#2771 - Are you kidding me?

With a hint of doubt, Executive Li invited Jun Wu Xie and Mo Qingli to sit.

"Did you encounter an insurmountable problem, causing the mission to be aborted halfway through?"

Executive Li, before they could respond, offered reassurance, "It's alright. The penalty for a failed mission is merely a three-month suspension from accepting new missions.

During these three months, focus on cultivation. When the suspension is over, you can resume taking missions.

In the future, be more cautious when accepting missions.

While the rewards for one-star and two-star difficulty missions are low, they accumulate over time.

As long as you are diligent, you can still accumulate a considerable amount of Heavenly Dao Coins and sect contributions.

Three-star difficulty missions are currently somewhat challenging for you. It's best not to accept them again, or you'll have to wait another three months after failing."

As Executive Li spoke, he poured them two cups of hot tea, saying, "Don't be discouraged. It's just one failed mission; it's not a big deal.

Even core disciples of the sect have failed missions."

"Executive Li, our mission was not a failure."

Executive Li was taken aback, then chuckled awkwardly, "Look at me, not even getting the facts straight. Seeing you return to the sect so quickly, I jumped to the conclusion that your mission had failed, haha!

So, your trip was very successful.

Have you gone to the Mission Management Office to collect your rewards yet?"

"Not yet. We came to you first thing upon returning to the sect."

As Jun Wu Xie spoke, he retrieved the magical sword that Executive Li had lent him.

"No need to rush to return it. Keep it for self-defense.

Whenever your strength surpasses this sword and you no longer need it, you can return it to me. It's just sitting here with me anyway."

"Alright, we'll continue to borrow it.

Also, there's something else we need Executive Li's help with."

"Speak. As long as I can help, I won't refuse. You are people favored by Executive Zhuang."

Executive Li said with a smile.

"We are not very convenient to go to the Mission Management Office to receive the reward, and want to ask Executive Li to help collect it on our behalf, I wonder if it is possible."

As Jun Wu Xie spoke, he took out two bronze mission tokens and placed them on the table.

"Collect mission rewards on your behalf?"

Executive Li glanced at the mission tokens and frowned, "This does not comply with sect rules.

Unless there are special circumstances, the individuals must bring the mission tokens to the Mission Management Office to receive the rewards themselves.

Although I am an executive in the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, I do not have such privileges.

Moreover, I may have some authority in the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, but if I go to the Mission Management Office seeking special treatment, I doubt they would give me any face.

The people in the Mission Management Office, although also executives, hold a much higher status than I do.

It's not that I don't want to help you, but it's really difficult to do."

Saying this, Executive Li looked at Jun Wu Xie and Mo Qingli with doubt, "That's not right. You completed the mission, so you can just go and collect the reward. What inconvenience is there? I really don't understand."

"This matter… I don't know how to explain it. Executive Li, you can first look at the mission completion records inside the mission tokens."

"Hiss, you two are quite mysterious. Could there be something special about the mission?

That makes me a bit interested."

Executive Li looked at them with surprise, then his gaze landed on the bronze tokens on the table.

He picked up one of the tokens, probed it with his spiritual sense, and the mission information inside flooded into his mind.

Instantly, he was stunned.

The teacup in his other hand fell to the ground with a crash, tea splashing everywhere, and the cup shattering.

But he didn't seem to notice, his whole person completely frozen.

"Executive Li?"

Jun Wu Xie waved his hand in front of him.

"Ah?"

Executive Li came back to his senses, looking at them in disbelief, his expression agitated, his lips trembling.

"You… you completed a four-star difficulty mission!"

He simply couldn't believe it. Even he himself would have to put in a lot of effort to complete a four-star difficulty mission, and he wouldn't dare say it would be easy.

Now, two disciples who were once rogue cultivators and have just joined the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall have actually completed a four-star mission in such a short time!

Besides the four-star mission, the other two mission information inside this token are all three-star!

"Yes, we didn't think much about it at the time, just took them casually.

We thought we'd execute the three-star missions first, and then the four-star mission last. If we failed, we failed.

