After the secondary occupation reached the maximum level, I wore it

Shi Yu looked around at the reward notices posted on the outer wall, the contents of which were varied.

The most common types are the hidden object type and accompanying a trial participant to a dangerous place. In addition, there are also those who want to find missing relatives and friends, kill or capture enemies, provide clues to secret places... and even those who want to find a partner for dual cultivation.

Shi Yu learned from a conversation with several monks who were also watching the bounty notice nearby that there was a force in the main city called Wanxiang Tower, which specialized in buying and selling intelligence and issuing bounty missions, and its operations were more reasonable and standardized.

There is even a ranking list, with graded evaluation points for bounty tasks. The monks who complete the tasks are ranked according to the accumulated points, and high rewards are awarded, including but not limited to various types of elixirs, skills, secret realm places, etc.

Moreover, when encountering a bounty mission that requires the employer to go with the mission, the monks who take on the mission will be required to sign a contract for fear of backlash against the employer. This contract is sensitive to the mysterious world and is subject to cause and effect, so it will not be violated unless it is absolutely necessary, thus greatly protecting the employer's safety.

But right now... there is no big force behind the bounty notice posted outside this tavern.

It would be fine if it was an ordinary bounty, but what she wanted to announce was a mission to find someone to protect her.

If the price is too low, no one would be willing to do the job. If the price is too high, she is alone and has no backing. If some cultivators become greedy and become disloyal, it is possible that they will attack her along the way.

Just as she was pondering, she caught a glimpse of a middle-aged monk holding a scroll and hurried over. He unfolded the scroll at the door of the tavern, poked his head in and shouted, "My young master wants to go into the mountains to collect herbs. He will only go to the outer periphery, not deep into the mountains, and go to the south."

"Find twenty cultivators to accompany you, those at the third level of Qi Refining or above, and give each of them fifty low-grade spirit stones."

There was an immediate commotion in the tavern. Many people showed signs of interest and stood up and walked towards the middle-aged monk.

Shi Yu heard someone nearby speaking with envy and jealousy: "Wow, twenty people, fifty spirit stones each, a total of a thousand spirit stones, what a big deal."

Fifty spirit stones for one person is considered average among all the bounty missions.

But this mission was only to accompany and protect the collection of herbs, and it was only on the outskirts of the mountains, and the total number of people recruited was large. All these factors greatly reduced the danger.

Many monks were interested and signed up, and the middle-aged monk recorded them one by one.

But after a moment, the middle-aged monk said loudly: "There is only one left!"

Shi Yu's thoughts were racing. With so many people entering the mountains, ordinary spirit beasts probably wouldn't attack easily. And they were heading south, in the same direction as the volcano.

If you can join them, firstly, your safety will be more guaranteed, and secondly, you can blend into the crowd and not be too conspicuous.

When getting close to the volcano, she found an opportunity to leave the team, investigated the reason why the volcano caused her strange feelings, and then returned.

Thinking of this, Shi Yu walked over and responded with a clear voice: "Me!"

"Hmm?" The middle-aged cultivator was stunned when he saw the handsome and immature boy in front of him. He smiled kindly and said, "Little Taoist friend, we are looking for a cultivator at the third level of Qi Refining."

Obviously, he did not believe that this teenage boy could reach the third level of Qi Refining.

Most of the people who appeared in this tavern were independent cultivators. It was difficult for independent cultivators to practice. How could such a young boy have the cultivation level of the third level of Qi Refining?

Seeing that the last spot was taken by a young boy, the few casual cultivators who were walking slowly behind cursed, "Why are you joining in the fun? Go play somewhere else, you idiot!"

"Get out of the way!"

Shi Yu didn't say much, his spiritual power flowed, and he looked at the middle-aged monk.

Her spiritual awareness was much higher than that of the cultivators of the same level. Even though the middle-aged cultivator was at the eighth level of Qi Refining, he could not see through her level of cultivation at a glance.

Now that Shi Yu took the initiative to circulate his spiritual power, the middle-aged cultivator was able to see clearly.

The few wandering cultivators who didn't catch up also saw it clearly, and immediately shut up and moved aside in disappointment.

The middle-aged monk was slightly surprised, but didn't say anything. He nodded and wrote down Yu's name when asked.

