C38 Disgrace

In the Great Desolate Ancient City, there were many distinguished officials and nobles that would come here to request for resources of martial arts.

If one was unable to be purchased in the ancient city, they would often post a mission.

Most cultivators came to here for training. If one had received a mission, he or she could not only enhance his or her cultivation through training, but also make some money, which was killing two birds with one stone. As a result, many cultivators would like to take a mission first, and then enter the Great Desolate Mountain Range to train themselves and gain experience.

It was obvious that someone in need of some martial-arts-related resources was announcing a mission.

And it’s a lucrative mission!

The word “lucrative” immediately attracted Jing Yunxiao's attention, and at the same time, attracted quite a few people around as well.

"What mission?"

"What's the remuneration?"

"How many people do you need?"

All sorts of questions popped up.

The old man who was shouting just now waved his hand to signal for everyone to quiet down, and then said at the top of his lungs: "Everyone, don't hurry. Our Young Miss is currently refining a high-grade pill and is in urgent need of a set of swordtooths of a Swordtooth Leopard. So, she ordered me to search for this ingredient.”

"Get to the point." Some people were becoming impatient.

The old man nodded with a smile and continued, "That's fine. This mission requires a total of five people. As long as these five can bring back three sets of fangs from Swordtooth Leopards of the fourth to sixth rank, they could be rewarded a sum of 100,000 taels.”

After he finished his words, the crowd couldn't help but shake their heads.

"A hundred thousand taels for five people, you call it lucrative? Do you think it's the first day I come to the Great Desolate Ancient City? "

"Three days is too short, and do you think it's so easy to kill a Demonic Beast of fourth to sixth rank? If I am not careful enough, I will be killed."

Quite a number of people were complaining.

"Fangs of Swordtooth Leopards?"

Jing Yunxiao's eyes lit up. This ingredient was also something he needed to find - it was a very important ingredient to heal his grandfather's bruises.

Previously, Jing Yunxiao thought that he would be able to buy one in the Great Desolate Ancient City. But now, seemingly, that wasn't the case.

The old man did not seem embarrassed at all and added, "I'm not done yet. As long as you were able to complete the mission successfully, my Young Miss would also gift you two additional VIP cards of the Hundred Treasure Commerce. I believe everyone should be clear about the meaning behind a VIP card of Hundred Treasure Commerce, right? "

The old man said with a smile, but great excitement immediately appeared on the faces of everyone around.

"The VIP card of Hundred Treasure Commerce! Oh my god, this is not something that can be obtained with money alone."

"I heard that the real power of the Great Desolate Ancient City is the Hundred Treasure Commerce. With a VIP card of the Hundred Treasure Commerce, one will be considered a VIP in the Great Desolate Ancient City. No matter where you go, you can enjoy premium services."

"Tsk-tsk, I'll take this mission. No one else should even think of snatching it from me."

The people who had been hesitating previously were all rushing forward to take the mission now.

Looking at the scene where there were too many applicants, Jing Yunxiao was puzzled — was the VIP card of the Hundred Treasure Commerce that valuable to even make these people vie for the mission like this?

Seeing that the situation had suddenly become so heated, the old man seemed to be very satisfied. Waving his hand with a radiant smile, he gestured for everyone to quiet down and said, "We only need five people for this mission. Since everyone is so enthusiastic, we will select five people through a test."

"What test?"

Immediately, someone asked.

“Since there are too many applicants, it would be a waste of time to make each of you compete against one another. Thus, our Young Miss had come up with a very simple method, and that is to have a competition of your physical strength. Sometimes, physical strength could also represent your martial strength to a certain extent. Here is a Force Measuring Pillar. Everyone, once I finish, you go up one by one and hit it with your strongest attack. Then a figure of your test result will be shown up there. The top five will be the ones to be selected for the mission.”

The old man pointed to a stone pillar behind him and explained.

"I'll go first."

As soon as he finished explaining, there was someone who couldn’t wait to give it a try. He immediately jumped to the front of the Force Measuring Pillar and then threw out a punch.

"Bam."

Accompanied by a dull thud, a figure immediately appeared on the Force Measuring Pillar — 100N.

"Ha-ha, you are making fool of yourself with that puny weak strength of yours. Now check me out.”

The second person also jumped out and threw out a punch, gaining a result of 190N.

After these two, more people came to take the test.

Generally speaking, 100N was equivalent to the strength of an average cultivator at the First Level of Qi Martial Stage, and 200N was equivalent to the strength of an average cultivator at the Second Level of Qi Martial Stage, and so on.

Although there were a lot of people who came to apply for the mission this time, most of them were cultivators close to the Fourth Level of Qi Martial Stage, but those who were at or above the Fourth Level of Qi Martial Stage were quite few.

It’s not hard to understand. Naturally, those who were at or above the Fourth Level of Qi Martial Stage would not be too low in their abilities or statuses, so they would usually take some more formal and profitable missions from the commerce, and naturally would not lower themselves to compete for missions on the streets with these cultivators at lower levels of Qi Martial Stage.

Since it was just a simple test of physical strength, the test process was very quick. In less than ten minutes, all applicants had taken their tests.

And now, the top five were respectively: 450N, 430N, 400N, 380N, and 360N.

"Is there anyone else who wants to take the test?"

Seeing no one coming forward, the old man shouted for the last time.

Jing Yunxiao was deep in thought. Right now, he needed money as well as training experience. If he could take this mission, not only could he gain experience, he could also receive some money to buy spirit medicines for Bing Ling and ingredients for his grandfather. It would be equivalent to killing two birds with one stone.

As a result, he no longer hesitated and walked up to the old man, saying, "May I take the test?"

However, the moment he stood out, the surrounding crowd burst into laughter.

"Ha-ha, a cultivator of mere Arterial Circulation Stage is now making full of himself. What a joke.”

"A brat who is still wet behind the ears. He really doesn't know how high the sky and how deep the earth is. You want to take the mission which requires killing a Rank Five Demonic Beast with that puny cultivation? What an idiot.”

"The world is truly rich in varieties, isn’t it? You can really meet some strange fellow, just like him."

All sorts of jeers and taunts could be heard continuously.

Not only did these comments enter Jing Yunxiao's ears, they naturally entered the old man's ears as well. Immediately, the old man looked at Jing Yunxiao with a slightly embarrassed expression, and said: "Little brother, I am impressed that you have such courage, but our mission this time is not a child's play, so …"

Obviously, in his eyes, Jing Yunxiao was not even qualified to take the test.

"Hey kid, move away. Go play in your cradle."

"That's right. This is adults’ stuff. It’s not some game for you kids to mess with."

"Boss, since no one has come to take the test, should we announce the results?"

All sorts of voices sounded once again.

However, Jing Yunxiao seemed to turn a deaf ear, and did not have any change in emotions because of the old man. Seeing how the old man ignored him and was about to announce the result, Jing Yunxiao cupped his hands towards the old man, and suddenly spoke again: "If you do not let me give it a try, how do you know if I can do it? Didn't you say that before? As long as one can be ranked among the top five, he can take the mission. You've never mentioned any requirements on martial cultivation."