Zhao Lin came very early, and there were not many people in the Shanggong Hall. Only a few monks stood in front of the notice, chatting in low voices.
Hanchi County is where the Lingdao Temple in the state capital is located. It mainly preaches sermons. Most of the monks in the county have official duties, such as spiritual planting, wine making, alchemy, etc., and they rarely have time and energy to go out to perform tasks.
There are dozens of tasks posted on each wall, which state the requirements for the cultivation or Taoist skills of the person who receives the task, as well as the reward rules. Some tasks also have time limits.
The colors of the notices vary, including purple, white, gold and green.
“What do these colors mean?”
Zhao Lin was confused and saw a middle-aged steward in the hall, so he walked over and bowed.
"Senior brother, I have something to ask you."
The middle-aged steward looked over with a hint of curiosity in his eyes, "My surname is Hu. Just call me Senior Brother Hu. Is there anything wrong, Junior Brother?"
Zhao Lin is a disciple of the Spiritual Dao Academy. His cultivation level is only at the third level of Qi Refining, so he is not qualified to receive the task.
"I see that the colors of these tasks are different. What's the difference?"
"Is this your first time here, little friend?"
Manager Hu smiled, pointed to the notice on the wall and said: "The four colors of purple, white, gold and green, from high to low, represent the difficulty and danger level of the task."
"Cyan tasks are the lowest level, they are very simple tasks, such as running errands, or things that are time-consuming and laborious."
"Basically anyone can do it, but correspondingly, the rewards are not many. There are only spiritual stones and no good deeds."
"The golden task is of medium difficulty, requires certain skills or combat power, and is somewhat dangerous, but not life-threatening."
"The rewarded spiritual stones are usually more than fifty yuan, and some also reward good deeds."
"White tasks are more difficult and more dangerous. For example, refining a rare elixir, or searching for a certain item in a dangerous place where strange beasts are rampant."
"If it fails, the former is fine. The maximum compensation is for losses, but the latter may die. Of course, the rewards of the mission are quite generous."
"Purple represents extremely difficult or dangerous tasks. I won't go into details. Don't accept such tasks without absolute strength."
Zhao Lin cupped his hands and thanked him: "Thank you, Senior Brother Hu, for clearing up the confusion."
"Wait, I'm not done yet."
Manager Hu smiled and said, "In addition to purple, white, gold and green, there is also a black mission."
"Black mission?"
"Yes, but black tasks are generally not posted publicly. This type of task is more difficult than the purple level, and only allows success, no failure, and only one chance."
"Black-level tasks are not something you can get just because you want them. They must be verified by multiple tasks. Talents with a good reputation are eligible to take them."
"So that's what it is, I've learned a lot!"
Zhao Lin thanked him seriously, then walked to the notices and looked at them one by one.
I quickly browsed through all the notices, but unfortunately I couldn't find any satisfactory tasks.
When he received a mission for the first time, Zhao Lin didn’t want to risk his life by doing white or purple missions.
There are not many golden tasks, and they either require skills such as alchemy, weapon refining, formations, etc., or the area is too far from Nanhezhou, and it will take seven or eight days to get there.
As for the lowest level cyan task, since I am a disciple of the Spiritual Dao Academy, it is not worthwhile to go all the way to run errands for others.
Doesn't such a large sect have a suitable mission for itself?
Zhao Lin frowned slightly.
"Why, you didn't find the right one?"
Manager Hu had been observing from the side and came over to ask.
"Indeed not."
Zhao Lin answered truthfully.
Manager Hu smiled slightly and said: "Actually, the sect has many tasks, which cannot be posted here, so I only post the tasks newly released in the past few months."
"If you are interested, you can check out all the tasks here."
Zhao Lin's heart moved, and he roughly understood what the other party meant, and asked: "How much is the cost of the inquiry task?"
Seeing Zhao Lin's approach, Manager Hu happily stretched out a finger and said, "I just want a spiritual stone."
The cost was not low, but Zhao Lin made up his mind to accept a task and said: "Okay." He took out the spirit stone.
"Don't be busy yet."
Manager Hu stretched out his hand and pressed it lightly, "I have a question to clarify first. Should junior brother accept the task by himself, or choose for others?"
Zhao Lin said: "I will take over the task myself."
Manager Hu glanced at Zhao Lin's robe and shook his head gently, "Junior brother is a disciple of the Spiritual Dao Academy. According to the rules, you cannot leave the county at will before the middle stage of Qi Refining."
"What will you do if you accept the mission?"
Zhao Lin understood that the other party was worried that he would not complete the task after accepting it, so he explained: "Senior Brother Hu doesn't know something. My younger brother is a martial arts cultivator. Although his cultivation is at the third level of Qi Refining, his fighting skills are not inferior to those in the middle stage of Qi Refining."
"If I accept the mission, I will explain it to the Taoist Elder."
Manager Hu clapped his hands together and said with a smile: "I heard that there is a martial arts cultivator in the Lingdao Academy. It turns out it's you. That's good."
As he spoke, he took out a jade slip from his sleeve.
Zhao Lin also took out a spiritual stone from the lock bag, took the jade slip, and scanned it deeply with his consciousness, and saw that hundreds of tasks were recorded in it.
The scanning speed of his spiritual consciousness was much faster than that of the naked eye. Zhao Lin scanned ten lines at a time, and when he saw half of it, he suddenly stopped.
It's not that he found a suitable task, but he was surprised to find that the task of killing the physical cultivator mentioned by the elder in the last transmission was also listed and was still unfinished.
"Sure enough, this task is not easy to accomplish."
Zhao Lin was glad that he was not dazzled by his good deeds at that time. The last time he performed the Dharma, it was very difficult to compete with the fourth level of body tempering. If he encountered the ninth level of body tempering, the result would be obvious.
Skip this task and continue scanning.
Soon, a mission came into Zhao Lin's sight.
Mission: Enter the Yinfeng Realm to pick Yinfeng grass and star peony.
Mission level: White Intermediate.
Mission details: Yinfeng Realm is a small, low-level, uninhabited world with many Yin spirit grasses growing there. There are some mid-level monsters and ghosts that breed naturally. The level of danger is not high.
Reward: One Yin Feng Grass can be exchanged for ten spiritual stones, one Star Peony can be exchanged for ten spiritual stones, plus five good deeds.
Mission requirements: Qi refining realm monks, whose cultivation is above the middle stage of Qi refining, and who have mastered at least one minor-level attack spell, with priority given to the two elements of thunder and fire, and at the same time, the Qi-gazing technique is above the proficiency level.
One of the reasons why Zhao Lin is interested in this task is that the Yinfeng Realm is located in Xiniu Prefecture, not far from Nanhe Prefecture. It is convenient to come and go and does not affect cultivation.
Then again, it's a small world.
Zhao Lin was very curious about the small world and wanted to see what other small worlds were like besides the Hanchi Realm where he was originally, and what the laws of the world were like.
Finally, the difficulty of this mission is not high, and the rewards are okay.
If you can find star peony, you will be rewarded with good deeds.
Moreover, this is an open mission with no time limit. Monks are summoned all year round, so there is no need to worry about understanding the mission after arriving.
That’s it! (End of chapter)
