When Lu Qing came out of the Nether Palace's base, he had already collected all the rewards for the mission.
His own assassination level has also reached Level C.
After he left, the old man with cloudy eyes became serious.
"In less than a month, he's already completed ten D-level missions and been promoted to a C-level assassin. He's worthy of being the one who can kill Cang Jue. I just don't know what purpose this anomaly has in entering our Nether Palace."
As a person of high status in the Nether Palace, the old man naturally knew about Lu Qing's performance in the trial space not long ago.
However, he did not expect that Lu Qing would complete ten D-level tasks in one month, pushing his assassination level to C-level in one go.
"Why are you so anxious to improve your assassination level? What's your purpose?"
The old man pondered for a while, but still couldn't figure it out.
In the end, he chose to report this. It was obvious that this kid with the ghost mask had someone behind him and was very involved.
He is just a small second-tribulation soul, so it is better not to get too involved.
If there is anything, let the elders above worry about it.
On the other hand, after leaving the small building, Lu Qing did not rush to accept the Class C mission.
Instead, he went to a deep mountain, chose a spacious cave, and set up a formation to conceal his aura.
"Ah Qing, it's so funny to see that old man so shocked by how you completed ten tasks in a month!"
Xiao Li crawled out from Lu Qing's hood, jumped to the ground, and said happily.
"That old man is a powerful Yuan Shen realm master, and he is from the Nether Palace. Maybe he is just pretending to be surprised."
However, Lu Qing did not show any sign of satisfaction.
Although the old man looked like an old man, his true identity could not be concealed at all under his special ability.
So Lu Qing naturally knew his true background and some of the old man's past. He was once a powerful killer in the Nether Palace.
Killers are the best at disguise. Who knows whether the emotions expressed by the old man were intentional.
"I see, Ah Qing, are you going to take on the C-level mission next?"
"There's no rush to accept the mission. Let's make some preparations first."
According to the difficulty classification of tasks by the Nether Palace, most of the Class C tasks require the strength of the Soul Realm to have any hope of completion.
Although Lu Qing’s current strength is not afraid of ordinary people in the initial stage of the soul, the person he wants to assassinate next is not an ordinary person.
So let’s strengthen our strength first.
"Now I have accumulated a lot of spirit stones, which can be used to improve my strength."
The reward for completing ten D-level tasks, plus the three thousand medium-grade spirit stones rewarded by the Nether Palace after passing the previous trial.
Plus some of the gains I made in the process of completing the tasks over the past month.
Now the number of spirit stones in Lu Qing's hands has exceeded ten thousand.
It might not be enough to break through the limit and reach the realm above the ninth level.
But it was more than enough to help him cultivate the art of witchcraft to the level of Golden Witch perfection.
Thinking of this, Lu Qing no longer hesitated. He took out a batch of medium-grade spirit stones and set up a spirit gathering array.
As the formation began to operate, an extremely rich spiritual aura suddenly filled the entire cave.
Lu Qing activated the [Indestructible Heavenly Witch Body], and his body suddenly turned into a bottomless pit, and began to absorb spiritual energy frantically.
As for Xiao Li, he was also lying on the other side of the cave, silently practicing his [Nine Transformations of True Dragon].
With Lu Qing's current level of cultivation, his efficiency in absorbing spiritual energy is terrifying.
Not long after, with a slight sound, the spirit stones in the spirit gathering array shattered one after another.
But its spiritual energy has been exhausted and it has no value anymore.
Lu Qing's expression remained unchanged. With a wave of his hand, another batch of medium-grade spirit stones flew out and fell into the spirit gathering formation.
In this way, as Lu Qing replaced the spirit stones from time to time, his physical strength, which had been stagnant for a long time, began to increase again.
The time spent in cultivation always passes quickly.
Soon, half a month passed.
One day, Lu Qing's body suddenly shook and stopped absorbing spiritual energy.
An aura of perfection and harmony emanated from him.
Above the body, there is a layer of golden light that is thick but not dazzling, gentle but gives people a feeling of incomparable tenacity.
It enveloped his entire body, making him look like a golden god of war.
"A Qing has made a breakthrough?"
This change immediately woke up Xiao Li who was practicing on the other side.
It looked at Lu Qing, whose body was emitting golden light, and felt a sense of oppression coming towards it.
