Chapter 280: A Crisis
Liu Er Xie put the medicine bottle away and went back with a bad smile on his face.
Shangguan Ning was in a bit of a trance after sending Liu Erxie away.
"…… She's my boss's sister!"
"Hee hee!"
Thinking of the words Liu Er Evil had said, Shangguan Ning snorted and laughed, revealing her neatly set shell teeth as she sat in the sofa with her legs together, placing her palms inside her legs as she looked at the soft sunlight outside the window, and thoughtfully chanted, "Meng Fan ah ……"
At this time, Meng Fan and Han Yu were encountering some trouble at the Merit Building.
They were supposed to turn in a mission, but were told that the mission had failed ……
Han Yu frowned and said to one of the Merit Building disciples, "Senior brother ah, that ghost woman was indeed wiped out, it was Senior Brother Niu Ba who burned her with his Fiery Flame Skill by hand, and there is nothing left, how do you think we can hand it over to you? By the way, Zhu Hong was also at the scene, he can testify as well."
That Merit Building disciple's hair was combed a bit askew, and his expression was a bit impatient, "Senior Han Yu, words are not evidence, Zhu Hong was also the one who carried out this mission, it's not okay for you guys to testify for yourselves, besides, you know what kind of chastisement you will face if the mission isn't accomplished and you falsely report that the mission was accomplished, according to the rules, I can only sentence you guys for not accomplishing this mission, and that's also is good for you guys."
"Why don't you be more accommodating? Tell the top about the situation? Even doing a little investigation is fine."
Zhu Hong spoke bitterly, while Meng Fan stood to the side, looking at some plaques hanging on the wall, pondering.
Those plaques had some conditions written on them for determining whether a mission was completed or not, such as the ghost-catching mission, if one didn't catch the ghost and didn't have concrete evidence at hand to prove that one had caught the ghost, three people had to come to certify their signatures in order to determine that the mission was completed.
And they this time to carry out the task, plus Zhu Hong is exactly three people, but three people are to carry out this task, can not when the proof of the person, even if the signature is invalid, things are indeed a little difficult to do.
"What about the two hundred Tiger Yang talismans."
Meng Fan laughed lightly, last time he helped Liu Er Evil exchange his mind, he borrowed five hundred Tiger Yang Runes from Old Man Wu of the Scripture Hall, and was thinking that this time he could return some of them, but then he encountered this mess.
Han Yu negotiated unsuccessfully, walked to Meng Fan's body, his complexion was very low: "Senior brother, you see …… the first time you carry out a mission, this happened, it is the senior brother is not good, did not realize to say that understand …… If you do not look for Mori, Mori senior sister Should ……"
"It's okay, next time to perform the task pay attention to some on the line."
Meng Fan waved his hand, turned around and walked out, but did not have this matter to look at very seriously.
"Please stay."
But just at this time, a middle-aged man came down from the stairs of the Merit Building and walked to Meng Fan's side with a big smile, "Meng Niu Ba ah, I always listened to your stories in the past, but this time I can see the real person, what's wrong? What trouble did you encounter?"
"Deacon Zhao, it's like this ……"
The disciple from the Merit Building saw the middle-aged man call out to Meng Fan and hurriedly opened his mouth to truthfully recount what had just happened.
"Hey, just this little thing!" The middle-aged man laughed, placing his hand on that disciple's shoulder, his gaze gently looking at Meng Fan, "Look at this, this is Meng Niu Ba, Meng Niu Ba who has been promoted by the Guan Master to be an Outer Sect Disciple, who personally killed the intruder who invaded the Tiger Yang Guan, and who defeated Zhu Hong in the martial arts arena without any suspense, do you think that such a character would fake a mission for a mission?"
"It won't, but …… we have regulations." That disciple knew what the middle-aged man meant, but it was still a bit difficult, but he was a man of principle.
But Han Yu's face showed a touch of joy when he heard the middle-aged man's words.
"For the sake of regulations and let such an outstanding disciple chill out? Cut the crap and go get the Tiger Yang talisman for Meng Niu Ba."
After saying that, the middle-aged man glared at that disciple, who had no choice but to change the task to a completed status and give Meng Fan and Han Yu two hundred Tiger Yang Talismans each.
"Senior brother, your face is still good! Originally thought I wouldn't be able to get the reward, it seems like I'll have to mix with you from now on."
Walking outside, Han Yu tucked the Tiger Yang Talisman into his robe and arched his hand towards Meng Fan, smiling and complimenting him.
