"Are you sure?" Lu Zhen and Ye Li blurted out instinctively. For a moment, both felt that Yang Chen's swift completion of the mission had to contain some element of falsehood.
After all, even disciples of their Shenye Sect could never accomplish something so outstanding—something practically monstrous.
Yang Chen flicked his sleeve. "The two of you may inspect it."
Lu Zhen frowned and examined the items Yang Chen had submitted one by one. The moment he did, he sucked in a cold breath, his brows knotting tightly.
"What is it?" Ye Li asked from beside him.
"Take a look yourself and you'll know," Lu Zhen said.
Not knowing what was going on, Ye Li looked over the items Yang Chen had handed in.
At a glance, his heart jolted. "What? The Heavenly Fire Mighty Lion advanced into the Heavenly Separation Realm... Is this information reported by Fu Shenghan of the Jinyuan Sect?"
"This is indeed the Caiyue Paper Fu Shenghan specially used when communicating with our Shenye Sect. It cannot be forged. Moreover, the Heavenly Fire Mighty Lion's corpse truly is at the Heavenly Separation Realm. The lion did indeed enter the Heavenly Separation Realm. But this kid took less than a month for the journey and killed a Heavenly Separation Realm Heavenly Fire Mighty Lion himself?" Lu Zhen and Ye Li looked at each other, deeply shaken.
Yang Chen asked, "What is the result of your inspection?"
"Yang Chen, you handle matters quite efficiently. Very good. You may accept the second mission now," the two said after exchanging glances.
Yang Chen nodded. Without dragging things out or wasting time, he began accepting the second mission.
After accepting it, Yang Chen followed the familiar routine—taking the map and leaving in one smooth motion.
Only after Yang Chen departed did Lu