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Chapter 225 Mission
Holy Land.

Main hall and rear hall.

This is where the sacred ground of cultivation issues various tasks, and it is also the most important part of the sacred ground of cultivation. On the one hand, resources need to be competed for no matter where they are, and on the other hand, both martial arts and Taoist cultivation require experience.

The Holy Land's treasury is rich in resources; almost everything needed by those below the Grandmaster level can be found here. Holy Land disciples need to take on missions to acquire resource points and then exchange them for what they need.

now.

The rear hall was bustling with people, with nearly a hundred people gathered there, which is usually the case here.

Wu Ming walked silently into the main hall, his gaze sweeping over the people inside before turning his attention forward.

Inside the main hall, there was a light screen displaying various tasks, including 'guarding the mining area', mining 'Star River Sand', and capturing criminals.

The rewards for these tasks start from 1,000 resource points, with the highest reward reaching as high as 300,000 resource points!
However, the basic requirement for this mission is to reach the Grandmaster level of 'Seven Bloods' or 'Seven Refinements'. Wu Ming only glanced at it before quickly looking away.

With his current strength, even if he goes all out, he can reach the threshold of a Grandmaster, but that's just the threshold. If he were to face a Grandmaster-level being, he could only flee and would find it difficult to confront them head-on.

Keep looking down.

Wu Ming's eyes flickered slightly as he spotted a task.

—Stationed at the desolate rocky vein for three months.

The requirement is to be at least at the sixth level of the Refinement and Blood Realm, and to be strong enough. After three months, you can get a total of 20,000 resource points.

It may seem like a small amount, but in reality, Wu Ming's five years of cultivation have consumed less than 10,000 resources. As long as he completes this task, the resources he gains will be enough for him to cultivate until he reaches the seventh level of cultivation.

"That's it."

After a brief moment of thought, Wu Ming immediately made his choice.

He arrived at the front of the main hall, found a holy land official in charge of the mission handover, bowed respectfully to the official, and said, "Wu Ming of Qingming Peak, accept the mission of guarding the desolate stone vein."

After listening, the person in charge glanced at Wu Ming and said, "This task requires ten people. Nine people have already taken it on. We need one more person. If you want to take it on, you need to get the approval of the previous nine people."

Upon hearing this, Wu Ming raised an eyebrow slightly.

No wonder the requirements for this mission mention that 'you need to be strong enough'. This 'strong enough' is not a requirement for accepting the mission, but rather for gaining the approval of the other members.

After all, judging from the mission description, this is a mission that requires guarding a certain area and ten people to work together. If someone is too weak and is opposed by the other nine, then naturally they cannot accept the mission.

The mission is currently missing one person, and the last person has yet to be added. This is probably because the previous nine people are all quite capable, and no one has been able to gain the approval of the other nine.

"I can try."

Wu Ming responded to the person in charge.

He was somewhat confident in his own abilities.

"it is good."

The steward glanced at Wu Ming. He was unfamiliar with Wu Ming and knew that Wu Ming was probably a new disciple who had only joined the Holy Land a few years ago. The task of guarding the desolate stone vein was not simple, and Wu Ming's strength might not be enough, but since Wu Ming wanted to try, there was nothing wrong with that.

In any case, the first nine people won't accept the addition of a weak person.

……

Danzhu Peak.

The sacred land contains thousands of mountains and peaks, but not every peak has an owner; Danzhu Peak is one of the peaks without an owner.

Or perhaps it once had an owner, but over the long years, the peak master who ruled this peak died and perished, and there was no successor, ultimately leaving this peak with only a name.

Although the Dao Saints and Martial Saints who have undergone nine refinements and nine blood attain long lifespans, they still cannot achieve immortality. According to Wu Ming, upon reaching the level of nine blood and nine refinements, the former can continuously possess and reincarnate through their primordial spirit, while the latter's blood energy remains constant and undiminished, remaining intact for a thousand years. However, this situation can only last for a thousand years. After a thousand years, the decaying power on both Dao Saints and Martial Saints will increase significantly.

