Loyal Heart Roaming the Skies

Jiang Wang had also heard of the bounty mission in Sanshan City, but for some reason, this mission was not listed on the Dao Merit List, but was unilaterally released by Sanshan City and open to everyone.

In a sense, it lacked the endorsement of the Daoist Court.

Of course, the reward for the mission was not paid by the Daoist Court either. It was said that the lord of Sanshan City had emptied the treasury for this purpose, so the rewards were much more generous than those of missions at the same level on the Dao Merit List.

"They are all real material rewards, such as magical instruments, secret techniques, and Dao Yuan Stones," Li Jianqiu added.

Although material rewards were not as convenient as Dao Merit, they were often more valuable precisely because they were not easy to calculate.

"Forgive me for being blunt, Senior Brother Li," Jiang Wang thought for a moment and said, "why don't you bring your own team for this kind of mission that requires small team cooperation, especially since the rewards are so good?"

Most of the disciples of the Daoist Court who frequently went on missions had fixed team combinations. Zhang Linchuan and Wang Changxiang were like this, both were core members of their respective teams.

After Linghe Zhao Rucheng and others all reached the Foundation Establishment stage, they would also gather together to complete various tasks, instead of being scattered most of the time and following other teams.

Only Li Jianqiu seemed to always go alone.

Everyone looked at each other and didn't know what to say for a while. Although cultivators should be indifferent to life and death, people were not plants, and who could remain unmoved?

Huang Azhan chuckled a few times, trying to ease the atmosphere. "Well, Senior Brother, your team doesn't seem very lucky..."

Linghe pulled him and took the initiative to say, "Senior Brother Li, this mission is not on the Dao Merit List, so there is no level judgment. But judging from the rewards, the difficulty will definitely not be lower than seventh rank. In fact, our strength is not enough to keep up, and we are afraid we will drag you down."

"In fact, the overall difficulty of this task of clearing out ferocious beasts should be at the sixth rank," Li Jianqiu said without any change in expression. "But you should know that Sanshan City is named after the three peaks in its territory, Shubi, Yuheng, and Feilai. These three peaks are either majestic or dangerous, all of them are famous mountains. Sanshan City is named after them, but at the same time, these three peaks are also the source of the ferocious beasts that run rampant in the Sanshan City territory."

"The lair of the ferocious beasts?" Jiang Wang asked.

Li Jianqiu nodded. "Among them, Shubi Peak was cleared two years ago. After two years, Sanshan City must have accumulated enough strength. Their target for this clearance is Yuheng Peak. But we're not going to Yuheng Peak, we're going to Shubi Peak."

"Hasn't Shubi Peak already been cleared..."

"Although Shubi Peak has been cleared, there are new ferocious beasts roaming around after two years, but they are scattered and not in a group. Our target is them. So the difficulty of the mission will be relatively much simpler." Li Jianqiu picked up his chopsticks and said, "That's the situation. You decide whether to go or not. If you don't go, it won't affect our relationship."

Jiang Wang knew that although he was familiar with Li Jianqiu, their relationship was only limited to being familiar with each other. Both sides had a good impression of each other, but when it came to friendship, it was not deep.

If he refused this time, it would probably create a rift between them.But Jiang Wang wouldn't agree to make friends with Li Jianqiu just like that. He was indeed interested in this mission. Firstly, the reward was generous. Secondly, he wanted to contribute to the current difficulties of the San Shan city area. Thirdly, he was about to establish his foundation in the next few days, and he needed such a mission to familiarize himself with Taoism.

Thinking of this, Jiang Wang said directly, "It's our good fortune that Senior Brother Li is willing to take us with him, given his strength."

Li Jianqiu looked at Jiang Wang with deep meaning, "With just the sword that killed Xiong Wen, you already have enough qualifications. And among you guys, Ling He is steady and careful, Du Yehu has extremely high combat talent and is brave and fearless, and Zhao Rucheng is clever and talented."

He even praised Du Yehu, who wasn't present. Of course, he wouldn't miss Huang Aizhan either, "Little Huang... is also clever."

"Senior Brother Li has a keen eye!" Huang Aizhan immediately agreed.

"I won't participate." Ling He said, "I've just opened my meridians and I'm still in the stage of accumulating Taoist elements to establish my foundation. I'll stay in the Taoist Academy and take care of Anan."

After opening the meridians and before establishing the foundation, it was indeed a very awkward stage for cultivators. On the one hand, they needed to accumulate Taoist elements to establish their foundation. On the other hand, if they didn't use Taoist elements, they couldn't exert their transcendent combat power. Jiang Wang, who had the transcendent sword scripture, was an exception.

Whether it was to help or take care of Ling He, he didn't want to "hang out" with them. He preferred to step by step, steadily moving forward.

"Okay, then you stay." Jiang Wang agreed decisively.

In the end, the team that went to San Shan City was Li Jianqiu, Jiang Wang, Zhao Rucheng, and Huang Aizhan. They agreed to set off from the South Gate three days later.

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Wang Family territory.

It was still the secluded small courtyard, and Wang Changxiang walked in happily, "Brother!"

At that time, Wang Changji was leaning on a recliner, holding a yellowed book in his hand, and a fat orange cat lying under his feet, enjoying the winter sun together.

When he heard Wang Changxiang's voice, he didn't move, just lazily said, "What's up?"

The fat cat was very unhappy when he saw Wang Changxiang and turned its back to him.

"Look!" Wang Changxiang walked a few steps quickly, ran to Wang Changji's side, bent over slightly, and circled a jade bottle in front of his brother, "What's this?"

Wang Changji certainly recognized the bottle. He even remembered the specific appearance of the pill in the jade bottle, every detail.

However, how much hope he had at first, and how much disappointment he had later, no one knew what kind of emotions he went through at this moment, but he finally just lifted his eyelids, "Your quota has been used up. It's hard to accumulate 1,500 points of Taoist merit, isn't it?"

"Not difficult." Wang Changxiang shook his head and smiled brightly, "Your little brother, won the first place in the Three Cities Taoist Competition in three years!"

Wang Changxiang was usually mild and steady, only occasionally showing some liveliness in this small courtyard.

Wang Changji turned a page of the book, "You have a good intention, but it's meaningless to me."

"Let's try, try again."

Wang Changji glanced at the lazy fat cat under his feet, "Feed me, it's better to feed Little Orange. It can live longer and get closer to you."

"That won't work. Dad will kill me."

"If I feed it, won't he hit you?"

"Dad... also cares about you.""You have to get the leader, and the clan has also invested resources. You need to have gains. Take the Qi-opening Pill back." Wang Changji put the book on his face. "It's time for my nap."

Wang Changxiang became anxious, "Brother!"

"If you leave the pill, I will feed it to Xiaoju." Wang Changji's voice came from under the book, still calm.

But Wang Changxiang had already realized his brother's determination.

He had to take the jade bottle and leave with three steps backward.

He saw the old book on his brother's face. It was a Taoist classic called "The Degree of Humanity."