"This... what is this? What does it mean?"
Fang Xiaoyu turned to Wan Lei, pointing at her spirit scroll.
Wan Lei glanced at the contents of Fang Xiaoyu's spirit scroll and then at his own. He found that apart from the names of the mission recipients being different, everything else was identical.
[Fifth Element Hall New Disciple Wan Lei's Fourth Mission: Rescue the Immortal Venerable's Son.
Mission Name: Hunt Operation.
Mission Level: Medium
Mission Location: Qu'an Star Domain.
Mission Brief: In the Black and White Land of the Anhe Star System in the Qu'an Star Domain, numerous criminal organizations have been entrenched for years. The climate here is harsh, spiritual energy is sparse, and it is sparsely populated. These criminal organizations choose this place as their base to grow in secret, now numbering in the millions.
These criminal organizations are engaged in illegal activities such as smuggling controlled weapons and cultivation resources, and selling children with superior potential. Their crimes are heinous.
The Immortal Venerable's sons were ordered to investigate the recent movements in the Black and White Land. They discovered that all criminal organizations had gathered and jointly opened the Black and White Forbidden Zone deep within the Black and White Land, seeking to find the large-scale destructive infectious meme, Black and White Foil, from it.
The Immortal Venerable's sons infiltrated and found the Black and White Foil before the criminal organizations, but were surrounded by them and trapped, making it difficult to break out. After battling for half a year, they were unable to resist and sent out a distress signal.
For this expedition, the Fifth Element Hall will dispatch an army of 1.5 million (non-Fifth Element Hall disciples), led by Commander Qiming. Commander Qiming will convey detailed information about the Black and White Land to the mission recipients.
Mission Rewards: 1. Rescue the four Immortal Venerable's sons and Dada, rewarding 100功勋点 (gong xun dian).
2. Annihilate all criminal organizations and all criminal elements in the Black and White Land, leaving no survivors, no need for interrogation, and killing them all, rewarding 500功勋点 (gong xun dian).
The army is assembling and will depart in three hours. Please prepare.]
This was the mission with the most words Wan Lei had ever received. From the text, he could see how dire the situation of Wan Qianxin and the others was.
Under the siege of millions of troops, holding out for half a year, they must have been long out of ammunition and food.
Yet, they were only seeking help now.
But Wan Lei could understand. After all, they were the sons of an Immortal Venerable, incredibly proud. They thought they could break out on their own, which was why they were too proud to ask for help.
Now, they had finally put aside their pride, likely unable to hold on any longer.
"I've been feeling like I've forgotten someone for the past six months. So it was them," Wan Lei muttered quietly.
"You haven't contacted them at all this past half year?" Fang Xiaoyu glared at him.
"I... I was completely focused on your situation, and indeed I forgot about them. Besides, they are so powerful and have strong backgrounds, they wouldn't have any trouble, right? I didn't expect something to happen."
"Alas, then let's hurry and save them. Didn't it say there were 1.5 million troops?" Fang Xiaoyu said, then suddenly stroked her smooth chin and murmured,
"I remember our team has ten people, and counting us and them, that's only seven. Who are we missing?"
Suddenly, both of them widened their eyes.
It was Huofeng and the other two women!
"Could they still be at the Xiangren Sect?" Fang Xiaoyu asked.
"I'll give Huofeng a call."
Wan Lei immediately dialed Huofeng's number.
"Hello, are you still at the Xiangren Sect? Ah, that's good. Okay, we'll be there right away. Mm, Xiaoyu has been rescued. Good, we'll talk when we meet."
Wan Lei put down his spirit scroll.
"We still have three hours before departure. Let's go pick them up now."
"Let's go, we're leaving now."
"Let's go."
Gou Zi also jumped over. Wan Lei didn't know where it had been playing for the past two days.
The two of them and Gou Zi left the house. Wan Lei took out his small flying boat, got in, and flew towards the space jump point.
As they flew, they saw many flying ships gathering above the Fifth Element Hall. Many soldiers wearing semi-covered mechanical armor were continuously flying towards the ships.
Many disciples below saw this scene and guessed that they were about to conquer another lawless land.
Their guesses were accurate. After all, those in the Immortal Realm were defense forces, not expeditionary forces.
The expeditionary forces were the armies that left the main plane to fight the demons in the Sea of Suffering. The defense forces were responsible for conquering criminal organizations within the Origin Plane, protecting other universes of the main plane, and subduing those universes unwilling to be protected by the Fifth Element Hall.
The two arrived at the space jump point, set the destination to Dongtu Xiangren Sect, and directly initiated the jump.
The greatest advantages of the Fifth Element Hall's space jump points were: first, they could jump between any universe and plane without obstruction; second, Fifth Element Hall disciples did not need to pay, whereas external jump points required payment.
As the space flowed, Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu arrived at the Xiangren Sect in the blink of an eye.
After getting off the flying boat, they saw the three women, Huofeng, standing in mid-air.
"Qingwu is awake! How are your injuries? Oh, you've all broken through to the Immortal Realm!"
Wan Lei smiled and greeted the three women before him.
"Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu, how are you?"
"We were worried sick."
Huofeng and Yuan Jun each grabbed Fang Xiaoyu's hand, showing great concern.
"I'm fine, don't worry. We are all disciples of the Fifth Element Hall now, and we won't be chased anymore."
Fang Xiaoyu was also very happy to see her old friends.
If they were considered subordinates when they were first subdued, then after resisting the demons in the Leifeng Realm and sharing hardships with the Immortal Realm, they had become companions to Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu.
At this moment, Qingwu threw herself into Fang Xiaoyu's arms, sobbing,
"Xiaoyu, it's so good to see you're okay. I missed you so much. You're finally back. Those two are not human! They are too cruel..."
"Alright, alright, what's wrong? Did they bully you?"
Fang Xiaoyu looked at the other two women.
"It was because you were captured saving her, so after she woke up, we beat her up every day to vent our anger."
Upon hearing this, Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu burst into laughter. Qingwu was too pitiful, no wonder she was so excited when she saw Fang Xiaoyu.
"How did you become disciples of the Fifth Element Hall?" Yuan Jun asked.
Hearing this, Fang Xiaoyu recounted their experiences one by one.
Meanwhile, Wan Lei went before the Xiangren Old Ancestor and clasped his hands, saying,
"Thank you, senior, for rescuing Qingwu and for taking care of them during this time. This is a small token of my gratitude. Please accept it."
Wan Lei handed over dozens of storage bags to the other party.
"That won't do, that won't do. You helped me retrieve the carving knife and eliminated my enemies. I even caused your wife to be captured. I truly feel I don't deserve this. I should be thanking you."
"Please accept it. If anyone bullies you again in the future, just call me. I am now a disciple of the Fifth Element Hall."