Chapter 26

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Ye Tianyi and Shangyu sat face-to-face in the office.

“You’re Ye Tianyi, right?” He knew there was a bastard called Ye Tianyi from Tensui Sacred City. He had only heard of his name but did not know him personally. He also knew that Ye Tianyi was a useless person, so in his eyes, the Ye Tianyi in front of him merely had the same name. It was obvious that Sis Hong did not tell him about Ye Tianyi’s identity.

Ye Tianyi nodded.

“My interview is quite easy. You will be suitable as long as your Realm is at the Bright Aperture stage: level five and above. Of course, the higher the Realm, the better. The higher the Realm, the higher the reward once you complete the mission. Release your Realm.”

Ye Tianyi released his power of the Bright Aperture stage: level five. Although he was at the Body Forging stage: level one, he did not want to show off too much. Nobody knew about his Realm, not even Ye Xian’er.

“How about your attribute?”

“Fire.”

“Fire attribute. Not bad, an attack attribute. You can be one of the main attack teammates. I’ll agree with you joining us if you meet our requirements. I don’t want to hide anything from you because this mission is very dangerous. There’s a total of thirteen people in the Scarlet Legion’s Eighth Team, but five of them have quit from this mission. Hence, there’s only eight in the team, myself included. My Realm is of the Spirit Forging stage: level five, which is still fine. As for the seven other teammates, five of them are of the Bright Aperture stage and two of them are of the Body Forging stage. This is our allocation. If you don’t have other questions, welcome to the Scarlet Legion’s Eighth Team.”

Shang Yu was considered a righteous person, having told Ye Tianyi about the true nature of the situation. His Realm was Spirit Forging stage: level five which was considered very high! As long as they were not in extremely dangerous places and their luck was not bad, they would not face much issue in the demon beast territory. Of course, his talent was considered slightly normal for his age. Ye Xian’er probably reached the same Realm stage and level when she was ten years old. Talent was very important.

“How dangerous? What’s the mission?” Ye Tianyi asked.

“The mission…is to look for the Purple Honeysuckle.”

Ye Tianyi had previously received the Universal Sacral Art reward which integrated thousands of years of medical knowledge into his brain, so naturally, he knew of the Purple Honeysuckle. It was a type of spiritual herb and its level was not considered high nor low. It was quite rare in this era and ordinary people would not usually possess this kind of spiritual herb.

“Where are we going?”

“The Thousand-Beast Forest!”

Ye Tianyi, “…”

“The Thousand-Beast Forest? Isn’t that forbidden land? You dare go into the Thousand-Beast Forest when there are less than ten people in the team, the strongest being only at the Spirit Forging stage?” Ye Tianyi frowned.

Every martial artist knew about the several places on definitely should not venture into as it would be suicide to go there. The people that survived were either very powerful or very lucky. Indeed, the Thousand-Beast Forest was such a place! Why?

According to records, the Thousand-Beast Forest was the biggest forest in the entire Cerulean Planet. It was a forest filled with many kinds of demon beasts that ranged from the Qi Establishment stage to the scariest Heavenly Dao stage. Hence, half the mission would depend on their luck should they encounter those very strong demon beasts.

The ancient books also recorded that the five strongest Demon Gods lived in the Thousand-Beast Forest. They were kings of the highest level according to the demon beasts’ records. However, there did not seem to be any mention of them being hostile towards humans, reason being there was little to no record of them in the ancient books since it was almost impossible for normal people to see them.

Nevertheless, even if these five Demon Gods never existed, the huge number of strong demon beasts were enough to stop people from entering the forest.

“Yes, but the news we have received is that the Purple Honeysuckle only appears in that forest these three years. One day, that’s all we need. We’ll leave once we find it, but even if we don’t, we’ll still leave. We don’t want to prolong our time there. If we do find it, each person will get a reward of one and a half million. If we don’t, each person will still receive a reward of five hundred thousand! The Thousand-Beasts Forest is dangerous, but we’re only going to the outer ring of the forest. The strongest of the demon beasts found in the outer region are only of the Spirit Forging stage. I can handle those. On top of that, we will be supported by spiritual weapons. So, unless we’re really unlucky, we won’t meet stronger demon beasts,” Shang Yu said while looking at Ye Tianyi.

Ye Tianyi was silent for a moment after hearing what Shang Yu said.

Yes, it was true that the strongest beasts found in the outer region were of the Spirit Forging stage. However, accidents happen. This would really be a mission that relied on luck. They would earn a reward of 500 thousand within a day, and if they actually found the herb, it would be one and a half million each… That amount might be nothing when compared to the debts the Ye family had, but there would be other rare spiritual objects of heaven and earth apart from the Purple Honeysuckle in such a dangerous place. It would be a good chance for Ye Tianyi if he could manage to pluck one of them and sell it for tens of million bucks.

“There’s something I don’t understand. The Purple Honeysuckle is rare but it doesn’t have many applications. Do we really need more than a dozen people to risk their lives just to find it?” Ye Tianyi asked, puzzled.

“This…” Shang Yu hesitated before saying. “Okay, let me tell you something. A virus has spread in the city beside Tensui Sacred City, Tianan City. Martial artists in the Bright Aperture stage have died because of this virus, and the situation is uncertain. There’s a possibility that there are people in Tensui Sacred City that might be infected, too. Specialists in Tianan City have discovered that medicine derived from Purple Honeysuckle may have healing effects. Hence, this is a matter that concerns the entire empire. If the virus spreads, the consequences would be unimaginable.”

“So, whoever finds the Purple Honeysuckle will receive a great reward from the empire, right?”

Shangyu looked at Ye Tianyi and said, “It’s just forty million, which is my company’s profit for two years. Very few people know about the virus since this matter is confidential. They thought that telling people about it would cause panic, but it’s making matters worse by pushing it into the sidelines. He feels that it’s just a small matter as only five people have been confirmed to be infected. He’s thinking about it too simply. Even the emperor doesn’t know about this. I myself found out about this through gossip.”

“Sis Hong?”

“How did you know that?”

Ye Tianyi shook his head. “It’s nothing.”

Sis Hong was really good at getting news. Was she a know-it-all?

He paused before continuing, “The place that we’re going to is the Thousand-Beast Forest. How many people d’you think are willing to take this risk? Too few of them. Forty million will not be able to attract many people. After all, the effect of the Purple Honeysuckle is still an unconfirmed guess. Nobody would be willing to spend so much money on it. I’m trying it myself as well. Think about it, I’m the strongest, and I play the greatest role. The total reward is forty million and if I successfully find it, I’d need to give you at least twenty million. It wouldn’t be a problem if I took twenty-plus million, right?”

“Fine! I’ll go!” Ye Tianyi nodded and said.

“Good! However, this matter is strictly confidential. Since the Master of Tianan City doesn’t want to spread the news, we shouldn’t spread it, too. After all, it’s only a rumor that someone is infected with this virus. We cannot spread rumors without any confirmation. Gather here by nine o’clock tomorrow morning. We’ll leave from here. This is the contract, sign it if there are no issues with it.”

Ye Tianyi nodded. He left after signing the contract. After looking for the address, he took a taxi over to Shi Jiayi’s house.