Chapter 198: Mimi Knocked Off The Huan Bird’s Head With A Single Slap!
Xie Yanning reached out, originally intending to accept a Mid-grade Earth Rank mission with a reward of three thousand demon stones, which best suited her cultivation.
However, she heard Ming Zhaoshuang say, “Let’s choose a Heaven Rank mission.”
Xie Yanning frowned, “If my cultivation hadn’t regressed, accepting this Heaven Rank mission would be justifiable. But now my cultivation is only at the Early Void Refinement Stage, so accepting a Heaven Rank mission would be very difficult.”
When Xie Yanning was at the Early Integration Stage, she could ensure her strength was invincible among those of the same rank. Now that her cultivation had dropped to the Early Void Refinement Stage, she could still guarantee her strength was sufficient to contend with the Integration Mid Stage, but accepting a Heaven Rank mission would be very strenuous.
Ming Zhaoshuang’s brows drooped, “To obtain Nine-Orifice Lotus Root Silk, merely the three thousand demon stones for joining the association are definitely not enough. However, three days is only enough for us to complete one mission, so I want to choose a Heaven Rank mission.”
Speaking of this, Ming Zhaoshuang also worried that Xie Yanning would shrink back due to the mission’s excessive difficulty.
She said, “A Ning, I want to complete a Heaven Rank mission, this is just my personal thought, and at the same time, I want to discuss your thoughts with you.”
Xie Yanning pondered for a moment, then smiled, “Then let’s accept the Heaven Rank mission.”
Ming Zhaoshuang had offended two Mahayana Stage cultivators for her sake, and she was not a heartless and unrighteous person, so naturally, everything was prioritized for her.
The difficulty of a Heaven Rank mission goes without saying, and Ming Zhaoshuang was troubled, “The only ones we can accept are those that involve slaying demonic beasts; after all, we cannot expose ourselves.”
Xie Yanning said, “How about executing a Huan Bird? Although it is a Heaven Rank Spiritual Beast, its cultivation has only reached the Integration Mid Stage. The reward of twenty-three thousand demon stones, though not much, is extremely precious after the demonic beast dies. The client only wants the demon core, so we can sell all its other parts.”
Calculating it this way, on the surface, their reward would be twenty-three thousand demon stones, but in reality, the demon stones they could control could reach fifty thousand.
After all, Heaven Rank Spiritual Beasts are treasures all over, and Heaven Rank Spiritual Beasts of the Integration Stage are even more precious.
The one Xie Yanning chose was definitely the highest in cost-effectiveness.
However, even so, Xie Yanning could not help but say, “This Demon Realm is truly poor and stingy. A demonic beast at the Integration Stage only gives twenty-three thousand demon stones, which is less than ten thousand demon stones when converted.”
Xie Yanning would not have been willing to accept such missions before.
After all, the Sword Sect was not short of money, and she was exceptionally talented, rarely needing to take commissions to live. Even if she did, she wouldn’t take such cheap ones. Although the Huan Bird was the most cost-effective among these commissions, compared to the commissions she had taken before, it was indeed a bit stingy.
Ming Zhaoshuang remembered that commissions in the Cultivation World were also divided into Heaven, Earth, Mysterious, and Yellow categories, with requirements and rewards similar to those in the Demon Realm, but the exchange rate between spirit stones and demon stones was one to three. Therefore, commissions in the Demon Realm were more than three times less valuable than those in the Cultivation World.
No wonder Xie Yanning found the Demon Realm poor and stingy.
At this moment, the System coughed and said, “Well, the demon race was still eating raw meat and drinking blood tens of thousands of years ago. If Feng He hadn’t executed the rebel minister, supported the new emperor, and rebuilt the order of the Demon Realm, transforming it from a primitive society to a feudal society, the Demon Realm would likely still be more barbaric and backward.”
“Having such economic development in ten thousand years is already very good.”
After all, the development of productivity in the Cultivation World was very slow. If it weren’t for an era like the one led by Feng He, there would generally be no significant progress.
In the past, the world was divided into Six Realms, each occupying one of the Six Heavens.
