Sacrificial Artifact System: From Bell-ringer to the Ancestral Patriarch of the Sect novel Chapter 48

Chapter 48: Chapter 48 Earth Dragon Exotic Insect

Inner Sect Task Hall.

After more than three years, Li Qian once again arrived here to take on an inner sect mission.

His gaze fell upon the task wall, and indeed the number of extermination missions had significantly decreased.

All the other tasks were long gone, snapped up quickly by others.

He didn’t take a task from the wall.

Because the Task Hall had already arranged an inner sect mission for him, which were for those inner sect disciples who had already completed their mandatory tasks to choose from.

Li Qian approached the counter, producing his identity token.

Before long, the staff handed him a task token and a small task booklet.

Li Qian flipped through it, quite surprised, as this task was rather simple for him now.

He guessed it was because he had just broken through to the Innate Realm, so they assigned him a relatively easy task.

In a mine at Xuanzhou City, an Earth Dragon Exotic Insect had appeared, and he was tasked with dealing with it.

"Earth Dragon Exotic Insect..."

Li Qian was somewhat curious.

Exotic beasts, insects, and birds, mainly were mutated creatures like insects, animals, and birds, some dangerous, some not... As for the reason for the mutations, it’s said that they’re related to the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi, special minerals, and spirit herbs and fruits.

However, these were wild exotic beasts.

Sects like the Divine Sword Sect that practice martial arts... even specially breed exotic beasts.

The importance of these exotic beast breeding techniques is tantamount to the foundation of a sect.

The Exotic Beast Meat Jerky that Li Qian had consumed came from such bred beasts.

If one relied on hunting wild exotic beasts, how could they possibly satisfy the needs of the vast Divine Sword Sect?

The task he took on had two types of rewards: killing the Earth Dragon Exotic Insect would grant five thousand contribution points.

Capturing the Earth Dragon Exotic Beast alive would grant twenty thousand contribution points.

A full four times more.

After all, killing was easy, but capturing alive greatly increased the difficulty.

According to the description of the task, this Earth Dragon Exotic Insect must have mutated not long ago, and anyone above the Postnatal Seventh Layer should be able to handle it.

However, this Earth Dragon Exotic Insect can burrow underground and is hard to locate.

That was the reason he, an Innate martial artist, was assigned this task.

If it were any other ground-dwelling exotic beast of the same level, a few postnatal high-level martial artists could complete the task.

The sooner the task is completed, the better.

Li Qian did not delay, and immediately rode a fast horse away from the Divine Sword Sect.

The sooner he left, the sooner he’d return.

Each extra day he dallied outside, he would miss a day of his cultivation routine.

The fast horses of the Divine Sword Sect were all raised on medicinal diets.

They had exceptional stamina and could cover a thousand miles in a day.

Moreover, the Divine Sword Sect had specially developed the Traveling Horse Pill to feed to the fast horses.

Feeding them a few pills a day allowed the fast horses to maintain their vigor without needing food.

Li Qian, wanting to save time, naturally traveled day and night without stopping.

He remembered that a few years ago, when escorting Mrs. Lin to Xuanzhou City, it took more than ten days to arrive.

But this time, riding a fast horse and traveling without rest day and night, it only took him one day and one night to enter the territory of Xuanzhou City.

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West Dock Mine.

As one of the largest mines within the territory of Xuanzhou City, there was a huge number of miners working here, along with all kinds of overseers, smelting workers, etc... housing a population of tens of thousands.

The area surrounding the mine was dotted with many wooden shacks.

They served as places for the miners and other workers to rest and live.

Of late, there was a panic among the people in the mine.

Because an Earth Dragon Exotic Insect had appeared in the mineshaft, and in less than half a month, at least dozens of people had been devoured by the Earth Dragon Exotic Insect.

Though the mine had its own martial artists stationed there, they were no match for it.

Moreover, the Earth Dragon Exotic Insect appeared and vanished unpredictably, leaving even the inner sect disciples from the Divine Sword Sect who were stationed in Xuanzhou City at a loss.

On the periphery of the mine, there was an area of neatly arranged houses.

Without a doubt, they belonged to the mine’s middle and senior managers as well as the martial artist guards.