Early Orange Level Soul, Rank 2 Soul Cultivation.
Soul Cultivation had always been a very mysterious and powerful cultivation system. Fang Chen had accidentally become a soul cultivator, and now his soul cultivation had finally reached Rank 2.
Rank 2 Soul Cultivation corresponded to the Ninth Layer of the Condensing Reality Realm.
Fang Chen was only at the early stage of Rank 2 Soul Cultivation. Therefore, with his current strength, defeating a First Layer of the Condensing Reality Realm martial artist was not a problem at all. Against a Second Layer of the Condensing Reality Realm martial artist, he was powerless.
"Once my soul cultivation level has completely stabilized, it will be fine." Fang Chen thought to himself.
Although right now, if he were to fight against a 2nd Level Condensing Reality Realm martial artist, his overall strength was still very strong.
At least, in the Registered Disciple Area, there was no one who could be his opponent.
Even the disciple who claimed to be number one among the nominal disciples was no match for Fang Chen.
Crash!
Fang Chen suddenly opened his eyes. After his soul had broken through, his cultivation had become extremely slow. He was ready to stop cultivating.
At this time, the python sword had also returned to Fang Chen's space ring. Then, Fang Chen left the Sea of Soul.
Not long after arriving at the Registered Disciple Area, Fang Chen's strength had improved greatly. All of this made Fang Chen very happy.
Although he was a Registered Disciple of the Barren Sect and was not an official disciple, the Barren Sect still had clear rules.
That was, he had to complete missions assigned by the Sect on a regular basis. These missions were issued by the Sect to test the Registered Disciples.
One day, Elder Li found Fang Chen and told Fang Chen that he had yet to complete a mission in the Registered Disciple Area and needed to do so.
Registered Disciples were required to complete a mission every month in order to pass the test. Of course, they could also choose to complete a year's worth of missions in one go.
After receiving the news, Fang Chen went straight to the Mission Hall.
The Mission Hall was the place where the Registered Disciple Area issued missions. After arriving, Fang Chen found that there were a lot of missions in the Mission Hall.
Of course, the missions were also divided into different levels. There were normal missions, low-level missions, mid-level missions, high-level missions, dangerous missions, extremely dangerous missions, and even death missions.
In short, the higher the level of the mission, the more dangerous it was.
As for the legendary Death Mission, no one dared to accept it.
Of course, the levels of these missions were relative to the nominal disciples. As for the official disciples, they also had their own levels.
As a nominal disciple, they had to complete at least one low-level mission every month. Some nominal disciples deliberately chose low-level missions in order to not waste their cultivation time and quickly complete them before returning to cultivate.
When Fang Chen arrived at the Mission Hall, he carefully observed for a moment. Normal and low-level missions had all been taken up by people.
There weren't even many mid-tier missions left.
Fang Chen glanced around and suddenly found a quest. The reason why Fang Chen was attracted to this quest was because of the reward.
"A Condensing Reality Realm warrior's grave was found in a mountain range a hundred miles away from the Water Leaning City. Let's explore the grave."
This was the content of the quest. The quest only said that the warrior was to explore the grave. As for the items obtained from the grave, they would all belong to the warrior.
Although a Condensing Reality Realm warrior's grave wasn't that attractive to the official disciples of the Barren Sect, it was still very attractive to the nominal disciples.
"Interesting." Fang Chen grinned and said.
Fang Chen took a closer look. Since this mission to explore the tomb was a dangerous mission, Fang Chen knew that it would be dangerous.
"Dangerous mission?" Fang Chen was extremely puzzled.
At this moment, the Soaring Dragon Marquis appeared. He explained to Fang Chen, "Fang Chen, the reason why this tomb exploration quest is a dangerous mission is because other Sect's disciples may also go."
Hearing the Soaring Dragon Marquis' words, Fang Chen instantly understood. This tomb wasn't only known to the Barren Sect, but also to the other Sect's disciples. They would also send their disciples in.
However, after pondering for a moment, Fang Chen accepted the quest.
"To accept a dangerous mission, you need to pay a hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones." The staff member said softly when he heard that Fang Chen wanted to accept a dangerous mission.
Fang Chen was startled. He was a little puzzled. Accepting a mission actually required spirit stones.
"Every mission issued by the Sect will allow the disciple to obtain more or less inherited treasures. Therefore, there will naturally be a small fee. After all, the Sect's expenditure is also very high." The staff member explained.
Fang Chen was relieved. He then paid a hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones and successfully accepted the mission.
"Remember, only by bringing back an item from the grave can the mission be considered completed. Otherwise, even if you explore the grave, you will not be able to confirm whether you have completed the mission." The staff member reminded.
"Fang Chen, be careful." The Soaring Dragon Marquis reminded.
Fang Chen nodded, then turned and left.
It was the first time he had accepted a mission, and he had accepted a dangerous mission. This caused many of the nominal disciples in the Mission Hall to be extremely surprised.
