Chapter 18 - Breaking Through to Mid-Origin, The Taoist Emerges!
Chapter 18: Breaking Through to Mid-Origin, The Taoist Emerges!
The system’s notification sound rang in Zhang Bei Xuan’s mind.
“??”
Bridal chamber mission!?
After hearing the system’s prompt, Zhang Beixuan’s expression became peculiar!
This system was going to extreme lengths to motivate him to engage in ‘Scattering Leaves!
Wouldn’t he ascend directly if he were to marry a hundred and eighty at once? But looking at the talent requirements behind it, a minimum talent value of 90 points was needed.
Although he didn’t know the specifics, Zhang Beixuan knew it wasn’t easy to attain. After all, this matter of the bridal chamber was not to be taken lightly!
If he collected casually, he’d only be slapping his face. Although Tushan Xue had expressed indifference to multiple partners, he couldn’t even completely subdue his fox demoness, let alone handle others.
“Heaven predetermines fate, or perhaps it’s best to go with the flow.”
Zhang Bei Xuan shifted his thoughts back. He looked at the only road ahead. It was now just past noon. The sun was scorching. But with Zhang Bei Xuan’s current cultivation, he didn’t really feel the heat.
Three kilometers away was a bus stop sign. He was able to reach the outskirts of Jiangbei. It took Zhang Bei Xuan a few minutes, and he arrived beneath the bus stop sign. Just as he arrived, a bus passed by. He got on, purchased a ticket, and casually found a seat at the back.
Zhang Bei Xuan stared at his bank balance, barely three digits left. He couldn’t magically increase his bank account balance despite his formidable cultivation. In today’s society, without money, even the Jade Emperor would have to tolerate free meals now and then.
“Damn it, I need to earn some money first,” Zhang Bei Xuan muttered to himself. Soon after, he remembered what Li Xiaojia had told him about the haunted school in the village.
A reward of one million to solve it!
That was a huge sum of money!
Why not make that his first pot of gold?
With that thought in mind, Zhang Bei Xuan took out his phone and checked his messages. Three days ago, Li Xiaojia had already returned to school. He dialed her number. After a few rings, someone picked up, a pleasantly surprised female voice on the other end.
“Beixuan, why are you calling me? Have you left the mountain?”
Zhang Beixuan nodded with a smile, “Yes! I’m on the bus to Jiangbei right now. I’ll be there tonight.”
They exchanged a few words, and Zhang Beixuan quickly reached the point. Li Xiaojia found the post their school’s dean sent and forwarded it to Zhang Beixuan. She also mentioned that he should wait at the entrance, and they would pick him up there before promptly ending the call.
Looking at the message from Li Xiaojia on his phone, Zhang Beixuan clicked on the link below.
“Warning: The link you are about to open may be risky. Proceed with caution!”
Zhang Beixuan raised an eyebrow at the warning. Was this really a sketchy website? Disregarding the risk, he immediately jumped to a forum.
“Hmm, isn’t this the supernatural forum I used to browse?” Zhang Beixuan raised an eyebrow in surprise.
He didn’t expect the forum to have this kind of feature!
Did that mean all the supernatural events on this forum were real?
He looked at the post on his page.
[Haunted Incident at Jiangbei University.]“The incident began two weeks ago when a female student at Jiangbei University gave birth in her dormitory, was discovered by the dormitory staff, and then jumped from the building, committing suicide.”
“In the two weeks that followed, eight people have died.”
“Especially, the heart of that dormitory staff member was completely hollowed out!”
“Note: Three E-level ability users have attempted the mission, and all failed!”
[Mission Level: D-level] [Suspicious Entities: Unknown (Please accept by D-level or higher ability users)] [Reward Amount: 1 million (Update: School is adding 2 million!)]“An additional two million? That makes it three million!?” Zhang Beixuan didn’t care much about the details of the incident but instead focused his attention on the eye-catching reward!
What an unexpected stroke of luck!
To earn 3 million in one go! Zhang Beixuan couldn’t believe how lucrative ghost-catching could be. He could make a fortune with this skill alone. Without further ado, Zhang Beixuan clicked on “Accept.”
“Ding! Mission accepted successfully. Please enter your code name.”
A new window popped up on the website.
“Tianshi.”
Without hesitation, Zhang Beixuan entered his name.
“Ding! Input completed. This mission has a higher level of danger. We remind the participant to proceed with caution!”
Ignoring the website’s warning, Zhang Beixuan leaned back in his seat, feeling quite content. Meanwhile, in Jiangbei City, within the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs, Deputy Captain Xu Ming was shocked when he saw a name suddenly appear on his monitor.
“Tianshi? Who dares to choose such a code name?”
He recalled the image he had seen a few days ago. While they were initially shocked, the alarm had been lifted after the thunderstorm disappeared, and there had been no activity for the past few days.
Thus, they didn’t pay much attention to it. However, seeing this code name suddenly appear, Xu Ming furrowed his brow.
“Did they choose it randomly, or… has that person come down from the mountains?”
After pondering for a while, he dialed a number.
“Hello, Xiao Chen. Are you in charge of following up on the Jiangbei University incident?”
A woman’s voice came from the other end of the phone, “Yes, Deputy Captain,” Xiao Chen replied.
Xu Ming nodded, “Pay attention to the information about the person who accepted the mission as ‘Tianshi.’ If he manages to complete the reward, report to me immediately.”
“Understood,” she said.
Xu Ming hung up the phone and rubbed his temples.
“If it’s really the one who came down from the mountains to Jiangbei, this is a big deal.”
“But let’s see how it goes first. With his abilities, completing this mission should be a piece of cake. If he fails, then I’m overthinking it.”
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