This is also known as 'the calamity of decline'!
This is one of the rules governing the operation of heaven and earth, and it cannot be defied. Once one cannot defy it, one will die and perish.

However, the calamity was still too far away for Wu Ming. Right now, he only had one goal: to acquire more resource points, then focus on his cultivation and strive to enter the seventh level of cultivation as soon as possible.

Before the Seven Refinements, he mainly cultivated Taoist arts, but he still had a great weakness. Once his physical body was destroyed, no matter how strong he was, it would be useless. He would not be able to possess another body and reincarnate, and would only slowly perish.

However, once he breaks through the seventh level of cultivation, even if his physical body is destroyed, he can still seize another body and reincarnate to rebuild his physical body. In this way, the greatest weakness of Daoist cultivators will no longer exist.

At the foot of Danzhu Peak.

All that could be seen was a desolate and dilapidated pavilion, which looked like it had been unrepaired for over a thousand years.

There were nine figures in total, inside and outside the pavilion, some standing, some sitting, some standing alone, and some talking in pairs.

"Senior Brother Chu, your Junior Brother Da Fan is truly extraordinary. He has only been a disciple of your Po Jun Peak for five short years, yet his strength has already reached the peak of the sixth level. I heard that he recently competed with a junior brother from Zi Yun Peak for a mission and defeated him in just three moves."

"Yes, I've heard about this too. Senior Sister Yunying from Ziyun Peak was quite annoyed when she heard about it and is going to cause trouble for your Junior Brother Da Fan... Speaking of which, Da Fan is strong enough. It would be perfect if you let him come and guard the Desolate Stone Vein with us. Why bother competing with Ziyun Peak for those few missions?"

Several figures were speaking to a young man standing with a knife. The young man's name was Chu Chen, a disciple of Po Jun Peak, and considered Da Fan's senior brother.

After listening to their conversation, Chu Chen shook his head slightly and said, "The Purple Cloud Peak has practically treated those missions as their own private domain. They've never handed them over to anyone else all these years. Missions in the Holy Land are meant to be fought for. Junior Brother Da Fan has always been warlike, so it wouldn't hurt for him to go and compete for them."

There is competition among the peaks in the Holy Land, especially in terms of missions. Some good missions have basically become the private domain of some of the top peaks. They are the ones who take over the missions every time there is a rotation. Ziyun Peak is one of the top peaks and has monopolized many excellent missions.

Because Ziyun Peak is powerful enough, others will give it some face and not compete with it. However, the Holy Land has never lacked hotheads like Da Fan, who don't care about the strength of any force. They only know that according to the rules of the Holy Land, all tasks can be competed for freely, and if they happen to come across one, they will directly participate in the competition.

Po Jun Peak is also a strong peak in the upper reaches of the mountain, so it is not afraid of Zi Yun Peak.

"Hmm, someone's here. Who's going to 'greet' them?"

As the group was talking, someone's gaze suddenly shifted, and they looked up into the distance, a glint of light flashing in their eyes.

Those coming here at this time must be disciples who want to take on the mission of guarding the desolate stone vein. Those who accept this mission will be working together to guard a secret place for the next three months. If the person coming is not strong enough, then of course it won't work.

"Let me do it."

Chu Chen picked up his long sword and strolled out to greet them as if taking a leisurely walk.

Seeing Chu Chen stand up, the others stopped moving and all looked in his direction. They saw Chu Chen step out of the dilapidated stone pavilion and walk towards them. At the foot of the mountain ahead, a figure carrying a long spear was walking towards them. The person was none other than Wu Ming.

"Po Jun Peak, Chu Chen, which peak does this junior brother come from?"

Chu Chen looked at Wu Ming from afar, slung his long sword over his shoulder, and asked Wu Ming a question.

