Taming Beasts and Cultivating Immortality from Two Realms

Chapter 194 Undercurrent
"What kind of mission?" Chen Beiwu asked, intrigued.

A flash of light appeared between Zhao Heng's fingers, and a sect mission bounty notice suddenly appeared in his hand, which he handed out with both hands.

Chen Beiwu took it and looked at it.

Bounty Mission: Capture Li Buwei, a sinner from a sect.
Quest Level: Mid-Level B to Upper-Level B (Recommended for Foundation Establishment Peak cultivators)
Task issuer: Palace of Justice

Characteristics of a Sinful Cultivator: Li Buwei was originally the deputy head of Luoxia Market. He was in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, had dual spiritual roots of water and wood, had an old sword scar on his left eyebrow bone, and his preferred spiritual weapon was the Purple Bamboo Whip (a second-grade superior weapon).
Crimes committed: On the seventh day of the seventh month of the 978th ​​year of Yuanfeng, he drugged and murdered Li Qinghe (late-stage Foundation Establishment), the head of Luoxia Fang, and Meng Yao (mid-stage Foundation Establishment), the judicial inspector of Luoxia Fang; he massacred cultivators in Luoxia Fang and stole the third-tier Core Formation spiritual artifact, [Zhong Jinsha].

Capture requirements: Dead or alive, bring back the third-tier Core Formation spiritual item, Zhong Jinsha, for the sect.
Task Rewards: 8,000 Contribution Points and the Tier 3 Core Formation Spiritual Item, Golden Sand
Note: Li Buwei practices demonic arts and is suspected to be a demonic cultivator of the Wanyou Sect, making him extremely dangerous.

After reading the bounty notice, Chen Beiwu frowned slightly and looked at Deacon Zhao Heng with surprise.

"Senior Brother Zhao, are you sure you're not joking with me?"

If it weren't for Deacon Zhao Heng's tireless help during this time, which deserves some credit even if he didn't achieve anything, Chen Beiwu would have started cursing the moment he saw the mission information.

Sending a Qi Refining cultivator to capture a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator is no different from sending him to his death.

"I'm not kidding, this task isn't actually as difficult as you imagine, junior brother."

Zhao Heng glanced around and explained in a low voice, "Junior brother, do you know the true teachings of Jiang Yuyan?"

"Jiang Zhenchuan, ranked ninth on the Mirror Moon Ranking?" Chen Beiwu's eyes showed doubt.

“That’s right, Senior Sister Jiang is a Golden Core seed of the sect. With her taking action, the sinful cultivator Li Buwei will definitely have nowhere to escape,” Zhao Heng said.

Hearing this, Chen Beiwu looked even more puzzled: "Senior Brother Zhao, what do you mean?"

"Thirty thousand low-grade spirit stones."

“Senior Sister Jiang likes to mentor younger generations.” Zhao Heng gestured. “If Junior Brother is willing to pay 30,000 spirit stones, Senior Sister Jiang can take on this capture mission with you.”

After completing the task, you will receive 15,000 contribution points, and the Tier 3 Core Formation spiritual item, Jinsha, will belong to Senior Sister Jiang.

Good heavens, isn't this just Didi's ride-hailing service?
Chen Beiwu reacted instantly.

“This is a rare opportunity,” Zhao Heng reminded her. “If it weren’t for the Golden Sand, a spiritual treasure for Core Formation, it would be difficult to persuade Senior Sister Jiang to spend 30,000 spirit stones.”

"I don't have that many spirit stones on me. Let me go back and think about it some more," Chen Beiwu said after a moment's thought.

He did not doubt Jiang Zhenchuan's abilities, but he doubted his character.

But there's a saying that goes, "Don't flaunt your wealth."

If he were to produce so many spirit stones all at once, it's hard to guarantee that Senior Sister Jiang wouldn't be tempted.

In the middle of nowhere, if Senior Sister Jiang had any bad intentions, he would be completely helpless.

Watching Chen Beiwu's departing figure, Zhao Heng's heart sank.

……

Tuoyue Peak, Shuyu Residence.

Zhao Heng stood outside the cave waiting.

After waiting for a full hour, the cave gate finally opened.

"come in."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Heng strode inside and immediately saw Jiang Zhenchuan half-lying on the jade bed.

"Well, did he agree?" Jiang Yuyan opened her eyes and looked at Zhao Heng.

