"A B-level killer can apply for a test and have a chance to join the Nether Palace?"
Lu Qing pondered secretly.
Although he was not very interested in joining the Nether Palace, this promotion mechanism revealed a lot of information.
You know, assassinating a powerful soul like Gongshu Lian is just a Class C task.
It is conceivable how powerful a killer who can reach Class B is.
I'm afraid he is at least at the senior level of Yuanshen realm.
Reaching this level of strength only qualifies you for an application review, but it doesn't guarantee you'll be able to join the Netherworld Palace.
A glimpse of the whole picture can reveal a single detail. From this point alone, Lu Qing deeply felt the horror of the Nether Palace.
No wonder the three major ethnic groups are so wary of the Nether Palace. This mysterious force is really too terrifying.
Moreover, Lu Qing knew that the Netherworld Palace in the Tianyuan World was actually just a branch. The real Netherworld Palace was probably even more powerful than one could imagine.
"It seems that we can only let Gongshu Lian live for a while longer. Well, let's take on some D-level missions first and raise our assassination level."
After figuring out the assassination level of the Nether Palace, Lu Qing realized that he had to postpone accepting the Class C mission for the time being.
So he went back to the task wall and continued to choose tasks.
This time, he focused his attention on the D-level tasks and slowly selected them.
However, the bounty for a Level D mission is much lower than that for a Level C mission.
Most of them are hundreds to thousands of medium-grade spirit stones, and few can exceed ten thousand.
After a while, he returned to the woman in the rabbit mask.
"Senior, are you sure you want to accept these bounty missions at the same time?"
The woman in the rabbit mask was surprised again.
"Not bad, any questions?"
"Senior, do you know that the missions of our Nether Palace will all have a deadline to complete.
If you fail to complete the task within the specified time limit, your task points will be deducted.
Once the points drop below negative ten, the status of the peripheral member will be revoked.
So, Senior, if you accept so many missions at once and fail to complete them in time, your mission points will be deducted, which will not be worth the loss."
The woman in the rabbit mask persuaded.
"That's fine. The mission I chose isn't too far from where I am, so it shouldn't be impossible to complete."
Lu Qing didn't care much.
Seeing that Lu Qing still insisted, the woman with the rabbit mask looked at him deeply and stopped trying to persuade him.
In her opinion, this senior must be extremely confident in his own abilities.
She had seen many people like this and knew that it was impossible to persuade them. Only after she really hit a wall would she realize that the mission of their Nether Palace was not so easy to accomplish.
A quarter of an hour later, Lu Qing's mind withdrew from the Netherworld Jade Plate and his consciousness returned to his body.
However, there was still a hint of surprise in his eyes.
It’s just that the soul space is too mysterious.
Not only can it manifest various physical buildings, it can also allow so much spiritual power to manifest physical forms and communicate.
It is really hard to believe what realm the powerful person who created that spiritual space has reached.
After putting away the Netherworld Jade Plate, Lu Qing began to think.
Just now in the soul space, he had successfully accepted ten D-level tasks.
Moreover, these tasks are required to be completed within one month, which is quite tight.
But for Lu Qing, none of these are problems.
"Xiao Li, let's go."
"Where are we going, A-Qing?"
"Of course, I'm going to complete the mission."
…
Half a day later, Lu Qing appeared in a deep mountain, looking at a very ordinary and inconspicuous cave at the foot of a mountain.
"This should be the place, the entrance to the Blackheart Bandits' lair."
Lu Qing activated his special ability and looked towards the cave entrance. Soon, he saw several notes floating out of the cave and smiled.
"Ah Qing, is this the location of your first mission?"
Xiao Li crawled out from Lu Qing's hood and looked ahead curiously.
"Um."
Lu Qing nodded slightly.
Although he wanted to earn spirit stones in the Nether Palace, he naturally would not accept every mission.
The ten tasks selected this time can all be completed without violating one's own principles.
Just like in this cave, there is a group of robbers called "Black Heart Bandits" hiding, who specialize in robbing the passing caravans and independent cultivators.
Because this area is located at the junction of several nearby small sects, it is in a no-man's land.
In addition, this group of black-hearted thieves is said to have a rare treasure that can hide their whereabouts, and they are also very careful every time they commit a crime.
