This Young Master is not Cannon Fodder

Chapter 412: Main Mission 4

Qian Jiafeng felt the hairs on the back of her neck prick up. She looked up, searching for the source of danger. Or at least she attempted to do so. The moment she did so, the dangerous feeling disappeared.

“What’s wrong, Miss?”

She looked up to see Zhuangbo’s wizened face. “Did you sense anything dangerous?”

“Dangerous?” Zhuangbo repeated. He shook his head. “How can there be any danger? I think there’s something more interesting right now.”

“Interesting?”

Zhuangbo gestured toward the hunched assessor, Hanwei, but his attention wasn’t focused on them, but the two next to him. A plain-faced man and lively young girl.

“They are?”

“I mentioned them before,” Zhuangbo said. “They are Wuqiang and Xingyi.”

“Wuqiang? Him?” Qian Jiafeng said and stared at Wuqiang, who was talking to the assessor. For some reason, she felt an air of familiarity from Wuqiang. That is not to say his features felt familiar, even if she felt she had seen it over a thousand times. His features were just that forgettable and average.

“What? Does Miss recognize him?” Zhuangbo asked.

“No, but his name is very familiar to the one who killed your fellow guard, Jun Qiangwu,” Qian Jiafeng said.

“Jun Qiangwu, Wuqiang,” Zhuangbo tested the two names. “You should be thinking too much. The meaning behind the two’s names is different. One means Spear Military, and the other means Without Attachment.”

“I hope so,” Qian Jiafeng said. But she didn’t think so.

“Still, the quality of this year’s disciples is very high. You probably have second-rate talent, possibly first-rate. And just before you, there was first, second, and even peerless-rank talent,” Zhuangbo said. The lowest requirements to be accepted as an outer disciple were talent of the fifth-class, and talent at the second-class or above was incredibly rare. Disciples with fifth and fourth-class talents composed nearly seventy percent of the disciples.

In truth, most of the hundred disciples that joined the Xi Immortal Dynasty were brought back by elders to make up for numbers. The ones that joined through the assessment made up for less than twenty percent. It was unavoidable. The Xi Immortal Dynasty had only formed for less than ten years, and it would still take more time for it to become the holy land of cultivation for the world, sought after by all living beings in the world. That’s why the Xi Immortal Dynasty dispatched its disciples to slay monsters. Not only is this a way to protect the humans, but it’s also to spread their fame and raise their reputation.NewW novels updates at novelhall.com

It was by chance that she and the crown prince of the Mu Dynasty had met. It was the classic story of a hero saving a beauty. Though she did not fall in love, it would be a lie to say her heart was not moved. Mu Long himself was interested, so Qian Jiafeng reciprocated his feelings.

Qian Jiafeng had already heard rumors of the Xi Immortal Dynasty, but she had only thought it was some mystical tales made up by desperate people. But after learning the truth from Mu Long, she wanted to join. To secure her spot, she deepened her ties with Mu Long. Through this connection, although Qian Jiafeng wasn’t an official member of the Xi Immortal Dynasty, she wasn’t that far off.

In fact, she had planned to join the Xi Immortal Dynasty months earlier, but she happened to receive news of her father’s death. This forced her to delay her plans for over three months. Qian Jiafeng was supposed to arrive at the previous disciple assessment, but thanks to Jun Qiangwu, she missed it. This resulted in Mu Long using his influence to start the next assessment ahead of time. As a result, there were far less test takers than the previous assessment.

Like Wuqiang, Hou Yawen, and Xingyi, Qian Jiafeng followed Hanwei into the structure behind the gigantic gate.

Due to the smaller number of participants, the assessment concluded much faster. The only thing of highlight was that there were two new disciples with fifth-class talent. As for Qian Jiafeng, her talent exceeded everyone’s expectations, including her own. She had first-class talent.

“...no,” Jun Qiangwu finally said.

Xingyi didn’t believe him, but she didn’t continue to ask.

From then, the two began their monster-slaying journey. At first, Xingyi showed vigor that only young people had. After a few battles, she lost some of her immaturity, becoming a capable monster slayer. Whenever she entered battle, she would switch into combat mode. However, her enthusiasm for the monster slaying waned after the first month.

She couldn’t help it. Jun Qiangwu had gone on a monster slaying spree. As a result, Xingyi had already met her quota in the first two weeks. From there, Jun Qiangwu didn’t plan to return, and Xingyi hadn’t minded, but then it just became too much.

Xingyi had already slain thirty monsters of the second rank. Monsters were categorized by ranks, and the ranks went all the way up to thirteen, which correlated to the thirteen stages of the Qi Gathering Realm. She also faced death many times, not because she hunted monsters above her rank—although she had slain a few third-rank monsters—but because Jun Qiangwu kept challenging monsters of the sixth and seventh-rank like mad.

Were it not for the two’s bodyguards, they might have already been buried six feet under after encountering ninth and tenth-rank monsters.

Still, it wasn’t like the hunting was pointless. The more monsters they hunted, and the stronger monsters they hunted, the more points they would receive from the Xi Immortal Dynasty. The Xi Immortal Dynasty didn’t use gold or banknotes as currency, but points. They were automatically stored into their XiyiDs. Even if they lost their XiyiDs, it could easily be replaced as the XiyiDs were only used to access their account inside the Monument of Records.

“Let’s go back,” Jun Qiangwu said one day out of the blue.

“Really!?” Xingyi asked. It was already the fifth month. She thought that her senior brother would only return until the last moment.

“Yeah,” Jun Qiangwu said. “The inter-disciple tournament will start in a month. During this time, it’s better to use the points we earn and convert it into strength. I heard that many elders are interested in this tournament, and a few might accept a few outer disciples.”

“Oh,” Xingyi said. She didn’t have much interest in finding a master because Elder Hui was her, Jun Qiangwu, and Hou Yawen’s master. Xingyi didn’t think her talent had caught Elder Hui’s eyes. Perhaps he accepted Jun Qiangwu, her and Hou Yawen on a whim.

“You don’t seem to want to go back? Do you want to hunt a few mo—”

“Nope! Senior Brother, let’s go back now!”

Jun Qiangwu made a helpless smile as he allowed Xingyi to drag himself away. Rather than senior brother and junior sister, the two seemed like blood-related brother and sister.

The journey back didn’t take long, and upon his return, Jun Qiangwu didn’t leave his room or the cultivation chamber after reporting to Elder Hui. He was afraid, afraid that he would not be able to stop himself from killing Qian Jiafeng if he saw her in the Xi Immortal Palace.

Both of them had joined the Xi Immortal Palace, so it was against the rules for two members to kill each other. Still, that didn’t mean Jun Qiangwu would give up on his revenge. Accidents happen all the time, especially in the heat of the moment. Even if he was unlucky and failed to meet Qian Jiafeng in the tournament, what about when she went on her mission? She couldn’t stay in the Xi Immortal Dynasty forever.

As for her protector? Jun Qiangwu had a plan. He didn’t kill all those monsters just for points, but also to complete side missions. After receiving those three gacha coins, he had restocked his weapons. Not to mention that his Frostflower Eyes had fully matured. He couldn’t display their full strength, but in the Qi Gathering Realm, it was practically unfair.

The days passed, and the time for the inter-disciple tournament finally arrived.

[Ding! Main Mission 4 issued.]

[Main Mission 4: Become the champion.]