Han Li waved his hand and opened the cave gate. Meng Yungui stood outside, accompanied by a middle-aged man with a square face wearing the attire of an inner sect elder, none other than Qi Liang.

"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Li, hope I'm not disturbing you." Qi Liang said with a gentle smile.

"Brother Qi, what brings you here today? Please, come in." Han Li quickly invited him in, instructing Meng Yungui to prepare tea.

Qi Liang was also from a scattered cultivator background, and he had guided Han Li into the Candle Dragon Dao. Over the years, the two had interacted quite a bit, but this was the first time Qi Liang had visited Han Li's cave.

"After knowing Elder Li for so many years, I've only now discovered that you are a dedicated cultivator. But these mere ten servants, they do manage the cave residence in an orderly fashion.” Qi Liang followed Han Li's invitation, stepped into the cave, and glanced around casually, nodding slightly.

"Hehe, my cave is simple and crude, I'm afraid Brother Qi will laugh at it." Han Li chuckled.

His living room was empty except for a table and chairs.

He had visited Qi Liang's cave before, which was magnificent, luxurious, and completely different from his own.

"Haha, you and I have already attained True Immortal cultivation, so how can we truly care about these external things? Brother Li can avoid being confused by external objects, and concentrate on cultivation, this mindset I admire." Qi Liang laughed heartily.

"Since you don't visit a temple without a reason, Brother Qi, what brings you here today?" Han Li asked directly.

"I came from the Tai Xuan Hall, and stopped by on the way. Speaking of which, Deputy Dao Lord Xiong Shan released a mission today, I wonder if you've heard about it?" A hint of excitement appeared in Qi Liang's eyes as he spoke.

Tai Xuan Hall was where the inner sect of the Candle Dragon Dao released and accepted missions. Han Li naturally knew of it, but in recent years he had been busy with cultivation and searching for the Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords, and had no intention of accepting missions, so he had never been there.

"Deputy Dao Lord Xiong Shan... What mission has Brother Qi so excited? I am all ears." Han Li's mind conjured up Xiong Shan's short, fat figure, and he asked.

"Deputy Dao Lord Xiong Shan has issued a mission, seeking ten True Immortal Realm cultivators proficient in the art of flying swords, to assist him in refining a magic treasure. The rewards are extremely generous, each person can receive this many merit points upon completion." Qi Liang said mysteriously, holding out a hand and making a "five" gesture.

"Fifty merit points?" Han Li was startled.

"It's five hundred merit points! I know that Brother Li is proficient in sword control techniques, far above me, so I came to invite you to go together." Qi Liang said with a flourish.

Han Li was somewhat moved.

Although he had never been to the Tai Xuan Hall, he knew something about the missions there, but five hundred merit points was definitely a very generous reward.

"With such a generous reward, and no danger, such a good mission hasn't appeared in a long time, many elders who know a little about flying swords have signed up, Brother Li, you wouldn't be uninterested, would you?" Qi Liang asked with a smile.

"Since Brother Qi has personally come to invite me, how could I refuse." Han Li's mind turned, and he immediately nodded.

Although he had many things to do now, and was not in the mood to do missions, Qi Liang had personally come to invite him, and their relationship was good, so it was hard to refuse him, and the five hundred merit points were really attractive, he was really tempted.

The two soon left the cave. Han Li instructed Meng Yungui to take good care of Crimson Cloud Peak, and then he and Qi Liang transformed into two streaks of light, and disappeared into the distance.

Looking at the two streaks of light streaking across the sky, Meng Yungui's eyes revealed deep envy.

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The Tai Xuan Hall was located on a mountain called Startle Cloud Peak.

As the name implied, the entire peak was straight and towering, with very few trees and vegetation visible from the foot of the mountain to the top, and the mountain walls were incredibly smooth, making it difficult even for monkeys to climb, truly extremely dangerous.

A large expanse of seven-colored clouds had been condensed by magic in the air above the peak, emitting auspicious seven-colored light, clearly visible for thousands of miles.

The Tai Xuan Hall was located above the seven-colored clouds, more than ten feet high, dark green throughout. Whether it was the walls or the bricks and tiles, the materials used were extremely solid and thick, giving a feeling of being heavy as a mountain, causing people to worry whether the seven-colored clouds below could bear it.

In front of the hall was a bluestone square, very large.

At the edge of the square stood more than a dozen thick stone pillars, all cyan, with carvings of mythical beasts such as celestial dragons, colorful phoenixes, white tigers, and black tortoises, lifelike.

Looking out from the square, the view was extremely open, without any obstruction, ten thousand miles of blue sky like a mirror, causing people to feel heroic.

The Tai Xuan Hall was one of the busiest places in the Candle Dragon Dao, with a Lin Chuan Pavilion located on the square, with people constantly going in and out.

There were also streaks of light flying in from all directions, landing on the square.

Although in principle there were no restrictions on the identity of those accepting missions, even outer sect disciples could come here to accept missions if they believed they had sufficient strength, the vast majority of those who came here were wearing inner sect disciple attire.

Just then, two streaks of light whistled from the distant sky, and landed on the square, revealing the figures of Han Li and Qi Liang.

The nearby disciples saw the two of them wearing inner sect elder attire, and their faces showed respect, and they walked around to the sides.

