CHAPTER 507: CHAPTER 73: NO.1 FIVE-STAR MERCENARY TEAM

While Yue Jinghua was researching the crafting methods of Dark Beast Vein Crystals, Shalman and Feng Buhui went to the Five Saints Mercenary Branch to settle the tasks after this round of adventures in the Sky Dragon Palace.

When the Sky Dragon Palace had just appeared, Miss Luo Lin, the receptionist of the Five Saints Branch, announced in front of all the mercenaries that the Sky Dragon Palace mission would be treated as an open mission. Anyone who ascended to the Dragon Palace would count it as a Pearl-level Task, and then task points would be calculated according to the grade of the Spiritual Artifacts obtained in the Dragon Palace.

The documented gains of the July Mercenary Team this time included two pieces of Dragon Slayer Holy Armor, one being Yue Jinghua’s Sky Shrieking Sword, and the other Feng Buhui’s Moon Gathering Belt. However, the hidden gains were far greater. Yue Jinghua first found the Rao Ri Helmet from Mo Kang and contracted the Chaos Mantis Xi Yuan, obtaining the Rao Ri Armor, thereby acquiring a complete set of Rao Ri Armor. Coupled with the Divine Refining Technique that later assimilated Mo Kang’s Primordial Spirit, she gained control of the Sky Dragon Palace, which was the true wealth.

Whether it is the Four Seasons Path inside the Sky Dragon Palace, the hidden Mo Family treasures, Dark Skill, or the Opportunity Transmission Array, every one of them is an invaluable treasure.

The Dragon Slayer Holy Armor is, of course, to be kept securely. However, for the other Mid-High-level Spiritual Artifacts collected by Mo Kang, Yue Jinghua generously selected a dozen or so pieces. In addition, with her "Yue Skinning" nature, she did not forget to drag back the corpses of the Molten Python Corpse King and the Ice and Snow Eagle King from the Four Seasons Path before leaving the Dragon Palace.

Initially, the members of the team were puzzled by Yue Jinghua’s actions, but upon settling at the Five Saints Branch, they suddenly realized the significance.

Miss Luo Lin’s expression was more exaggerated than that of a melodramatic soap opera.

One cannot blame Miss Luo Lin; after all, during her time at the Five Saints Branch, she had never seen a mercenary team submit such an astonishing report card all at once.

Listening to her tally up the mission list, her trembling voice revealed a clue: "One Molten Python Corpse King at the Peak of Eighth Rank, one Ice and Snow Eagle King at the Peak of Eighth Rank, six types of Initial Stage Spirit Pills, three Mid-level Spiritual Artifacts, one set of Dark Earth Rank Dark Skill Dark Technique."

Just converting this pile of items into mercenary team points kept Miss Luo Lin busy for an entire day.

The settlement results, combined with the previous Pearl Rank reward for landing on the Sky Dragon Palace, meant that the July Mercenary Team had truly turned their fortune around.

"Two hundred and sixty thousand points," Luo Lin cleared her throat, "according to the mercenary team point conversion, you guys..."

"Wait a minute, we almost forgot one thing," Feng Buhui blinked and walked to the door of the Five Saints Mercenary Branch, blowing a loud whistle and looking towards the sky.

Luo Lin couldn’t help but look towards the sky as well.

In the sky, a black dot grew closer and closer.

A Time-Space Jiao Dragon with colorful wings approached like a peak, descending from the sky, causing the earth to shake and the mountains to sway. Almost all the mercenaries and townspeople within three miles surged over like a torrent.

"What is that thing,"

"By the Creator God, that’s a Jiao Dragon,"

"It’s really a Jiao Dragon, could it be that Evil Jiao from Kalan Peak,"

"That’s not right, look at the two Dark Beast corpses piled up at the entrance of the Five Saints Mercenary Branch,"

"Yes, they are Dark Beast Kings of the Peak of Eighth Rank,"

"Fellow villagers, brothers and sisters of the mercenary community," a pretty face peeked out from the back of the Time-Space Ice and Snow Jiao Dragon Jixuechen.

A delicate girl with bright eyes and white teeth in pink said crisply: "Do not panic. This is the Jiao Dragon that our July Mercenary Team retrieved. It was originally an egg of a Jiao Dragon from Kalan Peak, belonging to Yunhu Commerce. In order to find it, our July Mercenary Team went through great hardships, nearly bankrupting ourselves, and the team nearly fell apart, but we finally found it and brought it back. Today, we personally handed it over to Miss Luo Lin of the Five Saints Mercenary Branch, just to prove that our July Mercenary Team is trustworthy and that no matter how difficult the task, we are an excellent team that will complete it."

No sooner had Shalman finished speaking than a thunderous cheer erupted.

In the past, people spoke of "returning the pearl but keeping the worthless box," and now the July Mercenary Team is returning the Jiao with the egg. After the dramatic fulfillment of the task to return the lost Time-Space Ice and Snow Jiao Dragon Jixuechen, the renown of the July Mercenary Team spread like a hurricane in the mercenary world, and the impact was far beyond Yue Jinghua’s expectations.

After nervously accepting the ownership of the Time-Space Ice and Snow Jiao Dragon Jixuechen, and having it confirmed by Yunhu Commerce, Miss Luo Lin had to re-calculate the points of the July Mercenary Team.

According to the calculation, the July Mercenary Team’s latest mercenary points have reached four hundred and thirty thousand, and this does not include the additional point rewards granted by Yunhu Commerce after the retrieval of the Time-Space Ice and Snow Dragon.

"From two stars to three stars requires eight thousand points. From three stars to four stars, thirty thousand points. From four stars to five stars, one hundred thousand points. After the calculation, the final rank of the July Mercenary Team is a Five-star Mercenary Team." Following a dizzying calculation, Luo Lin finally clarified all the mercenary points.

In the span of three or four months, they first became a two-star mercenary team by sheer luck, and in less than a month, they leaped directly to a five-star mercenary team.

This result was not only unprecedented for Luo Lin, but even when looking across the entire Mercenary World of the Canglong Continent, it was an unheard-of miracle.

A Five-star Mercenary Group is the highest rank that can be achieved through mercenary points. As for the next level, the Super Mercenary Group, one must complete more than five Red Diamond Level mercenary tasks or two Unrivaled Tasks to reach it.

For now, the July Mercenary Team is unable to achieve this.

Even so, it allowed the July Mercenary Team to leap from the bottom of the mercenary world with negative points and on the brink of disbandment to become the first-ever Five-star Mercenary Team in mercenary history. The members also rose to high honors, with all team members promoted to Five-star Mercenaries.

Several members of the team, including Shalman returning temporarily to Fengdan County, Chi Xi and Feng Buhui staying in Five Saints Town, while Qin Dongting went to claim the documents from the Five Saints Branch and Yunhu Commerce and hurried to Shang Kingdom to redeem the Compass.

Having successfully become a Five-star Mercenary Team, on Feng Buhui’s advice, Yue Jinghua took advantage of the team’s current popularity and started to raise their banner and recruit reserve members.

The July Mercenary Team would temporarily keep a roster of only six official members, including the soon-to-return Compass, reserving the sixth official team member spot forever for Weiwei.

Feng Buhui’s suggestion was to follow the example of Reversed Fire Mercenary Group, cultivating a reserve force while maintaining the core team, and to assign the low-level mercenary tasks to the reserve members.

As for Yue Jinghua, she also had a rare few days of free time, but what she didn’t know was that a new conspiracy revolving around Fengdan County was brewing.