101: Chapter 101 Counterattack Mission! Let's ask Master Lingzhu!

At the entrance of Lingzhu Market.

Qin Muyuan was riding on Wangcai, with Fang Yuan in front of him. As she led the way, she said,

"Senior Qin."

"The Fang Family is located within Tianying County and is the largest family in Tianying County."

"As one of the Eight Great Families, the Fang Family also possesses a clan-protecting Formation named the [Heavenly Imperial Nine-Strike Formation], which can employ nine different methods to simultaneously confuse, weaken, and attack the enemy."

"However, I have investigated long ago and found a flaw in this Formation..."

Fang Yuan chattered on and on.

However, Qin Muyuan did not listen to a single word.

To him, whatever grand Formation it was, he could just crush it head-on.

What did he know about breaking Formations? For a combat-loving web novel reader like him, a single character "Kill" was enough!

At this moment, Qin Muyuan had purchased a dice robe and was enthusiastically browsing the game mall.

There were countless items in the mall, having everything one could imagine.

Things like the [Realm-Breaking Bead], [Deep Blue (Nerfed Version)], [Green Dung Beetle Ascension], and other martial arts, Cultivation Techniques, and Magic Treasures were all available.

It was just that all these gadgets required at least hundreds of millions of mall points.

At the present stage, Qin Muyuan could not even scrape together the fraction, let alone afford them.

Therefore, his gaze mostly focused on the things he could currently afford to exchange for.

"A few ahead, stay your steps!"

Just at this moment, a cold and stern voice came from directly ahead, interrupting Qin Muyuan's process of browsing the mall.

Looking ahead.

A figure dressed in a cyan Taoist robe, with two green bamboos painted on it, was standing at the entrance of Lingzhu Market, waiting for Qin Muyuan, these two people, and one beast.

This figure was a short-haired, buzz-cut man whose build could not be considered robust, but neither could it be considered thin.

The man stood on Qin Muyuan's path forward, holding a portrait in his hand.

He carefully compared the facial features of the figure on the portrait with Qin Muyuan, then slowly nodded, confirming that Qin Muyuan was the person in the portrait.

Soon after, the man put away the portrait, looked at Qin Muyuan, and said,

"Were you the one who broke into Lingzhu Market and killed the guards at the entrance of the market?"

"It is me." Qin Muyuan closed the interface and nodded slowly.

There was not the slightest sign of denial.

"Good!" Hearing this, the man clapped his hands and said,

"Since you do not deny it, then I have been ordered to have a talk with you."

"Do you know that the guards at the entrance of this Lingzhu Market are registered under the command of Lord Master Lingzhu?"

"Since you killed the guards, you are making an enemy of Lord Market Lord!"

"Oh, and then?" Qin Muyuan listened to the name "Master Lingzhu" and asked.

"And then?" The man sneered,

"Originally, according to the rules of Lingzhu Market, a villain like you who dared to make a move against the guards should be killed on the spot."

"However..."

Pausing for a moment, the man said,

"However, considering that this is your first offense, coupled with your eager desire for revenge against the Yu Family, Lord Market Lord has decided to spare your life!"

"But capital punishment can be avoided, yet living punishment... compensation cannot be avoided!"

"Lord Market Lord has ordered that if you can produce eight hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones, it can offset your crimes and let you leave."

"Otherwise... humph humph!"

The man continued to emit a cold hum resembling a buffalo.

The Master Lingzhu had only ordered him to ask the villain in front of him for 500 Spirit Stones.

However, since he came out on a trip, he always had to make some extra money, right?

Thus, he directly quoted 800 Spirit Stones.

As for the extra 300 Spirit Stones he asked for, naturally they would fall into his pocket as the Spirit Stones he needed for managing connections and raising his Realm in the future.

The reason he wanted so many Spirit Stones was naturally because this opportunity was rare.

After all, in the past when asking for money, the man always relied on his own identity to extort and demand bribes.

But this time, what he was borrowing was the identity of Lord Market Lord.

One identity does one kind of work. Since it was the identity of the Master Lingzhu, naturally he could greedily take a bit more.

"800 Low-Grade Spirit Stones?!"

Hearing the man's words, Fang Yuan's brows also furrowed slightly.

You must know that as a member of the Fang Family, the tribute she could obtain from the Fang Family in a month was only around 50 Spirit Stones.

For the sake of a few guards at the gate, this man actually dared to open his lion's maw wide and directly demand 800 Spirit Stones?

Even adding the Face of the Master Lingzhu, who was in the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment, it would not require 800 Spirit Stones!

According to Fang Yuan's understanding of the Master Lingzhu, although this person frequently used Mortals to refine divination techniques,

this person was always fair in dealing with Immortal Cultivators and Martial Cultivators. How could he possibly want so many Spirit Stones?

At most, it should only be around 500 Spirit Stones!

Thinking of this, Fang Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly:

"Are you sure you want 800 Spirit Stones?"

Hearing this, the man's heart did not skip a beat and his expression remained unchanged as he said indifferently,

"Of course I am sure. Could I possibly mishear Lord Market Lord's words?"

"If you do not believe it, you can go ask Lord Market—"

Swish!

A thread of blood flashed, and the man's head suddenly tumbled to the ground.

On his Face, there was still a trace of triumph at the imminent success of his extortion.

"!" Seeing this, Fang Yuan was instantly startled and looked towards Qin Muyuan, who had made the move.

As for Qin Muyuan, he completely ignored her and was currently opening the quest interface to check the quest.

"After waiting for so long, the quest has finally been triggered."

[Counterattack Quest has been triggered]

[The dead servant Lao Ba of Lingzhu Market has issued a quest to you]

[Quest: Find the Master Lingzhu and ask him whether he wants 500 Spirit Stones or 800 Spirit Stones]

[According to the servant Lao Ba's statement, the Master Lingzhu requires you to pay him 800 Low-Grade Spirit Stones as compensation. However, observing the changes in the servant's facial expression, you found that the servant might have engaged in extortion taking advantage of the situation. In order to investigate the truth clearly, you decided to find the Master Lingzhu and ask him how many Spirit Stones actually need to be paid]

[Quest Rewards: Experience Points + 14000, Mall Points + 60000, Blue Martial Art · Great Desolation Human-Heaven Finger]

"The rewards are not bad at all. I accept this quest!"

Qin Muyuan briefly glanced over the quest interface and quickly switched the quest guidance from exterminating the Fang Family to searching for the Master Lingzhu.

Just now, at the very first sight of that servant, Qin Muyuan spotted the question mark above the servant's head.

Yes, it was a gray question mark, not the golden exclamation mark that triggered quests.

At that time, Qin Muyuan did not yet know what this question mark meant.

Until the interface prompt popped up, telling him that this question mark was a new type of quest named [Counterattack Quest].

This type of quest was adapted according to Qin Muyuan's acting style in the game, specifically triggered for players like him who only liked slaughter and pursued the thrill of combat.

The specific mechanism was that when encountering NPCs with a gray question mark above their heads, the quest could be triggered through certain methods.

The method might be such NPCs narrating it themselves, or a certain token given by the NPC, or perhaps other more covert means.

Through these means, information and keywords of the Counterattack Quest were obtained.

For example, the keyword for this Counterattack Quest was "Personally go and ask the Master Lingzhu".

Hearing this keyword, the quest information was available, and the quest was thus triggered.

And after it was triggered,

just like the name of the Counterattack Quest—

Qin Muyuan could directly launch a counterattack the moment enemies provoked him!