Han Li glanced around, and couldn't help but reassess the foundation and strength of the Candle Dragon Dao.

At first glance, the cultivation levels of those entering and exiting here varied, with the vast majority of people above the Nascent Soul stage, and even Transformation and even Integration stage cultivators could be seen.

It could be said that the cultivators in this Tai Xuan Hall at this moment, if placed in the Spirit World before, would be many times more powerful than a large sect.

Qi Liang was obviously used to this scene, and immediately strode towards the Tai Xuan Hall in front of him.

Han Li raised an eyebrow and followed, soon arriving in front of the hall, and stepping inside.

Stepping into the hall, Han Li immediately felt his vision broaden, and the space inside the hall seemed to expand tenfold, a rather mysterious feeling.

The hall did not seem very large from the outside, but now it seemed to be no smaller than the square outside.

"Could it be that the hall has been enchanted with mysterious restrictions such as spatial laws?" Han Li couldn't help but guess secretly.

After entering the hall, Qi Liang only paused slightly, and then skillfully walked straight to the inside of the hall.

Inside the hall, the most conspicuous feature was the three huge stone walls standing in the center, all twenty or thirty feet high and ten or twenty feet wide, one white, one cyan, and one dark gold.

The three stone walls were arranged in the order of white, cyan, and gold,

The white stone wall was located on the outermost part of the hall, while the cyan stone wall was in the center of the hall, and the dark gold stone wall was in the deepest part of the hall.

The three stone walls were of different colors, but all of them displayed rows of clear text on their surfaces, with flashing spiritual light, which were the missions.

In terms of number, there were more missions on the white stone wall, densely packed with thousands of them, fewer on the cyan stone wall, and even fewer on the innermost dark gold stone wall.

"The missions on these three stone walls correspond to different difficulties. The missions on the white stone wall are the easiest, generally suitable for cultivators below the Transformation stage; the missions on the cyan stone wall are more difficult, generally only cultivators above the Refinement stage will start to pay attention; and the innermost dark gold stone wall is designed for True Immortal Realm cultivators like us." Qi Liang said, walking straight to the dark gold stone wall inside.

There was more flow of people in the hall, and it was faintly crowded, especially near the white and cyan stone walls.

However, around the innermost dark gold stone wall, a few True Immortal Realm elders stood sparsely, and the inner sect disciples did not seem to dare to come over.

Although Han Li had met some inner sect elders over the years, he did not recognize these few.

Qi Liang obviously had more friends than Han Li, and seemed to be quite familiar with these people, greeting them very skillfully, and these elders also welcomed them with smiles.

"Everyone, let me introduce you, this is Fellow Daoist Li Feiyu, who recently joined the sect a few years ago, and now resides on Crimson Cloud Peak. As for these few are..." Qi Liang introduced each other.

Han Li smiled and greeted the elders, exchanged a few words of greeting, and then did not talk further, looking towards the dark gold stone wall.

Qi Liang was laughing and talking with a few people there, looking quite resourceful.

There were also quite a few missions on the dark gold stone wall, and each one was indeed not simple, and the rewarded merit points were not many, almost all of them were dozens of points, and there were not many rewards for hundreds of merit points.

Han Li saw the detailed situation of the sect missions for the first time, and his heart sank slightly.

It seemed that earning merit points was more difficult than he had expected. The second level of the *True Spirit Transformation Wheel Scripture* required nine thousand merit points, and he wondered how many missions it would take to collect them.

There were high-reward missions, at the top of the stone wall there were more than a dozen missions, displayed in a special red color, which was completely different from the white font of ordinary missions. Looking at the explanation, they were special missions issued by the sect.

Each of these special missions was very rewarding, the least being eight hundred merit points, and most of them were higher than one thousand merit points, but the difficulty was extremely high and extremely dangerous.

The task with the lowest reward was to hunt down a Windfire Tanuki at the True Immortal Realm Completion stage and bring back its complete corpse.

Han Li had seen this kind of monster in the classics. It was a gregarious spirit beast that only appeared in the far north of the Ancient Cloud Continent. It was born with the strength equivalent to the Transformation stage and possessed the Windfire Divine Power. After adulthood, it possessed no less strength than the Integration stage. As for those who reached the True Immortal Realm Completion stage, they belonged to the Windfire Tanuki King.

Han Li had personally witnessed the power of the True Immortal Realm late stage Octopus Sea Monster, and asked himself that with his current strength, he would not be able to kill it, let alone hunt down a Windfire Tanuki King at the peak of the True Immortal Realm in a group of spirit beasts.

As for other missions, they were even more difficult, such as going deep into a dangerous place with nine deaths and one life to find a nearly extinct material, or chasing down a notorious evil immortal whose cultivation was said to be close to the Golden Immortal Realm.

Han Li smiled bitterly. Looking at these missions could increase his knowledge and broaden his horizons, but it was impossible to accept them. No matter how many rewards there were, it would be useless.

But the next moment, his eyes turned and fell on one of the red missions.

This mission was sandwiched between two lengthy explanation missions. He hadn't noticed it before. The content was extremely concise, with only a few dozen words: Cultivate the *True Spirit Transformation Wheel Scripture* to the second level.

But the reward was extremely generous, as many as five thousand merit points!