#44 - First Mission
“Ding! Plot change detected, rewarding 3,000 system points!”
“Ding! Congratulations, Host! The system has met the upgrade requirements and has automatically upgraded to the Invincible System!”
“Ding! Congratulations, Host! You are now invincible…”
Half an hour later, Wei Changtian lay on his bed at home, muttering to himself.
Every “Ding” embodied his earnest expectations as a transmigrator.
Unfortunately, the system interface remained the same, displaying a remaining 55 system points.
“Subduing” the fox demon only added 50 points.
Is Yang Liushi really that insignificant? Or is it that women in web novels are all unimportant?
That doesn't seem right, though. Why did Lu Jingyao give 300 points?
The two of them have roughly the same amount of screen time.
Could it be because… there's a difference between being convinced in the heart and convinced “verbally”?
Judging from Lu Jingyao's recent behavior, she's probably convinced in her heart but not verbally.
And Yang Liushi is clearly verbally convinced but not in her heart.
So that's how it is!
Wei Changtian suddenly understood, and immediately cursed in his heart.
Bah! Trash system!
Why make it so complicated?
Other people's systems, if not directly invincible, have at least already dominated their little map. But you, your sense of existence is so low!
What use are you??
After a bout of frantic complaining, Wei Changtian finally calmed down and began to think about the gains and losses of tonight.
Although all three small goals before departure were completed, the result was at best bittersweet.
He never expected Xiao Feng to approach Yang Liushi ahead of time.
If the inexplicably appearing life-saving jade pendant before was the Dao of Heaven protecting Xiao Feng, then what's going on now?
This is clearly Xiao Feng's subjective behavior!
Not only is the timing earlier than in the book, but even some details have changed.
The more Wei Changtian thought about it, the more confused he became.
The butterfly effect, variables in the Dao of Heaven, the rise and fall of fortune… All of this combined is causing the wheel of fate in the dark to move in a completely uncontrollable direction.
Wei Changtian even felt that even if Xu Qingwan suddenly got to know Xiao Feng tomorrow, he wouldn't be surprised at all.
I'm afraid that before long, the role that his ability to "foresee the future" can play will become weaker and weaker.
In the darkness, Wei Changtian suddenly sat up from the bed and shouted.
The door was quickly pushed open.
“Young Master, what is it?”
“Have someone investigate the Mysterious Heaven Society. Xiao Feng might be mixed in there.”
“Also, secretly send a pair of matching jade pendants to Yang Liushi tomorrow. She knows when to contact me.”
“Yes!” Wang Er didn't ask any further.
“Alright, you go and rest too.”
Waving his hand, Wei Changtian lay back down on the bed, preparing to sleep, deciding to leave the things he couldn't understand to slowly think about later.
However, at this moment, Wang Er spoke again with a slightly surprised tone.
“Madam? What are you doing…”
“I've come to talk to my husband about something.”
“Yes, this one will take his leave then.”
Wang Er quickly bowed and retreated, while Lu Jingyao lit a candle on her own and sat gently at the table.
“Why aren't you asleep yet so late?”
Wei Changtian helplessly sat up from the bed again: “Can't whatever it is wait until tomorrow?”
“You…”
Lu Jingyao looked up, hesitated for a moment, and finally asked in an incomparably conflicted voice: “What did you go do tonight?”
“What's it to you?”
Wei Changtian yawned: “Why are you asking this?”
Lu Jingyao didn't answer, but instead made the question more specific: “Did you go to a brothel?”
“Hmm?”
Wei Changtian was stunned. It wasn't that he felt guilty, but he was simply surprised at how Lu Jingyao knew about this.
Could it be that my glorious deeds of composing poetry to shock the Qin Jade, kicking Liu Zongliang, and winning the heart of a beauty have spread so quickly?
Not denying it, he casually asked: “How did you know?”
“You, you…”
Lu Jingyao's chest heaved violently, and after a long while, she stared with wide eyes and gave the answer.
“You have the scent of another woman on you!”
…
…
The next day, Lu Jingyao skipped breakfast again.
