CHAPTER 365: TASKS

The Tianxuan sect was incomparably larger than the Divine Rainbow Academy.

As a result, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan walked for more than an hour before arriving at the task hall.

The task hall was about two thousand square metres.

Excluding the ten counters against the North wall, the hall was empty, hence disciples could move around freely when checking, issuing, taking, and submitting tasks.

After arriving, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan didn’t immediately go to the counters.

Instead, they began looking at the available tasks.

The tasks were divided into internal and external.

Internal tasks were issued by sect cultivators, while external tasks were issued by outsiders.

At a glance, most of the external tasks were about eradicating evil and killing monsters, while the internal tasks were about finding materials, completing recipes or maps, and such.

[Ayuan, I don’t see a task whose reward is a spirit stone vein.] Shen Xu transmitted, and Zhen Yuan nodded.

[Neither do I.] The man said, but had a thoughtful expression.

[What’s the matter?] The double asked.

[Xiaoxu, do you want to consider accepting the task of the wood element, one hundred flowers spiritual wine?]

[Wood element, one hundred flowers spiritual wine ...] Shen Xu muttered while checking the task board.

After locating the task, he quickly read the details and nodded.

Ordinarily, a brewer could use any spiritual flowers to brew the one hundred flowers spiritual wine. However, the task specifically asked for a wood element, one hundred flowers spiritual wine.

This meant that the spiritual brewer could only use wood-element ingredients, including flowers, honey, and other things.

"Interesting." Shen Xu said with an expectant expression.

Others may not have one hundred types of wood-element flowers, but Shen Xu had them.

After all, he and Zhen Yuan collected countless flowers from the valley in the Demon Plants’ Forest. Most importantly, they often transplanted plants and trees to the space.

Let alone one hundred, if he wanted to, Shen Xu could brew a wood-element, ten thousand flowers spiritual wine.

[Level eight, wood element, one hundred flowers spiritual wine and the reward is a night rainbow fruit. It’s a good deal.] The double said, but suddenly narrowed his eyes.

[Ayuan, they have drawn the reward but haven’t written its name. Could it be that the task issuer doesn’t know the night rainbow fruit?]

[That’s my guess too.] Zhen Yuan said, and Shen Xu almost burst into laughter.

The night rainbow fruit was the main ingredient for the level eight ascension pill.

With just one pill, a Mahayana realm cultivator could advance at least one and at most two small realms.

That said, the night rainbow fruit had long been extinct in the cultivation world and its related recipes were likely lost.

Most importantly, the night rainbow fruit was harder than vajra black iron. Without the proper technique, ordinary cultivators couldn’t eat it or refine it, let alone reveal its secrets.

If Shen Xu got the night rainbow fruit, he could use it to refine a furnace of ascension pills and plant the fruit core in the space.

Thinking of this, the double smiled with an expectant expression.

’There are eight pills in a furnace. Just enough for our group.’ He thought.

At the same time, he recalled the molten fire they found in Jiangyu’s space ring.

If he and Zhen Yuan didn’t need to stay out to take care of the triplets, he would have retreated to refine the molten fire and advance to the Mahayana realm.

[I am going to take the task.] Shen Xu decided and turned to Zhen Yuan.

"Ayuan, is there a task you like?" He asked, but Zhen Yuan shook his head.

"Not really."

After that, the two went to one of the counters and accepted the task.

The task had a time limit of one year.

However, Shen Xu didn’t need so much time.

He planned to brew the wine as soon as he returned to the ninety-seventh mountain.

After that, he would store it in the qi gourd for one day and then take it out. This way, the wine wouldn’t age too much, which would attract trouble to them.

"Don’t forget to complete the task on time." The disciple-in-charge said, looking at the two with narrowed eyes.

She suspected the two were messing around.

After all, they were spirit transformation realm cultivators.

How could spirit transformation realm cultivators take a level eight task?

Most importantly, they were new disciples of the ninety-seventh peak.

Considering that, the disciple-in-charge didn’t think the two could complete the task.

However, this had nothing to do with her.

When the time came and the two failed to submit the required wine, she wouldn’t be merciful when taking their compensation spirit stones.

After that, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu went to another counter.