Although Lu Qing's figure had not changed, it felt as if he had turned into a golden giant, sitting cross-legged between heaven and earth.
"A Qing is really getting more and more powerful." Xiao Li was a little stunned.
After it practiced the [Nine Transformations of the True Dragon], its physical body also became stronger every day.
But compared to Lu Qing, it is still far worse.
It could feel that even if it used all its strength, it would probably not be able to withstand a slap from Lu Qing.
Under Xiao Li's gaze, the golden light and aura on Lu Qing's body suddenly subsided, and he became as gentle as usual.
"Aqing, have you made a breakthrough?" Xiao Li asked immediately.
"Well, I finally made a breakthrough." Lu Qing nodded.
At the same time, I felt a little sad in my heart that the practice of witchcraft was also very resource-intensive.
Just by cultivating his own wizard body from the Golden Wizard Great Accomplishment to Perfection, he had consumed almost half of the spirit stones in his hand.
But fortunately, all these expenses are worth it.
He felt that his magic power, physical body and spiritual power had all reached the perfect level of the Golden Elixir Realm.
With the perfect golden elixir as the core, the body and the soul are connected, complementing and promoting each other in perfect harmony.
His condition is better than ever before, and his strength has reached the peak since his practice.
"Although I have only cultivated my physical body to the perfection of the Golden Wizard, with all three aspects perfected, my strength has increased by at least 20% to 30% compared to before."
Lu Qing clenched his fist, feeling the boundless power in his body, and silently estimated.
Although it was only a small breakthrough in the physical body, the increase in strength it brought really surprised him.
Moreover, after his magic power, physical body and soul had reached the perfection of the Golden Elixir, he also felt very clearly the barrier at the limit of the Golden Elixir.
If you want to break that barrier, you must combine your essence, energy and spirit into one, and then attack with great perseverance and determination, only then will it be possible.
However, after estimating the number of spirit stones he had left, he gave up the idea of breaking through now.
Now, the number of mid-grade spirit stones left in his hands is less than ten thousand.
Just a breakthrough of his physical body from the Golden Wizard Great Accomplishment to the Perfection Realm cost him thousands of medium-grade spirit stones.
The remaining spirit stones would definitely not be able to support him to break through the limit and reach a realm above the ninth level.
"There's no other way. I can only continue to accumulate spirit stones."
Lu Qing sighed, took out the Netherworld Jade Plate, and injected a wisp of spiritual power into it.
The next moment, his mind should follow the formation inside the Netherworld Jade Talisman and enter a strange space.
The soul space has not changed much since the last time Lu Qing came in.
It is still that bustling scene with people coming and going.
Lu Qing couldn't help but sigh again at the profound heritage of the Nether Palace.
He already knew that this spiritual space was only limited to the communication between the assassins of the Nether Palace in the Tianyuan World, but the number of people was already considerable.
You know, those who can pass the trial of the outer members of the Nether Palace are at least strong people in the Golden Core Realm.
So many Jindan realm experts are a very powerful force.
Once it is used, I am afraid that no sect or force will be able to resist it.
And this is only a small part of the power of the Nether Palace.
Coming to the mission hall again, Lu Qing first went to the wall where many tasks were displayed to see if there were any suitable bounty tasks.
Although he had already decided to take on the task of assassinating Gongshu Lian.
But I still want to see if there are any other tasks that I can complete when the time comes.
After all, time is still very precious to him.
This time, Lu Qing's main attention was on the Class C mission.
Although the D-level missions are easy to complete, the rewards are not that much.
Most of them even cost hundreds of medium-grade spirit stones, which was a drop in the bucket for his goal and not worth his time to complete.
After looking for a while, Lu Qing suddenly saw a bounty mission in a remote location.
[Qiao Rong: After beheading him, you can claim 10,000 mid-grade spirit stones for his head.]
Lu Qing was not very interested in this task at first, but when he saw the introduction of the woman named "Qiao Rong" under this task, he paused and looked at it slowly.
Then, a look of understanding appeared in his eyes.
"So that's how it is. This woman named Qiao Rong is actually the head lady of the third branch of the Gongshu family, and the mother of Gongshu Yu."
Lu Qing finally remembered that not long after he entered the Tianyuan World, he was publicly offered a bounty in the Netherworld Palace.
The person behind the scenes seemed to be Gongshu Yu's mother.
