Those who reincarnate must die.

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That evening, Zhang Lang returned to the Adventurers' Guild and even skipped the front desk's accounting; Nangong Li invited him directly to his office on the second floor for tea.

"I've already sent people to verify the insect monster corpses that fell outside the city..." Nangong Li smiled. "The seven mission targets on the fifth floor are all there... I've also sent people to verify the five missions on the fourth floor. Although I haven't received any news yet, I trust Mr. Hunter's abilities and reputation."

"However, I hope you won't use such a rough method to drop the spoils next time; it causes a lot of damage to the protective shield..."

Zhang Lang nodded: "I was worried that it would be inconvenient for you to go into the water to verify... How about this, next time I'll throw them down to the lower level and mark the locations for you when I come back."

"That's for the best." Nangong Li picked up his teacup. "But speaking of which, Mr. Hunter's efficiency in completing tasks is truly astonishing."

"I was just about to say that..." Zhang Lang said, "What about tomorrow's task? Give it to me now. Today's task wasn't enough; I didn't get to enjoy it."

"Tomorrow..." Nangong Li almost spat out the tea he had just drunk: "Sorry, we haven't prepared that many missions... In fact, there aren't that many missions of yellow level or higher. After all, powerful monsters are ultimately a minority, and if there were too many big troubles, we wouldn't have been able to survive until now..."

At this point, Nangong Li tentatively asked, "You seem quite fixated on completing the mission itself. If possible, I can open up a batch of missions specifically for you... For example, killing a Ghost King Whip Spider, rated as yellow, and then issuing one hundred more..."

Zhang Lang shook his head; such shortcuts wouldn't work. Of the monsters he killed on the fifth floor today, two weren't actually needed by the guild. Zhang Lang just remembered seeing them yesterday and thought they were quite strong and difficult, so he had Nangong Li join them.

As it turned out, Zhang Lang did not receive any points for either of these tasks.

It seems that the altar has very strict requirements for tasks; only tasks that someone genuinely needs and offers a suitable price and difficulty level will count.

"So, how many tasks can I choose from each day?"

Nangong Li thought for a moment: "The high-difficulty tasks suitable for you are basically hunting powerful individual monsters, or clearing an area, opening up roads, etc... As for tasks that involve collecting a large number of certain corpse parts as materials, even if you can complete them, it's inconvenient to retrieve the loot..."

Listening to her analysis, Zhang Lang nodded.

"Considering this, considering the association's needs and the tasks submitted by the public... we can only provide a maximum of three to four tasks of yellow difficulty or higher each day."

"So few?" Zhang Lang was somewhat surprised. "I've seen quite a few yellow and red tasks on the bulletin board."

"The tasks on the bulletin board are still mostly blue and green," Nangong Li sighed. "Although there are quite a few yellow and above tasks, that's because they are more difficult and usually take several days, ten days, or even more than a month to complete, so they can stay on the bulletin board longer and update more slowly. At your rate of completing tasks, once the bulletin board is cleared out, there will be a gap between new and old tasks."

"Three or four 'ones'..." Zhang Lang did a rough calculation. At an average of seven or eight hundred points per task, that's two or three thousand points a day, and seventy or eighty thousand a month... a very generous reward, but he felt it wasn't enough...

We need other ways to become stronger.

"Are all the quests issued by the guild related to the World Tree?"

Zhang Lang's question surprised Nangong Li: "The mission of the Tree Shade City branch is indeed as stated. Conquering the World Tree is the branch's primary objective at present."

"Do you have any information about the monsters outside the World Tree?"

"Outside? You mean nearby?"

Zhang Lang nodded: "About a thousand kilometers away..." Zhang Lang estimated that it would be possible to make a round trip within an hour, which was quite convenient.

"We do have that..." Nangong Li suddenly realized, "I can issue quests to hunt these monsters!"

"No need..." Zhang Lang waved his hand: "I only need a map of this area, to mark the powerful monsters... and keep the level requirement for defeating them above level 18."

After today's hunt, Zhang Lang tested the Heavenly Punishment skill and found that defeating monsters level 15 and above has a chance to grant attribute points, while monsters level 18 and above will grant at least one attribute point. Even if the altar doesn't award any points, he'll still rely on Heavenly Punishment to get as many attributes as possible!

