"Ye Lin, are you in there? Open the door."
Just as he arrived in the courtyard, Ye Lin heard someone shouting loudly at his door.
After opening the barrier with his token, he saw Meng Yiran standing at the entrance, her eyes fixed on Ye Lin.
"Senior Sister Meng, please come in, please come in."
Looking at Meng Yiran before him, Ye Lin was full of surprise.
Why was Meng Yiran looking for him?
"That's more like it. I called you so many times just now, and you ignored me. What were you doing alone?"
Meng Yiran walked in, hands behind her back, step by step, into Ye Lin's residence.
"Senior Sister, what brings you here?"
Ye Lin followed behind Meng Yiran, slowly entered the room, and began to brew tea with the teacups on the table.
"What? Can't I look for you if there's nothing wrong?"
Meng Yiran plopped down on a nearby stool, resting her hands on the table and speaking casually.
"Of course you can."
Upon hearing Meng Yiran's reply, Ye Lin was first stunned, then gave a slight smile.
"I was just teasing you. Of course, I have something important to discuss with you."
Seeing Ye Lin's reaction, Meng Yiran let out a chuckle.
Then, she took out a scroll from her bosom and slowly unrolled it.
"I'm here because I want to invite you to complete a mission with me. Of course, you won't be going for nothing."
"After it's done, I'll give you a Profound Rank Middle Grade treasure as compensation. How about it?"
Listening to Meng Yiran's explanation, Ye Lin, who was pouring tea, paused.
He raised his eyes and looked at Meng Yiran in surprise.
Just helping to complete a mission would earn him a Profound Rank Middle Grade treasure. How generous must the mission reward be?
Thinking about it differently, how difficult must this mission be?
Profound Rank treasures were not common goods; any single Profound Rank treasure brought out could cause Golden Core Stage experts to fight over it.
"Senior Sister, if merely helping you complete a mission earns a Profound Rank treasure, then this mission must not be simple."
"Please tell me the mission details, so I can consider it."
After finishing pouring the tea, Ye Lin sat down beside Meng Yiran and asked.
"The mission content is very simple. Ten thousand li away, there's a mountain, and that mountain is the territory of poisonous bees. I need you to lure away all the poisonous bees on the mountain, and then I'll go steal their honey."
"This process might be a bit dangerous, but there's no life-threatening risk."
After Meng Yiran finished speaking, she looked at Ye Lin with her eyes.
To be honest, she was still a bit nervous, hoping that Ye Lin didn't know the exact situation of Poisonous Bee Mountain.
On Poisonous Bee Mountain, there lived poisonous bees the size of a human head. These poisonous bees carried potent venom; a single sting could kill a Foundation Establishment Stage expert on the spot.
As for Golden Core Stage experts, they would experience unbearable itching all over their bodies and develop large blisters, which no Medicinal Pill could suppress. This condition would last for a month.
Luring away all the poisonous bees on the mountain was easy, but guaranteeing not to be stung even once was something even a Nascent Soul Stage expert wouldn't dare claim.
The stingers of those poisonous bees were very special; they could penetrate the defenses of Nascent Soul Stage experts.
Moreover, these poisonous bees were not allowed to be killed. The honey they produced had infinite uses and was one of the main ingredients for refining Face-Retaining Pills.
Therefore, for this mission, anyone who knew the details, even if offered an Earth Rank High-Grade treasure, would refuse.
Being stung, for a month, would simply be torture.
Nascent Soul Stage experts could suppress the bee venom, but such experts couldn't be hired.
As for the Golden Core Stage, no one dared to go.
"Senior Sister, if this mission truly has no life-threatening danger, then offering a Profound Rank Middle Grade treasure might not be as simple as it sounds."
Ye Lin looked at Meng Yiran's expectant eyes, still feeling somewhat uncertain in his heart.
What exactly was this Senior Sister planning?
"Junior Brother, don't worry. Senior Sister guarantees you, there's absolutely no life-threatening danger."
