Global Games: Reporting the Great Ascension Stage at the Start

After chatting with the two alchemy masters for a while, all three shook their heads helplessly.

The gaunt middle-aged man looked somber: "Fellow Daoist Lan probably won't last more than a few days. We need to send a message to her sect in advance."

Zhang Ning turned his head away, unable to bear looking at the dying Lan Shi any longer, his heart filled with sorrow.

The first time she met Lan, she felt an extraordinary sense of closeness to her. After spending the next few months together, she had come to regard Lan as a younger sister.

No one expected things to turn out this way.

"It's all my fault." Zhang Ning was filled with self-blame. "It's all my fault for not being able to protect her during the battle."

Seeing the sect leader so distressed, the girl beside him blinked and said, "It's not entirely hopeless. We can try our best again."

The other two immediately looked at her.

The girl met their gazes and continued, "The three of us have limited abilities and cannot cure Fellow Daoist Lan."

"But there are still quite a few advanced alchemists in the sect and Tan County. We can invite them over to give it a try. In addition, the East Sea Immortal Sect also has two alchemy masters. We can invite them over as well to try our luck. Maybe there will be a turning point."

"That's right." Zhang Ning's expression turned serious, and he nodded. "As long as the person is still alive, there is hope. I will immediately send my disciples to contact the alchemists."

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Meanwhile, on the other side...

After leaving Fangxian Sect, Shen Hua returned directly to Taiping Gate.

But he felt something was off.

Following the trajectory of his previous life, Zhang Ning did not rashly launch a sneak attack on Fangxian Dao. Over the next two months, the three forces of Taipingmen, Fangxian Dao, and Huanglao Dao only had minor skirmishes and did not erupt into large-scale battles.

It wasn't until several months later, when Zhang Jiao, the Great Teacher of Julu, passed away, the Yellow Turban Army suffered a major defeat, and the remnants retreated to Xuzhou, that Zhang Ning officially launched his attack. Through several major battles between sects, he completely drove the other two sects out of Tanxian.

Now, because of my intervention, the timeline has quietly changed and is completely different from the previous life.

However, this did not trigger a divine correction.

"Perhaps as long as the general trend of history is not shaken, the will of Heaven will not forcibly correct itself," Shen Hua thought to himself.

Upon returning to his sect, he began to pay attention to the war missions issued by the sect.

After finishing his cultivation for the day, he went directly to the Hall of Affairs.

As expected, Taipingmen has already sounded the horn of counterattack.

The Hall of Affairs is now bustling with activity.

Normally, you'd only see thirty or forty people when you enter the Hall of Deacons, but now there were over a hundred of them, all looking very excited and calling on more friends to come over via private chat.

Hundreds of brand-new mission plaques were hung on the walls of the hall; they were all put up today.

The disciples cheered with joy: "Oh, it's New Year's!"

"So many more tasks all of a sudden!"

"I glanced at it briefly, and they're all missions to reclaim resource-producing areas outside the city, with exceptionally generous sect contribution points!"

"It seems our Taiping Gate is preparing for a major counterattack!"

A familiar player greeted Shen Hua warmly, "Brother Xia Ye, are you here for a quest too? Want to team up?"

"No need, thank you," Shen Hua said with a smile.

His gaze swept over each of the task plaques, while he recalled the situation of each resource-producing area in his mind, trying to remember which ones contained hidden treasures.

Soon, his gaze fell upon a trivial, insignificant task.

The task rewards are minimal, only three contribution points.

The mission's name was even simpler: [Recapture Linxi Village]

Linxi Village is a small village located only a dozen miles from Tanxian County. It is named after a stream called Luxi that it is near.

Although this place is a resource-producing area, it only provides basic necessities such as food and cloth. The mission reward is only three contribution points, so no disciple in the sect is willing to come.

But Shen Hua accepted the offer and rushed to Linxi Village.

According to the mission description, there is a disciple of Huang Laodao stationed in Linxi Village. This disciple's strength is only at the mid-stage of Qi Refining, not yet at the late stage of Qi Refining.

When Shen Hua arrived, he couldn't even find a trace of the other person; they had long since vanished without a trace. They probably knew Taiping Gate would counterattack and fled beforehand.

However, Shen Hua didn't care, since he wasn't there for those three contributions.

Then, he spent two hours searching most of the village, turning the whole place upside down.

But the sky pays off.

Finally, in the village chief's basement, he found what he was looking for.

This is a bronze statue of an immortal, about ten inches tall. The statue has long ears protruding from its head and wings on its shoulders, holding a jade bottle, symbolizing longevity and ascension to immortality.

Upon seeing the statue, Shen Hua finally smiled: "Finally found it!"

The village chief and several servants followed behind him.

Seeing that he had gotten his wish, they all breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, they didn't have to go through any more trouble!

That little devil just now really disturbed the whole village.

The village chief smiled and said, "Is this the bronze statue that the immortal wants? My youngest son fished it out of the stream many years ago. He thought it was unique, so he kept it. It has been stored in the underground warehouse ever since and is rarely taken out."

"That's exactly why I came here." Shen Hua looked at the village chief. "Sell me this bronze statue."

The village chief quickly waved his hand, looking rather reserved: "I would never dare to talk about business. If you like it, Immortal, just take it. Talking about money would be too formal."

The servants nearby chimed in, "Yes, Immortal Master, please accept it. Consider it a small token of our village's appreciation."

Shen Hua's expression turned serious: "That won't do. Taking things should be paid for; I can't break the rules of Taipingmen. Just name your price."

Seeing his resolute attitude, the village chief could no longer refuse. After thinking for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said, "Then... you can give me three hundred five-zhu coins."

He knew that the market price of such a small bronze statue was between three hundred and eight hundred coins, so he deliberately quoted the lowest price to avoid displeasing the immortal.

Shen Hua smiled and casually tossed a low-grade spirit stone into his arms: "Keep the change."

The village chief caught the item and was stunned when he saw that it was an earth-type spirit stone with a yellowish glow.

Although he had no spiritual root, he knew the market price; a low-grade spirit stone was worth a full ten thousand five-zhu coins!

"This, this is too much, Immortal Master, this is absolutely not allowed!" The village chief was at a loss.

"Take it if I tell you to." Shen Hua glanced at him indifferently, his aura calm and composed, exuding the authority of a superior.

"Alright, alright," the village chief agreed, no longer daring to refuse. But inwardly, he was overjoyed. This immortal was incredibly generous; it was like striking it rich!

Ten thousand coins! Good heavens, a broken bronze statue actually sold for ten thousand coins!

"As the saying goes, 'everyone who sees it gets a share,' so you should distribute some of this money to your subordinates. I'll be leaving now."

"Thank you, Immortal Master!"

"Farewell, Immortal!"

The servants were overjoyed and thanked them repeatedly.

Amid a string of thanks, Shen Hua left the village chief's house.

He mounted his chestnut horse and rode off towards Taiping Gate.