Discussing Zen Scriptures, Rebuking Xuan Ku

So this old monk had been beating around the bush with him all this time just for this?

Ye Weiming could not help feeling a little helpless.

If there was a quest, he should have said so earlier!

All that appealing to emotion and reasoning—how could that possibly be more practical than simply issuing a quest directly?

After all, while NPCs might deceive players, they would never play tricks within a quest.

Once a quest was issued, it was like the Heavenly Dao contracts described in xianxia novels. Players received rewards according to the work they put in; there was absolutely no backing out of it.

Even a Fox Spirit like Hundred Losses would not dare tamper with the quest rewards themselves. She could only lure players step by step into traps she had prepared beforehand.

Upon seeing the two quests, Ye Weiming hardly hesitated before selecting "Yes" for both. Then he said, "Since the Scripture Discussion Assembly has been set for after dinner, this matter clearly is not urgent."

"Please, Abbot Xuan Ci, take me to the place where Master Xuan Ku was attacked first. After that, arrange for me to meet Master Xuan Ku."

Of the two quests offered by Xuan Ci, the former was comparatively easier. He only needed to attend the Scripture Discussion Assembly on time.

However, obtaining a good quest reward would likely not be so easy.

At the very least, he had to help Xuan Ku raise his Buddhist Dharma to level 10 before his death. He might even need to play a decisive role in the process.

The latter quest, requiring him to expose Xiao Yuanshan's identity within a single day, seemed even more like an impossible task.

Still, since there was a quest, he had to give it a try.

After all,