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Chapter 333 - 321: Customized Vein-Opening Task

Chapter 333: Chapter 321: Customized Vein-Opening Task

She stared at Xu Yuyu, who was playing his instrument in the Central Lake Pavilion as if he was an immortal playing a solo. Her eyes shone with an unusual light.

Got it!

She figured the Etiquette Institute, or at least the territory controlled by this Perfected Realm Xu Yuyu, was similar to the situation on her White Peach Peak, with Yin overpowering Yang!

The difference was that she intentionally let it happen to redirect the flow, while this person, probably, didn’t do it on purpose.

Amid these thoughts, Wang Zijia gave a slight bow to the Senior Sister who was leading the way, before stepping into the ’Zither Room,’ which she wasn’t sure could be counted as a courtyard!

She walked leisurely along the lakeside path, listening to the music played by Xu Yuyu. Her mana and mind flowed with the rhythm, and her cultivation improved faster than when she was meditating in seclusion.

"Sing a song, sing a song!"

"You’re a bird, why are you learning to sing like humans?"

"Yeah, I don’t get it, why do humans like to talk in tune with the music!"

"..."

She followed the path across the lake to the Central Lake Pavilion.

The moment she stepped into the Central Lake Pavilion, it felt as if she had passed through a thin membrane; Wang Zijia immediately heard several very pleasant debates.

It wasn’t peaceful here, on the contrary, it was somewhat noisy. And the ones arguing... were three palm-sized birds.

It was hard to tell what species they were; they seemed like very ordinary birds.

However, even a spirit pet that could only refine horizontal bones and speak human languages required at least the strength of a Sacrificial Wine rank maker or even a Perfected Realm cultivator. To shape-shift, it would require the power of an Infant God.

"Hey, kiddo, you tell us, why do you humans like to scream along with music?"

The discussion among the three birds was getting rather heated. Upon noticing Wang Zijia’s arrival, they all turned their gaze toward her together.

Upon hearing this, Wang Zijia quietly glanced at Xu Yuyu, who did not react.

After pondering for a moment, as she didn’t know what etiquette to use to address the three birds, she decided not to greet them. She simply replied, "Perhaps music and song complement each other?"

"Bullshit! As soon as you start singing to music, for humans it’s fine, but for other races, it completely turns into random shouting, the effect is much worse!" One bird disagreed.

"No, it’s only a little better for humans who understand the same language. Even within the human race, it doesn’t universally apply!" Another bird chimed in to correct him.

Upon hearing this, Wang Zijia suddenly realized what they were arguing about.

They were discussing pure instrumental music?

Once again, after thinking carefully about her response, Wang Zijia laughed and said, "Perhaps... we want to give music a meaning?"

"When we, the human race, are young, most of us enjoy dancing to the beats, listening to songs, and melodies. As we age, we begin to appreciate the lyrics within the songs."

The arguing of the three birds simultaneously stopped as they tilted their heads, deep in thought.

Xu Yuyu, who was playing the zither, also looked at Wang Zijia in surprise, probably because he didn’t expect her to answer with such a profound statement about music.

"Even if what you said is true, singing still limits the breadth of musical law!" The bird that had first asked Wang Zijia, after a moment of contemplation, spoke rather arrogantly.

"It’s a trade-off that can’t be helped. Anything, if you want to assign it a meaning, has to lose its plasticity, right?" Wang Zijia didn’t argue but merely responded with a smile.

Once again, the three birds tilted their heads and pondered.

A faint smile danced on Wang Zijia’s lips, indicating she had headed in the correct direction.

For creatures of such uncomplicated thinking, philosophical discussions about life, similar to this, were the most suitable.

After a while, the three birds stopped their bickering.

They opened their mouths to spit out a colorful rainbow light towards Wang Zijia, which subsequently submerged into Xu Yuyu’s long zither.

Wang Zijia was taken aback slightly and vigilantly entered her Sea of Consciousness for a quick inspection.

Blessing: Three Profound Blessing

Affiliation: Blessing Road

Value: 104356

Introduction: A blessing from the ancient artifact spirit of the Colorful Three Profound Qin! Blessing is a mysterious matter, which is destined by the heavens in its surreal way!

What the hell!

Just by bullshitting a couple of sentences, I earned a value of more than a hundred thousand?

Come back out, let’s continue discussing life, philosophy, and music. I feel like I have many more profound thoughts to share. We could even discuss philosophy - Mao and Marx, and musicians like Tengger!!!

"Dong!"

When Wang Zijia was eyeing the zither in Xu Yuyu’s hand, Xu Yuyu began to slowly wrap up. It seemed that the return of the three birds signified the temporary end of his practice.

"Don’t worry, your ability to please the Three Profound Birds is a rare and good thing." Xu Yuyu saw Wang Zijia in a trance and assumed she was constantly checking herself, so advised her not to worry.

Of course, Wang Zijia knew it was a good thing!

She had heard tales about the blessing from Blessing Road in the Sect’s legends, but it was her first encounter with it!

"I understand, Master!" Amid her thoughts, Wang Zijia replied accordingly.

"You, kid, have time to come and visit me here. Is there something you need?" Xu Yuyu didn’t dwell on the topic, instead, he changed the topic and asked.

Wang Zijia was slightly surprised by his question. She quickly replied, "I came to receive my task for opening my meridians. I was notified this morning to come to the Etiquette Institute to find Martial Uncle Yuyu to receive it. Did the top management make a mistake?"

Xu Yuyu frowned slightly upon hearing this. He took out his identity card and opened a light screen. He looked at it for a while, his brow still knitted as he fell into thought.

