Chapter 25: Urgent Family Mission

With ten days remaining until the family assessment, Li Zhangsheng must improve the strength of his demon pets as much as possible. Now that Aixi's training has temporarily come to an end, the only way to rapidly increase his combat power is through actual combat.

Without a doubt, actual combat is the best way to improve a demon pet's combat power.

True gold fears no fire; only after experiencing the baptism of blood and fire can demon pets receive a baptism in battle and ultimately complete a magnificent transformation.

Every powerful demon pet has grown through countless battles, rather than by closing their doors to build a carriage. Furthermore, these battles bring precious combat experience, allowing one to deeply recognize their own shortcomings and better compensate for their flaws.

At the same time, the wilderness contains countless Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure, and even treasures and Ruins; if one is lucky enough, it is not impossible to become rich overnight.

There are advantages and disadvantages; the wilderness is full of uncertainty. If one is unlucky, there is also the possibility of encountering high-level wild Spirit Beast, and the danger is self-evident.

Since he has already become a Monster Tamer, these risks must be faced sooner or later. Moreover, before contracting Aixi, Li Zhangsheng had survived alone in the wilderness for several days.

Now, both Aixi and Kailan possess a certain level of strength; even if they encounter Intermediate Level wild Spirit Beast, they have sufficient ability to resist.

After preparing some necessary items, Li Zhangsheng did not immediately head to the wilderness, but instead came to the family's Internal Affairs Hall to look for suitable family missions.

At Li Family Manor, many family Monster Tamers would take the opportunity to accept family missions when going out for training, so that they could both gain experience and complete missions to obtain certain rewards.

The Li Family has an Internal Affairs Hall and an External Affairs Hall. The Internal Affairs Hall mainly manages the family's Monster Tamers, including their daily life, distributing monthly benefits, and even presiding over the annual family assessment.

Unlike the Internal Affairs Hall, the External Affairs Hall mainly targets the outside of the family, such as negotiating with other families, searching for items, exploring the wilderness, killing targets, and so on.

Not long after, Li Zhangsheng arrived in front of a massive building. The External Affairs Hall was a two-story brick-and-wood structure with east and west carriage gates on the left and right, a curved screen wall in the center, and mighty stone lions standing at the left and right gates. The wooden plaque on the door was engraved with the three large characters "External Affairs Hall," which were vivid, solemn, and respectful.

Without hesitation, Li Zhangsheng stepped into the External Affairs Hall and soon arrived at the central area. Here stood a circular platform more than a meter high and over ten meters wide, on which a large number of wooden plaques were placed.

If one observed carefully, one would find that the circular platform was divided into three areas, and the color of the wooden plaques in each area was also different, with gold, silver, and black wooden plaques placed respectively. The distinction in color represented missions of different difficulty; gold missions had the greatest difficulty and the smallest quantity, silver missions were second, and black missions had the lowest difficulty and the largest quantity.

Of course, difficulty and rewards are directly proportional; the higher the difficulty coefficient, the higher the reward.

Besides Li Zhangsheng, there were several other clansmen present. They stood in different areas, occasionally picking up a wooden plaque and carefully selecting missions.

Li Zhangsheng first came to the black area and casually picked up a black wooden plaque, on which a few lines of text were engraved, representing the content of the mission.

This was the simplest delivery mission; even among the black wooden plaques, it was the mission with the lowest danger coefficient, and the reward was also very small; even an ordinary person could complete it.

Many black missions were errand missions; as long as one put in the effort, they could be completed. The biggest advantage was safety, with almost no danger to speak of.

Besides this, there were also some hunting missions, but the hunting targets were all very weak, and the rewards were likewise not high.

For Li Zhangsheng, the difficulty of black missions was too low and the rewards were low; he could not waste his time on them.

The next moment, Li Zhangsheng came to the silver area. Compared to black missions, the difficulty of silver missions was significantly higher, which better met Li Zhangsheng's requirements.