This was the counter for issuing tasks, and after explaining their matter, the disciple-in-charge quickly completed the registration.

Soon after, the task appeared on the board, and the two nodded in satisfaction.

"Leave your communication jade. We will contact you when people bring the monster blood." The disciple said, and Shen Xu handed over his communication jade.

"We will accept the bird monster blood on the first of each month. We will tell you the location when the time comes." The double said, and the disciple nodded, but suddenly frowned.

"Are you sure you don’t want to include a cultivation level restriction for the blood?" He asked, and Shen Xu shook his head.

Although high realm blood had more aura than low realm blood, Shen Xu was more interested in the blood’s potential than the cultivation level of the monster.

Considering that, he didn’t restrict the level of blood that task takers could submit.

However, the reward differed based on the blood’s potential, whether essence or ordinary blood, and finally, cultivation.

Although high realm didn’t mean better blood, it at least meant that the blood was powerful enough to attain a high realm, irrespective of whether its potential was exhausted.

"I will accept all of it as long as it’s bird monster blood." The double said.

Hearing this, the disciple-in-charge nodded but couldn’t refrain from glancing at Shen Xu with a strange expression.

’I wonder what he needs so much blood for?’ He wondered but didn’t ask.

Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan headed to the trading area after leaving the task hall.

However, on the way, the double had a thoughtful expression, and Zhen Yuan raised an eyebrow in question.

"What’s on your mind?" He asked.

"Ayuan, let’s find another place to live." The double suddenly said and quickly continued.

"It will take a while to collect the blood, and during that time, many people will find us to make the trade. We will thrust the triplets into the spotlight if we allow people to keep visiting the ninety-seventh mountain."

Zhen Yuan nodded when he heard this.

Although they weren’t afraid of trouble, they didn’t want to actively court it.

After all, the triplets were still injured, and it would take a lot of time to cure them.

"You are right." The man nodded and continued.

[The chaos flame space is unplottable and untraceable. Since we sent the triplet’s portable cave there, we should let them stay until they are cured.]

[You mean to let them completely avoid the wedding?] Shen Xu asked, and Zhen Yuan nodded.

[Ancestor Song made a deal with the Lin family. What do you think will happen when it’s discovered that the triplets have disappeared?] Zhen Yuan asked, his eyes filled with schadenfreude.

Shen Xu smiled when he saw this.

At the same time, his eyes filled with a mixture of schadenfreude, mockery, and expectation.

"It’s going to be fun watching the dogs bite each other." He said.

"Exactly." Zhen Yuan nodded.

He and Shen Xu originally planned to deal with Ancestor Song.

However, since they had a more amusing solution, he wanted to wait it out and see what would happen.

After deciding, the topic turned around to where they would live.

"Should we live a quiet life or open a shop?" Shen Xu wondered with a thoughtful expression.

They had countless spirit stones.

However, Shen Xu always felt they weren’t enough.

After all, they had Yang Shi, Yin Shi, Feng Xue, Li Wenqiang, the Mayfly, the Chaos Flame Space, the triplets, and themselves.

If possible, the double wanted to open a shop.

That way, they would not only earn spirit stones, but they would also have a way to get rid of their excess inventory.

[Xiaoxu, I think we should open two shops.] Zhen Yuan said.

[Two? Why?] The double asked in a confused voice.

[One in the sect and the other in Tianxuan City.] Zhen Yuan said and began explaining.

[There will come a time when we will need to escape or secretly leave the Tianxuan sect. It would be good if we had a place to hide.]

[Okay. We can sell wine in the Tianxuan sect and everything else in the shop in Tianxuan city]. Shen Xu said, and Zhen Yuan nodded before adding.

[We can send two puppets to open and manage the shop in Tianxuan city. As for the sect shop, I was thinking we should use formations and inscriptions.]

[Formations and inscriptions? What do you mean?]

[I thought a lot after seeing the conditional boomerang inscription. I think I can arrange a conditional exchange teleportation inscription.] Zhen Yuan said, and a trace of excitement flashed in his eyes.

[What kind of inscription is it?]

[It is a self-made variation of the teleportation inscription.] Zhen Yuan said and began explaining.

[Each transaction will be a simultaneous exchange of wine and spirit stones.] He started.