The head of the Shen Family, along with several elders, stood nervously to the side.

A number of men and women, draped in gray cloaks and wearing black half-masks, stood with their hands behind their backs.

Several elderly figures in similar attire sat at the front of the hall, in front of them knelt a middle-aged nun from the Green Cloud Sect.

This middle-aged nun was on the brink of death, her Primordial Spirit dragged out for interrogation, and the monk's dress she wore had been severely torn open, clearly having endured a harsh ordeal.

"Elder."

Someone from the Dark Sect stepped forward to report:

"We couldn't extract any new information. She did indeed fancy that man, and that man can cause their Buddha Bone to react.

"It's just an ordinary matter of competing for disciples."

An elder coldly snorted: "Useless, kill her."

The Primordial Spirit of the middle-aged nun was crushed instantly.

The Shen Family members bowed their heads, not daring to say more.

Fortunately...

"There's no need to make things difficult for the Shen Family. Their ancestor still has some face in the Immortal Realm, let's go."

"Alas, another wasted trip."

"Yin Lin is exceedingly cunning, rarely venturing out. There must be a deeper meaning in this outing."

"Deeper meaning? It feels like he's just messing with us, flaunting before us, and the person we wanted to kill has become his ally!"

"That bastard."

"Wang Zheng must be dealt with soon, otherwise, if our superiors question us, both you and I will be in trouble."

"What should we do? Directly attack their station? Their station is protected by the Heavenly Dao Stele, even a Daluo Golden Immortal wouldn't be able to do anything, and besides, attacking each other's stations directly has been a rule set for millions of years."

"We'll have to find a way to force Wang Zheng out."

Several elders from the Dark Sect deliberated through transmissions.

They were not all experts from this station but had gathered here specifically to carry out orders from above.

This was also a rare opportunity for them.

...

The next day at noon.

Wang Jixuan, Zheng Shiduo, and Amina appeared together before Yin Lin.

"He's going too?"

Yin Lin frowned as he looked at Zheng Shiduo.

Lao Zheng nodded and bowed, grinning: "Master Yin, rest assured, my strength is passable. Though I can't compare to my brother Wang and his wife, I definitely won't hold anyone back!"

"Hmm..."

Yin Lin, after pondering for a moment, slowly nodded.

He said, "Allowing this Fellow Daoist Ai to undertake missions is, in fact, to prove to our superiors that experts created through Core Circuit can be utilized by Tianluo. If you also want to exert yourself together, that would be for the best."

Zheng Shiduo hurriedly agreed.

Wang Jixuan said, "Assign them some simple tasks."

"The initial missions I can't dictate, but I'll try to give them simpler tasks later on."

After Yin Lin floated to his wooden wheelchair and took the three of them to the pavilion.

This Hall Master began to explain the rules of the place to them.

All of which were conventional agreements.

For example, no loud noises, no asking others about their missions, and no inquiring about where others are going.

Etc.

Wang Jixuan noted these down one by one.

Leaving the pavilion, crossing through two quiet courtyards, entering doors and hallways, pathways zigzagging through.

Yin Lin soon led the three of them to the core area of the Sky Net Station — Wanjie Hall.

The so-called great hall, in fact, was just a domed structure supported by several dozen large wooden pillars, enveloped by an array barrier on all sides.

The setup inside the hall was quite simple.

A tall black stele about one foot high stood in the center, seemingly naturally formed, without any signs of human craftsmanship.

A circle of wooden shelves surrounded the stele, with jade talismans placed atop them.

Notice boards were placed on all four sides of the hall, with some notices posted on them, offering rewards or punishments, with each matter needing public announcement.

Groups of cultivators gathered here and there, talking among themselves.

Some were looking for people to team up, others were studying tasks, and some were reflecting on the reasons for task failures, engaging in criticism and self-criticism.

It was quite lively.

As Yin Lin appeared, the crowd gathered around, each offering respectful bows, calling out hall master.

His prestige was evidently very high.

Yin Lin waved his hand: "Everyone go about your own business, I'll take a few newcomers."

"Eh? Isn't this Fellow Daoist Wang Zheng brought back by Huizhi?"

"He really joined us?"

"Alright, quickly call Huizhi over!"

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Wang Zheng, for last time. Helping with your task really earned me a big chunk of contribution, now I can take it easy for a few years, marvelous, marvelous."

Yin Lin sternly: "Come here, you, who wants to slack off, I'll let you taste the Black Tiger Heart-punch."

"Hahaha!"

