Skip this! Just tell me who to kill!

Lingzhu Market, entrance.

Qin Muyuan rode on Wangcai's back, with Fang Yuan in front of him. She was leading the way and saying:

"Senior Qin."

"The Fang family is located in Tianying County and is the largest aristocratic family in Tianying County."

"As one of the eight great families, the Fang family also possesses a clan-protecting formation called the [Heavenly Palace Nine-Strike Formation]. This formation can use nine different methods to simultaneously confuse, weaken, and attack the enemy."

"However, I have already investigated and found a flaw in this formation..."

Fang Yuan kept talking on and on.

However, Qin Muyuan didn't listen to a word he said.

For him, no matter how big or small the formation is, he just goes for it head-on and crushes it.

He knew nothing about breaking formations; for a writer of action-packed novels like him, the word "kill" was enough!

At this moment, Qin Muyuan had just bought a dice robe and was still browsing the game store with great interest.

The mall has countless items, everything you could possibly want.

It has all kinds of martial arts techniques, skills, and magic weapons, such as the [Breakthrough Pearl], [Deep Blue (weakened version)], and [Azure Dung Ascends the Steps].

These are all items, and they all require at least hundreds of millions of mall points to purchase.

At this stage, Qin Muyuan couldn't even scrape together a fraction of the money; he couldn't afford it.

Therefore, he mostly focuses his attention on things he can currently afford.

"Excuse me, everyone, please wait!"

Just then, a cold, sharp voice came from directly in front of him, interrupting Qin Muyuan's shopping spree.

All that could be seen ahead was...

A figure dressed in a blue Taoist robe with two green bamboos painted on it stood at the entrance of the Spirit Bamboo Market, waiting for Qin Muyuan and the other two demons.

The figure was a man with short hair and a buzz cut; he was neither particularly muscular nor thin.

The man stood in the path Qin Muyuan was walking on, holding a portrait in his hand.

He carefully compared the face of the person in the portrait with Qin Muyuan's, and then slowly nodded, confirming that Qin Muyuan was the person in the portrait.

Immediately, the man put away the portrait, looked at Qin Muyuan, and said:

"So it was you who broke into Lingzhu Market and killed the gatekeeper at the entrance?"

"It's me." Qin Muyuan turned off the panel and nodded slowly.

There was not a single sign that they denied it.

"Good!" Upon hearing this, the man clapped his hands and said:

"Since you don't deny it, then I'll obey your orders and tell you what's going on."

"Did you know that the gatekeeper at the entrance of Lingzhu Market is registered under the patronage of Lord Lingzhu Market?"

"By killing the gatekeeper, you have made an enemy of the lord!"

"Oh, and then?" Qin Muyuan asked upon hearing the words "Master of Lingzhu Pavilion".

"And then?" the man scoffed.

"According to the rules of Lingzhu Market, a thug like you who dares to attack the gatekeeper should be killed on the spot."

"but……"

After a pause, the man said:

"However, considering this is your first offense and your eagerness to seek revenge against the Yu family, the sect leader has decided to spare your life!"

"But while the death penalty may be waived, punishment... and reparations are not exempt!"

"The sect leader has ordered that if you can produce eight hundred low-grade spirit stones, your crime will be forgiven and you will be allowed to leave."

"Otherwise... heh heh!"

The man continued to emit a cold snort, much like a Piper bull.

The owner of Lingzhu Workshop only ordered him to ask the thug in front of him for 500 spirit stones.

However, he should earn some extra money since he's out here, right?

So he directly quoted 800 spirit stones.

The extra 300 spirit stones naturally ended up in his pocket, to be used as spirit stones for managing relationships and improving his cultivation level in the future.

The reason so many spirit stones are needed is because this opportunity is rare.

After all, in the past, it was always men who used their status to extort and demand money.

But this time, he was using the identity of the shop master.

One does one job for one identity. Since he is the owner of Lingzhu Workshop, he can naturally be more greedy.

"800 low-grade spirit stones?!"

Upon hearing the man's words, Fang Yuan frowned slightly.

It should be noted that as a member of the Fang family, the monthly stipend she could receive from the Fang family was only around 50 spirit stones.

This man actually dared to ask for an exorbitant 800 spirit stones just for a few gatekeepers?

Even with the influence of the late Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, Master Lingzhu, it would still cost less than 800 spirit stones!

Based on Fang Yuan's understanding of the owner of the Lingzhu Workshop, this person often used mortals to refine divination methods.

But this person is fair to both immortal cultivators and martial cultivators, so how could he possibly want so many spirit stones?

At most, it should be around 500 spirit stones!

Thinking of this, Fang Yuan narrowed her eyes:

"Are you sure you want 800 spirit stones?"

Upon hearing this, the man remained calm and composed, saying indifferently:

"Of course I'm sure. How could I possibly misunderstand what you, Master?"

"If you don't believe me, you can ask the lord of the workshop yourself—"

scoff!

A line of blood flashed, and the man's head fell to the ground.

On his face, there was a hint of smugness that he was about to successfully extort money.

"!" Fang Yuan was startled upon seeing this and looked at Qin Muyuan, who had made the move.

Qin Muyuan, however, completely ignored her and was checking the tasks on the task panel.

"After waiting for so long, the quest has finally been triggered."

Counterattack mission triggered

[The deceased servant of Lingzhufang, Lao Ba, has issued you a quest.]

[Task: Find the owner of Lingzhu Workshop and ask him whether you want 500 or 800 spirit stones]

According to your servant, Lao Ba, the owner of Lingzhu Workshop demands 800 low-grade spirit stones from you as compensation. However, observing the servant's changing expression, you suspect he might be trying to extort you. To investigate the truth, you decide to find the owner of Lingzhu Workshop and ask him how many spirit stones are actually required.

[Task Rewards: Experience Points +14000, Shop Points +60000, Blue Martial Art - Great Wilderness Heavenly Finger]

"The reward is pretty good, I'll accept this mission!"

Qin Muyuan quickly scanned the task panel and then swiftly switched the task guide from exterminating the Fang family to finding the Spirit Bamboo Workshop Master.

The moment Qin Muyuan saw the servant, he noticed a question mark above the servant's head.

Yes, it's a gray question mark, not the gold exclamation mark that appears when a task is triggered.

At that time, Qin Muyuan did not know what the question mark meant.

Until a prompt appears on the panel, telling him that the question mark indicates a new mission type called "Counterattack Mission".

This type of mission was designed based on Qin Muyuan's style of behavior in the game, specifically for players like him who enjoy killing and pursuing the thrill of combat.

The specific mechanism is that when you encounter an NPC with a gray question mark above their head, you can trigger a quest through certain methods.

The method could be that the NPC tells the story personally, or it could be a token given by the NPC, or other more covert means.

These methods are used to obtain information and keywords for the counterattack mission.

For example, the key phrase for this counterattack mission is "to personally inquire with Master Lingzhu."

Upon hearing this keyword, the task information appears, and the task is triggered.

And after it is triggered.

Just like the name of the counterattack mission—

Qin Muyuan will be able to launch a counterattack directly when the enemy provokes him!