The original repairer

Shi Chen went to the Military Merit Hall to collect the military merits for this military mission. Together with the military merits for killing the sea monster, his total merits were 5,300. The accumulated military merits had exceeded 50,000, and he was eligible to exchange for the recipe of the Golden Yuan Pill. However, his current military merits were not 50,000, but only more than 45,300, and he was still short of 4,700.

In eight days, Shi Chen refined all the spiritual medicines given by the team into pills, including sixty-two batches of pills for cultivation, twenty-seven batches of pills for healing, and thirteen batches of pills for recovery.

He took out 740 medium and low-grade pills and gave them to Liang Ruyan to distribute, while he took more than 400 medium-grade and above pills for himself.

On the tenth day, Liang Ruyan returned to take over military affairs.

His brows were half-frozen and his face was cold.

"The governor assigned military tasks today. The mission of our third team is to conduct scouting within the area of 1,500 to 2,000 miles southeast of Dagu Fairy City." Liang Ruyan said calmly to the team members.

"This time the depth is several thousand miles. Considering the distance between our two cities is five or six thousand miles, we have to travel more than four thousand miles. How long will this military mission take?" Zhang Hao said.

"Four months, two months for round trip, and two months for the mission. We can't alert the enemy this time. Everything is based on concealment. We need to spy on the Siren's military strength and movements. Moreover, this mission cannot be exposed and attract the Siren's attention." Liang Ruyan said.

"If that's the requirement, shouldn't Zhang Hao and Shi Chen, the cultivators who are better at hiding, go? If we act together, the possibility of being exposed will increase." Zeng Tieniu said.

Liang Ruyan looked at Zeng Tieniu and said, "Those skilled in concealment are indeed the best scouts. We must also ensure their safety and provide support when they retreat. This mission does not require the participation of all members of the team."

"What is the minimum number of people required to participate in the mission?" Tuwu asked.

"There is no specified number of people. As long as the mission is completed, it's fine even if you go alone. As long as you can get the information required by the mission." Liang Ruyan said.

"What is needed this time is a covert operation. I can't be of much help to the mission. If possible, I would like to stay in Duhaixian City to practice. It will take one or two months to reach the ninth level of foundation building." Zeng Tieniu said with some shame.

"I also want to stay in the Immortal City to practice. After a few months of practice, I can reach the late stage of foundation building." Zhao Fang looked at the captain and said guiltily.

"I know that you are indeed not of much help in this mission. It is just me, Zhang Hao, and Shi Chen who will go on this mission. The mission will last about four months. When we complete the mission and come back, we will report the mission in the name of the team. Each of you will get 5,000 military merits. Half of the merits you get will be divided among the three of us." Liang Ruyan said to everyone.

"I agree." Fatty Yu said.

"I agree." Zhao Fang said.

"I agree." Zeng Tieniu and Tu Wu also responded.

After setting off the next day, Liang Ruyan took out twenty talismans, ten first-level concealment talismans and ten first-level breath-suppressing talismans.

"This is the talisman Zhao Fang gave me this morning. With these talismans, we can complete this mission more easily." After saying that, Liang Ruyan divided the talisman into two parts and handed them to Shi Chen and Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao took the talisman and saw that Shi Chen did not extend his hand, so he looked at him with some confusion.

"You also know that I can draw some talismans. I have both of these talismans. Captain, you collect two talismans each and give them all to Zhang Hao." Shi Chen said with a smile.

Liang Ruyan looked into Shi Chen's eyes and saw his sincerity. She put away four talismans and handed the remaining six to Zhang Hao.

There were few sea sirens within an 800-mile radius of Duhaixian City. The three of them flew in a flying boat for four days before they began to encounter scattered sea sirens, some of whom were sea sirens in the Qi Refining Stage.

Their mission this time was to conduct covert reconnaissance, and they couldn't advance by simply eliminating the sirens as they had done the previous time. If they encountered low-level sirens from a distance, they would bypass them. If they discovered a Foundation Establishment Stage sirens leading dozens or even hundreds of them, the three of them would also bypass the sirens and advance in a circuitous manner.

They were secretly sneaking around for twenty-three days, and several times they were discovered by a sea monster in the late stage of foundation building. The monster attacked with hundreds of sea monsters under their command, and the three of them had to turn around and retreat.

After the group of sea monsters had chased them for dozens or hundreds of miles, they still continued to pursue them. The three of them then found a place to set up a formation to destroy or severely injure the pursuing sea monsters.

As they got further away from Duhaixian City, the three of them had to become more secretive in their movements.

Dagu Fairy City has been under siege for half a year, but the sea monsters have not launched a general attack to capture the fairy city.

Things are a bit strange. The upper echelons of the human race have not organized well to support the besieged fairy city. It seems that the big guys have allowed the sea people to wreak havoc on mortals.

From the battle reports of the past ten days, Shi Chen estimated that there were over 200,000 sea monsters besieging Dagu Immortal City, while there were less than 30,000 cultivators in Dagu Immortal City.

The fairy city formation is a fifth-grade defense formation and three fourth-grade attack formations. Under normal circumstances, as long as the siren concentrates 400,000 siren troops and attacks a besieged fairy city with all their strength, without support, the fairy city will be breached in about ten days.

Now, the three fairy cities have been under siege for half a year. The mermaid clan seems to be waiting for something, or looking for an opportunity.

Shi Chen couldn't guess the Sirens' purpose. Even if he knew, given his current position, the news could only reach the commander of the reconnaissance camp at most. He had no idea whether they would believe it or not.

On the 28th day of the journey, the three of them had not taken a flying boat for many days. Shi Chen originally wanted to find a hidden place 3,500 to 3,600 miles away from Duhaixian City, set up a concealment and maze array, and let Liang Ruyan wait for him and Zhang Hao inside. Liang Ruyan did not agree. The reason was simple. This place was too far from the mission location. If something went wrong, they would not be able to be picked up.

The three of them advanced another three hundred miles.

Zhang Hao and Shi Chen worked out a reconnaissance plan and first arranged a hiding place for the captain. The two of them would scout separately, one in charge of the northeast and the other in charge of the northwest.

About 130 miles away from the reconnaissance mission area, we found a mountain peak of 60 to 70 feet. In the middle of the mountain there was a cave with three entrances and exits. The cave extended into the ground along the mountain and led to an underground waterway.

The underground waterways are interconnected, and there are seven or eight spring outlets within a radius of dozens of miles. This is a very good hiding place. As long as the formation is set up well, even if you are surrounded, you can escape quickly and escape for dozens of miles along the underground waterways.

Shi Chen set up a formation at the entrance of one of the caves, which was less than ten feet in size, to conceal, confuse, banish gods, and defend.

There are four first-level formations. Without careful exploration, it is difficult for those with cultivation below the late Jindan stage to discover the formation barriers.

Before leaving, Shi Chen still gave Liang Ruyan ten talismans. The two second-level talismans were the Light Thunder Talisman and the Turtle Rock Talisman, one for attack and one for defense. The remaining eight were mainly escape talismans, namely wind escape, water escape, earth escape, and golden light escape.

"If there is no news from the two of us after fifty days, you can go back directly without waiting for support." Shi Chen said to Liang Ruyan before leaving the cave.

"If this place is not discovered, I will wait until the mission time is over. I hope you can return safely." Liang Ruyan said softly.