And besides, who would be the male Soul Master closest to her?
What if he was some greasy, middle-aged Soul Master, fat and lecherous-looking?
Wouldn't she be at a huge disadvantage?!
But the mission rewards were simply too generous!
Five bottles of Soul Grandmaster-level Experience Water!
She happened to be Level 26 right now. If she used just four bottles of Experience Water,
she could reach Level 30!
She could become the first student among this year's Shrek Academy admissions to reach Level 30!
Surpass Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing, and set a record!
The reward made Ning Rongrong very tempted.
She didn't doubt the authenticity of the mission rewards in the slightest.
After all, even the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda could be upgraded and strengthened into the Eight Treasures Glazed Pagoda.
How could raising her Soul Power Level possibly be impossible?!
Tempted, so tempted—utterly tempted.
"First, I'll find out who the male Soul Master closest to me is and see what he looks like. Then I'll decide whether to continue with the mission!"
Ning Rongrong thought to herself.
She was a looks-obsessed person. If the male Soul Master mentioned on the Mission Card was very ugly and greasy,
Ning Rongrong would probably give up on the mission!
Ning Rongrong's beautiful eyes began to dart around as she looked about, searching for a male Soul Master who fit the mission's requirements.
Boss Li Haiyun was searching too. He wanted to see which male Soul Master would stumble upon such a huge bargain.
They looked and looked.
Then—
Whoosh—!!
Ning Rongrong and Li Haiyun's gazes met.
"Oh, so I'm the Soul Master who stumbled upon this huge bargain!"
Li Haiyun suddenly realized that he was the one closest to Ning Rongrong.
Ning Rongrong understood as well and thought, "So the male Soul Master closest to me, the one described on the Mission Card, is Boss Li...!"
Although Boss Li Haiyun was handsome and tall, and she didn't dislike him,
still...
She had only just hugged Boss Li intimately for thirty seconds to complete a Black Grade Quest.
Now she had to interlock fingers with him and gaze deeply into his eyes for a hundred seconds!
Oh, heavens!
That was far too flirtatious and intimate!
More importantly, she had told Boss Li about the previous mission and its contents.
But she couldn't reveal anything about this Purple Grade Quest to anyone. She could only complete it by herself!!
At the thought, two blushes swiftly appeared on Ning Rongrong's beautiful cheeks. This was just too embarrassing...
"Ah, why did I get this kind of mission? It's just too much to ask of me!"
Ning Rongrong's pretty cheeks flushed as red as dripping blood.
"Rongrong, how is it? What mission did you get?" Li Haiyun asked gently, pretending not to know.
Ning Rongrong's delicate body tensed. Somewhat embarrassed, she said, "Uh... Boss Li, the contents of this mission are private. Only I can know them, and I can't reveal them publicly."
"Oh, I see!" Li Haiyun nodded. "Some missions are indeed confidential. Only you may know about them, or perhaps only your friends and family. You can't just reveal them."
Then Li Haiyun added, "In that case, you'll have to rely on your own strength to complete the mission!"
Rely on her own strength to complete the mission...
At the thought of what completing it would look like, Ning Rongrong's cheeks flushed even redder.
Even hunting Soul Beasts in the Soul Beast Forest wouldn't be as torturous as this mission!
"All right, Boss Li. I'll rely on my own strength to complete it...!"
Ning Rongrong nodded gently and replied softly.
Never mind. She'd set this mission aside for now.
She'd accept another mission first and see what it was about.
So,
Ning Rongrong swiped a hand over the gem on her Storage Belt and took out two Mission Cards.
A Soul Master could accept at most three missions at a time.
She had already accepted one, so she could still take two more.
"Boss Li, I'm going to use some other Mission Cards and see what missions I get!"
Ning Rongrong let him know.
Li Haiyun nodded and said, "Sure, go ahead."
Then,
Ning Rongrong held a Mission Card in her left hand and sent a wisp of Soul Power into it with her right.
Several lines of white text immediately appeared on the Mission Card.
Mission Level: [White Grade]
Mission Content: [Hunt 20 ten-year White Grade Soul Beasts!]
Mission Type: [Public]
Mission Reward: [Increase First Soul Ring cultivation age by 10 years]
Mission Rating: [Unrated]
Looking at the mission details,
Ning Rongrong first froze, then was overjoyed.
"As long as I hunt twenty ten-year White Grade Soul Beasts, I can increase the age of my First Soul Ring by ten years!"
"This mission is so easy!"
"This can actually increase a Soul Ring's age!"
Ning Rongrong thought to herself, her spirits soaring.
But after her initial delight, the joyful expression on Ning Rongrong's face couldn't help but fade.
"It's only a White Grade mission, the lowest-level mission, and the reward isn't very generous..."
"What am I getting excited about? I'm such a fool!"
Thinking this, Ning Rongrong couldn't help looking a little disappointed.
Beside her, Li Haiyun was also thinking about Ning Rongrong's Soul Beast hunting mission.
"Finally, she got a proper mission. I was starting to think it'd be another one about hugging the boss or interlocking fingers with a male Soul Master!"
"Still, this mission's level is too low. It's the lowest-level White Grade Quest!"
Li Haiyun felt much more at ease.
"I'll use another Mission Card and accept a new mission."
Ning Rongrong settled on this plan.
Then,
She held the Mission Card in her left hand and forcefully sent a wisp of Soul Power into it with her right.
Immediately,
Several lines of purple text appeared on the Mission Card in her hand, displaying the Purple Grade Quest details.
### Hunting Soul Beasts Raises Soul Ring Age
Another Purple Grade mission. Ning Rongrong was delighted.
Mission Level: [Purple Grade]
Mission Content: [Hunt 20 thousand-year Purple Grade Plant-type Soul Beasts!]
Mission Type: [Public]
Mission Reward: [Increase Second Soul Ring cultivation age by 500 years]
Mission Rating: [Unrated]
Looking at the contents of the Mission Card,
a solemn expression appeared on Ning Rongrong's face.
"Twenty Soul Beasts of the plant type with cultivation ages of at least a thousand years!"
"This mission is difficult!"
Ning Rongrong felt that it would be tricky.
After all, she was a support-type Soul Master, and her cultivation level was only 26.
Forget hunting twenty thousand-year Plant-type Soul Beasts.
Even facing Soul Beasts that were only a few hundred years old would be incredibly difficult for Ning Rongrong, a support-type Soul Master!
But—
As long as she completed the mission,
she could increase the cultivation age of her Second Soul Ring by five hundred years!
That was a generous reward!
Then the color of her Second Soul Ring would change from yellow to purple!
She would be the first person on the entire continent to achieve that!
And the mission was public!
That meant Ning Rongrong could find helpers to hunt the Soul Beasts, as long as she delivered the final blow herself!
"This mission is amazing!!"
Ning Rongrong's heart raced with excitement. She felt that she had gotten a good mission.
At this moment,
Li Haiyun asked with concern, "Rongrong, how is it? Did you get any good missions?"
The Passersby around them all looked over. They wanted to see what kind of missions the young girl could get.
"Both of these missions are public, so there's no harm in telling you!"
"One is a White Grade Quest, and the other is a Purple Grade Quest. Both require going to the Soul Beast Forest to hunt Soul Beasts!"
"The rewards are generous too. They increase the cultivation age of my own Soul Rings!"
Ning Rongrong told them openly, keeping nothing to herself.
The Passersby around them were astonished when they heard this.
"Good heavens, these missions actually involve hunting Soul Beasts, and if you hunt enough of them, you can increase your Soul Ring's cultivation age too. That's terrifying!"