Chapter 221 A Cultivator’s Dream (1/2)
Chapter 221 – A Cultivator's Dream
November 30th.
At the city of Ganling, Sun Jian had sent his decree that they would dispatch their troops and attack Julu in spring. Even though they heard about the Imperial Army's defeat at Liyang City, Sun Jian still insisted that they had to help the Emperor in this crusade.
As the army was in the preparation phrase, Sun Fang and Li Jing were sitting face to face in their courtyard. Their faces were as pale as a white sheet.
Li Jing returned to Ganling as Sun Fang had summoned her. They had many pressing matters which required her wisdom.
In these past months, Julu Army and Tong had caught them off guard by force marching and occupying Ye City under their noses. Furthermore, Tong even captured Liyang City and repelled back the Imperial troops before they could even react.
Their intelligence agents also sent back a piece of rough news about the movements in Shangdang and Jinyang. It appeared that there was another battle in the areas, but their eyes and ears could not reach that far as it was beyond their influence.
Then, last month, they managed to grasp the result of the war as they received a notification from the system.
Their soulmate quest had been completed!
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**Soulmate Mission**
Clear Condition: Dethrone Liu Ping or kill Zhang Jiao.
Failure Condition: Time limit exceeded.
Clearing Reward:
- 10 Shopping Tickets for completing the primary objective.
- 1,000,000 Lifespans for killing Zhang Tong, Hua Shi, Wang Li, or Liu Ping.
- 100,000 Lifespans for killing Zhang Jiao.
- 20,000 Lifespans for killing an enemy general.
- 20 Lifespan for killing each enemy soldier.
Time Limit: Midnight, December 31st, 190 A.D.
Mission Failure: Soulmate Contract will be nullified and one of you will die.
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It meant two possibilities from the completion of the quest. Either Liu Ping or Zhang Jiao had died from the battle.
Li Jing had confirmed the news with Sun Jian's spies. It was not hard to figure that Liu Ping had died as Zhang Jiao was still alive in Julu.
Instead of being happy about the completed mission, they were angered by it as they could only get the useless shopping tickets as their rewards. Because they had not killed a single soldier after the quest had started, so there was no lifespan reward for both of them.
Today, another disaster struck them as the system suddenly wiped their skills.
The announcement from the system also followed after that, which was the reason for Li Jing's pale faces.
She did not have enough lifespans to buy back her skills!
In addition, she had too many skills before the wipe. The feeling of her losses destroyed Li Jing's morale and psych to the point that she could not regain their senses for hours.
”I should have known … I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN! DAMN IT, SYSTEM!!” Screamed Sun Fang.
Li Jing, on the other hand, was holding her head as if she had a headache. She had precisely a dozen skills in her arsenal, which was enough to destroy an army of a thousand men by herself even after the major nerf. Li Jing felt like she had lost everything.
She stared at the number of survivors. The number in the system menu, which used to be [10] after Liu Ping's death, was now [3:7]. It was changed to [0:10] after the announcement, but the number flipped after a few minutes.
Li Jing did not like what she saw as she thought that it had a hidden meaning behind the number.
It did not take long that the number changed again. It was now [5:5].
She lost her patience and questioned the system, ”What is the number in the remaining survivor box? Why is it displaying like this?”
[It indicated the number of sinners with one or more skills and the sinners without a cheat skill.]
Li Jing clenched her fists. She understood now that she and Sun Fang had fallen behind the other reincarnators. In terms of faction, they lost to Tong and his Yellow Turban. In terms of personal combat prowess and lifespans, she was not the top of the food chain.
The sense of crisis loomed over her, yet Li Jing did not give up.
”What can I do to increase my lifespans? Can I accept a mission or a soulmate mission without a skill?”
[No.]
A simple answer from Lilim shattered Li Jing's hope.
[But I see that you are desperate. I can give you a mission if you want to. In exchange, I will cancel your soulmate contract permanently, and you won't be able to reform it. Will you accept it?]
”I accept!” Unhesitating girl as she was, Li Jing answered without waiting for Sun Fang's approval.
Meanwhile, the other party watched his wife reneged their contract with a shocked expression.
”Wifey?”
He was busy checking his status when Li Jing decided to cancel their soulmate contract.
”Sorry, Fang. It's for our future.”
<ding>>
<your soulmate=”” contract=”” has=”” been=”” annulled=””>>
<because it=”” was=”” annulled=”” by=”” the=”” administrator,=”” you=”” won't=”” receive=”” a=”” punishment=””>>
[Here is your mission. Thread carefully from now on.]
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**Main Mission No.20**
Clear Condition: Kill one otherworlder.
Failure Condition: Time Limit exceeded.
Clearing Reward: Regain one of your lost skills randomly.
Mission Failure: You will die.
Time Limit: End of December 31st, 190 A.D.
Tips: You can either use assassins or subordinates to kill an otherworlder for you.
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Li Jing received her mission with a grim look. She did not have any skill, but she had to kill an otherworlder which was impossible for her.
”Wifey? What did you do?”
After hearing her husband's voice, a temptation stimulated her decision. An inspiration appeared in her mind as she glanced at her husband-in-name.
”Fang, do you have enough lifespans to buy back a skill?”
”Err, no? Why do you ask?”