Chapter 118: Completed the Task Right After Accepting It?
After hearing this sudden System side quest, Long Tao’s pupils abruptly contracted, and his hands unconsciously tightened.
He had originally only taken the other party for so insignificant petty thief, planning to give him a small punishnt before expelling him from the sect.
Who would have thought his background was actually this formidable, to the point that even the System had specially issued a task because of him!
“Destiny Luck Thief”—just this title alone was enough to make one fearful.
The path of destiny luck was profound and unfathomable; even ordinary Golden Core True Persons could hardly glimpse its threshold, let alone control and wield it.
Of course, the Wuyi Sect Golden Core he had encountered in the Secret Realm last ti was clearly an exception… that person had definitely not been ordinary.
And judging from Xiao Ying’s description and the System task’s prompt, this person could actually convert the stolen destiny luck into sothing like a charm aura, and it directly affected the soul.
As a result, ordinary thods used to detect Charm Techniques were completely ineffective.
That was terrifying.
Moreover, this person had targeted the destiny luck of Nan Yuchen, a Child of Destiny.
He was absolutely no simple character.
Imdiately afterward, an even crazier speculation surfaced in Long Tao’s mind.
Since he could steal destiny luck… could it be that this person also possessed sothing like a System? After all, if he was trying to infiltrate the sect under the identity of a seeker of the Dao and beco a disciple, his cultivation was most likely in the early Qi Refining stage, or perhaps he was even just a mortal.
With such low cultivation yet able to manipulate destiny luck, he must have so overwhelmingly powerful cheat—like a System, or perhaps so old grandpa living inside a ring.
“Young Master? What’s wrong?” Seeing Long Tao suddenly frown, Xiao Ying asked with concern.
“Oh, I was just thinking that Little Xi had just arrived here and was already targeted by such a lecher. It’s truly frustrating. I’m worried this might affect her mood. After all, no one wants to encounter sothing so disgusting right at the starting point of their immortal path.”
“Exactly!” Xiao Ying puffed up her cheeks in anger.
“Just thinking about Miss suffering such humiliation makes upset! But rest assured, Young Master. I’ve morized that man’s appearance clearly. He looks like he thinks he’s suave and charming, but in truth he’s utterly wretched. He’s highly recognizable.”
Seeing Xiao Ying so confident, Long Tao relaxed a little, yet he still didn’t dare be careless.
After all, this was a System task.
Even if it was only a temporary side quest, it probably wouldn’t be that simple.
…
Before long, the Cloud Vessel passed through the clouds between two semicircular azure jade mountain gates and arrived above the Grand Ceremony Plaza.
Long Tao found an empty spot to hover the flying vessel and leaned against the railing together with Xiao Ying.
Like the other sect disciples who had co to watch the spectacle, they admired this grand event held once every three years.
“There are way too many people!” Xiao Ying exclaid as she looked below.
Unlike Xiao Ying, who had never personally attended the ceremony before, this was already the third ti Long Tao had witnessed such a scene.
But compared to the grand occasion before him, the spectacle six years ago when he had entered the sect was indeed inferior.
By rough estimation, the number of participants this ti was nearly double that of back then.
“There really are a lot. Much more than in my year,” Long Tao sighed.
Xiao Ying also grew excited, but as she looked at the groups of seekers of the Dao below, she suddenly felt fortunate that she didn’t have to participate in the entry ceremony.
It was far too crowded—it must be exhausting.
“And judging by these numbers, there’ll probably be two or three Heavenly Spiritual Roots.”
“Oh! Then will we get to see several Golden Core True Persons fighting over disciples again?”
Since joining the sect, Xiao Ying had often heard about the famous scene three years ago when Nan Yuchen’s astonishing talent caused three Golden Core cultivators to compete to take him as a disciple.
Though she had always harbored a bit of unwillingness toward Nan Yuchen, she couldn’t help but yearn for such a scene.
“Not necessarily.” Long Tao chuckled and patiently explained, “For Golden Core True Persons, especially the Peak Masters, Heavenly Spiritual Roots are rare, yes—but not to that exaggerated extent. The reason Junior Brother Nan was fought over back then wasn’t just because of his Heavenly Spiritual Root. It was also because of his temperant displayed in the illusion trial, his willpower while ascending the Heavenly Ladder, and his extraordinary comprehension of cultivation techniques. In all three aspects, he was at the very top tier. With just a Heavenly Spiritual Root alone, at most one would directly advance to the Inner Sect. It wouldn’t be enough to make Golden Core True Persons compete to accept him as a Personally Transmitted Disciple.”
Hearing her Young Master praise Nan Yuchen again, Xiao Ying unconsciously pouted and asked unhappily, “Then what about ? How am I?”
“You?” Long Tao laughed.
“Your talent far surpasses things like spiritual roots and temperant. Who could even compare to you? Xiao Ying, you’re the most formidable. At least in the past several decades, I’ve never heard of anyone being directly accepted as a Personally Transmitted Disciple from outside the sect.”
These words imdiately made Xiao Ying beam with joy, her earlier displeasure vanishing into thin air.
She then leaned over the railing and began searching for Long Xi among the crowd.
However, before finding her own Miss, she first caught sight of an unpleasant figure.
“Young Master… my eyesight isn’t strong enough to see clearly, but I think I’ve spotted that black-clothed lecher.”
“What! Where? Point him out to !”
Long Tao hadn’t expected to discover sothing so quickly.
He was both surprised and sowhat incredulous.
Could this task really be so easy?
“Over there. A man in black. It’s too far for to see clearly, but it looks like he’s surrounded by several people.”
Following Xiao Ying’s finger, Long Tao indeed saw a man dressed in black fitted clothes, styled like a Jianghu wanderer.
Perhaps because of the distance, Long Tao couldn’t discern any so-called charm from him.
But a group of people had clearly ford a small circle around him, making him stand out compared to the loosely scattered crowd nearby.
Just as Long Tao focused and pondered in confusion, the System’s notification sound truly rang in his mind—
【Side Quest Completed: Searching for the Destiny Luck Thief.
Reward: 1 point of Soul Lamp Value.】
【Subsequent Quest Triggered: Investigate the Destiny Luck Thief and prevent him from stealing the destiny luck of the Child of Destiny, Nan Yuchen.】
【Quest Reward: Soul Lamp Value will be granted according to the degree of investigation. If Nan Yuchen’s stolen destiny luck reaches a designated threshold, the quest will fail.】
【Side Quest rewards will be distributed after the completion of the Sect Grand Competition main quest.】
…
This… Long Tao could hardly believe it.
The task had been completed far too easily!
Previous side quests, though sotis simple—like building good relations with those Demon Plants—had at least required him to venture into a Secret Realm himself.
But this ti? He had just found soone at the sect’s doorstep and it was completed.
He hadn’t even personally searched; Xiao Ying had rely pointed him out, and it was done.
System, you’re finally getting the hang of it.
Please give more tasks like this in the future.
Just as he was marveling at how the System had finally shown a bit of humanity and thinking that perhaps life might be easier from now on, he suddenly noticed the black-clothed man looking toward the mountain gate.
Under normal circumstances, that would be perfectly natural.
With such a magnificent mountain gate, anyone would take a few extra glances.
But at this mont, Long Tao did not dare to be careless.
Following the general direction of that man’s gaze toward his side, he quickly discovered… on a Cloud Vessel not far away, Nan Yuchen and Zhu Huaisu.
Sure enough… he had already set his sights on them.
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