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Chapter 478 - 429: Becoming the Sixth Employee

Chapter 478: Chapter 429: Becoming the Sixth Employee

As Wang Zijia’s thoughts raced, Zhang Decheng began a series of operations.

At this moment, Wang Zijia’s identity card began to pop up with prompt after prompt.

[Detected that Dao Child Wang Zijia has undertaken a mission of Dark Guard Hall Master level, but without the identity of a Dark Guard, starting verification.]

[Because of a clear personal background, with an elder from Ascension Hall as a referee and the master of the Chuan Dao Tower as a guarantee, and an excellent performance in the Outer Sect, the verification for the Dark Department has been passed.]

[Note: The Internal Affairs Hall will quietly scrutinize you for a while, but as you have been scrutinized multiple times already, there’s no need to worry.]

What the hell???

Seeing the sudden information, Wang Zijia felt a sudden shock in his heart!

The six old sect departments had actually scrutinized him multiple times???

Well, the Internal Affairs Hall, huh!

Wait till the day when I am powerful, I will surely pull you all out. Let’s see if your hearts are black. I, a triple-exemplary disciple, require scrutiny and even multiple times?

[Dao Child, good day, you have acquired the identity of Dark Guard Hall Master, which belongs to the Dark Department. Although the Dark Department is a joint department of the Law Hall and Internal Affairs Hall, it is independent of the system.]

[Aside from the Head of the Dark Department, you don’t have to be answerable to anyone else with this identity.]

[You have acquired a list of Dark Guards who are lurking in the Chu Family!]

[You have opened the Dark Department’s contribution list!]

[You have unlocked the Dark Department’s task list!]

[You have unlocked the Dark Department’s exchange list (due to the special nature of your identity, sect resources can be directly exchanged for contributions, ignoring task quota requirements. This is because every contribution to the Dark Department is equivalent to a task quota!)]

[You have unlocked Dark Guard recruitment authority (you can form your own Dark Guard teams, without needing to provide the list of names to anyone. However, if your subordinates wish to claim Dark Department benefits, they need to be audited and registered as official Dark Guards.)]

[You have unlocked...]

[You have acquired detailed information about the Chu Family!]

[You have acquired...]

In this instant, Wang Zijia’s identity card was flooded with information, leaving Wang Zijia struggling to keep up.

[The setup of your Dark Department identity is complete, task successfully claimed!]

After a while, peace finally returned as the last notification popped up.

Task: Impersonate to Plunge a Kingdom into Chaos

Type: Spy (Agent of Chaos)

Danger Level: Extremely High

Introduction: Assume the identity of Chu Jiefu, take over the Chu family in Changbao State. No matter what methods you use, do your utmost to provoke conflict between Daqian and the Devil’s Gate, to ensure that there are no pressures from the direction of Daqian during the Sect’s war period.

Rewards: Universe Law Canon, Infant God Chapter, Yuan Shen Pian (Specially provided by the Chuan Dao Tower lineage), A Beginner fourth-grade Magic Treasure: False Status, Identity of Dark Guard Hall Master.

More detailed rewards will be determined based on the completion of the mission.

"Okay, your task is all set up." As the task was projected onto his identity card, Zhang Decheng also stopped his operations and said

"Due to your cultivation issue, to disguise as an Infant God, you need a special disguise Magic Treasure. The Dark Department has standard ones."

"Someone will deliver it to you shortly. However, its effects are limited, you’d better not to confront Infant God cultivators, especially those age-old monsters who have lived hundreds of years."

"Disciple understands!" Wang Zijia immediately bowed in acknowledgment.

Zhang Decheng seemed quite satisfied with Wang Zijia. Consequently, he sized up Wang Zijia for a moment and asked, "What are your thoughts on this mission?"

"This is the disciple’s first time dealing with a covert spy mission, totally clueless, can only take one step at a time."

Wang Zijia smiled bitterly. Mid-sentence, a thought suddenly dawned on him. He swiftly changed the subject and said:

"Does the tower master have any pointers for the disciple? The disciple is all ears!"

Zhang Decheng looked at Wang Zijia for a long while before saying, "It’s been a long time since our lineage has produced a disciple of your talents. Here are four words for your advice!"

"Tower Master, your command!" Wang Zijia obediently said.

"Bully the weak!" Zhang Decheng said as such.

Wang Zijia: "???"

"All right, you can go now!" After finishing his sentence, Zhang Decheng immediately began to dismiss him, as if he was afraid Wang Zijia might linger.

Wang Zijia, face filled with confusion, didn’t understand the intention behind Zhang Decheng’s words.

He left the room with a furrowed brow.

"Right, you are a Heritage Master, aren’t you?" Just as he was about to exit the room, Zhang Decheng suddenly asked.

"Replying to the Tower Master, yes!" Wang Zijia immediately gathered his thoughts and respectfully replied.

"In three days, there will be a water and land Dharma Assembly celebration. I will most likely preside over it. You should try to come too! I heard that you have an abundance of negative virtue. If you yield results, you will naturally be rewarded accordingly." Zhang Decheng said as such.

"But what about the disciple’s mission?" Wang Zijia asked.

"Your mission requires you to set off. The Dark Department needs to prepare for at least ten days before taking action; there’s no conflict." Zhang Decheng asserted casually.

"The disciple understands. The disciple will be there on time!"

"Hmm, you can go now!"

"Disciple takes his leave!"

Distractions aside, it was not until Wang Zijia left the room that he began to reconsider the covert spy mission.

