Chapter 40: Assignment of Tasks
"Only a hundred per person!"
Zhang Xiao calculated in his heart, and felt that things should be more than that, so he opened his mouth and asked, "Senior Brother Wang, is there only a share of a hundred spirit stones? If this is just the case, Senior Brother I might as well rest in the sect." ”
A hundred spirit stones may be a huge amount of money for a cultivator of the Mountain Opening Realm, but for a cultivator of the Qi Abyss Realm, even if it is only a cultivator who has just broken through, it is necessary to think about it.
After arriving at the Qi Abyss Realm, cultivators can perceive a lot of heaven and earth spiritual power and collect it for their own use, but the spiritual power in the spirit stone is absorbed too slowly, unless it is in a place where the heaven and earth spiritual power is isolated, no one will use this stupid method.
These things about cultivators were also seen by Zhang Xiao from books when he was recuperating from his injuries in the Book Collector's Peak, otherwise he would have agreed directly, and a hundred spirit stones were enough for him to be chic for several days.
Wang Xiangrui didn't expect that the junior brother in front of him, who didn't look like a shrewd person, had such a keen sense of smell, and he was secretly taken aback in his heart, so he explained without any concealment.
"Naturally not, our mission this time is to deal with a group of bandits in the mountain realm, that gang of bandits often operate around Shangzhou City and the two nearby cities after hearing rumors, after several looting, senior brother, I estimate that the wealth in their gang is naturally a lot.
Moreover, when the city lord of Shangzhou City issued the task again, he had already made it clear that as long as we can eliminate this gang of bandits, not only will we offer four hundred spirit stones with both hands, but also the property that the bandits looted before will also belong to us. ”
When he said this to Zhang Xiao, he deliberately lowered his voice, he didn't want to make everyone know about this kind of thing, compared with those senior brothers who didn't want to refuse when they only saw the reward, Zhang Xiao's vision was indeed unique.
Zhang Xiao frowned when he heard this, not to mention that wealth and wealth are in danger, he didn't know why Senior Brother Wang could be sure that those thieves would collect those looted things, could it be that those guys still belonged to dragons?
Wang Xiangrui saw Zhang Xiao frowning and thinking, afraid of being rejected again, so he immediately changed his tone, "Senior Brother Zhang, I think you are also taking on the task of the sect for the first time, it is better to give the senior brother a face, come and accompany the senior brother on a trip, so as to exercise and exercise yourself." ”
As an old fritter, he knew that Zhang Xiao's hesitant appearance in front of the list was exactly the performance of his new contact with the task of the sect, and it was impossible for the real fellow disciples who always took the task to be distracted here.
After all, there are a lot of tasks that look good on the list, and you notice them first, but after you hesitate for a long time, someone else will preempt them, and the last thing you will be left with is some simple tasks that you have never considered.
Zhang Xiao is not a person who likes to hesitate when doing things, and when he saw that Senior Brother Wang had already said this, he nodded, "Okay, then I'll go on a trip with Senior Brother Wang, so that I can exercise myself." ”
Wang Xiangrui saw Zhang Xiao nodding, his face was overjoyed, and then he called the two people who had been standing aside, and after introducing themselves, Zhang Xiao knew the surnames and teachers of the two.
The one who is a little taller is named Fang Yisheng, who is from Qichen Peak, the one who is a little shorter is called Yu Qian, who is from Weiqi Peak, and Senior Brother Wang's real name is Wang Xiangrui, who is from Luoxia Peak, all of which are several peaks that he has never heard of.
I don't know if it was out of contempt or what, the three of them didn't ask Zhang Xiao's name, and only called him Senior Brother Zhang, which made him feel a little guilty, but it didn't show it on his face.
A group of four people quickly went to the place on the second floor to hand over the task and received their respective jade plates, and with this jade card in hand, and then got the jade card in the hand of the person who issued the task, they could come here to hand over the task.
As a junior disciple, Zhang Xiao felt that he naturally had the consciousness of a junior brother, so he walked out of the bounty hall behind the three of them very inconspicuously, and there were no fellow disciples around him to recognize him.
It was also fortunate to say that as early as when he was dueling with Yun Ting, those disciples and elders who came to watch belonged to the two main peaks of Yunji Peak and Yunliu Peak, and as for some other small peaks, there were only a few people.
It is precisely that the disciples on these two main peaks basically do not come to the reward peak very often, and the last time Zhang Xiao came to the reward peak was not long, so Zhang Xiao's identity was not recognized.
He only has a few spirit stones on his body now, which is only enough for him to recover four times, if this mission can be completed by relying on three senior brothers, he will definitely not make a move, he doesn't like to compete to prove himself.
Zhang Xiao followed the three senior brothers to an open area on the bounty peak, only to see the leader of the senior brother Wang take out a wood-colored ball from his arms and throw it in front of him, the ball changed rapidly, and a small boat that could accommodate seven or eight people appeared in front of the four people.
