These days, Xia Gui is as busy as a spinning top.

In addition to feeding the raccoon and the raccoon dog during the day, it is also necessary to help the raccoon dog wash his body and comb his hair. These slightly spiritual beasts need to be carefully cared for.

After completing his daily feeding, it was almost impossible to see his figure.

He always sneaks into the cave when no one is around, meditating and cultivating. He divided the day into three equal parts, eight hours of work, ten hours of cultivation, and six hours of eating and sleeping. On such days, it's okay to stick to it for a few days, but after a long time, you can't help but be a little tired.

"This second order, it's really difficult, not a little bit. ”

In the cave, Xia Gui felt the true qi impacting the Lingtai acupoint of the Du Mai little by little, but the Lingtai acupoint was unmoved, and Xia Gui finally sighed a little depressed.

In the past few days, his progress has slowed down significantly, and he has been practicing for five consecutive days, but his progress has been stuck on the "Lingtai Acupoint".

With previous experience, the Lingtai acupoint is a difficult acupoint to open, and it can be said to be the most difficult acupoint to open on the Du Mai.

Many years ago, it took him a lot of effort to complete the breakthrough of the Lingtai Acupoint. This is not surprising, after all, after breaking through to the first order, the vein, as a container for holding true qi, naturally expands a few points, so it needs more and more substantial true qi to impact the Lingtai acupoint.

Xia Gui, who knew this truth well, had no choice but to sigh silently, the matter of cultivation was not in a hurry, and it had to be accumulated gradually.

......

This morning, Xia Gui routinely helped Liyin and Tanuki comb their hair.

"Da-da, da-da", there was a sound of footsteps.

As soon as he heard the footsteps, Xia Gui immediately reacted, and the person who came must be No. 9.

"Ahem, number sixty-three. Nine shouted the number of Xia Gui behind him.

After not seeing each other for a few days, Xia Gui's mental state changed a little.

There was a faint trace of true qi around him, and he also had strength between his gestures, and there was a trace of warm light in his eyes, which was a sign of entering the first order of the Dripping Water Realm. However, Nine didn't care too much, after all, a slave of the first order of the Dripping Realm couldn't pose any threat to Nine.

Hearing No. 9 calling for himself, Xia Gui hurriedly stood up, pretending to be respectful, and still called out a little vaguely: "Honorable lord, are you looking for me?"

Nine nodded, "You've been here for more than ten days, I see that you usually work hard, never go wrong, and your personal ability is also very good." After these few days of careful consideration, today I am going to hand you a new task. ”

Xia Gui glanced up at No. 9 with some surprise. In the days he has been living in the villa, Nine has never shown favor to himself. Now looking at the strange smile on the corner of No. 9's mouth, Xia Gui vaguely read a little ill-will.

"What task, honorable lord?" Xia Gui asked carefully.

"A three-star mission. Nine smiled.

Samsung mission?

Xia Gui was stunned, and then recalled the rules that No. 9 had explained to him when he first entered the villa. Three-star tasks generally correspond to difficult tasks, at least the difficulty of leading a sober beast around the park can be regarded as a three-star mission.

"I originally wanted to apply for you to be a four-star, but I was rejected by Master Jiang, who manages our park. Ahem, Lord Jiang has Lord Jiang's considerations, since he thinks that this task is three stars, then three stars. Those of us who are inexperienced are often skewed in the difficulty of the assessment. Nine said.

No. 9 said while laughing, as if he was thinking about Xia Gui everywhere, but Xia Gui's bad premonition in his heart became stronger and stronger. Nine wants to evaluate this mission as a four-star, which should be a more difficult task than an ordinary three-star mission!

"This guy won't hold a grudge against me and dig a hole for me, right?" Xia Gui thought to himself. He bowed his head and asked, "Your Excellency, what is your mission?"

No. 9 raised his eyebrows, pointed to the cage and said, "Let the reins and raccoon forces mate." ”

Every word that No. 9 said was serious, including his expression, but when this sentence fell into Xia Gui's ears, it produced an extremely exaggerated effect. This made Xia Gui's expression instantly dumbfounded.

Let two eight poles can't hit a fierce *** match?

Xia Gui's surprised eyes couldn't help but fall into the two iron cages again, one looked like a vicious bull and the other looked like a boar, of course, they were twice as big as the real evil bull and the boar. But in any case, how can these two ancestors who have nothing to do with each other mate?

What a disgusting and bizarre task!

"Haha," Nine laughed suddenly, "what is that look on your face...... There are so many weird tasks here. What kind of research might Lady Jiang be doing to create a new species with them? ”

Xia Gui smiled bitterly and kept cursing in his heart.

