After spending half a month, Yan Yue and Morin walked down the mountain while hunting demonic beasts and collecting medicinal herbs along the way. During this time, they encountered several groups of cultivators, but fortunately, they didn't collide with each other and left after greeting each other.
What made Yan Yue most excited was that in this half a month, she got three demonic cores of four levels. This time, she didn't just rely on traps, but also magic played a big role. It was much easier than digging traps and waiting for demonic beasts to fall into the trap alone.
For example, she didn't need to dig a pit with her own hands. She only needed to cast an earth spell and didn't need to bury any wooden stakes. She just needed to cast a wood spell.
It could be created out of thin air or with the help of external materials.
Yan Yue's external injuries from last time were healed, and her internal injuries were also mostly healed. There weren't many medicinal pills left from Cang Yu.
Yan Yue looked inside her body and found that it was stronger than before. Although it was only a little, even her cultivation had increased a lot. Of course, there was still a long way to go before she reached the middle stage of Qi Refining Stage Ninth Level.
On the other hand, Mo Lin's herb mission was almost complete. There were only a few herbs that he had yet to find.
There was still more than a month left before they handed in the task, so the two of them were busy.
Yan Yue didn't find the demonic core of the Mud Ox, but she wasn't worried. This was an open-ended task, so even if she didn't hand in anything, she didn't have to bear any responsibility.
It was just a pity that she had to pay the basic fee. The two of them encountered a few swamps, but there weren't any Mud Ox inside. It was obvious that other cultivators had hunted them all.
This task had been on the mercenary list for who knows how many years, so it was naturally difficult to find.
Mud Ox could be born from a mother's body, and could also breed naturally in the swamps. So even if there wasn't a single Mud Ox in the swamps, after a few years, it would give birth to a Mud Ox on its own. It could also be regarded as an immortal race!
Yan Yue and Morin planned to return to the town after more than twenty days in the middle of the periphery.
Morin still had one type of medicinal herb left, but he had exceeded the requirements for many of the other types. Thinking about it, the reward for completing the task might be less, but there wasn't much else.
Yan Yue also hunted four demonic cores of level four demonic beasts in the past twenty days. Not counting the level one, level two, and level three demonic cores, plus the two demonic cores she obtained when she was with Yogeno and the others, there were nine demonic cores of level four demonic cores in total.
Looking at it this way, it was really a big harvest.
As Yan Yue's subordinate, Morin didn't hide anything from Yan Yue. Occasionally, she would teach Morin some other demonic beast hunting techniques, and constantly let Morin rely on his body and wisdom to deal with low-level demonic beasts without using spiritual power. These days, Morin found that not only had his body's strength increased a lot, even the speed of absorbing spiritual energy had become faster. Moreover, his skills were also more flexible than before. In his heart, he was even more admiring and grateful to Yan Yue.
A week later, Yan Yue and Morin came to the entrance of the town again. This time, Yan Yue didn't look for a guide. Instead, she led Morin quickly past the enthusiastic crowd in front of the door to solicit business. Yan Yue's Divine Sense spread out, and the situation within a radius of six miles was clearly reflected in her mind. After finding the mercenary counter, she didn't delay for a moment and led Morin to the mercenary counter.
The mercenary counter didn't change much. It was still bustling with people, but there was always a dignified atmosphere in the air.
Did something happen?
Yan Yue saw that everyone was still as usual and didn't change, so she didn't think much about it.
However, the closer they got to the counter, the more dignified the atmosphere became.
But when Yan Yue was six to seven meters away from the counter, a guy next to her trotted up.
"The two of you, the counter is now over here on the west side. Look, it's over there. It's now here. It's better not to get close. It's not good to destroy the scene." The guy pointed to the west side and turned his head to explain to Yan Yue and Morin.
"Did something happen?
Why did they change the place? "It should be said that the place of the counter was only changed once in a few years!
Why did they change the place in just a few months? Yan Yue couldn't figure it out, so she asked.
The guy looked around and came over to Yan Yue and said, "Ai!
It's okay to tell you. Anyway, it's not a secret. About five days ago, the elder at the counter was killed. He was sitting there and was killed. At that time, many people saw him fall down with their own eyes!
So pitiful!
He had been sitting here for a few years and nothing had happened. Who would have thought … Ai, I don't know who did it. Even the cause of death can't be found.
And that elder had the cultivation of the Jindan Period. He died so inexplicably. I heard that his status in the headquarters was not ordinary. I heard that even the headquarters of Guang Ming Town sent people over to investigate something.
Ai!
I don't know if some enemy came looking for him. I'm afraid all of us will be frightened! "
How could a Golden Core Stage cultivator be killed in front of so many people, and without a sound?
How strong must the person be to have such terrifying strength?
This was an internal matter, so outsiders naturally couldn't interfere. Yan Yue also didn't say anything. She waved the guy away and went to the counter on the west side to hand over the task.
Yan Yue and Morin's task reward added up to a total of 6,300 low-grade spirit stones. Because mid-grade spirit stones were more precious than low-grade spirit stones, they only gave Yan Yue 3,000 low-grade spirit stones to mid-grade spirit stones.
But they were all the same currency!
Yan Yue didn't care so much. Because she didn't plan to rely on absorbing spirit stones to improve her cultivation, it didn't matter if she had low-grade spirit stones. Besides, her storage bag wasn't small, so she didn't have to worry about not being able to fit them.
In the end, Yan Yue also put all the level one, two, and three demon nuclei on her for them to buy. She was in urgent need of money now, so it was more important to get the Recovery Pill for the Tuantuan.
