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The Mission Hall stood in the northwestern corner of the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy,

nestled among clustered mountains, where a magnificent grand hall rose majestically, its surroundings teeming with people.

The Mission Hall was likewise an extremely popular place within the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy,

but most students who came here to accept missions possessed considerable strength;

especially for missions that required them to travel to the Northern Heavens Continent, where there were strict requirements for one's strength.

The interior of the Mission Hall was especially bright and spacious,

with numerous crystal light screens arranged throughout the hall,

all sorts of missions densely flickering across them.

Futu Yun merely swept his gaze over them before turning toward the center of the Mission Hall.

There stood a blood-red crystal pillar, its surface inscribed with words that seemed soaked in blood.

Its startling color made this crystal pillar the most eye-catching sight in the vast hall,

and every student who came here would look at the scarlet crystal pillar with anger and fear in their eyes,

as well as the names piled upon it in blood.

"The Bounty Ranking." Futu Yun's gaze narrowed slightly as three blood-red words at the top of the crystal pillar glimmered with a piercing light.

This was clearly the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy's Bounty Ranking.

Simply put, it listed those who had once killed students of the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy.

Futu Yun looked toward the top of the crystal pillar, and a familiar name soon leaped into his sight.

"Second place on the Bounty Ranking: Demon Dragon. Bounty: eight million Spiritual Value points and one Divine Spiritual Art."

The Northern Sea Dragon Kun Blood Essence was already the most valuable treasure in the Spiritual Value Hall, yet it only cost seven million Spiritual Value points.

This man's head alone was worth eight million Spiritual Value points, with a Divine Spiritual Art included on top of that.

This was not like entering the Spiritual Arts Hall and randomly drawing a Spiritual Art. A Divine Spiritual Art was being given directly from the start!

"Let's go. We'll hand in the mission, and you can claim Demon Dragon's bounty as well."

"Also, we encountered the Dragon Demon Palace during this mission. We must report that information to the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy."

Su Xuan moved with graceful steps, walking straight toward the center of the Mission Hall.

A massive crystal screen stood there, and students coming and going were waiting to hand in or accept missions.

But naturally, different mission grades received different treatment.

Su Xuan walked directly to the very center of the massive crystal screen, where a white-haired old man was snoring soundly.

His deafening snores echoed clearly through the hall, yet not a single student dared step forward to disturb him.

Seeing this, Su Xuan walked over and gently tugged on the old man's beard with her jade-like hand.

"Ah! Who is it?" The old man, who had been having a pleasant dream, instantly sprang up and clutched his beard as he roared in anger.

But when he saw the smiling Su Xuan before him, he merely grunted. "You again, you little girl."

"If you're handing in a mission, then hand it in. Why are you always so rough with this old man?"

"Who told you to be lazy every time? If you ask me, we should pull out every last one of your beard hairs." Su Ling'er stepped forward as well.

"You two girls." Elder Liu rolled his eyes helplessly, his gaze sweeping over the group.

Then his eyes suddenly stopped on Futu Yun. After a brief pause, he said sternly,

"Girl, you actually took this boy to the Northern Heavens Continent?"

"Nonsense! What if something had happened?"

"Could it be that one of you sisters has taken a liking to him?"

His earlier words had been perfectly normal, but then his tone abruptly changed, instantly making the Su sisters blush.

"You damned old man, what nonsense are you spouting?" Su Ling'er's pretty face burned.

Futu Yun had not taken it seriously at first, but when Elder Liu did not continue, he was stunned.

In the original story, wasn't Elder Liu supposed to say this violated the rules and cut his reward in half?

Why was he saying nothing now?

Only the Northern Sea Dragon Kun and Dean Ta Cang knew that he was a shareholder of the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy.

"Old man, when we accepted the mission, the intelligence only mentioned a Heaven-reaching Spirit Treasury."

"But when we arrived at White Dragon Hill, we discovered that it was actually a Sovereign Spiritual Treasury!"

"So what if Futu Yun is only at the Divine Soul Stage? Didn't he kill both Bai Xuan, the lord of White Dragon City, and Demon Dragon?"

"Without him, we never would have made it back!"

As soon as Su Ling'er said this, the surroundings fell silent for a moment,

and even Elder Liu was slightly stunned, clearly unable to process the sheer amount of information in her words.

"A Sovereign Spiritual Treasury?"

"This boy killed the lord of White Dragon City? How is that possible?"

"I once went to White Dragon Hill on a mission. The lord of White Dragon City possessed Heaven Transformation Realm strength!"

"And Demon Dragon, too."

"Demon Dragon?" Several students who had been watching nearby shuddered upon hearing that name.

Their eyes filled with terror—Su Xuan and the others had actually encountered Demon Dragon?

"Fake, right?" The surrounding students looked at each other before beginning to whisper among themselves.

"A Sovereign Spiritual Treasury?" Elder Liu came back to his senses. "That's impossible!"

"The information we uncovered clearly said it was only an ordinary Heaven-reaching Spirit Treasury."

"Bullshit. That Sovereign Spiritual Treasury was clearly left behind by the White Dragon Sovereign, who fell several hundred years ago."

"And the lord of White Dragon City was a pawn of the Dragon Demon Palace. His purpose was to seize the supreme treasure left behind by the White Dragon Sovereign."

"The White Dragon Sovereign? The Dragon Demon Palace? Everything you said is true?" Elder Liu's expression finally changed.

"Hmph, how could it be false? Demon Dragon came later and even said Bai Xuan had failed at his task."

"In the end, even the Black Dragon Sovereign arrived. If Ye Yun hadn't driven him back with the Spirit-Breaking Bead, how could we have returned?"

Su Ling'er's beautiful eyes widened. "We risked our lives to get back, and it was all because your intelligence was wrong in the first place."

"If it hadn't been for Ye Yun, none of us would have made it back!"

Elder Liu's face immediately turned solemn, with none of his earlier laziness remaining.

He looked at Futu Yun in astonishment twice before turning to Su Xuan and asking, "Everything she said is true?"

"Yes, every word Ling'er said is true." Su Xuan nodded lightly.

"That Bai Xuan was indeed from the Dragon Demon Palace, and his strength had already reached the Late Heaven Transformation Stage."

"Demon Dragon had even touched the Heavenly Reaching Realm, and Futu Yun truly killed these people."

"In the end, he was also the one who forced back the Black Dragon Sovereign. He deserves the greatest credit for this mission."

Li Qing and Guo Xiong, standing nearby, nodded heavily as well.

The surroundings were silent, and even Elder Liu stared at Futu Yun with disbelief.

He had actually killed Bai Xuan, who was at the Late Heaven Transformation Stage, and Demon Dragon, who had touched the Heavenly Reaching Realm, while only at the Divine Soul Stage?

How was that possible?!

"I borrowed external power." Futu Yun offered no further explanation.

With a casual wave of his hand, he tossed Bai Xuan's headless corpse and Demon Dragon's charred corpse onto the ground.

He had no desire to keep these unlucky corpses by his side for even a moment.

Shock immediately surged into everyone's eyes.

They did not care what methods Futu Yun had used.

They only knew that this young man, who appeared to be merely at the peak of the Divine Soul Stage,

had truly killed a Late Heaven Transformation Stage expert and another expert who had touched the Heavenly Reaching Realm in succession.

Elder Liu stared at Futu Yun for a long time before slowly withdrawing his gaze.

"Give me your Spirit Value Tokens. Your rewards will be settled as usual."

"Demon Dragon's bounty will be issued to you as well."

"But you must explain the full details of this mission. I need to report it to the Council of Elders."