Chapter 532: How Did Sect Master Bai Get Summoned Here?

Tang Ben continued being the number one artifact refiner in the Nine Provinces.

The system’s issued task had also failed, but this didn’t affect the subsequent tasks the system released.

[Task Issued: You displayed magnificent skill at the Nine Provinces Artifact Refining Conference, capturing everyone’s attention. Your artifact refining talent spread throughout the Nine Provinces, and people gradually began calling you the “All-Round Cultivator.” The Blue Family’s Second Young Miss, a refining clan, sought you out as she encountered problems in artifact refining and hopes you can solve them]

[Please help the Blue Family’s Second Young Miss solve her artifact refining difficulties]

[This task is not recommended for abandonment]

[Task rewards: One Red Dust Pure Land peach, one set of Dragon’s Roar Forging Method, one volume of “Sword Casting Techniques”]

At this moment, Ji Zhi had already returned to Great Zhou to consolidate his hard-won Unity Stage cultivation. Jiang Li, leaning sideways, asked Bai Hongtu.

“Are you familiar with the Blue Family artifact refining clan?”

“Somewhat acquainted.” Bai Hongtu pointed at the fourth place winner in the refining competition. “See that fourth place?”

“You mean that female cultivator standing outside the podium, wearing blue clothes, staring longingly at the top three winners?”

“That’s her. The current fourth place, Lan Huan’er, present head of the Blue Family.”

“I heard when she was young, she encountered artifact refining problems nobody could solve. She ran off into the wild mountains by herself, lived like a savage for three years, observing the celestial bodies at night and studying nature, until she finally solved the problems. From then on, she grew steadily, her refining talent surpassing her father’s, eventually becoming the Blue Family head.”

“Don’t think she only got fourth place – that’s because her own cultivation isn’t sufficient, only at Spirit Transformation Stage. Her artifact refining talent is unquestionable. Once she becomes a Unity Stage cultivator, she’ll be enough to compete with Tang Ben.”

“I heard from Tang Ben that he plans to recruit Lan Huan’er into Dao Sect as the next Artifact Refining Peak Master, but Lan Huan’er has been refusing, citing her responsibilities leading the Blue Family.”

As Bai Hongtu spoke, Jiang Li abandoned the task.

Seeing Yu Yin walking over, Jiang Li waved his hand.

“Perfect timing, there’s something we need to discuss.”

“What matter? The thing about you obtaining the coordinates of the myriad worlds from Houtu Huangqi?”

Jiang Li froze. How could she guess that?

“I figured you hadn’t decided how to handle these coordinates yet and needed to discuss it with someone rational, so I came over.” Yu Yin said calmly. She had specifically left the Wishful Gourd on her seat before coming, not bringing it with her.

“What are your thoughts?” Bai Hongtu asked Jiang Li.

“I want to make the coordinates public to all cultivators in the Nine Provinces. Every cultivator can choose to explore unknown worlds.”

“The transportation issue will be handled by Brahma Tower. It can establish twenty fixed transmission channels, but for non-fixed transmission channels, there’s no quantity limit.”

Bai Hongtu pondered: “Making it public isn’t problematic, but we need to raise the threshold for going to unknown worlds. We can’t let just anyone go.”

“Qi Refining Stage cultivators lack experience and sufficient cultivation. Going to unfamiliar foreign worlds where they don’t know the land or people, they could easily encounter danger.”

Yu Yin suggested: “We could set it at Nascent Soul Stage.”

“Indeed, those who can cultivate to Nascent Soul Stage all have some wit. They shouldn’t get scammed to death after going, and if they encounter danger, they can quickly escape.”

“Plus there are extremely many Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, which can improve world exploration efficiency. So we’ll require that teams going to unknown worlds need at least one Nascent Soul Stage leader.”

Don’t think Nascent Soul Stage lacks presence in the Nine Provinces – that’s because the Nine Provinces has too many powerful experts. In ordinary worlds, Nascent Soul Stage belongs to the middle-upper combat tiers, like the martial arts-dominated Huanyu World or the Zombie World.

The cultivators’ mission in other worlds is exploration, not combat. Having basic combat capability assurance is sufficient.