Wei Changtian had already noticed her habit. Whenever she was angry, she wouldn't eat.
He didn't know what good this kind of spitefulness did for her.
After eating, he went to find Wei Xianzheng and told him about almost kicking Liu Zongliang to death last night, and then went to the Hanging Mirror Division to compete as usual.
Xu Qingwan wasn't on duty today, so there was another private tutoring session.
Still in that martial arts room, Wei Changtian was jumping up and down practicing his footwork when Xu Qingwan suddenly asked after watching for a while: “Unstable breathing, unsteady steps, what did you do yesterday?”
“…”
Good heavens, are you all famous detectives??
Wei Changtian stopped his movements and scratched his nose awkwardly: “I drank a little too much wine yesterday…”
“Oh.”
Xu Qingwan didn't think much about it, but earnestly advised: “Since you're practicing martial arts, it's best to drink less alcohol on weekdays.”
“Got it.”
Rarely being cared for by Xu Qingwan, Wei Changtian didn't refute, but changed the topic.
“How do you think my footwork is now? When can I start practicing fists, feet, or weapons?”
“Hmm…”
Xu Qingwan thought for a moment, nodded in approval, and said: “You've already mastered the Soaring Step to the entry level in less than half a month. You are indeed the person with the highest martial arts talent I've ever seen.”
“As for fists, feet, and weapons… you can try, but my Xu family doesn't have good techniques, I'm afraid I can't teach you.”
“Leave it to me!”
Wei Changtian thought, you don't have it, but I do. Wouldn't it be great to have a dual cultivation session then?
“The Wei family has no shortage of this kind of thing. I'll go back and find a few suitable ones for us to learn together!”
Xu Qingwan was stunned for a moment, then shook her head: “I'm afraid I won't learn as fast as you…”
“Then I'll teach you!”
“Why don't you find your own family's instructor to learn from?”
“Hey, look at what you're saying.”
Wei Changtian took out today's tuition fee from his sleeve: “It's all the same who I give this money to, might as well keep the wealth within the family!”
“Oh…”
Seeing the silver notes, Xu Qingwan's eyes immediately changed.
Carefully taking it and putting it in her chest, she then realized one thing — wait, compared to the Wei family's instructor, it seems like I'm the "outsider", right?
Looking at Wei Changtian's smiling face, Xu Qingwan was just about to speak, but suddenly closed her mouth with a serious expression.
The two looked at each other and simultaneously reached into their waists, each taking out two identical willow leaf-shaped jade pendants inlaid with silver edges.
A job has come!
…
Inside a spacious hall, Wei Changtian once again saw that bald head Kong Changgui, with Xu Qingwan and Zhou Cheng, who accompanied him to register that day, standing beside him.
All three were Silver Leaves. Such a lineup was considered luxurious in the Willow Leaf Office, but it also meant that the monster to be faced in this mission must be very ferocious!
Wei Changtian wasn't afraid.
Anyway, he had that inner armor. As long as he didn't encounter a century-old great demon, he wouldn't be in mortal danger at the very least.
But after all, it was his first mission, so he still had to be twelve points on guard!
Wei Changtian was very cautious, and Xu Qingwan and Zhou Cheng also looked serious.
The three of them looked at Kong Changgui without saying a word, and then heard the latter slowly say:
“News came from the Shanyang County Yamen that someone in a village under their county reported to the authorities that they had encountered a group of demons. The county Yamen's constables have already conducted a preliminary investigation. You must now set off immediately to deal with it.”
“This is the dossier.”
A group of demons?
Hearing this word, the three were all shocked.
How long has it been since a group of demons appeared within the Great Ning territory?
Taking the dossier with utmost solemnity, Wei Changtian spread it out on the table and looked at it together with Xu Qingwan and Zhou Cheng.
Then the expressions of the three became more and more strange.
Wild chicken demons?
Average cultivation of less than five years?
About ten in total?
And two of them were killed by the local villagers themselves?
“…”
Understood, understood. So this wave is called handling human affairs smoothly.
