Taking On Missions

"I was just curious and came to take a look!"

Lu Ren smiled.

Qin Yu chuckled, "That's good. By the way, the Outer Sect Contribution Hall occasionally posts bounty missions. If you find a suitable one, you can take it!"

"What are bounty missions?"

Lu Ren asked curiously.

"There are two types of missions posted by the Outer Sect Contribution Hall. The first type is issued by the sect. Once completed, you'll receive contribution points, which can be used to exchange for cultivation resources within our sect. The second type consists of bounty missions commissioned by various families and forces to our sect. Upon completion, you'll receive a generous bounty!"

Upon hearing the words "generous bounty," Lu Ren's eyes lit up.

He lacked nothing right now, except money.

"Let me see if there are any suitable bounty missions!"

Lu Ren said and began to wander around the Contribution Hall.

On the pillars on the right side of the Contribution Hall, most of the posted notices were for bounty missions.

Lu Ren's gaze swept across them. He found that these bounty missions were either escort missions or missions to eliminate bandits and horse thieves, all extremely dangerous.

For him at his current level, none were feasible. They would require at least the strength of Spirit Stream Realm second level or above.

However, one mission caught his attention.

Mission Target: Eliminate the Flower Picking Bandit Nie Liuxiang!

Target Background: This person specifically commits evil in Linjiang City, defiling the innocent daughters of Linjiang City, and then cruelly murdering them after defilement. His crimes are heinous.

Target's Whereabouts: Nie Liuxiang is highly likely to have targeted the young lady of the Wan Family's Mill in Linjiang City, Wan Cuilan. Currently, Wan Sanqian, the owner of the Wan Family's Mill, has hired two Martial Artists at the Spirit Stream Realm to protect Wan Cuilan without leaving her side.

Target's Strength: A Martial Artist at the Aperture Opening Realm who has opened ten Spiritual Apertures.

Bounty Reward: Twenty Low-grade Spirit Stones

Mission Difficulty: Five Stars. The four major sects have repeatedly sent outer disciples to ambush Nie Liuxiang, but none have succeeded. Nie Liuxiang has escaped multiple times.

"Miss Cuilan?"

Lu Ren's heart stirred. He hadn't expected Nie Liuxiang to target his first benefactor since arriving in this world.

Two years ago, he had transmigrated to this world and was stranded in Linjiang City. Wan Cuilan, seeing his pitiable state, not only took him in but also introduced him to a job as a waiter at her family's restaurant.

Later, Lu Ren left Linjiang City to pursue martial arts.

Lu Ren had become an outer disciple of the Qingyun Sect and had long wanted to thank Wan Cuilan. He never imagined that Wan Cuilan would encounter such a crisis.

Seeing Lu Ren staring intently at Nie Liuxiang's mission notice, Qin Yu walked over, surprised. "Junior Brother Lu Ren, are you perhaps intending to take this mission?"

"I'm a little interested!"

Lu Ren nodded slightly and said, "This Nie Liuxiang is just an Aperture Opening Realm Martial Artist. Why can't the outer disciples of the four major sects kill him?"

It was too easy for a Martial Artist at the Spirit Stream Realm to kill an Aperture Opening Realm Martial Artist.

Qin Yu explained, "This Nie Liuxiang is extremely cautious. If he senses strong individuals lying in ambush, he won't show himself. Furthermore, he has cultivated a top-grade Human-tier movement technique called Cloud Crane Steps. When he uses it, he moves like a white crane soaring through the clouds, and even if his whereabouts are discovered, he can escape without a trace!"

"This fellow, being able to open the tenth Spiritual Aperture, is quite a genius. To think he became a flower-picking bandit!"

Lu Ren sighed.

Qin Yu added, "Nie Liuxiang was previously an introductory disciple of the Lihuo Sect. I heard he obtained an evil cultivation technique that requires absorbing yin essence to break through his limits and forcibly open ten Spiritual Apertures. Now, with his frequent crimes in Linjiang City, he's likely aiming to open his eleventh Spiritual Aperture!"

Hearing this, Lu Ren's heart stirred.

If Nie Liuxiang was indeed trying to open his eleventh Spiritual Aperture, he likely possessed Hundred Aperture Grass.

With this thought, Lu Ren, under the astonished gazes of many outer disciples, tore off the mission notice.

"Someone actually took the mission to kill Nie Liuxiang! Who is he? How can he be so confident?"

"Isn't that Lu Ren with the waste bloodline? How did he become an outer disciple?"

"I heard he obtained the inheritance of the Ancient Emperor Tuoshe, but he didn't gain any benefits from it!"

The crowd began to buzz.

Qin Yu, seeing Lu Ren tear off the mission notice, was equally shocked. "Junior Brother Lu Ren, are you really planning to take this mission? With your current strength, it's impossible to kill Nie Liuxiang!"

Lu Ren smiled and said, "Sometimes, killing doesn't necessarily rely on strength!"

"Then be careful. I'm going to do my mission now too!"

"You be careful too!"

Lu Ren put away the mission notice, left the Contribution Hall, and headed towards the mountain gate.

Linjiang City is a small city located to the north of the Jiangyun Kingdom.

Around this small city are over a dozen towns, large and small. Merchants from these towns frequently travel to Linjiang City for trade, resulting in a considerable flow of people.

However, most of them are ordinary people. Martial Artists at the Spirit Stream Realm are considered superior beings in Linjiang City.

At the city gate of Linjiang City, a young man in a Qingyun Sect robe slowed his horse. He gazed at the massive city gate and couldn't help but sigh, "Linjiang City, I'm back again!"

This young man was naturally Lu Ren. In seven days, he had traveled non-stop, finally arriving at Linjiang City.

"Miss Cuilan, I wonder what expression you'll have if you knew the down-on-his-luck youth you took in back then has now become an outer disciple of the Qingyun Sect!"

Lu Ren smiled. He rode his Swiftwind Horse to the city gate, dismounted, and led the horse into Linjiang City.

Looking at the shops, restaurants, and inns lining the streets, Lu Ren felt a strange sense of familiarity.

However, he didn't have the leisure to wander the streets for long. After entrusting the Swiftwind Horse to an inn for care, he arrived at the entrance of a mansion.

This was the Wan Mansion.

At this moment, the Wan Mansion was heavily guarded by mansion guards, all of whom were Martial Artists in the Aperture Opening Realm.

When Lu Ren approached the mansion gate, the guards immediately recognized his identity as an outer disciple of the Qingyun Sect, their faces showing reverence.

"So, you're an outer disciple of the Qingyun Sect. May I ask what brings you to our Wan Mansion?"

One of the guards asked.

"I've accepted the mission to kill Nie Liuxiang and help your Wan family eliminate him!"

After speaking, Lu Ren presented his identity token, completely dispelling their doubts.

The guard looked at the token in Lu Ren's hand with even greater reverence and personally led Lu Ren into the Wan Mansion, where he was asked to wait in a side hall.

A moment later, a young girl in a green dress walked over, lost in thought.

When she saw Lu Ren in his Qingyun Sect robes, her small face went blank. After a long pause, she stammered, "Lu... Lu Ren!"

Lu Ren stood up and smiled, "Miss Cuilan, it's been a long time!"

"You actually became a Martial Artist, and an outer disciple of the Qingyun Sect?"

Wan Cuilan was overjoyed, almost thinking she was mistaken.

She couldn't connect the penniless youth from back then with the outer disciple of the Qingyun Sect he was now.

After all, an outer disciple of the Qingyun Sect was considered a dragon among men anywhere, someone her status as the descendant of a small merchant couldn't hope to reach.