Chapter 9 Redeem Rewards
Xiao Yezi saw Si Yao fall backward, and he reached out his hand, but it remained frozen in mid-air.
Si Yao lay limply on the ground, her clothes soaked from the wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, and several wounds were bleeding.
She gasped for breath, looking up at the sky that had been washed clean by the torrential rain.
"Sigh... I'm so tired, I want to rest..."
She turned to look at Xiao Yezi, "You should rest too. We'll continue exploring in half an hour."
Xiao Yezi's gaze fell on Si Yao, her clear eyes filled with concern. "Master, are your injuries serious?"
Si Yao smiled casually, "It's just a superficial injury, nothing serious."
Xiao Yezi sat down by the banyan tree not far away, glancing at Si Yao from time to time, as if worried that she would be seriously injured and faint at any moment, just like when she lost consciousness in the stone cave.
However, apart from being tired, Si Yao was in good spirits. She said to herself, "We have gone through a series of obstacles at Xingyunping. Logically speaking, we should be rewarded with something by now."
She sighed, "It can't be true, as everyone says, that all the time and effort spent on Xingyunping will ultimately amount to nothing!"
As soon as Si Yao finished speaking, a shimmering, ethereal glow filled the air.
The next moment, a purple crystal floated in the air.
Si Yao's eyes widened. "What is that?"
Then, the second, the third, the fourth...
As the sky filled with numerous purple crystals, a wisp of white smoke rose from the quest sign for exploring Nebula Plain, and a large white jade gourd appeared before Si Yao.
The quest board glowed, displaying a message in small print: "Please collect Purple Star Crystals as soon as possible."
Si Yao was overjoyed and quickly tossed the large white jade gourd to Xiao Yezi, saying, "Disciple, here's some work. Collect these purple star crystals into the gourd."
Holding the white jade gourd in both hands, Xiao Yezi quickly walked towards the purple star crystals floating in the air.
Si Yao turned over, rested her head on her hand, and leisurely watched Xiao Yezi's every move.
In the gentle breeze, Xiao Yezi opened the lid of the white jade gourd and approached each of the purple star crystals.
The white jade gourd seemed to have its own suction force, quickly drawing in one purple star crystal after another from the air.
Having overcome the previous challenges, this harvesting phase seems relatively easy.
Once all the purple star crystals in the air had been collected, Si Yao slowly stood up and stretched. "How many were there in total?"
Xiao Yezi said, "One hundred and fifty-one."
"Very good." Si Yao was very satisfied and looked ahead. "Let's continue forward and see if we can find anything else."
But before the master and apprentice had gone far, the mission board at Nebula Plain began to flash yellow, and then a beam of light arrived, teleporting the two of them out of Nebula Plain.
The exploration mission at Nebula Plain has come to an end.
Back at the entrance to Nebula Plain, Si Yao shrugged. "Alright, let's go to the Mission Department first, hand over this white jade gourd, and see if we can exchange it for some spirit stones."
Xiao Yezi was very obedient and followed Si Yao obediently. The master and apprentice soon arrived at the Mission Department compound.
Before the mission bounty list was posted, several disciples gathered there to prepare to accept the mission. One of the male disciples turned around and saw Si Yao appear in the courtyard. He noticed that she was holding a mission token and couldn't help but walk over.
His gaze shifted to Xiao Yezi beside Si Yao, and then he asked, "Elder Si Yao, are you from the Snowfall Academy here to exchange for mission rewards?"
Si Yao recognized the male disciple. Three days ago, this male disciple had told her how difficult the Nebula Plain missions were.
Before Si Yao could speak, the male disciple said, "Elder Si Yao, don't you remember me?"
Si Yao said, "I remember."
Male disciple: "Disciple Qi Lan is a disciple of Flower Cinema. Actually, I was quite curious that day about what mission Elder Si Yao had taken on."
Si Yao narrowed her eyes slightly. "So you're Qu Sui's disciple. I was wondering why you were so interested in the missions of my Snowfall Academy. Was it at your master's behest?"
Qi Lan chuckled dryly, "No, no... my master was just concerned about you..."
Si Yao gave a forced smile, but then she saw Qu Sui walking over as well.
She saw Si Yao and clicked her tongue, "What my apprentice said is true, I do care about you."
Si Yao quickly rolled her eyes. "Come on, you just want to know if I can gather enough spirit stones in a short time."
Qu Sui stood beside her disciple Qi Lan, arms crossed, her gaze fixed on Xiao Yezi, before turning to Si Yao and saying, "You owe me a thousand mid-grade spirit stones, and you have seven days left. If you don't repay them in seven days, then you can transfer this disciple to me."
Hearing this, Xiao Yezi frowned slightly, but Qi Lan clapped his hands and cheered, even taking the initiative to come over and greet Xiao Yezi, "Junior brother, if it is as my master said, we can take care of each other in the future."
Si Yao stood in front of Xiao Yezi and scolded him impatiently, "You two can shut up now, stop trying to take advantage of my disciple!"
Qu Sui looked at Si Yao's tattered and bloodstained clothes. "What did you do to get yourself in such a sorry state?"
Si Yao ignored her and led Xiao Yezi toward the mission hall.
Qu Sui and Qi Lan actually followed along. Along the way, Qu Sui said, "I want to see what kind of mission reward you can get."
