74: Chapter 74 What are you saying in your gibberish? Skip skip.

"Alright, alright, what are you babbling about? Skip, skip."

Hearing this, Qin Muyuan said,

Returning to Qinghua County and being willing to exchange a few polite words with Xiao Feng was already his limit.

Seeing that Xiao Feng still wore a look of full guilt, as if he wanted to persuade him of something,

Qin Muyuan no longer had the patience to listen to so much, and directly chose to skip Xiao Feng's words.

Then he walked up to Xiao Chang, glanced at the exclamation mark above Xiao Chang's head, and said,

"Give me the quest, give me the quest."

"A quest?"

Hearing this word, Xiao Chang suddenly froze.

It was as if he had heard some kind of safe word.

In Xiao Chang's mind, he suddenly recalled the scene when he first met Qin Muyuan in the Heishui County prison.

At that time, he had been locked up in Heishui Prison, disheartened and feeling that he would likely die at the hands of the county soldiers of Heishui County in Xiaoshan Country.

Yet unexpectedly, Qin Muyuan appeared out of nowhere and rescued him...

Xiao Chang suddenly raised his eyes, a sharp light flickering within them.

Carrying an indescribable anticipation, he asked Qin Muyuan,

"Brother Qin... are you certain?"

Instead of being regretful and ashamed like Xiao Feng, Xiao Chang asked Qin Muyuan directly.

Qin Muyuan grinned broadly, "Skip, skip!"

Hearing this, the sorrow originally on Xiao Chang's face suddenly receded.

He took a deep breath and quickly raised his hand, cutting off the words of Xiao Feng and the other elders of the Xiao Family who wanted to speak.

Then, looking at Qin Muyuan, he said,

"Brother Qin! I want to entrust a quest to you!"

[Xiao Chang earnestly issues a quest to you.]

[Quest: Break Open the Demonic Domain, Rescue the Xiao Family and the Commoners of Qinghua County]

[Currently, Qinghua County is shrouded by the Demonic Domain set up by the Black Water Demon. The members of the Xiao Family and the commoners in the county are all trapped within it, forced to struggle for survival amidst the Black Water Demon's mood and their own fortunes. Fortunately, they have waited for your arrival. At this moment, Xiao Chang solemnly issues a commission to you. Please make the following choices—]

[Quest 1: Shatter the Demonic Domain and rescue the trapped commoners of Qinghua County. The final rewards obtained will be settled based on the number of people successfully rescued.]

[Quest 2: Eradicate the Black Water Demon, shatter its Demonic Domain, and slay the Black Water Demon right here.]

[Note 1: The difficulty of Quest 2 is very high. Please choose with caution.]

[Note 2: Quest 2 has subsequent linked quests. After choosing Quest 2, you can obtain a quest seed for the subsequent linked quests.]

[Quest Rewards: Experience Points +2000 ~ 7000, Mall Points +10000 ~ 30000, Colorless Martial Art ~ Green Martial Art * 1, Colorless Equipment ~ Green Equipment * 1]

The quest was in hand, and the rewards looked pretty good too.

Qin Muyuan grinned broadly, and looking at Xiao Chang—who had briefly explained the quest and immediately shut his mouth without speaking further—he said,

"I accept your quest!"

He had to admit, the quests given by Xiao Chang were always most to Qin Muyuan's liking.

The quest explanation was brief and without nonsense, and he even actively interrupted the voices of others.

Without even needing Qin Muyuan to speak up and skip, Xiao Chang had already helped him skip it.

Having accepted the quest, Qin Muyuan immediately turned around and headed toward another place inside the Xiao Mansion.

Within his field of vision, the quest arrow pointing toward Shi Gandang was also inside the Xiao Mansion.

It should be that when Shi Gandang fled with his daughter, they were taken in by the Xiao Family.

That was for the best, saving him the trouble of having to go look for Shi Gandang himself.

Watching Qin Muyuan turn and leave, Xiao Feng and the elders of the Xiao Family were stunned at first, then looked at Xiao Chang in utter bewilderment.

Sensing their gazes, Xiao Chang let out a breath and said slowly,

"Father, clan uncles."

