First Mission
Zhu Shen returned after cleaning his body…
"Come to my room…"
Old man Ao's voice ringed in Zhu Shen's mind. He walked towards his master's room and knocked on the door.
"Come in…"
Zhu Shen opened the door and walked in. old man Ao looked at him and asked…
"How do you feel now...?"
"I feel much lighter… and refreshed…"
Zhu Shen answered honestly…
Old man Ao nodded his head approvingly. This is normal for the first cleansing to have such an effect.
"The phenomenon you just mentioned is called body cleansing… it helps cultivators discard any impurities from their body…"
This explanation made Zhu Shen doubt some theories. He asked his master.
"Master what does cleansing do...? Can it help improve my body...?"
"Of course, cleansing will not only help your body cultivate faster, but it will also help with your foundations…. The fewer impurities your body has, the better your future cultivation will progress…"
Explained old man Ao as he thought for a second and took out a scroll from his storage ring. He seriously asked Zhu Shen,
"Have you ever seen blood… or be more directly, have you ever killed someone...?"
"I…"
Zhu Shen was dumbfounded by the question. On earth, never mention a human being, he never even killed a chicken.
"I understand…"
Old man Ao sighed with a heavy heart. This was the most difficult part of being a cultivator. Cultivators need a massive number of resources to cultivate. These resources are generally very rare in lower realms. One must kill to get hold of scarce resources.
He passed the scroll to Zhu Shen.
"This is your first mission. You have to kill a bandit group that is causing havoc in nearby towns…."
Old man Ao looked at Zhu Shen with sharped eyes,
"I specifically need the head of their leader… you don't need to come back here if you don't finish this task…"
As old man Ao said that a terrifying intent leaked out of his body.
Zhu Shen felt a shiver run down his spine. He felt a terrifying gaze like a mighty dragon staring at him. The temperature in the room was already dropped by several degrees.
"Y--Yes master…"
Zhu Shen shakingly took the scroll and put it into his robes.
"Good… now go with your wyvern and eradicate those evil bandits."
Old man Ao felt satisfied with his disciple's performance.
'He has to learn it somehow…'
He looked at Zhu Shen's retreating figure and sighed.
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Zhu Shen walked down the mountain as he met several disciples of the dragon palace.
They saw Zhu Shen wearing golden robes and bowed at him,
"Good morning senior brother…"
They were all respectful but a slight hint of jealousy could be seen in their eyes.
'The golden robe represented the personal disciple of an elder…'
Zhu Shen looked at those disciples and nodded back in greeting as he proceeded towards the floating mountain.
The floating mountain was the resting place for all wyverns. They were not allowed to enter the dragon palace. Zhu Shen looked at the massive mountain floating upside down in front of him. He saw a lot of wyverns flying around, fighting with each other.
"Whistle…"
Zhu Shen Whistled… and waited in front of the floating mountain.
"Rawr…."
A roar can be heard coming from the floating mountain as a black figure descended in front of Zhu Shen.
It was Abyss. Zhu Shen stroked Abyss's body and got on top of him…
"Let's go finish our first mission together…"
Abyss gave out a loud roar and started flying in the air. The wyvern felt excited. Unlike Zhu Shen who was really nervous and thrilled at the same time.
'This is the first mission my master gave me…'
Thought Zhu Shen as he looked at the scroll in his hands. Zhu Shen opened the scroll and looked at the information written on it.
The scroll contained all the information about the bandits as well as their possible hideouts. Their leader called himself Wuyi was very close to breaking through the first level of body tempering.
'Mountain bandits… huh'
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After a day of travel, Zhu Shen reached a nearby village where bandits were active.
Zhu Shen signalled Abyss as both of them landed 2km away from the village. Zhu Shen got down onto the ground as he watched Abyss retreating away.
'Here we go…'
Zhu Shen walked towards the village. The village was bustling with activity as a lot of people were walking on the streets casually. Zhu Shen was thinking on how to get more information about the bandit group he heard an interesting conversation.
"Did you guys know, a bandit group is attacking Danba village today…"
"Sigh, bandits are running havoc for nearly a year now… hope sects will send someone to eradicate them soon…"
Zhu Shen listened carefully as his face drastically changed…
'I need to get to Danba village quickly'
Zhu Shen came in front of the person conversing and said,
"This Friend, can you tell me about the bandit attack on Danba village…"
The young man looked at Zhu Shen and saw his robes and bowed respectfully… other people also bowed
"We greet the immortal…"
"I- I heard that the mountain bandits will attack Danba village today… I don't know anything else immortal sir…"
The person said while sweating buckets of sweat…
"Just tell me directions to Danba village…"
Zhu Shen said impatiently. He soon got the directions and walked out of the village.
"Rawr…"
Abyss came out from the dark and stood in front of Zhu Shen. Zhu Shen patted abyss telling him the directions. Soon, both of them flew towards Danba village.
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After reaching Danba village, the site in front of him left Zhu Shen horrified.
There were corpses of villagers lying on the ground everywhere. Zhu Shen felt enraged after seeing the bloodbath in front of him. He could also hear fighting sounds coming from afar. Zhu Shen ran in that direction quickly.
As Zhu Shen ran towards the sound, he saw all the elderly, children as well as women of the village surrounded by 20 masked men. They looked horrified and hopeless at the same time. All of them pleading with the bandits to release them.
"Kill all the men and children… leave the women…"
Hearing the loud voice, the colour on the villager's face quickly drained.
"Hahaha…"
All bandits laughed as they lunged towards the villagers. The bandit at the front raised his sword, ready to kill an elderly man before him.
But,
"BOOM…"
A fist suddenly landed on the bandit's side.
'Crack… Crack…'
The noise of bone-cracking could be heard as his body flew a few meters and landed with a loud thud.
All the bandits saw a young man standing in front of the villagers looking at them with red eyes…