Chapter 31

"It wouldn't be long before every villager became a Soul Master," Ning Qiu thought to himself.

After returning to the village, the travel-worn Ning Qiu once again took a medicinal bath with Body Tempering Spirit Liquid.

Xiao Wu did not have many Contribution Points at the moment, so she naturally mooched off Ning Qiu again and bathed with him. To Xiao Wu, this had already become routine.

After bathing, Ning Qiu returned to his room.

"This is a world where the weak submit to the strong. As the village chief, if my combat strength isn't high enough, it'll be difficult to command respect! Besides, with Spirit Hall's way of doing things—those who obey prosper, those who defy perish—once everyone in Holy Soul Village becomes a Soul Master, Bibi Dong may very well place us on the Soul Hunting Operation list."

Ning Qiu analyzed the future situation. As the village chief, he truly could not afford not to consider the future.

Name: Ning Qiu.

Identity: Probationary Village Chief of Holy Soul Village.

Village Level: Level 2.

Martial Soul: Primordial Dragon Elephant.

Soul Power: Level 27 (1292/49140).

Soul Skill: Supreme Wrath.

Soul Ring: Yellow (999 years).

Combat Skill: None.

Contribution Points: 12,748 points.

Villagers: 1003/2000.

Items: One Myriad Worlds Travel Card, 130 Level 1 Land Transformation Cards, 50 Level 2 Red Soil Land Upgrade Cards, 1 Task Token Construction Card!

Prosperity: 1000.

Looking over his personal information panel, Ning Qiu's Soul Power had now reached Level 27. He could obtain his second Soul Ring and advance to the next title.

"System, I want to use the village privilege to access the Treasure Pavilion beyond my level."

As soon as Ning Qiu spoke, he closed his eyes, and his consciousness entered a strange space. Countless treasures filled the place. As the village chief, Ning Qiu possessed a privilege: he could exchange for items one level above the Treasure Pavilion.

"System, exchange for a 999-year Soul Ring."

As soon as Ning Qiu spoke, eight hundred Contribution Points disappeared from his personal information panel. The Soul Ring, which originally required 999 Contribution Points, cost him a total of eight hundred after the twenty-percent discount.

After exchanging for the Soul Ring, Ning Qiu sat down where he was and meditated, absorbing the energy within it.

About fifteen minutes later, Ning Qiu opened his eyes. Xiao Wu was staring at him from in front of him.

"Xiao Wu!" Ning Qiu was startled.

Xiao Wu's face was extremely close to Ning Qiu's, giving him quite a fright.

"Congratulations, Brother, on becoming a two-ring Soul Grandmaster," Xiao Wu said happily.

"Thank you. One day, you'll become a Soul Grandmaster too." Ning Qiu smiled, stood up, and stroked Xiao Wu's hair.

"Brother, what is the Soul Skill of your second Soul Ring?" Xiao Wu asked curiously.

"You'll see it when the opportunity comes," Ning Qiu replied with a smile.

"Brother, the village is so boring. When will you take me out to have some fun?" Xiao Wu asked.

"There'll be an opportunity," Ning Qiu said with a smile.

"Can't you say anything else besides that?" Xiao Wu pouted.

"When the opportunity comes, I'll take you out to have some fun," Ning Qiu said.

Xiao Wu was speechless. He had merely added a few extra words.

"Brother, where are you going?" Xiao Wu asked curiously when she saw Ye Xuan walk out of the room.

"To the village," Ning Qiu answered.

Xiao Wu followed Ning Qiu to the small square in the village.

"Greetings, Village Chief!"

Along the way, the villagers all greeted Ning Qiu. Ning Qiu returned each greeting in turn.

"Brother, it's just a small pool. What's so interesting about it?" Xiao Wu pursed her lips.

"This place will do." With a thought, Ning Qiu took out a yellow card.

Crack

With a slight exertion of force from Ning Qiu, the yellow card shattered. It turned into dust, then gathered before him into a billboard three meters wide and two meters tall.

Though the billboard was small, it had an LCD screen.

"Ding-dong!"

"Congratulations, you have used a Level 1 Task Token Construction Card. Obtained Soul Power: 5000 points. Obtained Prosperity: 500 points. Obtained Contribution Points: 500 points."

"Brother, what is this?" Xiao Wu asked curiously.

"A Task Token," Mu Chen answered.

"Mission Board?" Xiao Wu murmured, repeating the words as she looked at its contents.

"Mission One: One-star mission. There is a great deal of trash in the pool at the village square. Clean the trash from the pool. Reward: 5 points of Soul Power, 1 Contribution Point."

"Mission Two: One-star mission. Weeds have overgrown the southeast corner of the village square. Clear the weeds from the southeast corner of the square. Reward: 5 points of Soul Power, 1 Contribution Point."

"Mission Three: One-star mission. The pavilion where the villagers rest has a leaking roof. Add tiles to the pavilion. Reward: 5 points of Soul Power, 1 Contribution Point."

"Brother, is what's written here real? As long as we complete these tasks, we can gain Soul Power and Contribution Points?" Xiao Wu asked Ning Qiu with a startled expression.

If that was possible, then wouldn't Soul Masters no longer need to meditate? They could just grow stronger by completing the tasks above!

Xiao Wu looked at Ning Qiu expectantly. The missions on the Mission Board were incredibly simple. All they had to do was clear some trash and weeds from the village to gain Soul Power and Contribution Points.

"Mm, of course it's real." Ning Qiu answered as he stroked Xiao Wu's head. "Interested? If you are, then get moving!"

"Brother, how do I accept a mission?" Xiao Wu asked.

"Easy! Just tap this screen." Ning Qiu replied.

Half-convinced, Xiao Wu reached out with her little finger and tapped Mission One.

The mission list began to change. Mission One vanished, and the contents of Mission Two became Mission One.

"Huh, it disappeared?" Xiao Wu said in astonishment.

"It didn't disappear. You accepted the mission. Take out your identification and channel a strand of Soul Power into it. Then you can check your real-time mission progress anytime, anywhere." Ning Qiu patiently repeated the system's response to him.

Still half-convinced, Xiao Wu took out the Crystal Identity Certificate Ning Qiu had given her when she joined Holy Soul Village.

When Xiao Wu channeled a strand of Soul Power into the Crystal Identity Certificate, she indeed saw the mission she had just accepted on her personal information panel.

"Brother, can I accept all these missions? They're too easy." Xiao Wu asked eagerly.

"No. A person can only hold three missions at once. You can only accept more missions after completing some." Ning Qiu replied.

"Then what are we waiting for? I'm taking them all." Xiao Wu smiled and accepted the original Mission Two and Mission Three as well.

"System, if I'm not mistaken, as the village chief, I should still have privileges regarding this Mission Board, right?" Ning Qiu asked.

"Yes, Host. As the village chief and the system's Host, you possess the privilege of accepting missions one star above the Mission Board's current level. The higher the mission level, the more generous the rewards. The Host may accept five missions at once, with no limit on the number of times." the system replied.