Late at night, the World Pavilion of the Sage Academy is brightly lit.

At a large round table, nine people, seven men and two women, sat around them, and on the wall behind them hung portraits of nine sages.

"Call us all here so late, Qi Lao, this is not like your style of doing things. Liu Xiao looked at a black-haired old man sitting under the portrait of the Nine Sages and said softly.

This old man's name is Qi Feng, and he is the person in charge of the World Bank Pavilion of the Academy, and the time spent in the Academy is not much different from that of several sages. Tonight, they suddenly summoned these teachers to come here, saying that they had something to discuss.

"Yes, Elder Qi, why did you call us all here so late?" Gu Yao, a disciple of the Three Sages, said with Liu Xiao's voice. After all, they are not idlers, they have a lot of things to do every day, and they can't waste too much time to rest.

"Hehe, what's the hurry, the old man is looking for you, so naturally he has something important to say. Qi Lao looked at the two female dolls in front of him and smiled.

Although Qi Lao's hair is black, the skin on his face has many wrinkles and dark spots, and his face really doesn't match his hair color. He leaned back in his chair and squinted at the few people who didn't know what they were waiting for.

"We've been sitting here for a long time, Old Qi, if you have something, just talk about it!" Old Qi's words fell, Jiang Han frowned and said. He has the most disciples under him, and there will be special training tomorrow, so naturally he doesn't have the time to grind with Qi Lao here.

"Well, I'm still thinking about how to tell this, and since you're all in a hurry, let's just say it. Seeing that these young people to him couldn't sit still, Qi Lao didn't delay any longer, and said leisurely.

"I have called you here because I have something to tell you. The World Bank Pavilion, as you all know, has always been a place to issue tasks to the disciples of the Academy. This time, there are some tasks that will be issued, but these tasks will need to be completed by your students. Qi Lao took out a scroll of paper from his arms, and then said in a deep voice, he looked at everyone, his eyes rolling.

"Elder Qi, I'm afraid this is a bit out of order. Accepting the task of the World Bank Pavilion is indeed what these disciples must do, but the time has not yet come, right?" one of them suddenly asked, and his words were what the others wanted to say. There is still a period of time before the sage assessment, why do you have to carry out the task so quickly?

Liu Xiao also looked at the indifferent Qi Lao, and she also felt very strange. These children have been in the hospital for less than two months, how can they go on a mission!

"I know, you're all going to think that. But this matter is not determined by me, it is determined from above, I just inform you all. Qi Lao said very calmly, as the person in charge of the World Bank Pavilion, can he not know these rules?

"Didn't you say that you came to us to discuss?" Gu Yao was a little displeased when he heard this, you have all decided, why do you bother to tell us that it is to discuss, isn't this making fun of us?

Everyone stared at Qi Lao, and some displeasure emerged. Although it is prescribed, this is not what you mean when you tell us.

"Naturally, it's a discussion, let you go back and discuss who will carry out the mission. There are a total of eight tasks, and the difficulty is about the same, and there is no requirement for several people to perform them. You can send one student or two, but when you take the task, someone has to go. See for yourself, it's up to you whether you go or not. Flick the paper roll, and all the words on the paper will be sprinkled in the air in the middle of the round table. Then Qi Lao said slowly, he did not change color because of everyone's displeasure.

The eight of them carefully read the text from beginning to end, each in deep thought.

Qi Lao didn't speak, just looked at them quietly.

After a long time, Jiang Han spoke first: "Old Qi, I took this task." With that, Jiang Han reached out and erased one of the tasks in the text.

And after Jiang Han spoke, several other people also agreed to this matter, and each erased a task. Liu Xiao also chosen, although tonight's incident did not conform to the rules of previous years, but the explanation in the text was indeed very attractive.

"Since you have all chosen, then you can go back and discuss with your disciples by yourself, and you should all disperse. Seeing that everyone had taken over the task, Qi Lao slowly got up, finished speaking, and turned around and left here.

The eight didn't say anything, each said goodbye, and left separately.

......

In the water moonflower, Liu Xiao roughly told the three of them about last night, and then waved his hand to show the task he took in front of the three of them.

"Jinju Stone Village, in the face of heavy snowfall, many strange things happened, and the government was powerless to solve them. The Sage Academy sent disciples to investigate the cause of the strange incident and help Ishimura survive the snow disaster. After the task is completed, the sage assessment can be exempted from the World Bank Pavilion mission!"

Jingye carefully read all the information, thought about it, and then asked Liu Xiao: "Teacher, does this mean that what we are going to do in the future will be completed in advance?"