"Junior Brother Chen said he needs to think about it." Zhao Heng swallowed.

"Am I that scary?" Jiang Yuyan glanced at him. "Come here."

Zhao Heng's pupils contracted slightly, and his body trembled slightly. "Senior Sister Jiang, I...!"

He was interrupted halfway through his sentence by Jiang Yuyan's icy voice.

“Come here. You should know the consequences of disobeying me.” Zhao Heng took a deep breath, stepped forward, and walked up to Jiang Yuyan.

"Very good, kneel down."

Seeing Zhao Heng's forehead touch the ground, Jiang Yuyan raised her right foot, her cloud-patterned shoes stepping on the former's head, and activated the True Understanding of Yang Tongqi.

"Buzz!"

As the supreme Yang energy circulated throughout his body, Zhao Heng's face turned pale at a visible speed.

In contrast, Jiang Yuyan's complexion became slightly rosier.

"Alright, you can go now. Chen Zi'ang, Feng Yushu, and Gu Yunsi can take their time, but the other newly enrolled disciples need to speed things up."

As soon as he finished speaking, a bottle of pills to restore his energy and spirit suddenly appeared in front of Zhao Heng.

Only after Zhao Heng's figure disappeared and the cave gate closed did Jiang Yuyan look up at the sky, a hint of ferocity appearing on her calm face.

'Damn the Crow Spirit, damn Yu Zhaoli!'

The disciples of the sect all knew that she had failed to break through to the Golden Core stage twice, and her personality changed drastically after her ranking on the Mirror Moon Ranking plummeted. She now liked to help her fellow disciples.

Little did they know that she was forced into failure, deliberately choosing to fail in order to master the secret technique, kill her master Yu Zhaoli, and carve out a path to the Golden Core stage!

……

Mission Hall.

As soon as Chen Beiwu stepped into the main hall, Ma Dongmei, who was in charge of the task, took the initiative to step forward and pay her respects.

"Greetings, Senior Brother Chen."

Chen Beiwu gestured for him not to stand on ceremony and looked toward the mission wall in the main hall.

After careful selection, he found a mission with a generous reward, the only drawback being its distance; the mission location was in the Black Veil Sea.

"Junior Sister Ma, please help me take on this task."

Ma Dongmei's eyelids twitched, her gaze shifting back and forth between Chen Beiwu and the task sheet, her tone tinged with surprise: "Senior Brother Chen, are you sure you want to take on this task?"

The Rank B-level lower-tier quest, "Exterminate the Demon and Obtain the Shell at Bilin Pool," has been issued for a long time, but no mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator has been willing to accept it.

The reason is simple: the benefits and risks are not commensurate.

The Bilin Fu, a Foundation Establishment level demon beast, has a carapace covered in phosphorus powder containing poisonous miasma. It usually appears in pairs, male and female, and can cooperate to cast illusions that are difficult for mid-Foundation level cultivators to detect, taking lives silently.

Besides, what makes the Foundation Establishment stage of the sect most troublesome is that the Azure Phosphorous Beast likes to hide deep in the second-tier water veins, and will use the Shedding Shell Escape Technique as soon as it senses danger.

Its speed is so fast that even late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators can hardly keep up with it.

Even though the mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator who accepted the mission went through great lengths to break the illusion and find the Azure Phosphorous Cicada's true form, he still failed to obtain the Azure Cicada's head shell to complete the mission.

Moreover, Senior Brother Chen is only a Qi Refining cultivator; he could easily perish under the deadly illusion of the Azure Phosphorous Beast if he is not careful.

Chen Beiwu nodded and asked in return, "Is there a problem?"

"No, the mission has already been accepted." Ma Dongmei didn't dare to say anything more and handed over the jade slip.

She had met Chen Beiwu a few times and knew that he had a relatively stable personality.

Those who dare to take on this task have most likely spent spirit stones to invite fellow disciples to help them.

Ma Dongmei just couldn't understand why, among so many lower-level B-rank missions in the mission hall, Senior Brother Chen chose the most troublesome Bilin Pool mission. Could it be for those three thousand contribution points?

After receiving the identity jade slip, Chen Beiwu turned and walked towards the Zhuanxing Hall.

The Black Veil Sea is far away, and traveling by sect's sea vessel would take too long. It would be better to spend a few dozen contribution points to take the teleportation array and then travel by flying boat.

(End of this chapter)