First mission

Ren Ying thought of his next plan as his body was back to its prime state.

Currently, he had a thunder-type main cultivation manual, combined with a movement technique that the old Ren Ying had snatched from other people.

In the cultivation world, a cultivation manual would only allow you to improve your realm, which meant the quantity and quality of one's own Qi.

Along with the rightful techniques, cultivators could use that Qi to perform different sorts of feats, like freezing the entire city, turning a crowded city into a ghostly place, and many more.

Those techniques were divided into many categories, such as attacking type, defending type, movement type, body tempering type, and many more. Though some techniques weren't popular in some attributes due to their uniqueness.

For example, a thunder-type attribute doesn't have such a defending technique. Because thunder were mainly known for their speeds, instead of defending or blocking the attack head-on, thunder-type cultivators would use the advantage of their speeds to dodge those attacks, and sometimes they might even attack as a way to defend.

Most thunder-type cultivators, would often temper their bodies using different types of thunder according to the requirements of their body tempering technique. The reason for this was that they had no choice at all but to do so.

After all, not everybody could move at the speed of thunder freely without causing damage to their body, unlike Ren Ying, who had a strong enough physique barely fitting the requirement for using [Thunder Trace], thanks to his special pupil.

But still, if his realm kept getting higher, then his body couldn't simply catch up. So he would have to find or develop a body-tempering skill sooner or later, unless he was born with a special physique, but unfortunately he didn't have such luck.

In addition to body-tempering skills, Ren Ying also needed to get his hands on or self-create an offensive technique since he doesn't own any right now.

"Now that my body is fully healed, it is the best time for me to start cultivating." He went on to cultivate directly without wasting any time.

....

Starting from that day onward, Ren Ying rarely went out of his house unless it was absolutely necessary, like going outside to stock up his food and to observe people's opportunities to find a suitable one that he could snatch.

He spent those time inside his room, mainly on improving his realm, which was on the middle-first-realm. Besides that, Ren Ying also spent half of that time focusing on 'his' Thunder Trace.

The speed of his comprehension seemed to be faster than that of the old Ren Ying, according to the memories.

He just thought that maybe it was due to him devouring the other party's soul, which possessed a rather good comprehension talent, combined with his untested comprehension talents, that raised his comprehension talent to a higher level.

As for getting it tested? For what reason should he get it tested?

'So, that I could brag about it? forget about it.' Ren Ying was determined to keep this a secret.

'Wait, what if...' He suddenly thought of plans regarding his increase in comprehension talent.

...

2 months had gone by just like that.

Ren Ying who had a high hope on his cultivation journey, right now had a look of depressed on his face.

"Why is my cultivation speed so low!" He had previously ignored the fact that he only possessed a fifth-tier root bone.

Which was the main culprit for his slow cultivation.

Seeing such a low reward for working so hard, Ren Ying stood up weakly.

He looked around for a while before disappearing and appearing in another spot, leaving only a trace of thunder particle.

Despite his room being so small, Ren Ying 'teleported' around without crashing into anything, thanks to practicing it for a whole 2 months.

Though he didn't have much success with improving his realm, his movement technique couldn't be said to had the same result. This 2 months worth of practicing this movement technique had given him much more results than when the old Ren Ying had practiced it nonstop for half a year.

He could only sigh helplessly as he understood that the difference between him and the old Ren Ying was their comprehension talent.

Comparing his movement technique, Thunder Trace, to before he took over this body was like the difference between a kid who only knew how to walk and a kid who finally learnt how to run.

His control over Thunder Trace could now be said to be close to fully mastered, judging by the fact that he could use it freely inside his small house without destroying anything inside it.

"It's time for me to go out and explore the world." Ren Ying muttered to himself.

A few days ago, just like how he acted the last 2 months. He went out to observe people walking on the street, eating, drinking, and talking without being too obvious, just so he could look into their opportunities.

On that day, he thought hopelessly that his 'opportunities' hadn't arisen yet again, just like usual. Right before he went home and continued his daily practice, an unlucky guy appeared in the corner of his eye, running toward the mission hall.

When he ran past Ren Ying, his luck aura was brighter and purer than that of any other person presented in that place from the perspective of Ren Ying's innate pupil eye.

Out of curiosity and unwillingness to accept his cultivation progress, Ren Ying took a glance at his opportunity. When his vision switched to that of an unexplainable place, he observed patiently.

At the end of the vision, Ren Ying's eye lit up as he realized that the so-called opportunity that he had been waiting for had arrived.

... 

'Now that my Thunder Trace could no longer be improved within a short time, I should go out and snatch that opportunity.' Ren Ying had already shamelessly regarded that opportunity as his own.

'That guy should've had leave yesterday, according to what I got from using my innate pupil power, But it's no big deal since I could catch up to him in no time with my traveling speed.'

During this time, he had already prepared all of the necessities required for going out. Not only that, Ren Ying had already planned out the mission that he would undertake in order to travel outside.

In the sect, going outside or staying outside without any reason was not permitted. So taking on the tasks was the only way out for Ren Ying.

After he made sure that everything he had prepared, such as foods, some normal healing medicines, and other stuff like a camping tent, was ready, he set out to the mission hall.

On the way to the mission hall, everybody was running there with a high expectation, that they would encounter great opportunities that could turn their cultivation life around, just like what they had read in the book of history.

Some were going there alone, while others were in a team full of people engaging in a conversation or discussion about their plan, goals, and the distribution of the reward after completing the missions.

Unlike everybody else, who ran to get there as soon as possible to take on a limited number of missions, Ren Ying walked normally, taking his time while looking at people from time to time.

He was not worried about other people taking on his mission, because the missions that he was about to take on were those of a normal task. There was no shortage of normal missions, unlike special missions, and their risks were also lower, making it a good mission for Ren Ying, who just wanted to take on a mission to go outside.

His mission required him to hunt down 100 Spiky Rabbits that were known for their speed and painful yet not lethal attack, due to them possessing a thunder attribute.

Because of their speed, the number of people who could catch them was not high. Because of that, the duration of this task was as long as 1 month.

Few people would take on this task just for the sake of getting contribution points, as there were many other better options. Those few people who took on this task—most of them—did so just to use this chance to practice their movement technique, just like this one unlucky guy that Ren Ying set his eyes on.

Before long, Ren Ying had reached the entrance to the mission hall, a place that could determine most people's future.

The entrance, along with the entire building, was built using high-quality wood mixed with some stones to increase its sturdiness.

Inside the mission hall, was also built using the same material, except there were more decorations placing in a carefully planned location, making the inside of the building look like an adventurer guild.

If one looked carefully, they would notice the existence of a weird, unreadable symbol being carved on the wall, complicated yet carefully designed.

'So this is the doing of an array master." The evaluation of the building's sturdiness had increased in Ren Ying's eyes.

Since, according to the memories, array masters were capable of increasing the sturdiness of materials by carving countless symbols on them. And this was just the beginning of what array masters could do.

Rumors had it, that an expert array master could change their terrain however they liked, for example, turning a non-raining area into a non-stop raining area, increasing the quantity and quality of surrounding Qi within the array. They were also capable of making a offensive array used for attacking, a defensive array used for defending, and many countless other things that an ordinary cultivator like him could never imagine.

'It's good to be an array master...' Ren Ying thought enviously about how much those people could earn daily.