As long as we were careful, and with the magical artifact you gave us, Executive Li, we should be able to retreat safely.

As a result, we were lucky. When that evil spirit saw your magical artifact, perhaps it recognized the aura from the Jinyun Immortal Sect and was directly scared away, no longer daring to act rashly."

"Is that so?"

The muscles on Executive Li's face twitched a few times, then he smiled happily, "You really know how to flatter me.

How could my magical artifact have such power?"

Executive Li was half-believing, half-doubting, then picked up the second bronze token and injected a strand of spiritual sense.

When the mission information in the token was fed back to his mind, he was so shocked that he stood up abruptly.

"You… you…"

The hand holding the token was trembling, and he said "you" several times in a row, unable to say the rest.

"Executive Li, what's wrong? There's no need to be so excited, it's not that serious."

Jun Wu Xie pressed his shoulders, letting him sit down.

Executive Li was in a daze throughout the whole process.

After a long while, he came back to his senses and said excitedly, "The second four-star mission, that evil spirit also gave up resisting after seeing my magical artifact, and then ran away?"

"Yes, our Jinyun Immortal Sect's reputation is just that useful, able to deter evil spirits and villains."

"You're lying to ghosts! If I believe you again, wouldn't I be an idiot?"

Executive Li glared at Jun Wu Xie unhappily, "Yuan Chu, since you don't want to say, I won't pursue it.

Your abilities are too shocking for me.

With you like this, why do you need to be miscellaneous disciples? In terms of strength, you can directly enter the Core Hall.

It's just that your realm doesn't meet the standard.

That's not right, speaking of realm, are you really only in the Legendary Realm?

Impossible! How could the Legendary Realm deal with an Immortal Realm evil spirit!

One of the four-star missions, that evil spirit was quite terrifying, even Immortal Realm people would have difficulty dealing with it, it would at least require the late stage of the Immortal Realm, or even the peak to be stable!"

"Since things have come to this, we won't hide it anymore.

Actually, we are not in the Legendary Realm, Qingqian and I have long cultivated to the Eternal Life Realm.

It's just that we used a secret technique obtained from a serendipitous encounter, so you can't see our true cultivation.

In addition, I also have some knowledge of the Dao of Talismans. With just the strength of the Eternal Life Realm, I can't deal with the evil spirits corresponding to the four-star missions.

My Dao of Talismans just made up for this point. After all, there is dragon energy beneath, and I borrowed the power of the earth vein dragon energy, combined with martial arts, to solve the evil spirit.

Qingqian and I are not new here, and we want to keep a low profile, not wanting to attract too much attention.

After all, we are rogue cultivators. If we expose our Eternal Life Realm cultivation and the Dao of Talismans, many people will definitely guess that we have obtained not small serendipitous encounters, and it will be inevitable that they will have ulterior motives.

We came to find Executive Li today also out of trust in the executive's character. We believe you are a good person and will not have any other intentions. The executive is upright and kind, and adheres to principles."

"Hahaha!"

Executive Li laughed happily upon hearing this, "Of course, I wouldn't dare say how good my character is, but I will absolutely not be moved by profit to do things that violate principles and bottom lines!

Wait! You have the cultivation of the Eternal Life Realm, that's already enough, but you actually also know the Dao of Talismans, and can borrow the earth vein dragon energy?"

Executive Li's heart was already shocked beyond description.

Heaven-defying!

This Yuan Chu and Su Qingqian are too heaven-defying, cultivating both talismans and martial arts!

He said he had some knowledge of the Dao of Talismans, but that was just a humble way of speaking, otherwise how could he borrow the power of the earth vein dragon energy?

No wonder Executive Zhuang values them so much.

These are simply two peerless geniuses!

"So, is Executive Li willing to help us now?"

"This…"

Executive Li forcibly calmed the shock in his heart. He pondered slightly, and then said, "I can't help you collect the rewards myself, but I can go find Executive Zhuang.

Although we are both executives, Executive Zhuang's status in the sect is much higher than mine.

