Mortals: Take Mo Juren at the start

"I cannot reveal these secrets. As for other information, there's not much to it, just the emergence of a large number of treasures and the struggle among various forces. However, the process was too brutal, with countless deaths and injuries on all sides. The survivors are unwilling to actively publicize it, and the higher-ups have deliberately suppressed it, so not much news has been leaked..."

After the Phoenix Feather Fairy's explanation, Mo Juren gained some understanding of the secret realm. As for the deeper secrets, he had no idea.

"By the way, there's something else I need your help with, senior. May I ask..."

"Just say what you want to say. Hesitating like this isn't like you..."

"In that case, I apologize for any offense." Mo Juren nodded and, without further hesitation, immediately explained.
"The matter is like this: due to my own cultivation needs, I require the blood of some top-tier demonic beasts, those at the Void Refinement realm or above, and the higher their potential, the better, so..."

"The blood of a top-tier demon beast? And it has to be above the Void Refinement stage. You wouldn't be talking about Crimson Flame, would you?" Fairy Phoenix Feather was incredibly intelligent and instantly understood what the other party meant.

For demons, the importance of essence blood is self-evident. It involves their very foundation and cannot be lost casually. Firstly, it would lead to the loss of their origin, and secondly, if it falls into the hands of someone with ulterior motives, it could become a tool used against their true form.

Especially for spell-based attacks, blood is the best medium, and she knows those insidious methods all too well.

"Don't worry, senior. I don't need much blood, just a little bit, and I guarantee it won't leak out." Mo Juren naturally understood the other party's concerns and quickly reminded him again.

"I see!" Upon hearing that it was only a small amount and would not leak out, Fairy Fengyu felt relieved. Crimson Flame was a mid-stage Void Refinement demon beast, so the loss of a small amount of blood would not have a significant impact.

As for Mo Juren, she trusted him completely. Since he had promised not to leak the information, there was no major problem.

Thinking of this, she no longer hesitated and immediately summoned Crimson Flame.

However, upon seeing Chi Yan, Mo Juren was slightly surprised. At this moment, the other party's aura was somewhat weak, and he clearly looked listless.

"It's injured too?" Mo Juren realized instantly and quickly asked.

"In the previous battle with that alien powerhouse, Chi Yan contributed a lot and also took some attacks, so it was inevitable that he was injured." Fairy Feng Yu did not hide anything and immediately nodded with a concerned expression.

Upon hearing the explanation, Mo Juren fell into deep thought. After a moment's thought, he suddenly asked,

"The Crimson Flame is a fire-attribute spirit bird, and it possesses a trace of the bloodline of the legendary Three-Legged Golden Crow. If it could be replenished with the spiritual fire of heaven and earth, would it help its injuries recover?"

"Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire?" Fairy Fengyu paused for a moment, then shook her head slightly.
"I forgot, you seem to possess the legendary 'Dry Blue Ice Flame'. This flame is indeed excellent, but it is extremely cold in nature. It will not only not help Chi Yan, but will even worsen his injuries."

"You are unaware of this, but I possess more than just the Azure Ice Flame." Mo Juren smiled, then slowly raised his palm. With a slight thought, a purple fire dragon appeared.

The fire dragon was only a few inches long, its body enveloped in purple flames, which also contained traces of lightning.

At the same time, an extreme heat wave emanated from Mo Juren and spread outwards in all directions, causing the temperature in the entire hall to rise rapidly.

Upon seeing this, Fairy Phoenix Feather's eyes flashed with surprise, while Crimson Flame, standing on her shoulder, shone brightly, her previous listless appearance completely gone.
"What... what kind of spiritual flame is this?" Fairy Phoenix Feather was somewhat puzzled. Purple flames containing lightning attributes were something she didn't really recognize.

"This is the Purple Extreme Thunder Flame, a special flame born by chance from the Purple Extreme Divine Thunder. What do you think?"

Mo Juren naturally possessed even better Vermilion Bird Divine Fire, but that thing was too precious, and he naturally did not want it to suffer any damage.

Although the Purple Extreme Thunder Flame is also quite valuable, it is still far inferior to the former. Even if some of its essence is lost, it doesn't matter. It can be made up for when we return to the Heavenly Fiend Valley Secret Realm in the future.

"It's actually a flame born from lightning! To find something so rare, your luck is truly enviable," Fairy Phoenix Feather exclaimed in admiration, but then changed the subject.

"This flame is indeed capable. Although it contains lightning attributes, it doesn't have a significant impact. However, it is extremely precious and has immense cultivation value. It would be a bit unworthy to lose a wisp of its essence just to save the Crimson Flame."

Moreover, I am aware of Crimson Flame's condition. Even without the replenishment of Purple Extreme Thunder Flame, it will eventually recover to its original state given enough time.

In short, I appreciate your kindness, but let's put the flame away.

"Compared to the great favors you have done for me in the past, what is this mere wisp of Purple Extreme Thunder Flame? Besides, I cannot let the already injured Crimson Flame lose its essence and blood in vain. Consider this wisp of spiritual flame as compensation." Mo Juren shook his head slightly and said solemnly.

