Today's daily tasks required him to hunt down 120 Ordinary-level players and 12 Ling-level players.
Among the group of players he currently encountered, there were enough Ordinary-level players, but only five Ling-level players.
While this wasn't enough for him to complete all three of Lang Thirteen's tasks, it was sufficient for him to complete the main storyline mission "Rage of the Yao Emperor."
Looking at the tasks on the panel, the rewards for the third stage of "Rage of the Yao Emperor" were the same as the "Yao Emperor's Bloodline" task he had completed not long ago, both offering a spiritual item.
"I wonder what kind of spiritual item I'll receive this time?" Su Nan couldn't help but feel excited.
The leaders of the two groups had no idea what Su Nan was thinking, but they could see his disdain in his expression.
Suddenly, it seemed that they had found an outlet for their frustration due to the Yao being stolen. One of them said, "Kid, you seem quite confident in your strength. Let me see how capable you are!"
As he spoke, the player waved his hand, and a burst of flames engulfed Su Nan.
Su Nan made a move, but it seemed like he didn't do anything at all. He merely glanced at the player, who instantly collapsed and then disappeared from everyone's sight.
Seeing this, the other players were bewildered.
Before they could understand what had just happened, they saw another player in front of Su Nan fall like wheat being harvested, one after another, and then vanish in quick succession.
They were being attacked by Su Nan's spiritual power.
With Su Nan's current powerful spiritual power, dealing with these players was like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
The speed was so fast that the players didn't even have a chance to log out of the game!
In just the span of a breath, more than two hundred players had been killed, and they didn't even have the chance to regret their actions.
"Congratulations, you have completed the daily task 'Hunt one Ling-level Extraterritorial Visitor,' and 15 Mana Points have been awarded."
"Congratulations, you have completed the daily task 'Hunt 120 Ordinary-level Extraterritorial Visitors,' and 30 Mana Points have been awarded."
"Congratulations, you have completed the main storyline mission 'Rage of the Yao Emperor' third stage. Would you like to claim your reward now?"
"Yes."
"Congratulations, you have obtained a Ling-level Bloodline."
"Congratulations, you have obtained a Ling-level Yao Technique."
"Congratulations, you have obtained 45 Mana Points."
"Congratulations, you have obtained the spiritual item, Mountain and Water Gourd."
"Your main storyline mission 'Rage of the Yao Emperor' has been completed. As a non-human player, you can reset your main storyline mission. Would you like to reset your main storyline mission now?"
"Yes."
"Your main storyline mission 'Rage of the Yao Emperor' has been reset. Please check the mission panel for details."
With consecutive task completion notifications, Su Nan's available Mana Points once again soared, reaching 321 points!
It was already enough to bring both Xuan-level bloodlines to the Grand Mastery level!
"With 300 Mana Points, I can exchange for the Divine Sacrificial Altar to the real world. Should I give it a try?"
Su Nan didn't think about improving his bloodlines but immediately thought of the Divine Sacrificial Altar.
According to his guess, if he could use the censer to collect incense in the real world, his progress in cultivating the divine path would advance at an astonishing speed.
However, he abandoned this idea when he thought about Wang Nan.
"I'm about to reach the Great Yu Imperial City. Let's obtain the Demon Spirit Grass first and break through Wang Nan's character."
His personal space appeared in front of him, and with a wave of his hand, an item appeared in his hand.
It was a small, palm-sized purple gourd.
It was the reward for the task, the Mountain and Water Gourd.
"Mountain and Water Gourd: One of the many gourds that sprouted from a seed of the ancient primordial spirit gourd, which, by a lucky chance, absorbed the power of mountains and rivers in the world, nurturing a small world within."
"A newly born small world?"
Su Nan's eyes lit up, and he immediately tried to probe his spiritual power into the gourd.
However, to his surprise, his spiritual power couldn't enter the gourd.
"Do I need to refine it?" Su Nan thought of a possibility and immediately started to try refining it.
After a moment, he showed a pleased expression.
Just as he had guessed, the gourd could indeed be refined.
As he refined it, he immediately felt a connection established between himself and the gourd.
With a thought, the gourd disappeared from his hand and appeared on the back of his hand, leaving behind a faint imprint of a gourd.
The refined gourd could be directly stored within his body!
"This is quite convenient."
He once again probed into the gourd, and this time, his spiritual power easily entered the gourd.
A small world with a radius of a kilometer appeared before his eyes. There was a small mountain that was only a couple of hundred meters tall and a winding river that meandered from the foot of the mountain.
The small mountain was lush with greenery, and the land was covered with thriving vegetation. Fish swam in the river. Although this world lacked a sun and moon and had a hazy appearance, it still exuded a lively atmosphere.
"Not bad, not bad. This is much better than the advanced Qiankun Ring."
Su Nan's eyes showed a pleased expression. Although this item didn't currently provide much help to his strength, it was still a valuable item.
After all, it was a world.
A world full of life, far superior to the lifeless space of the advanced Qiankun Ring.
It might not have much use for him at the moment, but it was like adding the finishing touch, and it would definitely prove to be extremely useful in the future.
Furthermore, he found that the source of the water power in the river within the gourd was exceptionally rich, even more so than the Heart Lake Fountain he had encountered in the past.
"Let's put the little guy in and see."
With a slight movement in his eyes, Su Nan immediately summoned the turtle.
