Chapter 304 March passed uneventfully and a mission was conveniently accepted

This time, the journey to the Haotian Sect was much simpler, and there was no rush.

Moreover, the four of them were not fond of crowds, and they did not visit any independent cultivator markets along the way. They simply hid and flew away, resting when they were tired.

With such a stop-and-go approach, nothing unexpected is bound to happen.

In just over a month, the four of them saw the enormous peak of Little Kunlun Mountain.

“My two fellow Daoists.”

Shen Ce and Wei Yun stopped and bowed to Yu Xian and Hua Yuan, saying, “We are rogue cultivators, so we will not go to Haotian Sect to avoid being mistaken for cult spies. Thank you, Brother Hua, for leading us to the inheritance site, which has given us many opportunities. Thank you again, Brother Yu, for your guidance. We will never give up. Heaven will not fail those who persevere!”

Hua Yuandu and Yu Xian returned the greeting slightly.

Hua Yuandu said with a faint smile, “Oh, why are you two in such a hurry to leave? I still have a thank-you gift to give you for your help this time…”

“Alas, Brother Hua’s words truly shame us.”

Upon hearing this, Shen Ce hurriedly waved his hand and said with a bitter smile, “How could we have helped Brother Hua in the slightest? On the contrary, because of our momentary confusion, we have caused Brother Hua and Brother Yu a lot of trouble. We truly regret it. Moreover, we have already had a great opportunity to comprehend the Mountain and Wind Techniques in that inheritance secret realm. We dare not accept any more gifts of thanks!”

Seeing this, Hua Yuandu could only nod and say, “Alright then, take care, you two.”

Yu Xian calmly said, “Take care, both of you.”

“Take care, fellow Daoists! Farewell. If we meet again, we will both surely reach the Golden Core stage, or… we will never meet again!”

Shen Ce nodded, and together with Wei Yun, they bowed slightly to Yu Xian and Hua Yuan. Then, they turned around and left together, quickly disappearing into the distance.

“The Golden Elixir is difficult to achieve.”

Hua Yuandu watched the two figures disappear into the distance and sighed, “There are hundreds of thousands of Foundation Establishment cultivators in the entire Eastern Continent, but only a hundred or so Golden Core experts! Only you and I can take the Golden Core stage lightly.”

Yu Xian listened to Hua Yuandu’s words and thought he was lamenting the difficulty of cultivation. He was about to nod in agreement when he suddenly heard the last two sentences. His eyebrows twitched and he couldn’t help but glance at him sideways.

Hua Yuandu stretched and patted Yu Xian’s shoulder, saying, “You and I are unparalleled geniuses destined to reach the Nascent Soul stage, become Divine Transformation cultivators, surpass the Void Return stage, and synthesize the Great Dao!”

Hua Yuandu’s words naturally represent the ideals and beliefs in the hearts of every cultivator; no one would consider themselves inferior to others.

To say it so openly is really… a bit arrogant!

That’s incredibly shameless…

Yu Xian couldn’t help but roll her eyes and say, “Yes, yes, you’re right about everything.”

Having said that, he took a step forward and headed straight for the Haotian Sect.

Upon seeing this, Hua Yuandu laughed loudly, took a step into the air, and flew towards the Haotian Sect.

The two returned to Haotian Sect, and without much conversation, they said goodbye and went their separate ways.

It’s time to return to my place of cultivation and properly digest the gains from this trip to the inheritance realm.

Hua Yuandu, in particular, needs to hurry up and find a way to preserve infant blood.

The three-month trip took place between the two visits, and nothing major happened at Haotian Zhengzong.

The Inner Sect Foundation Establishment Disciple Competition had already concluded, with ten Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivators taking the top ten spots, among whom You Xiaohua came in third place.

Despite her abilities, You Xiaohua only managed to get third place.

One can imagine that the top two Foundation Establishment Grand Perfection experts are definitely extraordinary. The saying “Many masters live in seclusion” is absolutely true.

However, it’s enough for You Xiaohua to make it into the top ten. With the sect’s resources tilting towards her, coupled with her own talent and her status as a master alchemist, she’s guaranteed to reach the Golden Core stage within the next ten or twenty years.

It wasn’t a waste of his intention to deliberately lose.

As Yu Xian pondered to himself, he made his way back to his courtyard, but halfway there his expression suddenly changed.

Oh, I almost forgot something.

This matter concerns the contribution points of five thousand sects!

Five thousand contribution points! With such a massive amount of contribution points, Yu Xian could easily last seventy or eighty years even if he didn’t do any sect missions and the sect simply deducted contribution points from him!

If these contribution points are used to exchange for cultivation chambers, powerful scriptures, magic treasures, and so on, they can even be exchanged for enough resources to allow Yu Xian to step into the Golden Core stage.

This is the value of Mu Hanling, the third holy son of the Blood River Sect!

Why is he, a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator at the Great Perfection stage, so valuable, even comparable to a Golden Core cultivator?

Because killing him means the future of the Blood River Cult!

Geniuses are rare; if one is lost, it’s truly lost forever!

Thinking of this, Yu Xian immediately turned around and headed back towards the mission hall.

