Chapter 533: Chapter 532: How Was Sect Master Bai Summoned Here?

Tang Ben continues to be the top artifact refiner in Jiuzhou.

The mission released by the system failed, but this does not impact the subsequent missions issued by the system.

[Mission Released: You dazzled at the Jiuzhou Artifact Refinement Contest, attracting the attention of many. Your ability in artifact refinement is spreading throughout Jiuzhou and people are beginning to refer to you as an “all-round cultivator”. The second young miss of the Lan family, a prominent family in artifact refinement, has approached you about a problem she’s encountering in artifact refinement, hoping that you can solve it]

[Please help the second young miss of the Lan family solve her dilemma in artifact refinement]

[This mission is not recommended to be abandoned]

[Mission Reward: A Peach of Red Dust Pure Land, a set of Dragon Roar Forging Method, a volume of “Sword Forging Technique”]

At this time, Ji Zhi has already returned to Zhou, consolidating the Body Integration Realm cultivation he gained painstakingly. Jiang Li, leaning towards Bai Hongtu, asked.

“Are you familiar with the Lan family, the prominent clan in artifact making?”

“Somewhat.” Bai Hongtu pointed towards the fourth placer in the artifact refinement competition and said, “Do you see the one who placed fourth?”

“Are you referring to the woman cultivator standing outside the award stage, dressed in blue, eagerly looking at the top three winners?”

“That’s her, the fourth-placer in this competition, Lan Huan’er, the current family head of the Lan family.”

“It is said that when she encountered a problem in artifact refinement, no one could answer it. She ran to remote mountains and wild ridges, lived a hermit life for three years, observed the celestial phenomena at night, studied nature, and finally solved the problem. Been growing ever since, her artifact refinement talent surpassed her father’s, making her the family head.”

“Despite her only obtaining the fourth place, that’s because her own cultivation level is not high enough. She is only in the Divinity Transformation Stage. But her artifact refinement talent is undoubtful. Once she becomes a cultivator in the Body Integration Realm, she could compete with Tang Ben.”

“I heard Tang Ben say that he plans to recruit Lan Huan’er into Dao Sect and become the next Sect Master of Artifact Refinement Peak. However, Lan Huan’er has been rejecting him for the reason of running the Lan family.”

While Bai Hongtu spoke, Jiang Li abandoned the mission.

Seeing Yu Yin coming towards this direction, Jiang Li waved.

“There’s something I need to discuss.”

“What is it? The fact that you’ve obtained the coordinates of the Ten Thousand Realms from the Emperor of Hou Tu?”

Jiang Li was stunned. How could she guess it?

“I reckoned that you haven’t decided how to deal with these coordinates and need to discuss with someone rational. So, I came.” said Yu Yin lightheartedly. She deliberately left her wishful gourd on the seat before coming, not bringing it with her.

“What’s your idea?” Bai Hongtu asked Jiang Li.

“I want to make the coordinates public to all cultivators in Jiuzhou. All cultivators can choose to explore the unknown world.”

“The issue with travel can be handled by the Fan Tower. It can establish twenty permanent transport channels, but for unpermanent transport channels, there’s no limit.”

Bai Hongtu pondered: “Publicity is not a problem. However, we need to raise the entry requirements for going to these unknown worlds. Not everyone can go.”

“Cultivators in Qi Cultivation Stage lack experience and their cultivation is not high enough. Going to unfamiliar foreign worlds, they can easily encounter danger.”

Yu Yin suggested: “We could set it to Nascent Soul Stage.”

“Indeed, if one can cultivate to the Nascent Soul Stage, they must be cunning, not prone to fall into a trap and get killed in a foreign land, able to run away when encountering danger.”

“Moreover, there are a lot of Nascent Soul Stage cultivators which can enhance the efficiency of world exploration. Let’s set the requirement that each team going to an unknown world must be led by at least one Nascent Soul Stage cultivator.”

Though the Nascent Soul Stage doesn’t seem to have much presence in Jiuzhou, that’s because there are too many powerful people in Jiuzhou. In a typical world, Nascent Soul Stage cultivators belong to upper-middle tier of combat power, such as in martial arts world and zombie world.

The cultivators’ task in other worlds is exploration, not fighting; it’s enough to have the basic combat power.