However, he did not make a decision immediately, but looked at the gold missions again.

Compared with the previous two areas, gold missions were not only rare in quantity but also had prerequisites; at the very least, they required the threshold of a Second-Rank Beast Master, and one even required a Third-rank Royal Beast Master.

Without a doubt, Li Zhangsheng could not meet the requirements.

Just as Li Zhangsheng was about to return to the silver mission area, at this very moment, an old man wearing a gold-inlaid black robe walked in. His stature was extremely tall, his physique was unusually burly, and he had quite a heroic spirit.

Upon seeing the old man, Li Zhangsheng and several clansmen hurriedly stopped their movements and shouted respectfully in unison: "External Affairs Clan Elder!"

In the family, the Clan Leader has the greatest power, followed by the Clan Elder. To become a Clan Elder, age is one aspect, and one must also possess the level of a Third-rank Royal Beast Master.

In addition, even among Clan Elders, their power differs greatly, among which the four Clan Elders in charge of the treasury, beast taming, internal affairs, and external affairs have the greatest power.

The External Affairs Clan Elder nodded, his expression serious, and he said straightaway: "An emergency mission is now being issued. Some time ago, a large group of Wind Wolf invaded Qingyun Mountain, causing heavy losses to the family's miners and making it impossible to continue mining the Soul Crystal Mine."

After a pause, the External Affairs Clan Elder continued: "The mission requirements are very simple: wipe out the Wind Wolf of Qingyun Mountain! This time, the family has given sufficient importance and rewards. Each Wind Wolf killed will be rewarded with one Low-grade Soul Crystal. There is no upper limit to the rewards; you just need to bring the left ear of the Wind Wolf as proof of the kill!"

Soul Crystal!

Upon hearing "Soul Crystal," the eyes of everyone present changed, filled with eagerness.

Soul Crystal is a special mineral that can speed up a Monster Tamer's cultivation, restore Mental Power, and has some special uses; it is also the exclusive currency for Monster Tamers.

According to the quality of the Soul Crystal, it is divided into Low Grade, Mid-grade, Superior Quality, and top-grade. Even a Low-grade Soul Crystal is worth far more than a Lower-rank Monster Core.

The Li Clan controls a Miniature Soul Crystal Mine, which is the key to the family becoming a Local Power in Luo City, so it is naturally extremely important to the family.

Without much hesitation, Li Zhangsheng immediately made up his mind. Although there are many wild Spirit Beast in Qingyun Mountain, the powerful wild Spirit Beast had long been wiped out by the family. As long as he did not encounter a large group of Wind Wolf, he was confident of ensuring his safety.

Since he had to go out for an adventure, Qingyun Mountain was no different from other places. Moreover, the reward for this mission was very rich, which undoubtedly better suited his interests.

After making his decision, Li Zhangsheng immediately came to the silver area. His movements were extremely fast, and relying on his memory, he took away two silver wooden plaques related to Qingyun Mountain.

Doing missions is nothing more than for the sake of remuneration, and the rewards for silver missions were also of great benefit to Li Zhangsheng.

Seeing Li Zhangsheng's actions, others could not help but show expressions of annoyance and hurriedly looked for other missions related to Qingyun Mountain, so that they could both wipe out the Wind Wolf and complete the silver missions at the same time, which would undoubtedly maximize their benefits.

The world is bustling for profit, and the world is jostling for profit; everyone understands this truth.

"Clan younger brother, please stay!" Just as Li Zhangsheng was about to leave, a young man with thick eyebrows suddenly called out to him.

"Clan elder brother, is there something the matter?" Li Zhangsheng showed a look of confusion; he did not know the other party and was unclear about the other party's thoughts.

"Clan younger brother, I would like to invite you to join my team. Let us wipe out the Wind Wolf together, and we can look out for each other. The rewards will be distributed according to each person's contribution. I wonder what you think?"

(End of chapter)