The Eternal Saint of Alchemy

The old man said in a calm tone, "My surname is Pei, and I have been traveling in the north for thirty years. If you need someone to conduct a preliminary assessment of the mission, I can take it on."

Brother Cheng came out of the main building and walked to the registration desk, where he overheard their conversation.

He glanced at the old man but did not answer immediately. Instead, he took the worn token, examined the year and number on it carefully, and confirmed that it was indeed a standard token of the Hunter's Guild.

Then he said, "Since Senior Pei is so experienced, I will have Senior Pei serve as an advisor in the assessment for this mission. The Dual Realm Platform will provide corresponding rewards based on the results of each assessment."

The old hunter Pei nodded noncommittally.

That afternoon, he accepted all three tasks on the bounty list, carefully reviewed them, looked at the previous investigation report, and wrote down the difficulty of each task and the manpower required in the registration notebook. One of the notes read: "This is a long process, and it is recommended to proceed in stages."

After reviewing Elder Pei's opinion, Master Cheng incorporated it into the task allocation process.

From now on, the bounty system of the Twin Realms Platform will have an even more powerful challenge.

In the middle of summer, two extremely difficult bounties were placed side by side.

North of Tiezhenji, in a remote village, a group of small spirit beasts constantly interfere with the spirit energy gathering devices on the outskirts of the village. They are numerous and well-organized.

Another incident occurred in the mountainous region between the central part of Aurora Plain and the Silver Plain, where a series of abnormal spiritual energy leaks occurred, and several scattered local exploration teams were injured near the incident sites.

Pei Hunter assessed the two tasks: "three or more people" and "spiritual energy detection equipment." He suggested that, based on the existing personnel configuration of the Dual Realm Platform, the second task should be divided into different sub-tasks, prioritizing the location of the leak source and data collection.

Cheng Xiushi accepted Pei Liehu's suggestion and split the two very difficult bounties into two.

The task of harassing spirit beasts in the remote village of Tiezhenji was led by a cultivator surnamed Song and assigned to three cultivators skilled in close combat.

The task of detecting the leakage of spiritual energy was led by Xiao Fan himself. He used a crimson short staff to detect the source of the leakage. Bai Ye told him that there was a record in the spiritual energy records of the Silver Frost Sword that all the information in this area had been included in the reference list.

The oil spill occurred on a hillside covered with low shrubs deep in the mountains.

When Xiao Fan arrived at the scene, he discovered that the spiritual energy was not emanating from the underground pipes, but from an ancient magical artifact that had been buried underground for a very long time. As time went by, its power was gradually dissipating.

The method of making this ritual implement is quite similar to that of the ancient sects of the Southern Continent, but it differs from previously discovered detectors and transmitters.

He immediately decided to take the item back to the Twin Realms Platform and place it on the bottom floor of the array chamber.

After several days of exposure, the residual spiritual energy on this magical artifact has been diluted to a level that will no longer have any effect on people.

The news was spread by merchants and independent cultivators, and quickly reached the central part of the Silver Plains and Aurora Plains.

Several more settlements inquired with Shuangjietai about the scope and fee of the bounty, and some settlements had even been traveling for more than five days.

The record on the bounty list also exceeded 50 items per order for the first time this summer.

In the month following his takeover of the bounty list, the old hunter Pei organized all the scattered missions that had occurred during that period, and compiled a list of three common threat characteristics in the area along with corresponding solutions, which he then handed over to the person in charge of reviewing the list.

Brother Cheng placed the manual on the inner table in the registration room for the recipient's reference.

At the end of summer, Xiao Fan conducted a comprehensive inspection of Baiye's pipeline network, confirming that all connection points from Shuangjietai to the North Tower were normal.

The "Silver Frost Sword" recorded signs of surface activity around the pipeline in the northern extension section during this inspection. The inspection revealed that the recent pipeline activity mainly originated from the Baituo Ridge bypass route and the Tiezhanji direction. No new long-distance detection signals have been found in the Guzong direction in recent weeks.

As summer was drawing to a close, Tie Feng of Tiefeng Fortress arrived at Shuangjietai.

After meeting Xiao Fan in the main hall, he got straight to the point and stated his purpose: Iron Peak Fortress had discovered an unrecorded underground spiritual cave on the northern edge of the border, and the spiritual energy structure of the cave was highly consistent with the node of the backup network in the southern part of the Twin Realms Platform.

After initially determining the location of the cavity, Tiefengbao believed that it might be related to the pipelines of Shuangjietai, so they came to confirm it.

Looking at the investigation records that Leng Tiefeng brought, Xiao Fan confirmed the location of the hole, which was the unactivated node on the bronze disc.

He immediately agreed, and each side sent one person to form a survey team.

The investigation confirmed that the cavity was indeed connected to a backup interface of the Shuangjie Tainan pipeline network, and that the structure was intact.

After the survey was completed, Xiao Fan and Leng Tiefeng personally confirmed the ownership and usage rights of the cavity. The cavity was part of the Shuangjietai pipeline network and was controlled by Shuangjietai. Tiefengbao could mine around the cavity without affecting the normal operation of the pipeline.

Leng Tiefeng did not hesitate, signed his name, and led his team back to Tiefeng Fort.

That evening, Leng Tiefeng's exploration records were placed in the map box in the main hall of the Twin Realms Platform, coinciding with all the markings on the bronze disc.

That evening, Bai Ye finished reading all the investigation records and finally stopped at the end of the footnote: "Since Ironforge has already sent this discovery, it means they have determined the true value of sharing intelligence with Twin Realms Platform. If something similar happens again in the future, they will do the same."

The sun rises earlier than usual in late summer, and the light in the courtyard gradually diminishes.

In the first week of autumn, Master Cheng submitted a plan for adjusting defenses for the fall.

According to the plan, based on the distribution of summer bounty missions and the last observation of the Southern Ancient Sect, the patrol focus of Shuangjietai was shifted from the area between Beita and Tiezhenji to several nodes at the junction of the central region and the Silver Plain. The patrol frequency outside the Iron Rust Rift collection point was also adjusted from once every two days to once a day.

Xiao Fan approved the adjustment and then had Cheng Xiushi select three teams from those registered on the bounty list to take turns on duty.

At the same time, he also mobilized a batch of mines from Tiezhenji to reinforce the remaining scraps and opened up a simple overnight stop between the collection point and the tower for workers to rest during shift changes.

The woman surnamed Shi asked someone to pass on a message, saying that when the next batch of ore was delivered to Tiezhenji, Tiezhenji had been undergoing repairs and reinforcements until this autumn.

Meanwhile, routine work at the northern end of the ore vein extension zone has also returned to normal.