The next morning I woke up late...
I groggily walked towards the shower and went through all the morning preparations. Looking out through the window, the sun was already hanging in the sky.
Today, I am going to search for one of the opportunities, [Crystal Lotus].
Yesterday, after meeting the second protagonist, it reminded me that the plot of the outer sect competition is going to start and the current me is clearly not strong enough.
So, I have to resort to my fragmented knowledge of the game.
'Ha...'
I sighed once again before putting on the outer sect robe. This also reminded me of shopping for new clothes since I have only a single pair.
I walked outside the house and looked at the neighboring house but I could not see the figure of the two sisters. It seems that they were on a mission.
Anyway, the place I was going to was Mission Hall.
...
The Mission Hall was as crowded as always.
This time I walked toward Area B. Missions in Area A was currently too dangerous for me while Missions in Area B are usually retrieving some kind of herbs or fighting some weak monsters.
I was going to select a mission when a mocking voice sounded throughout the hall.
"A trash like you is accepting this mission, do you wish to die?" It was one of the goons of Xiao Han.
"Yeah. With his lowly strength, how is it any different from suicide."
"I think he is floating after having been accepted in the sect."
The one they were mocking was the protagonist with a grandpa, Xiao Tian.
It seems that Xiao Tian was going to pick a mission in Area B and the goons of Xiao Han had seemingly found the perfect opportunity of mocking him.
This was a classic cliché event where the protagonist takes a mission beyond his level and surprises everyone after completing it.
I opened insight and glanced at the protagonist noting that he was in the second stage of Qi condensation.
It might seem slow compared to me but it was already astonishing for a low-ranked spiritual root to sense Qi within three months but he had already reached the second stage of Qi condensation, the speed that rivals a high-grade spiritual root.
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While talent may be a chasm difficult for others to cross, protagonists are beings beyond common sense so it was not that surprising.
Anyway, I glanced at the protagonist with eyes of insight and noticed his clenched fist even though he currently had a cool face. It seems that he was pissed off by the frequent interruptions from his dear cousin.
I prayed for these goons' safety since they had angered the protagonist...
The commotion didn't last long though. Xiao Tian took the mission and soon left the hall. With Xiao Tian gone, the goons no longer had any other purpose so they also quickly left the hall.
I looked at the various missions projected by the projection stone before finally selecting one.
[Inner sect sister Liu is currently researching a pill so she needs five poisonous lilies from the Hundred Snakes Valley.
Reward: 250 merit points.
*Beware of the poison in the herbs]
The first thing I noticed after taking the mission was obviously the task provider, Inner sect sister Liu. The very first mission I had come across was also issued by her and it was also related to herbs. Perhaps she is an alchemist?
Of course, the reason I accepted this mission was not that but it was rather simple. Crystal Lotus I was going to pick up was also in Hundred Snakes Valley and the mission reward was also quite high.
It may be because this task is related to poisons. While poisonous lilies are easy to handle with gloves, there may be some unexpected attacks from the snakes in the valley. So, this mission was not picked up by other disciples.
Anyway, I took the projection stone to the counter and registered for the mission.
...
My next stop is the Exchange Hall.
Exchange Hall, just as the name suggests is the place where merit points are exchanged with spirit stones or other materials.
I walked towards the gigantic building soon reaching the counter.
On the counter was a cute senior sister.
"Excuse me, may I see the exchange list?" I asked softly. Partly because there were too many people on the line.
"Oh yes." The brown-haired sister took out a projection stone and handed it to me.
I inserted a minuscule amount of Qi in it as a long list appeared in front of me.
Looking at the list, I had one clear realization, I was poor. Like seriously poor.
A spirit stone costs around 50 merit points and pills such as the Qi gathering pill and detoxification pill cost around 25 merit points.
As I looked at the price of the spirit stone, I couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. As expected, my senior brothers had not lied to me - they only sold high-grade spirit stones here. This meant that disciples needed to take various missions to earn low-grade spirit stones, either from the loot they gathered during the mission or by involving themselves in secondary professions. It was quite shrewd, I had to admit.
I continued to look through the list, finding several objects ranging from heaven and earth materials to various talismans, pills, and techniques.
"I would like to exchange four Qi replenishing pills, two detoxification pills, a tier one [Thunder Wave] talisman, and five hundred silvers, "I said to the senior sister.
"Yes. The four Qi replenishing pills and two detoxification pills will be around 150 merit points. A [Thunder Wave] talisman costs 300 merit points and five hundred silver costs 50 merit points. Your total cost will be 500 merit points, junior. " That's almost all the merit points I have now.
"Please." I took out my identification jade and handed it to the lady who soon returned it to me with the goods.
I kept the talisman, pills, and mortal coins in my bag of holding and said farewell to the counter lady.
"Thank you, I will come back later." I waved at the lady and walked away.
"Have a good day." I heard the voice of the woman as I once again stepped outside, just much poorer and broke.
It seems I need to go monster hunting later...