That's what it means, but the difference is that the difficulty of the task is different now and in the future. This year's heavy snowfall, in addition to Chang'an City, many places have experienced snow disasters. The content of these eight tasks is roughly the same, they are all to solve the problem of snow disasters in various places, which is not very difficult, and it is enough to solve it with the current cultivation of the three of you. Liu Xiao listened to Jingye's question, nodded, and explained softly. She took the task because she was worried that the task behind would be very difficult, although the disciples' cultivation would increase in the later stage, they might not be able to complete it, and besides, the task of the World Bank Pavilion would be dead!

After listening to Liu Xiao's words, Jingye also figured out Mr. Liu's idea of accepting the task. However, this was not a very good thing for him, because he was going to find Night Scar. If you go to Jinju, I'm afraid it will be delayed a lot, how is this good?

"This task is a little boring, teacher, can you not go?" Qiu Zilai said to Liu Xiao with some disappointment after reading the task. It's just to help the villagers solve the snow disaster and find out the cause of the strange thing, what's so difficult about this? It's better to concentrate on cultivation.

"Yes, you can choose for yourself, if you don't go now, you will still have to go to the sage assessment later, and the task at that time will be much more difficult. Liu Xiao said to Qiu Zilai that she knew Qiu Zilai, so she didn't blame him for thinking like this.

"Then I'm not going, I'll work hard to cultivate by the teacher's side, and I will raise my cultivation first. When Qiu Zilai heard this, he decisively refused. Since the Pure Karma Yuan Realm Realm, he was bent on improving his cultivation and hurried to catch up.

"What about you? I've taken the task, at least one person. Liu Xiao looked at Ning Qinghuan and Jingye and asked, reminding him by the way.

"I..."Jingye was hesitant, he didn't want to go or not. The villagers of Stone Village are suffering, and now that I have a chance to save them, how can I not care. But if you go, you will delay the important things in your heart. With himself on one side and someone else on the other, it was difficult for him to choose.

"Teacher, I'll just go alone. At this time, Ning Qinghuan whispered to Liu Xiao. She had been observing the Pure Karma, and she could see that the Pure Karma seemed to be hesitant, not because he didn't want to go, but because he seemed to have other things to do. Since you must go alone, then go by yourself, there must be something very important in purifying karma!

"Good job, Xiao Qinghuan. Have you thought about it, Xiao Yezi?" praised Ning Qinghuan, and Liu Xiao asked again about the hesitant pure karma. Although Ning Qinghuan went, Liu Xiao was a little worried about her alone, so she asked again.

"I... I'll go. "In the end, Jingye chose to go. Because he has a Buddha heart, he has to go first to save people who are suffering.

Ning Qinghuan heard this, and looked at the pure karma with his eyes open.

"Okay, then you remember the mission requirements, prepare today, and leave Jinju early tomorrow morning. Your badge will contain mission information, as well as routes, and your badge will also be your proof. The first time he performed a task on behalf of the academy, the teacher had only one request, and that was safety! If something happened, don't worry about the task, save your life first!" Jingye also accepted the task, Liu Xiao was also a lot more relieved, and then looked at the two of them and said seriously.

There is always a response for two people to go, and the pure karma is now the cultivation of the Yuan Vein Realm, and there is really no difficulty in a task like this.

"Remember, teacher!" the two bowed to Liu Xiao and replied in a deep voice.

...

After accepting the task of the academy, Jingye and Ning Qinghuan left Shui Yuehua, leaving Qiu Zilai to cultivate in the spiritual world alone.

Pure karma returned to the room, he had nothing to prepare. I was just thinking to myself, how can I save some time?

After thinking about it for a while, Jingye thought of stealing the sky, he could ask the thief to help him investigate the matter of the cigarette! At the same time, he could also stop by to say goodbye to Xiao'er, and he hadn't seen her for a long time.

After deciding on the decision, Jingye left the academy cleanly and rushed to the city.

......

The inner river of Chang'an moat, along the way are famous buildings and noble squares, and at the end of the inland river, it is indeed a very simple earthen house.

The inside of the house, like the outside, is shabby and shabby. But there is still a table, a bed and a chair.

At this time, there was a young man sleeping on the bed, and he was the thief. He hadn't gone out much since he had spoken to Jingye last time.

"Rustle..."In the silence, in addition to the sound of the thief's breathing, there were other sounds outside the house, like the sound of the wind, but not like it.

"Crunch—" The wooden door was gently pushed open, revealing the glowing tip of the knife.

The thief on the bed opened his eyes violently, and he was sideways, with his back to the wooden door.

The push door just now is not big, but because of his experience over the years, he has always slept very shallowly, and as long as there is movement around, he will wake up.

Quiet, very quiet.

The thief didn't dare to turn around, or even breathe loudly.

He felt a figure slowly approaching behind him.

"What to do!

In front of his bed, a man, a knife......