They come and go like the wind, and if anything goes wrong, they immediately hide in underground caves.
The terrain in this area is very complex, and the underground caves are like a maze, making it difficult to tell the direction.
Relying on their familiarity with the terrain, even a top-level Jindan cultivator would find it difficult to catch these black-hearted thieves.
As for the powerful Yuanshen, the surrounding sects are all small forces, and there are no powerful people at the Yuanshen level in charge.
So even though so much time has passed, this group of black-hearted thieves are still living a very comfortable life, and no one comes to eliminate them.
In the past, there were assassins from the Nether Palace who took on the task of wiping out this group of black-hearted thieves.
But these black-hearted thieves were very alert. Whenever they found something wrong, they would hide in underground caves, leaving the killers helpless.
Adding the bounty for this mission, it’s not that much.
Over time, no killer was willing to take on this task.
"Are you good at hiding?"
Lu Qing thought about it, then explained to Xiao Li.
As Xiao Li listened, his eyes gradually lit up, and he nodded vigorously: "Don't worry, Ah Qing, I will definitely find them all!"
After saying that, Xiao Li's figure merged into the space and disappeared.
Lu Qing smiled and walked towards the cave.
He let Xiaoli go in first, naturally because he wanted it to find the traces of those black-hearted thieves first.
As for Xiao Li's safety, he was not worried.
According to the information provided by the Netherworld Palace, the strongest leader of this group of black-hearted thieves is only at the sixth level of the Golden Core Realm.
Even if the information from the Nether Palace was delayed, the realm breakthrough of the Black Heart Bandit Leader would only be the late Golden Core Realm at most.
Xiao Li's current spatial ability is completely undetectable even to a powerful being at the initial stage of the Yuanshen realm.
There is no way these black-hearted thieves would be able to detect its tracks.
The fact was just as Lu Qing had thought. Not long after he entered the cave, he felt his shoulders sink and Xiao Li's figure appeared.
With a hint of excitement in his eyes, he said, "Ah Qing, I found their location."
"Okay, then you lead the way."
Next, under Xiao Li's guidance, Lu Qing went to the location of the group of black-hearted thieves.
As we went along, we saw the continuously descending terrain and the extremely complex cave branches.
Lu Qing finally understood why all the previous assassins from the Nether Palace had returned empty-handed.
The earth power deep underground is very strong, which has a strong suppressing effect on the spiritual sensing ability of cultivators.
It is not easy to find the location of those black-hearted thieves by relying on the power of the soul.
Moreover, the place where they are now is very deep underground.
If too much noise is made, it is likely to cause chaos in the earth veins and collapse of the cave.
By then, even cultivators in the late Jindan stage might not be able to escape.
Of course, these difficulties are not a problem at all for Lu Qing.
He tapped his feet lightly, and a yellow light flashed on his body. Then, an invisible wave spread out in all directions with him as the center.
The next moment, he could sense everything that happened within a radius of dozens of miles.
"The Earth Spirit Pearl is truly blessed in this situation."
Lu Qing sighed.
Then it sped up and headed in a certain direction forward.
Through the magnetic force of the earth's veins, he has also discovered the traces of the black-hearted thieves.
And naturally, his own aura could not be detected by the other party.
After more than ten breaths, Lu Qing suddenly stopped.
"Very alert."
He sensed the faint, almost imperceptible fluctuation in front of him and smiled.
It was a small formation for early warning, and it was arranged quite cleverly.
The fluctuations of his own formation were almost perfectly integrated into the surrounding earth energy. Even a cultivator in the late Jindan stage would probably find it difficult to detect it if he didn't look carefully.
Even if it is discovered, it is not easy to pass through without triggering the formation.
That is to say, Xiao Li directly integrated into another layer of space, so he would not be sensed by the formation and could pass through easily.
But this naturally did not pose a problem for Lu Qing.
Although the arrangement of this formation was ingenious, it was clearly visible in front of a formation master like him.
After just a few glances, he understood the principle of its operation. After a little thought, he casually cast a few runes, dropped them on the formation, and then walked forward.
As he stepped over, the formation didn't react at all.
It was still running, but no warning was issued.
Lu Qing continued to move forward. This group of black-hearted thieves were indeed very vigilant. They had set up many early warning formations in the tunnels around their nest.