"Qingming Peak, Wu Ming."

Wu Ming was stepping forward, about a hundred feet away from Chu Chen. Hearing Chu Chen's words, he responded calmly. His voice was not loud, but it clearly reached Chu Chen's ears.

Wu Ming of Qingming Peak?
Upon hearing this name, the people inside the dilapidated stone pavilion exchanged glances.

Within the sacred cultivation grounds, Qingming Peak, though considered a weaker peak in the lower reaches, was still a name that many had heard of. However, the name 'Wu Ming' was completely unfamiliar to them.

Chu Chen had never heard of Wu Ming's name either. Although Wu Ming was the number one genius in Yong Kingdom and even won the top three in the Hundred Kingdoms Genius Battle, in the Holy Land of Cultivation, genius was just the starting line. No one would pay attention to the new disciples who had just entered the Holy Land. Wu Ming had been in the Holy Land of Cultivation for five years. Although he was no longer a new disciple, he had been in seclusion and had no reputation.

“Junior Brother Wu, now that you’ve come here, you should know that the Desolate Stone Vein is a special and wondrous place in the Abyss. The stone vein contains Desolate Yuan Stones, which are extremely valuable, but they are often attacked by demons and are quite dangerous. If you want to join us and guard the Desolate Stone Vein together, you’ll have to show off your skills.”

Wu Ming walked a little further and stopped about thirty feet in front of Chu Chen. He calmly asked, "What advice do you have for me, Senior Brother Chu?"

After hearing Wu Ming's words, Chu Chen smiled slightly and suddenly said, "Junior Brother Wu, please forgive me!"

Swish!
In the next instant, he suddenly sprang up, and with a leap and a stride, he closed the distance by more than 20 feet. When he was still about 10 feet away, he raised the long sword on his shoulder and slashed at Wu Ming from a distance.

This strike was terrifying. Chu Chen's entire body erupted with surging blood energy, and a mighty martial intent soared into the sky, condensing on the longsword. With a single slash, the sword light stretched for ten feet, pressing down directly from the sky!

The disciples of the Holy Land are all geniuses. For them, the sixth level of blood condensation is just the basic requirement to master the ultimate skill. By using martial arts intent to control the blood energy of the sixth level of blood condensation, the moves they unleash can already be solidified.

That sword aura, stretching for ten zhang, undoubtedly possessed power at the level of a top expert among the six bloodlines!
Faced with Chu Chen's attack, Wu Ming responded quickly. He remained calm and composed. He had already moved when Chu Chen made his move, but he moved not his body, but his primordial spirit.

In an instant, the primordial spirit and soul drew upon the void, condensing a full eighteen Shangqing Thunder Talismans within it. These Thunder Talismans intertwined and circled, forming a ring with a single, dazzling lightning point as its core, transforming into a bolt of azure divine thunder that thunderously struck out.

boom! ! !
The azure lightning and the crimson sword energy collided and exploded instantly, producing a deafening roar.

Between Wu Ming and Chu Chen, the ten-zhang-long stretch of earth suddenly cracked open from the very center, the cracks spreading all the way to the two of them. The power of their collision was terrifying.

This is a master of the Six Blood Refinements, whose strength has truly reached an 'inhuman' level. Ordinary soldiers, even thousands of troops, would find it difficult to stop an existence of this level.

hum.

Chu Chen held the knife in both hands, watching the cracked earth spread all the way to his feet. His hands felt slightly numb, and his body swayed, but he managed to steady himself and did not retreat.

On the other side, Wu Ming stood still, completely motionless. However, everyone in the stone pavilion in the distance saw Wu Ming unleash his primordial spirit technique and was astonished by the power of his thunder magic.

"good."

A look of surprise flashed across Chu Chen's eyes. He then sheathed his longsword, laughed heartily, and said, "Junior Brother Wu Ming's strength is indeed remarkable. With this lightning magic technique, he is more than qualified to join us."

