My best friend asked me if I was still doing system tasks.

Ruan Chayan spread her hands and said, "Who says it isn't? But who would take on this kind of responsibility?"

"You wouldn't believe it, everyone outside is desperate to distance themselves from the Shiren Sect right now. After all, Daoist Ci'an was indeed the last cultivator to ascend, and he's highly suspected in everyone's eyes."

Luo Hanying frowned: "Hey, I have a question. Don't any other families have members who have ascended to immortality? Are they all able to contact people in the upper realm?"

Ruan Chayan shook her head and said, "I don't know about that."

Luo Hanying said in bewilderment, "There must have been people who ascended to heaven before Cixi Daozun, but I don't know when those people lost contact with each other."

If they haven't been able to contact their own immortals for over a thousand years, how come there's been no news at all?

"Perhaps they're afraid of being targeted because they're hiding behind a powerful backer?"

Ruan Chayan guessed, then said, "I think even if they are anxious, it's no use. After all, people in the upper realm can come and visit the lower realm, but we people in the lower realm can't go up except to ascend. We don't know the situation up there, so naturally we can't say anything."

Luo Hanying nodded and said, "That's right."

She sighed, glanced around, and then, as if remembering something, said, "By the way, how many points do we owe Xiange again?"

"You owe 22,000, I'll round it down to 20,000. Ruan Chayan owes 7,100, I'll round it down to 7,000."

Like the AI ​​responding to the keyword, Xian Ge said, "Adding what you owed before, you now owe me 32,800 points."

Luo Hanying's breath hitched as she met Ruan Chayan's bitterly smiling eyes: "I... I suddenly don't really want to live anymore..."

Ruan Chayan slapped Luo Hanying in exasperation: "What nonsense are you talking about? Bah! Children say the darndest things, children say the darndest things! The bed is made of wood, feel it."

She took Luo Hanying's hand and stroked the wooden bed, murmuring, "Don't be offended, it's just children talking nonsense..."

Luo Hanying sighed and rubbed her forehead: "Weren't you the most scientific person before? How come you're so feudal and superstitious now?"

Ruan Chayan was speechless: "I'm already cultivating immortality, what do you still want me to do with science?"

Luo Hanying covered her face, somewhat devastated: "Ugh—how many missions would I have to complete to pay this off—"

Xian Ge then spoke up at the opportune moment, reminding him: "Speaking of missions, I have to remind you, I already assigned new missions, but you were unconscious and didn't know."

It kindly repeated the task: "Now, the ninth stage of the main storyline is hereby assigned: Go to Beiyan Shenzhou to obtain the Lingsong Sect's artifact, the Zhiwang Fan, and then head south to Yingzhou Boundary River to use the Zhiwang Fan to break through the boundary river's seal."

Task duration: one year and three months.

Task Reward: 2000 points.

Penalty for mission failure: 20% deduction from main quest progress.

This was followed by a second notification sound: "[Main Quest Stage 10 is now being issued: Go to the Demon Realm to assist Qin Fansheng in becoming the new Demon King.]"

Task duration: one year.

Task Reward: 1000 points.

Penalty for mission failure: 10% deduction from main quest progress.

Luo Hanying exclaimed in surprise, "Two more missions? And such long deadlines? One is in the west, the other in the north, won't we have to be separated?"

Ruan Chayan's expression held a hint of worry: "That's exactly right."

Xian Ge cleared her throat: [Friendly reminder: the mission countdown started a long time ago; you've already wasted a month.]

Luo Hanying's expression twisted slightly: ["Seriously, even if we're both unconscious, it'll still count towards the mission deadline? That's so inhumane!"]

"Instead of wasting time thinking about whether this decision is humane or not, you should be thinking about how to complete the mission."

String Song cautioned, "Excuse my bluntness, but the two of you alone can't possibly borrow divine artifacts from someone else's territory or help them ascend the throne. You should think about how to find allies to work together."

Luo Hanying's mind was in a mess. Ruan Chayan had woken up half a month earlier, so she already had some clues.

"Let's talk about the allocation of these two tasks first."

Ruan Chayan said, "Right now, Qin Fansheng is still a cat who knows nothing. He's essentially bound to me, so only I can take him to the Demon Realm."

Their eyes both fell on the "Cirrus Black-spotted Leopard," which was pouncing around and playing with knots next to the medicine cabinet.

Luo Hanying said absentmindedly, "Then I have to go to the Northern Peak Divine Continent, find the Lingsong Sect, and persuade them to lend me the divine artifact, the Fan of Delusion, to use..."

"No, how come it's still a cat?"

Luo Hanying suddenly seemed to remember something, pointing at the "little leopard" and saying, "The quest says he has to become the Demon King, how can he become the Demon King looking like this?"

Ruan Chayan was also somewhat desperate: [“I don’t know, there’s nothing we can do. Xiange said he’s not an ordinary demon, that he can metabolize the Qinglan poison himself, but it’s been a month, and it’s still the same as before.”]

"Xiange, what do you think?" Luo Hanying asked.

Xian Ge said guiltily, "How can I see it? What else can I see? He'll probably be better in a few days, right? This isn't something that can be done by human effort."

"Well, you're really unreliable; you never say anything credible."

Luo Hanying said, "I remember Ju Su said she could ask her father for us, right? Did you ask her for help?"

Ruan Chayan nodded: "I asked her first thing this morning."

She sighed and said helplessly, "The answer we got was that the Azure Mist Fan is needed to cure the Azure Mist Poison. If we could get our hands on the Azure Mist Fan, why would we need to ask her?"

Luo Hanying scratched her head, looking puzzled, and said, "So, the prerequisite for completing your mission is to first find a way to snatch the Azure Fan from He Yi'an to cure the Golden Flower Cat's poison, right?"

Ruan Chayan said with a heavy heart: "Yes, there is no other way."

After all, I don't have the power to make a cat the Demon King.

"Oh my god—"

Luo Hanying complained, "Isn't that too unfair? Xiange, we worked so hard to complete the mission, and you only give us 1000 points in the end? Isn't that a bit too stingy?"

You said we owe you so many points now, shouldn't you try to help us get more points?

After a two-second silence, Xian Ge said mercifully, "Well, what you said makes some sense."

Actually, Ruan Chayan had mentioned this to me half a month ago, and I submitted an application to my superiors.

If you are here now, I will submit another application.

Then it depends on whether the higher-ups agree to let me verify the quality of your task completion, and you'll receive extra reward points.

"Good, good, that's more like it."

Luo Hanying and Ruan Chayan gave each other a high five, as if on cue, "Yeah~"