If Lu Qing had not had profound attainments in formations, he would not have been able to sneak in quietly.
When he was about to pass the last warning formation, Lu Qing vaguely heard noisy voices coming from the front.
That group of black-hearted thieves seemed to be drinking and having fun.
However, when he heard some screams mixed in, Lu Qing frowned slightly.
He focused his mind and soon "saw" the scene ahead.
Then, after seeing everything clearly, he couldn't help but have a cold murderous look in his eyes.
"You all deserve to die!"
Following Lu Qing's soul-shaking roar, his aura surged, and a yellow light quickly spread out from him, completely covering an area of several miles.
The noisy sound in front immediately quieted down, and there was no sound anymore.
"Ah Qing..."
Xiao Li was startled and couldn't help but let out a soft cry.
But this time, Lu Qing rarely responded to it. He just walked forward with a cold face.
After turning several corners in the cave, Lu Qing finally came to a very spacious cave.
There was a bonfire burning inside, surrounded by fine wine and meat, and dozens of figures.
Among these figures, some are drinking, and some are eating meat.
Others were naked and doing obscene things to the women under them.
On one of the huge jade thrones, there was a burly figure, holding a woman in each hand and laughing heartily.
However, these figures, without exception, are now all suppressed by Lu Qing with the power of the earth's magnetic veins, and can no longer move at all.
Only the fear in their eyes and the vitality on their bodies showed that they were still alive and not dead.
Lu Qing ignored the frightened looks of those black-hearted thieves. His gaze fell on a large cauldron placed on the fire in the center of the cave.
Inside, the broth was boiling and bubbling, but from time to time, what rolled out of the broth were human heads.
Looking at the gnawed bones around, they were obviously left by humans. Some of them were even very small, and they were obviously children's bones.
Lu Qing could no longer suppress the murderous intent in his heart.
"You bunch of scum!"
Lu Qing's mind moved, and he partially untied the restraints on the burly figure with the strongest aura on the jade throne.
"Senior! Please spare my life..."
The first thing the burly figure did after being untied was to beg for mercy from Lu Qing.
Although he has made some breakthroughs recently and has entered the seventh level of the Golden Core Realm.
However, the mysterious man in front of him, wearing a ghost mask, was able to suppress him easily. It went without saying that this was someone he could not resist at all.
However, before he could finish his words, a wave of spiritual energy had already landed on the acupoint between his eyebrows.
Suddenly, the burly man froze all over, his mind falling into an endless illusion.
Through the torture of the illusion, Lu Qing quickly knew everything about the burly man in front of him.
"You've already eaten so many people?"
After Lu Qing learned what the burly man had done, his face became even gloomier.
He broke the illusion on the burly man and woke him up from the endless illusion.
The burly man had just woken up, and the moment he saw Lu Qing's mask, his face suddenly showed an expression of extreme horror, as if he had seen the most terrifying existence.
A foul smell suddenly emanated. It turned out that a person who had reached the seventh level of the Golden Elixir Realm could not control his body due to the fear in his heart and became incontinent.
"Senior, I was only following instructions. Most of the spoils from robbing those caravans must be submitted to the sect. Please forgive me and spare my life, spare my life!"
The burly man burst into tears and begged for mercy frantically.
If he hadn't been suppressed, he would have wanted to lie on the ground immediately, lick Lu Qing's shoes, and beg him to let him go.
I don’t know what kind of illusion Lu Qing cast on him in the environment that made him so frightened.
"Did your sect also force you to eat humans?"
Lu Qing's calm voice suddenly stopped the burly man's begging for mercy.
He was about to explain when Lu Qing's words rang out again.
"You bunch of scum, I won't let you die so easily. From now on, I will plunge all of you into an illusion, and let you experience torture a hundred, a thousand times more tragic and painful than what you just experienced. Before you die, you will feel some of your own sins!"
"No! Don't!"
Upon hearing this, the burly man's face suddenly showed an expression of extreme horror, and he shouted wildly.
But before he could continue shouting, Lu Qing's soul fluctuations had already fallen into his eyebrow acupoint again.
Even this spiritual fluctuation enveloped all the other robbers in the cave. (End of this chapter)
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