Ringing the Bell for a Hundred Years, I Became the Sect’s Ancestor – Chapter 48

Chapter 48: Earth Dragon Exotic Insect

Inner Sect Mission Hall.

After more than three years, Li Qian came here again, ready to take on an inner sect mission.

His gaze fell on the mission wall; the number of suppression missions had indeed decreased a lot.

Other missions were still unavailable, having been snatched up long ago.

He didn’t take any of the missions from the mission wall.

Because the Mission Hall had already arranged an inner sect mission for him, the missions on the wall were for those inner sect disciples who had already completed their mandatory missions to choose from.

Li Qian came to the window and took out the wooden token that represented his identity.

Not long after, the staff handed Li Qian a mission token and a mission booklet.

Li Qian flipped through it and was quite surprised because this mission was relatively simple for him now.

He guessed that it was because he had just broken through to the Innate Realm, so the arranged mission was relatively simple.

An Earth Dragon Exotic Insect had appeared in a mine in Xuan Province Smelting City, and he needed to go and eliminate it.

“Earth Dragon Exotic Insect.”

Li Qian was a little curious.

Exotic beasts, exotic insects, exotic birds, and the like were mainly insects, beasts, birds, and the like that had mutated, with varying degrees of danger. As for the reason for the mutation, it was said to be related to Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi, special minerals, and spirit herbs and fruits.

However, these were wild exotic beasts.

Large martial arts sects like the Divine Sword Sect also specially raised exotic beasts.

The importance of this exotic beast breeding technology could be considered a sect’s foundation.

The exotic beast dried meat that Li Qian ate was provided by raised exotic beasts.

If they relied on hunting wild exotic beasts, they wouldn’t be able to satisfy the needs of the enormous Divine Sword Sect, would they?

The mission he took on had two rewards. One was to kill the Earth Dragon Exotic Insect, rewarding five thousand contribution points.

Capturing the Earth Dragon Exotic Insect alive would reward twenty thousand contribution points.

A full four times more.

After all, killing was easy, but capturing alive would increase the difficulty exponentially.

According to the mission description, this Earth Dragon Exotic Insect should have mutated not long ago, and those above the Postnatal Seventh Level should be able to deal with it.

However, this Earth Dragon Exotic Insect could burrow into the ground, making it difficult to lock onto.

This was also the reason why it was assigned to him, an Innate martial artist.

If it were other ground exotic beasts of the same level, sending a few high-level Postnatal martial artists would be enough to complete this mission.

The mission time, the sooner the better.

Li Qian didn’t delay either, immediately mounting a fast horse and leaving the Divine Sword Sect.

The sooner he went, the sooner he returned.

For every extra day he delayed outside, he would ring the bell one less day.

The Divine Sword Sect’s fast horses were all raised on medicinal cuisine.

They had excellent endurance and could travel a thousand miles a day.

Moreover, the Divine Sword Sect had specially developed Traveling Horse Pills to feed to the fast horses.

Feeding them a few pills a day would allow the fast horses to remain energetic without eating food.

Li Qian naturally traveled day and night to save time.

He remembered that a few years ago, it took him more than ten days to escort that Madam Lin to Xuan Province Smelting City.

But this time, riding a fast horse and traveling day and night without rest, it only took him a day and a night to enter the territory of Smelting City.

West Dock Mine.

As one of the largest mines in Smelting City, the number of miners working here was very large, plus various supervisors, smelting workers, and so on. The population was no less than tens of thousands.

A large number of wooden sheds were scattered around the mine.

These were all places where miners and other workers rested, ate, and lived.

Recently, there had been panic in the mine.

Because a terrifying Earth Dragon Exotic Insect had appeared in the mine, and in less than half a month, at least dozens of people had been devoured by it.

Although there were specialized martial artists stationed at the mine, they were simply unable to deal with it.

Moreover, the Earth Dragon Exotic Insect was elusive, and even the inner sect disciples guarding Smelting City for the Divine Sword Sect were still helpless.

There was a cluster of scattered houses on the outskirts of the mine.

Those who could live here were undoubtedly the middle and senior management of the mine, as well as the guard martial artists.

“Martial Instructor Ling, when will your sect be able to send someone over?”

Inside the house, a tall and sturdy man couldn’t help but ask.

He was the head manager of this mine, responsible for the management of the entire mine.