Although the price was lower than the actual price, there weren't many good things, so it wasn't a big loss. Just these level one, two, and three demon nuclei earned Yan Yue nearly 800 low-grade spirit stones.
Yan Yue didn't let Morin sell the extra medicinal herbs on him. It was good to keep them for him to practice alchemy. Even if they were sold, they wouldn't be worth much. However, Morin only had level one to level three alchemy manuals, which was still not complete. Level four and above alchemy manuals could only be found in auctions and some places with power.
Yan Yue had to let him practice alchemy manuals from level one to level three. Even if he didn't have a 100% success rate, he would at least have an 80% success rate. This way, his future alchemy would be easier.
Yan Yue's order made Morin busy again.
Yan Yue and Morin didn't have much property. Adding the mid-grade spirit stones, the remaining ones, Morin's, and the ones they got from this task, they only had 61 pieces in total. There were only 9300 low-grade spirit stones, which was still far from 100 mid-grade spirit stones.
Originally, Yan Yue thought that doing tasks was a fast way to make money, but she still felt that it was a little slow.
For cultivators with long lifespans, this was indeed a fast way to make money. However, Yan Yue's mindset, which she had brought from Earth, was not so easy to change. She had only earned more than six thousand low-grade spirit stones in two months. Wouldn't it take her many years to earn a hundred middle-grade spirit stones?
Wouldn't she be old then?
In fact, for cultivators in this world, people under 100 years old could be considered as teenagers. Cultivators lived longer than mortals. The higher their cultivation, the longer their lifespan.
As long as they didn't reach the end of their lifespan, their appearance would always be the same as when they were young.
Of course, the closer they got to the end of their lifespan, the older their appearance would be. As long as they broke through again, they would be fine. If they didn't break through when their lifespan was exhausted, they could only wait for death.
Moreover, once a cultivator died, they couldn't enter the cycle of reincarnation. They could only exist in another form through ghost cultivation.
As for mortals, they could enter the endless cycle of reincarnation.
After receiving the reward for completing the task, Yan Yue walked a few steps towards the management desk where the incident happened. She stood not far away and looked at it.
It was still the same table. On the left side of the table, there was a teacup base. In the middle of the table, there were some Jade Slips and Jade Tablets scattered around.
That chair had fallen to the right. Not far in front of it, there was a broken teacup. On the ground, there was a puppet wearing clothes. Presumably, the corpse was placed somewhere else. This was just a crime scene.
Slightly lowering her eyelids, Yan Yue didn't look at it anymore. She left the mercenary desk with Morin and his servant once again.
Morin, who was behind them, eagerly followed Yan Yue and asked, "Lord, where are we going?
Aren't we going to accept tasks to earn spirit stones? "
"Too slow!"
"Ah?" Morin was stunned for a moment. He didn't follow. In less than two seconds, he ran to Yan Yue's side.
He said, "Uh, that, actually, I think it's quite fast. How about, Lord, we go to Guang Ming Town?
It's not far from here, and it's much bigger than here. There should be more opportunities to earn spirit stones. "
Yan Yue's footsteps slowed down for a moment before she started moving again. A faint voice drifted through the air, "That's fine too!"
She didn't know what to do if she stayed here. She still couldn't completely integrate into this world. It seemed that many things couldn't be rushed. She had to take it slowly.
Yan Yue went to a ready-made clothing store and bought a few silver-white men's clothes. Of course, she chose very simple but exquisite mortal clothes. Spiritual clothes and Daoist clothes were too expensive. At least, she couldn't afford them now.
After thinking for a while, she finally bought two white women's clothes. After all, she was still a girl. There would be a time when she could wear it.
Morin didn't refuse. Seeing that Yan Yue had bought silver-white clothes, he also bought a few pieces.
Finally, the master and servant came to the Spring Breeze Bath that Yan Yue had visited last time. Yan Yue planned to book two private rooms, but Morin said that he could bathe in the lobby. Yan Yue let him be and still asked for a first-class private room.
Bathing, for Yan Yue, was a very enjoyable process. So even if she finished bathing in a quarter of an hour, she still stayed in the bath and didn't go out. She quietly enjoyed the process of bathing. Anyway, there were two hours!
Morin, who finished bathing in half an hour, had to wait outside the private room where Yan Yue was. He wanted to ask Lord to hurry up, but he really didn't have the courage.
When the two hours were almost up, Yan Yue finally came out of the bath.
She didn't use her spiritual power to dry the water droplets on her body. Instead, she took the towel that was prepared for guests in the bath to dry her body. Yan Yue didn't want to change these habits that she had brought from the modern world. Because that world was her root. She couldn't forget it, and she couldn't become a slave to spiritual power. Just like in that world, she always did things that others couldn't understand. Whenever others asked, her answer was always the same: I don't want to be a slave to machines.
Wearing the newly bought white men's clothes, Yan Yue took a clean towel from the side and wiped her wet long hair. Her hair was really not short now. It already reached her waist.
Raising her hand, she gently stroked her wet hair. Yan Yue's lips hooked up into a faint smile. She originally liked long hair very much, and now the quality of her hair was many times better than in the modern world.
When her hair was half dry, Yan Yue took out a large demon beast corpse from the space. In a flash, she threw it into the contracted pet space.
With another wave of her hand, a white ribbon appeared in Yan Yue's hand.
Yan Yue put the ribbon close to her nose and smelled it. There was no strange smell, so she was relieved. She was originally worried that the smell of the demon beast corpse would smell other things.