Chapter 176: The Conflict Begins
Behind the counter, an old man was sitting in the back with his eyes closed, Xiao Chen walked up, knocked lightly on the counter, and said, "Don't pretend to be asleep, come to take the task." ”
The old man slowly opened his eyes, his eyes were dull, as if he had just woken up, and said with a smile: "It's just a nap, it's not about pretending to be asleep, and the first time you take the task, take the waist card first." ”
The old man took the waist card handed by Xiao Chen, glanced at it and said, "Qingyun Peak, Ye Chen." I didn't expect to go out for a while, Qingyunfeng, I have already recruited people. “
"Put the waist card here first, register it for you, and go to the second floor to get the task. ”
Where is the second floor, Xiao Chen looked around, did not see the entrance of the stairs or the like, and couldn't help but look at the old man suspiciously.
The old man was facing Xiao Chen's waist card, carving something, and when he saw him looking at him, he remembered something and said, "I forgot, you are here for the first time, you can see it when you push open the door and go in." ”
Xiao Chen looked in the direction of the old man's finger, and there was a door in the shadow behind the counter, and the location of the door was very hidden, and he wouldn't find it if he didn't look carefully.
Walking to the door, with a gentle push, Xiao Chen stepped in directly, and before the soles of his feet stepped on the ground, Xiao Chen only felt a trance, and the environment in front of him suddenly changed, and people had already appeared in a huge library.
There is actually a small space formation here, Xiao Chen thought with some surprise in his heart, and then began to look at the environment here.
A row of people in front of them is writing something quickly, one by one carrier pigeons keep flying in and out, obviously sealed environment, I don't know how these carrier pigeons get in.
"The Great Elder of Beichen Peak, the task has been issued, and I need a fourth-order spirit beast Neidan, hurry up and write it down, the task level is ordinary, and there are five merit points. ”
"Jade Girl Peak, I have to find someone to protect the medicine field, the old rules are simple and difficult, five merit points in half a month. ”
"The people of the Spirit Beast Hall need to capture ten fifth-order spirit beast cubs, the task is difficult, and each cub will remember fifteen merit points. ”
The person who received the carrier pigeon read out the letter quickly, and someone immediately recorded it, and this is the operation process of the Hall of Merit.
These recorded tasks will be sent to the next level for re-evaluation to see if the difficulty of the task is too different from the task itself, or if the task reward is not right.
There is a final review after the second review, but the final review will only be for the difficult level of the sect tasks, and the tasks below the difficult level can be released directly after the second review.
The tasks of the sect are divided into three levels: basic tasks, advanced tasks, and special tasks, and each level is divided into three sub-levels: simple, ordinary, and difficult.
Xiao Chen came to the place where the task was issued, in front of a wooden wall, and behind the wooden wall were the personnel of the Hall of Merit who issued the task.
The man looked at Xiao Chen through the window of the wooden wall, and said with some confusion: "You are here to take the task?"
This person obviously also knew the unspoken rules set by the other five peaks except for the Jade Girl Peak and Qingyun Peak, and seeing that Xiao Chen was not a core disciple of the five peaks, he was a little puzzled.
Xiao Chen nodded and said, "Hand me a detailed list of advanced tasks." ”
"Which peak are you a disciple, show me the waist card. The man didn't immediately agree to Xiao Chen's request and asked.
Xiao Chen was slightly stunned, and said: "I am a disciple of Qingyun Peak, named Ye Chen, the first time I came to take over the sect task, the waist card has been given to the old man downstairs." ”
"Qingyun Peak?" the man said with some strange thoughts, "You wait a minute, I'll check it first." ”
Slightly angry in his heart, Xiao Chen finally knew why Liu Ruyue was so desperate, it turned out that this disciple of Qingyun Peak was really so difficult everywhere now.
The man seemed to be discussing with the higher-ups, and after waiting for a long time, he returned to the window, handed Xiao Chen a list and said, "This is a high-level task to be released today, you can take a look." ”
Xiao Chen frowned slightly, took it and looked at it carefully, there were a total of ten tasks on the list, all of which were more difficult.
Using the elimination method, Xiao Chen first eliminated the obviously impossible tasks, such as hunting ten sixth-order high-level spirit beasts within a week.
After the exclusion, there are only five tasks left, and if you continue to use the elimination method, you need to find someone to cooperate to complete it, and you have to eliminate it.
In this way, there are only three tasks left, which are guarding the spiritual veins for a month, and after completing them, you can get 800 merit points.
Hunt a hundred fifth-order spirit beasts, there is no time limit, there is no limit to the type of spirit beasts, and after completion, you can get a thousand merit points. There is also the last one to pick a seven-grade medicinal herb Huangquan Grass, the time is not limited, and you can get 2,000 merit points after completion.
Sect high-level tasks, no wonder will be privately divided, this reward is really exciting, even the least reward has 800 merit points.
Xiao Chen pondered it carefully, and finally chose the task of guarding the spiritual vein, still using the elimination method. Although there is no time limit for the task of hunting spirit beasts, a hundred fifth-order spirit beasts will definitely not be able to complete it in a month.
As for the task of picking Huangquan grass, Xiao Chen could only shake his head and smile bitterly, although the high pay was scary, but he didn't even know where to pick it.
Guarding the spiritual veins refers to the time of guarding for a month in the spiritual stone veins of the Heavenly Sword Pavilion, and there is no mandatory index, as long as the time of guarding for a month.