When everyone was present, he put away the paper and called out, "Everyone, my name is Xie Cheng. Let's meet here at noon seven days from now."

This bounty mission came at the right time, saving her the trouble of posting it herself.

Shi Yu looked around and found that among the twenty cultivators, the majority were at the third or fourth level of Qi Refining, with thirteen of them.

There were four people with the fifth level of cultivation, and three more whose spiritual sense could not clearly detect, roughly around the sixth level of Qi Refining. The three of them looked very familiar with each other, and if you looked closely, they looked somewhat similar, so they should be three brothers.

After the middle-aged monk finished explaining his affairs, he left. Everyone else also left and continued to drink or chat.

Shi Yu turned around and headed towards Tongyi Pavilion.

There are still seven days left before departure, which is a good time to make some preparations.

Tongyi Pavilion is not far from the tavern. They are on the same street and can be reached by just turning a corner.

When they arrived at the door, the store was doing good business and Jiang Qihe and several of his employees were busy.

Now that the spirit beast riot is over, the monks who gathered on the defense line have returned to the market town one after another. The flow of people in the market town has returned to the bustling state it was when Yu first came here, and the business of the shops on the streets has improved several times.

Moreover, after the riots ended, the cargo channels that had been cut off in Tongyi Pavilion were restored in an orderly manner, and the previous difficult situation was finally over.

First, the sharp-eyed waiter noticed Shi Yu and quickly poked his steward to remind him. Steward Jiang turned his head and saw the joy on Shi Yu's face. He assigned the work at hand to other people and quickly ran over to greet him.

"Mr. Shi, you haven't been here for a long time!"

During this period of time, Shi Yu handed over the work of selling talismans and purchasing spiritual materials to Chen Er. Jiang Qihe finally saw the real person now, and his tone was still pretending to be resentful.

Shi Yu smiled and said, "Manager Jiang, do you have any techniques for sale in your store?"

Jiang Qihe was stunned, and coughed lightly, saying: "If Master Shi wants the jade slip, I definitely don't have it—"

"An ordinary copy will do. Do you have one?" Shi Yuben had not expected to get such a rare item as a jade slip.

Jiang Qihe hesitated and said, "This... yes, there are some, but I'm afraid you won't like them, they are all techniques that are not worthy of being presented on the stage."

In Jiang Qihe's mind, he had long regarded Shi Yu as a disciple from some aristocratic family or powerful sect who had traveled far to gain experience, or someone who had a powerful master teaching him carefully.

At least he has a background, otherwise how can we explain that he has such attainments in the art of talismans at such a young age?

With this impression, Jiang Qihe was embarrassed to take out the lowest-level skills sold in the store.

But Shi Yu said, "No problem. Just bring out whatever you have."

Jiang Qihe didn't understand Shi Yu's intention, but he did as she said and took out all the existing martial arts techniques in the store and piled them on the counter.

Shi Yu swept them away one by one, and indeed as Jiang Qihe said, these were the lowest level and most widely circulated martial arts.

Even the names were like “Basic Sword Techniques” and “Basic Whip Techniques”, and the book “Little Swallow Steps” that Chen Er gave her was also among them.

But precisely because it is widely circulated, it can be easily bought and the price is very cheap.

Those unique secret manuals, even if they are the lowest level first-grade skills, are priced several times higher, whether you can buy them or not is another matter.

Fortunately, although these skills are mediocre, the Yin-Yang Life-Knocking Bell has been improved and strengthened, so it is enough for the time being.

Finally, Shi Yu picked out a book on swordsmanship, "Basic Sword Techniques" - she was able to use the scimitar that she had hidden against the side of her boots quite easily.

Then she chose a spell called "Fire Cloud Palm", which was just right for her fire attribute spiritual vein.

Turning to the end, she saw a book of musical exercises called "No Thought of Returning". Shi Yu thought about it and took it. Because she frequently made talismans, refined pills, and refined weapons, her spiritual awareness was far superior to that of cultivators of the same level. Practicing musical exercises as an auxiliary means was very suitable for her.

As he bit off more than he could chew, Shi Yu only picked up these three books of exercises and stopped, and also supplemented them with a lot of spiritual plants and materials.

Jiang Qihe calculated the price for her, rounded off the price, and politely saw her off.