The leader continued to tap on the armrest, bowing his head slightly, as if thinking about something, without making any judgment on the answer of the face master. After a long silence, he raised his head, his face still hidden in the shadows, and spoke, with a little, but rather majestic voice, "What do you have to report on this mission?" ”

The face stared at the ground and said, "Ming Xuanzong Li Wuming participated in this incident, but I think he is not here to hinder the progress of this mission, but simply for me, it should be for my reward...... I had a fight with him and got some injuries, but it wasn't serious. ”

The leader stroked the armrest, changed his posture, and showed a trace of solemnity: "Ming Xuanzong......" He nodded slightly, rubbed the armrest, and said in a low voice: "I know, pay more attention to Ming Xuanzong." Also, did you get that thing back? ”

The face nodded, and his left hand flicked the Qiankun ring in his right hand, and suddenly, a thick black mist rose from it, quickly rotated, converged, and turned into a black ball like a condensed shadow. The face said in a deep voice: "The 'Resurrected One' gave me this before he died, only this one, and the rest are gone. ”

The leader's face was hidden in the shadows, and it was impossible to see whether it was eager or calm. He leaned over slightly, stretched out his hand, and said without a wave, "Give it to me." "His arms were pale and covered with muscles, without any scars on them.

The face raised his head and respectfully handed the black ball in his hand to the leader. The leader grabbed the orb with his pale but powerful hand, and suddenly, the ball spun and reverted into a black mist, which was quickly absorbed into the leader's arm.

For a while, on the leader's arm, black gradually spread. The black mist occupies the blood vessels and meridians in the arm, stretching it out, bulging, and going all the way up. A trace of black mist penetrated the pores and emerged outward, and even in the shadows, the black could be seen gradually penetrating the entire arm.

This scene lasted a full minute. The black slowly faded, the arms turned pale again, and the leader collapsed with his back to the throne. Mian Ye actually wanted to ask what this black mist was for, but when he opened his mouth, he still closed his mouth in recognition.

"Good." The leader propped up his body, still saying in a low, but slightly hoarse voice, "The merits are offset, this time, you are very lucky, I will not hold you responsible." The face took a deep breath, "But I won't allow a second failure." ”

"Yes!" The face lowered his head again, and there was no expression on the face covered with scars. The leader tapped on the armrest, attracting the attention of the face master, and said in a slightly raised tone, "You, raise your head." ”

The face looked up suspiciously, his gaze wandering beyond the leader's figure. Because of the suppression of the rank, every time he looked directly at the leader, he would have a dazzling feeling. The leader was silent for a while, then opened his mouth and said, "The location of the next mission is in Ocean City." ”

The face nodded. A ray of sunlight shines through the skylight of the chamber, turning into specks of light on the ground. Through this ray of sunlight, you can see that the face man is wearing a black robe embroidered with gold edges. And the chief, who was also wearing a black robe, and—

Embroidered with a golden evil spirit.

……

A day later, a man dressed in black with gold rim and a mask and a young man humming a song with his forehand behind his head next to him paced down the newly reclaimed dirt road. The sun shone down from above, casting long shadows on them.

The face man looked at the sky and replaced the cigarette gun with new tobacco. Bringing the cigarette holder close to his lips, he took a deep breath and exhaled a grayish-white smoke. After thinking about it, he patted Er Jian's head next to him and said, "Wait for me for a while, I'll do something." ”

Er Jian pursed his lips and said as if complaining: "Every time you say something, every time you leave sight, you run away, hey, what is there to hide?" Don't leave this time, I'll have to find it. ”

The face man smiled and took off the mask, revealing a hideous face covered in scars. He patted Er Jian's head, and in Er Jian's dissatisfied eyes, he made it into a chicken nest, and said hesitantly: "A little child, don't be a mother-in-law." Just walk for a while, and come back for a while. ”

"Calculate, if you really want to leave, I can't control it, and I can't control it." Erjian wiped his hands on his head, trying to restore his hairstyle. After rubbing it, he gave up in despair, and it seemed that the hairstyle could not be restored. A young man with some short hair exploded like this.

The face man glanced at him with a smile, and said, "I'll come when I go", and walked away step by step in Er Jian's resentful eyes. Soon, his figure turned into a small dot and disappeared from view.

Er Jian shook his head and said dissatisfiedly: "Really. But then he stopped caring and continued to hum a song, walking on the dirt road with his hands behind his back. In fact, Er Jian has encountered such a situation many times, and he also knows that the face master needs to do something confidential.

Just like this time...... The face is in the air, with a bird's-eye view of the land below. Soon, he found a good place to go, a cliff in the middle of a mountain peak, with ancient pines above and endless below.

He nodded, and landed quickly, the wind pressure from the fall making the robes hunt like a wind dragon roaring. The face made a sudden stop, standing on one foot on top of the ancient pine, looking at the unfathomable cliff ahead.

His face showed a complicated expression, and he was silent. Suddenly, as if he had made some decision, he resolutely flicked towards the Qiankun ring, and a black mist erupted, twisted, and spun into a round ball.

Yes, he lied to the chief, and in addition to the one given to him by the resurrection, he found another one at the scene. This black ball was secretly hidden by him, and he was hesitant to turn it in. And now, he has made a decision.

The complex expressions on his face intersected and merged into resoluteness. The face man stretched out his hand and threw it, and the black ball simply fell...... Fall into that deep cliff. He watched silently into the depths of the dark cliff, and suddenly with a wave of his robe, he rose again.

"Next stop, Ocean City." He muttered to himself.

……

"Our final stop is in Ocean City." Li Wuming stretched out a finger, shook it, and said to Wen Jin, You Jiao'er, and Guo Ke, who were listening carefully, "But before that, we will pass through many small towns, and we will talk and rest there." ”

Wen Jin and the three nodded in unison. Li Wuming had already told them about the three-month training, and Wen Jin had no opinion, all because of the literacy he had cultivated in his previous life for a hundred years. You Jiao'er and Guo Ke also had no opinion, because they were pure immortal cultivators.