Although he hadn’t shown his face for almost three months, three months was a very short time for cultivators, and many people didn’t even know that Yu Xian had been away from Haotian Sect for three months.

Therefore, as Yu Xian walked along, many cultivators around him who knew him kept greeting him, and words such as “Master Yu, Senior Brother Yu, Great Master Yu, greetings” could be heard one after another.

The impact of Yu Xian’s alchemy practice a few months ago has not yet dissipated and will not dissipate in the future; on the contrary, it will become more profound with time.

That’s how effective the influence of a master alchemist is!

When Yu Xian heard the greetings from those people, he didn’t act arrogantly or pretend to be profound. He simply smiled and nodded in response, but his pace didn’t slow down, and he quickly entered the mission hall.

The main hall of missions remained bustling.

The huge, scroll-like task options in front of the hall kept rotating, displaying various tasks for the sect disciples to choose from.

But there are always some tasks that no one takes up.

For example, the bounty list has ten rankings, but so far, none of them have been selected, let alone completed.

Everyone knows that the Blood River Sect’s Great Perfection cultivators who made it onto the list, especially the top few Holy Sons, are not people that ordinary people can kill.

Accept the mission to kill them? Don’t even mention the difficulty of finding their whereabouts.

Even if I told you their whereabouts, would you dare to go?

At the same level, will you kill them, or will they kill you? Don’t you have any self-awareness?

Therefore, no one would take on such a task. Taking it would only cause trouble for oneself, and even though the reward points were extremely tempting, no one paid any attention to it.

Yu Xian looked at the bounty list, his gaze sweeping across it until he reached the third one.

Blood River Sect’s Mu Hanling… is offering a bounty of 5,000 contribution points!

Above the painted image, Mu Hanling stood there, looking elegant and refined, his handsome face carrying a hint of arrogance.

That’s him, no doubt about it.

Even though the image of Mu Hanling in the painting didn’t have that ferocious look of death, it was indeed the real head in Yu Xian’s storage bag!

Nodding to himself, Yu Xian reached out to accept the task of killing Mu Hanling.

“Master Yu the Great Alchemist!”

Just then, a joyful shout rang out.

Yu Xian paused, then turned to look at a man walking towards him with a big smile on his face.

It was none other than Zhang Yanhui, the elder Yu Xian had met in this mission hall who handled mission handover.

After I refined a mid-grade fourth-level precious pill for him, the two of us basically lost contact. It was just a coincidence that he ran into me today.

Or perhaps he knew I was coming and deliberately came out to create a coincidence.

Yu Xian smiled and said, “Oh, it’s Fellow Daoist Zhang.”

“Master Yu, what brings you to the Mission Hall today? Do you still have missions to complete?”

Zhang Yanhui said with a smile, “With Master Yu’s abilities, refining a few pills will be enough to earn contribution points.”

The people handing over their tasks all looked on.

Even those who don’t know Yu Xian have heard of Master Yu’s three-month alchemy skills, which have fulfilled the long-cherished wishes of countless Foundation Establishment cultivators, allowing them to obtain precious pills and break free from their shackles.

Therefore, when he suddenly learned that the tall and handsome man in front of him was Yu Xian, he couldn’t help but take notice, his eyes filled with envy.

If I had his abilities, spirit stones, contribution points, and connections would come rolling in, wouldn’t they? Only a madman would do missions; the outside world is fraught with danger, you could die in an instant…

Yu Xian smiled and said, “Oh, it’s just a coincidence. I came here to pick up a mission.”

Zhang Yanhui was puzzled. He didn’t understand what Yu Xian meant by “shun qiao” and asked, “Taking on a mission? There’s such a thing as ‘shun qiao’? What kind of mission does Grandmaster Yu want to take on?”

Yu Xian smiled, raised his hand and pointed to the third place on the bounty list, saying, “Accept the mission to kill Mu Hanling.”

Hmm…

As soon as Yu Xian said this, those around him who were looking at him couldn’t help but gasp in surprise.

What did he say?

Kill Mu Hanling?

Everyone couldn’t help but take another look at the mission description.

Mu Hanling, the third holy son of the Blood River Sect, Foundation Establishment Great Perfection… 5,000 contribution points!

A full five thousand contribution points!

But how do we kill such ruthless members of the Blood River Cult?

How to kill?

Zhang Yanhui was stunned for a moment. He looked at Yu Xian and chuckled dryly, “Master Yu is joking.”

“I’m not joking, I really want to take this mission.”

Yu Xian shook his head, pointed at the bounty list, and with a flick of his finger, a scroll flew out and landed in his hand.

A moment of silence fell over the surroundings, followed by various whispers.

Yu Xian actually accepted the mission to kill Mu Hanling!

So how should he accomplish this?

Mu Hanling, the third holy son of the Blood River Sect, is a Foundation Establishment cultivator at the Great Perfection stage. He has a brilliant record, and countless Foundation Establishment cultivators at the Great Perfection stage, as well as Pseudo-Core cultivators, have died at his hands!

Such geniuses are not so easily killed.

Zhang Yanhui’s eyes were also filled with shock, and his Adam’s apple bobbed involuntarily.

