The Mission Hall
Back in Yu Xuan's room.
Grabbing the remaining nine earth-grade primeval essence stones, Yu Xian murmured, "As expected of an earth-grade primeval essence stone. In terms of quality and quantity leave behind a mortal-grade stone by far. I only need 50 minutes to absorb its natural primeval essence."
Yu Xuan was in the top 80 in the competition, he received ten earth-grade primeval essence stones as a reward. Upon arriving in his room, Yu Xuan did not rest immediately, rather, he wanted to try the effect of an earth-grade primeval essence stone.
The level of primeval essence stone was the same as a technique, there were mortal-grade, earth-grade, heaven-grade, and epic-grade inside the Five Elements Sect.
In terms of quantity, one earth-grade primeval essence stone was equivalent to ten mortal-grade stones. This meant Yu Xuan only needed one earth-grade stone to cultivate for a day.
An earth-grade primeval essence was a green color like grass, different from a silver color mortal-grade stone.
In terms of quality, an earth-grade primeval essence stone was naturally purer than a mortal-grade stone. Yu Xuan took an hour to absorb ten mortal-grade stones daily to cultivate, however, when he used an earth-grade stone, it was reduced by ten minutes.
Although it was not big, it could make every disciple excited. Cultivation couldn't be forced, every minute like a year, who would not be satisfied with faster cultivation?
"It's pity that I only have ten earth-grade stones, it is enough for me only ten days." Yu Xuan felt the need for resources.
"The current me didn't even have enough resources to cultivate, what a disgrace! I should find a way to acquire more resources." Yu Xuan's eyes had a cold light as he stared into the specific place.
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Two weeks passed.
During these two weeks, Yu Xuan had already received a new combat technique from the Knowledge Source Hall. After a week of comprehending and another week of practicing, Yu Xuan had fully grasped it.
His cultivation progressed quite smoothly, but he was going to run out of primeval essence stones.
On this day, Yu Xuan walked toward the Mission Hall without hesitation.
The Mission was one of the 20 Halls in the outer sect area. Thousands of disciples came to the Mission Hall to search for missions that were suitable for them.
This place was no doubt the best place for earning resources through the mission for the disciples.
Yu Xuan was poor to the point of lacking resources, not only did he not have enough resources but his artifacts and facilities also lacking, he didn't own a single one of them.
Just a mere mortal-grade Space Ring cost 1,000 mortal-grade primeval essence stones. It was equivalent to Yu Xuan's ten months' earnings. How could he possess that thing?
Except for the competition, doing the mission was the only method Yu Xuan could choose to obtain wealth for now. If he wanted to have enough resources and own a Space Ring, risking his life for the mission was what he could do as of now.
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The Mission Hall.
The people came and went, it felt like a large hall of spirals, while at the same time like a job fair.
On the wall of the Mission Hall was a colossal Formation Screen. It announced the newest missions, as well as the rewards of the missions. The lowest reward was ten points, and the higher reward missions could go up to a thousand points.
Yu Xuan looked at the Formation Screen with admiration, [As expected of a method of Formation Path Cultivators.]
He then looked at the thousand points mission, his saliva almost flowing down his mouth.
Completing a single one of them, he would be able to buy a Space Ring. Owning a Space Ring was like having a safety pocket, Yu Xuan would have an easier time when he traveled on a mission.
Unfortunately, that wasn't something he could accomplish now.
"Ice Apple, extreme ice fruit, a rare mission, a hundred points per one apple."
"Flame Grass, heating herb, a normal mission, ten points per one grass."
"Water Ginseng, calm herb, a rare mission, two hundred points per one ginseng.
"Red Strawberry, food herb, a normal mission, five points per one strawberry."
"Sour Orange, food herb, a normal mission, ten points per one orange."
"Wind Bird, a 1st-level beast, a normal mission, twenty points per one bird."
"One-Eyed Tiger, a 1st-level beast, a normal mission, thirty points per one tiger."
"Silverhorn Wolf, a 1st-level beast, a normal mission, thirty points per one wolf."
"Silver Wolfgang, a group of the 1st-level beasts, a hundred points per one gang. This mission was only for a group."
"Slaughter Tiger, a 2nd-level beast, a rare mission, a thousand points."
Yu Xuan was dazzled by this scene before he arrived at the counter.
One needed to sign up first to get the acknowledgment to do the mission.
At this moment, Yu Xuan could see the sweet-looking female disciple sitting at the counter. She looked at Yu Xuan, whose face seemed somewhat slightly handsome, before she asked with her sweet voice, "This Junior Brother, are you here to hand or receive the mission?"
Yu Xuan glanced at this tall and sweet-looking female disciple as he slowly handed one mortal-grade primeval essence stone and his identity token before he smiled, "This beautiful Senior Sister, I'm here to sign up."
The sweet-looking female disciple's face bloomed upon hearing his words, and she nodded slightly.
Although this guy was not to her taste, she was quite pleased with his words.
"Just wait here a moment." She then took the identity token and mortal-grade primeval essence stone into the secret room.
Yu Xuan waited patiently.
"Look! Yang's group picks a Slaughter Tiger's mission." Suddenly, a small commotion occurred upon seeing the change in Formation Screen.
