9: First mission

At this moment, Li Feng and Wang Meng arrived and witnessed this scene.

"What are you standing around for?" He shouted at the Disciples who had come with Song Zhong. "Why aren't you lifting him back?"

"Yes......"

The two lifted Song Zhong and left dejectedly.

"And don't forget to tell your captain, Song Qing, about the cost of repairing the bluestone bricks."

The two shivered and walked faster.

"I really want to know the look on Song Qing's face when he finds out about this!" Li Feng was clearly in a good mood, laughing as he walked.

"Song Qing?"

"Song Qing and Song Zhong are both members of the Song Family, and they are both in the Fourth Squad."

"Song Qing and I were at odds when we were in the Sect, but neither of us could do anything to the other. However, this Song Zhong was taught a lesson by me a few times when he was in the Sect, and I didn't expect him to try and vent his anger on you now!"

"Although you defeated Song Zhong this time, if you encounter Song Qing," Li Feng's expression became serious, "run if you can, and yield if necessary. Song Qing and I are both at the Lianxue Stage cultivation!"

Han Yi could only smile bitterly at the side. To be honest, he really didn't want to get involved in the disputes between these aristocratic Family Disciples. With the System, wasn't it better to stay low and develop?

But in the martial world, one cannot help but be drawn in. He was promoted to a guard team Disciple and enjoyed the benefits, but being assigned to the Ninth Squad implicitly labeled him as belonging to the Li Family.

Indeed, to gain something, one must bear responsibility and be constrained by worldly affairs. I wonder when I will have unrestrained freedom!

Han Yi couldn't help but clench his fists.

"Alright, I originally planned to tell you about the mission tomorrow, but since everyone is here, I might as well explain it now." Li Feng changed the subject. "In the past few days, Disciples at the Mining Camp on the west side have reported beast attacks. Tomorrow, we need to go and investigate and clear them out!"

"This kind of mission is quite rare. If our captain didn't have some connection with the mission manager, we might not have gotten it!" Wang Meng chimed in from the side.

"What do you mean?" Han Yi was a little curious.

It turned out that the fire crystal stone ore vein was located on the outskirts of Black Rock Mountain, and there were no powerful beasts around. Common Black-backed Wild Boars, Gray Stripe Wolves, etc., were just ordinary beasts. Although this kind of clearing mission only counted as a small merit and 20 contribution points, it was safe and quick to resolve, just a formality.

"Furthermore, the value of beast corpses is considerable! The Sect rules state that after killing them, they belong to oneself!"

"Most importantly, the meat of ranked beasts is also very beneficial for our Martial Artist cultivation!"

Wang Meng swallowed his saliva, as if he had thought of something delicious. "This beast meat is extremely delicious......"

Seeing Wang Meng's drooling appearance, Han Yi couldn't help but secretly slander him. As expected, only names can be wrong, not nicknames......

"Right, what are these contribution points?"

"Contribution points are rewards given by the Sect for completing missions, such as tempered artifacts, great tonic pills, and even Yellow Rank martial arts techniques!" When talking about martial arts techniques, Wang Meng's face showed a look of fanaticism.

"Of course, contribution points can also be exchanged for silver, one contribution point for one tael of silver, but no one would do that. Many items exchanged with contribution points are things you can't buy outside even if you want to!" Pan Sheng added from the side.

"For example, that Qi and Blood Pill you just took. Although it requires 50 contribution points to exchange, it would be difficult to buy it for 100 taels of silver outside!"

Only then did Han Yi somewhat understand the importance of these contribution points. Just now, he was still thinking, 20 contribution points, and each person only gets 5 points!

"Right, Han Yi, have you broken through to the Late Stage of Skin Refinement?" Li Feng asked.

The eyes of the three simultaneously looked at Han Yi.

"Well, I just took a portion of qi and blood powder, and who knew that while practicing, I broke through." Han Yi scratched his head a little sheepishly.

"Oh." Hearing Han Yi's 'Versailles' style remark, the three rolled their eyes in unison.

"That's good. You should Cultivate to the perfect Late Stage of Skin Refinement as soon as possible. This Qi and Blood Pill will come in handy." Li Feng mused, "If you can break through to the Refining Bone Stage, we can take on more difficult missions, which will increase our chances of getting a good ranking. After all, your current cultivation is the lowest in the squad......"

?

Han Yi slowly emitted a question mark. So, it wasn't a secret that I was the weakest?

Late at night,

Han Yi counted his items by the light of an oil lamp, preparing his bag for tomorrow.

Ten taels of silver, given by Steward Liu.

A portion of qi and blood powder, this month's benefit.

A set of close-fitting leather armor, given to him by Li Feng just now, who said it was forged by his Family and of excellent quality. He only accepted it because he couldn't refuse.

Most importantly, a Qi and Blood Pill, a body refinement pill that could help break through Realms.

He hid the short dagger close to his body and held the long saber in his hand. After putting away these things, Han Yi fell asleep peacefully.

Early in the morning, Han Yi changed into his leather armor, grabbed his long saber, and headed to the camp gate to meet up with Li Feng and the others.

Fully armed now, his defense and attack were greatly increased, and his overall strength was '11~15'!

Seeing that all four members of the squad had arrived, Li Feng didn't waste any time. With a wave of his hand, he said, "Let's go!"

The Mining Camp was about ten li away.

Everyone was at least a Skin Refinement Martial Artist, so they walked very fast. In less than a cup of tea's time, they had reached the western ore vein.

Pan Sheng had excellent eyesight. He stood on a large rock and looked around.

Looking up, the mountains were rugged, the cliffs steep, with dots of green interspersed. Looking down, the green mountains were lush with trees, and the sound of birds chirping rose and fell.

"There seems to be nothing unusual here......"

"The beast repelling powder hasn't been damaged either......" Wang Meng carefully checked the tracks on the ground.

"The beast repelling powder hasn'tInvalidation, how could there be a beast attack?" Li Feng thought for a moment and said, "Let's go deeper and stay alert."

The group explored deeper in a triangular formation.

"There are bloodstains here!" Pan Sheng, with his sharp eyes, said in a low voice.

"Let's go, follow."

"This is?"

Looking from a distance, everyone was still unconcerned, only thinking it was a pile of dry weeds.

Getting a little closer, they saw the corpse of a Gray Stripe Wolf curled up under an ancient tree. The wolf's head was ferocious and its eyes were glaring, its fur dull and lifeless. Countless tiny, blood-red, slender worms were crawling in and out of its body, and aFishy smell smell emanated from it. It seemed that except for the fur and bones, the flesh had been completely devoured by these small worms!

Everyone couldn't help but be startled by this scene!

This was a bit too SAN-dropping!

Han Yi, who had seen many horror scenes in his previous life and prided himself on being brave, couldn't help but feel a little nauseous.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh

Suddenly, four dark arrows shot towards their backs!