Chapter 2178: On A Mission

Chapter 2178: On A Mission

Zhao Hai didn’t go out on a mission the next day. He was either cultivating in his courtyard or in the gang’s scripture pavilion to study the records of the gang.

The Ghost Child Gang has collected some good things. Naturally, the good things Zhao Hai referred to were the jade slips about the underground world, not the Ghost Cultivator techniques.

Zhao Hai has collected a lot of Ghost Cultivators. Moreover, those Ghost Cultivators were from powerful sects. The methods they have were more powerful than the ones in the Ghost Child Gang.

For one week, Zhao Hai’s life in the Ghost Child Gang involved practicing in his courtyard and going to the scripture pavilion. Most of the time, he was reading about medicinal plants and ores.

A week later, Zhao Hai decided to head out. He was prepared to take the missions issued by the gang. The missions provided by the gang were ones that weren’t given to outside cultivators. Naturally, these missions were harder than the ones in the mission hall. But in turn, the rewards were more generous.

The gang’s internal mission hall was smaller than the mission hall outside. There were also fewer people taking up missions. Now that Zhao Hai has joined the Ghost Child Gang for a week and had gained a deeper understanding of the underground world, it was time for him to take on missions. If he continued to delay, people might become suspicious.

There were only a few people in the mission hall when Zhao Hai entered. Zhao Hai knew these people, but they didn’t know Zhao Hai.

Zhao Hai knew about them through the Space, naturally these people didn’t know who he was. But Zhao Hai didn’t mind it. As he looked at the mission board, a mission attracted his vision. It was a group mission. Ten people from the gang would escort a shipment of weapons from the gang to Ghost Wind City.

Ghost Wind City was under the control of the Ghost Wind Gang. The Ghost Wind Gang has a good relationship with the Ghost Child Gang. The Ghost Child Gang was quite famous for refining weapons. Its weapons were famous in the surrounding cities.

The Ghost Child Gang earned a huge income from their refined weapons. Thus, their weapon shipments were extremely valuable. This made escort missions more common in the mission hall.

There were two reasons why Zhao Hai was attracted by the mission. The first was that he could leave Ghost Child City. It’s been a month since he arrived in the city. The second reason was to make him more familiar with the people in the gang.

Zhao Hai saw that eight people have already accepted the mission. Seeing that there were only two slots left, Zhao Hai hurriedly walked to the counter and said, “I want to take escort mission number 33.” After speaking, Zhao Hai handed his identity token to the staff member.

The staff member received Zhao Hai’s identity token and discovered that Zhao Hai hasn’t taken other missions. The staff looked at Zhao Hai and asked, “Junior Brother, are you new to the gang?”

Zhao Hai smiled and said, “I’ve made Senior Brother laugh.”

The staff smiled and said, “No, no. I just saw that your eyes are quite good. Your first mission will be an escort mission. This mission is practically safe. Moreover, you can get to know a lot of people. This is a good choice.”

Zhao Hai smiled and said, “Senior Brother is overpraising me.”

The staff member smiled and said, “There’s no need to be polite. Alright, you can take this mission. Report to the meeting point three days later. Don’t be late.” Then he handed back Zhao Hai’s identity token.

After receiving his identity token, Zhao Hai looked at the staff member and asked, “Senior Brother, what do I need to prepare for the mission?”

The staff replied, “There’s no need to prepare anything. Everything will be taken care of by the gang. Moreover, the gang will prepare your resting spots.”

Zhao Hai was unaware of this interaction. Although he didn’t prepare anything for the mission, understood its details.

Although Zhao Hai hasn’t been going around lately, he went to the gang cafeteria frequently. Moreover, Zhao Hai discovered that Yue Lin was a warm-hearted person. As long as it was within his means, he would offer his help.

However, Yue Lin only treated Zhao Hai well because Zhao Hai showed respect. He was unlike others who only gave him face because of his younger brother. Yue Lin could clearly see this in a person’s eyes.

The night after receiving the mission, Zhao Hai went to the cafeteria. There were very few people in the cafeteria at this time, making Yue Ling idle. To be honest, Yue Lin’s job was quite easy. Yue Lin only needed to be in the cafeteria until ten in the night and then he could go home. The rest of the time wasn’t his responsibility. It was because of this free time that Zhao Hai was able to converse with Yue Ling. Zhao Hai also ate more punctually compared to other cultivators. Cultivators spend most of their time cultivating and would only have the cafeteria deliver food to them. On the other hand, Zhao Hai went to the cafeteria in person.

Upon seeing Zhao Hai, Yue Lin smiled and said, “Junior Brother, you’re here. I was thinking that you wouldn’t come today.”

Zhao Hai smiled and said, “Of course I have to come to eat my meal. I have no other place to eat at. Senior Brother, where’s the food? I’m hungry.”

Yue Lin laughed and said, “Don’t worry, it’ll be here as soon as possible. Come, sit. Tell me what you want to eat.”

Zhao Hai smiled and said, “Whatever is good. Two dishes and a pot of liquor. Right, Senior Brother Yue, while I eat, I have something to ask you.”

Yue Lin smiled and said, “Alright. I’ll let them serve the food after preparing the meal.” After he said that, he turned around and left. Before long, Yue Ling returned and sat down opposite Zhao Hai. He looked at Zhao Hai and said, “Tell me, what’s the matter?”

Zhao Hai replied, “It’s about the mission I accepted. I don’t know what to prepare. This is the first mission I’ve taken since joining the Ghost Child Gang. I have to do well.”

Yue Lin laughed and said, “You’re afraid of affecting your title of Mission King? I heard that you were invited to the gang because you have done a lot of missions beautifully.”

Zhao Hai smiled and said, “I can’t accept the name of Mission King. But I have done a lot of missions. The mission I took this time is an escort mission. There would be a total of ten people escorting a caravan of artifacts to Ghost Wind City. Brother Yue, how should I prepare for this mission?”

Hearing Zhao Hai, Yue Ling couldn’t help but stare, then he nodded and said, “Your first mission is actually this. It seems like your eyesight is very good. No wonder you’re called the Mission King. Hahaha. Actually, escort missions are one of the easiest missions in the gang. Since the escorted artifacts aren’t very valuable, nobody would care about them. With ten people escorting the caravan, you can also get to know them along the way. This is a good thing. You really don’t need to prepare anything for this mission. The place you’re going wouldn’t be far and there are supply points along the way. The route you’re going to is also familiar to the gang. All you need to do is to follow.”

Hearing this, Zhao Hai felt relieved, “Since it’s not far, why would the gang send people to escort it? Is there anyone in the vicinity who would dare attack the gang’s caravan?”

Yue Lin shook his head and said, “There aren’t a lot of people who would dare attack the gang. But if we don’t send escorts, then the rogue cultivators might get greedy and form thoughts. Therefore, having escorts is needed, even if only for show.”

Zhao Hai nodded, “So it’s this. In other words, there’s no danger? I was hoping that there would be fun along the way.”

Hearing Zhao Hai, Yue Ling laughed, “I only heard people worrying about dangers on the road. I haven’t heard people wishing to be in danger. Don’t worry, there will be no accidents.”

Zhao Hai smiled, “I was just joking. Nobody hopes to be attacked. If the road is really safe, then I’ll be relaxed. This might be the most relaxing mission I’ll take.”

Yue Lin smiled and said, “I don’t know about relaxing. But to you, this is a good opportunity to get to know others in the gang.”

Zhao Hai nodded. Although he has no good impressions of the gang, he had a good image of Yue Lin. In a bad crowd, you would always find a good person. But at the same time, you would also find bad people in good crowds. Yue Lin was a good person among the bad crowd.