Sheep Island Mission
Translator: Cinder Translations
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One month later, within a few hundred miles of the surrounding sea area, it became difficult to find a second-grade underwater demon beast.
Song Wen worried that the behavior of his Gu Worms hunting demon beasts might attract the attention of other Golden Core cultivators, so he had to stop this activity.
However, in just this short month, the six Shadow Gu had earned him nearly tens of thousands of spirit stones.
This made Song Wen see a profitable opportunity.
He thought of a method to hunt demon beasts—using a lure to attract the beasts and then having the Shadow Gu surround and kill them.
A few days later, Song Wen arrived at a small, remote island.
The Demon Luring Powder needed to be made on the spot.
So, he set up a furnace on the small island and began refining second-grade Demon Luring Powder.
The recipe for the second-grade Demon Luring Powder was one he had obtained from the Beastmaster Sect, but he didn't have the recipe for third-grade Demon Luring Powder.
There were similar medicines in the Chaotic Sea, called Demon Attractant Incense. However, both the second and third-grade versions of this incense were controlled by large powers and were strictly regulated, so Song Wen had never been able to obtain them.
Once the Demon Luring Powder was refined, he placed it in a specially made jade box, which had a small hole. The powder would slowly be released through this hole.
With the jade box, the six Shadow Gu sank to the depths of the sea and fixed the box to the underwater rocks near the small island. The Shadow Gu hid in the rocks and waited for the demon beasts to take the bait.
The Shadow Gu didn't care whether the demon beasts were first or second grade; all the beasts that came were taken together.
Song Wen, meanwhile, focused on refining more Demon Luring Powder in his temporary cave on the island.
Half a month later, Song Wen left the island with over fifty second-grade demon beast corpses and more than a hundred first-grade demon beast corpses.
These demon beast corpses were sold for nearly 100,000 spirit stones, enough for Song Wen to use for quite some time.
Time passed slowly with cultivation and hunting demon beasts.
Eight months went by in the blink of an eye.
Relying on his alchemy skills, Song Wen gradually established a foothold on Wu Ji Island.
During this time, Song Wen purchased a Yin Ming Stone from Chu Qian.
Together with the Yin Ming Stones he had previously acquired, he now had six in total. After the Ghost King refined these six stones, his cultivation reached the mid-stage of the third grade.
Song Wen's cultivation also improved significantly, but he was still far from the Golden Core initial-stage bottleneck, and it would take at least another ten months of hard cultivation. This was partly due to the constant use of Blood Spirit Pills.
Cultivators with ordinary sixth-grade spiritual roots usually required several decades, or even a hundred years, to break through from the initial to the mid-stage of the Golden Core.
One day, while Song Wen was cultivating, he received a message from An Tong.
"Senior, there is news from the Starry Line Formation."
This was the first time Song Wen received a message from Wu Ji Island since he had joined nine months ago.
When Song Wen arrived at the two women's cave, the two of them were standing at the entrance, waiting for him.
The two women were sisters, but their talents were vastly different.
The younger sister, An Yin, was far more talented than the older one. She had already reached the peak of the Qi Refining stage.
In the nine months since, Song Wen had only interacted with the two women a few times, mostly when they asked him to help buy some spiritual herbs and medicines.
The spirit stones used for these purchases came from the spiritual field the two sisters had cultivated themselves.
The island had abundant spiritual energy, and the spiritual herbs grown in the field flourished. The sisters took great care in tending to it, and in just nine months, they had earned over ten thousand spirit stones.
For two cultivators in the Qi Refining stage, these spirit stones were more than enough for their daily cultivation needs.
This gave Song Wen the idea of helping An Yin establish a Foundation Establishment. If he had a Foundation Establishment cultivator under him, many tasks would no longer require his direct involvement, saving him a lot of time.
For example, Song Wen had to travel to Wu Ji Island every month to buy materials for alchemy and cultivation, take on suitable missions from the Mission Hall, and occasionally meet with Chu Qian, which all consumed considerable time.
If An Yin could establish her Foundation, and if a Shadow Gu were to lurk on her body, it would ensure her safety on the journey. At the same time, it would allow him to monitor her.
In the future, he could delegate these tasks to her.
This would give Song Wen more time for cultivation.
However, this would also mean that some of Song Wen's secrets could eventually be known to An Yin.
But as long as he sent a Shadow Gu to follow her whenever he left the island, Song Wen wouldn't need to worry about her revealing his secrets.
If she ever acted out of line, the Shadow Gu would kill her immediately.
Once the Shadow Gu reached the third grade, its intelligence increased considerably, and handling such a small matter would be well within its capabilities.
Song Wen arrived at the jade disk for the "Starry Line Formation" and read the information within.
The message came from the Wu Ji Island Mission Hall, asking him to visit the hall as soon as possible, as a refining task had been assigned to him.
"Keep an eye on the island. I have something to attend to for a while," Song Wen instructed the two women.
He left a Shadow Gu behind and flew toward Wu Ji Island.
At the center of the Mission Hall square, a circle of counters was arranged, with several Wu Ji Island disciples stationed behind them.
After Song Wen handed his identity token to one of the disciples, the disciple seemed slightly surprised upon seeing it.
"Senior, please wait. I will go ask for the manager."
The disciple hurried away, and soon returned with a Foundation Establishment late-stage female cultivator.
Song Wen had interacted with this cultivator a few times before; her name was Qiao Ke.
"Senior Ji Yin, it's good to see you again. Here is your mission," Qiao Ke handed Song Wen a jade slip.
Song Wen took the jade slip and sent his spiritual sense into it.
The mission detailed that in the southwest corner of Sheep Island, the Cold Mountain Kingdom had been under attack by Bloodthirsty Bees, causing heavy casualties among the common folk. The Lord of Sheep Island, Zhu Yin, had personally led teams to hunt them down several times, but they had not been able to find the Bloodthirsty Bee's nest, nor defeat the queen bee.
Zhu Yin suspected that the queen bee had evolved into a third-grade demon beast with extremely high intelligence. She requested that Wu Ji Island send a third-grade alchemist to create Demon Attractant Incense to lure the queen and eliminate the threat once and for all.
The Cold Mountain Kingdom was located in a basin, with vast and fertile lands. The surrounding towering mountains formed a natural barrier, protecting the region from harsh weather coming from the sea.
The Cold Mountain Kingdom was one of the most important sheep-producing areas on Sheep Island, and there was also the danger of the Bloodthirsty Bees spreading to other areas. This was why Zhu Yin was so concerned.
After reading the mission, Song Wen was quite satisfied with the assignment, despite it being imposed upon him.
The risks were low, and the rewards were quite generous.
Five hundred mid-grade spirit stones, plus twenty thousand contribution points.
Most importantly, by taking this mission, he would receive the recipe for the third-grade Demon Attractant Incense for free.
Song Wen was a bit puzzled as to why such a task would fall to him, a newcomer.
After bidding farewell to Qiao Ke, Song Wen flew toward Sheep Island.
As he neared Sheep Island, about a thousand miles away, he saw a large flying ship hovering in the air.
The ship was magnificent, resembling a floating fortress.
There were eight such ships surrounding Sheep Island, arranged in two formations: a maze formation and a spirit gathering formation.
The maze formation was a low-level formation, but it was enough to trap any common folk on Sheep Island.
The spirit gathering formation was set up to power the maze formation.
"Senior, please stop. Ahead is a restricted airspace of Wu Ji Island, and unauthorized personnel are not allowed to enter," a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator shouted from the flying ship as he saw Song Wen approaching.
(End of the Chapter)
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