The Lord of Canglan City, Nangong Yuanwu, who brought him into the Tianyuan World, was later assassinated by a killer from the Nether Palace. He was seriously injured and almost died.
The person who issued the bounty was also the wife of Gongshujia.
Because when she issued the bounty mission, in order to vent her hatred, she did not hide her origins. She wanted everyone to know that she was seeking revenge for her son.
"Didn't they say that the Gongshu family and the Nangong family reached a settlement through the mediation of the Holy Alliance and rescinded the bounty on the Nether Palace? Then who secretly issued this bounty? Nangong Yuanwu, or another enemy of the Gongshu family?"
Lu Qing took a look and found that the person who posted this bounty task chose to hide his origin.
It is not known whether it was Nangong Yuanwu who was unwilling to give up and secretly issued the assassination mission for revenge, or whether it was issued by someone else who had a grudge against Qiao Rong.
Or perhaps there is a third-party force that wants to deliberately muddy the waters, sow discord, and continue to stir up hatred between the Gongshu family and the Nangong family.
But none of this had any effect on Lu Qing.
He looked at the task and thought to himself, "Lord City Lord, regardless of whether it was a bounty you posted, let me avenge you. This will also be considered as repaying the favor you showed me by bringing me here."
Lu Qing had heard that Nangong Yuanwu was assassinated that year. Although he did not die, he was seriously injured and his cultivation might even be completely destroyed.
I don’t know if his strength has recovered over the years.
It just so happened that he was going to assassinate Gongshu Lian, and since it was on the way, he might as well get rid of Qiao Rong as well.
After making up his mind, Lu Qing walked towards the counter.
He was greeted by the same woman wearing a rabbit mask.
"Senior, are you sure you want to take on these two assassination missions?"
The woman with the rabbit mask couldn't help but ask after seeing the two tasks that Lu Qing was going to accept.
"That's right. Why? I can't do it. Both of these missions are Class C missions. I'm a Class C assassin now, so I should be able to take them."
Lu Qing frowned. Could something go wrong again?
"No, no, Senior, your assassination level has been upgraded, so naturally you can accept these two missions."
The woman with the rabbit mask sensed Lu Qing's tone and spoke quickly.
In the soul space, the killers cannot find out each other's identities and backgrounds, but they, the insiders of the Nether Palace, can recognize Lu Qing and others' Nether Jade Plates.
So she was able to recognize that the person in front of her was the senior who had taken on ten D-level tasks in one go and completed them all within a month not long ago.
"I don't know what kind of grudge this senior has with the Gongshu family." The woman with the rabbit mask couldn't help but think to herself.
She did not forget that when Lu Qing first entered the soul space, the mission he accepted was to assassinate Gongshu Lian.
Later, after learning that only a Class C killer could take on this task, he took on ten Class D tasks in one go, raising his assassination level to Class C.
Now that he has become a Class C killer, his first mission is to assassinate Gongshu Lian, and he also takes on a mission to assassinate a direct descendant of the Gongshu family.
She absolutely didn't believe that there wasn't a huge hatred behind this.
While gossipy thoughts were turning rapidly in her mind, the woman with the rabbit mask did not slow down at all and quickly registered Lu Qing.
"Alright, senior. You should know the rules, right?"
"If you can't complete the mission within a year, your mission points will be deducted, right?"
Lu Qing had known for a long time that because the difficulty of Class C tasks was much higher, the time limit for completing the tasks was also greatly increased.
“That’s right, but I also want to tell you, Senior, that each Level C mission is worth ten points.
If you fail to complete one of the tasks, ten points will also be deducted.
If both tasks are not completed within the specified time, your points will be deducted to negative ten points.
At that time, you will be exposed as an external member of our Nether Palace."
The woman with the rabbit mask said in a serious tone.
"It's okay, I know this." Lu Qing said indifferently.
"It's good that the senior knows what's going on."
The girl with the rabbit mask also felt Lu Qing's strong confidence, but she thought of the other party's feat of completing ten D-level tasks within a month.
It is obvious that this person's strength must have exceeded the scope of the Golden Core Realm, so it is natural for him to be confident.
However, the Gongshu family is one of the thirty-six upper clans. There are many masters in the clan, and they are protected by extremely powerful formations.
I don’t know whether this mysterious senior can succeed.
The rabbit masked girl couldn't help but feel excited. (End of this chapter)
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