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Chapter 929 - 585 Task Begins

Chapter 929: Chapter 585 Task Begins

Hearing Qiu Wentian’s request, Li Changhe’s face twitched.

He’d rather drown in a vat of vinegar after being discovered by the girl than to ask Chen Yu about this.

Li Changhe would prefer to challenge a demigod instead.

And before getting obliterated, he would raise a middle finger. That way, he’d die with a bit of dignity.

"You two seem to have a good relationship, go ask her," Qiu Wentian persisted, "It’s a great chance to do a good deed. Your girlfriend must need it too."

"Bullshit, how can I ask about that?" Li Changhe clicked his tongue.

At this moment, Mr. All-known, walking ahead, turned around and asked curiously, "No way? You, as a Confucian Transcendent, still care about this?"

As a player above LV10, Mr. All-known could hear Qiu Wentian’s words even without intending to eavesdrop.

Since they were all Transcendents, he joined in the conversation.

"Girls all care about it, right?" Qiu Wentian retorted with a glare, "What does this have to do with whether or not I’m a Confucian Transcendent?"

"It’s not that... it’s just like the killing aura of the Soldier Karma is towering, the Confucian karma has a stay-young effect," he explained.

"I know that, but so what?" Qiu Wentian asked. This actually made her secretly thrilled—who doesn’t want eternal youth?

"But stay-young... essentially means the body’s growth is slow, right?" Mr. All-known paused and immediately explained, "In the association’s records, there was once a genius boy who, at a young age, inherited the Confucian secret techniques. His talent was so high that he quickly reached the pinnacle, such that at fifty years old, he still looked like a white-haired youth. For example, like the Tianshan child grandma."

"Wow, those Confucian Transcendents are really popular," Li Changhe said, "Unlike us Extraordinary Soldiers, we do nothing but fight others."

"Indeed," the fish pond owner also looked back and said, "Back in the day, I was as handsome as a jade tree in the wind, but time spares no one. Look what it’s done to me."

And upon hearing the dreadful news, Qiu Wentian’s face stiffened, and she froze. A slow growth rate meant...

So it goes, people’s joys and sorrows are not interlinked; Li Changhe was secretly pleased he wouldn’t have to go to Chen Yu and seek death.

Meanwhile, in a moving vehicle, a white-haired old man suddenly felt a sense of crisis.

"What’s happening? Why do I feel so uneasy?" The old man pressed his chest.

Although he was also a Confucian Transcendent, his talent wasn’t great. By the time he achieved transcendence, he was already old.

He once feared his lineage would end with him.

But fortunately, not long ago, he met a player with tremendous talent.

And he... naturally didn’t know yet

That the talented player was planning to demolish his home as soon as he turned around.

....

Elsewhere, the four arrived in the prep room and sat in the equipment for the final adjustments.

"If we are sent separately, meet at Yanyun’s dock number seven. Li Ba, once you’re done with your business, meet us there too," Mr. All-known reminded everyone.

"Understood, I won’t keep you waiting long," Li Changhe responded; he was ready. Now, he just wanted to know if Yun Ting from that time was safe.

Seeing the three distracted, Mr. All-known sighed.

Li Changhe was thinking about how to make his enemies pay, the fish pond owner was considering how to face the old man from that era.

And Qiu Wentian... she was still in shutdown mode, it seems the Confucian stay-young effect dealt her a heavy blow.

"Hope everything goes well," Mr. All-known muttered to himself; the association was taking the truth behind this mission very seriously. He hoped his teammates wouldn’t run into any issues.

[Task begins: River Ghost]

[Task type: Special Challenge Task/Story Task]

[Number of participants: 4]

[Currently in place: 4]

[Task objective: Investigate the truth behind the events of the past and unlock the next step in the mission.]

[Task Duration: 7 days]

[Reward 1: You may acquire a Transcendent’s skill or equipment from among thirteen individuals.]

[Reward 2: You may unlock related achievements.]

[Failure Penalty: You will forever lose the means to understand the truth, and the supplies you have been contaminated with will exact a grievous toll on you.]

[Task Countdown 10, 9, 8....]

As a sense of weightlessness, long missed, enveloped him, a flash of white light streaked before Li Changhe’s eyes.

This was Li Changhe’s first entry into the task world since [Moonlit Divine Tree].

Unlike before, Li Changhe, who had begun to master Divinity,

could faintly discern countless chains emerging within the white light, swiftly coiling around his hands, feet, and body.

Li Changhe didn’t attempt to dodge; the chains were too fast.

When the chains wrapped around him, Li Changhe realized he had lost control of his readily mastered skills and his backpack in succession.

His attributes, however, were not suppressed.

[Player Nickname: Uncle Eight-direction]

[Level: 11][Experience: 280/1800]

[Strength: 10+1][Strength Trait: Mastery]

[Agility: 9]

[Physique: 13][Second Physique Trait: Jade-like Golden Appearance]

[Energy: 10][Energy Traits: Spiritual Perception]

.....

[Black Mud Divinity: 3000/3000]

Due to the task’s special nature, Yun Ting, being a Symbiotic Body, had not entered the task, causing the boost to Li Changhe’s energy from her to disappear. But it was not much of a loss; Li Changhe still had the expertise of a Physique master. And as anticipated, his Black Mud Divinity was not locked.

"As for the skills... are they sealed by the chains? This is how the Evolution Game restricts players," Li Changhe thought, watching the white light gradually fade, considering that he could already see such a method at his level.

If one’s Divinity was high enough, could one attempt to break free of the restrictions? Or perhaps... transcend and evolve within the framework of the Evolution Game?

At that moment, the white light dissipated.

Li Changhe suddenly found emptiness beneath his feet, and his expression shifted slightly.

Because below him flowed a river.

He had been teleported to the brink of a stone bridge, and was now plummeting down.

Screams reached his ears.

"Someone’s jumped off the bridge!" A passerby must have seen Li Changhe falling.

"Damn, they want to drench me from the start while I don’t have Water Walking?" Li Changhe cursed inwardly, swiftly reaching for the bridge’s edge.

This type of old stone bridge was said to be commonly seen in old Yanyun.

The edges didn’t have any railings; they were merely slightly raised by a few inches.

Li Changhe reached for the underside of the bridge’s edge, his fingers fiercely gripping the stone wall, steadying his form.

Just as he was about to grab the bridge’s edge to climb up, he saw a pair of jade hands stretch out in front of him, seizing his arm.

"Classmate, please don’t contemplate anything drastic," a delicate girl squatting at the edge of the bridge called out as she grabbed Li Changhe’s arm, her face filled with urgency.

Li Changhe, however, gazed at the girl’s delicate features and the black hairpin on her fringe, somewhat stunned.

Then, he responded softly, "Thank you, Senior Yun Ting."