This Mission Is a Bit Difficult
Feeling that familiar sensation of weightlessness, many thoughts flashed through Li Wei's mind.
He admitted that this decision was indeed very hasty, but Li Wei didn't want to give himself time to consider it.
With much to consider, there will be many concerns. Li Wei believes that no matter how much time he spends thinking, his final choice will be the same as it is now.
Since that's the case, we might as well be more decisive.
As the feeling of weightlessness continued, Li Wei clearly felt many things being pulled out of his body. This was perhaps what the mission description meant by stripping him of all his special skills and physical enhancements.
"I really don't know what kind of mission it will be. If the mission scenario is particularly difficult, entering it with the physical condition of an ordinary person would undoubtedly be a mission that guarantees death."
Li Wei shook his head, then slowly closed his eyes, adjusting his body and mind to their optimal state. After about seven or eight seconds, Li Wei felt his feet touch the ground.
Almost instantly, Li Wei opened his eyes and quickly surveyed his surroundings.
This was a thatched hut. After a cursory glance, Li Wei knew that this scene was at least not a modern or futuristic world. From the simple bed, the mud walls, and the withered grass scattered around, it was clear that this was likely an ancient house.
On the bed lay a coarse blue cloth shirt, matching trousers, and a pair of black cloth shoes, along with a letter. A thumb-thick iron nail was hammered into the mud wall, from which hung a sword.
Li Wei was the first to walk over, took the sword down, looked at it, and then shook his head with a sigh.
"Weapon: Inferior longsword, gray quality, made by an ordinary blacksmith."
This is how Li Wei defined this sword. In terms of materials, forging techniques, hardness, and sharpness, this sword can be called a 'top-grade' sword. Yes, Li Wei believed that even a random C-level... oh no, D-level expert could break this sword in two with just a bit of force.
However, it's enough to scare people and give them courage.
In less than a minute, Li Wei had already used the broken sword to survey the room and the area outside the window. After confirming that there was no immediate danger, he began to check the items on the bed.
The coarse cloth shirt and trousers were clearly a set. Although the quality was average, the workmanship was quite exquisite. Compared to what he was wearing now... Li Wei looked down and immediately felt a black line appear on his forehead.
"You call this clothes?"
Li Wei looked at the vest-like garment he was wearing and groaned in dismay. It was just a few pieces of tattered cloth sewn together, and it was the kind of vest with a very outdated style. His arms were bare, but the pants were not bad, just a bit short. Judging from the wear and tear and the deformed threads from washing, it was clear that this garment was quite old. Moreover, the shortness seemed to be due to his body growing taller.
"Could it be that I'm still wearing clothes from when I was 10? My identity for this mission is just too poor!" Li Wei exclaimed. This place really could be described as destitute.
Looking at their shoes, straw sandals, they were made of quite a lot of material, with large stalks of straw wrapping their toes tightly. Walking in them wasn't particularly uncomfortable, but they looked incredibly ugly.
Li Wei quickly took off his clothes and shoes, changed into the blue robe on the bed, and put on the black cloth shoes before finally letting out a sigh of relief.
Finally, there was the letter on the bed.
Li Wei knew that perhaps it was the key to unlocking the mission. Generally speaking, letters are a very important part of the mission world, as they are crucial for transmitting information and continuing the plot.
Reaching out to pick up the letter, Li Wei glanced at the words on the envelope.
"To my son, from your father, Canghai!"
Clearly, this was a letter from an old father to his son. Li Wei, with his vivid imagination, tragically thought that perhaps the actor playing the son was himself.
Upon opening the letter, Li Wei revealed a slight smile.
This is a letter of recommendation; in layman's terms, it's a letter of introduction.
The story is about an old man named Li Canghai who, due to some unforeseen circumstances, had to leave his hometown, leaving his 17-year-old son alone. Worried about this, he wrote this letter. Li Canghai had once studied martial arts at a sect in his youth, but was expelled for violating the sect's rules, thus becoming a farmer. In the letter, he told his son not to blame him, as his return was uncertain. He wanted his son to use this letter of recommendation to become a disciple of his former sect. It is said that Li Canghai's former fellow disciple had become the sect's leader, and out of consideration for their past relationship, the old man would surely give him some face and take his son in.
At the end of the letter, he specified the name and location of the sect, and mentioned that he had buried a jar in the vegetable garden in his backyard, containing some silver as travel expenses for his son.
Li Wei frowned, countless thoughts already swirling in his mind. Without a doubt, the actor playing Li Canghai's son was himself, and the clothes he was wearing must have been his father's old attire, as was the sword.
Swallowing hard, Li Wei put aside his negative thoughts and quickly analyzed the scene. From what he could see, it was a martial arts scene, meaning the difficulty was medium. It seemed he was lucky; if he had been randomly assigned to a high-difficulty scene, he would have been in trouble since he had no special skills.
