The Young Lady and Her Guard

It had to be said that institutions like Nine Treasures Pavilion were far more luxurious here in Nine Treasures City. They were on a completely different level from the Nine Treasures Pavilion in Star Marsh City.

Even the buildings in Shrek City were not as lavish as those in Nine Treasures City.

Worthy of the richest sect in the world!

"Hello, I'd like to take on a mission heading to Shrek City. Any type will do."

Nine Treasures Pavilion was a legitimate enterprise. At least on the surface, it would not offer missions such as assassinations.

After a brief wait, a staff member handed Chen Yuan a mission list.

"Esteemed Lord Soul Master, currently, only this Soul Beast hunting mission is close to Shrek City."

[Mission Requirements: Hunt a Millennium Level Soul Beast with the Strength Attribute]

[Reward: 30,000 Gold Soul Coins]

Sure enough, only the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect could offer thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins as a reward for hunting a Millennium Soul Beast.

Chen Yuan was not surprised by this mission at all.

By his calculations, Ning Tian, the Young Sect Master of this generation's Nine Treasures Glazed Sect, should currently have been around Level 29 or 30.

When she first appeared, Ning Tian had been a Level 31 Support System Tool Soul Elder, and there were still three months before the Freshman Tournament.

Considering that Support System soul masters cultivated more slowly, Ning Tian had either reached level 30 before enrollment and then reached the peak of level 31 by the Freshman Tournament—

—or she had broken through to Soul Elder during those three months.

Now, it seemed Ning Tian had already broken through level 30 before enrolling.

Chen Yuan found this utterly speechless.

An eleven- or twelve-year-old Support System soul master was already a Soul Elder, while he, with an Ultimate Fire Awakening delayed by two years, was already a Soul Ancestor.

Though no one in Shrek knew he possessed Ultimate Fire yet.

He also had no idea how Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi were still stuck at the Soul Elder realm.

Tang Ya's Dragon Binding Rope and Jiang Nannan's Turtle Suppressing Pagoda were truly terrifying. The underlying code of Douluo Continent was really harmful.

Chen Yuan had originally had two fewer years of cultivation than those two fools. After level 30, Ultimate Fire cultivation became absurdly slow, yet even so, those two were still six or seven levels below him.

"There are no other missions, right?"

"That's correct."

Chen Yuan did not know whether it was just his imagination, but he felt that the staff member's mouth had twitched just now.

Perhaps the other man also felt that it was ridiculous for such a huge Nine Treasures Pavilion to have only one mission headed near Shrek City.

"I'll take this mission."

"That's wonderful. The mission issuer happens to be here as well. Please wait a moment."

What did he mean, happened to be here?

They had probably been waiting for him here since morning.

There had likely been people watching Chen Yuan before this, too.

After all, he was the strongest genius in Shrek's Outer Court, possessed a Power Attack System martial soul, and even had soul rings beyond the standard configuration.

Most importantly, Chen Yuan was a commoner with no background!

What did commoners lack?

Money and resources!

In the eyes of the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect, those were not problems at all. He was practically a walking slab of prime meat.

What was the language of flowers for genius?

First come, first served!

No matter which point they considered, Chen Yuan met the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect's requirements. Their current Young Sect Master also happened to be a girl and happened to be of an age to enroll in Shrek.

See? Wasn't this fate?

If they did not make arrangements now, it would truly be indefensible.

Even if they ultimately failed to recruit Chen Yuan, at least they would not leave him with a bad impression of the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect.

After all, they had not done anything bad. They merely wanted their junior to get acquainted with a senior and let that senior earn some extra money along the way.

What other family would offer thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins for an ordinary hunting mission?

Even now, Chen Yuan could not understand why no one had wiped out these fat sheep of the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect after all these years.

Had no one truly ever set their sights on them in ten thousand years?

Still, as a transmigrator, the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect was not a bad choice.

As everyone knew, in the transaction between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Sea God Tang San ten thousand years ago, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had suffered such a loss that they were left without even their underwear.

Not only had they provided Tang Sect with money and manpower, but they had ultimately also lost the sect's two Title Douluo, Sword and Bone, in exchange for Ning Rongrong's Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda.

The Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda had been far more useful to Tang San than to the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect.

Ning Rongrong had not left behind any bloodline before ascending, so the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda martial soul had not been passed down.

Thus, ten thousand years ago, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had worked themselves to the bone only to gain the name Nine Treasures Glazed Sect, along with the conclusion that the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda could evolve into the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda.

But ten thousand years had passed, and not a single Aromatic Silk Beauty had ever appeared!

In conclusion, the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect had even lost its original title as the second greatest sect in the world. They had been utterly cheated.

This was why the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect now desperately yearned for the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda, hoping to make the sect's name worthy of reality.

As it happened, Chen Yuan knew where the Mandarin Duck Pot was.

As it happened, Chen Yuan possessed Ultimate Fire and was not afraid of poison.

As long as he revealed the whereabouts of the Aromatic Silk Beauty after he was strong enough, or at a particular moment, Ning Tian would probably wrap herself up and deliver herself to him.

After waiting for a while, the staff member brought two young girls over to Chen Yuan, one after the other.

The girl in front had short platinum-blonde hair and bright aqua-blue eyes. She gave off the air of a refined young lady.

The girl beside her also had short hair, but both her hair and eyes were red. Her skin was fair as jade, yet her gaze was exceptionally cold.

"Lord Soul Master, these two are the employers. I'll take my leave now."

Having brought Ning Tian and Wu Feng before Chen Yuan, the staff member had completed his task. He hurriedly left, leaving the space to the three of them.

After observing the two girls, Chen Yuan felt that they looked more like the versions he knew from the manga.

"Hello, I'm Chen Yuan, a level 44 Power Attack System Soul Ancestor. You need to hunt a Millennium Strength-type Soul Beast, correct?"

"Yes. We need a Millennium Soul Beast. Sorry to trouble you."

"It's no trouble. Take someone's money, settle someone's troubles. I have at least that much professional ethics."

"Are we leaving now, or should we wait?"

"Let's leave now. The sooner we find a Soul Beast in Star Dou Great Forest, the less it will affect our enrollment at Shrek."

"Oh? You two are this year's Shrek freshmen?"

Chen Yuan asked at just the right moment.

Ning Tian smiled. "Yes. Mr. Chen Yuan is already a Soul Ancestor at this age. Are you also a Shrek student?"

"Yes. I'm a third-year Outer Court student. After the advancement assessment, I'll be a fourth-year student."

"In that case, Feng Mei and I should call you Senior Chen."

"Hehe, what good luck. To think I'd run into two junior sisters like this. Let's hope this Soul Beast hunt goes smoothly."

Seeing Chen Yuan chatting with Ning Tian, Wu Feng's impatience was obvious. Yet when she thought of Chen Yuan's strength and Ning Tian's plan, she still chose to swallow her anger.

Like an incompetent husband.