Number Nine said: "This roe is male, this raccoon is female, theoretically speaking, there is a possibility for them to mate." But...... The key is whether they are willing or not. That's where you get tested. ”

Speaking of this, Nine gloated.

Seeing No. 9 smiling so happily, a nameless anger welled up in Xia Gui's mind.

He casually glanced at Zun Yin and Tanuki, who were rolling their eyes at each other. Even if they had a durable knife on their necks, they wouldn't want to!

Therefore, this task is a proper three-star difficulty task, and it is no wonder that No. 9 still went to help apply for a four-star task. The difficulty of such a task is reasonable, and it is reasonable to rate it four stars.

"My lord, this task is too difficult for the small ones to complete. Xia Gui wanted to refuse this task.

No. 9 had expected Xia Gui to have such a reaction, so he patted him on the shoulder and pretended to be serious, "Don't be frustrated. There are rewards for completing three-star tasks, and I heard that the rewards are quite generous. Oh, don't look at me like that, I don't know what the reward is, it depends on the mood of Lord Jiang. ”

"Honorable lord, thank you for taking me so seriously, but this task is really beyond my ability, and it will even drag the Hundred Beast Garden back......" Xia Gui wiped the sweat from his forehead and continued to shirk.

Yes, although there is a reward for the Samsung mission, who knows what this reward is.

He wants to be free, but is this possible?

Nine shook his head, "Listen to me, new here." Even if you really can't do it, we won't blame you. Because the villa has a rule, if the task of three stars or more fails, the slave is not to blame. Because the task is really difficult. So, think about it, if you complete the task, you will be rewarded, and if you fail to complete the task, there will be no punishment. Do you think you've made a lot of money now?"

Xia Gui was stunned, this guy can really speak, he can say that black is white.

Although there is no penalty for failing the mission, the difficulty of the task is too high, so there must be huge risks in the process of execution. The risk is that you could lose your life.

Xia Gui's lips moved, and he wanted to continue to find a reason to refuse, but who knew that No. 9 didn't plan to give Xia Gui another chance to refuse. He patted Xia Gui on the shoulder, "Okay, that's it." What Master Jiang has decided, we can only accept it. Who made you the head of District Ding?"

"I'll give you three days. Regardless of whether the mission succeeds or fails, you must report to me the results of the mission by the evening of the 30th. I think I've made it clear enough, I still have something to do, so let's go first. Nineth forcibly assigned this task to Xia Gui, turned around and left.

"This ......" Xia Gui stood in place, his mind in a mess.

After a while, Cao Ming slipped over from the area next to him. walked to Xia Gui's side and said cautiously: "Brother Turtle, you have a big deal." ”

Xia Gui sighed and smiled bitterly.

"Mainly because, it's the end of the month. Cao Ming shrugged his shoulders.

"What do you mean?" Xia Gui was stunned, what does this have to do with the end of the month?

Cao Ming explained: "The six major parks will settle the star rating at the end of each month. The number of star difficulty and the sum of the star levels of the tasks completed by the slaves in each park are the results of each park. The achievements of the park will determine the merits of the team leader. Which park is at the bottom and which park is the first, it will be clear at a glance when the time comes. ”

"Oh?" Xia Gui understood.

"Most of our campus missions this month are one-star missions, and there are very few missions above two stars. So, the overall star rating is not high. Adults may need a ...... Tasks with more than three stars to add points. Cao Ming lowered his voice and whispered: "I heard that Ha, Lord Nine volunteered to take on this three-star task in order to highlight the highlights of his work. Actually, I just heard about it, but I didn't expect it to be true. Unfortunately, this three-star task was assigned to you!"

Hearing Cao Ming's explanation, Xia Guizhen couldn't pour out the bitter water in his stomach.

Could it be because he offended Nine before, so he retaliated against himself by the way?

But in short, volunteering to take on the Samsung mission has more advantages than disadvantages for Nine. If he fails, only losing the life of a slave, and if he is criticized a few times, the higher authorities will still assign him new manpower. If it succeeds, then there will be a bright spot in his work this month.

As Cao Ming said, there will also be competition among the team leaders of the six parks. Although they are in cahoots and are good friends with each other, they are not far behind in secret. In this villa where human life is like a mustard, striving for more credit and more trust from superiors is the way to survive.

"So...... Am I a victim of a power struggle?" Xia Gui smiled bitterly.

Cao Ming didn't answer, it seemed that he acquiesced to this answer.