’Bully the weak? Isn’t this the taboo of many big shots? What exactly is the tower master meaning by this?’

’I hate dealing with these big shots, they could just give the guidance straightforwardly, instead, they have to always add these intrigues!’

’The core of this task is to incite a war, stir up conflicts between two sects, hold back Daqian, and best of all, their direct involvement in the war. How to bully the small with the big?’

"Wait a minute!"

Wang Zijia was thinking randomly as he went downstairs.

As soon as he left the Heavenly Inquiry Tower, an idea flashed through his mind as if a shooting star had gone by.

’Bullying the smaller one, inciting chaos, is this the way it is?’

’Under the precondition of inferior cultivation, this is indeed a good method, and even the entire task only needs to apply this central idea, which might lead to unexpectedly good results!’

With this thought, Wang Zijia turned around briskly, looked at the Heavenly Inquiry Tower behind him, or to be precise, at the 8th floor of the tower, and lapsed into silence.

Being able to come up with the optimal solution for this task based on his own circumstances in such a short timeframe surely was not something a typical person could think of.

The so-called ’minister of education’ in the sect, who was rumored to be the most laid-back and humble among all his fellow Yuan Shen Cultivators, turned out to be a cunning fellow!

A savvy cunning fellow who knew how to keep up appearances!

’Damn it! You accused me of being slippery, but you yourself have a bunch of tricks up your sleeve, of course, everyone else looks bad to you!’

’No wonder, you eagerly kicked me out, are you afraid your monumental image would collapse?!’

Wang Zijia shook his head, suppressed his wild thoughts, and hurried towards White Peach Peak after passing through several halls.

Now that he had accepted the task, he had a plethora of things to prepare!

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Back on White Peach Peak, Wang Zijia started making various arrangements, especially purchasing various emergency supplies. The good thing is Gou Hongyuan’s trade channel was already well established, saving him from running around.

He was busy from noon until mid-afternoon.

"Martial Uncle, there’s a representative from the Law Hall here!" An Xingsheng rushed into the house to report.

"Please lead him to the reception hall!" Wang Zijia immediately replied.

"Disciple, the Martial Uncle from the Law Hall did not come in, he said you just need to go out and receive the handover!" An Xingsheng answered.

Wang Zijia, who had already stood up, quickly set out for the courtyard.

The two swiftly reached the outside of the White Peach Courtyard, where a middle-aged man, who appeared to be in his forties, was quietly waiting.

Liu Chengye, a peak Perfected One, over four hundred years old, a disciple who entered the sect during the Grand Selection, was extremely low-key.

Having memorized the information of personnel of Perfected One and above in the sect, Wang Zijia had the basic information about Liu Chengye in his mind as soon as he saw him.

Yet, it was basic. As this person was not only focused on the inner sect, but also maintained a low profile, so the available information was scarce.

"Martial Brother Chengye, please come inside!" Wang Zijia stepped forward enthusiastically and invited him.

"No need, I’m just here to hand over something, I will leave as soon as I’m finished!" Liu Chengye responded indifferently, putting up an unsociable air.

Presumably, it was due to his long-term exposure to the covert atmosphere of the Dark Department and his personality.

Wang Zijia paused momentarily before laughing, "Brother Chengye, you are indeed swift and decisive."

Liu Chengye waved his hand, casting a barrier to block the view of An Xingsheng, Xu Xian and others. He then took out three boxes.

He first handed a box to Wang Zijia and said, "This is a special magic treasure for your current mission: False Status. It is vital to the success of your mission, so please keep it safe."

Wang Zijia received the box, opened it carefully, and a glass mask-like object came into sight, with eyes flickering with spiritual light.

Utensil: False Status

Level: Beginner fourth grade treasure

System: Mask

Function One: Disguise, capable of imitating appearance, energy and other features that ordinary monks cannot see through.

Function Two: Store Spirit, capable of absorbing a large amount of spiritual power, storing it within the utensil, which can burst into an Infant God level of power in a short time.

This was a very precious disguise treasure. Even though it was obviously manufactured in large quantities, it did not make it any less rare.

Any trashy treasure is still a treasure, especially the rare ones with disguise and blessing features!

It was one of the premium rewards granted in advance for this task.

Wang Zijia, after inspecting it and confirming there were no issues, put it away.

Liu Chengye brought out two more boxes with a wave of his hand, opened them in front of Wang Zijia and explained,

"One of these is a third-grade disguise puppet, and the other is a third-class spiritual device, essentially being entry-level products of the same series as the False Status. You can choose one of the two."

"Choose one of the two?" Looking at the two boxes, Wang Zijia asked with a hint of confusion, "What is this for?"

Liu Chengye explained, "These are standard items given to the Dark Guard on their missions. All members of the Dark Department, almost on every mission, sneak out privately."

"The disguise puppet can create an illusion of you within the sect, but due to the limitations of spiritual wisdom, it is better to set yourself as having gone into a short-term retreat."

"Of course, Martial Junior Brother, you can also choose the mask, and find one disciple to replace you."

"Or simply do not disguise at all!"

"However, the Dark Department does not suggest this. After all, the tasks accepted by people of a hall master and above are all extremely tricky. It is better to have proof of your presence in the sect in case of accidents. It also ensures that you don’t be too passive when it comes to diplomacy from the side of the Etiquette Institute."

Wang Zijia: "······"

Is it so meticulous?!

They haven’t even started their operation and they’re already preparing for potential diplomatic risks?!