20demayo Chapter 3: Three Sect Service Tasks
Chapter 3: Three Sect Service Tasks
Lin Er recalled his experience just now. Flora's test results on the magic stone in the Adventurer's Guild seemed to indicate that she was a Tier 1 Forest Ranger. The power system she displayed was completely different from that of cultivators.
Moreover, judging from the system's prompt just now, this world seems to be severely lacking in spiritual energy.
The spiritual energy he built up to the first layer of his spiritual energy cultivation—who knows where the system got it from, otherwise it wouldn't have angered those four primordial spirits.
From this perspective, cultivators may indeed be considered an evil path in this world.
Lin Er vaguely realized the seriousness of the matter. It seemed that he would have to keep a very low profile in the future and not let the local natives find out that he came from out of town.
He calmed his mind and silently sensed the changes in his body.
After a long journey, I was already exhausted, but now I feel refreshed and full of energy.
At the same time, Lin Er discovered that there was an extra spiritual energy in his dantian, nourishing his body.
It seems that as long as the spiritual energy continues, one will have inexhaustible strength throughout the body.
Compared to when he first arrived in this world, he is probably more than ten times stronger.
When Lin Er encountered that black bear again, he suspected he could kill it with a single punch.
This spiritual energy is a good thing.
Lin Er soon discovered another serious problem: this spiritual energy could hardly be replenished; every bit consumed meant a bit less of it remained.
"Looks like I need to find a way to complete the main quest as soon as possible and get my hands on the cultivation technique."
Otherwise, if the spiritual energy only goes out and doesn't come in, it will eventually be exhausted.
If he's not mistaken, he only needs to upgrade his Iron Badge to a Bronze Badge to complete the mission.
Thinking of this, Lin Er walked out of the alley and returned to the Adventurer's Guild the way he came.
He found it strange; the street had been bustling just moments before, but now it was deserted.
Upon entering the hall, there wasn't a single adventurer inside.
When Lin Er arrived at the front desk, he saw Ellie, who had previously served him, hiding behind it, looking timid and frightened.
He asked curiously, "Excuse me, what just happened? Was someone robbing us?"
Upon hearing this, Ellie slightly raised her head and quickly whispered:
"Quick, hide! Can't you see the thunderstorm? The storm typhoon is coming!"
Lin Er glanced at the sky outside again. It was cloudless, and he didn't see any monsters or even a bird.
He began to have doubts.
Could the commotion caused by the system have startled everyone?
To be honest, Lin Er was right in the eye of the thunderstorm, which was quite terrifying.
Lin Er said, "I came from the street, there's nothing here, the storm typhoon should be gone."
Ellie looked outside suspiciously, and only after confirming that there was no danger did she stand up with the documents in her arms.
She glanced at Lin Er with a look of horror, about to say something.
When he saw Lin Er's appearance clearly, he was stunned, and the documents in his arms scattered all over the ground.
Ellie's eyes widened, and only four words were on her mind—extraordinary and refined.
She clearly remembered seeing this person before, but now she couldn't recall him at all.
Ellie held her breath. Because of her work, she had met many adventurers, including many handsome young men.
But this one is completely different; she is beyond words.
Lin Er's expression was a bit strange. They had just seen each other, so why did seeing him now feel like seeing a ghost?
Lin Er asked, "Are you alright? Is there something on my face?"
Ellie snapped out of her daze, shook her head hastily, and hurriedly picked up the documents from the ground.
Seeing this, Lin Er took out his black iron badge and asked, "I want to upgrade my badge, how do I do that?"
Ellie sat up straight, her body tense, looking as innocent as a girl experiencing her first love.
She forced a composed expression and said, "Respected adventurer, if you wish to advance to the Bronze Badge, you need to complete five tasks."
Respected adventurer?
Lin Er's expression became even stranger. She hadn't been this respectful when she came to register earlier.
Could it be that he was scared out of his wits?
Lin Er didn't have time to think too much, so she focused her attention on her answer.
Upgrading your badge requires 5 quests, which is a bit too many.
Lin Er frowned and asked, "Isn't there a faster way? Didn't my elf friend Flora get a silver badge as soon as she registered?"