The crowd laughed and dispersed, not daring to delay Yin Lin's serious business.

Wang Jixuan watched with a smile all along, and at this moment, his heart stirred slightly. He walked to Yin Lin's back, transmitted silently: "Hall Master, my spiritual sense is vaguely stirring, seems someone has spread the news of my upcoming mission."

"Hmm, as expected."

Yin Lin responded through transmission:

"Just do your task, don't worry about anything else, whatever task the Heavenly Dao assigns you, you can fully commit to it.

"I have united with a few other halls, all of us are infuriated by the Dark Sect.

"Later, you best act alone... see what task the Heavenly Dao assigns, everything must follow the decree of Heaven."

"Understood."

Wang Jixuan nodded.

He was the bait, used for fishing.

With Yin Lin's words, his doubts during the meeting with his brothers yesterday vanished.

Yin Lin brought them to the front of the Celestial Monument.

There was no inscription on the stele.

Yin Lin magically produced three treasure beads, then, as if not reassuring, took out three more.

"This item is called Circulation Pearl, All Realms Pearl, Traveling Treasure Pearl... Whatever you call it, it's all the same. It's a Heavenly Dao treasure generated alongside the Ten Thousand World Transfer Array and the Celestial Monument.

"Each of you should perform a blood recognition to bind it.

"Typically, each member of the Heavenly Net Group can only take one, but I have extras, and since you three are either urgently needed talents or possess heavy treasures, you each get two.

"After the blood recognition, how to use it will naturally come to you."

Wang Jixuan cupped his hands, took the treasure beads, and bit his fingertip, dripping two drops of blood.

Lao Zheng and Amina followed suit.

The six treasure beads simultaneously shone, and three insights unfolded in their minds.

Then, Yin Lin took out three Jade Cicadas (allowing communication with beings from different realms), three Life Plates (containing a faint strand of Primordial Spirit Power, shatters when the person dies), and issued identity jades for the Heavenly Net Group to Zheng Shiduo and Amina.

Yin Lin smiled: "Before each Heavenly Net member goes on their first mission, they can visit the Ten Thousand Treasure Pavilion to collect a newcomer gift, which includes some healing pills, a high-grade protective treasure armor, and a weapon magic treasure. Once you have your tasks, you can go there... remember what I told you, now go before the Celestial Monument."

The Heavenly Net members have two main ways to accept missions.

The first way is to actively touch the Celestial Monument. As long as they have no other tasks, they can directly receive a mission from the Celestial Monument.

These tasks have a degree of randomness, given by the Heavenly Dao, following the principle of 'the bigger the waves, the more valuable the fish.'

Simple tasks offer little reward, with not much risk;

High-risk tasks offer greater rewards but come with grave dangers.

The second way is for the Heavenly Dao to directly place tasks with Yin Lin, who selects Heavenly Net members to head to the front line.

These tasks are mostly urgent matters of this region;

Or experts from the Immortal Realm's Heavenly Net use their resonance with the Heavenly Dao, passing tasks to the Mortal World through it.

The [Capture King Zheng in the Forbidden Land], was assigned to Huizhi's team by Yin Lin using this method.

For the first 'registration' of Heavenly Net members, they must touch the Celestial Monument to accept a task, which is also a necessary step to receive their Heavenly Net identity.

Amina and Zheng Shiduo looked at Master Wang.

Wang Jixuan was about to step forward, but Zheng Shiduo rushed ahead: "I'll go first!"

Lao Zheng approached the Celestial Monument, reaching through the gaps of the surrounding wooden frame, pressing his right hand onto the Celestial Monument.

Pairs of eyes turned to watch.

A pale green light shimmered across the Celestial Monument.

Many people showed a bit of envy, after all, it had been years since they had such an easy, beginner-friendly task, akin to a protection phase for novices.

A jade talisman drifted from the Celestial Monument, landing in Zheng Shiduo's hand, indicating mission details and destination.

With this jade talisman, go to the Ten Thousand World Transfer Array, raise the treasure bead, and you'll be transported through the Immortal Spirit Path to this realm.

Amina stepped forward next, the same pale green light appeared, with mission objective and location identical to Zheng Shiduo's.

Wang Jixuan glanced at Yin Lin, the latter blinked at Wang Jixuan, indicating he couldn't control what task the Celestial Monument would issue either.

Then, the Daoist stepped forward and pressed against the Celestial Monument.

A beam of purple light suddenly flashed.

The faces of all the cultivators in the grand hall were bathed in purple.

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