In our Jinyun Immortal Sect, many core and direct disciples, as well as some management, have been his students.

Moreover, Executive Zhuang should have relatively good relationships with some executives in the Mission Management Office.

As long as he is willing to pull some strings for you, this matter will definitely succeed.

You were personally brought in by Executive Zhuang to register, you should trust Executive Zhuang, right?"

"Of course we trust Executive Zhuang.

It's just that with our current status, we can't go to many areas of the sect and can't see Executive Zhuang.

Therefore, the matter of finding Executive Zhuang will have to trouble Executive Li."

"Don't worry, leave this matter to me.

I believe Executive Zhuang will definitely help you.

No wonder you didn't go to collect the rewards yourselves.

If you two Miscellaneous Affairs Hall disciples were to collect four-star mission rewards.

Then the Mission Management Office would be full of disciples coming and going every day, wouldn't it explode? You would become famous then.

It's just that, this kind of halo is not easy to enjoy, and troubles will inevitably follow.

Alright, you go back first, I'll go find Executive Zhuang now.

When the time comes, I'll personally deliver the rewards to you.

Maybe Executive Zhuang will come to see you too."

"Then we'll have to trouble Executive Li."

"It's nothing, I'm just running errands. In the end, it still requires Deacon Zhuang's help."

Deacon Li put away the bronze token and then walked out of the Deacon Hall with Jun Wuxie and Mo Qingli.

Many eyes fell on them.

Seeing Deacon Li's smiling face and his preferential treatment towards them, the sourness in their hearts almost overflowed.

Many children of powerful and influential families clenched their fists in secret, gnashing their teeth in hatred.

For them, who had lived in a society with a strict hierarchical system since childhood, such a scene was a blatant trampling on their dignity and privileges as children of the powerful class!

Mere loose cultivators, originally the most humble and lowest-level cultivators in the cultivation world, should not have received such treatment at all.

If they had extraordinary talent and strength, relying on themselves to break away from their lowly status, it would be understandable.

However, these two loose cultivators, although they have some strength, are far from reaching that level. Why should they receive such preferential treatment from the sect's management as soon as they enter, enjoying privileges that even they, the children of powerful families, cannot enjoy?

Jun Wuxie and Mo Qingli naturally felt those envious and jealous gazes, as well as the deep hostility from some people.

However, they didn't care and returned to their residence side by side.

Now, the mountain where their residence is located is very quiet, with only the sounds of nature.

Passing through the forest, they discovered that the residences of the other disciples on this mountain were actually gone.

Traces of relocation were left there.

Obviously, those disciples had moved their residences away, along with the houses.

"They are all avoiding us now.

I guess they are worried that when we are targeted, they will be implicated.

It's good that they left. We can enjoy this peak alone, which is quite peaceful."

Mo Qingli was happy with this result.

She never liked living on the same mountain with others, even if there was some distance between them, she still didn't like it.

In this world, there is only one man who makes her willing to get close to and be intimate with.

This man is Jun Shen, the person she admires and worships.

… …

Having not returned for two days, the courtyard was filled with many fallen leaves, as well as scattered petals from the flowering trees.

The petals falling on the ground reflected the fallen leaves, like an embellishment, creating a different kind of beauty.

Mo Qingli waved her sleeves, about to sweep away the fallen leaves and withered flowers, but was stopped by Jun Wuxie.

"This is good. Don't you think fallen leaves and withered flowers are also a kind of beauty?

Being clean and spotless is rather boring."

"Since Jun Shen likes it, then let's keep it. Qingli will brew tea for Jun Shen."

Mo Qingli sat down at the stone table, took out the tea set, and brewed tea in an orderly manner.

She would not have done this kind of thing herself in the past.

Since following Jun Wuxie, she has learned it, and now she is very skilled, with exquisite tea art and excellent control of the heat.

"Qingli, why did you pull me away at the Immortal Treasure Pavilion, instead of looking at the resources and goods they were selling?"

"Jun Shen doesn't know, but the Immortal Treasure Pavilion has a rule.

