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“Stop, you rascal!”
Jiang Yi was furious. He had painstakingly gotten his hands on these flames; they were going to be his most powerful attack once he merged them with other flames. Their attacking power would have been incredible, and Jiang Yi would probably not have to fear ordinary God Kings even. Now, the majority of them had been consumed, and the remaining few were going to disappear soon as well.
Jiang Yi really wanted to throw this little beast out or extract the remaining balls of flames and absorb them in his ninth star sphere. However, there were people everywhere. Once someone’s divine senses detected him and the news spread, it would be very problematic.
“Forget it…”
There weren’t many balls of flames left anyway. Jiang Yi did not want to take the risk. He let the little beast continue to consume them. Jiang Yi’s senses swept over the little beast and suddenly found something strange. That little beast seemed to have grown bigger? It was originally only as big as a soybean; now, it was already as big as one’s thumb!
“Could this little beast be a fire-element one? It could grow by consuming flames?”
Jiang Yi blinked. He was very certain of one thing now: this little beast was definitely not useless! Something that could swallow such powerful flames and grow couldn’t be useless, right? It definitely was something very powerful.
The problem was…
This little spirit did not have a mental connection with Jiang Yi; this beast was not Jiang Yi’s spirit animal! Jiang Yi thought about it, and his heart ached a little. What if this little beast grew to a certain size and then just left him like that?
Swish!
After waiting a while, the little beast finished all the remaining flames and then entered within the extreme-cold flames and slept again. An air-splitting sound also came from beneath. Xiao Leng had returned. His face was extremely excited as he sent a voice transmission from afar: “Jiang Yi, all thanks to you insisting on coming to dig for treasures here. I caught a poisonous Emperor Toad; it is worth at least five million divine roots!”
Five million!
Jiang Yi was shaken. He did not think that Xiao Leng would have reaped such a good deal. If he had known earlier, he would not have rejected Xiao Leng’s offer to split half-half. That would have been two and a half million divine roots. However, since Jiang Yi had already acted generous before, he could only smile now and said, “This has nothing to do with me. It is all because your luck is good.”
“My luck was indeed good!”
Xiao Leng nodded and said, “Initially, the poisonous Emperor Toad had escaped downwards. Although the Nine Nether Cold Flames there could not kill me, they still slowed me down; and it was highly likely that the toad was going to escape. The funny thing was that the flames actually vanished, and I successfully caught this toad. It seemed as if the heavens were helping me.”
What rubbish, it was me who helped you!
Jiang Yi scolded internally. This time, Jiang Yi had reaped nothing while he had helped Xiao Leng so much. These five million divine roots were considered an unexpected bonus for Xiao Leng. Xiao Leng’s spirits were high and even asked Jiang Yi if the latter wanted to continue searching for spirit herbs.
“Forget it, let’s go back!”
Jiang Yi was a little grumpy as he waved his hand. Xiao Leng then brought him along, and they both flew upwards. The ten Divine Boats had long been ready awaiting everyone’s arrival. Many people had already returned as well. This mission had gone swimmingly. Only five unlucky people had been killed by the Netherworld Generals; out of everyone else, only a dozen-odd had suffered injuries.
“Go!”
Once the appointed gathering time had come, the Assistant Pavilion Lord gave an order; and the ten Divine Boats departed.
Along the way, Jiang Yi and Xiao Leng sat cross-legged to cultivate. After they had returned to the Primordial Demon City, the Assistant Pavilion Lord and Jiang Yi chatted casually for a while as they then parted ways. Xiao Leng brought Jiang Yi along as they started to teleport back home. As Jiang Yi was a city lord now—with the city lord command token, it was free of charge for him to teleport within the Blue Eagle Prefecture. The only problem was that as his soul spirit was still very weak—after teleporting more than ten times, he needed to rest for a few hours.
After the duo returned to the Divine Eagle Tribe and reported the completion of the mission, Jiang Yi finally had almost twenty thousand battle merits in his possession.
He had gotten many Netherworld Pearls this time and had gotten an extra five thousand battle merits. Originally, the Demon-Killing Pavilion had given him a hundred thousand battle merits. However, he did not know about the Primitive Mystic Realm back then and had used them to promote himself to the Demon-Killing Battle King Realm. However, if he had not become a Demon-Killing Battle King, he would not have been able to enter the Primitive Mystic Realm for free. Now that he thought about it, everything worked out just fine.
“Old Xiao, do you want to take a break or continue with the missions?”
Jiang Yi looked at Xiao Leng. The latter thought about it and said, “You can go and see which missions are available. I will bring the poisonous Emperor Toad and sell it in the Earth Emanations Pavilion first. Wait for me here!”
“Alright!”
Jiang Yi nodded as Xiao Leng left. Jiang Yi looked at the housekeeper in charge of the Mission Office as he asked, “Are there any missions with a huge battle merits reward?”
