Low-Risk Mission? Investigate Qingyuan Village

Ning Yuan walked into the mission shop. The government affairs hall was covered with mission notices.

He had just been thinking of going to register when two people came straight toward him. He focused and saw they were his classmates, Luo Lie and Lin Xiao.

Like Ning Yuan, both of them were geniuses with innate full soul power.

The three of them merely nodded to one another, counting it as a greeting.

Only, the two of them did not leave the hall. Instead, they stood off to the side, waiting for something.

Ning Yuan paid no attention to them.

After that, Ning Yuan went to the service window and picked out a low-risk investigation mission:

There is an abnormal situation in Qingyuan Village outside Spirit City. Three soul masters are needed to go and inspect the situation, bring back valid clues, and will be rewarded with 30 contribution points.

This mission was not particularly dangerous and was suitable for a first mission.

"I'll choose this one."

"I just still need to find two soul masters to complete it with."

Ning Yuan was worrying over where he was supposed to pick teammates from.

The staff member off to the side added, "As it happens, two people before you have already accepted this mission. You can talk to the two teammates ahead of you who chose the same mission."

Then the staff member looked behind Ning Yuan.

Ning Yuan followed his gaze and glanced back, immediately spotting familiar faces.

Luo Lie and Lin Xiao.

No wonder the two of them had taken a mission and still had not left.

So they had been waiting for teammates.

"You two chose this mission too?"

"That's right. What about it? Only you can choose it, and we can't?"

Luo Lie's martial soul was the Blazing Hunting Lion, and his temper was fiery and proud to begin with.

Ning Yuan felt helpless. Ever since this guy had been assigned to his class, he had wanted to compete with him at every turn, and Ning Yuan had once seen that same look in Yan's eyes. Fortunately, he had not directly challenged him like Yan had, so Ning Yuan simply pretended not to see it.

Lin Xiao, standing off to the side, was clearly much steadier and calmer. "Since the three of us happened to choose the same mission, let's discuss it and set out as soon as possible."

Ning Yuan said he had no problem with that.

Not long after they walked out of the mission hall, Ning Yuan ran into a figure that gave him a headache.

"Junior Brother Ning Yuan, you came to accept a mission too?"

Hu Liena greeted Ning Yuan warmly.

This girl—how did he run into her everywhere he went?

At this moment, Venom mocked him inwardly.

[Little Ning Yuan! Your romantic luck has arrived! Since you can't resist it, enjoy it! Haha...]

Ning Yuan was too tired to retort. Romantic luck? More like a romantic calamity!

His current goal was to grow stronger. He did not want to provoke any women, after all, women would only affect the speed at which he drew his blade.

"Greetings, Holy Maiden!"

Luo Lie and Lin Xiao, standing off to the side, bowed respectfully.

Hu Liena waved impatiently. "All right, all right, enough with that useless stuff. You came to accept a mission, right? Speaking of which, what mission did you take?"

"Why not take me along?"

Luo Lie hurriedly stepped forward to show off.

He moved so quickly that Ning Yuan did not even manage to stop him. Ning Yuan really did not want to spend too much time with Hu Liena.

Who would have thought that after hearing the introduction, Hu Liena's eyes would light up brightly. "What a coincidence. My mission just happens to be near that area too. In that case, I might as well travel with you."

Hearing this, Ning Yuan was somewhat puzzled.

"You're a Holy Maiden. You still need to go out and do missions?"

Hu Liena looked as if she had heard something unbelievable. "What else? A Holy Maiden needs to exchange resources through missions too, okay?"

"Where do you think my cultivation came from? Do you think I can get it by sitting around all day being waited on hand and foot?"

At this point, Hu Liena moved closer to Ning Yuan and said with a teasing look, "What, you don't welcome your senior sister?"

A trace of irritation flashed across Ning Yuan's face, and he shifted a step away without drawing attention to it.

"What are you saying? Since our destinations are the same, we can just go together."

This made Lin Xiao and Luo Lie, who were standing nearby, unbearably envious.

The two of them were clearly not lacking in talent or looks, so why did Hu Liena not even spare them a proper glance?

Then they looked at Lin Fan, and the same thought arose in both their hearts.

Hmph, wasn't the pretty boy just a little cute?

After walking out through the academy gates, Ning Yuan was just about to set off on foot when Hu Liena stopped him with a smile. "What, were you planning to just leg it there?"

Ning Yuan spread his hands.

Hu Liena beckoned with one hand, and a wide carriage appeared before everyone's eyes.

"Come on, get in!" With that, Hu Liena was the first to duck into the carriage.

The remaining three looked at one another, then all climbed into the carriage as well.

Once they got inside, they found it extremely spacious. There was a table, and even snacks and fruit.

If they hadn't known the purpose of this trip, anyone else might have thought they were going on a self-drive spring outing.

Ning Yuan silently grumbled to himself, Damn evil capitalists.

Seeing the three of them frozen where they stood, Hu Liena covered her mouth and snickered. "A mission is a mission, but we can't mistreat ourselves, can we? Come on, don't stand on ceremony. Sit."

Luo Lie and Lin Xiao seemed a little ill at ease, but Ning Yuan had no such scruples. He plopped himself down and picked up the snacks on the table to eat.

The two beside him silently gave Ning Yuan a thumbs-up in their hearts.

You're the strong one, acting this brazenly in front of the Holy Maiden.

Ning Yuan, however, had no such thoughts.

After all, the host had already told them to sit and make themselves at home. If they just stood there, wouldn't that be the same as slapping her in the face?

For a while, the atmosphere on the road was somewhat awkward.

Finally, Luo Lie couldn't help asking Ning Yuan, "I heard you fought Yan, and even injured him with one punch."

Although Lin Xiao did not speak, he had the same question in his heart.

The two of them had left early that day and had not seen Ning Yuan's fight with Yan. They had only heard about it from others.

The two of them, like Ning Yuan, were both geniuses born with full innate soul power.

They had the pride of geniuses, believing that if others could do something, they could too.

Ning Yuan glanced at Luo Lie but did not answer.

"All right, what are you asking about that for?"

"Yan still can't get out of bed these past two days."

"This is your first mission, so you'd better pay more attention to the mission details. Don't end up getting yourselves killed because you were careless."

"I read your mission briefing. Recently, people in Qingyuan Village have been disappearing frequently. The local Martial Soul branch hall sent people to investigate before, and they said they suspected a soul beast was behind it."

"This time, you're going in to verify that. If you can kill the soul beast on the spot, that would naturally be best. If you can't, you still need to bring back useful information."

As expected of a veteran, she hit the key point right away. This was all experience.

Especially someone brainless like Luo Lie—he had not thought of this at all. His idea was simply to get there, see what was going on, and kill any soul beast they ran into.

Little did they know that a few hours after they left...

Someone hurried over to the Mission Hall.

As soon as they came in, they headed straight for the mission window.

They said they needed to update the mission information.

They said the information for the Qingyuan Village mission had changed.

There were abnormal circumstances there. It was not a low-risk mission, but a high-risk one.

At the end, the messenger even asked the staff member whether no one had accepted this mission yet, right?

After all, who would accept a low-risk mission?

As a result, the person handling the mission froze, looking as if he were about to cry.

"It's been accepted. And three people went!"