"What are you yelling for? Isn't it just a 2nd-level beast? Take a look closer, Le's group also picks it, nothing surprised."
"Yeah, you newbie, don't yell again next time. This mission is common, Chu's group and Lin's group just finished it yesterday."
"Moreover, each of them managed to kill two Slaughter Tigers."
"Senior Brothers, I'm sorry." A yelling youth hand a sorry expression.
Yu Xuan just glanced at them for a while. This situation would occur from time to time by the inexperienced disciples.
Soon, a sweet-looking female disciple came out.
"This Junior Brother, This Sister will warn you something, doing a mission alone is not safe, you should not step into a territory of Mountain Bandits, otherwise you will not have a chance to return to a sect again." The sweet-looking female said to Yu Xuan like a big sister teaching her little brother.
"I will be careful, thanks for Senior Sister's reminding." Yu Xuan politely replied, his voice was pleasant, and his face was not arrogant, instead, it was calm.
Seeing him being humble, a sweet-looking female disciple nodded with satisfaction.
"Alright, here is your identity token. From now on, you can use your points to exchange any resources in the entire outer sect, one point is equivalent to one mortal-grade primeval essence stone. Work hard and you will have enough resources!" A sweet-looking female disciple said.
Yu Xuan nodded in acknowledgment.
"Other than this, is there anything I should focus on?" Yu Xuan asked for more information.
"Of course!" A sweet-looking female disciple explained as she kept smiling, "Other than focusing on earning points, you should have a Space Ring, it is useful for everyone to do the mission because you have to keep the beasts and herbs inside that."
"In this aspect, I understand. But I don't have a Space Ring, does Senior Sister have a suggestion?" Yu Xuan asked as he creased his brow.
"Of course, our sect has considered well, my Mission Hall has Space Ring loans with zero interest. We allow and encourage every disciple to actively do the mission. You only need to pay a hundred mortal-grade primeval essence stones to get a mortal-grade Space Ring. After that, we will charge you through the points of doing the mission, do you think it is fair?" A sweet-looking female disciple explained without the slightest mistake as though she was very experienced.
Yu Xuan was pondering, [A loan? That will help a lot with my current situation. Even if I have to pay a hundred mortal-grade primeval essence stones for that, it sounds not bad.]
Normally, a mortal-grade Space Ring cost 1,000 mortal-grade primeval essence stones, but in a loan, it cost 1,100 mortal-grade primeval essence stones in total.
"But Senior Sister, I don't have a hundred mortal-grade primeval essence stones. I wonder if I..." Yu Xuan lowered his voice as he took out five earth-grade stones.
Yu Xuan received ten earth-grade stones from the competition, but he didn't use them all, he the mortal-grade stones instead.
A sweet-looking female disciple had a dark expression, but upon seeing the shining green color stones, her expression turned into excitement as she smiled brightly without any hesitation, "Acceptable!"
One earth-grade stone was equivalent to ten mortal-grade stones, but ten mortal-grade stones couldn't buy a single earth-grade stone. Who would hate an earth-grade stone?
Although Yu Xuan only paid five earth-grade stones, a sweet-looking female disciple didn't hesitate to accept it.
Receiving five earth-grade stones in a happy mood, she immediately handed over a mortal-grade Space Ring before explaining more information to Yu Xuan.
"Remember to hand the mission to This Sister when you back." Before Yu Xuan left, Wen Jie's sweet voice rang in his ears.
After parting with Wen Jie, Yu Xuan came to the Formation Screen, using his identity token to mirror the mission that he wanted to do. The white light shone from Formation Screen to his identity token, indicating that he accepted this mission. After that, he left Mission Hall.
Yu Xuan was not too hurried to rush for the mission. Doing the mission was not easy as one thought, it was full of dangers along the way.
On the way, one may encounter bandits, demonic Cultivators, or rampage beasts. The Five Elements Sect was a righteous place, but it was not everything to every disciple. Outside the sect, when the disciples encountered unexpected situations, the sect could not help all of them. It was one thing if he or she was an important character, some of the Elders might take the initiative to secretly protect, but a normal disciple, the sect was not troubled to do that. On one hand, was for hardening their disciples, and on another hand was to see the real potential of the disciples.
Death and injured on the mission were normal things in every sect, both righteous and demonic.
The outside world was not peaceful as inside a sect, numerous fights occurred from time to time due to the increase of the demonic people, which was growing faster and faster during these 1,000 years.
Yu Xuan who was already living in a sect did not know the situation outside, thus he had to learn about it at the Information Hall.
The Information Hall was ranked on average in terms of strength among the 20 Halls. However, in terms of numerous information, there was no doubt it was number one, especially the Information outside the world.
Knowledge was power, Yu Xuan was a newbie here, the more information he learned, the better he could decide his next plan was.
In fact, Yu Xuan's knowledge of this world was too shallow, he didn't even know the overall situation of a sect, a system of the world, or a system of cultivation.
The Information Hall contained all of that information, but he needed to pay the numerous primeval essence stones to learn all of them.
Yu Xuan did not hurry to learn all of them, he just wanted to learn about the situation of a sect, a sect area, and the information about where he was going to do the mission.
Some of the normal disciples could risk their lives doing the mission, Yu Xuan strongly believed he did not lack that qualification.