As for the powerful monsters on the World Tree that don't have any quests, he doesn't plan to touch them for the time being. If a relevant quest comes out in a few days, that would be much more valuable than a few attribute points.

Thinking of this, Zhang Lang couldn't help but smile bitterly. Being so meticulous about saving money was reminiscent of the ways of a poor, ordinary citizen back in the day.

This was no problem for Nangong Li, and he immediately sent someone to do it.

Thus began Zhang Lang's life of doing quests and fighting monsters day after day.

Every morning, I would go to the Adventurers' Guild to accept a quest, and then finish it in the morning. I would come back at noon to turn in the quest and have lunch. In the afternoon, I would go out and hunt powerful monsters in the vicinity, following the markings on the map.

Level 18 is a formidable hurdle for creatures from other continents; reaching this level essentially makes them powerful monsters that wreak havoc on a region.

However, on Qiongluo Island, where the ecology is thriving, spiritual energy is abundant, and development is limited, monsters above level 18 are not uncommon, making it difficult to accurately mark them on a map.

To this end, Nangong Li divided the map within a radius of one thousand kilometers around the World Tree into more than a dozen parts, enlarged each part to the size of a normal map, and then marked the monsters in them, even adding the images, habits and fighting methods of various monsters, and finally compiled them into a thick geographical and biological encyclopedia.

With the help of this map, Zhang Lang quickly explored the surrounding terrain in just a few days. He spent his mornings doing quests to earn points and his afternoons killing monsters to accumulate attributes, living a very comfortable life.

Days passed by, and soon, only a few days remained until our return.

That day, Nangong Li gave Zhang Lang only one task, a black difficulty one. What was even more unusual was that this task came from a private commission, and the target was not on the World Tree, but to hunt the giant wolf spider that lived in the west of Tree Shade City. The requirement was that it be female, and the head would be the trophy.

This is a super-giant tarantula, with a torso alone that is over ten meters long. Its eight legs, when spread out, extend to a length of over thirty meters. It is ferocious, swift in movement, and has a hunting level of over twenty. Even for a Mad Dragon-level adventurer, it is a severe challenge.

However, for Zhang Lang, this kind of monster was no different from the ones he hunted every day to earn attributes.

"That's a bit too little..." Zhang Lang was actually somewhat dissatisfied with the amount of work.

"That's all for today..." Nangong Li shrugged. "Once you're finished, you can come back to Xiaowei, and I'll have her help you organize some more..."

Zhang Lang had no choice but to agree. Following the instructions on the mission sheet, he arrived at the west side of Tree Shade City and quickly found two giant wolf spiders.

Judging from the details of the patterns on their backs, they are a male and a female, with the female being slightly larger than the male. They are lying motionless on the ground, while the male is standing in front of the female, raising its two front legs and swaying them from side to side, as if it is dancing.

"Courtship?" Having spent so much time on Qiongluo Island, Zhang Lang had some understanding of the habits of insects. However, he didn't care. He was only focused on the mission and rushed forward, quickly dismembering the female spider into eight pieces. Finally, he used Heavenly Punishment to destroy the monster's vitals, gaining two attribute points.

As for the male spider, it was quite clever. It slipped away the moment Zhang Lang appeared. Zhang Lang was too lazy to chase it. He simply cut off the part of the spider's body with venomous fangs and eight eyes from the front end, which we'll call the head for now.

With his spoils in hand, Zhang Lang carried them on his back all the way back to Tree Shade City.

When he arrived at the West Gate, he was pleasantly surprised to see that the male spider that had escaped had also been tied up with vines and placed there. Moreover, in order to allow this big guy to enter the city smoothly, the staff were widening the entrance of the protective shield.

To be able to capture someone alive is no simple feat. When did Tree Shade City acquire such a master?

Zhang Lang sighed inwardly as he returned to the guild.

"Hmm? The guild is unusually lively today..."

From a distance, Zhang Lang could see many adventurers gathered outside the guild hall, peering inside, as if something interesting had happened.