Upon seeing this, the people in the stone pavilion exchanged glances and nodded in agreement.

"Junior Brother Wu, I am Huang Jifeng Fang Zhe."

"My name is Li Ling from Changlan Peak."

……

Seeing Wu Ming block Chu Chen's sword technique with a single divine thunder technique, the people inside and outside the stone pavilion bowed to Wu Ming, introduced themselves, and exchanged a brief introduction with him.

They weren't competing for the right to take on this mission; they just needed companions of similar strength. Since Wu Ming had demonstrated his abilities, they naturally had no objections.

"Junior Brother Wu's lightning magic is truly extraordinary. May I ask when Junior Brother Wu became a disciple of Qingming Peak?"

After introducing himself, Fang Zhe took the initiative to ask Wu Ming questions.

As a cultivator of the Nascent Soul stage, he was quite surprised to see that Wu Ming's lightning technique was extraordinary. He wondered when such a person had appeared on Qingming Peak, as he had never heard of him before.

"Five years ago, I was lucky enough to survive the Battle of the Hundred Kingdoms and was able to join the Azure Peak."

Wu Ming nodded slightly to Fang Zhe in response; there was no point in hiding this information.

"five years ago?"

Chu Chen walked over carrying a long sword. When Wu Ming mentioned the Hundred Kingdoms Prodigies Battle five years ago, he suddenly remembered something and was slightly surprised. He said, "Da Fan joined our Po Jun Peak five years ago. Were you in the same class as him?"

"Yes."

Wu Ming nodded slightly.

Chu Chen carefully examined Wu Ming and laughed, "Da Fan's class was truly full of hidden talents. Da Fan, after joining our Po Jun Peak, broke through to the sixth level of Blood Condensation in less than two years. In the following three years, his strength improved by leaps and bounds, and now he is no less than me. Junior Brother Wu, I think your talent in Daoist arts is not much worse than Da Fan's."

Wu Ming shook his head and said, "Above the Grandmaster level, it's all just playing around, not worth mentioning."

Those Daoist cultivators and martial artists who can enter the sacred cultivation grounds are all geniuses. They enjoy various resources within the sacred grounds and will basically be able to enter the Seven Blood Seven Refinements stage and become grandmasters in the future.

Before reaching the Grandmaster level, the various geniuses in the Holy Land are generally not too different. As long as they undergo enough training and cultivation, they can all reach the top level of the Six Blood Six Refinements. It's just a matter of sooner or later.

The real turning point came after entering the Seven Blood and Seven Refinements stage.

Many exceptionally talented individuals, after reaching the Seven Blood Refinements and Seven Transformations, are unable to comprehend the workings of the laws of heaven and earth, and are unable to grasp the principles of the Dao. They waste decades or even centuries, ultimately stopping there. Such cases are numerous.

What many Daoist geniuses are proud of is the fusion of Dharma forms at the fifth level of refinement, or what martial arts geniuses master at the fifth time of blood coagulation... These are just basic skills for a grandmaster who has undergone seven blood and seven refinements.

Only the most brilliant geniuses, the true unparalleled heroes, can continue to shine brightly after becoming masters.

“Junior Brother Wu is right. Before becoming a Grandmaster, no achievement is worth mentioning.”

Upon hearing Wu Ming's words, Li Ling couldn't help but agree.

Those who can enter the Holy Land are all geniuses, and their sights will not be limited to the Grandmaster realm of Seven Bloods and Seven Refinements. However, only after truly stepping into the Seven Bloods and Seven Refinements can they understand how difficult the subsequent path is. From the Seven Bloods and Seven Refinements to the Eight Bloods and Eight Refinements, and then to the Nine Bloods and Nine Refinements, almost every step is as difficult as ascending to heaven. The achievements made before the Seven Bloods and Seven Refinements are indeed not worth mentioning.

(End of this chapter)