“If they encounter danger, they can use my statue to protect themselves. If that’s not enough, they can summon cultivators in the Body Integration Realm. Every team setting off is equipped with three Body Integration Realm summoning charms, one Transcendance Tribulation Stage summoning charm, and a summoning charm for me.”

Bai Hongtu worried that the cultivators would summon them for any difficulties that can be handled by Body Integration Realm cultivators: “We need to remind them not to summon us for everything they encounter, or we won’t need to do anything else every day; just wait to be summoned.”

The three people were discussing the details when suddenly, Bai Hongtu’s figure began to fade.

“Someone is summoning me.” Bai Hongtu exclaimed excitedly. It must have been a major problem that the exploration team in another world encountered and needed him to solve.

“See that, I come in handy at crucial times.”

Bai Hongtu cast a provocative glance at Jiang Li, leaving these words behind, he disappeared.

…

“How did you guys manage to summon Sect Master Bai?”

Two kilometers underground, in a massive steel building, various tubes and wires interweaved, only the original designer could make sense of it.

A few inexperienced cultivators from the Spiritual Medicine Sect were clumsily holding the summons talisman.

They originally wanted to summon Jiang Li, but in their panic, they ended up getting Bai Hongtu’s summons talisman.

These novice monks and the Sect Master of the Spiritual Medicine Sect were exploring different parts of the world, using their spells to bypass alert systems and pass through various checkpoints. Unfortunately, they accidentally tripped the alarm.

Nine twenty-meter-tall metal robot statues sensed visitors, activated desperate measures, emitted red light from their eyes, and prepared to launch an attack on these uninvited guests.

The emotionless voice of the robots echoed in unison, “No access information detected. Intruders must die.”

The novice monks couldn’t figure out the level of these robots’ power, whether they were at Body Integration Realm level, or transcendance tribulation stage, it wasn’t something they could handle. The Sect Master and the Great Confucian Word Post were maybe tens of thousands of miles away, they couldn’t possibly rescue them.

Hundreds of thousands-degree heat-ray shot from the eyes of the robots. The slightest touch would turn their small bodies to ashes, no miraculous elixir could save them.

“May the Human Emperor Jiang Li bless us, save us, Human Emperor Jiang Li!”

“Haha, it’s not Human Emperor Jiang Li who will save you, it’s the great Human Emperor Bai, who’s here to rescue you!” Bai Hongtu appeared, effortlessly blocking the high-temperature rays.

Merely a hundred thousand degrees wouldn’t even singe his hair.

“No, the Human Emperor Jiang Li could still be of use.” Jiang Li’s voice appeared behind Bai Hongtu, startling him.

Did he just say something that he shouldn’t have, and Jiang Li heard it?

The novice monks, after summoning the wrong person, quickly corrected their mistake and also summoned Jiang Li.

The nine robots scanned Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu, but their systems just saw a white nothingness, unable to analyze the two men.

Robots lack intelligence. They did not know how strong Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu were. Their only mission is to protect the forbidden area. Those who come here without permission will die!

The robot arms transformed into gun barrels, releasing tactical nuclear bombs. If detonated, these few monks wouldn’t survive. With a light touch from Bai Hongtu, the nuclear bombs turned to gold, unable to explode.

This was the Daoist magic, Stone to Gold.

The robots released poisonous gas. Anyone who inhaled it would die instantly.

Jiang Li lightly blew out a cold breath, freezing the poison gas into a solid that fell to the ground. A cracking noise echoed as the solid crumbled into tiny shards.

The nine robots had various attack methods, any creature on this planet, once having faced them, would die.

Unfortunately for them, their opponent came from another world.

“The material of this robot is not bad, capable of combatting against the Body Integration Realm, and its skills are commendable.”

Bai Hongtu sauntered forward, unmindful of the attacks raining down on him, feeling no pain. He pointed at the robot’s calf, turning it into solid gold.

Jiang Li also took a step forward. The himmense pressure his presence emitted pinned the robot to the ground.

Seeing the robot still attempting to resist, Jiang Li waved carelessly and cut off the robot’s energy source, completely depriving it of the ability to move.

Jiang Li turned around, smiled at the novice monks, and asked warmly, “Can you explain what happened to you in this world?”

The novice monks nodded vigorously in response.