Chapter 685

Himeko explained:

"Elder Furina is the Deacon Elder of the Merit Hall, responsible for managing the Merit Hall. Previously, it was concurrently held by Elder Alice."

"However, generally speaking, as long as there are no problems in the Merit Hall, Elder Furina won't pay much attention."

"Of course, since the Merit Hall is a vital place in Shushan, naturally no one is foolish enough to dare to cause trouble here."

Himeko waved her hand.

"Let's go, I'll take you in to go through the process."

Everyone followed Himeko curiously. Kiana was a bit excited; in her eyes, this process...

was just like the place in a game where you complete missions on the mission panel and level up.

Crossing the gate of the Merit Hall, as expected, this was also a large cave heaven.

Even though there were probably hundreds of people coming and going, it still looked somewhat empty.

Himeko led everyone to an illusory screen first.

Kiana's eyes lit up, and she said in surprise:

"Is there really a mission panel? Let me see!"

Kiana stood on tiptoe and looked up at the mission at the very top of the mission panel.

"Long-term mission: Explore the Shushan world, harvest spiritual herbs and treasures, and exchange for contribution points based on the value of the herbs and treasures."

Kiana scratched her head, pointed at the screen, and asked curiously:

"Himeko, how do I accept that mission?"

"As long as you want to accept it, you can go out and explore the world."

Himeko smiled:

"Do you think this is playing a game? You have to find a mission panel to take it down?"

"This mission is open to everyone. As long as someone is willing to go out and harvest spiritual herbs and treasures, they can bring them back to exchange for contribution points."

"Missions with special requirements are on the other side."

Following Himeko's gaze, everyone noticed a smaller screen on the other side.

"Requires three disciples who understand spirit beast breeding, characteristics, and cultivation respectively to assist in completing the cultivation of spirit beast eggs."

"Basic requirements: Master the complete collection of spirit beast species and three thousand habits of spirit beasts."

"Mission reward: One million contribution points per person, and one young spirit beast."

"Mission issuer: Bai Sheng of Luoxia Peak."

After reading this mission, Kiana and the others' eyes lit up.

"One million contribution points! And a young spirit beast!"

"Mei! Let's go! That's a spirit beast! A little guy as cute as the Azure Phoenix! I want it so much!"

Himeko looked at the excited Kiana helplessly and said:

"Don't even think about it. The reward is good, but didn't you see the mission requirements?"

"Not to mention the breeding, characteristics, and cultivation of spirit beasts, which of the complete collection of spirit beast species and the three thousand habits of spirit beasts do you know?"

Kiana's face stiffened, and she said weakly:

"I can learn."

"Learn what?"

Himeko said irritably:

"Those pieces of knowledge are all recorded in the jade talismans on the first floor of the Scripture Library. Even if you can borrow them, you need two weeks."

"Moreover, even if you learn them all, you still have to study breeding, characteristics, and cultivation."

"Assuming you know everything, do you know how long Senior Brother Bai Sheng and Tighnari have been studying spirit beasts? They haven't had any results yet, how can you expect to figure out results so quickly?"

"Taking a step back..."

"Luoxia Peak studies spirit beasts because they master the beast-taming lineage of Shushan."

"If they have results with spirit beasts, they can become stronger. You, at most, would just be raising a little guy that needs a long time to grow up."

"Do you know the Beast-Taming Art?"

"The Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament is coming up soon. I don't expect you to get a good result, but at least don't get eliminated immediately!"

"For the remaining time, stay put and cultivate properly."

Kiana curled her lips and said in a low voice:

"Alright."

"Look at this mission..."

Suddenly, Theresa pointed to another mission and said softly:

"Bundled mission: Mission 1, find a qualified sparring partner, strength requirement: early stage of Refining Qi into Spirit."

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"Mission 2, cooperate to go outside Shushan to explore, basic requirements: early stage of Refining Qi into Spirit, Sword-Controlling Art at the minor success stage."

"Reward: Ten million contribution points, and exploration gains will be distributed based on performance."

"Issuer: Tartaglia of Dragon Head Peak."

Seeing this, Durandal was immediately tempted.

Ten million contribution points...

Ten million low-grade spirit stones, ten thousand medium-grade spirit stones—exchanged for pills, it would be enough for her to use for a while.

Moreover, the exploration teammates Tartaglia was looking for were definitely quite powerful.

Since that was the case...

The gains from exploring outside would be very significant.

She really wanted to go on this mission, but...

The requirement of the Sword-Controlling Art at the minor success stage really stumped her.

Even if she were a genius, it would be impossible to achieve minor success in the Sword-Controlling Art in a short time.

Kiana on the side said with some distress:

"Can this requirement of minor success in the Sword-Controlling Art be changed?"

"I don't think so."

Himeko tapped Kiana's head amusedly.

"The Shushan world is a Great Thousand World, and its area is incomparably vast."

"If you can't even achieve minor success in the Sword-Controlling Art, even if you are given a year, you might not be able to fly very far."

"With minor success in the Sword-Controlling Art, the speed of sword control will be very fast, just enough to be useful."

Upon hearing this, Durandal's eyes dimmed, and she looked away with some disappointment.

"This mission is not bad, it's quite suitable for us."

Suddenly, Tesla pointed to the mission at the very bottom and said softly:

"Collect demon cores and fierce beast mission, provide contribution points based on the quality of fierce beasts and demon cores."

"Foundation Establishment-stage fierce beasts, one hundred to one thousand contribution points each."

"Refining Essence into Qi-stage fierce beasts and demon cores, one thousand to one hundred thousand contribution points."

"Refining Qi into Spirit-stage fierce beasts, one hundred thousand to fifty million contribution points."

"Please find Keqing of Tongtian Peak or Ningguang of Xiaozhu Peak to submit the mission."

Himeko took a look and smiled:

"This is a mission posted by Senior Sister Ningguang and Senior Sister Keqing."

"They need demon cores and fierce beasts to send back to Liyue Harbor for the martial artists to cultivate. As for Refining Qi into Spirit... it's purely a casual mention, of course, there might be other uses."

"For example, alchemy, artifact refining, refining puppets and ghost spirits, etc."

"Previously, it was generally the people of Shushan Village who went to collect fierce beasts, and Senior Sister Ningguang and the others occasionally went out themselves."

"Now it seems that eight or nine times out of ten, it's because they are preparing for the Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament and don't have time to go out, so they posted the mission."

"This mission is quite suitable for you. If there is no problem, you can do it."