Sixty years of blacksmithing, a single hammer blow forging a celestial being.

Unexpectedly, the old man saw her.

But this person was Qingyue's younger brother after all, and she happened to need his help.

We can't just kill them like this.

Forget it, he's just an old man on his deathbed, it's pointless to look at him.

In the end, Hongling comforted herself and barely managed to suppress the overwhelming killing intent in her heart.

Li Ping'an, who was standing to the side at a loss, was completely unaware that just a few breaths had passed.

I've already walked through the gates of hell.

"Fine, I don't want to bring up what happened earlier anymore. But if you dare tell anyone about this, I guarantee you won't see the sun rise tomorrow, understand?"

"Know."

Li Ping'an quickly replied.

"I didn't see anything just now."

"You know that much," Hongling said with a cold snort.

"Do you know why I called you here today?"

"I know."

Li Ping'an nodded and said.

"It must be because of the trial. I just wonder if there's anything I can do to help you, Senior Sister Hongling?"

Hongling nodded and said,

"You'll definitely participate in this trial, right?"

Li Ping'an nodded solemnly and said,

"I do intend to participate in this trial."

"good!"

Hongling said.

"If you're going to participate in this trial, then there's something I need your help with."

"Please speak, senior sister."

Li Pingan patted his chest and said,

"I will definitely help you with anything I can do."

Hongling nodded and said,

"This time I need you to enter the trial and retrieve something for me."

"Bringing something?"

Li Ping'an frowned.

He knew this trial was extremely dangerous.

Li Ping'an went in intending to hide somewhere and wait for the trial to end before coming out.

I never thought about what I would do inside.

"Senior sister, this is probably a bit difficult for your junior brother. You know that your junior brother is weak, and he had no choice but to go to the trial this time. I'm afraid you can't help him with this."

Hongling said irritably,

"You were just saying you were willing to go through fire and water, how come you're chickening out now?"

Li Pingan smiled somewhat awkwardly and said,

"It's not that we don't have the ability."

Hongling rolled her eyes at him, thinking that the old man was really shameless.

He then said,

"Don't worry, I didn't ask you for help for nothing this time."

As she spoke, Hongling took out a sheepskin roll from her bosom and handed it to Li Ping'an.

Li Pingan took it and read it with some doubt.

This is a map, and it is extremely detailed.

Almost every point is marked very clearly.

It even has the names of various herbs and minerals marked on it.

"What is this thing?"

"This is a detailed map of the Misty Valley, the trial grounds for this mission. With this map, you can move freely within it."

Li Ping'an said somewhat hesitantly,

"But senior sister, I don't plan to collect any herbs during the trial. I just want to survive."

Hongling said.

"You should know why this Misty Valley is called Misty Valley. It's because it's shrouded in thick fog all year round, with extremely low visibility."

"With this map, you can basically ignore the fog and move freely through it, doing whatever you want. With this map, do you still worry about others making things difficult for you?"

"And I must remind you, don't think that you can get away with nothing during the trial just by hiding somewhere. According to the trial requirements, each disciple must take at least three level-one spiritual herbs out, otherwise it will be considered invalid."

"There's such a rule?"

Li Ping'an opened his mouth, stunned.

In that case, wouldn't he be unable to live a peaceful life?

"Don't worry, it's very simple for me to ask you to bring this. Just go to the location on the map, retrieve it, and bring it back to me."

"Also, if you can get this back for me, I promise you, in addition to giving you spirit stones and various magical treasures, I can also grant you one extra small request."

"Any extra requests?"

Li Ping'an raised an eyebrow and couldn't help but glance at Hong Ling's hot figure.

"What are you thinking?"

Hongling frowned at Li Ping'an's malicious gaze, and was about to get angry.

"Senior sister, please don't be angry. That's not what I meant!"

Li Ping'an quickly explained.

"Actually, I'm a little curious. Why didn't you choose one of these many powerful disciples, but instead chose a lowly servant disciple like me? I really don't understand why."

"hehe."

Hongling smiled slightly and said,

"Because those who participate in the trials all have powerful connections and influence."

"You, Li Ping'an, are just a useless servant with no status or background. So naturally, I came to you too. There are no worries about the future, and I don't need to worry about getting involved in anything."

Upon hearing this, Li Ping'an burst into laughter.

My senior sister was being a bit too blunt, but it does seem to make sense.

"So? Just tell me if you're going to do it or not? Give me a straight answer."

Hongling frowned, somewhat impatiently.

Li Pingan hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded and said,

"Sure. But my little request might be a bit much. I wonder if you, senior sister, can grant it?"

"What do you want to do?"

Hongling looked at Li Ping'an with some wariness.

"Let me tell you, you'd better not have any improper thoughts about me. Although this thing is important to me, it's not to the point of..."

"What are you thinking!"

As Li Ping'an spoke, he took out a roll of paper from his pocket and handed it to him.

Hongling took the scroll of paper, looked at it for a while, and suddenly her eyes widened.

He stared at Li Ping'an in disbelief.

"This is a recipe for a third-tier elixir? How do you have such a thing?"

Li Ping'an smiled awkwardly and said,

"Last time I went to Wanbaoge, I claimed to be a master alchemist, and I tricked the owner of Wanbaoge into giving me a pill formula. But I don't know how to make pills at all. Senior sister, could you help me think of a way to make this pill? I really need the pills in this formula."

Hongling rolled her eyes at him.

"You dare to pretend to be a master of pills? But this is a third-tier pill, so I'm not entirely confident either."

"Senior Sister, aren't you already a third-tier alchemist? You can give it a try. I can help you control the fire. That's all I ask, please agree."

"Alright."

Hongling hesitated for a moment, then nodded solemnly.

She was also very curious about whether she could refine the elixir described in the recipe.

If one can truly master it, it will prove that one's alchemy has indeed made unprecedented progress.

"Let's go, and I'll grant your request. But let me make this clear first, I can't guarantee whether you can actually master it."

"OK!"

Li Ping'an nodded excitedly and said.

"Just agree to this, and whether it succeeds or not is up to fate."

Whether it succeeds or not doesn't matter, because there's still the Sky Hammer.