Fantasy: Immortality Begins with Absorbing Demons

Chapter Sixty: The Girl and the Old Man

Ruidefang

At midday, walking on the bustling street, Han Yi felt a little awkward.

There was no particular reason; it was simply because the Xuan Tie sword on his back was too eye-catching.

"If only there were storage bags or spatial backpacks..."

Han Yi felt somewhat helpless. He was now really envious of the treasures in the novels of his previous life that could be used at any time and stored away.

Fortunately, An'yan City had many martial artists and its people were well-informed. Compared to those strangely shaped weapons, Han Yi's Xuan Tie sword was only slightly larger than ordinary swords. Most people glanced at it sideways and then paid no more attention. Near the county government office, in front of a tall pavilion.

Han Yi looked up at the Heavenly Mirror, which gleamed golden in the sunlight.

Without hesitation, he stepped over the threshold.

Inside the Strange Affairs Room, things were still as busy as ever, and because it was daytime, it seemed even noisier than when Han Yi came over at night last time.

No one came to greet him, but Han Yi walked to the mission posting area with practiced ease, intending to see what suitable missions were available.

"The Qingxi River is gathering Yin energy, suspected to be the appearance of a Crimson Marrow Frog Woman. Villagers have reported this and request an investigation. The minimum requirement is late-stage Bone Refinement, and two people must go together. The reward is a Grade C intermediate skill or a Jade Bone Pill..."

"The forests near Caomidian Village are tainted by yin energy, harboring a mutated wolf demon nicknamed 'Old Blind Eye.' It is cunning and requires the slaying of this fiend. Minimum requirement: Early Blood Refinement stage. Four people are needed. Reward: Grade C, Upper Merit..." "Qingfeng Mountain, Ancient Tomb, Old Fox. Assist the Xuanjia Guards in slaying it. Minimum requirement: Late Blood Refinement stage. Familiarity with the local terrain and feng shui is preferred. No limit on the number of participants. Reward: Grade B..."

Han Yi scanned the tasks on the task list from top to bottom. The tasks from the Extraordinary Affairs Office were generally divided into three categories.

One type is the investigation and search mission. When the Heavenly Mirror detects an increase in Yin energy in a certain place in An'yan City, but is unsure of the cause, the investigator is needed to conduct an investigation and search. This type of mission accounts for the largest number and is the simplest, but of course, the reward is also relatively small.

The second type is the cleanup mission, which is carried out by the scouts to clean up Anyan City and the surrounding villages, forts, stockades, etc., which may endanger the safety of the people or are evil spirits that have already caused death and injury.

The third type is assisting in missions, which usually involve the Xuanjia Guards eliminating extremely powerful or suspected demonic entities.

Most of the scouts come from small sects and may not be particularly powerful, but they often have some unusual skills that come in handy. However, these missions are usually quite dangerous, hence the generous rewards. What left Han Yi speechless was that, perhaps for the safety of the scouts, these missions almost always required multiple people to work in teams.

Han Yi, however, wanted a solo mission.

After all, if he were to team up, he wouldn't be able to use the system to absorb Yin energy, which would negate his greatest advantage!

However, there is only one task without any restrictions: the retrieval task.

The recycling task has no time, location, or number of participants requirements; there is only a recycling list, which indicates that various materials tainted by Yin energy and Xuan Yin Stones of various grades are to be recycled.

Han Yi had previously obtained a piece of Xuan Yin Stone from a black market stall. It was oval in shape with a deep, strange pattern in the middle.

According to the recycling list, stones with one pattern are first-tier Xuan Yin stones, stones with two patterns are second-tier stones, and stones with three patterns are third-tier Xuan Yin stones.

In terms of recycling rewards, just one Tier 1 Xuan Yin Stone is worth a Grade C Upper Merit, while a Tier 3 Xuan Yin Stone is worth a Grade B Lower Merit!

Han Yi did the math in his head: one Grade C upper-level function could be exchanged for one 'Pulse Breaking Pill', which increases the success rate of breaking through to the Meridian Opening stage. The value of one 'Pulse Breaking Pill' was about five hundred taels of silver, and it was still in short supply.

In other words, the first-tier Xuan Yin Stone that Han Yi absorbed before was worth at least five hundred taels of silver!

This completely dispelled Han Yi's idea of ​​buying the Xuan Yin Stone from others at a high price. His total assets now amounted to only three hundred taels of silver!

Of course, even if Han Yi had enough money, he couldn't make large-scale acquisitions.

To ordinary people, the Xuan Yin Stone appears no different from a useless rock, yet the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs has been spending large sums of money to buy it back long-term…

This indicates that the Xuan Yin Stone must still hold an important role that Han Yi was unaware of!

If someone were to buy up Xuan Yin Stones in large quantities without any reason, it would likely arouse suspicion from the Strange Affairs Bureau and bring about unnecessary trouble!

Han Yi's current strength is nothing more than a tiny ant compared to the Extraordinary Affairs Bureau, which has branches in cities all over the world and even its own martial arts force!

My strength is still not enough. I must proceed slowly and patiently with the matter of the Xuan Yin Stone!

Han Yi stood in front of the task board, his mind racing, the glint in his eyes growing ever deeper.

"Hey, you big oaf, you won't take any missions, and you've been standing here for ages without leaving. Aren't you annoying?!"

A soft, sweet voice, yet with a hint of fierceness, rang out from behind him.

Han Yi turned around. Behind him, he saw a bright young girl in a pale yellow dress, her cheeks puffed out, her neck tilted back, glaring at him fiercely.

The girl wasn't very tall, only reaching about Han Yi's chin, but her eyes were bright and sparkling, like stars in a clear summer night sky.

When Han Yi turned around and saw the girl's eyes, he was taken aback at first, then gave an apologetic smile. He realized he was blocking her view, and he was about to explain...

"Qianxue, how could you be so rude!"

An elderly man with white hair and a youthful face, wearing a blue robe and a square scarf on his head, walked over. He looked like a sage.

"But he was the one blocking my way..."

The girl named Qianxue lowered her head innocently, her two index fingers circling incessantly, her bright eyes filled with tears, looking extremely aggrieved.

"Sigh..." The old man sighed first, then turned to Han Yi and said, "Young friend, I'm sorry, this girl is spoiled and unruly, and doesn't know any better when she's out..."

"It's alright, it's alright. I did block her just now." Han Yi gave an apologetic smile and then stepped aside.

He planned to look for people who wanted to team up with him, since he was already here, it would be a waste not to check it out.

Although you can't openly use the system to absorb Yin energy when you're in a team.

You can kill Yin creatures and obtain information and experience. You may also get Xuan Yin Stones from Yin creatures, which is also a way to increase your Yuan Power!