The owner behind this mine was the Ming Family, one of the three great families of Smelting City. In addition to this West Dock Mine, they also had countless other mines, smelting workshops, and other industries.

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The reason the Ming Family was able to control so many industries was because of their inextricable connection with the Divine Sword Sect.

The Ming Family had disciples cultivating in the Divine Sword Sect.

“Manager He, it should be in the next few days, and there’s no use in you being anxious.”

Sitting opposite him was a man in warrior attire, with a sword placed beside him.

He sipped his tea and said calmly,

“Ah, I’m just anxious! The mine is shut down for a day, who knows how much we’ll lose.”

Manager He sighed.

Those lowly miners, if they died, they died. At most, they would compensate them with a small amount of money.

But the loss of a large mine being shut down for a day was huge.

If it weren’t for the fact that too many people had died in the past two days, and he was under pressure, and the miners were getting restless and wouldn’t dare to go down, he probably wouldn’t want to stop work.

At this moment, a guard martial artist suddenly ran in and said to Ling Xingfeng, the Divine Sword Sect inner sect disciple, “Senior Brother Ling, the sect has sent someone to deal with the Earth Dragon Exotic Insect.”

“That’s great.”

As soon as Senior Brother Ling heard this, he immediately said, “Manager He, quickly come out with me to welcome them.”

The sect had sent someone to deal with the Earth Dragon Exotic Insect; it must be an Innate martial artist.

In the Divine Sword Sect, Innate martial artists were at least core disciples of each main peak, all with elders backing them and strong backgrounds, far from what a registered disciple like him could compare to.

Generally speaking, when elders took on direct disciples, they must have the potential to become Innate martial artists.

Otherwise, they would at most be registered disciples.

Ling Xingfeng had average aptitude, but due to his daring and fighting spirit, coupled with years of hard work, he had broken through to the Postnatal Ninth Level.

But he was also over thirty years old; wanting to break through to Innate with his own potential was wishful thinking.

His greatest wish now was to accumulate enough contribution points to exchange for an Innate Pill and step into the Innate Realm.

Although it would be Half-Step Innate.

But in any case, it would be much stronger than a Postnatal martial artist.

Many inner sect disciples of the Divine Sword Sect, if they had no hope of breaking through or became Half-Step Innate, would mostly choose to return to their hometowns to start their own families and businesses.

A large number of inner sect disciples who left the sect would still maintain contact with the Divine Sword Sect, becoming the sect’s potential strength outside.

“They’re here, that’s great.”

Manager He was also overjoyed when he heard this; the savior had finally arrived.

So he and Ling Xingfeng hurriedly left the house to welcome the Innate expert sent by the Divine Sword Sect.

Soon, a Divine Sword Sect inner sect disciple led a gray-robed youth, who was leading a fast horse, over.

This gray-robed youth was naturally Li Qian.

He had arrived at this West Dock Mine immediately according to the map.

The mine was full of mine shafts and was very barren, with very little vegetation because it had been destroyed by mining.

“This humble one is Ling Xingfeng, a registered disciple of Dripping Water Peak, greetings, Senior Brother.”

Ling Xingfeng was stunned when he saw the youth brought by his junior brother, then he immediately reacted and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Manager He next to him was also puzzled, how could he be so young?

But he didn’t say anything and just watched from the side.

“You can just call me Senior Brother Li.”

Li Qian didn’t waste any words and tossed out a mission token.

After Ling Xingfeng glanced at it, he hurriedly returned the mission token with both hands, “Senior Brother Li, this is Manager He of West Dock Mine, responsible for the affairs of the entire mine.”

He was frantically recalling the core disciples with the surname Li in the inner sect; there seemed to be many, but none of them seemed to match the one in front of him.

However, he still didn’t dare to underestimate him and was extremely respectful.

Manager He, despite his tall and sturdy appearance, had a keen mind and was adept at observing words and expressions, otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to hold the position of head manager of West Dock Mine.

From Martial Instructor Ling’s expression and actions, he could tell that this gray-robed youth definitely had an extraordinary background.

He immediately bowed slightly and said respectfully, “This small one is He Wufang, greetings, Martial Instructor Li.”

He assumed a very humble posture.

He was the head manager of West Dock Mine, and even in Smelting City, he was a person of some standing, but in front of this Innate expert from a large sect, he was nothing.

Even with Ling Xingfeng and the other Divine Sword Sect inner sect disciples, he usually treated them with good food and drink, not daring to offend them in the slightest.