Handing In Tasks, Saving Enough Gold Soul Coins

After washing up, Yu Yan placed a groove capable of holding liquid beneath the Stone Jade Milk and left the underground cave with Xiao Wu.

After moving over a huge boulder to block the opened hole and setting up some camouflage nearby, the two sat on the mountaintop, chatting as they waited for the Morning Sun to rise.

As the Morning Sun began to rise, countless strands of Purple Qi appeared out of thin air.

This was Yu Yan's first time using Purple Qi to cultivate after breaking through level ten and obtaining a Soul Ring.

Previously, he had been traveling with Yu Qingfeng and the other two, leaving him no chance to cultivate with Purple Qi. On the first morning after returning to Balaque City, rain had prevented him from cultivating with Purple Qi.

Today was fine weather, with nothing blocking the rising sun.

After hesitating slightly, Yu Yan directly drew in three strands of Purple Qi that were about to dissipate and began cultivating.

Before breaking through to become a Soul Master, Yu Yan had only drawn in two strands of Purple Qi to cultivate.

Now that he had broken through to become a Soul Master and his strength had improved considerably, there was no reason for him to still cultivate with only two strands of Purple Qi.

If he did that, wouldn't his breakthrough to Soul Master have been for nothing?

The three fading strands of Purple Qi placed no pressure on Yu Yan at all. He refined them with ease.

The feeling was like refining a single strand of Purple Qi after he had first become proficient in the refinement process.

Perhaps the next time he cultivated with Purple Qi, he could consider doubling the amount he refined, or even refining Purple Qi at its peak.

But he could not rush it now. He still needed to proceed step by step and test things slowly.

Bathed in the Morning Sun, Yu Yan and Xiao Wu finished their daily Purple Qi cultivation and carried the Human-Faced Cicada's corpse to Stone Mill Village.

At the village entrance, Yu Yan saw Village Chief Shi, who had dark circles under his eyes and looked half-asleep, along with a group of Stone Mill Village residents anxiously awaiting the result.

"Village Chief Shi, this thing was the source of the strange cries you've been hearing lately. We've dealt with the problem. You can sign this document now."

After tossing the Human-Faced Cicada's corpse before the villagers of Stone Mill Village, Yu Yan took out the document and had Village Chief Shi sign and stamp it, confirming that he had completed the task.

Once he brought Village Chief Shi's document back to the Soul Master Guild, he could claim the three Gold Soul Coins for completing the task and accumulate task points.

Soul Master Guild members were divided into three ranks: Copper Soul, Silver Soul, and Gold Soul, corresponding to Copper Soul Coins, Silver Soul Coins, and Gold Soul Coins.

By completing tasks and accumulating points, one could raise one's rank.

The higher a member's rank, the better the tasks they could accept, and naturally, the better the benefits and rewards they could receive.

These rules existed to test the Soul Masters joining the Soul Master Guild and give both sides time to adjust and become familiar with one another.

The Soul Master Guild would never hand important tasks to Soul Masters who had just joined and were complete unknowns.

The Human-Faced Cicada's corpse gave the Stone Mill Village residents quite a fright. A cicada with a human face growing on its head was simply far too unsettling for villagers who had spent their entire lives in Stone Mill Village.

Village Chief Shi mustered his courage and approached the Human-Faced Cicada. After poking its corpse and confirming that it was dead, he signed, stamped, and pressed his handprint onto the document Yu Yan handed him, confirming that Yu Yan had completed the task.

After politely declining the Stone Mill Village residents' invitation to stay for a meal, Yu Yan and Xiao Wu set off back toward Balaque City.

As had been mentioned before, Stone Mill Village was not far from Balaque City. Yu Yan and Xiao Wu returned to the academy before classes began.

Tuesday's lesson was Soul Power cultivation. After nearly a month of effort, the teacher in charge of cultivation had finally taught every first-year student at Balak Junior Soul Master Academy how to use the Meditation Method.

Some had already broken through to become Soul Masters, some had long since learned how to cultivate, while others had only just learned. Everyone's progress was uneven.

In order to accommodate the slower students, the teacher was still explaining the points that required attention when cultivating with the Meditation Method.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu had not slept all night. They had already cultivated that morning, and they were more than proficient in Soul Power cultivation.

So, they decided to catch up on sleep during the Soul Power cultivation class.

Sleeping during class was an entirely different experience from sleeping outside of class.

A teacher's lecturing voice always possessed a strange sort of magic, especially in classes one did not want to listen to.

Those who understood, understood.

Amid the teacher's exceedingly boring explanation of Soul Power cultivation precautions, Yu Yan soon drifted off to sleep.

Not long after Yu Yan fell asleep, Xiao Wu also became drowsy. Leaning against him, she fell fast asleep as well.

That afternoon, Yu Yan and Xiao Wu handed in the Stone Mill Village task at the Soul Master Guild and accepted a help request issued by a Blacksmith Shop in Balaque City.

The task was to help the Blacksmith Shop fulfill a new urgent large order. They urgently needed a Soul Master capable of releasing high-temperature flames to assist them in completing the forging work.

The reward was seven to ten Gold Soul Coins, depending on the extent of the help provided.

The task location was within the city. Yu Yan's Fire Fish from the Ice and Fire Twin Fish could release extremely high-temperature flames, making the task a perfect fit for him.

Yu Yan's flames were exceptionally hot, so he easily passed the Blacksmith Shop's selection and took on this highly paid task.

At the Blacksmith Shop in Balaque City, Yu Yan learned from the hammer Martial Soul master responsible for forging what he needed to do: release high-temperature flames and assist with the quenching stage of weapon forging.

While chatting with the Blacksmith Shop's blacksmiths, Yu Yan learned that these urgently commissioned weapons were being sent to the border of the Balak Kingdom.

At eight that evening, after finishing the quenching of the last weapon, Yu Yan took the drink Xiao Wu handed him and gulped it down. The Blacksmith Shop was scorching hot, and after going several hours without water in such an environment, Yu Yan was incredibly thirsty.

Xiao Wu's Martial Soul could not release flames, and the Blacksmith Shop did not need her assistance, so Yu Yan completed this task alone.

"You've worked hard, little brother. The flames released by your Fire Fish are extremely hot, and this batch of urgent weapons we made is of excellent quality. These are the Gold Soul Coins you've earned."

The head blacksmith came up to Yu Yan and handed him the task completion document along with ten Gold Soul Coins.

Yu Yan had not revealed the Ice and Fire Twin Fish. During his time at the Blacksmith Shop, he had only used the Fire Fish.

After working so hard for so long, Yu Yan reached out, accepted what the man handed him, and tucked it into his clothes. He had earned it, so there was no need for polite refusals.

After casually chatting with the head blacksmith for a few moments, Yu Yan waved goodbye and left.

Yu Yan had spent two years saving less than two Gold Soul Coins, yet less than a week after becoming a Soul Master, he already possessed fourteen Gold Soul Coins.

He had saved enough Gold Soul Coins. Next, it was time to earn money at the Soul Fighting Arena.

Once he had enough Gold Soul Coins, Yu Yan could use his advantage of foreknowledge to develop himself.