Who Isn't These Days?!

After leaving the City Lord's Mansion Mission Hall, Zhao Chen searched around the Guardian Land and finally found the so-called weapon-refining facility.

After spending thirty points, he reforged the Firewood Stick he had gotten from Wu Yingying, turning it into a Blood-Red Dragon Scale Arrow.

Once he was done, Zhao Chen left the Guardian Land directly.

He accepted ten second-level missions, six third-level missions, and one fourth-level mission.

They had to be completed within three days.

Of course, that was merely the minimum time limit.

Normally, if one wanted to accept the next day's missions, they had to finish them within a day.

Zhao Chen specifically checked the difficulty of these missions. They were not particularly hard.

Most importantly, they came with maps and other information.

That meant he only needed to follow the map markers to the corresponding locations, hunt spirit beasts, or find the required spirit herbs.

"Second-level missions. Let me see."

Zhao Chen first went through the second-level missions, picking out those that could be completed together and those that required separate trips.

Finally, he compared them against the third-level and fourth-level missions, creating a relatively efficient mission-completion plan.

"A hundred li away, kill three third-level spirit beasts, Ice Soul Spirit Wolves, and bring back their Ice Soul Spirit Wolf Essence Souls."

Zhao Chen examined the map near the Guardian Land and discovered traces of Ice Soul Spirit Wolves in a dense forest.

At the same time, he also needed to find Ice Soul Spirit Herbs.

Three second-level missions could basically be completed at once.

After all, Ice Soul Spirit Herbs would grow wherever Ice Soul Spirit Wolves roamed.

He also needed to find Dragon Saliva Herb. The places where this spirit herb grew were special swamps, with many spirit beasts active within them.

Among them were fourth-level spirit beasts and even fifth-level spirit beasts!

He could deal with them all at once.

The other missions were more or less not very difficult.

After placing the Blood-Red Dragon Scale Arrow beside the Blood-Red Sword Sheath, Zhao Chen left the Guardian Land.

At the city gate, Song Yuqing anxiously kept looking back.

The moment she spotted Zhao Chen, her eyes lit up, and she hurried over.

"Hey!"

Song Yuqing planted her hands on her hips and quickly said:

"You promised not to tell anyone, but that didn't include that girl."

Just in case, she had to make it clear.

At that moment, Song Yuqing was also extremely nervous, worried that Zhao Chen had exposed and reported what she had done after entering the Guardian Land.

If that happened, she would be finished!

"What?"

Zhao Chen frowned slightly and said:

"I guaranteed my own silence. What does that have to do with Wu Yingying?"

That simple logic made the words Song Yuqing wanted to say catch in her throat, leaving her unable to speak.

Wu Yingying did not need to enter the Guardian Land. Unlike Zhao Chen, who had needed to enter it, why should she promise not to tell anyone?

That was someone else's freedom!

"Fine!"

Song Yuqing reorganized her thoughts and asked:

"Then what are you planning to do next?"

She felt that her spirit beast essence soul plan could not continue.

With Wu Yingying here, she felt as though thorns were pressing against her back.

If someone found out and reported her, she would be expelled from the Spirit Road and lose her qualifications to enter the Five Great Academies.

Song Yuqing wanted to follow Zhao Chen and Wu Yingying, keeping watch over their every move.

If there were any signs of that, she could react in time.

And while she was at it, she could see whether she could get a little spirit beast essence soul.

Given their situation, they would definitely be going to hunt spirit beasts, right?

"I accepted a few missions. I'm getting ready to complete them."

Zhao Chen had no intention of hiding it and answered directly.

Song Yuqing's eyes widened in disbelief.

If she remembered correctly, Fang Zhong had already taken nearly all the missions in the Mission Hall.

The remaining ones were either worthless first-level missions or impossible fourth-level and fifth-level missions.

Surely he had not accepted first-level missions?

With that time, he would be better off going out to hunt spirit beasts or search for spirit herbs to strengthen his spirit body.

After all, first-level missions did not give many points.

"You accepted first-level missions?"

After saying that, Song Yuqing suddenly thought of something.

All the missions in the Mission Hall had refreshed!

In that case, it made sense that he could accept second-level missions.

But then he would offend Fang Zhong, who had likely already advanced to a Third-Level Spirit Body!

No one could afford to provoke him. Who in the Guardian Land could afford to provoke him now?

Someone had provoked him before, ignoring Fang Zhong's threats.

As a result, that person had been found hanged on a hillside not far outside the Guardian Land, dying a miserable death.

Song Yuqing swallowed and asked:

"No, you didn't accept second-level missions or third-level missions, did you? Fang Zhong is extremely domineering. He only allows others to enter and accept missions after he has picked through them first."

Zhao Chen smiled, unconcerned.

"I know the Fang Zhong you're talking about. Because I know, I accepted them ahead of time."

He shrugged and casually said, "If Fang Zhong wants to come looking for trouble, he can do so anytime. I wouldn't mind taking all the points he's accumulated."

Over the past half month, Fang Zhong had accepted all the second-level and third-level missions in the Mission Hall and completed every one of them. One could imagine that the points he possessed were quite considerable.

Song Yuqing scratched her head. After hesitating for a moment, she asked:

"Are you crazy? That's a Third-Level Spirit Body!"

Based on what she had learned, Fang Zhong had definitely broken through to a Third-Level Spirit Body.

The difference between a Second-Level Spirit Body and a Third-Level Spirit Body was only one level.

But their strength differed enormously.

A Third-Level Spirit Body could instantly kill several Second-Level Spirit Bodies without any problem.

"Who isn't these days?"

Zhao Chen casually replied, then walked toward Wu Yingying.

He told her a little about the missions he had accepted in the Guardian Land.

It was nothing more than wanting her to come along and deal with the spirit beast corpses.

He was good at hunting spirit beasts.

But dealing with their corpses was troublesome... and not his forte.

At that moment, Song Yuqing was still utterly dumbfounded.

"Have Third-Level Spirit Bodies become that common?"

She scratched her head, unable to figure it out even after a long while.

After giving it some thought, she hurriedly changed back into her female attire.

When she appeared before Zhao Chen and Wu Yingying again, both of them were stunned.

"Wait, who are you?"

Wu Yingying asked curiously. She had not wanted to pay any attention to Song Yuqing, but seeing her stare fixedly at her and Zhao Chen, she could not help asking.

Song Yuqing tucked a lock of beautiful hair behind her ear and smiled. "It's me, Song Yuqing!"

Zhao Chen and Wu Yingying exchanged a glance, then shook their heads and walked straight toward the dense forest where the Ice Soul Spirit Wolves were located.

Seeing them leave without even looking back, the smile on Song Yuqing's face instantly froze.

Only after a long while did she wave her delicate fists, stomp her foot indignantly, and say:

"What's so great about you two? You won't acknowledge me or let me come along, so I'm going anyway!"

Like an angry little kitten with its fur standing on end, she was extremely emotional.

"Liars! You're the real liars!"

Although Song Yuqing kept grumbling, she still followed after them.

"I don't believe you're a Third-Level Spirit Body. Just wait and see how you get slapped in the face later!"