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The man gently walked out of the central palace and headed to the ice castle in the frozen land made by General Frozen himself as fast as possible.

The frozen land is a deep mountain, located in the depths of the mountain range between the Sun Kingdom and the Shenyuan. Decades ago, the land was taken over by the Frozen General and no one dared to take it back.

General Frozen was one of the four pillars that supported them. He was also the one who controlled the Crusaders with the Central Palace. Anything he wished to get, his authority was so great that no one dared to offend him, even one of the three pillars.

With all this in mind, the Lord is even more uncertain about the decisions he has made, but now he really cannot return to the Central Palace and the stairs of Hope unless he sends the message first.

This trip took him three days, and at noon on the third day he arrived at the valley, as white as soft clouds and snowy.

He shook it gently and then stopped. After convincing himself to continue, he took another one and stopped. He walked towards the castle very slowly, and his heart was filled with fear.

Around him were the crusaders, who were patrolling the ground, but none of them did anything to the cold and scared Lord, who was walking so slowly towards the Ice Palace.

It took the Lord nearly an hour to move from the entrance to the valley toward the castle, an incredibly slow pace that shows how scared the Lord was. Once he reached the door handle, he realized there was really no hope to turn around and straighten his body. He took a deep breath before he knocked on the door.

After he knocked on the door, the door slowly opened without the servants present, causing the young lord to stand on the back. Don't miss the beat he kept walking without paying attention to his surroundings, showing a demeanor suitable for the Lord, even if he was afraid of his core. He walked into the frozen castle and walked along a group of light stones towards the room where Zhong Hui sat on the cold throne.

"Welcome to my castle, I'd love to know what the Lord of the Dragon Legion did here," he said, with a smile on his lips, a smile that was obviously real.

Zhong Hui is not stupid. He sent the crusaders into the underground world in order to hear the news about Yan Xiaobao. Now a master has appeared his message. Why can't he guess what this message is?

Even God knows he is worried that this might be something wrong. What if this is a video showing General Frozen's favorite theme death? Many thoughts twirl in his mind as he kowtowed in front of a powerful man.

"Milod, I received a memory stone." said the Lord, who was on the ground, raised his hand and the memory stone at the same time.

Seeing the memory stone's impatience rise in Zhong Hui's eyes, his hand swept past, the stone was sucked into his palm, and the smile on his face increased greatly.

"Please stand up, my dear friend," Zhong Hui said with a smile, and patted a woman with one hand and appeared beside him.

"Take this man to the treasury and let him pick whatever he likes," said General Frozen, as if it had absolutely no meaning to him, his treasure was taken away.

Although Zhong Hui seemed impatient and lonely, the young Lord suddenly left the room impatiently and entered the warehouse. He hurried to his feet, the Lord bowed to Zhong Hui again, and then he turned around to follow the silent, cold woman in front of him.

Because he was left in the hall, Zhong Hui did not notice the two leaving characters, but immediately placed the memory stone on his forehead. As the record of the battle of life and death began, he closed his eyes with a smile on his face.

As Zhong Hui returned to the game, time slowly came down. Finally, after watching it many times, he took the stone from his forehead.

His face stopped smiling, but instead, it seemed that he was thinking about something important. After a while, a smirk appeared on his face, and as time passed, it grew bigger and bigger, and finally a loud laugh broke out on the cold walls of his frozen castle.

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The excuse Huiyue made for his merger of souls was quickly accepted by Xu Biao. After a while, the two of them sat in the headquarters, enjoying the silence without saying anything.

"I think we should look at the different tasks available." Yan Xiaobao finally sighed, "If we can find an escort mission to the capital, it would be ideal, but if we can't find it, I think we will be fine with the next few caves."

Xu Biao nodded, and after a period of searching, he agreed. Then he picked up a big book and said that the parchment had fallen out.

"This is a book of all the ongoing tasks," he gave the answer to the weird expression on Yan Xiaobao's face, "I know it doesn't look much," he continued with a slight awkward smile, "but it's the way we always track the tasks."

The task was not as difficult as Yan Xiaobao expected. At first, Xu Biao cleaned the table, and then he took out each task and finished reading it. If it was an escort task, then he handed it to Yan Xiaobao, and if it was not an escort task, he would put it next to him.

Through the escort mission, most of them escort wealthy young masters to colleges in other cities, hoping that they can improve and bring honor and reputation to their families.

Looking at these escort tasks, Yan Xiaobao quickly decided to accept such a task, but no matter how hard he seemed, he could not find the task that would keep moving towards the last cave.

In the end, Yan Xiaobao picked four escort missions. All of them were escorts a young master to the academy. They hired at least ten mercenaries in total, which seemed to be the standard number required for escort missions. They would leave within a few days to provide everyone with all the time they needed. Because he knew nothing about the cave they were going to enter and did not know which mission would bring them closest to their final destination, he asked Xu Biao to call the last time.

Yan Xiaobao escaped the window again and left the rest of the work to Xu Biao because he rushed back to the room where his friend was still sleeping. The reason they were so tired was because they kept sitting beside him vigilantly until they finally couldn't sleep anymore, and then they really fainted. Their bodies were exhausted and they needed to sleep.

Back at the office, the guild master Xu Biao looked at the paper in his hand and finally nodded. He walked towards the door, opened the door, and looked at the sea of ​​people in front of him.

"I need to talk to the messenger of the Zhang family." He shouted, causing a noise to explode immediately in the room. This was the first time that the guild masters called anyone. What's even more exciting is that earlier today, Yan Xiaobao had already walked past everyone. Is this the time when the family finally meets an elusive young genius?

