So many people have taken over their tasks before, but no one has ever been so kind. Just because they can't practice, those people always have a condescending attitude, as if taking this task is a kind of charity.
"You...can you really finish it?" an old man who seemed to be the leader asked tremblingly, with a mixture of hope and uneasiness in his eyes.
"Can we really find our relatives?"
A pair of red eyes full of tears looked at Chu Ran.
That look in her eyes seemed like she carried all their hopes!
Chu Ran looked slightly solemn.
"I can't guarantee anything, but we will definitely try our best. If you believe us, please tell us about the situation. This will also make it easier for us to find the person."
"Okay, okay." The old man hurriedly wiped his face, invited them to sit in the temple, and filled a bowl of water for each of them.
Five men and women in gorgeous robes, sitting casually on the dried straw, looked out of place in this dilapidated temple.
But they looked calm, looking around curiously from time to time, and taking a sip of water from the gapped bowl.
There was no disdainful attitude. While the old people breathed a sigh of relief, they also felt a bit of hope in their hearts.
They are different from those people. If it were them, maybe it would be okay!
"None of us are locals." The old man with a face filled with vicissitudes of life slowly spoke, "We come from various cities and places. Before that incident happened, we didn't know each other at all and had never seen each other..."
According to what he said, Chu Ran finally figured out what this task order was about.
In the past ten years, people in their family have disappeared for no reason.
There was nothing abnormal about the missing persons before, and they were not very old. The oldest was only twenty years old, and the youngest was only one year old!
Although they are different in age and gender, they also have something in common.
The missing persons all had humble births and all had spiritual roots. However, some had mediocre talents but strong bodies, and some had fair talents, but most of them were young and had not yet achieved any fame.
"We have approached the government, but no one is willing to pay attention to us! We can only look for it on our own, but the world is so big, we really don't know where to go to find our relatives!"
The old man was so sad that he couldn't help but cover his face and cry bitterly.
The old people beside him also had red eyes, their faces full of sadness.
Chu Ran's expression completely darkened, and even Zhou Yuxue was affected by this heavy atmosphere. The girl who laughed the most stopped laughing, her eyes were red, and she was very sad.
"So you found the guild," Chu Ran said solemnly, "You hope to use the guild's power to find your loved ones."
"Yes..." the old man choked and nodded, "I sold everything I could sell, and finally got enough money for the wooden sign mission, but the mercenaries said that they couldn't find anyone! I wondered if it was money.
There are too few, and we can’t hire powerful mercenaries to help.”
"So you kept increasing the price, and you also found these people who had the same experience as you, and worked together to upgrade the task to a silver medal. You continued to publish it for so many years. Even if no one took it, it was always hung on the task wall and never withdrawn.
Come down here." Chu Ran continued what he said.
The old man's face was full of surprise: "How do you know!"
She not only knew this, but also knew that in order to maintain the release of the mission, they not only sold everything, but also worked hard day and night to make money.
For this reason, he could only live in this dilapidated temple and live a hard life without enough to eat.
Chu Ran's eyes were heavy as he looked at the old men in front of him who were sallow, thin, and had a stooped back.
Their hands were extremely rough, covered with thick calluses and bloodstains.
At first glance, it looked like a legacy of years of hard work.
Based on these and the traces of life inside and outside the ruined temple, plus what he said before, what else can't be guessed?
"Do you have the clothes of the missing people?" Zhou Yuxue suddenly said.
In an instant, everyone's eyes fell on her.
"Or weapons, worn accessories, anything that has their aura left on it can be brought to me. The closer the time is to now, the better."
"Yes! Yes!" The old people immediately took out their bundles one by one from behind the wooden board where they slept.
"We keep all their things well and they are all here."
The baggage contained yellowed clothes, cut fetal hair, a small red string that had been worn, etc.
Chu Ran's spiritual consciousness quickly covered it.
"This one, this one, and this one."
Cang Wanyan took out the three things he pointed at and placed them in front of Zhou Yuxue.
"These three items have the strongest residual aura."
After hearing Chu Ran's words, Zhou Yuxue immediately took out several pieces of talisman paper with black background and gold patterns.
While releasing her spiritual consciousness to capture the breath, she injected her spiritual power into the runes.
The golden light of the rune lines flickered, but soon dimmed again.
"No, I can't capture any breath, and there's no way to introduce it into the tracking talisman. This is a rune uniquely created by our Zhou family. It can track the breath of humans and animals for thousands of miles. As long as the breath is still there, no matter where it is hidden, the distance
It can be sensed no matter how far away it is! But the prerequisite is that those breaths must be used to open the runes."
Zhou Yuxue said, her eyes suddenly lit up.
"Chu Ranran, come and try it!" She handed over the talisman.
Chu Ran did not refuse, and grasped the talisman tightly with one hand. The powerful spiritual consciousness covered it again, entangling the unfamiliar aura that was almost non-existent, and slowly sent it into the rune.
The golden light surged instantly, and three golden beams of light shot out.
"The tracking talisman has been detected!" As soon as Zhou Yuxue finished speaking, the cold and indifferent young man beside him waved five talismans.
"Rune beast, come out!"
The white paper eagle flapped its wings and hovered outside the ruined temple.
"You guys are waiting here for our news." Chu Ran put aside these words, stepped on his feet, and flew onto the back of the paper eagle, "Let's go!"
The five people looked for the direction in which the golden light flew away and chased it all the way.
"Huh? That seems to be a rune beast?" A mercenary team that had just returned from a mission outside the city suddenly looked up, but only saw the back of the paper eagle flying away.
The golden token worn around his waist swayed slightly.
"If I remember correctly, the only ones with rune beasts in the city are the brother and sister from the Zhou family. Yesterday, I received a summons saying that they had taken on the silver medal mission that no one dared to take on. Judging from this, did they find any clues?
?”
The man wearing a black eye patch and a face full of scars showed some interest.
"Boss, do you want to follow me..."
"boom!"
The flames rushed up to the sky, tearing apart the clouds in an instant, leaving traces of blood as red as blood in the sky.
"Boss?" the one-eyed man exclaimed.
Nangong Qing put down her hands indifferently, as if she had never done anything, and turned around to enter the city.
"A quarter of an hour ago, the president suddenly set up a bet on whether that group of people could complete this mission. The winning party would not only get 10,000 points, but also get the qualification to enter the small secret realm for free. All the teams in the city participated.
Well, it’s not like the boss doesn’t know about the president. She is angry when the president does this, so please don’t mention that group of people in front of her."
The companion beside him whispered advice.
"But the boss took action against them! Have you forgotten the order the president gave before?" The one-eyed man was a little uneasy.
"What are you afraid of? The boss just saw some rune beasts appearing and wanted to try their skills. Even if they hurt someone, it was because they were not as skilled as the others and it was an accidental injury. Will the president punish the boss for such a small misunderstanding?"
The man said, grabbing his shoulders.
"Come on, don't think about it. Let's go to the city and hand in the mission."