With the Thousand Faces Spirit Runes in effect, Lu Ye's appearance underwent significant changes. His stature even shortened, transforming into a beefy guy with a bushy beard. With the Pseudo-Might Spirit Runes activated, his Mana fluctuations were also masked to the Moon Jade Mid-Stage level.
Putting away the Boulder Mountain Saber, a standard physique cultivator was freshly out of the oven.
Only then did he take out the Asura Authority Token. With a single thought, he arrived at the Reward Hall.
This was his first ti here. Raising his gaze, he saw a huge do hanging above. Looking around, the entire Reward Hall seed to stretch endlessly, clearly a massive enclosed space whose exact location within the Sky Asura World was unknown.
There were nurous cultivators coming and going, making the place bustling.
Observing carefully, Lu Ye saw the entire Reward Hall divided into distinct areas, each sequentially numbered as A, B, C, D, etc. Within these areas, small secluded rooms were further sectioned off, each with its own number.
Quite a few of these small rooms were filled with cultivators entering and exiting.
Gui Yi had previously discussed this information with Lu Ye, so he was aware these small rooms were places for cultivators to negotiate task details, where tasks are both posted and accepted, and agreents are made to et in a specific room to carefully discuss terms.
He turned his head and found a spot near the corner to stand, then imrsed his mind into checking his Asura Authority Token.
In the Asura Field, the Asura Authority Token has comprehensive applications, vital to every aspect of a cultivator's engagent. Located inside the Reward Hall, cultivators can use it to investigate various bounty tasks.
Infusing Mana and focusing his thoughts, a translucent light screen instantly appeared in Lu Ye's view, as if hovering in front of him, listing rows of information.
These were, undoubtedly, bounty tasks.
Lu Ye examined carefully, discovering the top-listed task was related to the Asura Field.
Provide any concrete information about the specific location of the Asura Field — reward: 80 million Asura Seal.
Lu Ye raised his brow.
There's no doubt this bounty was posted by a Sun Blaze. After all, 80 million Asura Seal is not a trivial sum, but only a Sun Blaze would possess such capital.
Before arriving, he knew many strong figures were interested in the Asura Field. Throughout history, countless people had sought this stellar space supre treasure, yet no definitive clues had ever been found. Everyone knew the Asura Field was hidden within the Asura stellar territory, but the problem was finding it.
Because anyone entering the area covered by the Asura Field would directly appear in the Sky Asura World and upon exiting beyond its bounds, would re-enter the training scene.
No one knows what the true Asura stellar territory looks like.
This task had likely been posted for a long ti, but despite the high reward, no one could claim it.
Lu Ye looked further down.
Kill Zhao Kong — accumulated bounty of 58.56 million Asura Seal.
Kill Hu Yingying — accumulated bounty of 57.42 million Asura Seal.
Kill Ma Bin — accumulated bounty of 56.9 million Asura Seal.
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As Lu Ye read on, he saw that tasks with bounties exceeding tens of millions typically involved assassinating certain cultivators.
He even saw the nas Arbuluo and Gu Sheng among them, each having a bounty totaling nearly ten million too. He wondered what dreadful deeds they had committed to provoke such wrath.
This wasn't just a bounty board; it was a Kills Ranking!
However… Lu Ye's gaze landed on the third-ranked na: Ma Bin. Was this Ma Bin the Ma Bin he knew, or was it just a nasake?
The na Ma Bin isn't rare, considering the large population of the human race. Surely, this must be a Sun Blaze, and a very strong one at that.
Lu Ye hazarded a guess: could this Ma Bin be the forr Nine Provinces senior he'd once crossed paths with?
Even if it were, he couldn't help, for the Sun Blaze-level confrontations were beyond what he could engage in now.
It seed likely that after killing a Sun Blaze in the All Phenona Ocean years ago, Ma Bin fled to the Asura Field. Otherwise, why would his bounty be listed here?
Lu Ye now had so Insight into the forr Nine Provinces issues; back then, he didn't know why Ma Bin went to kill a Sun Blaze from the All Phenona Ocean, but now he had a vague understanding.
Calming his mind, Lu Ye continued reading.
After the tens of millions mark, there was a dramatic drop, for tasks no longer involved hunting cultivators, but were ordinary bounty tasks, hence lacking cumulative bounties.
Task varieties were plentiful, ranging from seeking elixirs, finding companions for exploring certain scenarios, to searching for missing friends and family.
Lu Ye felt puzzled; what did Nan Lian want him to do in the Reward Hall? These tasks seed unrelated to him.
Yet as he continued looking, he suddenly spotted a task that made his eyes light up.
The mysterious poison that devours blood Qi, its source unknown, causes the victim's blood Qi to decline, and can only be supplented with superior blood Qi pills to sustain life, with a bounty of three hundred thousand Asura Seals.
