817 The Three Divine Skills (2/2)
As expected, the Six Dao would give Meng Qi some time to complete the special mission. He was already prepared for that. After accepting the mission, he spent four thousand good deeds to fix the Jade-Slashing Sword and left the Aquamarine Heaven. He would have a three-month Isolated Practice to get used to the new arts and items.
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On the Three-Fairies Island, Wu Jizhen was standing behind a desk, holding a paintbrush and concentrating on drawing a portrait of a woman.
He was using a meticulous painting technique instead of freestyle painting. Surprisingly, he was quite skilled in painting. Just a few strokes on the paper could already make people feel the woman's natural beauty and liveliness.
”Master, I've got the latest issue of the Heavenly List, Ground List, and Man List.” An old servant, holding a pile of paper, stepped into the study room.
Wu Jizhen did not look up as he said in a flat voice, ”To arrive at the Three-Fairies Island, the so-called latest issue would need to take one or two months. News of one or two months ago is already an old news.”
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Knowing the temper of his master, the old servant reported directly, ”There are no changes on the Heavenly List, but the rankings on the Ground List have changed a lot.”
”It seems that many gurus of the Grassland have been killed.” Wu Jizhen still looked indifferent. ”What are the changes in the top-twenty Ground List rankings?”
”Ye Yuqi already owns a Heavenly Weapon, hence she is tied with the head of Life-and-Death Fugacity Sect and ranked fifth on the Ground List. Master… master, your ranking has dropped to the tenth.” The old servant stole a glance at Wu Jizhen.
Wu Jizhen smiled and said, ”I've seen Ye Yuqi several times. Similar to me, she is too troubled by love to the point of almost trapping herself in evil thoughts. Thus, it's hard to tell her ranking in the future.”
He habitually made a comment.
The old servant did not say anything about it. He continued reporting, ”Also… also, the ranking of Su Meng - the young man you saw last time - has moved up to top twenty!”
The old servant was quite surprised about it.
Wu Jizhen frowned and put down his paintbrush. ”He is among the top twenty? Does he really have a combat capability of a Great Guru?”
It had only been a few months. What a shocking improvement!
Not to mention that the practice of martial arts would be more difficult as one progressed.
Holding the Ground List on his hand, the old servant read the information exactly as it was,
”Name: Su Meng.”
”Age: Under twenty-five years old.”
”Nickname: The Frenzied Blade, the King of Blade.”
”Arts: Unknown, but similar to King-Kong Body Defending Divine Skill. Having excellent bladesmanship, often examines himself to be in accord with Dao and fights for justice. Owning the blade of mystery, Karma Transfer.”
Battle records: Repelling and inflicting serious injuries to the Blue Stage Assassins of the Tower of Malevolence; killing the Elderly Ku with one strike using the Karma Transfer; killing Hasula who was armed with a Heavenly Weapon and two gurus.”
”Rank: Number eighteen.”
”Evaluation: A Great Guru.”
Wu Jizhen mumbled the three-words-evaluation, ”A Great Guru?”
Su Meng was evaluated as a Great Guru although he was not a Great Guru yet!
Had he reached this level?
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A man wrapped in a black robe stepped into a pavilion that was surrounded by fog. The lingering willpower and hatred of the Deads at this place had transformed into ghosts that were creeping around. A powerful aura could still be sensed even after they were dead.
The man shuddered and dared not move forward. He knew that the ghosts were all killed by the master of the tower.
”Master, you are entrusted with a task,” said the man respectfully.
A voice that neither belonged to a male nor female asked, ”What kind of entrustment would need me to be in action?”
The man said concisely,
”To assassinate the Frenzied Blade, Su Meng!”
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About three months later, Meng Qi had ended the Isolated Practice. Feeling at peace, he was drinking in a courtyard and admiring the moon.
Suddenly, he felt slightly dizzy and lost his sense of the outside world. Then, he heard the voice of the Master of the Six Dao of Samsara saying,
”Main mission: Go to the world of the Lanruo Temple, find out the real body of the Witch of the Black Mountain, investigate his background and kill him within three months. A successful mission will result in a reward of four thousand good deeds. A failure to complete the mission will result in a deduction of the same amount of good deeds. In the case of insufficient good deeds, your existence will be erased.”
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As the cold wind blew, a lot of plain white paper money was flying freely. Several men and women suddenly appeared at this place.
The leader was a woman who dressed in a tight-fitting clothes. She looked around and said,
”I'm sure you all already know the mission, but I would like to emphasize one point: do not simply accept any side mission.”
”After the Deadly Mission, we are no longer isolated from the other Samsara teams. Hence, when we're doing our mission, it is very likely for us to bump into other experienced Samsara Travellers who have survived two or three Deadly Missions. Last time, someone died because of this, and he almost dragged everyone into trouble.”
”So, never act rashly!”