“If they encounter danger, they can use my statues to protect themselves. If that still doesn’t work, have them summon Unity Stage cultivators. Before each team departs, equip them with three Unity Stage Summoning Talismans, one Tribulation Transcendence Stage Summoning Talisman, and one talisman to summon me.”

Bai Hongtu worried that cultivators might summon them for difficulties that Unity Stage could handle: “We also need to instruct them not to summon us for everything. Otherwise we’ll be waiting to be summoned every day without accomplishing anything.”

As the three discussed the details, suddenly Bai Hongtu’s figure began fading.

“Someone’s summoning me.” Bai Hongtu said excitedly. It must be an exploration team in another world encountering major trouble requiring his intervention.

“See? When it comes to critical moments, I’m the useful one.”

Bai Hongtu gave Jiang Li a challenging look, left these words, and disappeared.

……

“How did we summon Sect Master Bai?”

Two thousand meters underground, within a massive steel structure, various pipes and electrical wires intertwined in a configuration only the original designers could understand.

Several Spirit Herb Sect junior cultivators frantically held the summoning talismans.

They had originally intended to summon Jiang Li, but in their panic, they grabbed Bai Hongtu’s summoning talisman.

These junior cultivators had separated from the Spirit Herb Sect Master to explore the world. Using spells, they had stealthily bypassed security and passed through layer after layer of checkpoints, but unfortunately accidentally triggered the alarm system.

Nine twenty-meter-tall metal robot statues detected the visitors and activated elimination mode. Their eyes glowed red as they looked at the uninvited guests, charging up to fire.

The robots simultaneously spoke in emotionless voices: “No passage information detected. Those who trespass here shall die.”

The junior cultivators couldn’t discern what level of power these robots possessed – Unity Stage or Tribulation Transcendence Stage – regardless, none were opponents they could handle. The Sect Master and Great Scholar’s Manuscript were who-knows-how-many-thousands-of-miles away, impossible to save them.

Several hundred-thousand-degree high-temperature rays shot from the robots’ eyes. With their small physiques, even grazing the edge would mean death – no spiritual elixir or miraculous medicine could save them.

“Human Sovereign Jiang protect us, Human Sovereign Jiang save us!”

“Haha, it’s not Human Sovereign Jiang protecting you, it’s the great Human Sovereign Bai coming to your rescue!” Bai Hongtu appeared, casually blocking the high-temperature rays.

A mere hundred thousand degrees couldn’t even singe his hair.

“No, Human Sovereign Jiang is still useful.” Jiang Li’s voice appeared behind Bai Hongtu, making him jump.

Had he said something he shouldn’t have that Jiang Li heard?

After summoning the wrong person, the junior cultivators promptly corrected themselves and summoned Jiang Li too.

The nine robots scanned Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu’s bodies, finding only blank whiteness, unable to analyze either of them.

The robots lacked reason and didn’t know how powerful Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu were. Their mission was to guard the forbidden area – anyone coming here without permission must die!

The robots’ arms transformed into cannon barrels, releasing tactical nuclear warheads. If these exploded, these junior cultivators wouldn’t survive. Bai Hongtu lightly pointed, turning the nuclear warheads into gold, unable to detonate.

Dao technique – Turning Stone to Gold.

The robots released poisonous gas that would kill anyone with just one breath.

Jiang Li gently blew, exhaling a breath of cold air that froze the poison gas into solid form, dropping to the ground with a cracking sound before shattering into small ice fragments.

The nine robots had different attack methods. Any living being on this planet encountering them would meet certain death.

Unfortunately, their opponents came from another world.

“These robots have pretty good material quality – can brawl with Unity Stage physical combat, and their skills are passable.”

Bai Hongtu strode forward, letting the attacks land on him without feeling any pain or itch. He pointed at a robot’s calf, and the entire robot turned to gold.

Jiang Li also took a step, overwhelming pressure crushing the robots to the ground.

Seeing the robots still trying to resist, he casually waved his hand, cutting off the robots’ energy source and completely depriving them of mobility.

Jiang Li turned his head, smiling warmly at the junior cultivators as he kindly asked: “Could you tell us what you’ve encountered in this world?”

The junior cultivators nodded vigorously.