chsdbacks Chapter 21, The Mission and Su Tong
Chapter 21, The Mission and Su Tong
"The chicken soup is here."
A room in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's headquarters.
One by one, women carried fine dishes into the room.
Full color and flavor.
This made Huo Yuhao, who hadn't had a hot meal in a long time, extremely hungry.
"Sir, this is the recent task list."
At that moment, the woman at the front desk handed over a stack of papers.
"Alright, everyone, you can all leave now."
Huo Yuhao took the task list and waved his hand.
Only after everyone had left did he take off his black robe and begin to eat heartily.
I've been eating frozen raw meat every day lately.
He felt his body had become cold-blooded.
Now, a sip of hot soup has brought me back to life.
However, even while eating, Huo Yuhao didn't stop, his eyes always fixed on the task list.
I'm filtering out the things that suit me and that I can do.
After reviewing the information, he quickly identified a task.
[Mission]: Hunt down the Thousand-Year Snow Spirit
[Restriction]: Not lower than the Second Ring Road
Number of participants: 3/5
[Date]: April 5, 20011 (Imperial Calendar)
[Reward]: 1000 Gold Soul Coins, Contribution Points +100
[Proof]: Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School (Seal)
Of all these, the most valuable is the contribution.
Huo Yuhao is at the sixth rank in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. He needs 1,000 contribution points to advance to the fifth rank.
The fourth grade requires 10,000, and so on, increasing exponentially.
This rule is indeed very suitable for a merchant's ingenious plan.
"The time is tomorrow, which is acceptable."
After careful consideration, Huo Yuhao accepted it.
Earning some extra money is not shameful.
It's all about combat and honing skills anyway; it's just a matter of having more people involved.
There might be an unexpected surprise.
After eating and drinking his fill, Huo Yuhao asked someone to tidy up the room, went to the front desk to register his information, and settled the bill for the meal. His task for the day was basically completed.
"Then all that's left is time for cultivation."
Back in his room, Huo Yuhao immediately began meditating.
He doesn't really want to waste time unless it's absolutely necessary.
After obtaining the Ice Emperor Martial Soul, his cultivation speed slowed down by at least 30% due to the presence of extreme ice.
As we all know, the ultimate attributes are supreme and incredibly powerful.
Correspondingly, the speed from level 30 to level 70 is extremely slow.
It could even be said that the Soul Saint had an influence before.
Huo Yuhao is only level 29 now, but he can clearly feel that his speed has slowed down by 30%.
This is still close to the level 30 limit.
If he were to break through level 30, Huo Yuhao wouldn't believe just how slow his cultivation speed really was.
Fortunately, he didn't intend to continue with simple meditation practice.
Although the path of cultivation is like rowing against the current, if you don't advance, you will fall behind.
While one can keep moving forward by focusing solely on cultivation, the availability of rare and precious materials is enough to allow one to overtake others by taking a shortcut.
Soul bones, immortal herbs, and soul rings that exceed their age limit are all opportunities.
Therefore, some opportunities must be seized.
……
"Knock knock knock!"
"Lord Xiao Yan, the servants have arrived. Please go and meet them to hunt down the soul beasts and complete the mission."
A crisp sound rang out.
Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao stopped cultivating, replied, and then skillfully put on his robes and went out.
After a night of practice, he hadn't made much progress.
It simply stabilized the level.
After all, he just broke through to level 29!
Led by a maid, Huo Yuhao arrived at the entrance of a private room.
"Lord Xiao Yan, this is the place."
The maid bowed slightly and quietly took her leave.
Huo Yuhao nodded, discreetly slipped a gold soul coin into her pocket, casually adjusted his robes, and then pushed open the door and went inside.
What came into view was a beautiful figure wearing a straw hat; judging from her figure alone, she was at least a pretty girl.
"Hello, my name is Su Tong, level 30 Quasi-Soul Master, Martial Soul Snow Spirit."
His cold, indifferent voice was like a chilling wind, devoid of any emotion.
"Su Tong?"
Upon hearing this name, Huo Yuhao was momentarily stunned.
This name may be unfamiliar to most people, but it is not unfamiliar at all to him who knows Huo Yuhao's experiences well.
In the original novel, during the second Sea God's Fate Meeting, Huo Yuhao, who was already a Soul Douluo at the age of 21, met Su Tong, a 29-year-old level 70 Ice and Snow Maiden with the ultimate ice martial soul.
Yes, it is related to the Snow Empress, the leader of the three Heavenly Kings of the far north, who has 700,000 years of cultivation.
Although he was just a passerby in the original work.
No identity, no background, no origin, no future.
Even so, she still managed to gain recognition by virtue of her status as the Ice and Snow Maiden.
He can be described as a genius among wild talents.
A genius who will definitely reach the title of Title Douluo in the future.
"But is this person really Su Tong?"
Although Huo Yuhao had many questions in his heart, he still calmly introduced Xiao Yan: "Xiao Yan, Martial Soul: Spear, Level 29 Battle Soul Master."
Although I'm curious, now is not the time to act.
He can't very well ask you if you have the Ice and Snow Maiden martial soul, can he?
The current situation is that Su Tong is the employer, and he is the henchman.
Moreover, he was a henchman of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
After a brief self-introduction, neither of them spoke.
After waiting for less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the other four people also went in one after another.
The three are two-ring Soul Masters, specializing in support, defense, and agility respectively. The other older man is a three-ring Soul Venerable, belonging to the control type.
"Is Su Tong afraid of being betrayed because she doesn't have a powerful Soul Master?"
Huo Yuhao's gaze subconsciously fell on the figure sitting in the main seat.
They were selected by their employers because they were able to participate.
As for turning against them, that's practically impossible.
If a mission fails or a person disappears, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School will investigate personally. If they are found to have harmed their employer, they will not only be hunted down and blocked, but those around them will also be killed.
You could even say that you have to chop earthworms horizontally in your house.
You have to shake the egg yolks until they're shaped into flowers.
"Thank you all for coming. I believe you all understand the mission, so let's set off." Su Tong gave a brief explanation, then got up, opened the door, and left.
The others were left staring at each other, completely bewildered.
that's it?
Shouldn't we discuss a solution?
"It's just the outer perimeter, nothing will happen."
Seeing that no one reacted, Huo Yuhao said, "I think none of you want to have your contribution points deducted double for not carrying out the task, right?"
Once the task is accepted, it must be completed.
It's okay if the employer forgives you after a failure.
If you desert your post, your contribution points will be deducted double.
Although Huo Yuhao also wanted to follow Su Tong alone, he knew that would definitely make her more cautious, and might even delay the recruitment process.
He didn't want to continue living here for no reason.
Without making a profit, he was struggling to keep up with the daily consumption of one hundred gold soul coins here.
After saying that, Huo Yuhao got up and caught up with Su Tong.
This trip should be quite simple.
After all, if it really was that Su Tong, she would have survived to the end and obviously wouldn't have died here.