This is a ghostly work from Yunliu Sect's Yundong Peak, Zhang Xiao is no stranger to this, and he flew behind the three senior brothers to board the Yunliu Light Boat, he found a comfortable position and sat down quietly.
The light boat set off, like a meteor, flashing away, and the same meteors flew in all directions of the Yunliu Sect from time to time on the entire bounty peak, and these were the disciples of the sect who went to do the task.
"Our mission is from the southwest border of the Changtian Empire, a city with a large number of ordinary people and few cultivators, this mission is also simple, we only need to abolish the meridians of those bandits and hand them over to the Shangzhou City Government to dispose of, of course, there may be human lives when necessary. ”
On the light boat, Wang Xiangrui held a map of the Xuantian Continent and patiently explained it to everyone, and when he said this, he also deliberately glanced at Zhang Xiao, a little worried about whether Zhang Xiao could cross the threshold of killing.
If you don't keep hiding in the sect and can't come out, you must have this experience, whether it's forced or obedient.
Zhang Xiao knew the meaning of Senior Brother Wang's gaze, he nodded lightly, indicating that he had no problem, he was mentally prepared when he boarded the light boat, this time the opponent was different from the ice tiger demon beast last time, although it was much weaker, but after all, it was a human being.
It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, especially these thieves are even more insidious and cunning, they will not watch you abolish your cultivation, and it is not uncommon for human lives to occur when necessary.
Zhang Xiao was mentally prepared to stain his hands with blood, he understood that if the other party did not die, he would definitely die himself, and everyone understood this simple truth.
Wang Xiangrui received a nod from Zhang Xiao in response, and continued to speak, "At that time, we will plan to secretly guard in Shangzhou City for two days, if those bandits don't come in two days, we can only go to the mountains to dig out their lair, after all, time waits for no one, and you know the three junior brothers." ”
If the bandits don't come out all the time, they can't stay in Shangzhou City all the time, except for high-level tasks, intermediate tasks and ordinary tasks are time-limited, and they can't be spent in the same place all the time.
Zhang Xiao was clear about this rule, and nodded in agreement, he was only doing the task for the second time, and having the guidance of the three senior brothers would save a lot of detours, if he went to take the task by himself, at most he would take on some low-level tasks related to the chaos of wild beasts.
"At that time, if you really wait for the last step, Senior Brother Zhang, you can stay in Shangzhou City to prevent thieves and bandits from jumping over the wall in a hurry, and make a move to send someone to retaliate against Shangzhou City, and leave the rest to the three of us senior brothers. Wang Xiangrui put the map into the Space Stone and explained to Zhang Xiao.
"Thank you for your kindness!"
Zhang Xiao hugged Wang Xiangrui's fist, he understood that Wang Xiangrui was leaving the simplest task to himself, and the mustard that was born at the beginning in his heart also dissipated.
Fang Yisheng and Yu Qian did not express an opinion on this, originally in their plan, the three of them were the main force responsible for dealing with the gang of bandits, and the remaining one was to take care of Shangzhou City in a good manner.
This task may be the easiest, or it may be the most difficult, because none of the four of them now knows whether the gang of bandits will fight back to the death, in case of a counterattack, with the strength of Zhang Xiao alone, the three of them really dare not trust.
"Senior Brother Zhang, this is our Yunliu Sect's exclusive signal flare, in case of any accidents, you pull directly at the sky, and your two senior brothers and I will rush over as quickly as possible. ”
For the sake of safety, Wang Xiangrui walked to Zhang Xiao's side, took out a thing shaped like a pen holder from the Space Stone, with a white thread hanging on one end and a round and pointed end at the other, and handed it to him.
The Yunliu Sect has a rule that all disciples who go out on a mission must focus on their own safety, especially those who take new junior disciples on a mission, they must keep this in mind, otherwise they will be punished.
"Remember, Senior Brother, thank you, Senior Brother Wang. ”
Zhang Xiao got up and took the signal flare and put it in his arms, although he also had a space stone, but he felt that it was a bit cumbersome to use, in case of a real accident at that time, he would take it out directly from his arms, it would definitely be much faster than taking it out of the space stone.
After Wang Xiangrui explained everything, he took out the map again, walked to the front of the light boat and controlled the direction of the light boat's flight, after all, he was not a figure in the realm of the fifth senior sister, and he couldn't do this kind of thing directly using spiritual power to control the direction of the light boat.
On the side, Fang Yisheng and Yu Qian also began to meditate on the spot, trying to comprehend the Xuanyuan method of their respective cultivation, and Wang Xiangrui also took on the task of controlling the light boat because he had already broken through the middle stage of the Qi Abyss Realm.
In this way, the most boring thing on the light boat should belong to Zhang Xiao, because it is too difficult to perceive the spiritual power of heaven and earth, except for the use of spirit stones, he has rarely meditated and practiced now.
Looking at the rapidly receding clouds around him, he suddenly regretted that he should have said hello to Uncle Fu in advance before coming out, otherwise how would Uncle Fu keep up at the speed of Qingzhou now.