In the Ashen Spirit Sect, most of
the students were in the Qi refining
realm. In order to encourage the
students to train diligently and
become a martial disciple and
awaken their martial spirits, the
higher-ups of the sect implemented
this mission system which takes
place on the tenth of every month.
For every stage of the Qi refining
realm, there were different kind of
missions that correlates to each
stage. Relatively speaking a person
who is in the sixth stage will
generally have a harder mission
than someone who is at the fifth
stage. However the rewards for
completing the mission will be much
more generous.
However, not every Qi refining
stage student can do these
missions. There are a limited
amount of missions and thus, those
who have some relationships with
the teachers or those who are part
of large clan will generally be able
to obtain a spot. Because Tang
Feng knew one of the teachers in
the sect, she was able to secure Ye
Zifeng a spot.
...
In the Ashen Spirit Sect, outside of
the Hidden Heart Hall.
"Hey look brother Xiao, isn't that
guy in the blue that supertrash of
the Ye Clan, Ye Zifeng?
"Huh? You mean that guy who beat
up the young master of the Wang
clan, the guy who's only at the
second Qi refining stage? Now that
you mentioned it, isn't it a bit
weird? Did that Wang Lin try to
fight him while half-asleep or
something?"
Another person chipped into the
conversation, "Since he's only at
the second Qi refining stage, what
is he doing here today? Did he not
know that only students in the
third qi refining stage or higher
can do the missions?"
"It's pretty impressive that he was
able to come into the Hidden Heart
Hall at all. Who knows how much
money the Ye clan spent to get him
in here."
While these people were chatting,
they were unaware that Ye Zifeng
had already approached them.
"Fellow senior brothers, I want to
ask something. I heard that there
were missions being given out here.
I wonder...." Ye Zifeng started
to ask them.
"You can leave. Your cultivation is
too low. Those who haven't reached
the 3rd qi refining stage cannot
receive any missions.
Xiao Mu waved his hands, signaling
for Ye Zifeng to leave. He was one
of Wang Lin's brothers. Since Wang
Lin was beaten by this guy, he
doesn't want anything to do with
him either.
Ye Zifeng smiled, "I'm not at the
3rd Qi refining stage? How do you
guys know?"
Xiao Mu and his friends looked at
each other, shook their heads and
laughed.
Xiao Mu continued to laugh, "Ye
Zifeng, I don't know what
happened with Wang Lin that made
him to you, however, I've heard all
about you. You're that trash who's
been stuck at the second qi refining
stage for a long time now. Just a
few days ago, you were still at the
low second qi refining realm.
There's no way you can improve so
much in just a few days."
Ye Zifeng shook his head and didn't
say anything. In these few days
that he had crossed over, he's
heard a bunch of people call him
trash and good for nothing. His
ears are getting sore from hearing
this so much. If he doesn't improve
himself faster, he's afraid that he
would blow up and die from hearing
this so much.
At the same time, an old man that
looked to be around sixty walked
out of the Hidden Heart Hall. His
expression was very solemn and
calm as he swept his gaze around
all the people present.
Seeing the old man, all the
students, including Xiao Mu
immediately shut their mouths and
gathered in front of him and paid
their respects.
"People in the third qi refining
stage or higher and want to
challenge a mission, come with me.
We will a small test in a bit to
gauge your level and determine
what sort of missions you should
take.
"Are there any questions?" The old
man looked around.
"Elder, I have something to say!"
Xiao Mu hesitated for a bit and
then suddenly pointed at Ye Zifeng,
"Elder, there's some bastard at the
second qi refining stage here. I
hope the elder can verify this and
kick him out of the hall
immediately."
Hearing this, the old man
immediately stared at Ye Zifeng for
a bit. The gaze was piercing. It
was as if he saw through Ye
Zifeng's entire body.
"I just checked. He is indeed in the
third qi refining stage and he's at
the peak of the third refining
stage while at it. He is allowed to
received a mission from us." The
old man gave his verdict in the end.
"What?!"
"When did that trash Ye Zifeng get
to the third qi refining stage,
nevertheless the peak of it." Some
of the students who didn't know
about the fight between Zifeng and
Wang Lin was shocked.
Ye Zifeng's name as a trash was
widespread throughout the entire
academy. He was like a celebrity.
There was almost no one in the
outer sect who didn't know about
him. Hearing the elder's verdict,
those who were "close" to him,
including Xiao Mu were startled.
It took him three years and he
couldn't breakthrough into the
third stage and now he was at the
peak of the third stage all of a
sudden. Some of the people present
were only at the third qi refining
real. If they thought that the peak
third stage Ye Zifeng was trash,
then what were they considered?
"Could it be….. It wasn't a
coincidence that he beat Wang
Lin?" Xiao Mu started to ponder.
"Anymore questions? If there's
nothing else, then.... You five,
come with me." The elder had
experienced many things like this
before and was not bothered at all.
The students did not dare to be
slow and quickly followed behind.
Ye Zifeng was stuck in the middle
of the crowd and was pushed onto
someone, "Brother, May I ask who
that elder was…..?"
