Chapter 23- Mission

Chapter 23

She made her way out of the hall. Recovering his wits, Long feng ran after her.

He stopped and showed the Warden the skills he took before running after her.

"Miss! Miss! Wait. I haven't thanked you yet!" He shouted.

She stopped and waited. Long feng finally reached her, panting heavily.

"Hi. I'm Long feng" he said.

No reply.

"I am....I want to thank you for helping me in there." he said.

Still, no reply.

Long feng scratched his head cluelessly.

"So... Can I know your name?" He asked.

She suddenly turned and walked away. Long feng ran after her again.

Again, she stopped.

"So, you don't want to talk. No problem. Why did you help me?" He asked again

She looked at him

"You talk too much" she said before walking away, leaving Long feng dumbfounded.

Shrugging his shoulders, he went back to his pavilion. Yan Jian was waiting for him when he arrived.

"Brother feng! I have some news. The Elite competition will begin in four months!" He said upon seeing Long feng.

"What is the Elite competition?" Long feng asked.

"It is the annual competition held in the inner court. The top five of the inner court will have the chance to become elite disciples!" Yan Jian said excitedly.

"And the first person will also get an energy absorbing jade. It can absorb massive amount of natural energies for you to cultivate with!" He added.

"Although I won't get first, I still want to be among the top five. I want to be an elite disciple. And don't worry about your cultivation. The sect would definitely help you cultivate your soul power. Trust me" he said.

Long feng looked at him.

"Do you really think I can't cultivate? That my talent is Nil?" He asked.

Yan Jian was confused.

"The talent platform showed that you have no talent!" He asked.

Long feng smiled.

"Attack me. And don't hold back, because I won't" he said.

Yan Jian was bewildered.

"I can't. I don't want to hurt you" he said.

"Just do it. I'll be fine. Don't worry about me." Long feng replied.

Taking a deep breath, Yan Jian nodded. He condensed martial power in his fist and Punch at Long feng. He was ready to stop once Long feng was unable to defend, when,

Whoosh!

His fist punched the air. Long feng had disappeared! Suddenly, he felt the aura of a rank seven connate cultivator behind him, but weirdly enough, the aura was far stronger than his rank nine connate realm aura! Realization dawned on him. Without holding back, he kicked out behind him.

Long feng easily dodged the kick and thrust his palm at Yan Jian.

Sensing danger, Yan Jian jumped back and shouted, using a martial skill.

"Heavenly tyrant technique!" Chaotic energy covered his fist as he punched out.

BOOM!

Palm and fist collided. Yan Jian was thrown back from the collision. He stared in disbelief at his bleeding fist!

He had used a rank two martial skill while Long feng used only his palm, but the palm was actually uninjured while his fist was bleeding!

He looked at Long feng unbelievingly.

"You....." He muttered.

"I am really only a rank seven connate cultivator" Long feng assured.

"Tell me the truth. Were you holding back?" Yan Jian asked.

"Yes. My strength is on par with rank two Yin level cultivators" he replied.

Yan Jian suddenly laughed.

"That stupid testing platform! To think it labelled you as untalented! If you are untalented, then I don't see who else is talented in this whole province" he said happily.

"With this strength, you may even reach the top three in the competition!" He added.

"My goal is the energy absorbing jade." Long feng said slowly.

"That is the spirit, brother! I am with you" Yan Jian said.

"I was wondering how to tell you. I want us to take a mission. The sect has countless missions and the reward for completing the missions include connate beads, Yin beads, Wintry Yin leaves, pills, and even weapons. Let us take a mission to last us three months. Who knows? One of us may be lucky enough to make a breakthrough." Yan Jian added excitedly.

Without thinking about it, Long feng nodded.

"But first, I need to go into seclusion for five days. I have to comprehend the skills I borrowed." He said.

"No problem brother. We'll meet at the missions hall in five days then?" Yan Jian asked

Long feng nodded.

Saying goodbye, Yan Jian went back to his pavilion.

Long feng wasted no time in returning to his pavilion. He went into his seclusion room for the first time. The room was quite big and the natural energies was denser than outside. This was a good place to go into seclusion.

He sat down cross legged and steadied his mind. His thoughts became as tranquil as the surface of a lake. He took out the Nirvana saint technique and studied it. Slowly, he forgot the passage of time.

Three days passed.

Long feng was currently studying the Void Roc technique. Again, he forgot the passage of time.

Two more days passed.

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Long feng opened his eyes and stood up. Stretching his hands, he left the room and headed to the martial skills hall. He went to return the two skills.

After returning the martial skills, he went to the missions hall. The missions hall was as large as the martial skills hall and it also contained two floors. A Warden sat on a chair behind a desk in the center of the hall. Within the first floor, countless plates of different colors were arranged on shelves.

Yan Jian had been patiently waiting for Long feng for a while. Immediately he saw him, he ran over to him.

"Brother feng! You have finally left seclusion. Did you succeeded?" Yan Jian asked.

"Yes. I managed to comprehend the skills." Long feng smiled.

"Great! Let's pick a mission and go. Just you and me for three months. We should pick a Yin level mission. With our strength, we should be able to complete it" Yan Jian said.

There was no time limit in the missions hall, so they could spend the whole day looking for a mission. Bronze plates signified connate level mission. Silver plates signified early Yin level mission and golden plates signified peak Yin level missions. Long feng and Yan Jian's goal was a silver plate. They searched the row of silver plates for a suitable mission.

The missions included killing of wild beasts, killing wanted assassins, protecting people for a given time, and investigation of mysteries like murder, infiltration of other sects for information, and others.

"Brother feng! I think we should pick a wild beast mission or an assassin mission. They are more fun" Yan Jian said.

Long feng nodded.

"I found one!" Long feng called. Yan Jian ran over to his side.

"To kill a rare mutant blood ape. An early Yin level mission. The mutant blood ape lives mainly in bloody forests, like the dark moon forest. It has four arms, incredible defense and deadly attacks. It has no level of intelligence. It's highest strength is equal to a rank three Yin level cultivator. Reward for completing the mission is thirty Yin crystals" Yan Jian read the plate loud.

"Yes! This is perfect. We will go to the dark moon forest and search for the beast. We can definitely kill it" Yan Jian said.

"With your mere peak connate cultivation or his mediocre cultivation?" An icy voice said from behind them.

Startled, they turned around. It was the mysterious young lady in veil!

"Excuse me! Do we know you?" Yan Jian asked curiously.

She ignored him and looked at Long feng.

"If miss wants to come with us, then we would be grateful" Long feng suddenly said.

Yan Jian stared at him wide mouthed.

"I am thinking of going on a mission. Going with two more burdens will make no difference. I'll meet you at the sect entrance tomorrow. Early morning." She replied and turned to go, stopping half way.

"And I prefer assassin missions, so I chose one. Be ready to complete both missions." She added before walking away.

"Brother feng! What in the world was that? Who does she thinks she is?" Yan Jian almost shouted.

Long feng shook his head.

"She helped me once. We are acquainted to some extent" he explained.

"Hmph. She reminds me of Jio yu." Yan Jian said sullenly.

"Well, deal with it. You heard her, tomorrow morning, at the sect gate" Long feng replied with a smile, walking away.

After returning to his pavilion, he took out the sovereign sword and cleaned it and prepared a few pills, including the origin pills given by the sect. After doing that, he sat down and began to strengthen his foundation. He needed to be at his peak for tomorrow's journey.