243: Chapter 243: Issuing a Bounty

Lin Qing still remembered that Ren Wudi used to be a Loose Cultivator as well, and only joined the Lingxiao Sword Sect after becoming famous later on; moreover, when facing that illusory Formation inside the Kunxu Forbidden Ground, Ren Wudi seemed to have also shed tears of sorrow before.

Lin Qing guessed that he might also have a section of unknown sad past, similar to having a childhood sweetheart who ultimately failed to break through to a higher Realm due to limited talent and died of old age, something that was already common in the cultivation world.

Lin Qing was currently just an ordinary Tenth Rank Loose Cultivator, so naturally he had no intention of going up to greet them, and thus he walked straight into Xunshan Pavilion.

Upon entering the pavilion, aside from the elbow-to-elbow crowd, what undoubtedly attracted Lin Qing the most were the densely packed bounty slips on the walls.

You must know that the diameter of Xunshan Pavilion was fully several dozen li, and the height was also nearly a hundred zhang; yet each of these bounty slips was no more than a foot square, and the walls of Xunshan Pavilion were almost entirely covered by them, one could imagine just how many bounty missions there were here.

Fortunately, the Cultivators who could enter here were not weak in strength, and could clearly see these slips without using their Divine Thought; these bounty slips would use different colors to distinguish Yao Beasts of different Ranks.

Among them, Yao Beasts below the God Realm were uniformly white, while above the God Realm, the ninth Rank was green, the Tenth Rank was blue, and Level 11 was purple.

Lin Qing locked his gaze onto those purple bounty slips; almost all of them came from various large factions, and there were no purple bounty slips published by individuals.

Level 11 Yao Beasts were too difficult to find, and even if someone encountered them, the difficulty of killing them was extremely high; some of these purple bounty slips had even been hung here for hundreds of years.

Very few were completed, yet new bounty slips were frequently hung up, resulting in the purple bounty slips here actually not being few in number; Lin Qing even discovered some targets identical to his own among them.

Of course, Lin Qing did not come here to accept missions, nor did he expect others to help him kill those Yao Beasts; he only needed others to provide him with clues about the Yao Beasts.

"Hello, I want to post a bounty."

Lin Qing walked up to a work desk and said. There were also staff members here responsible for registering the publishing and cancellation of bounty slips, who were likewise Disciples from various major factions.

The daily work content of these Disciples was heavy, so even though Lin Qing stood here with his undisguised Tenth Rank identity, this eighth-Rank Cultivator still asked somewhat impatiently:

"What color?"

"Purple."

Only then did that Disciple perk up. If the bounty slips passing through their hands were ultimately completed, they would also get a commission; although the percentage was very low, it couldn't withstand the high base amount of purple bounty slips.

Purple bounty slips easily amounted to tens or hundreds of billions; for an eighth-Rank Disciple like him, obtaining a commission from such a bounty once would be enough to Cultivate for the next several decades.

That Disciple hurriedly left his seat, ran to the side, and opened a wooden door that isolated the hall from the counter.

"Senior, please come inside to discuss in detail."

Goodness, it turned out there was also a VIP system here. Lin Qing naturally had nothing to fear and followed this eighth-Rank Disciple into a private booth.

After guiding Lin Qing into the private booth, brewing a pot of Spirit Tea and serving it, the Disciple spoke again:

"Senior, please wait a moment, I will go get the slip."

The amount of purple bounty slips was too large, and to prevent these Disciples from carelessly using the wrong slips, the blank purple bounty slips were all uniformly kept, thus requiring a special trip to fetch them.

After a while, that Disciple walked in behind a Tenth Rank Cultivator. This did not affect the Disciple obtaining his commission, and his expression instead relaxed a bit.

The manager did not stay here every day, basically only coming over once every month or two. Today they just happened to run into him, and with him helping to process Lin Qing's order, this Disciple naturally felt much more relaxed.

"Greetings, Fellow Daoist. This humble self is the rotating manager of Xunshan Pavilion for this month. This humble self needs to remind Fellow Daoist that posting a bounty slip requires paying a ten percent deposit. If someone ultimately finds the Yao Beast required by Fellow Daoist, and Fellow Daoist does not have enough Spirit Stones to deliver, this deposit will not be refunded."

The manager routinely introduced the rules of posting bounties to Lin Qing. After Lin Qing nodded to indicate his understanding, the manager walked straight in front of Lin Qing and sat down, took out a blank purple bounty slip, and assumed the posture of filling it out.

"May I ask what kind of Yao Beast Fellow Daoist needs?"

"Lanwen Membrane."

"Then how many Spirit Stones is Fellow Daoist willing to offer as a bounty?"

"Ten billion."

Hearing Lin Qing's quotation, the manager suddenly stopped the pen in his hand, his expression looking somewhat unsightly as he said:

"Fellow Daoist, the value of this Lanwen Membrane is far more than ten billion. A bounty slip where the bounty amount does not match the value of the Yao Beast itself is something we might find difficult to hang up."

Bounty missions always had a premium; where would there ever be price-cutting? Coming to post a bounty proved that you were the party in need. If the price offered was too low, others would handle it themselves; why would they hand it over to you?

Take the Lanwen Membrane for example; if its conventional value was eighty billion, then when posting the bounty slip, you should at least offer ninety billion or one hundred billion Spirit Stones.

"I only need the location information."

Only then did the manager's expression ease up. Ten billion to buy a location information; this price was already extremely high. After filling out the bounty slip according to Lin Qing's request, the manager continued to speak.

"Alright, Fellow Daoist, after you first pay the ten percent deposit, which is one billion Spirit Stones, and leave behind a transmission token, that will be all. If someone completes the bounty, we will contact you."

Lin Qing gently shook his head.

"No hurry, I also need information on two other kinds of Yao Beasts, which are also purple bounties."

The eyes of that Disciple, who had previously been somewhat disappointed, instantly lit up again. Ten billion Spirit Stones was only the starting price for purple bounties; although he would still make a profit, it was ultimately a bit worse than expected.

However, if Lin Qing had bounties of the same Rank, it would be different. Not only would his commission increase, but bounties that only required information were much easier to complete compared to other bounties that required killing Yao Beasts.

Because Yao Beasts of this Rank were not so easy to kill; many people simply lacked the ability to kill them, but just providing clues was much simpler.

The manager also laughed heartily.

"Alright, Fellow Daoist, please speak."

"The requirements and price are the same as the Lanwen Membrane. The Yao Beasts are the Mist Ridge Fang and the Cyan Rock Lion respectively."

"Senior!"

Just as Lin Qing finished speaking, the eighth-Rank Disciple to the side excitedly spoke out loudly.

"Brawling and making a fuss, what kind of decorum is this? Get out!"

The manager rebuked sternly. Suddenly shouting and yelling in front of a guest could simply be said to have lost face to the extreme. With his sudden outburst, even the manager himself was abruptly startled.

"Wait, Senior, I know who has news about the Cyan Rock Lion."