Tang Yan waved open the courtyard gate and found a familiar face from the Mission Hall standing outside: Ma Shanjing.
"Senior Brother Ma, were you looking for me?" Tang Yan cupped his hands in greeting.
Senior Brother Ma had also delivered the message for the formation-setting mission at the Main Peak's Spirit Herb Garden last time.
"The sect has assigned a mission to seal the Earth Abyss passage at Mingqiu Ridge. There will be six people on this mission, with you as the leader, Junior Brother.
"Gather at the square in front of the Main Peak tomorrow at the hour of the dragon, then set off together." Ma Shanjing handed him a set of mission documents.
"Thank you for coming all this way, Senior Brother. I'll be there on time tomorrow morning," Tang Yan hurriedly thanked him.
"You're the one doing the hard work, Junior Brother. Now that you've received it, I'll head back." Ma Shanjing smiled and cupped his hands in farewell.
Besides letting Pill Alliance disciples take missions from the Mission Hall themselves, the sect sometimes assigned missions directly, with rewards for completing them all the same.
Tang Yan opened the mission briefing and read it carefully.
An Earth Abyss passage was a rift connecting the Other Races and the Human Clan.
If it was not sealed, powerful beings of the Other Races might exploit the opening as the rift widened, charging into Human Clan territory to wreak havoc or hiding themselves away to become a latent threat.
Tong Chengxian, for instance, had come through an Earth Abyss passage.
This mission was rated Grade C. It did not look dangerous and was probably only a small rift.
To his surprise, the other five were all core disciples, with Senior Sister Duan Yin among them.
But he had not