Did I really expect Yu Xian to accept this mission? He wasn’t joking!

Quickly regaining his composure, Zhang Yanhui solemnly said, “Master Yu is truly awe-inspiring! Although the reward for this mission is high, no one has dared to accept it since it was posted four or five years ago. I never expected that Master Yu would accept it today! I admire you greatly! I wish Master Yu a speedy slaying of that evil cultivator’s son and completion of the mission!”

The surrounding chatter grew increasingly noisy.

Since the Blood River Cult’s bounty list for its members was released, countless people have been envious and tempted, yet no one has dared to accept it, because everyone knows that accepting it would be digging a hole for themselves, and they would certainly fail to complete it.

There’s even a rumor circulating within the sect that these bounty missions are only for Golden Core cultivators, not Foundation Establishment cultivators.

But at that moment, someone answered!

And immediately took the third one! Killed Mu Hanling! Five thousand contribution points!

Yu Xian held the scroll in his hand, not even glancing at the mission description, and looked at Zhang Yanhui with a smile, “Once this mission is completed, are you going to return it to me, fellow Daoist?”

“Me? I’m not qualified to take on such a big task.”

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yanhui quickly shook his head and looked at Yu Xian with a smile, saying, “If Grand Master Yu truly slays that evil cultivator, the Holy Son of the Blood River Sect, then my Lord of the Mission Hall will personally accept the mission! And the entire sect will be notified! Grand Master Yu will eliminate a great evil cultivator for our Haotian Righteous Sect! He will eradicate a great source of calamity for the righteous path of humanity!”

“oh?”

Yu Xian smiled and said, “Then I’ll trouble you to lead the way to the Hall Master of the Mission Hall.”

“OK?”

Zhang Yanhui nodded casually, but then froze.

“What…what did he say?”

“What does that mean? What does he mean?”

“Did I hear that right? The Lord of the Palace is issuing a mission, not receiving one?”

“This…maybe he misheard?”

Various doubts and puzzled voices arose from those around him, and they all looked at Yu Xian with astonishment.

Why do you need to see the Palace Master so soon after you accepted the mission?

Zhang Yanhui naturally thought the same thing. He looked at Yu Xian and chuckled dryly, “Well, Master Yu, did you not understand what I meant? What I meant was, the Palace Master is the one who receives the mission. You have to complete it before you can see him.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Yu Xian smiled and said, “I just want to return the mission. I have already completed it.”

“Forehead……”

Zhang Yanhui’s mouth gaped open, and he stared wide-eyed at Yu Xian, completely stunned.

The onlookers were all frozen in place, as if petrified.

The bustling mission hall fell into an unusual silence for a moment.

“You…I…”

Zhang Yanhui was stunned for a long time, and didn’t know how to organize his thoughts.

He said he had finished…

What did you accomplish?

You haven’t even left the house! You just received the assignment!

…

Seeing that he was in a daze, Yu Xian smiled and said, “Fellow Daoist? Please lead the way and take me to see the Palace Master.”

Zhang Yanhui suddenly turned around, frowning as he looked at Yu Xian, who was smiling.

Yu Xian smiled faintly, her gaze calm, not at all like someone who had gone mad or become stupid.

For a moment, Zhang Yanhui was completely unsure why he was doing this.

After a moment’s thought, Zhang Yanhui nodded and said, “Alright, Master Yu, please follow me.”

Who cares?

His illness is his own business. If I don’t take him with me, I’ll just upset him for no reason, and it will be difficult to ask him to refine pills in the future.

When he met the Palace Master, he made a fool of himself by accepting the mission and returning it carelessly. The sect rules would naturally punish him, but he felt he had too many contribution points and wanted to bleed them out. Who could stop him then?

Zhang Yanhui led Yu Xian into the inner hall.

The mission hall suddenly became even noisier, with everyone discussing the strange thing that Yu Xian had accepted the bounty on the list to kill Mu Hanling and was about to return it immediately!

Accepting the mission was one thing, but Yu Xian felt he was powerful enough to kill the third holy son of the Blood River Sect, a heretical cultivator. That was his skill, his arrogance.

He had just received the task and hadn’t even opened the scroll yet, and he wanted to return it?

This is unheard of!

What does he want to do?

Zhang Yanhui led Yu Xian to the inner hall, and on the way, he finally couldn’t help but say, “Well, Master Yu, the Hall Master doesn’t like people joking around. A mission is either completed or not. If someone lies or fabricates something, the Hall Master will really be angry…”

Yu Xian smiled faintly and said, “It’s alright, I have indeed completed this task.”

Zhang Yanhui showed a helpless expression.

However, he immediately understood something, his body jolted, and he stood still in place.

He turned to look at Yu Xian, his eyes filled with shock, and said, “Could it be that you already killed Mu Hanling!?”

“Um.”

Yu Xian nodded and smiled, “That’s why it’s a coincidence.”

“you……”

Zhang Yanhui’s lips trembled, her eyes filled with shock.

He glanced at Yu Xian for a moment, then suddenly turned and ran towards the inner hall, calling out loudly, “Disciple Zhang Yanhui has important business to attend to, Lord Hall Master!”