179: The well-developed secondary profession system in Central China

Upon arriving at the Blood God Palace branch in the Central Divine Land, Mo Tianxiao became certain of one thing: that fellow named Zhou Muxi definitely knew where the Blood God Palace headquarters was located.

However, getting the location of the Blood God Palace headquarters out of her mouth would likely be quite difficult.

Furthermore, he discovered that some of the information provided in the missions posted by the Blood God Palace was incomplete; some would only state the target's name and general area, while all other information was kept secret.

Keeping secrets from the assassins was truly disgusting.

“Brother Tianxiao, what's our move? Do we just kill our way in, or...”

Huang Xiaoyao held Mo Tianxiao's arm, looking at the majestic Sect before them as she asked for Mo Tianxiao's opinion.

Under normal circumstances, multi-person missions were rare, but Huang Xiaoyao hadn't actually taken any mission; she was simply here to join Mo Tianxiao for the excitement.

She might help during the mission, but the final reward and performance credit would only be attributed to Mo Tianxiao by the Blood God Palace.

Mo Tianxiao gazed at the Haoran Righteousness Sect before him, feeling a slight sense of surprise. “As expected of a Righteous Path Sect, it really does seem a bit different.”

The feeling and aura it gave off were clearly completely different from those evil and demonic Cultivator Sects in the Demon State.

“The target of this mission is an ordinary Elder of the Haoran Righteousness Sect. The Haoran Righteousness Sect's power is not small; it might be a bit difficult to escape smoothly after killing the target.”

Although the Blood Concealment Art was Heaven-Defying, that was when compared to Cultivators of the same realm. As a major power second only to the Supreme Dao Sect, the Haoran Righteousness Sect certainly had many people whose cultivation base was higher than that of Mo Tianxiao and Huang Xiaoyao.

“I heard the Haoran Righteousness Sect is recruiting Alchemists again. Let's go take a look!”

“You're just a low-level Alchemist, why join the crowd? Are you going there just to be someone's Pill Attendant?”

“What's wrong with being a Pill Attendant? I'd thank the heavens and earth just to be able to enter the Haoran Righteousness Sect.”

Discussions broke out among the surrounding crowd as many people walked toward the interior of the Haoran Righteousness Sect. Before entering, they would show a token to the guards.

Watching this scene, a plan had already formed in Mo Tianxiao's mind.

Since they were recruiting Alchemists, he would enter the interior of the Haoran Righteousness Sect as an Alchemist first, and then it wouldn't be too late to look for an opportunity. In any case, the time limit for this mission was ten years.

If the target could not be assassinated within ten years, the mission would be judged a failure, and the mission's Rank would be raised to the next level. The assassin's mission completion rate would drop, and their weight within the Blood God Palace would also decrease, placing restrictions on their ability to accept missions in real-time.

The Blood God Palace would judge whether you were capable of executing a chosen mission based on your assassination success rate.

Someone like Mo Tianxiao, who had failed after performing only one mission, currently had no weight score; an assessment would only be made after at least ten missions.

An assassin like Yun Sangyi, though an external assassin, had a very high weight due to her 100% assassination rate. She could accept almost any mission of the same Rank and could even challenge missions across higher Ranks.

Mo Tianxiao and Huang Xiaoyao stepped forward, preparing to follow these Alchemists inside, but they were stopped in the next second.

Two Golden Core Realm Disciples looked at the pair. “What are you doing here?”

“Hmm?”

“Aren't you recruiting Alchemists here? I've come to try.”

Mo Tianxiao was confused. Did he not look like an Alchemist?

They couldn't possibly tell him there were no female Alchemists, could they? He had clearly seen female Alchemists going in just now.

The Golden Core Disciples' expressions were a bit strange. “You are Alchemists? Where are your identity tokens? What Rank are you?”

“Alchemists have identity tokens too? How come I didn't know?” Mo Tianxiao was somewhat dazed.

The Golden Core Disciples were also stunned. “You haven't registered your Alchemist identities? Where did you come from?”

In the Central Divine Land, almost all Alchemists, Artifact Refiners, and Talisman Masters—all auxiliary professions—had specialized examination institutions.

For example, the Alchemist Association, the Artifact Refiner Association, and so on.

Because auxiliary professions were quite lucrative and essential for Cultivators, any Alchemist or Artifact Refiner, whether low-level or only knowing the basics, would take an exam for an identity certificate to increase their value.

Simply put, it was easier to earn money with a badge; people felt more at ease.

“The Eastern Region.”

Mo Tianxiao's answer caused the guarding Disciples to show a look of realization. “No wonder.”

Things like the Alchemist Association were a specialty of the Central Divine Land. Although there were various branches sent to other regions by the Central Divine Land, because they were small in scale and not very well known, many Alchemists and others in different places were unaware of these things.

“cultivation base.”

The Golden Core guards couldn't easily judge whether Mo Tianxiao and his companion were really Alchemists, so they could only judge if they were qualified to enter based on their cultivation base.

Mo Tianxiao and Huang Xiaoyao exchanged a glance and released a sliver of their aura. The terrifying pressure instantly made the two Golden Core guards almost kneel.

Fortunately, the two of them controlled it, withdrawing it in just an instant.

The expressions of the two Golden Core guards changed. Wiping the cold sweat from their foreheads, they made a gesture of invitation. “Please, Seniors.”

The two of them hadn't expected these two women, who looked so young, to be existences comparable to an ordinary Elder of their Haoran Righteousness Sect. Fortunately, the Sect rules had warned them never to judge people by their appearance, much less to use their position to bully others.

Mo Tianxiao and his companion entered directly, following the main body of Alchemists into the examination area.

There were many Alchemists trying to squeeze into the Haoran Righteousness Sect; at a rough glance, there were probably several hundred people.

Alchemists were already popular enough, but Alchemists from the Haoran Righteousness Sect and the Alchemist Association were even more so.

Mo Tianxiao scanned the area; most were young faces with low cultivation bases, and he estimated their Alchemy levels were mostly below Intermediate.

Only a few with stronger cultivation bases were likely Advanced Alchemists, or perhaps even the next level up, Top-tier Alchemists.

After all, besides being a technical skill, Alchemy also had requirements for one's cultivation base.

For instance, even if Mo Tianxiao were to possess the level of a Saint-Grade Alchemist right now, he would still be unable to refine Saint-Grade pills unless a Saint Realm Cultivator was willing to assist him.

“There are actually so many Alchemists. I thought Alchemists were very rare,” Huang Xiaoyao whispered.

Mo Tianxiao spoke calmly, “They aren't exactly rare, but there aren't many either. The Alchemists present today probably account for most of the Great Zhou Dynasty.”

There were several hundred Alchemists participating in the exam, but including those who had already joined the Haoran Righteousness Sect and those who had come to watch the show, there were probably about a thousand people.

These thousand or so people likely represented ninety percent of the Alchemists in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty.

Compared to the population of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, these thousand people were far too few. As for truly capable Alchemists, there were even fewer.

“Speaking of which, my Advanced Alchemist level should also be improved a bit.”

Mo Tianxiao pondered. After these years of refinement, he felt his experience in Alchemy had nearly reached a Bottleneck.

After all, since he didn't need to Cultivate, he could only pass the time with Alchemy and Talisman making when he was bored.

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