This mission... is undoubtedly very suitable for him.
Under the powerful incinerating force of the Talent Tree, he can definitely resolve any kind of mysterious poison. Three hundred thousand Asura Seals is quite a lot; his previous experience only earned him a little more than a hundred thousand. Completing this mission would be equivalent to two practice sessions.
Coming here was indeed the right decision, and he was pleasantly surprised.
But on second thought, Lu Ye realized sothing was amiss. Nan Lian instructed him to co and specifically reminded him to change his appearance, definitely not to let him take on this mission. She couldn't possibly know he possessed a Talent Tree that could help detoxify.
So this is just an unexpected gain; there must be another reason for Nan Lian's guidance.
However, it must be ntioned that there are quite a few detoxification missions, and the mysterious poison that even cultivators are helpless against is clearly not so easy to tackle. Perhaps so Sun Blaze cultivators have the ability, but those with such skills may not even look at these bounty rewards.
Lu Ye secretly took note of these missions, planning to accept them later.
Watching for a while longer, Lu Ye finally understood Nan Lian's intention for directing him here.
Because on this bounty list, there is a whole row of tasks that are almost identical.
And the mission description is: In the Moon Jade Ranking Strife, injured by soone wielding a saber, with peculiar wounds difficult to heal, suspected poisoning, bounty thirty thousand Asura Seals.
At first glance, Lu Ye understood the situation; those injured with a saber in the Moon Jade Ranking Strife were wounded by him, weren't they?
Those guys he injured had the barghest's power lingering at their wounds, making recovery difficult. It's only natural that they mistakenly think they're poisoned because the barghest's power is so strange; if Lu Ye wasn't the owner of the Barghest Saber, he probably wouldn't imagine such a nauseating force exists in the world.
Actually, the barghest's power is not unsolvable; with sufficient cultivation, one can forcefully suppress and remove it. Like how Sky Inkstone previously sought help from his clan's Sun Blaze. But even for a Sun Blaze, doing this is very difficult, requiring ti and effort.
And the simplest thod is to ignore it!
Because the barghest's power has a certain duration. Lu Ye doesn't know how long this ti is, but it definitely won't be too long. When the ti is up, it will naturally dissipate.
But who dares to ignore it?
With such injuries on their body, bleeding incessantly, anyone would be terrified and naturally want to resolve it as soon as possible for peace of mind.
Nan Lian probably saw or heard about these missions by chance, which is why she directed Lu Ye to the Reward Hall.
Because she thinks, since the wounds of these people were caused by Lu Ye's poison, there must be a corresponding detoxification thod, and as for changing appearance...
That's a given; who would poison others and then take on bounty missions to help detoxify? Doing so would invite resentnt indeed.
But... thirty thousand Asura Seals as bounty—who is this looking down on? Lu Ye felt indignant, yet also aware that the bounty amounts are not determined by the cultivator's will; these are prices set by the Asura Field.
Thirty thousand it is; fortunately, there are many of these missions.
Lu Ye roughly counted: he fought over two hundred battles in the combat field, which ans over two hundred cultivators were injured by him.
But here, there are only about a hundred missions; clearly, not everyone ca here to post a task.
But it doesn't matter; as long as he completes one mission and word spreads, more missions should appear. One mission's thirty thousand is indeed modest, but what about a hundred or two hundred?
This is the path to becoming wealthy.
Lu Ye's thoughts beca lively; he hadn't even spent a month in the Asura Field and had already gained benefits worth three to four million Asura Seals from Walnut. If he could earn another few million Asura Seals on his own...
If this can be repeated, wouldn't he quickly beco wealthy? Maybe he'd even accumulate enough Asura Seals to exchange for the Asura Field Treasure.
But he also knew this was just wishful thinking, because even if he leaves the Asura Field and cos back, he won't start at the bottom of the ranking again.
The Asura Field records his rank on the Moon Jade Ranking and his previous performances, arranging him a suitable ranking the next ti he enters.
So starting from scratch on the ranking only happens once, unless he ascends to Sun Blaze.
In a flash, Lu Ye used the Asura Authority Token to accept a bounty mission.
Soon after, the Asura Authority Token started vibrating. Lu Ye investigated, discovering it was a cultivator he had never contacted or interacted with who was reaching out to him.
Clearly, this was the Asura Field rules operating; after taking a mission, Lu Ye could briefly communicate with the mission poster, without needing mutual token exchanges.
The other party was obviously anxious because their wounds had not healed, making it impossible to participate in training, and they were even unsure if they might bleed to death one day.
Lu Ye looked around and gave the other party a number before putting away the Asura Authority Token, and he started walking towards that direction.
There was a small, secluded room partitioned off, the door wide open, clearly unoccupied and perfect for use.
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