Fifty thousand points!
This was equivalent to fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones, and roughly the value of a top-grade spiritual artifact.
Xin Ci had already spent the ten thousand points he earned from the previous admission test.
Fortunately, he had refined many pills and exchanged them for over a hundred thousand points at the Merit Hall.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to afford this price.
Now, his spiritual artifacts and martial skills had been upgraded, but Xin Ci still felt uneasy.
Because there were less than 10 days left until Nalan Wuxia's scheduled emergence.
Once Nalan Wuxia successfully broke through to the mid-stage Earth Realm, he would be utterly defenseless against her with his half-step Profound Realm cultivation.
His current spiritual power had reached a bottleneck, and he couldn't achieve a breakthrough in a short period.
It seemed necessary to accept a mission from the Mission Hall and go out for some training.
"Little Xin Xin~ What a coincidence, you're here to accept a mission too."
As soon as he walked into the Mission Hall, Xin Ci heard a sickeningly sweet voice.
Without even turning around, he knew it had to be Liu Mu Ming.
Liu Mu Ming casually placed his hand on Xin Ci's shoulder, a smile with an unclear meaning on his face. "Little Xin Xin, it's been a while."
Xin Ci calmly replied, "Brother Liu Mu, please address me by my name properly. Also, we just saw each other this morning."
"Ah, this..."
Liu Mu Ming was momentarily embarrassed.
Xin Ci, however, felt that this guy had been acting very strangely lately.
Despite being a student of the Azure Dragon Courtyard, he ran to the Vermillion Bird Courtyard every other day.
And each time he came to the Vermillion Bird Courtyard, his first stop was to find him in his separate dwelling.
Xin Ci couldn't figure out what this guy's intentions were.
He also didn't know if Luo Fei, that little fatty, had been influenced by Liu Mu Ming, as he had started stammering when talking to him.
His eyes would dart around, avoiding direct contact, and he seemed to see a hint of bashfulness on his face.
Xin Ci suspected that these two were deliberately playing tricks on him.
Last time, he had prepared everything before going to sleep, only to wake up the next day to something that made his mouth twitch and filled him with shame.
He didn't know who it was, but someone had altered his clothes into a skirt, causing him to stare at himself in disbelief early in the morning.
Looking at their recent strange behavior, Xin Ci strongly suspected they were behind this incident.
"Little Xin Xin~" Liu Mu Ming leaned closer to Xin Ci again, saying this affectionately and sickeningly.
Xin Ci felt goosebumps all over, always feeling like the guy wanted to get physically close to him.
Could this guy be gay?
Unable to bear it any longer, he issued a chilling warning.
"Brother Liu Mu, please do not challenge my bottom line."
However, Liu Mu Ming acted as if he hadn't heard his warning, getting a bit closer and chuckling.
"Little Xin Xin, don't say that. I know your little secret."
A little secret?
Xin Ci immediately became alert, thinking: Could Old Han and the secret of the crystal space have been discovered by him?
No, he had clearly revealed it to him before, so that guy couldn't possibly know.
So Xin Ci probed, "Brother Liu Mu, even I don't know what secret I have. How do you know?"
Liu Mu Ming, with a knowing expression, said, "Little Xin Xin, don't worry. I won't tell anyone about your cross-dressing."
Xin Ci: "???"
What cross-dressing? Could it be about the skirt he woke up wearing that morning?
Xin Ci was filled with confusion, but Mu Qingqing in the consciousness space suddenly felt her heart lurch, truly startled.
Cross-dressing? Did he see her when his body was transformed that night?
Impossible, she had clearly lost Liu Mu Ming then.
How did this guy know?
Compared to Mu Qingqing's panic, Xin Ci felt relieved.
Fortunately, the secrets of Old Han and the crystal space were not exposed.
However, regarding the cross-dressing, Xin Ci felt that this guy was talking nonsense.
He, a dignified man, being accused of cross-dressing, made Xin Ci somewhat angry.
So he pushed away Liu Mu Ming's hand on his shoulder and said coldly, "Brother Liu Mu, although I don't know where you heard this rumor, I can tell you clearly, I, Xin Ci, am a man through and through!"
"If I hear you spouting nonsense again, don't blame me for not being merciful!"
With that, Xin Ci turned and left, not wanting to listen to his nonsensical talk any further.
Liu Mu Ming was left looking bewildered and whispered aggrievedly, "What a man through and through? I saw it all clearly that night."
Meanwhile, Mu Qingqing, floating beside him in her spirit form, heard Liu Mu Ming's low murmur and her face immediately fell.
It's over, he really saw it.
But worrying now was useless, especially since Xin Ci himself was unaware of this matter.
Arriving at the Mission Hall.
Xin Ci chose several Profound rank missions to hunt demonic beasts. When he took them to the front hall for Elder Sun to stamp his approval,
This Elder Sun inexplicably showed a hint of disgust towards him, which made Xin Ci feel something was wrong.
As expected, Elder Sun actually replaced his chosen missions right in front of him.
He then stamped a King rank mission and casually tossed it onto the table.
Xin Ci's face instantly turned grim.
Xin Ci was not unaware of the dangers of a King rank mission. No student in the Four Symbols Academy was qualified to accept such a mission.
Usually, only elders or hall masters of the King Realm would lead teams on such missions.
It was imaginable that if Xin Ci accepted this mission, he would inevitably face attacks from King rank demonic beasts.
"What? Haven't you accepted the mission? Hurry up and complete it!" Elder Sun's eyes flashed with a hint of smugness, and his attitude was hostile.
He had no grudges with this attending elder, so his targeting him clearly meant he had been bribed.
The only person Xin Ci could think of was Nalan Wuchang.
It seemed he intended to offend him to the bitter end.
Just as he was about to return this King rank mission, his gaze swept over the contents.
Instantly, Xin Ci's eyes flashed, as if he had seen some surprising information.
However, he immediately suppressed his emotions, not revealing this surprise.
He knew that the cultivation materials for the Phoenix Nirvana Technique he had obtained from the Cultivation Manual Pavilion were difficult to gather.
The Phoenix Sun Flower and the Huang Fire Grass had already been exchanged for with points from the Treasure Pavilion, but the final Phoenix Blood Essence was hard to find.
Unexpectedly, the mission description precisely required obtaining Phoenix Blood Essence, and the location was Fengyang Mountain.
Fengyang Mountain was the legendary place where a phoenix had fallen, and perhaps there would be a clue to the Phoenix Blood Essence.
Without saying another word, Xin Ci accepted the mission and left the Mission Hall.
Elder Sun couldn't help but feel surprised.
He had expected this brat to argue with him, but he didn't expect him to accept it so readily.
"What a fool, daring to overestimate himself and challenge a King rank mission." Elder Sun clicked his tongue dismissively.
"Xin Ci, this is you seeking your own demise. If you have anyone to blame, blame yourself for offending the Nalan family."