"Hello, Senior Brother Wang."
Wang Nan, having finished his training under the Golden Tree, had just descended from the mountain peak where the Sea God Pavilion was located when he encountered an Inner Courtyard Disciple.
Wang Nan was somewhat accustomed to such scenes and simply smiled and nodded.
Ever since Wang Nan defeated Wu Ming with his Spirit King cultivation several months ago, quite a few Inner Courtyard Disciples ranked lower than him had attempted to challenge him. Wang Nan accepted all challenges, defeating them one by one, which helped him accumulate considerable combat experience.
However, this also made his reputation grow significantly. Now, wherever he went, Inner Courtyard Disciples would occasionally call him Senior Brother.
"Junior Brother Nan~"
Wang Nan hadn't walked two steps when a voice entered his ears. Wang Nan showed a helpless expression, looked back, and indeed saw Gongyang Mo standing not far behind him.
"You've returned from hunting for your spirit ring?" Wang Nan asked.
It must be said that Gongyang Mo's talent was indeed good. His breakthrough to level fifty came only a few months after Wang Nan's. If Wang Nan hadn't been able to obtain more spirit power when absorbing spirit rings, the gap in their spirit power would likely not have been too wide.
"I returned a few days ago. I've been adapting to my spirit power during this time." Gongyang Mo walked over to Wang Nan. "I haven't come to see you in so long. You won't blame me, will you?"
"Are you looking for me for something?" After several years of acquaintance, Wang Nan had long learned how to get along with Gongyang Mo, directly ignoring his words.
"Can't I come to see you if there's nothing wrong?" Gongyang Mo pouted. Seeing Wang Nan about to leave, he hurriedly followed. "Oh, this time it's important. Dean Cai asked me to come find you."
As he spoke, Gongyang Mo leaned in a bit closer and lowered his voice, "Although she didn't say what the situation is, it should be a mission from the Supervisory Group."
Wang Nan nodded, not finding it strange.
In fact, some Disciples who entered the Inner Courtyard had already carried out several supervisory missions. For example, Dai Yueheng, in just one year, had already completed seven or eight supervisory missions and was rarely seen in the Inner Courtyard.
It was quite late for Wang Nan to have his first official supervisory mission after being in the Inner Courtyard for so long.
"Okay, I'll go over immediately."
"Wait, I'll go with you." Gongyang Mo quickly took two steps and walked side-by-side with Wang Nan. "I'm going this time too."
The Academy would naturally not arrange for a support system Spirit Master to carry out a supervisory mission alone; that would be no different from sending him to his death. In fact, most of the time, supervisory missions were not completed by a single Disciple alone.
...
When Wang Nan arrived at the teacher's office area, he happened to see several Disciples leaving, seemingly having also accepted supervisory missions.
"Dean Cai." Wang Nan and Gongyang Mo walked a few steps and arrived at the door of Cai Meier's office.
"Come in and talk." Cai Meier called the two into the room, then looked at Wang Nan. "I haven't seen you for a while recently. You haven't done anything so dangerous again, have you?"
"No."
Wang Nan lied.
Ever since he came into contact with the Tool Spirit from Cai Meier last time, he had actually tried to fuse with the light cluster in his mental force sea again. With his current mental force, simple attempts were not actually dangerous; it was just that his spirit power was insufficient to support it.
Moreover, that light cluster in the mental force sea was like a treasure trove. Each attempt at fusion would bring an increase in mental force. Therefore, attempting it every so often had become part of Wang Nan's daily cultivation. However, there was no need to mention these things.
"That's good." Cai Meier didn't doubt him but picked up several papers recording information about Evil Soul Masters from her desk. "You should have guessed it already; this visit is about your supervisory mission."
At this point, Cai Meier's expression became somewhat serious. "Previously, your strength was insufficient, and when carrying out missions, you mainly assisted. But this time's mission requires you to complete it yourselves. The danger involved is completely different from before, so you must be extra careful."
"Alright, let's look at the specifics." After a warning, Cai Meier handed over the papers.
Wang Nan took them and read them carefully.
In fact, the deeds of Evil Soul Masters were only a few types: nothing more than wanton killing, rape, and plunder. The target of his mission this time was no exception: a group of people near Tianming City who were taking advantage of the war to abduct and sell children.
This information came from the Star Luo Empire's army. Many Shrek Academy graduates had joined the army and usually paid attention to collecting information about Evil Soul Masters. In fact, many of them were already doing the work of the Supervisory Group, so perhaps this information came from them.
"Dean Cai, it just says 'near Tianming City.' Is there no more specific location?"
"This is precisely where those Evil Soul Masters are cunning. They don't have a fixed hiding place, and Tianming City is located on the border between the two Empires. Each time they act, it's during military movements between the two Empires."
"That area is in the midst of war, and the surrounding situation is extremely complex. Our informants are within the army, so they've only caught a few peripheral members and can't eliminate all of them." Cai Meier showed a hint of helplessness. "Therefore, you'll have to judge the specific situation yourselves when you get there."
"Alright."
Cai Meier watched Wang Nan nod and added, "I know this mission is relatively difficult, so there are no time requirements. Don't be impatient, and remember to protect yourselves."
Wang Nan and Gongyang Mo walked out of Cai Meier's office together, both with worried expressions. After all, chasing a group of Evil Soul Masters with no fixed location, the difficulty was imaginable.
"Junior Brother Nan, do you have any ideas?"
Wang Nan shook his head. Although he had memories from his previous life, he couldn't possibly know about such things.
However, he had no ideas, but he could look forward to some technology.
Without a word, Wang Nan led Gongyang Mo to the Soul Guidance System to find Ye Xiaosheng.
"What's wrong? Is the spirit tool thruster I upgraded for you last time having problems?" When Wang Nan arrived, Ye Xiaosheng was experimenting with a new spirit tool cannon in the Soul Guidance System experimental area. Seeing Wang Nan, he still stopped what he was doing.
"No, it works very well. I'm here this time to ask how your spirit tool detector improvements are coming along?"
"Do you need it urgently?"
"Yes, I have a mission." Wang Nan said simply, without revealing the specific content of the mission.
Ye Xiaosheng glanced at Wang Nan and took out a square box from his storage spirit tool. Compared to last time, just from its appearance, it felt much more advanced.
"I've added several more sensors to it and connected them to an optical screen. Now the positioning should be more accurate, and it can display the specific location. However, it can only detect spirit power fluctuations, so it can't understand more specific situations."
"Okay, thank you."
Wang Nan just wanted to try if he could use it to determine the location of those Evil Soul Masters, and this effect was sufficient.
"Wait." Wang Nan was about to leave when Ye Xiaosheng stopped him again, placing a spirit tool in his hand. "Fighting in the wilderness is not like on a stage. Spirit tool cannons are sometimes much more useful than Spirits. Take this thing with you."
"Okay."