The five people had a meal, before Yang Xiaoling said, "Why don''t you come with us? We are going to the Hunter Trade Center as well."

    Shi Lang thought about it and nodded, these people were definitely not easy to get rid of. Lou Shin saw this but she did not make a move. The Terran did not wish to make a scene just yet. He wanted to handle this situation with as much peace as possible.

    ...

    Yang Xiaoling led the Terran through the bustle of the crowd and they reached the middle of the city where Shi Lang found another layer of wall spreading around the city. They were allowed to move in without paying anything. Yang Harwing said, "Welcome, to the inner Frontier City."

    Shi Lang watched the scene before him as he got through the door and understood the difference between the two places. This place was much cleaner and quite. He noticed the array formations carved and embedded on the wall surface. Yang Xiaoling said, "These formations are to keep away the noises from the outer city. The occupants prefer their own peace and quiet."

    Shi Lang nodded thinking, ''Yeah, such snobs y''all are.''

    He survived his way through the introduction of the place with these guys and after an hour, Yang Xiaoling said, "This is the hunter''s council. Here, you can go through the test and also sale the corpses of the Ten Thousand Race creatures."

    Shi Lang nodded, and followed them all inside a large magnificent building which looked like a sword. Two guards stood at the gates, and one of them asked, "State your purpose."

    Shi Lang stepped up and said, "I want to take the test for the spirit hunter."

    The guard nodded and stepped aside. Shi Lang entered inside, and the lady said, "Brother Shura, we will wait for you outside in the square."

    ...

    Shi Lang entered the gates and suddenly he found that his spiritual energy has been blocked. He frowned but did not stop. As he came inside the place, he found many people moving around and chatting with each other. It was a circular lobby, with different counters in eight directions.

    Four of these counters were trading counters, and the only thing audible was the wind flowing through the ventilation duct. The people here were using spiritual communication to talk, and they all walked without making any noise either. Shi Lang looked around for a bit before he made his way to a counter which was labeled, recruitment test.

    Shi Lang stood in the queue, there were several people ahead of him. The young man took a deep breath and after half an hour when it was his turn, the old lady behind the counter asked, "Name."

    Shi Lang shook his head and said, "One shall focus on the path and avoid distractions."

    The old lady nodded and said, "You are qualified to become a silver level hunter, but rules are the same for everyone. You will start at the bronze level, and then you will have to kill the creatures to enter the higher levels by earning merit points."

    Shi Lang nodded, before he saw the old lady bring out a bronze plate from the void. She said, "Wear this on your shoulder when you hunt to make sure that your hunt is recorded."

    Shi Lang thought about it and nodded before he said, "Thank you, elder."

    The old lady smiled with her wrinkled face, and waved her hand for Shi Lang to walk away. The Terran collected his badge and headed to the assignment counter. He came over and was quickly assigned a bronze level assignment.

    He was supposed to hunt a few feline creatures from the Ten Thousand Races. The task did not look very difficult, and was appropriate for the bronze level. Of course there was some risk involved but it could be avoided if the hunter was well prepared.

    Shi Lang left the hunter building and wanted to get out of the city to get about his assignment quickly but the Yang disciples caught up to him, and Yang Xiaoling asked, "Brother Shura, were you going to leave us all standing in your wait?"

    Shi Lang sighed and cupped his fists to them as he said, "Fellow Daoists, I apologize, but I am used to traveling alone and fighting alone as well. I hope you do not take offense."

    He was not afraid of them but he did not wish to kick up a storm in the city governed by the forefathers of these people. Yang Harwing chuckled and said, "You look down on us a bit too much. We came here to give you the share of merit points we got from turning in the Void Barbarian Wolf."

    Shi Lang was surprised and said, "You have my thanks."

    Yang Xiaoling bought up her hunter badge and said, "Touch your badge with mine."

    Shi Lang nodded and took out the small badge that looked like a sword piercing through different kinds of skull and sensed gentle wave of energy flow through Yang Xiaoling''s badge to his.

    Yang Harwing said, "When you have enough merit points, your badge will turn silver and you will qualify for the silver level hunter status."

    Shi Lang nodded and said, "Thank you for your guidance and help all this time, but now I must go and deal with my tasks."

    The people bade farewell to each other and Shi Lang left to deal with the mission.