The most barren and desolate would definitely be the Lower Cultivation World, and the most barbaric and backward would be the Demon Realm, as it was a race formed by beasts, maintaining their most fundamental bestial nature.
Even now that the demon race is in a feudal society, there are still demonic beasts unwilling to transform, eating raw meat and drinking blood.
Ming Zhaoshuang seemed to be somewhat interested and raised an eyebrow, guessing, “This Feng He is also a modern person.”
The System pouted, “Yes, she is a complete modern person who didn’t die and ran to the Cultivation World.”
Ming Zhaoshuang found it amusing, “System, I am number 002, so your number 001, wasn’t it Feng He?”
The System answered very naturally, “No, it was… it’s none of your business who it was, but now I am your system, not hers.”
Ming Zhaoshuang thought to herself, “Indeed, that’s not surprising.”
Then she heard the System change the subject, reminding her, “The Huan Bird resembles a crimson crow, with fiery wings, a thunderous cry, and is unafraid of wind and fire. It is a fire element demonic beast that also cultivates lightning and wind elements. Although its defense power and speed might not compare to the Gu Diao, its attack power will definitely be higher than the Gu Diao.”
After all, the Huan Bird is a fire element demonic beast. Fire element spiritual power has always been the most suitable for combat, and most ordinary sword cultivators belong to the metal and fire elements, which is enough to show their dominance.
Therefore, the Huan Bird’s attack power will definitely be much stronger than Ming Zhaoshuang imagines.
“The most important point is that it is immune to ordinary wind, fire, lightning, and thunder.”
Ming Zhaoshuang understood the System’s meaning.
This characteristic of the Huan Bird meant that the Explosion Talismans, Wind Fire Talismans, and Lightning Talismans from Zhen Hanliu that she held would have no effect. The only ones she could effectively use were likely the two Ice Seal Talismans.
However, the Huan Bird’s attribute is fire, and the Ice Seal Talismans would not be able to trap it.
At least, it wouldn’t be able to trap it until she and Xie Yanning completely killed it.
Ming Zhaoshuang thought that in this case, this Huan Bird might not be her best choice, as her own strength was poor, and she currently relied on those talismans.
However, among other Heaven Rank missions, none were as cost-effective as the Huan Bird, so she had truly run into bad luck.
Noticing her hesitation, Sang Biao raised his paw in her Sea of Consciousness.
“Master, don’t be afraid! Mimi can take the Huan Bird’s head off with one paw swipe!”
Ming Zhaoshuang chuckled, “The problem is, if you expose your whereabouts, what will greet us won’t just be a Huan Bird at the Integration Stage, but cultivators starting from the Mahayana Stage and topping out at the Tribulation Stage.”
Sang Biao pouted and sadly flicked his tail.
Ming Zhaoshuang said, “Rest assured, Brother Sang Biao is so mighty, I will give Brother Sang Biao a chance to appear.”
Sang Biao let out a howl, as if fawning over someone.
However, this also made Ming Zhaoshuang feel much better. At least Sang Biao had no problem dealing with this Huan Bird. After thinking for a while, she asked Xie Yanning, “The Huan Bird is not afraid of fire element spiritual power, A Ning, do you still choose this one?”
After all, Xie Yanning was the main combat force; she was just a supporting character.
It’s just that Xie Yanning’s current cultivation had regressed by a whole Major Realm, so it would be impossible for her to fight the Huan Bird. In the end, they still had to create an excellent output environment for Sang Biao, and then they would have no problem.
Xie Yanning raised her eyebrows, revealing a hint of pride, “A Shuang, don’t just look at me spitting blood and appearing weak now and forget that I have an Innate Fire Spiritual Root. Although the Huan Bird is powerful, in terms of the purity of its flames, it’s no match for me.”
She pointed towards the Huan Bird’s habitat and said:
“Moreover, the place where it grows is Jingyan Ridge, with flames stretching for three hundred miles. For me, this is a natural domain. In this place, I am the master, and my cultivation will at least increase by one Realm. The only difficulty is that my cultivation is still only at the Early Void Refinement Stage.”
