My parents saved money to let us go to school to read and write, and originally wanted the two of us to be petty officials in the Chu State..."

"But this person has his own ideas as soon as he reads, we don't want to be petty officials, but we are obsessed with the art of war and tactics, and we always want to be a majestic general, and if we want to be a general, of course we have to study astronomy and geography..."

"Haha, it's a pity that creation makes people, but he didn't become a general but became an awakened person. At the beginning, he was also an uncle of the inner gate, and he went on a mission to lava city to hunt for treasure, and accidentally found that we were a little talented, so I recommended the two of us to the inner gate school."

Flowing Fire was a little interested.

"Why didn't that uncle recognize you two as apprentices?"

Yang Fan heard the question and hurriedly answered, "After Uncle Shi recommended the two of us to the school, we went on a trip, and there has been no news so far, and I don't know whether we are dead or alive." Maybe Uncle Shi himself knew that he didn't have time to teach the two of us, so he recommended him to the school."

After hearing this, Suzaku also became interested and asked, "Then how can you two students who don't have a master live in the Creation Gate?"

Suzaku's question seemed to poke the sore spot of the two, and Zuo Panyu was silent for a long time before he spoke.

"What else can I do, work and earn money while studying, there are more students like us in the inner door..."

"The two of us were lucky and successfully awakened, so we took refuge in studying under Master Tongxuan. And those who are a little less talented, they haven't been able to awaken, and most of them have become subordinates in the Creation Gate, otherwise where do so many waiters come from?"

The topic became heavy, and Liuhuo only now realized that his little bitterness was really nothing compared to that of the outer disciples. Thinking of this, Liuhuo secretly glanced at Suzaku and thought in his heart.

"Suzaku is also an outer disciple, so he must have suffered a lot before..."

The four of them stopped talking about it, as they gradually discovered something odd.

Why are the villages along the way so poor?

When the four of them walked into the village, the dilapidated scene shocked everyone.

In winter, the streets were cold, the snow on the ground had long since turned into muddy ice slag, and there was no one on the streets, only a pair of pairs of people who stole through the crack in the door and looked at them carefully, proving that there were still living people in this village.

Whenever they tried to knock on the door to inquire, before they could touch the wooden door, there were already bursts of chaotic sounds in the courtyard and in the grass house, as if they were avoiding the robbers who came to the door.

The four of them stood in the street, looking around blankly, and really couldn't think of what was going on in the south of the rich Chu State.

"I haven't heard that there is a disaster in Chu this year, why is it worse here than after the war?"

"That's right, the Chu State hasn't fought for many years, and besides, this is the belly of the Chu State, there shouldn't be any bandits, right?"

"On both sides of Peishui, the land has been fertile since ancient times, and it is a high-yield grain area, how can it be so poor?"

Just as the four of them were talking nonsense, an old man walked tremblingly from the corner of the street, who was the village chief of the village.

The village chief walked up to the four of them, hurriedly knelt on the ground and saluted, shouting vigorously.

"My lord, there is really no labor in the village, and the rest are us old people and children, please raise your hand..."

The village chief's words seemed to have touched something, and suddenly countless cries came from the grass house, and after a while, many old people and children ran out, knelt on the ground and saluted the four of them.

The four of them were stunned by the scene in front of them, and looked at the old man and child kneeling on the ground with vegetable faces, and everyone was shocked to help them.

After helping the old man and children up, Liuhuo hurriedly asked the village chief about the situation, and after asking about the situation, Liuhuo and they suddenly realized.

"It turns out that it is still the fault of Shuiyu"