"My father said that although they died while on a mission, they ultimately perished at our hands. As elders, it is only right that they clean up after their children and atone for our mistakes, so they resurrected them.
However, there were conditions. The five million merit points required for resurrection had to be repaid slowly.
Wan Lei's eyes lit up upon hearing this.
"This is actually possible? Let's go meet your father and have him resurrect Qi Manyao first. I'll slowly repay the merit points."
"No."
A voice suddenly came from the surroundings.
There were only the two of them in this place. If Xia Yubing wasn't speaking, it had to be the Immortal Venerable.
"Why not?"
"Don't I know you, kid? You're lazy by nature. You never stand if you can sit. If I don't set a goal for you, you'll just spend your days sleeping with your wife. This way, you'll be ruined."
"I... what you said makes a lot of sense. Is it really impossible?"
"Don't even think about it. Not a single point of the five million can be waived."
"Speaking of which, Immortal Venerable, you're a big shot, isn't it polite to eavesdrop on us children's conversations all the time? Are you that idle?"
"None of your business."
Are you being tsundere now?
"Don't pay him any mind. I'm leaving."
Xia Yubing turned to leave but was grabbed by Wan Lei.
"Wait a moment. You heard your father too. I can't be lazy anymore. Similarly, you can't just play around all day. We should go to the battlefield and kill demons to earn merit points."
"Oh, is that so? Alright. It's boring doing nothing all day anyway. I'll go call them."
Xia Yubing immediately agreed.
"Alright, go ahead."
Beep beep beep!
At this moment, the spirit communication token in Xia Yubing's pocket rang.
He took it out and his expression changed drastically.
"What's wrong?"
"Uh... The first mission for Xia Yubing, a new disciple of the Five Elements Hall, is to reach the hundredth floor of the Creation Pagoda within six months. Challenging the two disciples on the hundredth floor will complete the mission.
Failure to challenge will reward five hundred merit points, and success will reward one thousand merit points."
Wan Lei was stunned. He had just said they should go to the battlefield, and Xia Yubing immediately received a mission. If this wasn't targeting him, what was?
Damn Immortal Venerable!
"Your father is probably worried something might happen. It's okay, it doesn't matter if there's one less person in the team. I'll go call the others."
"Why do I feel like I've become dispensable?"
Xia Yubing became self-conscious again.
"Be confident and remove the 'feeling'."
"Hmph."
Xia Yubing's expression soured, and he turned to fly towards the peak of the clouds.
Wan Lei shook his head and flew towards Lei Feng.
When he reached his doorstep, Wan Lei saw many people coming out.
Fang Xiaoyu, Yuan Jun, Qingwu, Huofeng, and Dada were all there.
"Where are you all going?!"
Wan Lei was a bit confused. Why were they all setting out without telling him, the captain?
"I received a mission to challenge the Creation Pagoda. Within six months, I need to reach the hundredth floor. It's the same as your mission."
Fang Xiaoyu said.
"Does it also require challenging me and Jian Fanchen? Failure gives five hundred merit points, and success gives one thousand?"
Wan Lei asked suspiciously.
"Yeah? How did you know?"
Little Sister Xiaoyu's eyes widened in surprise.
"I just met Xia Yubing. He has the same mission."
Wan Lei then looked at the others.
"What are you all doing? Are you also on a Creation Pagoda challenge mission?"
Huofeng shook his head.
"No. My mission is to go to the Phoenix Clan in the Northern Sea to retrieve the Nirvana Divine Fire and integrate it into my body for cultivation. Yuan Jun and Qingwu are going to Southern Xinjiang to investigate a massacre, and Dada is in the waterfall secret realm within the Five Elements Hall to temper his physical body to the Myriad Manifestation Realm."
"What kind of bullshit missions are these?"
Wan Lei shook his head. Suddenly, his expression changed, and he immediately took out his spirit token to call the others.
As expected, the other three of the four little ones had the exact same mission as Xia Yubing and Fang Xiaoyu: reach the hundredth floor within six months.
Wan Liuchuan, Liu Yuxin, and Tian Suanzi also each had their own missions.
Time was tight, and the tasks were heavy. Everyone went their separate ways.
Fang Xiaoyu and the four little ones went to the Creation Pagoda together. Yuan Jun and Qingwu took a airship to Southern Xinjiang. Huofeng went to the Northern Sea, and Dada went to the secret realm.
In an instant, the Thunderstorm Battle Team disintegrated.
Wan Lei sat in the courtyard, staring blankly at Kaka.
"Damn Immortal Venerable, you've betrayed me!!!"
Wan Lei roared to the sky. Just as he and his team were talking about going to the Sea of Bitterness battlefield to kill enemies, everyone received various missions. He wouldn't believe it if he were beaten to death that this wasn't the old Immortal Venerable targeting him.
But what did the Immortal Venerable mean? First, he said he was lazy. Fine, he'd go to the battlefield and kill enemies. But now he'd sent all his teammates away, leaving him as a lone general without a mission. What did that mean?
If he wasn't allowed to go to the battlefield, he should at least assign him some missions. It would be fine even if it was just to earn merit points.
But he'd waited for half an hour and still had no mission. What was the meaning of this?
Although new disciples only had three mandatory missions each year, he couldn't go to the mission hall to pick up missions, so he was still idle.
The more Wan Lei thought about it, the angrier he became. Suddenly, he had an idea.
The damned Immortal Venerable was forcing him to go to the battlefield alone.
Why would he form a battle team if he wanted to go to the battlefield alone? Besides, the Immortal Venerable had plenty of things to arrange for him. Why should he do whatever they guided him to do? He saw through their trick this time and wouldn't fall for it.
He wouldn't go. He absolutely wouldn't go. He'd only go when everyone was together.
Wan Lei left a large amount of food for Kaka and then got up to leave.
Little Sister Xiaoyu was gone, the disciples of the Water Hall weren't coming to provoke him, he had no missions, and his friends were all busy. Wan Lei suddenly found himself with nothing to do.
He had to find something to do.
It was fine. The clever Wan Lei could always find something important to do.
He walked out and flew upwards. After a short while, he arrived at the entrance of Patriarch Lei Sheng's cave dwelling.
"Ancestor, is Ancestor home?"
No one answered from inside.
"Ancestor, is Ancestor home?"
Still no answer.
"Ancestor isn't home, I'm going in directly. I'll take whatever I see."
Lei Sheng's cave dwelling was protected by a formation, but it couldn't stop Wan Lei. Whether he used his Wind Blade escape technique or deciphered the formation, he could get in.
Creak...
The door to the cave dwelling opened.
"Something wrong?"
"I have some questions about cultivation that I'd like to ask Ancestor."
There was a moment of silence inside, then a voice came out.
"Get in."
What's wrong with the Ancestor today? Why is he so blunt?
Wan Lei scratched his head and walked into the cave dwelling.
After several turns and twists, he finally arrived at the main hall of Wan Qingyi's cave dwelling.
It was dark inside, with only many runes shining.
Wan Lei glanced around the room and suddenly saw the figure of a beautiful woman.
Huh? Isn't this little Qiuqiu? Why is she in Ancestor's room?"