Furthermore, judging from the sect names in the letter, Li Wei could roughly guess the blueprint of this mission world.
The sect was called the 'Qingcheng Sect,' and its leader shared the same name as this Li Canghai —Yu Canghai. Li Wei shook his head, thinking to himself, perhaps Li Canghai was expelled from the sect precisely because of his name?
Judging from this sect, the mission world is most likely "The Legend of Jin Yong Heroes".
Li Wei had already made plans for what to do next. Currently, he had no special abilities, and his Sky Fox bloodline seemed to have been suppressed, so he was just like an ordinary person. Therefore, the first thing he needed to do was to check the missions that would be released on the Black Paper. The second thing was to dig out the silver buried in the backyard. The third thing was to gather enough information and draw up a mission blueprint. If there were any unexpected events or changes, he would modify the plan immediately to ensure his invincibility.
Having thought it through, Li Wei put the letter away and continued searching the simple room, but found nothing except a few broken bowls.
About three minutes later, Li Wei had a sudden thought, and then the Black Paper automatically jumped out.
"The missions are about to be released!" Li Wei was already familiar with the Shadow Street mission system, quickly started reading.
"Immediate Mission: Apprenticeship, Difficulty Level B, 15-day deadline; Your objective is to reach Mount Qingcheng in Sichuan within the deadline, find the Qingcheng Sect, and become an apprentice. Failure to reach the Qingcheng Sect within the deadline will result in elimination; failure to become Qingcheng Sect within the deadline will also result in elimination..."
"Mission complete. Rewards: 500 silver coins, 3 Health Recovery Pills, 3 Energy Recovery Pills..."
"Mission start countdown: 3...2...1"
"Holy crap!"
Li Wei cursed loudly, inwardly cursing the guy who devised this task.
What kind of mission is this?
It looks easy, but in reality, this task is extremely difficult!
First of all, getting to the Qingcheng Sect within the time limit is fine, but whether he can successfully become an apprentice is definitely an unknown matter. In other words, it is beyond Li Wei's control, since the decision to agree or not is made by Abbot Yu Changhai of the Qingcheng Sect.
What if he's in a bad mood that day and refuses, or he's like a constipated person, keeping you hanging on? There are only fifteen days left; if you exceed that time, it's game over!
Li Wei hurriedly summoned the Black Paper and began to examine the map. He needed to find his location immediately so he could calculate how long it would take to reach the Qingcheng Sect.
Looking at the location marked on the map, Li Wei breathed a sigh of relief. Although the distance wasn't short, he could still get there within 15 days if he didn't stop.
So the problem now is, how to get that bastard Yu Canghai to take me as his disciple.
Memories of information about Yu Canghai immediately surfaced in his mind.
"Yu Canghai is a character in the wuxia novel *The Smiling, the Smiling, Proud Wanderer *. He is the leader of the Qingcheng Sect. To learn about the Lin Family's Seventy-Two of the 'Evil-Expelling Swordplay,' he used the pretext of his son Yu Renyan being stabbed to death by Lin Pingzhi to incite the Qingcheng Sect disciples to massacre the Fuwei Escort Agency. Although he meticulously plotted to obtain the 'Evil-Expelling Swordplay,' even torturing Lin Zhennan and his wife to death, he never obtained the true manual. In the end, Lin Pingzhi, the true inheritor of Evil-Expelling Swordplay and killed Yu Canghai and most of his disciples, avenging the massacre of his family."
That's basically the situation.
Without a doubt, Yu Canghai is a bastard. Li Wei was a thousand times unwilling to become his disciple. Not only is this guy a bad person, but his martial arts skills are also mediocre. If Li Wei hadn't been stripped of his fighting ability, he could have killed him with just one Finger Thunder strike.
However, this was a mission, Li Wei had to obey. Judging from the information, Yu Canghai had a great interest in advanced martial arts, and it seemed that this was a good starting point. After a little thought, Li Wei came up with a way to get Yu Canghai to take him as a disciple.
Having made up his mind, Li Wei quickly pushed open the door and went out, then went around to the back of the house, found the vegetable patch, and started digging.
Before long, a jar resembling a container for storing pickled vegetables was unearthed. Li Wei found a stone and smashed it open. Sure enough, the tube was filled with gleaming silver, roughly estimated to be at least several hundred taels.
In fact, once Li Wei stored the silver in the Black Paper storage space, the amount of silver would be displayed in numerical form.
"Received item: [Silver] x150"
It was quite a sum of money. After tidying everything up, Li Wei searched the courtyard again, but found nothing more. He then pushed open the gate of the earthen courtyard and went outside.