"Senior Brother Han Yu." Meng Fan's face was as usual, not looking much happier as he slowly walked forward, "Was there a situation like this before?"
"Of course there was." Han Yu walked beside Meng Fan, "Many people have encountered it, and if there is no evidence to prove that the mission was accomplished, they can only suffer a dumb loss."
"Is there any like today, where an exception was made to change the mission to completion?" Walking through a corridor, Meng Fan stopped.
Han Yu frowned and thought about it, and shook his head, "There shouldn't be any, those regulations are issued down by the Goddess of Mercy herself, how would the average person dare to go against it, this time ……"
"This time, someone is intentionally letting us break the rules ……" Meng Fan glanced at Han Yu.
Han Yu also suddenly realized something was wrong and his face changed, "Senior brother, is someone trying to screw us over? If someone checks up on us, we might be in bad luck, misrepresenting the completion of a mission will be heavily punished, not only will we be fined forfeiting the Tiger Yang Talisman, but we will also be confined for a month in the Bitter Cultivation Cliff, and if that's the case it's also over, it will also downgrade our disciple status, we're Outer Sect Disciples, and we'll be put in the position of being a Named Disciple!"
"The punishment is quite severe." Meng Fan looked at the sunlight outside the corridor and smiled, "Let's just wait and see what happens, maybe I'm overthinking it."
A bitter smile appeared on Han Yu's face, and he instantly felt that the Tiger Yang talisman he had tucked inside his Taoist robe was a bit hot.
At this moment, on the second floor of the Merit Building, there were two people sitting around a wooden table with a set of purple sand tea set on the table, and the aroma of the tea was pleasant.
"This Meng Niu Ba should be in gratitude." The squatter's deacon, Cao Xiong, poured a bowl of tea for the middle-aged man just now, the corner of his mouth hooked into a cold smile. "Deacon Zhao, Cao owes you a favor for what happened just now."
"Deacon Cao is polite, Sherbrother was miserably screwed by that Meng Niu Ba, even I can't look past it, just now it was just a favor." That middle-aged man smiled, picked up the tea bowl, took a small sip, then squinted his eyes, full of enjoyment, "It's also this Meng Niu Ba's bad luck, once a year, the Mission Joint Inspection will soon begin, in previous years, under the cooperation of your squatters and the Merit Building, it was always possible to find out some problems."
"For the healthy development of the Taoist temple!" Cao Xiong laughed lightly and added some tea to Deacon Zhao of Gongde Building, "How is this pot of Qingcheng Spirit Tea?"
"This Spirit Tea does let people savor it, it is said that after drinking it for a long time, it can let cultivation improve without even realizing it, it's really rare." Deacon Zhao took another small sip, a wisp of tea was like spring rain, slowly absorbed by the body, moisturizing the meridians, it was amazing.
"Deacon Zhao wants to drink it, I still have stock there, next time I'll bring you more." Cao Xiong smiled, and the two of them diverted the topic away, in their opinion, this time, Meng Niu Ba was definitely going to be peeled back a layer of skin.
The next day, Meng Fan was cultivating with the Braking Heart when Han Yu hurriedly came over to pay a visit.
As soon as he walked to the room, Han Yu opened his mouth with an anxious look: ''Senior brother ah, as expected by you, it's someone who wants to fix us, today the squatters and the Merit Building started the mission joint investigation, to review the past mission situation, our that mission, I'm afraid there will be a problem! That Deacon Zhao of the Merit Building is afraid that he already knew about the joint inspection, this is deliberately pushing us into the fire pit!"
"Heh!" Meng Fan shrugged his shoulders, once the squatters made their move, it was naturally Cao Xiong who pushed behind it, and when they encountered the robberies and killings of the Eastern Evil Soldiers halfway through the journey, it should have been Cao Xiong who messed with them, this Cao Xiong is really a ghost that doesn't leave the ground.
"This thing is coming at me, don't worry Senior Brother Han." Meng Fan laughed, and it was hard to tell how worried he was in his demeanor.
"Do you have a solution, Senior Brother?" Han Yu, however, was a bit nonchalant, "After all, we're doing the mission together, we definitely have to bear the burden together when something goes wrong, and can't let you carry it alone."
Just as Han Yu was speaking, the door to the room was knocked on, and a voice rang out from outside the door, "Meng Niu Ba, please go to the Merit Building quickly to participate in the investigation ……"