“Please wait, Hunting Envoy. I will go and take a look!”
The housekeeper took out a scroll and looked at it in detail. He took a full hour before he raised his head and said, “Based on the missions you are eligible to take on due to your rank, there are three missions that are offering many battle merits as a reward. One is a seventh-grade, another is a sixth-grade, while the last is a fifth-grade mission. My Lord, you can take a look yourself.”
Jiang Yi received the missions booklet and took a few glances. His face darkened. The fifth-grade mission was very safe; unfortunately, it was only offering four thousand battle merits. The sixth-grade mission was equally safe. However, the reward was only six thousand battle merits; it was too little.
The seventh-grade mission was very generous: the reward was forty thousand battle merits. However, according to the details of the mission, it was very dangerous; Xiao Leng would probably not agree!
This mission was to kill someone!
It was to kill a thug that both the Demon-Killing Pavilion and the Earth Emanations Army had issued death warrants against. This person had previously massacred a small city and its tribe, not even sparing the old or the young; he had wiped them all out. The latest news was that this person had appeared along the prefecture border of the Blue Eagle Prefecture and the Yellow Sand Prefecture, in the Spiraling Clouds Mountains. Whoever could bring his head back would get forty thousand battle merits.
This person had previously been a powerful commander from the Blue Eagle Prefecture Demon-Killing Pavilion and was adept at the arts of assassination. This mission had probably been sent out to the entire Earth Emanations Domain Demon-Killing Pavilion branches; it remained to be seen who could kill him.
This person was a Demon-Killing Battle God, same as Xiao Leng. Although he was a low-tier Battle God while Xiao Leng was a mid-tier Heaven Emanations, he specialized in assassination and was now hiding within the complex terrain of the Spiraling Clouds Mountain. One careless move, and it would be Xiao Leng who would get killed.
However, forty thousand battle merits was a very tempting bait!
Jiang Yi did not dare to act rashly as he waited for Xiao Leng to return. The housekeeper stared at Jiang Yi for a while and then suddenly lowered his voice and said, “Hunting Envoy, with Lord Xiao Leng’s help, this mission is actually quite easy. According to insider news, that thug had committed a crime in the Yellow Sand Prefecture and was being hunted by a great family clan. He was severely wounded and had even broken a leg. Based on Lord Xiao Leng’s strength, he would be able to easily kill this thug.”
“Insider news?”
Jiang Yi’s eyes flashed a sliver of caution as he sized up the housekeeper and asked, “Where did you get this news from? Why are you telling me this?”
“Hehe!”
The housekeeper smiled very widely as he said, “My Lord, my name is Chen Gu; I am a cousin of Commander Chen’s. My first uncle is working in the Blue Eagle Prefecture’s Demon-Killing Pavilion as a Mission Office housekeeper as well. This thug had previously been from the Blue Eagle Prefecture Demon-Killing Pavilion and had deep ties with many important persons. Hence, many do not wish to take on this mission. However, this is an opportunity for my Lord…”
“Oh, oh!”
Jiang Yi understood. Commander Chen was now leading a troop of Earth Emanations Army soldiers in the Divine Eagle City. This housekeeper probably wanted Jiang Yi to look favorably upon Commander Chen. For a Blue Eagle Prefecture Mission Office housekeeper to know some information was also very normal.
The caution in Jiang Yi’s heart disappeared. He nodded and immediately accepted the mission. How could he miss out on such a rare opportunity? Even if he told Xiao Leng about it, Xiao Leng wouldn’t say much, right? After all, this thug had broken his leg. Xiao Leng could easily kill him.
Without further ado!
Probably many people wanted to take on this mission. Whoever could kill this thug depended on who was the fastest.
Jiang Yi hurriedly left the Demon-Killing Pavilion and went to the Divine Eagle City. He wanted to check on the city and see if there was anything out of the ordinary. He was also prepared to bring a few Earth Emanations Army God Kings along for his personal use. The last time, that mission was a Demon-Killing Pavilion internal mission; it was not convenient for him to bring any of his own men along. This time, they were headed to the wilderness; and he was acting along as well. There would be no problems bringing them along this time.
After all… even if someone complained, wouldn’t Xiao Hong and Mo Lingqiu help him and close one eye?
…
“Pavilion Lord, Jiang Yi had taken on that mission!”
Little did Jiang Yi know that right after he left the Demon-Killing Pavilion, that housekeeper had hurriedly gone to the backyard to meet Xuanyuan Lingyan.
Xuanyuan Lingyan’s eyes like spring water flashed a sliver of a laugh. She nodded and said, “Very well. You do not have to bother with anything else. Remember, Jiang Yi had chosen this mission himself. It had nothing to do with you. It has nothing to do with me either!”
