"Rejected again!" Although the situation this time was slightly better than last time and he wasn't rejected immediately, the outcome remained the same. He had initially thought of checking in the prediction what was bothering the Green Wolf Demon King, and if it was something he could handle, he would complete the mission. If not, he would abandon it. But now, he was stuck at the first step.
"It seems I need to come up with a reason that will catch the attention of the Green Wolf Demon King."
"Since the Green Wolf Demon King is the younger sister of the Grand Princess, I might be able to start from the Grand Princess," Su Nan pondered.
The news of the Grand Princess's disappearance was widely known among the Yao Clan in Tianyun City. He could use this to catch the Green Wolf Demon King's attention.
"You transform into the appearance of a wolf demon and arrive at the Li Mansion, knocking on the door. Soon, an old man opens the courtyard gate."
"You directly tell the old man that you have information related to the Grand Princess of the Sky Wolf Clan."
"The old man, upon hearing this, shows signs of excitement and quickly lets you enter the courtyard."
"I'm in," Su Nan breathed a sigh of relief. The first step was successful. Now, he needed to find a way to make the Green Wolf Demon King reveal her troubles.
"Follow the old man to a small courtyard, where you notice the Green Wolf Demon King, dressed in white, sitting in the courtyard. She is sipping tea while seemingly deep in thought."
"The Green Wolf Demon King glances at you and instructs you to tell her everything you know about the Grand Princess."
"Instead of telling the truth, you inform her that after the Grand Princess was severely injured by a powerful member of the Star Sect, she returned to the Sky Wolf Valley. Unfortunately, she encountered monsters there and engaged in a fierce battle. After that, she disappeared from the Sky Wolf Valley."
"Hearing your information, the Green Wolf Demon King appears somewhat disappointed but doesn't say much. She directly orders the old man to escort you out."
"Naturally, you are unwilling to leave like this. You directly ask the Green Wolf if she has any troubles and offer to help."
"The Green Wolf Demon King ignores you, and you are forcibly grabbed by the old man and dragged out of the courtyard."
"Your actions finally anger the Green Wolf Demon King, and she attacks you. You are knocked unconscious."
"Three minutes later, you wake up in a small river, the icy water instantly jolting you awake."
"The first prediction ends. Do you want to continue?"
"Well, I did meet the Green Wolf Demon King, but it's still impossible to find out what's bothering her."
"This mission isn't about helping the Green Wolf Demon King with her troubles; it's more like being a lackey!" Su Nan exclaimed. This was the first time he had done something so obsequious.
What was even more absurd was that they didn't even need his help.
"For the sake of Yao Power, I'll do it." Su Nan consoled himself.
Once the prediction cooldown was over, he began predicting again.
...
"Hearing your information, the Green Wolf Demon King shows no expression and doesn't say much. She directly orders the old man to escort you out."
"Naturally, you are unwilling to leave like this. You immediately tell the Green Wolf that Tiger Roar Heaven knows about her troubles and sent you to help."
"The Green Wolf Demon King looks surprised and asks how Tiger Roar Heaven found out. You know that if you answer, you will be exposed, so you choose not to answer the question."
"The Green Wolf Demon King looks deep into your eyes, appearing contemplative, and after a moment of silence, she tells you that she has indeed been troubled by something recently."
"Got it!" Su Nan's eyes lit up.
In a critical moment, acting as a go-between actually worked.
"Three minutes later, you find out that the Green Wolf Demon King and her sister, the Grand Princess of the Sky Wolf Clan, have a special connection. As long as they are within a certain range, they can sense each other."
"Not long ago, the Green Wolf Demon King felt that her sister was near Tianyun City. However, strangely, the connection was very weak, making it impossible for the Green Wolf Demon King to determine her sister's exact location."
"Furthermore, the strange thing was that the connection was intermittent, not continuous. It seemed that the Grand Princess would sometimes approach Tianyun City and sometimes move away, leaving the Green Wolf Demon King puzzled."
"The Green Wolf Demon King suspects that her sister might have encountered trouble and is trapped somewhere, in imminent danger."
"The second prediction ends. Do you want to continue?"
"Connected to the Grand Princess!"
"The Green Wolf Demon King can actually sense the Grand Princess near Tianyun City!"
Su Nan was shocked instantly, feeling fortunate that he hadn't released the Grand Princess into the game since his arrival in Tianyun City. Otherwise, it could have been troublesome.
Clearly, the Universe Ring was blocking the connection between the Green Wolf Demon King and the Grand Princess.
The intermittent sensing of the Grand Princess by the Green Wolf Demon King might be because he had left Tianyun City or exited the game.
