The Narrow Road to Nowhere (Second Update! Please Subscribe!)

"The task is indeed like the true-disciple missions of the past," Li Clan's Seventeenth Uncle said with a shake of his head. "But I'm afraid the Su Clan will seize this chance to make a move."

Li Lieyue immediately relaxed. As long as there was nothing wrong with the task itself, that meant the Sect Master had intervened, but only to a limited extent. He wouldn't personally get involved.

And even if the Su Clan made a move, the Li Clan wouldn't stand idly by.

At that thought, she gave a slight nod and said nothing more.

Just then, Pei Ling asked, "May I ask what task the Hall Master of Supervision arranged, senior?"

"There are three tasks. Choose one." Li Clan's Seventeenth Uncle stroked his long beard and spoke slowly. "The first is to kill a true disciple of another sect on your own. That sect must stand on equal footing with our Sacred Sect. The second is to survive for three days in any one of the Four Great Fiendish Lands. The third is to explore an ancient ruin that has appeared in Da Luoze."

Hearing this, Pei Ling hesitated only briefly before saying, "I choose the third one. I'll explore the ancient ruin."

It went without saying that none of these three tasks would be easy.

After all, the whole point of arranging them was to ensure Pei Ling couldn't pass.

As for the first task, killing a true disciple, with Pei Ling's current strength and all his trump cards, someone at Kang Shaoyin's level shouldn't pose much of a problem.

But it was obvious that Su Zhenhe had gone to the Sect Master for more than that.

The five orthodox sects showed compassion even toward unrelated mortals. How could they not care even more about their