The little guy's head popped out of its shell, and it looked at Su Nan with curiosity, its eyes filled with doubt.
Su Nan didn't explain and directly sent the little guy into the gourd.
When the little guy entered the gourd, it was initially a bit bewildered. However, it quickly sensed the rich water power and became excited, heading straight for the source of the river and greedily devouring the water power there until it was satisfied.
At first, Su Nan was a bit worried that the little guy would completely consume the water power here, affecting the small world, but he quickly realized he was overthinking it.
As the water power in the small world decreased, he immediately noticed that the gourd was autonomously absorbing the water power from the world to replenish itself.
"It can autonomously absorb the water power from the world? That's great. This way, I won't need to feed the little guy with the
blood essence of Yao in the future."
Su Nan was even more satisfied with the gourd.
After a bit of experimentation, he put away the gourd and turned his attention to the mission panel.
"Main Story Mission: Rage of the Yao Emperor"
"Mission Stage 1: Hunt 120 Ling-level Extraterritorial Visitors and one Xuan-level Extraterritorial Visitor."
"Mission Difficulty: Three Stars."
"Mission Rewards: Xuan-level Bloodline, Xuan-level Yao Technique, 45 Mana Points."
"As expected, the mission difficulty has significantly increased, and I need to hunt down a Xuan-level Extraterritorial Visitor."
Su Nan wasn't surprised, but he felt a bit helpless.
Xuan-level Yao creatures were relatively easy to find, but Xuan-level players were practically non-existent.
He couldn't possibly kill himself, could he?
Closing the panel, he continued on his way.
The journey ahead was smooth, with no further incidents.
After more than an hour, Su Nan finally arrived at the Great Yu Imperial City!
From a distance, he could see a magnificent ancient city.
My apologies for the oversight. Here's the continuation of the translation, strictly adhering to the given prompt:
Su Nan continued through the city. The imperial city was vast, spanning dozens of miles from east to west, and was divided into inner and outer cities.
Su Nan intended to find the Demon Slayer Bureau first and complete the task of escorting the Divine Weapon. However, before he could locate the bureau, he spotted another magnificent building.
"The Celestial Palace!"
Su Nan's eyes lit up, and he immediately headed towards the Celestial Palace.
Since he was already at the Celestial Palace, he thought it would be convenient to purchase the Magic Spirit Grass as well.
As the headquarters of the Celestial Palace in the Eastern Dragon Province, this Celestial Palace was exceptionally large, with a continuous stream of players and warriors coming and going.
Unlike the Celestial Palace in Heavenly Cloud City, there were no attendants here. Warriors who came to the Celestial Palace had to go to the respective areas to make their purchases.
Su Nan found the area where Magic Spirit Grass was sold and an old man asked, "Young man, what do you need?"
"I need Magic Spirit Grass," Su Nan replied.
The old man shook his head and said, "Magic Spirit Grass? I'm sorry, but we don't have that kind of thing here at the Celestial Palace."
"Don't have it?" Su Nan's heart sank. Zhou Lingyin had mentioned that Magic Spirit Grass wasn't a rare item, so logically, the Celestial Palace should have had it in stock.
He immediately inquired, "Magic Spirit Grass isn't really a rare item, is it? Why wouldn't the Celestial Palace have it?"
The old man explained, "I'm sorry, young sir, but you've come at an unfortunate time. We did have a few Magic Spirit Grass plants at the Celestial Palace, but they were all purchased by someone just yesterday."
"All purchased?" Su Nan was taken aback. "Could this be another effect of misfortune? "
"Who bought them?" Su Nan was unwilling to give up. If he could find out who had purchased the Magic Spirit Grass, he might be able to buy it from them.
However, the old man shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, young sir, but the Celestial Palace never discloses our customers' information."
"Not disclosing it?" Su Nan frowned, feeling a bit annoyed. It seemed like they just wanted to make more money.
Greedy!
Su Nan felt disdainful, but he didn't dwell on it. Instead, he quickly made his way to the information-selling area.
As he had expected, there was information available about the person who had purchased the Magic Spirit Grass.
The price was exactly ten drops of Spirit-level demon blood.
After paying with a single corpse of a Xuan-level early-stage demon, he obtained the information.
The information was concise, consisting of only one sentence, but it left Su Nan puzzled.
"The person who purchased the Magic Spirit Grass is at the Spirit level early stage, suspected to be an outsider, wearing a mask, and their specific identity is unknown. There seems to be a faint demonic aura around them, indicating possible influence from demonic energy."
"An outsider? Someone else has been affected by demonic energy like me?"
"Who could it be?"
Su Nan was surprised. He hadn't expected that the one who purchased the Magic Spirit Grass would be a player.
After some thought, he suddenly thought of one person.
"Could it be Li Ye?"
Li Ye was the only player he had encountered who had some connection to demons. Back in Tiger Roar Town, Li Ye had even shown him a demon stone. If Li Ye had been influenced by demonic energy, it was highly probable.
"Even if Li Ye really bought it, it might not be easy to obtain it from him."
"It seems like I'll have to figure something out with the Demon Slayer Bureau."
As the head of the Demon Slayer Bureau, Su Nan could exchange items from the bureau's treasury. Last time, after killing so many Xuan-level demons, the Demon Slayer Bureau had yet to calculate his demon slayer points.
Thinking about this, Su Nan didn't waste any more time and quickly headed towards the Demon Slayer Bureau.
(End of this chapter)