"Thank goodness for this mission. If not for it, I might have accidentally released the Grand Princess next time without knowing."
Su Nan was relieved.
Looking at the mission again, without hesitation, he turned and left.
He decisively abandoned this three-star mission.
...
"Drunk Wind Pavilion"
Walking on the street, he noticed a restaurant ahead, which reminded him of the short sword he had with him.
Qian Yu had posted on the forum to meet him here, and it was now his territory.
"Well, let's see what secrets this short sword holds."
Su Nan thought and looked into the prediction.
"You transform into the appearance of Wang Nan and walk towards Drunk Wind Pavilion. You know that a group of players from another world is waiting for you there."
"Indeed, as you approach Drunk Wind Pavilion, several gazes immediately lock onto you. Many recognize you, and one person approaches you directly, expressing their willingness to follow you."
"You pay no attention to them and head directly into Drunk Wind Pavilion. As soon as you step inside, five players from another world approach you, and the leader, a young man, expresses relief that they finally found you."
"You understand that they are the people you are looking for. The young man invites you into a private room, and the other four players stand guard outside."
"The young man tells you that he is a member of a guild from another world, representing their guild leader in negotiations."
"After some communication with the young man, you finally learn that the short sword you recently acquired is related to a treasure map you obtained not long ago. The short sword once belonged to an ancient powerhouse whose cave it pointed to."
"How coincidental? It's related to a treasure map."
Su Nan was surprised when he saw the prediction's content.
It seemed that he had a connection with ancient powerhouses and their caves. Just after obtaining the treasure map that led to an ancient powerhouse's cave, he now had a short sword related to it.
"Like fate brought us together. Tell me more about this treasure map."
As he looked at the prediction, Su Nan was intrigued.
"Like you, the other party also possesses the key to enter the cave.
They have been exploring it for over ten days and recently, by chance, discovered an unexplored secret area."
"A secret area!" Su Nan's eyes brightened.
An unexplored secret area undoubtedly held great opportunities.
"In addition to you, the other party also has an item related to the secret area. Only when both items are present can the secret area be opened."
"The first prediction ends. Do you want to continue?"
"About me?" Su Nan wondered, intrigued. He chose to continue predicting.
"The other party informs you that this matter is urgent. The secret area is not always accessible but can only be entered at specific times. It is now only two days away from the last entry time, and they need you to join them as soon as possible."
"After a brief thought, you agree to their request and decide to explore the ancient powerhouse's cave together. You then ask the other party what they know about you."
"The other party tells you that just yesterday, three players claiming to be from the Destiny Sect approached their guild leader. They wanted their guild leader to join forces with them to stop you from growing further in the game."
"Those people claim to have already recruited several high-ranking players, offering generous rewards, including spell seeds and ancient scriptures."
"The Destiny Sect!"
"Have they extended their influence into the game as well?" Su Nan's face darkened.
Last time he made a move, he knew that the members of Destiny Sect wouldn't give up on the bracelet he had. They would definitely make another move.
However, he didn't expect that in reality, they didn't make a move, but instead started looking for opportunities within the game.
The members of Destiny Sect all come from another dimension, and they cannot enter the game. Therefore, the people in the game claiming to be from Destiny Sect are not actually members of the real Destiny Sect.
They are just puppets cultivated by Destiny Sect in reality.
"They are really going all out. To deal with me, they even brought out ancient scriptures and spell seeds."
If it had been when he first entered the game, Destiny Sect might have been able to hinder his growth by attacking him from within the game.
Unfortunately, he had already grown, and even if Destiny Sect recruited more players, it would only be a boost to his luck.
"Well, if Destiny Sect can really gather a group of Spirit-level players, Lang Thirteen's main mission will be accomplished."
Su Nan wasn't afraid; instead, he was looking forward to it.
He didn't rush to meet the members of the Nine Heavens Guild; he turned and left.
There were still two days left before the secret place disappeared, so there was no hurry.
...
"It's almost time for the mission refresh. I can't continue to refresh missions in Tianyun City this time."
Today, there were a total of four three-star missions for three characters, but he had only completed one.
If he continued to stay in Tianyun City, it was highly likely that he would still refresh the same missions, which was not what he wanted to see.
After some thought, he headed west and eventually arrived about thirty miles from Tianyun City.
This place was an abandoned village called Dayang Village.
The reason for its abandonment was the same as other villages, as the number of demons had increased, forcing the villagers to move to nearby towns.
In order to be able to refresh missions to hunt Xuan-level demons, Su Nan deliberately took out the demon named Hook Sickle from the Universe Ring.
Hook Sickle was still in a coma and would not wake up for a while.
Having done all this, he waited patiently.
