An Assignment That Came Knocking

Cloud Prefecture, Heavenly Patrol Division.

Xu Ming hurried along, leading Jiang Yuechu at a brisk pace.

Only after they passed through that dilapidated wooden door did he stop.

After finding the girl a quiet room in a side courtyard, he said gravely, "Young friend Jiang, stay here for the next two days. Don't go anywhere for now."

As though afraid she would stir up trouble again, Xu Ming gritted his teeth and added another warning.

"If you really have nothing to do, you can take a stroll around Cloud Prefecture... but whatever you do, don't leave the city again."

Even he felt a little absurd as he spoke.

Was... was this really right?

Ordinary cultivators needed no such nagging, yet the girl before him...

Somehow felt like a child...

Jiang Yuechu stood beneath the covered walkway, her expression indifferent, and waved him off with utter perfunctoriness.

"All right, I know. Off you go."

Having just slaughtered a Great Demon, her mind was full of leveling up and allocating points. She had no time to go fooling around outside.

Once Xu Ming turned away anxiously and his figure disappeared completely beyond the courtyard gate,

Jiang Yuechu closed the door behind her, went to the bed, and sat cross-legged.

She sank her awareness inward.

Words appeared before her eyes.

[Host: Jiang Yuechu]

[Realm: early Ink Drop Realm]

[Current Dao Cultivation: fifty-four Dao Essence]

Jiang Yuechu looked at that number and silently did the calculations.

After killing Red Erlang earlier, she had thirty-six Dao Essence left following all the twists and turns.

Making an imprint of the Yin-Yang Fish had cost twelve Dao Essence.

During the battle at Cangwu Township, slaughtering the Black-Scaled Tiger Demon had earned her forty-five Dao Essence.

But recording it in the system had consumed another fifteen