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Mu Yang got straight to the point and asked about the prefecture-level mission.

The clerk explained, "Tier 5 missions are generally not listed in the mission directory in the front hall."

"These kinds of missions are usually handled privately by the hall master, deputy hall master, and someone like you, sir, who is a demon-hunting captain."

Mu Yang understood, thanked him, and then walked down the corridor toward Old Liang's office.

He didn't know the head of the Internal Affairs Hall, nor did he know the other deputy heads, so he could only turn to Elder Liang, whom he was relatively familiar with.

After knocking, Mu Yang went inside.

The interior decoration remains the same, complete with bookshelves, desks, and physiognomy mirrors.

"What's wrong? What happened again?"

Upon seeing Mu Yang enter, Old Liang instinctively put down the book in his hand and hurriedly asked.

"without."

Mu Yang shook his head, then explained his purpose.

"Oh, it's just a mission. I thought something else had gone wrong." Old Liang breathed a sigh of relief.

Since meeting Mu Yang, Mr. Liang feels that his leisurely semi-retirement life has become much busier.

Coordinating the allocation of escort routes and busying myself with the arrangements for the canal gangs, I haven't had a good night's sleep in days.

"Our Qinghe County rarely has prefecture-level missions. The most recent one was half a month ago, which was taken on by my son, uh, that is, Captain Liang Qing."

Old Liang took off his bronze glasses and explained.

"Our Qinghe County is located in Anling Prefecture, the capital of Liangzhou. The number of demons is relatively small in the entire Liangzhou. Basically, as soon as a high-level demon is discovered, it will be dispatched immediately to prevent chaos."

The term "high-level monster" refers to monsters of the fifth rank or above.

It's not that there's anything special about monsters of this level; it's just that there are very few martial artists of this level.

There are quite a few second- and third-class demon-hunting captains who correspond to fourth-tier demons. In the Qinghe County branch alone, there are more than a hundred on duty.

However, even including Mu Yang, there are only seven First-Class Demon-Seeking Captains who correspond to fifth-tier demons.

Because of their limited number, Earth-level tasks are not displayed in the task list for players to choose from, unlike Mystic-level tasks. Instead, they are completed directly on a point-to-point basis.

In addition, some third- or fourth-tier monsters located in the surrounding villages and towns that pose a direct threat to the people will be placed at the top of the task list, and may even be directly assigned to teams by the deputy hall master.

Only monsters that live in remote areas and pose less of a threat will be temporarily set aside and handed over to the subordinates to handle.

Firstly, with limited human and material resources, we can only prioritize dealing with high-crisis-level issues.

Secondly, it also makes it easier for diligent captains to accumulate merits.

"There are no city-level missions."

Mu Yang thought to himself, "What a pity."

But there was nothing he could do; he couldn't very well ask Elder Liang to conjure up a demon for him if there wasn't one.

But it doesn't matter, killing more third and fourth-tier monsters is also an option.

Both can increase strength and replenish qi and blood, but their individual efficiency is slightly lower than that of a fifth-tier demon.

"Oh, right."

As if suddenly remembering something, Elder Liang asked, "You know about the blessed land in our Qinghe County, right?"

"I heard Captain Qin mention that those under 25 can apply," Mu Yang replied.

"That's right, Xiao Qin mentioned your name to me before."

Old Liang said with a sigh.

At that time, Mu Yang was just a newly promoted third-class demon-hunting captain. If Qin Yuan hadn't mentioned it, he would never have signed Mu Yang up.

After all, the number of places in the blessed land is limited, and there are many participating forces. It is really difficult for someone with only the Qi Condensation Realm cultivation to compete.

However, things are different now.

Now that Mu Yang is a first-class demon-hunting captain, he naturally has enough competitiveness.

"The official selection for the blessed land will take place in half a month, right here in our Demon Slaying Division. Many outstanding talents will be there. Do you remember..."

Old Liang originally wanted to tell you to remember to work hard.

But when he thought about Mu Yang's record of killing Bao Ping and Cao Xiu, two veteran mid-stage Qi Convergence Realm cultivators, he suddenly felt that he didn't need to say these things.

To put it bluntly, this selection process is a competition among talented young people under the age of 25.

At this age, to be able to cultivate to the Meridian Opening Realm and open one or two major meridians is already quite a feat of genius.

After all, the blessed land in Qinghe County is only a small blessed land, and the competition is far less intense than that for the blessed lands in the larger places in the prefectural city.

In short, work hard and strive for a good ranking.

"Over the years, the higher the ranking, the better the location in the blessed land. In previous years, the top three rankings were basically able to directly open two or three major meridians in the blessed land, which was enough to save you several years of hard cultivation."

"That's what Old Liang said."

Directly connect two or three major meridians?

That's it?

Isn't that just a matter of equipping yourself with a meridian-opening technique?

It doesn't sound like anything special!

Of course, this mainly applies to Mu Yang. If it were someone else, opening up two or three major meridians at once would indeed be a rather exaggerated increase.

It's almost on par with his enhanced Crimson Blood Ganoderma.

However, there is only one enhanced Crimson Blood Ganoderma lucidum, and once it is eaten, it is gone. But the blessed land is a renewable resource, and it will be opened once every few years.

Because of this precious quality, the blessed land is guarded by a first-class demon-hunting captain year-round.

After chatting with Mr. Liang for a few more minutes, Mu Yang took his leave.

Since I can't get any Earth-level missions, I'll take on three Upper-level Profound-level missions first, and sweep up a few nearby monsters along the way.

Thinking it over, Mu Yang returned to the main hall and placed the token in front of the bronze mirror.

Before long, Mu Yang quickly selected three tasks.

All three tasks are of the highest level of the Xuan rank.

One is a turtle demon located in the southwest valley, one is a tiger demon located in the southern forest, and one is a fish demon located at the bottom of the clear water river in the southeast.

The three are located in different places, and the two furthest apart are more than a thousand miles apart.

Most people wouldn't do that, since traveling would be time-consuming and laborious, and searching would be troublesome.

The reason Mu Yang did this is mainly because once these three locations are connected in a line, there will be many extra "wild monsters" to farm along the way.

He can't possibly finish his mission in the forest of the northeast region, then run to the river in the southwest region to kill a fish demon, claiming he took care of it on the way, and then ask for more credit.

That's outrageous.

In short, based on the records on the escort agency's map, Mu Yang quickly determined the number of monsters he would encounter this time.

There are ten in total.

Three were the mission objectives, while the other seven were "unexpected" gains.

That is, ten merits.

Extremely efficient!

After accepting the mission, Mu Yang rode Xiao Hei to Zoujia Village in the southwest region.

Zoujia Village is not close to Qinghe County, and it took Muyang a full half day to arrive before sunset.

Seeing the sky darkening, Mu Yang didn't delay and rode Xiao Hei towards the valley northwest of Zoujia Village.

The valley is not high, only a little over a thousand meters high, but there is a large river in it, a branch of the Qingshui River, which is deep and swift.

His first target—the turtle demon—was among them.