Ellie then recognized Lin Er, and her expression became even more incredulous.
I just saw him a moment ago; he's unremarkable but kind of handsome.
How come she seems like a completely different person in the blink of an eye?
Ellie was filled with confusion, finding him extremely mysterious.
After Ellie came to her senses, she replied, "Respected adventurer, your elven friend is ranked based on strength. You need to reach Rank 1 in any class to directly upgrade to the Bronze Badge."
I see, it's like a competitive game.
It starts with placement matches to determine the initial rank, and then you gradually improve your rank.
However, he is currently a cultivator at the first level of Qi Refining, and his power system is completely different from that of this world, so this method will obviously not work.
Moreover, he must now conceal his identity as a cultivator and it is best not to reveal that the source of his power is different.
Lin Er then asked, "How do I advance to level 1?"
Ellie replied, "It's related to your elemental affinity, simply put..."
After listening to Ellie's explanation, Lin Er finally understood.
This world has four elements: earth, water, wind, and fire. Cultivators can train according to their affinity with these elements to strengthen their physical body and magical power, and find a suitable extraordinary profession.
Besides cultivation, one can also kill monsters with elemental attributes. Elementals prefer the strong, and the more monsters a cultivator kills, the more elementals will follow them.
Once a cultivator accumulates enough experience and successfully changes jobs, they will become a Tier 1 professional with extraordinary strength.
In that case, his elemental affinity was already very low, and now he has angered the four elements, so he has basically given up on this path of cultivation.
Fortunately, he can also cultivate immortality.
Lin Er said, "Then recommend a few single-player missions to me."
Upon hearing this, Ellie immediately rummaged through a pile of bounties, showing great interest, and quickly produced three bounties.
"Dear Adventurer, based on your badge level, you can only accept these single-player quests at this time."
Lin Er glanced at them; they were for gathering, delivering messages, and escorting goods—nothing special.
This kind of task doesn't require adventurers at all; even the most ordinary farmer can complete it, and the reward is very low.
This is your first mission in the sect. You currently have three menial tasks available:
Side Quest 1: Collect 10 Blood Clotting Herbs. Reward: 1 Bottle of Rejuvenating Dew.
Side Quest 2: Deliver a message for a rogue cultivator. Reward: 1 low-grade spirit stone.
Side Quest 3: Escort the Pure Heart Bamboo, Reward: 1 Pure Heart Bamboo Sword.
Can you do this?
Lin Er was dumbfounded.
He quickly replied, "I'll accept them all."
Ellie paused for a moment, then said, "These tasks will take a maximum of 3 days to complete. If you want to take them all, you will need to pay 1 workshop coin as a deposit. The deposit will not be refunded if the tasks are not completed."
Without hesitation, Lin Er took out a workshop coin as a deposit.
He tried to get Ellie to show him the other bounties, but the system didn't pop up any new prompts.
There may be limitations; we can only finish the task at hand first.
Even if he can't complete all three tasks, he won't lose out as long as he finishes just one.
Lin Er received the reward and the envelope, and was about to leave when...
Ellie reminded him, "Adventurer, the village you're escorting the bamboo supplies to is very close to the village where you're delivering the message. We'll set off tomorrow morning; you can do it together. As for gathering wild orchids, they're more abundant at the edge of the Misty Forest, so please be careful."
Lin Er nodded, looked at the name on Ellie's name tag, and said, "Miss Ellie, thank you for reminding me."
Ellie's face immediately turned red, and she was very shy.
……
Lin Er got up and went to the Adventurer Guild's public map. He took out the map that the system had given him, which was basically the same as the map and even more detailed.
The mission locations marked on his own map were exactly as Ellie had described.
Coincidentally, the primeval forest that Lin Er came from was right next to the Misty Forest, but it was a bit deeper inside.
Fortunately, he didn't accidentally wander into the Misty Forest, which is even more dangerous.
Lin Er glanced at the sky again. It was almost noon. Since the escort mission wouldn't start until tomorrow, there was still half a day left.
"How about we go check out the Misty Forest first? We've been there before anyway."
Lin Er acted immediately, putting away the map and heading outside.
As a result, they ran into Flora head-on.
Flora: "May I ask who you are?"