The Eternal Saint of Alchemy

The report details the Ice Spine Wolf's size and includes two spiritual tracking records, as well as a patrol route covering several miles.

After reading the report, Master Cheng listed it as the second phase of the bounty and wrote down the corresponding tasks on the bulletin board, including the patrol area, team requirements, and preliminary plans.

The mission to hunt Iceback Wolves was received by the registered monks that very evening.

As these tasks were released, the number of records on the bounty list also increased.

With the expansion of its scope and the diversification of its mission levels, the bounty system of the Twin Realms Platform has formed a relatively stable operating pattern in the central part of the Aurora Plains and the surrounding areas of the Silver Plains.

On the second afternoon of winter, Xiao Fan glanced at the list. He had already reached the third position on the list, which listed tasks such as helping to collect spiritual materials, find relief supplies, and clear roads.

He glanced at it and then returned to the array room.

Only three people accepted the "Ice Spine Wolf" quest.

Four days later, the group returned to the Twin Realms Platform and placed an Ice Spine Wolf fang at the entrance of the main hall, thus completing their mission.

The fangs were much larger than the report stated, and the bases were grayish-white. The remaining spiritual energy also indicated that the spirit beast was in its prime, not in a weakened state.

Inside the main hall, the cultivator surnamed Song was reviewing the detailed intelligence presented by the three individuals.

The report documented the entire operation: they set up a spiritually triggered marker on the nighttime activity route of the Ice Spine wolves outside the village to determine the nighttime patrol route of the Ice Spine wolf pack, and based on this, they delineated a warning area with a clear direction.

The entire team laid a tight net along this line.

After confirming the completion of the mission, Master Cheng paid the reward according to the standard procedure, and also gave Ning Yao the spiritual energy components of the fangs and the activity characteristics of the Ice Spine Wolf, so that it could be used as a reference for similar missions in the future.

Just three days after the Ice Ridge Wolf operation ended, a settlement on the edge of the Silver Plains sent a letter of thanks and some locally produced cold-resistant spiritual materials.

The messenger stood at the entrance to the city wall, watching the array flags on the Twin Realms Platform wall function normally. He then looked at the new content on the wanted poster and said, "The nearby villages heard that there is a specialized organization here that can handle this matter, so they sent me with the new bounty."

As winter approached, messengers from Baituo Ridge appeared again outside Shuangjietai.

This time, the messenger's message was shorter than ever before: the Southern Continent Ancient Sect branch had discovered a small stronghold near the Silver Plains. Although small in scale, the personnel were rotated regularly.

When the caravan from White Camel Ridge passed through this area, they discovered that there were similar markers in the valley. The spiritual energy fluctuations here were mostly low-frequency, and occasionally a short-range communication channel would be activated for a period of time.

Xiao Fan compared this intelligence report with the abandoned instruments in the array room and confirmed that the coordinates on White Camel Ridge matched the coordinates on the instruments by more than 80%.

On the same day, Bai Ye arrived at the array room. After reading the report, the Silver Frost Sword automatically recorded the coordinates of the stronghold and compared them with the information in the old archives. The conclusion was consistent.

Despite the continuous heavy snowfall, Shuangjietai remained in stable operation throughout the winter night.

Inside the array room, the crimson short staff had been on standby since the night the news was received, and the array flags on the wall emitted a faint glow under the white snow.

In the main hall, the unresolved bounty notices were arranged under the lamp, and Master Cheng marked one of them.

After discussing it with Bai Ye and Cheng Xiushi, Xiao Fan decided to postpone their trip to the edge of the Silver Plains.

The news from White Camel Ridge has confirmed the basic situation of the base. In the time to come, continuing to observe and wait for intelligence is undoubtedly the most effective option.

After the three assigned their tasks, they left. The Earth Core Golden Mane Beast lay in the shadows at the entrance of the array room, its pale golden mane reflecting a warm light on the snow.

As the New Year approaches, the pace of life inside and outside Shuangjietai has noticeably accelerated.

In the last month before winter, all the major powers sent New Year's letters. Qinglu Manor sent New Year's gifts: one was the dried and cold spiritual herb, a specialty of the northeast of Aurora Plain, and the other was the latest patrol route map.

Tie Fengbao sent him a letter and a sample, along with an explanation that one of the routes in Tie Fengbao's exploration plan after the New Year would overlap with the patrol area of ​​Shuangjie Taipei Tower. By determining the time of the route overlap in advance, the trip could be better arranged.

One-Eyed from the Crimson Iron Gang sent a box of secondary refined spiritual material powder from the Rust Rift, along with a note stating that the next quarter's share would be distributed in advance based on the transportation time.

A week before the New Year, a messenger from White Camel Ridge delivered the last report of the winter, which read: "White Camel Ridge will be conducting a large-scale transport operation on the Silver Plains after the spring. If Shuangjietai has anything to send there, please inform us in advance."

On New Year's Eve, Bai Ye came to Shuangjietai and had New Year's Eve dinner with Xiao Fan and Cheng Xiushi.

A raging fire burned in the main hall, turning the ground a fiery red.

When Ning Yao returned from the Iron Rust Rift Valley, she brought a bag of dried moss, a local specialty, which she spread in a corner of the main hall to make the air in the room drier and warmer.

The meal was simple, but the portions were generous. The clatter of bowls and chopsticks and the occasional chatter filled half the room.

The Golden-Maned Lion from the Earth's Core lay at the entrance of the magic room, its mane shimmering faintly in the warm sunlight.

Xiao Fan sat in the chair, listening to the occasional words from the cultivator Cheng, then looked at the glow of the array flags outside the window, and then at the gradually darkening sky, before placing the teacup on the table.

In the first week after the start of spring, news came from Baituo Ridge, along with detailed observation records.

The diary records the personnel rotation and frequency of entry and exit at the Southern Continent Ancient Sect stronghold on the edge of the Silver Plains. One important piece of information is that around the Spring Equinox, the spiritual energy output of the stronghold increased significantly, several times the intensity of a normal camp, seemingly in preparation for a major mission.

Xiao Fan compared the observation log with the recent records from the array room and found that on the day the record was made, an abnormal fluctuation of spiritual energy appeared in the entire projection area of ​​the White Tower Domain.

This fluctuation only lasted for a very short period of time, and it was difficult to detect without careful observation.

But even this barely perceptible fluctuation indicates that the Ancient Sect has the ability to detect the backup network of the Twin Realms Platform from a great distance.