That person gave him a weird look,
"Ye Zifeng? Oh yeah. This is your
first time coming here so you
probably don't know anything. That
was Elder Qin who was talking
before."
"Elder Qin huh. Many thanks
brother." Ye Zifeng smiled back.
Seeing how Ye Zifeng was so polite
and was nothing like how the
stories had described him, he
decided to give Ye Zifeng some
advice, "Brother, since this is your
first time, then I'll warn you.
When you choose a mission, don't
choose something so difficult. Pick
something easy first to test the
waters. Don't be blinded by the
rewards and waste your life."
"You can lose your life from these
missions? Are the high level
missions that dangerous?" Ye
Zifeng was baffled.
"Shi Chen, Ye Zifeng, stop
chattering. It's your turn to go
in." One of the disciples of the hall
called out and patted both of their
backs.
Ye Zifeng cupped his hands and
bowed, "So this is brother Chen."
"Don't call me that. You can call
me Shi Chen. It feels a bit weird
being called brother." Shi Chen
rubbed his head and replied.
"I got it, Shi Chen." Ye Zifeng
liked this guy. He liked people who
were straightforward.
"Then Brother Feng, please enter."
Shi Chen had a big smile on his
face.1
Ye Zifeng was speechless….. In his
mind, he had wanted to slap this
guy.
...
"Congratulations brother Xiao!"
"Congratulations brother Xiao for
passing the fifth qi refining realm
test. If you can complete this
mission, with your contribution
points from your last missions, you
can probably choose a high ranked
common tier treasure from the
treasure room!"
Xiao Mu was laughing happily and
accepted everyone's flattery. It
felt nice. His Xiao family was on
the rise within these last few years
and were already on the same level
as the Ye family now.
When Ye Zifeng walked in, the two
made eye contact. Xiao Mu smiled
sinisterly at Ye Zifeng and wanted
to say something. However, Ye
Zifeng pretended that he didn't
exist and continued to walk
forward.
"Stop where you are!"
However, Ye Zifeng continued to
walk. It was as if he didn't hear
Xiao Mu at all.
"Ye Zifeng! You better stop right
now!"
After hearing this, Ye Zifeng
laughed and turned around, "I dare
ask who's calling for me." Just
before, Xiao Mu had tried to expose
him in front of everyone else, so Ye
Zifeng doesn't feel so good about
this guy.
Xiao Mu coldly snorted, "You trash.
Don't think that because you've
reached the third qi refining stage
that you're not trash anymore.
You've beat up one of my brothers
so don't think that i'm done with
you."
"Ahh. So you're with Wang Lin. I'll
remember that."
Ye Zifeng then turned around and
left. He was right. Those who were
in the fifth stage or lower all
banded together and were only here
because of their family. They
probably spend their entire day
doing useless stuff and lacked
ambition.
"Wait a minute. I have something
good to tell you too."
Ye Zifeng stopped and turned
around, looking like he was
interested.
Xiao Mu smiled, "I helped you looked
at the missions before. In the third
qi refining stage section, there
was a mission about helping the hall
repair some broken walls. Even
though the contributions points
that you'll earn are not that much,
I feel like it suits you very well.
What do you think?"
"Many thanks to brother Xiao for
noticing this mission for me.
However, it's a waste to give me
such a good mission. I think we
should leave it for someone else."
Ye Zifeng didn't want to talk
rubbish with this guy anymore and
quickly caught up with Shi Chen.
"You!" Xiao Mu fiercely stared at
Zifeng's back with a hint of hatred
in his gaze.
Inside the hall, an elder solemnly
stood there with two protectors by
his sides.
When they saw Ye Zifeng and Shi
Chen come in, one of the protectors
started to ask, "State your name,
your cultivation level, and the
techniques that you know."
"Shi Chen, Fourth Qi Refining
Stage. As for techniques, I know
some common skills but they're
nothing much."
The elder looked at Shi Chen and
nodded.
Seeing this, the protector
continued to speak, "The missions
for fourth and fifth qi refining
realm are over there. If you want
to choose them, then come with me
to the next room so I can test your
strength."
Shi Chen's expression changed
immediately, "No no no no no. I
don't want those. I only want to do
the missions for the third qi
refining stage."
The elder didn't care at all. He
picked up a cup of tea and took a
sip, "I remember you. You chose a
fourth qi refining stage mission
last month. How come you didn't
dare pick one this time."
Shi Chen bitterly smiled, "This is
because I know how hard it is to
take on a fourth stage mission
now. Last month I got a mission to
clear some weeds out. It wasn't a
hard mission at all but there was a
blood eagle in the area and I almost
lost my life. This time, I want to do
something safer."
"Is that so." The elder laughed.
"Fine. I respect your decision. You
can choose any mission on the third
stage. Since you're at the fourth qi
refining stage, we don't need to
test you."
"Thank you Elder Qin." Shi Chen
smiled and nodded. He then left and
went to pick a mission.
"Then next..."
Ye Zifeng heard this and
immediately walked forward.
"This one greets Elder Qin."
Elder Qin sized Ye Zifeng up and
finally said, "You're…that Ye
Zifeng?"