Before long, in the real world, the time reached midnight.
The game refreshed.
He immediately looked at the tasks for his three characters.
[Daily Task One: Hunt one Common-level demon.]
[Daily Task Two: Hunt two Common-level demons.]
[Daily Task Three: Hunt one Mysterious-level demon.]
As he had expected, there was no mission to hunt Paper Puppet demons, but instead, there were missions to hunt Mysterious-level demons.
What puzzled him, however, was that the first two missions were both one-star missions, and there were no two-star missions.
Looking at Zhang Yang's tasks, he furrowed his brows even more.
[Daily Task One: Hunt a demon in the Yang family village.]
[Daily Task Two: Hunt two demons in the Yang family village.]
[Daily Task Three: Hunt three demons in the Yang family village.]
All three tasks were one-star missions.
Not even a two-star mission had appeared.
This was the first time he had encountered such a situation since entering the game.
Looking at Lang Thirteen's tasks, they weren't much better.
[Daily Task One: Hunt one outsider.]
[Daily Task Two: Hunt two outsiders.]
[Daily Task Three: Hunt three outsiders.]
Still, three one-star missions, not even a two-star mission, let alone a three-star mission.
"Is it because there are no strong demons where I am?"
He had refreshed missions outside the city before, but he hadn't encountered this phenomenon.
After some thought, Su Nan could only attribute the reason to the fact that the number of demons in Tianyun County had sharply decreased due to the events of the day before yesterday.
Most of the Spiritual-level demons had been killed by him, and now, in these wilderness areas, most of them were Common-level demons, and it was even difficult to find a Spiritual-level demon.
"I've really lost out! It looks like next time I refresh missions, I'll have to look for places with more demons."
Reducing the difficulty of the missions might be a good thing for ordinary players.
They couldn't complete an advanced mission at all and would only take up their mission slots, but having an extra low-level mission would mean an extra mission they could complete.
But for Su Nan, it meant a reduction in the amount of demonic energy he could obtain.
"Well, let's complete these missions first, and when I return to Tianyun City, I'll see if I want to use the mission refresh card."
The tasks for the three characters were too simple, and there was no challenge for him.
Even Lang Thirteen's task of hunting players was completed on his way back to Tianyun City.
It was undoubtedly the fastest time for him to complete all three characters' tasks so far.
Fortunately, with the contribution of 30 points of demonic energy from the Xuan-level demon, he had a total of 70 points of demonic energy, which was not bad.
But it was a pity that there were no body-type demon bloodlines available for the time being.
He had originally kept the last bloodline slot for fusing the Ancient Demon bloodline.
Now that the Giant Ant bloodline had reached the level of an Ancient Demon bloodline due to the Bloodline Spirit Fruit, he no longer needed to continue fusing the Ancient Demon bloodline. He only needed to purchase an ordinary bloodline.
Back in Tianyun City.
He found a safe place and logged out of the game.
The next day.
Su Nan was awakened by the ringing of his phone.
He picked up the phone and saw that it was a call from Wang Zhong.
"Nan Ge, how have you been playing these days?"
"It's been fine. I'm in Mount Tai now and will be heading to Mount Heng in a few days." He was now openly traveling, so there was no need to hide his whereabouts.
Wang Zhong said enviously, "I really envy you, but unfortunately, Miss Bai doesn't allow it, otherwise, I would also like to go play with you."
"You enjoy your game, and I'm still waiting for you to take me flying in the future."
"Hehe, don't worry about that, Nan Ge. I can assure you that I'm now a Triple Bloodline Grandmaster." Wang Zhong said proudly, quite pleased with himself.
He continued, "And Nan Ge, let me tell you some good news. Yesterday, at Miss Bai's recommendation, I joined the Dayan Sect."
"Now, there are disciples of the Dayan Sect taking me on missions. The speed at which I can acquire demonic energy is soaring. I got 25 points of demonic energy in one day, far more than other players."
25 points of demonic energy? Not bad, it had already caught up with him when he was in the Mysterious Heaven Prison.
"Well, congratulations!" Su Nan sincerely congratulated him and then changed the subject, "Where is the Dayan Sect in the game?"
"Nan Ge, you really don't care about the game at all. The Dayan Sect is located in the central part of the Eastern Celestial State, in the Zhongtian County. Our Dream Guild members are all here."
Zhongtian County? That was the capital city of the
Dayu Dynasty, Su Nan noted.
After that, he chatted with Wang Zhong for a while before hanging up the phone.
After having a light breakfast, he logged back into the game.
In the game, he appeared where he had logged out.
"Fusing bloodlines is not urgent for now. Let's condense my own Life Essence Blood first."
(End of this chapter)