After reading the booklet, Lin An gained some understanding of the entire Heavenly Vault Pass.
Just then, there was a knock on the door. Lin An opened the door and saw nine other people gathered outside.
"Everyone, now that we've become team members for the time being, let's get to know each other first. Perhaps we'll be able to help each other out later."
At this moment, a young man said with a smile, "Let me introduce myself first. I He Changshan, from Ziyang City, and currently Platinum Third Grade."
Upon hearing the other person's words, a hint of surprise flashed in everyone's eyes, even Lin An turned his gaze to the other person.
The other person didn't look very old, probably only twenty-three or twenty-four, but I didn't expect them to already be Platinum Third Grade.
This talent is far superior to those guys in Guangwu City.
" Shang Minghai of Tangyuan City, Platinum Second Grade." At this moment, another man spoke up, and the others also introduced themselves.
" Lin An of Guangwu City, Platinum First Grade," Lin An introduced himself.
Soon all ten people had finished introducing themselves, Lin An also noticed that among the ten, four had reached the Platinum Realm, while the other six were only at the Gold Ninth Grade.
"Now that we all know each other, and Captain Zhou just told us about the current situation, what are everyone's plans for the future?" He Changshan asked with a smile.
The group exchanged bewildered glances. None of them were fools; He Changshan clearly wanted to be the leader, given that the other party had the highest cultivation level.
"I want to break through to the Platinum Realm first," said a man of the Gold Ninth Grade.
Gold Ninth Grade is decent in the Upper City, and even more so in the Lower City, but it's rather weak in Heavenly Vault Pass.
The other five men and women, who were only at the Gold Realm, also nodded in agreement. After all, their strength was too weak; they needed to break through to the Platinum Realm to barely protect themselves when doing missions.
"And the other three?" He Changshan then looked at Lin An, Shang Minghai, and a woman named Zhuang Qing'er.
"I plan to go to the mission hall first to check out the situation," Shang Minghai said.
"Me too. Through these missions, I can roughly understand the strength of the Sin Beast in this Sin Abyss," Zhuang Qing'er nodded in agreement.
"I only broke through to the Platinum Realm a few days ago, so I want to cultivate a few techniques first, since I have three months to go," Lin An said.
The cultivation method was just something he casually mentioned; he intended to improve his cultivation level first, as the Platinum First Grade was simply too low. He needed to reach at least Platinum Ninth Grade.
"That's good. If there's an opportunity later, we can team up to complete missions and hunt down Sin Beast."
He Changshan nodded, "It's still early, why don't we familiarize ourselves with Heavenly Vault Pass together?"
Although he did want to be a leader, he also knew he couldn't be impatient.
After all, we've only just met and don't know each other well, so it's impossible for us to entrust our backs to someone else.
He Changshan wasn't in a hurry. Anyway, there were still three months. He could step forward once everyone was more familiar with him.
No one objected to He Changshan's suggestion. They did indeed want to explore Heavenly Vault Pass, and even Lin An had no intention of being out of place at this time.
The group then set off and began to wander around Heavenly Vault Pass according to the map.
Along the way, they also encountered other talented individuals from different cities. After exchanging nods, they each went on their own to explore.
"This is the main mission hall; the exchange hall is next to it."
The group first arrived at the mission hall and looked at the missions listed there.
There are many types of missions, including hunting down Sin Beast, offering bounties for certain materials, and acting as scouts, which are considered relatively dangerous missions.
Through these missions, the group discovered that the Sin Beast varied in strength, but the weakest were at least at the Gold Realm, and most were at least at the Platinum.
In addition, there are logistical tasks, which is where secondary professions come in handy.
For example, tasks such as repairing formations, helping to refine elixirs, or making talismans can also earn military merit.
"It seems that simply being strong isn't enough to win the championship. Reaching a certain level in one's secondary profession also gives one a chance to win the championship."
Lin An couldn't help but ponder. Before seeing these tasks, he had been thinking of waiting until he reached the Platinum Ninth Grade before going out of the city to hunt Sin Beast.
But now that I've discovered that logistics missions can also earn me a lot of military merits, I have more options.
After all, he is a Diamond Tier array master. Although his other secondary professions are not Diamond Tier, he can manage them by investing some attribute points.
"I should focus on improving my cultivation level first, and also earn attribute points," Lin An thought to himself.
After learning about the mission in the main hall, the group went to the exchange hall.
"They can even exchange for Mythic Rank cultivation techniques, but it's a pity you need to have enough military rank and merits."
"You can even exchange for a spot in the Spirit Cleansing Pool, and you can even exchange it for the opportunity to be personally instructed by the Heavenly Vault King."
"..."
Everyone's eyes lit up when they saw the redemption list.
The opportunity to receive personal guidance from the Heavenly Vault King, in particular, has become highly coveted by many, as he is King Conferment powerhouse even above mythology.
Lin An naturally saw these items that could be exchanged, and to be honest, he was a little tempted, but he knew he couldn't afford to exchange them right now.
He was mainly looking at Diamond Tier cultivation techniques and secondary professions.
"Oh? Cultivation techniques can actually be purchased with gold coins."
Lin An asked in surprise.
"Young man, you probably don't know this, but it's specially set up for new recruits like you. However, you can only exchange for Diamond Tier cultivation techniques at most. For anything above Diamond Tier, you still need military merits," a man at the counter said with a smile.
Lin An nodded. Being able to exchange for Diamond Tier cultivation technique was enough for him; he shouldn't lack military merits afterward.
Even without taking on dangerous missions, he could still accumulate a lot of military merits through his secondary profession.
"Can I see what side jobs are available?" Lin An asked.
A hint of surprise flashed in the man's eyes upon hearing this. "Young man, you're quite clever. This is indeed the safest way to gain military merits. However, every secondary profession requires a certain talent; they're not easy to learn."
Despite saying that, the man still handed Lin An the list of secondary professions for exchange.
The list has quite a few secondary professions: weapon refiner, alchemist, talisman maker, spirit plant master, array master, and spirit chef. He already has all six of these secondary professions.
In addition to these, there are four other types: puppeteers, breeders, Spirit Mark masters, and spirit musicians.
Puppeteers can use materials to create puppets, while breeders are mainly responsible for raising spirit beasts.
Spirit Mark master is somewhat similar to an enchanter; they can create Spirit Mark to make weapons and armor more powerful.
Like musicians, spirit musicians can grant buffs to friendly units by playing spirit music.
Looking at these four new side professions, Lin An's face lit up with joy.
Then he looked at the price required for the exchange.