"Mandatory mission..."
"Eliminate the Eastern Saint Sect's remaining forces near the sect?"
"Each participant must bring back proof of at least one kill involving an Eastern Saint Sect remnant... mission deadline: six months."
Reading the words that emerged from the Heavenly Gate Token, Wang Ba's expression immediately darkened.
The Heavenly Gate Sect was truly ruthless.
This was forcing Outer-Sect Heterodox Dao Cultivators like them to sever all ties with the Eastern Saint Sect.
Wang Ba had no attachment to the Eastern Saint Sect, so it hardly mattered to him, but many other cultivators had cultivated there for years. Now they had to kill the fellow disciples they had once known so well. This was killing the body and stabbing the heart.
This was probably also a test the Heavenly Gate Sect had set for these Outer-Sect Heterodox Dao Cultivators.
Of course, none of that had much to do with him. If an Eastern Saint Sect disciple really appeared before him, he would feel no psychological burden cutting them down.
The problem was that, after the Eastern Saint Sect's destruction, few of the remaining forces that still dared to linger nearby were likely to be easy opponents.
And for a lowly cultivator merely at the first layer of Qi Refining like him, joining such an operation seemed rather more like offering up his head.
He glanced at the Heavenly Gate Token again and discovered another line below.
``` [Mission completion: For each cultivator killed at layers 1-3 of Qi Refining, gain 10 Heavenly Gate Merit points; layers 4-6, 20 Heavenly Gate Merit points; layers 7-9, 40 Heavenly Gate Merit points; layer 10, 100 Heavenly Gate Merit points!]
[Mission failure: Those with no results before the deadline will lose 100 Heavenly Gate Merit points and receive one demerit! Those who accumulate three