These were his heartfelt words. Over the years, he had received kindness from the other party more than once, and he had long wanted to repay it, but he had never been able to find a suitable opportunity.

This is equivalent to cause and effect; if it is not resolved, it will hinder future spiritual practice.

Without waiting for the other party to refuse again, he immediately conveyed his meaning to the Purple Thunder Flame, which almost went berserk after hearing it.

It's utterly unreasonable that I was asked to part with a wisp of my own flame essence. Why should I?
Do you know how important the origin is to the spirit flame? If even a wisp of it is separated, its own cultivation level will also decrease.

The Purple Extreme Thunderflame was inherently sentient and thus had its own thoughts. However, after a moment, it ultimately chose to compromise, splitting off a wisp of its own flame. Mo Juren did not hesitate and directly sent that wisp of flame to the other party.

"Is this enough for you?"

"You!"

Phoenix Feather Fairy sighed. Seeing that the other party had made up their mind, she couldn't refuse any longer and chose to accept.

Upon receiving her signal, the little bird-shaped Crimson Flame on her shoulder was overjoyed and immediately opened its mouth wide, swallowing the wisp of flame in an instant.

The flame flew straight into the air, its entire body instantly enveloped in raging flames.

The flames were entirely crimson, the very source of the demonic flames within the Crimson Flame's body. They flickered unpredictably, and at the same time, the Crimson Flame emitted faint groans, appearing to be in extreme pain.

"Is...is it alright?" Mo Juren asked with some concern, but Fairy Phoenix Feather shook her head slightly.

"It's just a wisp of spiritual flame, not enough to threaten the Crimson Flame. However, it's not an ordinary fire after all, as it also contains a trace of lightning attribute. To completely absorb it for one's own use, one still needs to pay a price."

"It's good that you're alright." Hearing the other party's reply, Mo Juren finally felt relieved. Seeing that the conversation wouldn't end anytime soon, he changed the subject and inquired about the other important matter that had brought him here.
"By the way, senior, you made a promise with me that I would come to visit you in ten years, saying that you needed my help. What exactly happened? Also, I came out of seclusion a little late, delayed by three years. Will that have any impact?"

"You mean that matter..." Fairy Fengyu chuckled.
"Originally, there was a small matter that I needed your help with, to be precise, it was about those two people in your cave. However, I met an old friend over the years, and the matter has been resolved."

"Ah!" Upon hearing this, Mo Juren was stunned and finally understood everything.

So it turns out they were planning to ask the Cave Heaven Rat King and Xuanjin Sanren for help. I was just a middleman. Thinking about it, that makes sense. What could a junior in the Nascent Soul stage possibly do to help them?

Now that the matter was resolved, he naturally wouldn't ask any further questions, and immediately replied with a smile,

"In that case, congratulations, senior."

"Don't rush to congratulate me. That matter has indeed been resolved, but there is another matter at hand. I wonder if you are interested?" Fairy Fengyu smiled slightly.

"Something else?" Mo Juren asked quickly, slightly surprised.

"Please enlighten me, senior?"

"Here's the thing, I plan to forge a treasure, so I need a lot of rare materials. Some of them I have already bought from the Tianyuan City secret vault and the market, but there are still some special ones that are hard to gather."

Fortunately, I had just obtained information about these materials not long ago, and they were located deep in the wilderness. I originally planned to go directly to the Radiant Hall to issue the mission.

However, if you or your team are interested, you can accept the task directly. Firstly, it fulfills your duty as a Tianyuan Guard, and secondly, you'll receive a substantial amount of merit upon completion.

"I see." Mo Juren immediately understood what the other party meant. As one of the ten elders of Tianyuan City, the other party naturally had the qualification to issue tasks so that the Tianyuan Guard teams below could accept them and receive rewards upon completion.

This is the normal procedure, but if he is interested, he can directly accept the mission on behalf of Squad 17.

Furthermore, judging from the other party's words, this task should not be difficult, but the reward is exceptionally generous.

Clearly, the other party did this on purpose, actively increasing the number of achievements.

This is not surprising. Given the other party's status, the merit points they possess must be unimaginable, so it would be simple to share some as a reward.

Speaking of which, Team A17 hasn't gone on a mission in a long time, especially the last one, the Wilderness Secret Realm, which they didn't participate in because of Fairy Phoenix Feather.

This ultimately broke the rules, and now it is indeed necessary to go out to avoid giving others cause for criticism.

Besides the rewards for completing the mission, he wasn't interested in anything else. However, he did need the merit points, since they were real hard currency that could not only be used to exchange for items in the Radiant Hall, but also for other purposes.

That being said, given the relationship between the two, if he needed merit points to exchange for something, it wouldn't be a problem to simply ask the other party to exchange some for him.

But after much thought, he finally gave up the idea.

Firstly, I have no way to repay this favor, so I can only continue to owe it to others.

Secondly, doing so would ultimately break the rules. Although it wouldn't be a big deal given the other party's status, he still didn't want to do it unless absolutely necessary. (End of Chapter)