Chapter 11: Training Tasks

Wu Qi, who was well-versed in the development of the continent's situation, how could he not know that the Spirit Master Tournament two sessions from now would not be held at all!

In the future, Bibi Dong's strength would gradually increase, she would seize a large amount of power within the Spirit Hall, and ultimately launch a continental war.

Eight years later, because of the undercurrents in the continent's situation, in order to protect the safety of the participating contestants, both great empires and the Spirit Hall tacitly agreed not to hold the Spirit Master Tournament.

And if he could not participate in the next tournament as a main team member, would he not be watching helplessly as Tang San seized the championship and let Tang Hao shatter the myth of the Spirit Hall?

For now, Wu Qi did not refute the arrangement made by Qingluan.

Meals must be eaten one bite at a time, and tasks must be done one by one; one cannot be impatient.

The most urgent matter, completing the training task in Death Canyon, was the top priority.

Early the next morning, he and Qiangu Changkong arrived at the Task Pavilion of the Spirit Hall.

For the staff within the Spirit Hall, tasks were generally issued directly by their superiors.

Of course, in their spare time, they could also receive tasks through the Task Pavilion to earn merit, and thereby exchange it for more cultivation resources.

The tasks received here were mostly long-term exploration and investigation tasks. Time-sensitive tasks would not appear among them.

Training tasks were also received in the Task Pavilion.

Hu Liena had described it in great detail in her letter: the Death Canyon training tasks were divided into many types, such as survival, escort, and hunting targets.

The simplest was none other than the survival task.

By bringing enough food supplies, one could completely find a place where no one was around and wait out the task duration.

Hu Liena had detailed introductions for the other task types.

Wu Qi felt that the escort task was the most difficult.

After all, the route for an escort task was fixed, and the dangers that appeared along the way were all unknown. Once the supplies were robbed, one still needed to take them back and continue delivering them to the designated location.

Compared to other tasks, the escort task appeared incomparably troublesome. Therefore, Wu Qi could only pray to avoid the escort task.

……

The Consecration Hall had given instructions beforehand, so when Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong arrived at the Task Pavilion, someone immediately led them to a separate room.

The staff member handed a bamboo slip box to them, "Please draw a task type. Later, we will combine the task type to draw the corresponding task."

The task difficulty for a Soul Elder and a Great Spirit Master was not the same; even if the two participated in the training together, they still needed to draw their own respective tasks.

Wu Qi drew his slip first.

The bamboo slip box could prevent spiritual power from peeking, so what one drew could only depend on luck.

Moreover, there was no corresponding text on the slips; after drawing them, according to the different shapes, a specialist would interpret the slips.

What Wu Qi drew was a short slip; before seeing the interpretation table, he did not know what it corresponded to.

Immediately following, Qiangu Changkong drew a thin, long slip.

The staff member looked at Wu Qi with a smile, "Your luck is quite good."

When looking at Qiangu Changkong, he shook his head helplessly, "Pray for your own good fortune."

After the interpretation table was brought out, Wu Qi finally understood what the other party meant.

Wu Qi had drawn the simplest survival task, while Qiangu Changkong had drawn the second most difficult collection task.

The staff member added, "Most survival tasks are very simple, but there is no lack of survival locations with extremely high mortality rates. Collection tasks seem difficult, but there is no lack of tasks that are easy to complete."

In short, only by drawing the corresponding task next could the difficulty level of the task be determined.

One minute later, Wu Qi drew "Survive at any location for one month."

There was no shortage of dangerous areas in Death Canyon, and being able to survive at any location was absolutely the easiest task to complete.

Qiangu Changkong was exceptionally unlucky today; the collection task he drew was actually to collect badges.

Lost Canyon was the place where the Spirit Hall exiled criminals, and criminals of different strengths all had corresponding levels of badges.

Starting from the white badge on the chest of a Great Spirit Master, and so on, the colors were yellow, purple, black, and red, all the way up to the Soul Emperor.

Qiangu Changkong needed to collect one hundred white badges, which meant he had to kill one hundred Great Spirit Masters.

After leaving the Task Pavilion, Qiangu Changkong let his shoulders slump, his whole person listless, "Brother Wu, what should I do?"

There were only a few hundred people in total in Death Canyon; killing one hundred Great Spirit Masters—not to mention whether there were that many Great Spirit Masters, even if there were, killing so many people in one go would inevitably attract the attention of other experts, subsequently leading to them being hunted down.

"If your luck is good enough, one purple badge will be enough."

One purple badge was equal to ten yellow badges or one hundred white badges.

But a purple badge corresponded to a Soul Ancestor; how could that be easy to deal with?

Wu Qi was only a beginner Soul Elder, and with Qiangu Changkong, a Great Spirit Master, dealing with a Soul Ancestor would be quite strenuous.

Qiangu Changkong said mournfully, "How could I possibly beat a Soul Ancestor? Even against a Soul Elder, I'm in trouble."

Wu Qi frowned, "The task didn't say that others aren't allowed to give you help."

If they lowered the goal and only hunted Soul Elders, the chances of the two of them joining forces would be high.

Hearing this, Qiangu Changkong relaxed slightly.

After a pause, he couldn't help but complain, "This collection task of mine is even harder than an assassination task. I don't understand why Grandpa and the others made the task system so complicated back then."

The Death Canyon at the very beginning only stipulated a training period; there were no such cumbersome tasks, nor was there any talk of luck.

Wu Qi, however, understood their good intentions, "Adapting to circumstances is a required course for every expert. Different types of tasks may seem to have varying degrees of difficulty, but they are also tests in themselves."

"Perhaps Master and the others just wanted to use this to hone everyone's response strategies when facing different things."

"Let's go. Prepare the supplies tonight, and we will set off later."

Hu Liena mentioned in her letter that entering Death Canyon during the day made it very easy to be discovered by the criminals within, subsequently leading to being hunted down.

One must know that the golden badge on a trainee's body was, to these criminals, a ladder to freedom.

But entering at night, restricted by the interference of darkness, very few people could notice their tracks.

……

At night, the two of them, under the escort of Thousand Armies, entered Death Canyon.

Looking down from high above, the entire canyon resembles a basin dug out by human hands, with experts from the Spirit Hall guarding the surrounding cliffs to eliminate any possibility of a criminal escaping.

And the Golden Badge in the two's hands is the only proof for leaving this place.

Once lost, they would truly become one of the criminals.

Before setting out, he had made guesses about the situation in the canyon, but having personally arrived and being in its midst, his previous guesses were completely invalid.

First of all, the population in Death Canyon is not small.

Many criminals were exiled here and have also taken wives and had children here.

Because there are no Soul Beasts, there are quite a few Spirit Masters here whose soul power level has reached level ten but who lack a Soul Ring.

"It seems that screening for criminals with Badges is also no small task," Wu Qi said in a low voice.

As for the descendants of criminals born here, even if they obtain a Soul Ring and advance to a higher level, they have no Badge in their hands, so killing them would be a waste of effort.

(End of this chapter)