"Since Brother Qin dared to enter the Demonic Domain and return to Qinghua County, he must have absolute certainty."

"Therefore, we ought to believe in him!"

Hearing this, the other elders of the Xiao Family opened their mouths, as if they wanted to speak.

However, Xiao Feng, the Clan Chief of the Xiao Family, raised his hand and said with a solemn expression,

"Since you've said so, Chang'er, this old man will no longer doubt him!"

"Xiaoshan, take the household servants to pack up the luggage, and by the way, appease the people below, preparing for flight at any moment."

"Once little brother Qin shatters the Demonic Domain, we will immediately organize our escape!"

"...Yes." Hearing the order, the clan elder named Xiaoshan was momentarily startled before quickly heading off.

Xiao Feng looked at the retreating figure of this clan elder, then looked at his Xiao Family's old residence, and finally slowly withdrew his gaze.

"Misfortune is what happiness leans upon, and happiness is where... misfortune lies hidden!"

Xiao Feng let out a long sigh, lamenting the impermanence of worldly affairs.

Because his Xiao Family had advised the monarch not to engage in massive construction projects that wasted labor and money, they instead incurred Your Majesty's disgust, forcing their ancestral home to relocate from the center of Qinghua County to elsewhere.

Unexpectedly, the demonic disaster arrived, and the Black Water Demon descended right into the center of the county town.

The powerful and wealthy in the city bore the brunt of it, all slaughtered and transformed into demonic puppets.

As for the Xiao Family, they happened to escape this calamity.

Previously, to repay Qin Muyuan for saving Xiao Chang, the Xiao Family had presented a precious sword and sent sword techniques.

Later, upon hearing that Qin Muyuan was being pressured by the noble families in the county, the Xiao Family had prepared carriages, horses, and silver to help Qin Muyuan escape and get away.

Although Qin Muyuan had not adopted their suggestion to run away, he had accepted the Xiao Family's goodwill.

Thus, at the current juncture when the Xiao Family was suffering a catastrophe, Qin Muyuan stepped in to save them and rescue the Xiao Family from peril...

Fortune and misfortune depend on each other, and worldly affairs are unpredictable; who could ever make it clear?

...

On the other side.

In a small side room of the Xiao Mansion, Qin Muyuan found Shi Gandang and his daughter, Shi Yan.

At this moment, they were staying in the side room along with the commoners taken in and protected by the Xiao Family.

Although their clothes were covered in dust and their faces had flying ash on them, they were alive after all and had not been injured.

"Hero Qin?!"

"It's you, benefactor hero!"

Upon seeing Qin Muyuan, Shi Gandang and Shi Yan immediately stood up with excitement and went forward to greet him.

Qin Muyuan exchanged a few polite words with the two of them, then immediately sought out Shi Gandang, asking him to draw a map for him from Huoyun Country to Lingzhu Market in Daliang Country.

As for the Yu Family, Qin Muyuan missed them... missed them to death!

Therefore, the very first thing he did after returning to Qinghua County and getting the new quest from Xiao Chang was to come find Shi Gandang for the map!

Shi Gandang immediately drew a map for Qin Muyuan, and only then asked why Qin Muyuan wanted this map.

Qin Muyuan told Shi Gandang about the matter concerning Yushui, causing Shi Gandang to immediately beat his chest and stamp his feet in deep remorse.

He hadn't expected that his plea for help to the Yu Family would almost have caused such a grave mistake, nearly costing his life-saving benefactor his life!

However, Qin Muyuan didn't care about this at all.

After all,

other things aside, Yushui had contributed a wisp of qinghe spiritual qi to him, allowing him to embark on the path of a Martial Cultivator.

As for Yuzhen... she had already been smashed into a pile of bloody mud by him, dead as dead could be.

And thanks to Yuzhen's blessing, Qin Muyuan had now found the main storyline and goal for playing his game.

Just as Lord of Apocalypse said—The mortal world has become filthy once again!

Such filth should be cleansed with blood!

Putting away the map, Qin Muyuan used water to wipe clean the blood on his face.

Immediately afterward, he opened his panel and glanced at [Little Girl Shi Yan's Gratitude], which had already lost several days of its duration.

Since Shi Yan happened to be right here, he could renew the duration.