Fang Chen ignored the crowd and directly left the Barren Sect, appearing on the streets of Leaning Water City.
When accepting the mission, Fang Chen received a map. This map marked the route to the grave of the Condensing Reality Realm expert.
Soon, Fang Chen left Leaning Water City. He then followed the route on the map and headed towards the mountain range a hundred miles away.
When Fang Chen arrived at the mountain range, it was already noon. He plunged into the mountain range.
"According to the markings on the map, the grave of the Condensing Reality Realm expert should be in the depths of the mountain range."
Fang Chen looked at the map and said in a low voice. He then quickly headed towards the grave.
At this moment, there were many cultivators in the mountain range, rushing towards the grave.
Among them, there was a cultivator that Fang Chen was familiar with, the Black Armor Marquis of the Divine Statue Sect.
After the Black Armor Marquis entered the Divine Statue Sect, he was naturally also a nominal disciple. However, the nominal disciples of the Divine Statue Sect were treated much better than the nominal disciples of the Barren Sect.
Because he received Li Jinghong's comprehensive care, the Black Armor Marquis' cultivation increased faster than the Soaring Dragon Marquis. Currently, the Black Armor Marquis had already reached the peak of the 1st Condensing Reality Realm. He was only a step away from the 2nd Condensing Reality Realm.
This time, the Black Armor Marquis accepted the mission to complete it and obtain the mission reward. Then, he would break through the bottleneck and reach the 2nd Condensing Reality Realm.
Beside the Black Armor Marquis, there were a few nominal disciples. They looked at the Black Armor Marquis with great respect.
"Senior Brother Black Armor, we are almost at the grave." One of the disciples said in a low voice.
"Continue forward." The Black Armor Marquis said.
The disciples of the Divine Statue Sect continued forward. Of course, the Divine Statue Sect and the Barren Sect were not the only ones who wanted to explore the grave. There were also disciples from other Sects.
When Fang Chen arrived at the grave, he was shocked to find that the grave had already been opened by someone. It was obvious that someone had entered the grave.
"Someone beat us to it."
Fang Chen was slightly startled. He immediately plunged into the grave.
After entering the grave, Fang Chen discovered that he was in a very dark and narrow passage. The passage was pitch black and he could not see anything.
Fang Chen quickly advanced through the passage. After a while, Fang Chen walked out of the passage.
After leaving the passage, Fang Chen discovered that he was in an underground palace. However, Fang Chen was puzzled. Why did this underground palace look like a maze?
Fang Chen stood in the underground palace and looked around. In the end, he chose a path and continued forward.
Time passed bit by bit. In the blink of an eye, a day had passed. During this day, many disciples entered the grave.
Fang Chen walked around for a day and finally found some clues. He found some gaps in the maze. He used the gaps and finally walked out of the maze.
After walking out of the maze, Fang Chen discovered three stone doors. At this moment, a few figures appeared in the maze.
"Yes, someone came here early."
A trace of killing intent flashed in the eyes of the three cultivators. They looked at each other and said.
"Senior Brother Hu, what should we do?" A short cultivator asked in a low voice.
At this moment, Senior Brother Hu took a step forward. He looked at Fang Chen and asked, "Brother, the three of us are disciples of the Heavenly Crane Sect. May I know who you are?"
"Barren Sect," Fang Chen said softly. His gaze was completely focused on the three stone doors.
Hearing that Fang Chen was from the Barren Sect, Senior Brother Hu's eyes revealed a trace of fear. Then, the three of them exchanged glances and finally made a decision.
"Brother, this grave is very strange. Why don't we work together?" Senior Brother Hu said as he walked towards Fang Chen.
Fang Chen ignored the three of them. Just as Senior Brother Hu approached Fang Chen, a wild aura suddenly rushed towards him. In the next moment, Senior Brother Hu roared and a long saber appeared in his hand. He directly stabbed it towards Fang Chen.
"Hmph."
After the three of them appeared, Fang Chen had been on guard. At this moment, seeing Senior Brother Hu's long saber stabbing towards him, Fang Chen coldly snorted and instantly unleashed the Daluo Soul Killing Flame.
A Soul Flame suddenly appeared above his head. Fang Chen opened his eyes wide and glared at Senior Brother Hu. The latter instantly fell into an illusion. His eyes were dull, like a walking corpse. He even forgot to attack Fang Chen.
It was also at this moment that the Soul Flame drilled into Senior Brother Hu's head. In the next moment, Senior Brother Hu let out a miserable cry. Then, his body went limp and fell to the ground, lifeless.
This sudden scene also caused the other two people to be extremely shocked.
"His strength!"
One of the cultivators shouted in horror.
"Run!"
Senior Brother Hu was the strongest among the three of them. If even Senior Brother Hu wasn't a match for this person, they would only be courting death if they stayed.
As they spoke, the two of them directly drilled into the maze and disappeared in an instant.
"You guys ran fast enough."
Fang Chen sneered as he watched the two disappear into the distance.