Chapter 75: Fulfillment

At the entrance to this secret realm, there was an array designed to assess the completion of external tasks, requiring Jiang Yue to place the Chosen List within it for verification. The Chosen List was Jiang Yue's protective talisman, and during the completion of external tasks, everyone was astonished to discover that wherever Jiang Yue appeared on the battlefield, whether facing hordes of ferocious beasts, labyrinths, or mechanical cities, nothing could harm this little scatterbrain!

After more than a hundred missions, New Vengeance City had lost over three hundred people, and nearly everyone had been injured— even Wang Li, surrounded by beasts, had suffered a minor wound. Yet Jiang Yue, whose strength was lacking and whose mind often short-circuited, hadn't lost a single hair...

Moreover, each time someone exchanged rewards for completing a task, a small portion would be directly credited to her. Though the amount was modest, she received a share from every task, and over time it accumulated. In less than a year, she had become the wealthiest person in New Vengeance City.

Truly enviable!

Yet such fortune could not be coveted by others; perhaps the Chosen List was simply blind, fixated on Jiang Yue, the girl with a peculiar mind.

Wang Li even suspected, as he had with Zhou Qian before, that Jiang Yue might be a backup for the Child of Destiny. But his suspicion was immediately dismissed by Lord Sheng.

Lord Sheng's exact words were: "The will of the world and the little girl are like a turtle and a green bean—they just happen to hit it off!"

Wang Li instantly understood Lord Sheng's meaning.

It seemed that the world’s will simply found the little girl foolish!

The dimwitted recognize the dimwitted—never would it choose an intelligent person...

Indeed, benefits were not taken without consequence...

When Wang Li learned that the world’s will regarded the little girl as dimwitted, he suddenly felt sorry for her, and his usual annoyance melted away.

Yes, she was actually quite adorable...

It was a strange transformation.

Sometimes, people you once found irritating suddenly become pleasant.

As the host of the Chosen List, the array guarding the secret realm’s entrance also found her agreeable, allowing her to lead Luo Heng and the Lin brothers smoothly inside.

"We've made it in!" Wang Li exclaimed as they entered the secret realm, immediately instructing Luo Heng to release the "Personal Guard Station." Nearly ten thousand poured out in single file.

To be honest, although Wang Li hoped to bring all disciples of Pure Yang Temple into the secret realm, he wasn’t certain they could all enter smoothly.

Because, judging by the content of tasks in the task zone, the dangers within the secret realm were not severe, but the rewards were generous, and it would greatly benefit the cultivation of lower-ranking disciples. As the Transmission Officer, he had a duty to seek opportunities for his disciples.

However, most tasks were individual, with only a few collective ones requiring at most three or four hundred participants. Wang Li worried that this collective task requirement might indicate the maximum number allowed into the ruins, and surplus people would likely be barred entry. Thus, even as he used the Personal Guard Station to cheat and bring people in, he feared something might go wrong.

Now, with everyone safely inside, his worries eased.

As always, first things first—they built a city.

Building a city had become a habit; wherever they went, if there wasn’t a city at their backs, everyone felt something lacking, a sense of insecurity.

This time, they were even more prepared, having stockpiled building materials beforehand in case the secret realm lacked resources or restricted the use of elemental techniques.

However, the secret realm’s conditions were far better than expected.

Its size was unknown, but everywhere were green mountains and clear waters, even wild animals not seen outside. Compared to the outside world, this place was vibrant and full of life. Tests showed there were no restrictions on the use of techniques, and the abundance of spiritual energy of various attributes exceeded even some gathering arrays in their sect, making it ideal for them to thrive... They could happily build their city.

With ample supplies, manpower, and experience, in less than a day, a small city centered on the Personal Guard Station and the Chosen List rose from the ground.

Wang Li did not have anyone undertake individual tasks at first; instead, he took on a fifth-tier collective task to test the waters, to see if the secret realm was safe and if the new city could protect itself.

Task number two hundred and fifty-seven—the task zone was less than three hundred miles from the new city, and the objective was to cut off a suspended river and reroute it so that the downstream marshland would become fertile farmland.

Some might wonder why the Chosen List would issue such a farming task; even the participants felt it strange, but its fifth-tier classification dispelled their doubts.

Could a farming task really be fifth-tier?

Anyone could guess there was hidden danger, far beyond what appeared on the surface!

Wang Li thought so as well, so he assigned only experts to the task, with the lowest being a second-level Golden Core cultivator.

Leaving Lin Zuo behind to guard the city, Wang Li led the team to the task zone.

Before their eyes was indeed a suspended river—on a vast plain, a riverbed rose conspicuously above the ground, winding like a giant dragon lying across the land, its length unknown.

At the sight of this river, everyone’s scalp tingled—how could they reroute such a long river, and where to?

Across the surrounding hundreds of miles, there was no spot suitable for redirecting the river without flooding the plain.

---

Helpless, Wang Li sent Lin You upstream to search for the river’s source, while he and Ling Xiao headed downstream to locate the marsh.

Yes, Wang Li planned to assist the chubby one!

Lord Sheng quickly identified the key to the task—the downstream marsh.

Careful analysis of the task, combined with Lord Sheng’s sensing, led to the conclusion that task two hundred fifty-seven was a composite mission; beneath the collective task lay an individual one. According to Lord Sheng, the individual task was the linchpin, and once completed, the collective task would become clear.

Wang Li, accompanied by Ling Xiao, flew nearly two thousand miles downstream, yet found no trace of the marsh—only endless grasslands and low hills stretched beneath them.

"Lord Sheng, did we take a wrong turn?"

After so long without finding the target, Wang Li grew concerned.

He had completed hundreds of tasks, but never encountered a task zone so vast—he suspected they had left the designated area.

Lord Sheng replied lazily, "Almost there. This time, it seems you won’t be able to assist Ling Xiao."

Wang Li was puzzled. "What do you mean?"

"Your soul is stirring—looks like your previous bad feeling is about to come true."

"What will happen to me?"

"Still unclear. Wait and see... It’s here!"

Before Lord Sheng finished speaking, the ground began to tremble, and the space for a hundred miles around shook as well.

The tremor lasted only a short while; when all was calm again, Ling Xiao suddenly realized Wang Li was gone.

"Officer Wang! Officer Wang, where are you?"

A ripple of panic swept through Ling Xiao’s heart...