Accepting a Quest
After leaving the store, Shaya led Gu Xi to the mission center located in the center of the market.
This place should have other names, but the signs bearing this name have long been obscured by the numerous mission lists and Wanted Order outside.
Most people wouldn't recognize the name of this place; they would only know that it's the largest store in the entire market.
This place is much more professional than the previous store.
Upon entering, instead of Shaya looking for someone, a Ghost- like shop assistant immediately greeted her.
"Sis, you're here. Are you going to take orders this time?"
"No, I'll bring my parents with me."
As Shaya spoke, she made way for Gu Xi to step forward from behind.
The shop assistant's eyes lit up the moment he saw Gu Xi.
"Aren't you Lord Gu? Welcome. May I ask what kind of task Lord Gu wishes to complete?"
"Killing enemies will increase your reputation faster, and as for the rewards, the usual ones will suffice."
Gu Xi also wanted a task that offered quick reputation gains, lots of experience, simple tasks, and good rewards.
The problem is, the people in the Soul Gathering Ground aren't stupid; why would they release such a task to outsiders?
Therefore, Gu Xi had no choice but to settle for second best.
Choose what you lack first.
Just as he said, the rewards weren't important; what mattered was that he needed to increase his reputation.
As soon as Gu Xi explained the direction of the mission, the shop assistant immediately said, "Yes, there are too many missions like this. Let me look for one."
"Take on any other tasks along the way, so we don't have to make them run back and forth."
"Don't worry, sis, we'll definitely take your matter to heart."
The shop assistant quickly brought over a stack of task lists and explained them to Shaya one by one.
"Sister, this is something I left behind. Go east for three hundred miles after leaving the city, and there is an Earth Demon Cave there."
Inside are a group of demons living outside the Underworld. They feed on the dead on the Yellow Springs Road. We sent troops to suppress them several times, but they escaped each time.
We later learned that it wasn't that we failed to locate them.
Rather, they had informants in the city.
As soon as an army of more than 30,000 men marches over, they will abandon everything and flee.
If the number is less than 30,000, they will try to lure and attack.
The last people sent there will become their food.
Therefore, this mission was actually very rewarding. The main objective was to conquer the Earth Demon Cave. After taking it down, your reputation would increase by 2000, and you would also gain 1 reputation for each enemy you killed.
There are also quests that come with the quest to conquer the Earth Demon Cave. Take a look at these. These three are the ones you absolutely must kill. They are definitely in the Earth Demon Cave. You need to get their heads back.
If you encounter these five, great; if not, so be it. However, they are quite valuable: each person gets a Blue Equipment item and 500 reputation points.
In addition, this is a mission that happens to be on the way. There is a Shattered Scale Stone Mine about fifty miles away from the Demon Cave.
There is a substance called Shattered Scale Stone that is produced there, but the Shattered Scale Stone Mine has been occupied by someone. If you clear this place, you can get 30% of the Shattered Scale Stone output.
Just to clarify, this reward is given for a whole year, but the reputation from this quest isn't much. I only took it because it was on my way.
And here, another mission along the way is to go about 100 miles east of the city. There is a Wild Temple there, and I heard that it has been occupied by someone.
Go and check if someone has really occupied this place. If they have, then get rid of the evil person who has taken over.
This quest wasn't issued by the Soul Gathering Ground; it was just something I happened to be doing, so the reward was three scrolls of Red Rope.
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The shop assistant took out many task lists and explained them to Shaya one by one.
Gu Xi watched from the side, feeling somewhat speechless.
He never expected that Shaya would have such good connections here.
The shop assistant in front of her had really thought of everything for Shaya.
Where to go, where to go, and what tasks to do along the way—everything has been planned out.
It's clear that this shop assistant put a lot of thought into it.
Shaya could see this too, and she smiled and said to the shop assistant, "Xiao Sun, thank you so much this time."
"Sis, you're being too polite. We're like family."
If you need anything in the future, just come to me. Don't worry, I promise I'll take care of everything.
Shaya took the list and proudly showed it to Gu Xi Xiyang.
Gu Xi couldn't help but laugh.
It seems that his three Contract Undead have all grown up.
"Shaya, ask him for some more combat missions in the vicinity. This time, the reward is expected to be Undead Army, mainly Zombie or Ghost."
Shaya glanced at Gu Xi and immediately began communicating with the shop assistant, Xiao Sun.
After thinking for a moment, Xiao Sun actually took out several task lists, but this time the task lists were not as many as the ones he had given to Shaya before.
The most crucial task on the task list is located in the southwest of the Soul Gathering Ground, where there is a Princess's Forest containing a large number of wild ghosts who have left the Princess's Forest but cannot leave.
They have already left the group heading towards the Ghost Gate Pass, and now they have no intention of going back.
They were merely using this as a pretext to sabotage the path leading to the Ghost Gate Pass.
You could say they were bandits from the Underworld.
They don't have many troops, but they're quite troublesome.
Sending a large army would be somewhat wasteful, but sending too few troops might not have any impact on them.
So it became a task and was placed here.
These tasks are all small tasks, since the number of wild ghosts gathered together is not large and they are relatively scattered.
Therefore, the reward is quite special. The requirement is to bring back the heads of these wild ghosts to complete the mission. Three heads can be exchanged for a soldier at the Soul Gathering Ground, whether it is Zombie, Ghost, or Skeleton Soldier.
It's all three for one, the more you kill, the more you gain.
As for the other things, those are for the people who made the sale to divide up themselves; the Soul Gathering Ground won't interfere.
After taking the task lists, Gu Xi nodded in satisfaction.
Shaya thanked Xiao Sun before following Gu Xi out of the mission center.
After walking out the door, Shaya asked again, "Sir, where are we going next?"
Gu Xi thought for a moment, then turned to Grand Princess Anna, "Anna, would you like to come with us this time?"
"Sure, I'm free anyway, and this world is quite interesting. I'd like to travel around more in this world."