"And even if those poisonous bees sting you, your life won't be in danger. Besides, most of those poisonous bees are at the Qi Training Stage or Foundation Establishment Stage."
"Can't you, a Core Formation Stage Middle Stage expert, handle a swarm of Qi Training Stage and Foundation Establishment Stage poisonous bees?"
"How about this, I'll add ten Face-Retaining Pills. How does that sound?"
Seeing Ye Lin unmoved, Meng Yiran gritted her teeth and said.
"Face-Retaining Pills? These things aren't very useful to me."
Seeing Meng Yiran so eager, Ye Lin increasingly felt that this matter was not simple.
There was a trap, a big trap.
"Face-Retaining Pills, when taken to the outside world, one pill alone can sell for the exorbitant price of ten Mid-Grade Spirit Stones."
"Although Cultivators can maintain eternal youth once they reach the Golden Core Stage, female Cultivators at the Foundation Establishment Stage cannot! Face-Retaining Pills are fatal for them."
"As long as Junior Brother knows how to operate, these ten Face-Retaining Pills are guaranteed to sell for at least one hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones."
"Junior Brother, please consider carefully. As long as you help me draw out the bee swarm for half an hour, you can get a Profound Rank Middle Grade treasure and ten Face-Retaining Pills. I'll even add ten Mid-Grade Spirit Stones. How about it?"
Seeing Ye Lin still deep in thought, Meng Yiran gritted her teeth and said.
If she hadn't been unable to find anyone else to fool, she would never have paid such a high price.
As for going alone, forget it. A sky full of bee swarms, just thinking about it was terrifying.
What if she got stung? As a girl, how could she face anyone?
Although there were treasures that could mask one's aura, she couldn't afford to rent a treasure that could mask the aura of a Golden Core Stage expert.
"Since that's the case, then I agree to the time. Just half an hour, no more."
Upon hearing Meng Yiran's conditions, even Ye Lin couldn't help but feel a little tempted.
And what tempted him the most was that Profound Rank Middle Grade treasure.
He happened to be lacking Profound Rank treasures at the moment.
Just holding off the bee swarm for half an hour, he accepted this mission.
"Good, Junior Brother is straightforward. To ensure Junior Brother fully trusts me, I'll pay the reward first."
Seeing Ye Lin agree, Meng Yiran smiled broadly, having successfully tricked him.
She was making a huge profit this time.
Due to the special nature of the mission, no Disciple had been willing to accept it.
This had led to the mission's reward continuously accumulating. Nascent Soul Stage experts were unwilling to act, and the Nascent Soul Stage Disciples in the Outer Sect were all accumulating their foundations, preparing to challenge the Inner Sect assessment. Compared to becoming an Inner Sect Disciple, a small mission was purely a waste of time. Golden Core Stage experts, on the other hand, dared not act.
If there were too many people, the reward would be less. If there were too few people, the chance of being stung was very high.
So, no one had been willing to accept it, leading to the reward accumulating to a terrifying level by now.
Even after deducting the reward paid to Ye Lin, she would still make a huge profit, and she wouldn't have to bear the risk herself.
Now, the more she looked at this Junior Brother, the more pleasing he became to her eyes.
Truly excellent.
"Junior Brother, this is a Profound Rank Middle Grade treasure, the Withered Wood Branch. It is a main branch from an Earth Rank spiritual tree, incredibly precious."
"These are ten Mid-Grade Spirit Stones. As for the Face-Retaining Pills, I will pay them once the mission is complete."
Looking at the resources on the table, Ye Lin waved his hand and stored them into his space ring.
"Alright, let's go, Senior Sister."
"Okay."
Seeing Ye Lin so decisive, Meng Yiran smiled and nodded.
Then, she and Ye Lin walked out of the residence side by side.
The distance of ten thousand li, they only flew for ten minutes, and had already reached their destination.
"Look, Junior Brother, that's Poisonous Bee Mountain ahead."
Following Meng Yiran's pointing finger, Ye Lin couldn't help but shiver all over.
The appearance of Poisonous Bee Mountain was simply terrifying.