All those who enter the sales area must be members of the Immortal Treasure Pavilion.

Their members are divided into different levels: Primary, Intermediate, Advanced, VIP, and Supreme.

Primary members need to deposit money into their membership card for the first time they apply.

The currency now is different from the past, so I paid special attention to the people applying for cards today.

Now, to become a Primary member, you need to deposit 30,000 Heavenly Dao Coins.

We don't have that much money on us right now.

Furthermore, to participate in the Immortal Treasure Pavilion's auction, you need at least an Intermediate membership.

The deposit for an Intermediate membership is at least three times that of a Primary membership, and the gap will be even larger for an Advanced membership.

So, an Intermediate membership starts at 100,000 Heavenly Dao Coins.

The Primary and Intermediate membership cards are not interchangeable.

This means that if we apply for a Primary membership, we need to re-deposit 100,000 to upgrade to an Intermediate membership.

And the 30,000 Heavenly Dao Coins in the Primary membership can only be used to purchase resources in a limited sales area.

For most cultivators, this is actually nothing.

After all, most cultivators will not participate in auctions, and with their financial resources, they will not buy too expensive resources.

But we are different. We need special and rare resources, so there is no need to apply for a Primary membership. We can directly apply for an Intermediate membership when the time comes.

It's just… even with the mission rewards, we still don't have enough 100,000 Heavenly Dao Coins.

Fortunately, there are still twenty days until the next auction, so we still have time to raise funds."

"Qingli, what are you thinking? Are you planning to secretly go out and perform missions during these twenty days while I'm cultivating?"

"Ah, I didn't."

Mo Qingli lowered her eyes slightly, not daring to look at him.

She didn't expect that her thoughts would be seen through by Jun Shen at a glance.

"You didn't?" Jun Wuxie looked at her and smiled: "You've been with me for so many years, don't I understand you?

Don't worry, we won't be short of these Heavenly Dao Coins.

Although the mission rewards are not enough, I have Heavenly Origin Immortal Jade on me.

I'll take it out and exchange it for some when the time comes, to ensure that we can get a special and rare resource this time."

"But, doing this is very uneconomical for us.

Heavenly Origin Immortal Jade is also a special resource. You don't know how much you lost when you pawned it last time.

That pawnshop can probably sell it for several times the price after reselling it.

If we sell the Heavenly Origin Immortal Jade to the Immortal Treasure Pavilion, I'm afraid the price will also be halved."

"It's okay, we're just temporarily exchanging the Heavenly Origin Immortal Jade for funds. Let's get through this auction first.

Besides, what I'm taking out is only flawless quality Heavenly Origin Immortal Jade, not perfect quality.

I won't touch the perfect quality.

After all, I didn't bring too much with me.

These perfect quality Heavenly Origin Immortal Jade have to be kept for your cultivation, which can help you recover your realm faster before the Creation Realm."

"Jun Shen, you are so good to Qingli.

It's just that Qingli is naturally indifferent and cultivates the Supreme Emotionless Record. It's difficult to be stained with worldly desires in this life, and her heart is cut off from love. Qingli doesn't have the blessing to marry Jun Shen as his wife."

Jun Wuxie was stunned, "Why did you suddenly mention this?

Our marriage agreement ended long ago. You don't need to have any psychological burden.

Besides, I won't let you, whose heart is not stained with worldly desires, marry me.

Since we both have the same wishes, why do you have to think so much?

Follow your own path, don't force anything, and move forward naturally with your own state of mind. One day in the future, you will naturally unravel all the confusion in your heart."

"Okay."

There was a very faint smile on the corner of Mo Qingli's mouth, which was difficult to detect, but if you paid attention, you could still see it.

She suddenly mentioned it today, not on a whim.

Over the years, she has always held guilt in her heart.

From the first time she met Jun Shen until now, he has helped her too much.

She doesn't know how to repay his kindness.

Now, following him and serving him tea and water, she is willing to do so.

Part of it is due to admiration and worship, and part of it is wanting to do something for him, even if it's a small thing in life, it can at least repay a little kindness.