An ancient yet familiar yard appeared before Ju Xiaobei and Bai Xiaomo, leading Ju Xiaobei to immediately recognize that this was the place where he had first encountered the Vermilion Bird Envoy, the reason being the clusters of flowers within the courtyard.

He remembered that the Vermilion Bird Envoy was kneeling amidst the flowers at that time, a song as beautiful as the sound of nature softly spreading. Although the voice was not loud and no spiritual power was used, it still firmly captured Ju Xiaobei's ears, arguably the most beautiful song he had ever heard in his life.

"Is this the place?" Bai Xiaomo looked around the dilapidated little yard, which seemed to have been neglected for a very long time.

"That's not right!" Bai Xiaomo suddenly noticed something amiss.

"What's wrong?" Ju Xiaobei turned and asked. Although his good buddy usually seemed a bit silly, Ju Xiaobei had to admit that he was more sensitive to mission clues than himself.

"Those flowers, if no one has lived here for a long time, then who has been taking care of them? These are just the most ordinary flowers, they would all wither and die without watering for a week." Bai Xiaomo found the blind spot.

"Right." Only then did Ju Xiaobei notice this issue, but the last time he was here, these flowers also seemed to be very vibrant.

"Creak!" The sound of the wooden door being pushed open rang out, and an unexpected figure emerged from the door, coming face to face with Bai Xiaomo and Ju Xiaobei.

"Huh?" Ju Xiaobei looked up and down at the beautiful woman with fire-red hair in front of him, disbelief written all over his face.

Because before them stood the Vermilion Bird Envoy herself! And she was dressed in simple garments, with a basket on her arm, as if she was about to go out and buy groceries.

What made them rub their eyes several times to confirm was that the name above her head was the green "Zhou Yuqing" instead of the blood-red "Vermilion Bird Envoy."

The only possibility for such a situation was that this person had defected from the Devouring Spirit Sect!

"You, you, you..." Although the Vermilion Bird Envoy's name turning green meant that Zhou Yuqing wouldn't attack them, Bai Xiaomo and Ju Xiaobei were still frightened, retreating several steps and even bracing themselves for the possibility of turning into white light.

"What are you doing here?" The Vermilion Bird Envoy with a concealed identity frowned, she had already defected from the Devouring Spirit Sect; could it be that these Abnormal People still refused to let her go?

"We... we're just strolling around." Bai Xiaomo, scared, stuttered his words, barely cobbling together an excuse that no one would believe. It wasn't so much fear as it was disbelief at Zhou Yuqing's beauty.

And Bai Xiaomo was especially bad at talking to beautiful girls.

"Have you really left the Devouring Spirit Sect now?" Ju Xiaobei was a bit bolder, at worst it would just be one less resurrection count. Besides, since the System showed her name as green, as long as the two of them didn't do anything outrageous, there shouldn't be any problems.

"Hmm? It seems you Abnormal People really do have special abilities, huh?" Zhou Yuqing raised her eyebrows, seemingly surprised that she was seen through by these two Abnormal People at just a glance.

"So what now? Are you two planning to report to the Xuanzhou Immortal Dynasty?"

Thinking that the quiet life she had barely achieved was about to be disrupted, unable to peacefully uncover the truth of her past, Zhou Yuqing's eyes narrowed, her gaze towards Bai Xiaomo and Ju Xiaobei unkind.

"No, no!" Seeing the trend of Zhou Yuqing's green name turning yellow, Ju Xiaobei hurriedly waved his hands, swearing to the heavens.

"We really are just wandering around, we definitely won't tattle to the Xuanzhou Immortal Dynasty!"

After saying this, without caring whether Zhou Yuqing believed it or not, he pulled the still-silly-looking Bai Xiaomo and turned to flee.

Zhou Yuqing watched the two flee in a panic, the spiritual energy within her rising and then stopping. All she wanted now was to figure out the truth of her past without attracting unnecessary troubles.

And to uncover the truth of her past, this moving courtyard was key, which is why she directly defected from the Devouring Spirit Sect and risked returning to stay in this yard in Qingliang City, hoping to recall something.

It wasn't until Bai Xiaomo couldn't hold on any longer and tugged at Ju Xiaobei that the two finally stopped, panting.

"Ha... ha... I can't believe we actually stumbled upon it!" Ju Xiaobei was brimming with excitement.

"Quick... submit the task quickly!" Despite feeling dizzy from running, Bai Xiaomo knew the urgency of the situation.

"Right, right!" Reminded by Bai Xiaomo, Ju Xiaobei quickly took out the Communication Talisman used for contacting NPCs.

Only players who had accepted this task could receive one of these fifth-grade purple Communication Talismans for free. This grade of talisman was capable of transmitting more than just messages; it could also send a short video clip.

Ju Xiaobei recorded everything that had just happened, along with the video, into the Communication Talisman and immediately chose to send it.

"Phew, now we wait. Once the sect confirms it, our task will be considered complete," Ju Xiaobei said, leaning against a wall to catch his breath.

"How long will it take?" Bai Xiaomo was getting impatient.

"It won't be long. Task settlements issued by the Sect Master are usually fast."

The two found a teahouse in the game to enter, planning to rest and wait for the reply from the sect.

What they didn't know was that their Sect Master was also waiting for the results from the players just a few streets away.

Being a Cultivator of Eighth Realm, handling the affairs of the sect was a bit of an overqualification for Zi Xuan Bu, but he did it with enthusiasm nonetheless.

"Another one?" Zi Xuan Bu accepted another message with some resignation within the Nine Heavens Purple Clouds. Ever since the task was issued that day, he had been constantly receiving messages from Abnormal People all around, though they were all false alarms.

"Hm? This one..." Seeing the message from Ju Xiaobei and Bai Xiaomo, Zi Xuan Bu's face lit up with surprise; this one was actually real.

Although he didn't know why the Sect Master was so eager to find the Vermilion Bird messenger and willing to offer such a big reward, he figured the Sect Master must highly value this task.

"In the same place?" Zi Xuan Bu had a peculiar look on his face. The person the Sect Master went to great lengths to find was actually right by his side; fate was indeed incredible.

"Truly worthy of being Abnormal People, they get things done!" Zi Xuan Bu sighed in admiration as he forwarded the message directly to Liang Yi.

In Qingliang City, Liang Yi and Ju Xiaobei simultaneously got up, both with faces full of surprise.

One was thrilled because the trace of the Vermilion Bird messenger had been found so quickly and was actually nearby; the other was excited that the task was resolved, and he and Bai Xiaomo could return to the sect to receive the Cultivation Technique at any time.

Ignoring the tea they had just ordered, Bai Xiaomo and Ju Xiaobei jumped out of the teahouse window from the second floor and hurried excitedly straight towards Qingliang City's Transmission Array.

At the exact moment when Bai Xiaomo and Ju Xiaobei's task was settled, all the other players who had taken up the task received the "This task has been completed!" notification!

"Damn it! Who could it be?"

"Freakin' hell, they beat me to it?"

"You've got to be kidding me? It's been less than a day since it was posted, which lucky son of a gun got it?"

...

Players on the forums transformed into irate old men, furiously cursing the person who snatched the reward for the task from them.

"The Abnormal People have found the whereabouts of the Vermilion Bird messenger!" Liang Yi stood up abruptly, turning his head in the direction of somewhere in Qingliang. He also never imagined that the person he had been searching for was so far yet so near.

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