She even raised her voice, shouting, "Elder Siyao of Fubukiin is here to redeem mission rewards for the first time in history, isn't everyone going to join in the fun?"
Several disciples who were still hesitating in front of the mission bounty posting board found the news exciting and all came over.
Si Yao heard a series of footsteps behind her, but ignored them.
Mission Division Exchange Window.
Today, Steward Simo happened to be on duty. When he saw Si Yao appear here, he couldn't help but rub his eyes.
"You are... Si Yao?"
Si Yao shrugged. "Steward Mo, you're only a little over two hundred years old. You don't need to have presbyopia, do you?"
Deacon Mo laughed heartily, "I think it's quite a surprise that you've set foot in the Mission Division."
At this point, his gaze was also drawn to Xiao Yezi beside Si Yao, "I haven't had a chance to congratulate you on gaining such a talented student yet."
Si Yao raised the corners of her mouth, "It's nothing, I'm here today to do something important."
After saying that, he took out the mission card and handed it to Deacon Mo.
Deacon Mo held the mission token, his eyes wide. "My God, how did you end up with such a mission?"
Qu Sui, standing to the side, craned her neck and probed the quest board with a wisp of spiritual energy. She immediately burst into laughter, "Si Yao, are you crazy? The Nebula Plain exploration quest hasn't had any rewards for decades."
Qi Lan's mouth was agape in disbelief. "I made myself perfectly clear that day. Why did Elder Si Yao still insist on going to Xingyunping? That mission is the most unpopular one in the sect!"
The other disciples who came to watch the spectacle were all shocked.
"Fubukiin rarely does missions, I never expected her first mission would be Nebula Plain..."
"Poor Junior Brother Yezi, he's probably going to get screwed over by this master..."
"The Nebula Plain exploration mission is the most frustrating, bar none. Why is Elder Si Yao so stubborn?"
"We're doomed. We probably won't get anything. I think everyone should just leave. There's nothing to see here!"
A group of disciples were discussing among themselves, and Xiao Yezi's eyes showed a look of worry. He looked up and asked, "Master, is what they're saying true? But we just collected the Purple Star Crystals."
Si Yao gently patted his shoulder, "It's not that bad, we haven't played our last card yet."
Deacon Mo inspected Si Yao's mission token. "Hmm, you've been on the Nebula Plain exploration mission for three days. Have you discovered any rare treasures?"
"Three days!" Qu Sui couldn't help but exclaim. "Si Yao, if it takes this long and we end up with nothing, you can think of other ways to gather the spirit stones for me in the next seven days."
Si Yao ignored Qu Sui and instead took out the white jade gourd and placed it in front of Steward Mo.
The eyes of the onlookers lit up.
Deacon Mo also paused for a moment, then pointed at the white jade gourd, "This is..."
Si Yao shrugged. "Let's open it and take a look."
Could there really be something inside the white jade gourd? Deacon Mo, seemingly skeptical, slowly unscrewed the cap.
In an instant, a dazzling purple light burst forth from the gourd, and a pleasant aroma filled the air.
Deacon Mo's mouth gaped open wide enough to fit an egg. He stammered, his chest heaving, "This...this is..."
Seeing this, Qu Sui sensed something was wrong and urgently asked, "What is it!"
Having been in charge of the Missions Division for so many years, Steward Mo was naturally very knowledgeable. Even before he could examine the contents of the gourd closely, he was certain from the purple light filling the room and the faint fragrance in the air that the gourd contained a treasure.
After confirming the contents of the white jade gourd, he cried out in a trembling voice, "Purple Star Crystal! It's Purple Star Crystal! This is a rare material!"
Qu Sui's expression changed drastically, and the other disciples who were watching the spectacle were also incredulous. Could it be that the Snowfall Academy had really found a rare treasure?
Deacon Mo was overjoyed and carefully placed the white jade gourd on the task reward evaluation table.
The Mission Rewards Evaluation Table in the Mission Department allows you to calculate the corresponding value based on the item's worth.
As everyone's eyes were fixed on the white jade gourd, the evaluation platform finally displayed the final value of the reward for this mission.
[A total of 151 Purple Star Crystals, with rich color and excellent purity, are worth 20 high-grade spirit stones.]
The results of this assessment caused a sensation.
"The twentieth high-grade spirit stone... I... I'm not seeing things, am I?"
"This is a rare material! It could be used to forge many high-grade magical artifacts!"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible."
"Xingyunping has long been hollowed out, how could there still be any extraordinary treasures there!"
"Fubukiin got such good luck on her first exploration! Looks like Nebula Plain is taking advantage of familiar faces!"
The disciples were green with envy, while Qu Sui was so angry that her face turned green.
Si Yao was overjoyed; so many spirit stones far exceeded her expectations.
Deacon Mo smiled ingratiatingly at Si Yao, "Si Yao, I'll give you twenty high-grade spirit stones from my mission department. Is that alright?"
Twenty high-grade spirit stones are equivalent to two thousand mid-grade spirit stones. In this way, Si Yao can completely pay off her debt to Qu Sui.
It did seem like a good idea, but Si Yao reached out and took back the white jade gourd, then turned and left.
Deacon Mo was shocked and quickly chased after her, "Si Yao, do you think twenty high-grade spirit stones are too few?"
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