Chapter 308 The 1st Task
After Xu Zhenfeng and Deacon Chen saw Shangguan Jinyi off, they came to the second floor of the Demon-Destroying Tower.
The decoration here is much more luxurious than that on the first floor.
There were no rows of paper pages pasted on the walls, and it was similar to the second floor of Jingmiao Pavilion, except that the private rooms here were separated by soundproof wood.
There is some distance between the private rooms, probably to protect the privacy of the monks.
Deacon Chen took Xu Zhenfeng to a private room, took out a booklet, and pushed it in front of Xu Zhenfeng with both hands.
"Mr. Xu, here are the bounty missions on the second floor. You can take a look at them first and then choose which mission you want to accept."
Xu Zhenfeng took it and saw that the booklet was as thick as a fist. After opening it, he found that it was filled with cardboard pages with a task written on each page.
He opened the first page, which stated that more than twenty Huangxuan level 2 monsters in Lushan County, Suyang Commandery, were led by a Di-level 1 monster and were hiding in the mountains and forests outside the county. They often attacked and killed people at night.
If you can kill this group of monsters, the reward offered by the Demon-Slaying Tower is ten medium-grade magic crystals, or thirty medium-grade spirit crystals, or fifteen medium-grade soul crystals.
A first-grade earth-level monster already has a middle-grade magic crystal, while a yellow-level monster cannot condense a magic crystal.
A Xuan-level monster does not necessarily have a magic crystal, and if it does, it is only a low-grade magic crystal.
In other words, if Xu Zhenfeng completed this task, he would surely obtain eleven medium-grade magic crystals.
Eleven?
Xu Zhenfeng's demand for magic crystals has now increased countless times, and will continue to double with every future promotion.
Seeing that he could only earn eleven mid-grade magic crystals by completing a ground-level mission, he was speechless.
Turning to the second page, there was another bounty for hunting down a third-grade earth-rank monster. This time the reward was a bit larger, with twenty mid-grade magic crystals.
He continued to flip through the pages, and the higher the page, the higher the reward for the mission.
After flipping through more than ten pages, he finally stopped.
The bounty mission on this page is to hunt down a fifth-grade Earth-rank monster. Although the monster is only fifth-grade Earth-rank, it once successfully attacked and killed a seventh-grade Earth-rank human genius cultivator.
This monster has no name and no one knows its real name, but it once successfully attacked and killed a seventh-grade Earth-rank cultivator of the human race.
Therefore, the Demon-Slaying Tower gave him the nickname Seven Demons.
The characteristic of the Seventh Demon is that he loves sneak attacks. He never fights the human race head-on, but always hides in the dark and suddenly attacks when the human monks are not paying attention.
Moreover, if he cannot win within ten moves, he will escape immediately and never fight to the end.
He had ambushed countless high-level earth-level cultivators of the human race, with a success rate of more than half.
If you can kill these seven demons, the Demon-Slaying Tower will offer a reward of fifty mid-grade magic crystals.
There is also an additional reward for the family of the seventh-grade Earth-rank human genius cultivator who was attacked and killed, which is three hundred middle-grade magic crystals.
This monster wasn't very strong, mainly because he was very good at hiding, and he would immediately escape when he saw the situation was not right.
Humans can't deal with demons who turn into mist and escape. Unless they are a heavenly cultivator who is much stronger than them, they can kill them before they turn into mist.
Or the monks may have magical weapons specifically for dealing with escaping monsters, and they must use them properly, otherwise there is no way to stop them, let alone chase them.
Xu Zhenfeng saw that it was written on this page that many monks had taken on this task, but no one could complete it.
Because it is difficult to track his whereabouts, and it is even more difficult to lure him into taking action or to block him somewhere.
The latest movement of the Seven Demons provided by the Demon-Destroying Tower was that he appeared in Xuyang County of Lu'an County half a month ago and attacked and killed a human cultivator. Although he did not succeed, he seriously injured the cultivator.
According to the habit of the Seventh Demon, he was looking for an opportunity to make the final move.
If monsters attack and kill human monks, they can also obtain rewards from the monsters.
After a monster successfully attacks and kills a human monk, it can not only obtain the monk's soul for cultivation, but also get extra rewards from the monster, which is no different from the human race's Demon-Killing Tower.
Xu Zhenfeng looked at the bounty mission on that page for a long time and decided to take it.
When Deacon Chen saw that Xu Zhenfeng had accepted the mission of killing the seven demons, he hesitated for a moment. He was afraid that Xu Zhenfeng would fail to kill the demons and be killed instead.
After all, he was only at the second level of the Earth Rank, while the Seven Demons were already famous fifth-level Earth Rank monsters.
He thought about it for a while and advised: "Mr. Xu, do you want to take a simpler task and try your hand first?
Wait until you have accumulated some experience and improved your strength, then come and take on the mission from the Seven Demons.
These seven demons are elusive and it is difficult to find their traces.
The Heavenly Rank cultivators were too lazy to take on such a laborious task of tracking down the enemy. The Earthly Rank cultivators who were stronger than him would have a hard time stopping him from escaping.
When you have accumulated some experience, these seven demons may still be on the bounty list."
Xu Zhenfeng shook his head. It is naturally difficult for humans to find monsters, but he is a demon.
Demonic energy naturally suppresses evil spirits, so it is much easier for him to find the seven demons than for humans.
Moreover, he dared to bet that if the seven demons found him, they would find a way to attack and kill him without him having to look for him.
"That's the task. The deadline is one month, right?"
Xu Zhenfeng asked.
Seeing that his persuasion was fruitless, Deacon Chen nodded and said, "If you fail to kill the seven demons within a month, it will be considered a mission failure."
"I have accepted this mission. If another monk also wants to accept this, will you give the mission to him as well?"
"of course not."
Deacon Chen smiled and said, "In the same period, the bounty mission can only be assigned to one person, otherwise, the completion of the mission will cause disputes."
Xu Zhenfeng nodded in relief, stood up, and suddenly asked again: "I killed the Seventh Demon, and his demonic body dissipated. How can I prove that I killed him?"
Steward Chen smiled and took out a white palm-sized wooden box from the storage space, handed it to Xu Zhenfeng, and said, "This is a special magic weapon that can collect dissipated demonic energy. It is called the Demon Gathering Box.
After you kill the seven demons, open this wooden box. It will collect all the demonic energy of the seven demons. Then you just need to bring the box back."
Xu Zhenfeng took the wooden box, opened it and saw that the inner wall was engraved with dense runes, which he could not understand.
After putting away the magic box, he bowed to Deacon Chen and said goodbye.
When Deacon Chen saw Xu Zhenfeng bringing a little kid wearing only a bellyband, he thought the kid was his disciple and did not ask any questions.
After leaving the Demon-Destroying Tower, Xu Zhenfeng took Huang Jing and was about to leave the city.
Huangjing Baby, however, was somewhat nostalgic for the soft beds and quilts in the human inn, as well as the delicious foods that he couldn't even name.
Seeing that Xu Zhenfeng was going to leave the city, the little thing became unhappy, and immediately clamored to stay in the capital of Dajin for a few more days.
Xu Zhenfeng couldn't tolerate his bad habits. Seeing that he was making so much noise, he slapped his little butt a few times, and then he started crying and behaving himself.
After leaving the city, the father and son found Cifeng and Golden-backed Goshawk in a forest. According to the map, they headed towards Lu'an County.