’What’s with this cryptic expression, would you mind being straightforward? I get it if you’re pretending to be cool, but why have you also learned to tease people like this!’

Seeing Xu Yuyu’s reaction, Wang Zijia felt slightly nervous and couldn’t help but let her thoughts wander.

"Martial Uncle Yuyu?" She waited for a moment before reminding him, "Is there a mistake in the process?"

Xu Yuyu briefly came back to his senses upon hearing Wang Zijia’s words, immediately shaking his head, "No, it indeed is to take a task from me, but... never mind, you should first swear an oath to me, then see for yourself."

"Swear an oath?" Wang Zijia looked puzzled, before he could finish speaking.

Xu Yuyu tapped a few times on his identity card.

Suddenly, a tremendous pressure from nowhere enveloped the entire Central Lake Pavilion. In front of Wang Zijia, a deep, starry mirror appeared out of thin air. The mirror, the size of a human head, stood in the void, looking both real and illusory.

A familiar feeling came over him.

Is this... the Sect-suppressing Treasure?

This sudden turn of events left Wang Zijia speechless.

"Recite this thing first!" Xu Yuyu raised his hand, and a piece of text floated up.

"Disciple– hereby swears under the watch of Elder Haoyang, all matters related to the second task today shall not be revealed to others in any form within a hundred years. If this vow is violated, may the Sun Mirror annihilate me!"

Wang Zijia looked at the oath and then at the Haoyang Mirror shadow in front of him. Such a significant item was presented; it seemed like this matter was really serious.

But just because such a thing was brought out, he didn’t need to worry about anything anymore.

"Disciple Wang Zijia hereby..."

When Wang Zijia finished his oath, Xu Yuyu, as if he had walked through a formality, waved his hand and pushed the light screen towards Wang Zijia, saying, "Have a look at it yourself!"

Task One: Border Battlefield

Type: Battlefield Task (Opening Vein)

Danger Level: Extremely High

Cultivation Restriction: None

Related description: Open meridians with merits, kill enemies on the battlefield

Task Details: Click to view

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Task Two: Diplomatic Spy

Type: Spy (Opening Vein)

Danger Level: Extremely High

Cultivation Restriction: None

Related description: Open meridians with merits, because he has practiced quite a lot of mental forbidden techniques, this specially tailored opening vein task was designed.

Task Details: Please follow the envoy team to Fly Immortal and Daqian. If the joint negotiations are not successful, activate the sleeper and try to provoke the two factions to participate in the war. If the joint is successful, guide their participation in the war according to the instructions.

Special Reminder: During a special war period, your methods are unrestricted, and nobody will investigate afterward. But try not to cause resentment and end up bearing the consequences as it harms others and yourself.

The first task is straightforward; as the war is about to break out soon, this kind of battlefield task should be the most common. But the second one...

Well, looking at the task, it seems that, if the union fails, they, or maybe them, it definitely can’t be him alone.

They would have to stir up trouble in Daqian and Flying Immortal area, triggering the two sects to participate in the war?

And this special reminder, which clearly implies that he can pretend to be a devil cultivator?

Do all cultivators have such dirty hearts?!

The oath just now was clearly for this purpose!

But this kind of thing seems inevitable when you think about it. The three sects have been supporting and fighting each other for so many years, if Wanyu decides to go to war, the other two can’t escape from it!

They must be dragged down by force.

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Task Three: Anchor in the Lower Realm

Type: Teaching and Anchoring (Opening Vein)

Danger Level: Unknown

Cultivation Restriction: None

Related Description: The anchoring task of meridian opening, because of the detection of the extremely strong teaching talent, this specially tailored meridian opening task.

Task Details: The Qinglian world has entered the rebirth stage of spiritual energy, and it is almost certain that this world is the internal world of the Ancient Green Lotus Sword Sect, and it is very likely that it was fallen from the medium realms. The value is extremely high, and anchoring can enhance the foundation of the sect.

Please choose the disciples of the lower realms who are close to our sect, select two or three disciples to teach, become a perfected person after that, complete the construction of the bidirectional ascension passage and thoroughly anchor this world.

Special Reminder: Due to the special period of spiritual energy rebirth, the rate of time flow in the Qinglian World has entered an abnormal state, being very unstable, with a preliminary detection peak value of 200 to 1 to 50 to 1.

As a result, the upper limit of the highest strength has been temporarily raised from the Child Peak to the Perfected Realm.

For this reason, this task seems to be of unknown danger, but if it goes wrong, it is likely to be trapped in the lower realm for life. Theoretically, the danger is not low, and it is very time-consuming, please choose carefully.

Wang Zijia looked at these three tasks with a frown.

The first one can be directly eliminated, and the customized tasks of the second and third can be chosen by him and are both good choices.

The second one allows him to cause trouble in the lower realms with his people having the support of their sect, which should yield decent results. However, the danger is a bit too high.

For the third one, having the False Foundation Talisman Summoning and the Balanced Scale, isn’t too difficult for him either. He tends to lean towards this one a bit more, though its returns are somewhat unknown.

Seeing Wang Zijia’s reaction, Xu Yuyu said, "Actually, this third task was arranged for you by Elder Yue Changqing from the Yue Family when he was still alive. He put a lot of thought into it. However, Elder Gu stopped it halfway, even fought him for that."

"Now that it has been brought up again, it must be Elder Gu’s intention. After all, the situation is special now, and the first two tasks are both pushing you towards the battlefield."

Wang Zijia: "???"