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Chapter 476 - 428 Task to Avoid Misfortune

Chapter 476: Chapter 428 Task to Avoid Misfortune

About a quarter of an hour later, Zhang Xiumin returned to the room, saying, "Let’s go, the Patriarch has some free time now."

"My gratitude to you Senior Sister!" Wang Zijia immediately got up and paid his respects.

Zhang Xiumin didn’t say a word but turned and left.

Wang Zijia immediately followed.

The interior of the Heavenly Inquiry Tower was vast. Following Zhang Xiumin through numerous areas, they arrived at a staircase leading upstairs. They climbed continuously up to the private floor of the Tower’s head, the eighth floor.

"Patriarch, I have brought him here!"

Zhang Xiumin brought Wang Zijia to a familiar-looking study room that resembled the standard construction of most Fu Towers in the Outer Court.

"Hmm!"

The Head of the Tower, Zhang Decheng, was standing quietly by the window, looking out in the direction of the Main Peak.

It was unsure whether he was lost in thought or watching the movements on the Main Peak.

Seeing this, Zhang Xiumin quietly retreated.

"Disciple pays his respect to the Head of the Tower!" Wang Zijia paid his respects accordingly.

Zhang Decheng did not respond immediately to Wang Zijia. The room fell into momentary silence, creating a somewhat oppressive atmosphere.

Without receiving a response, Wang Zijia didn’t dare to stand. He just bowed respectfully, keeping his head down.

After a brief silence, Zhang Decheng moved away from the window and returned to his desk. Looking at Wang Zijia, he said, "Why did you run here instead of joining the bustling crowd at Wanyu Peak?"

"Disciple has just come from there." Wang Zijia rose slightly in respect, answering, "Disciple had a matter to discuss with the Head of the Tower. I was planning to arrive earlier this morning, but I was delayed due to the Divine Falling Bell Ringing."

"What matter?" asked Zhang Decheng.

Wang Zijia hesitated for a moment before explaining, "Master, is it necessary to accept related tasks in order to acquire a cultivation method?"

Zhang Decheng nodded, "Indeed, it is essential. Even if you are the Head Teacher’s personal disciple, with extraordinary talent, it is still required."

"The Sect hasn’t issued any compulsory tasks for years now, and rarely does it reassign you disciples. You’ve received full welfare without ever lacking, and the only deployment involves tasks to obtain core welfare."

"So, are you really expecting the Sect to feed you for a lifetime! An Infant God Cultivation Method, along with the minimum requirement of three thousand Spirit Essence, don’t tell me you’re not willing to do tasks. What do you want to do?"

For some unknown reason, his mood seems to have soured. Zhang Decheng’s tone was noticeably harsher.

"Master, you misunderstand. Disciple came here today about going undercover as you previously mentioned." Wang Zijia spoke while paying respects:

"As a disciple of the Wanyu Sect, I firmly believe that every attempt to stabilize Wanyu must be made. If my abilities can help the Sect, then it is my obligation to do so!"

Zhang Decheng was slightly taken aback. He examined Wang Zijia up and down for a long moment, then suddenly laughed: "You clever little trickster! You’ve almost bounced your abacus beads onto me, and yet you make it sound so righteous! If you weren’t so calculating, you’d be wasting your talents among my ranks!"

A puzzled Wang Zijia looked up at Zhang Decheng. "Master, what are you talking about? I don’t understand."

"Oh really, before you didn’t want to accept the task, but now that you’ve noticed some alarming signs, you’ve run back to take on such a task. If that’s not being sly, then what is?" Zhang Decheng bluntly brought the matter to light, not giving Wang Zijia any chance to play dumb.

Indeed, Wang Zijia had just realized that since many in the Sect were aware that the war situation would likely escalate, then the high-level members must have realized it too.

Perhaps they were even prepared!

This incident would undoubtedly be a fuse, causing both factions to lose restraint and plunge them into outright conflict.

Therefore, it was highly plausible that a genuine Demon-Extinguishing Sword Fight would be initiated, leading to the Battle of Moon Demon Cliff.

Regardless of whether his conjectures were right or wrong, running to perform undercover tasks and distancing himself from the Sect was undeniably the safest course of action for Wang Zijia.

"Unusual? Master, what are you talking about? What is the Sect planning to do?" Even though Wang Zijia was puzzled internally, he kept his external expression unchanged, feigning cluelessness as he said:

"Martial Uncle, are you saying that the task is no longer available?"

"Enough! You’re quite tactful, but one more or less of you won’t make a difference. " Zhang Decheng knew he had spoken out of turn. He glanced at Wang Zijia and said,

"You arrived fairly quickly, there are still tasks available for now, but that might not be the case in a few days. Most of the tasks already have disciples assigned to them. There are only three areas left, choose as you will."

With these words, he waved his hand, and a task light screen appeared before Wang Zijia.

Task One: Great Scholar Comes Out of the Mountains

Type: Covert (Demon Extinguishing)

Danger Level: Extremely High

Cultivation Limit: Late Perfected to Infant God

Related introduction: Disguise as a Great Scholar of Daqian, initiate small-scale warfare between the Blood Demon Sect and Daqian.

Task Detail: Daqian second class graduate (’True Man’ level Great Cultivator) Tan Xian, one of our Dark Guards from the Law Hall. Years ago, sent by the Hall to be stationed in a cultivation family on the borders of Daqian, the Tan family’s side branch.

Over centuries of laborious study and cultivation, he attained the True Man level. Supported by his family, he participated in the imperial examination, and after years of hard work, he finally attained the title of ’graduate.’

After many years in the Daqian officialdom, he ultimately reached the status of a Half-step Great Scholar (Infant God level).

Three years ago, he passed away quietly in seclusion. Subsequently, with the assistance of alerted Dark Guards, his corpse was secretly transported back to the Sect for a lavish burial. The news of his death was hidden by the Dark Department.