The remuneration is not high, but Xiao Chen has more than enough to pay off his debts, "I chose to guard the spiritual vein, and it is the first time I accept the task, what procedures do I need to go through." ”
"Do you want to guard the spiritual vein! You can draw a charge here, come over tomorrow morning, there is no limit to the number of people on this person's mission, and you can set off when everyone arrives, as for the formalities, you can go down with this wooden sign. ”
The man took out a contract for Xiao Chen to sign, and then handed him a small wooden card.
Xiao Chen took it over and looked at it, except for a string of numbers engraved on it, there was nothing special about it, but when the divine sense strafed on it, Xiao Chen unexpectedly felt a powerful wisp of qi.
Airplanes!
A wisp of qi from outside the sky passed through the Hall of Merit and pierced directly into Xiao Chen's mind, "Don't act rashly!"
Xiao Chen was startled, quickly withdrew his senses, looked around carefully, and found that no one noticed him, so he quickly left here.
The owner of the wisp of qi on the wooden card was very powerful, and probably thought that Xiao Chen was trying to tamper with the qi machine above, so he immediately warned him.
There were too many Crouching Tigers, Hidden Dragons in the Heavenly Sword Pavilion, Xiao Chen was in awe, and he didn't dare to release his divine sense, the door in the future tense opened, and he was immediately teleported downstairs.
Brush!
A silver waist card flew towards Xiao Chen, and after Xiao Chen stood up, he took it, and at first glance, it was his own waist card.
The old man smiled faintly at Xiao Chen: "Young people can go, remember the qi on the waist card, don't act casually, otherwise there will be a big disaster." ”
Xiao Chen's face froze, it was really a real person who didn't show his face, it turned out that the qi machine on this wooden card was left by the old man in front of him, Xiao Chen nodded, and prepared to leave the Hall of Merit.
After Xiao Chen appeared, a group of people immediately got up from the wooden table and pressed towards Xiao Chen. Although the costumes of these people are different, the neckline is embroidered with three thin gold threads.
This is the sign of the core disciples of the inner gate of the Heavenly Sword Sect, and the cultivation of these people has the realm of a peak great martial artist, and they are only one step away from reaching the realm of Martial Venerable.
Xiao Chen's face was cold, knowing that the person who came was not good, but he was not afraid in his heart, and greeted him directly. His current realm, except for Martial Venerable, in the realm of great martial artists, except for those martial artists who have inherited martial souls, basically has no pressure on him.
"You are Ye Chen!" One of the people wearing the costumes of Wan Ling Peak stepped forward and said sharply to Xiao Chen, the murderous aura on his body spread out, and his eyes flashed at Xiao Chen.
"That's right!"
"Remember my name, Yang Qi, you can go ......"
Before Yang Qi's words were finished, Xiao Chen smiled faintly, the Moon Shadow Knife swayed, and it was quickly unsheathed, and the cold light slashed directly at Yang Qi.
Seeing that Xiao Chen actually dared to make the first move, the corners of Yang Qi's mouth hooked up a sneer, two half-meter-long short knives appeared in his hands, and his right hand waved in the air, slashing lightly, avoiding the edge of the Moon Shadow Knife.
The short knife in his left hand, a lightning-like attack, stabbed at Xiao Chen's chest, the first time he met a double knife opponent, Xiao Chen was a little unaccustomed.
I had to avoid its edge first, and used the Qinglong Tengyun Technique, with my toes on the ground a little, and my body was like a dragon, and I crossed an arc and directly avoided Yang Qi's attack.
Gaining a firm foothold, as soon as the Three Shadows of Liuyun were used, Yang Qi had already flown in front of him, and the attack of the double blades came out like a cloud of water.
Although Xiao Chen's attack on every move of the opponent could be easily defused with the help of the Three Shadows of Liuyun, the opponent's attack angle was too tricky, and the speed was extremely fast, and slowly Xiao Chen couldn't keep up with his rhythm.
It felt like tearing down the east wall to make up the west wall, it was very difficult, Xiao Chen's body kept retreating backwards, and the three shadows of the flowing clouds that he comprehended were used to the extreme, like an ocean, and he persevered.
Whew!
Yang Qi suddenly stretched out his hand and threw out a short knife, which kept spinning in the air, flying towards Xiao Chen's face door, and the speed was extremely fast.
The moment the short knife came out of his hand, a short knife appeared in Yang Qi's hand again, and when Xiao Chen avoided it, this short knife flew out again.
Suddenly, two short knives flew in the air, and Yang Qi also held a short knife in each of his hands, and when the short knife swirled around in the air, it flew back towards Yang Qi.
The short knife in his hand was immediately thrown out, catching the whirling short knife, and in this way, the four short knives kept spinning up and down in the air, and the attack in Yang Qi's hand did not stop for a moment.
Xiao Chen, who was already a little unguardable, suddenly looked even more helpless at this moment, and several scars had been left on his arms and thighs by the short knife.
Xiao Chen thought quickly in his heart, the Three Shadows of the Flowing Clouds could defend against some extremely powerful attacks, but if the enemy's speed and angle reached the extreme, the shortcomings of the Three Shadows of the Flowing Clouds would be obvious.
You have to hurry up and find a way to come out, Xiao Chen gradually felt that something was wrong, these four knives were probably not the ultimate of the other party.