The messenger of the Zhong family immediately stood out from the queue he stood, bowed his head slightly to the rest of the queue, walked forward, and headed towards the office.

Entering the office, the door closed behind him. The messenger was shocked when he saw that Yan Xiaobao was not in the room, and the only other exit was a window. The messenger was shocked. The idea of ​​the genius leaving the window somehow caused the messenger boy to smile.

"I have called you because of the task you are asking for." Xu Biao began, and the man nodded. Even though he knew about the escort mission, he guided the young heir to his academy.

"Yan Xiaobao and his six-member team have proposed to occupy six positions in this mission," Xu Biao continued with a simple fact, which shocked the young man. There was only one idea in his mind, that is; is this true?

Once Yan Xiaobao decides to perform a mission, he will escort a young master from the city, a huge commotion will occur in the capital. The biggest commotion is that there are still spaces for four mercenaries in the mission. These four locations are highly sought after by mercenaries and family guards.

The family guards did not participate because they were tired of their jobs as guards, and they did not apply because their families were willing to pay huge sums of funds if they managed to perform a mission near Yan Xiaobao.

What is a simple escort mission turned into an upgraded and highly pursued mission that everyone applies.

Applicants have various reasons why they want to join the team. Some want to get close to Yan Xiaobao, while others just want to see and meet this unparalleled genius. Some want to challenge the young genius to test their own abilities, and some even want to assassinate the young white-haired man only.

It was a mission that soon occupied all the conversations in the city, and the Yang family benefited greatly from fame. Family members from all over the city went to visit them; each brought gifts, and some even tried to buy the last four points about the mission.

During the days when the Yang family enjoyed their sudden reputation, Yan Xiaobao and his friends spent all of them in the Mercenary Guild preparing to travel again.

"Do you think we will encounter more assassins?" Deng Wu asked the question that most people were thinking. Although he asked this question, he had guessed the answer and his face was very dark.

Yan Xiaobao nodded and replied, "I think we need to expect the assassins to appear anywhere in these dungeons."

Everyone nodded, with a solemn expression on their faces, as they recalled the days wasted in endless forest fantasies and how Yan Xiaobao pushed himself to the limit and forced him to walk through the fantasy.

Everyone in the room swears they will increase their strength so they don't drag down their friends.

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Looking at the man in front of him, Yan Xiaobao frowned slightly because it was obvious that the Yang family finally gave up purchasing the attraction of the mission. The last four members of the group were obviously not mercenaries who used to live a dirty life in the tunnel, but instead, they were neatly dressed and stood there.

After seeing them once, Yan Xiaobao no longer gave them any attention before looking at the most important people in their group. Young masters who entered the famous academy.

His name is Yang Bai, and he is a young man about twelve years old. On the one hand, he looks like your average teenager looking at Yan Xiaobao with great respect and surprise, but on the other hand, they are a little arrogant when dealing with other people in the group. The only person he seems to show respect and admiration is the white-haired genius.

The mercenaries in this mission are not the only ones, and it seems that the entire city appears at the headquarters of the guild, seeing the entourage’s journey in the next cave.

The salary for participating in this effort was three hundred demon coins, and mercenaries had to deal with their own food. Not many people would have taken so long to get such a short amount of money, but now things are different, and Yan Xiaobao is celebrating the fact that they were paid as they planned to travel anyway.

Everyone gathered, and the mercenaries received half the fee, without any ritual, the entourage began to go to the western tunnel of the Devil's Residence Cave.

Unlike before, the caravan is much more complicated than anything I have ever seen before. Three cars made of black iron were used to transport everyone who helped the young captain. The young master and his personal servant and the butler of the Yang family took the first carriage.

The second person was filled with guards of the Yang family, and the final transportation was to let the mercenaries use the shift schedule.

The job of mercenaries is to ensure that caravans pass through caves and tunnels without any damage, which is much more difficult than one might think.

It was early morning when the group left. On the one hand, Yan Xiaobao walked with his friends, while the other was taken care of by the guards. Although the guards walked straight on their backs and were looking at them, Yan Xiaobao's team was more alert. Their eyes kept flashing from one side to the other, and they observed the slightest movement around them.

This is one of the most obvious differences between mercenaries and guards. Another is that while mercenaries are all wearing robes, the guards wear armor made of shiny reflective materials; their armor, while looking very good, is not very beneficial in combat.

The weapons they choose are also different. The mercenary regiments each have their own weapons and their own expertise, but each guard uses a halberd. Although it has a good target for weapons that require a lot of practice. The guard does not have practice.

In short, Yan Xiaobao did not invest much confidence in the guards because he had confirmed that they would be attacked by bandits, as well as assassins along the way, let alone powerful tribes. Demon beasts, he suspected that these guards could pass.

While the mercenaries felt a slight disdain for the guards walking beside the carriage, they were even more disdainful of the guards inside the second carriage. Being a cultivator is like becoming a warrior, and while it is sometimes nice to relax in the carriage, it becomes a death trap if they are attacked. How do they expect to be able to exit the carriage and save their owner when they are all inside, not to mention knowing what is going on around them.

Sighing, Yan Xiaobao no longer felt confused about the guards, but focused on the road ahead.

Leaving the city was even more nervous than he expected. He knew very well that they were the targets of various assassins and gangsters, and he was sure that even in a city they would not retreat. Therefore, the trip took only about an hour and felt like eternal for Yan Xiaobao and his friends, as they were always on high alert. They tried to observe what was happening around them.

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(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!