Chapter 345: Chapter 47: Contractual Identity

And the target of her coquetry, Lu Youjiu, Lin Jing had realized, was already covered in goosebumps by then.

Lu Youjiu looked at Yan Wanfei, his face full of disgust, and said coldly,

“If you disgust me again, I will beat you.”

Yan Wanfei sensed the peril and promptly shut up, no longer daring to make the pitiful expression he had just displayed.

“Alright, stop it now,”

“I’m not giving you this cultivation technique now because I don’t want you to start cultivating too soon and give Dai Mao a chance to spot any flaws,” Holaw Three Rivers explained.

After being threatened by Lu Youjiu, Yan Wanfei became much more obedient and quickly said,

“It’s alright…”

“I can start my cultivation after this mission is completed.”

Holaw Three Rivers nodded, then looked at everyone and spoke again,

“Next, there’s another matter.”

“That’s to give Niu San a new name to match his identity.”

“What suggestions do you have regarding this?”

As Holaw Three Rivers finished speaking, Lin Jing turned his head and looked at Yan Wanfei.

Seeing him dressed as a young girl from the Fox Clan, his appearance was excessively cute, especially his tender little face, which seemed so soft one could almost squeeze water out of it. Suddenly, an idea struck Lin Jing, and he said,

“How about we call him Yan Shuishui?”

As Lin Jing finished speaking,

“Yan Shuishui…”

Both Lu Youjiu and Holaw Three Rivers were carefully considering the name Lin Jing had come up with.

A moment later, Lu Youjiu openly said,

“Yan Shuishui, that works.”

“That will be the name.”

Holaw Three Rivers also nodded slightly,

“The name is indeed suitable. Let’s go with that.”

Having said this, Holaw Three Rivers then told Yan Wanfei,

“Make sure you remember, after you are disguised, you are called Yan Shuishui, and don’t give yourself away.”

Yan Wanfei initially wanted to say something more, but seeing the expressions of the three,

he hastily swallowed the words that he was about to say.

With this, the matter was truly settled.

Afterward,

they discussed some of the details further, until an hour later, when their discussion was concluded, and the banquet they were at was coming to an end.

Then,

they all left the Welcome Immortals Tower.

Upon leaving the Welcome Immortals Tower, it was already night.

However, the night in Bihai City was still bustling,

hardly less busy than during the day.

The main street of Bihai City, nearly every building had a magical light-emitting orb at the top.

Turning the pitch-black night into daylight.

As they walked back, Lu Youjiu suddenly said,

“Brother Lin, it’s still early. How about we help you get a Qi Hall membership token?”

“Having the status of a Qi cultivator will make things much more convenient in the future.”

“Indeed…”

“Brother Lin, why not become a Qi cultivator just like us?”

“Alright…” Lin Jing thought for a moment and then agreed.

Previously, he had always heard them mentioning this Qi cultivation.

Lin Jing was also very curious to see what benefits being a Qi cultivator could bring.

Following this,

Lin Jing joined them in heading to the Seven Seas Hall.

Although it was night time, the Seven Seas Hall was as busy as during the day.

Many people were coming and going at the Seven Seas Hall.

Lin Jing followed them into the Seven Seas Hall and walked straight towards the inside.

The lower floors of the Seven Seas Hall, just like the previously mentioned Yuebaolou, sold various materials, talismans, and magic artifacts.

The higher they went, the more precious the items sold became.

Moreover, if one’s cultivation was not sufficient, they were not qualified to go to the higher floors.

The place Lin Jing and his companions were heading to in the Seven Seas Hall was somewhere else…

Qi Hall.

After entering the Seven Seas Hall, they kept walking towards the back.

First, they crossed the bustling first-floor hall, and following the corridors inside the Seven Seas Hall, they kept moving towards the back.

Until they reached the very back.

They crossed the corridor, climbed the stairs, and entered a very spacious cylindrical building,

Before even entering, Lin Jing saw many cultivators inside.

It seemed that these cultivators were all Qi cultivators.

It was not until they fully entered that Lin Jing saw the interior of the entire building. The building was like a bamboo tube, hollow in the middle, with the real building structure forming a circle on the outside.

Two floating staircases spiraled up along the perimeter all the way to the top.

Lin Jing then looked up and found that the building was quite tall, with a total of nine floors inside.

Moreover, at the very top of the building, a huge Jade Slip was floating.

This Jade Slip was covered with mysterious Taoist scripts that emitted dazzling golden light.

Lin Jing saw that in the hall, many people were looking up at the Jade Slip,

At that moment, Yan Wanfei spoke to Lin Jing,

“Brother Lin, you must be curious about this Jade Slip as well.”

Lin Jing nodded and said,

“Indeed, this is the first time I’ve seen such a large Jade Slip.”

Yan Wanfei also looked at the Jade Slip, and then explained to Lin Jing,

“This Jade Slip is extraordinary…”

“It is an ancient Taoist Treasure called Divine Registry, in which all the tasks issued by the Qi Hall are recorded.”

“The Divine Registry is divided into one main registry and nine sub-registries.”

“The only function of this Divine Registry is to manage all the task information of the Qi Hall.”

“Thus allowing all Qi cultivators of the Seven Seas Hall to better accept and complete tasks.”

“And some high-level special tasks are directly recorded in the main Divine Registry located in the Demonic Monster Inner Sea, the main hall of the Seven Seas.”

“After receiving these tasks, the task supervisor Elder of the Seven Seas Hall will distribute these high-level tasks to the various sub-registries.”

“If you issue such a high-level task, it equates to having all the cultivators of the Demonic Monster Sea as your ‘helpers’ and ‘supporters’.”

“However, such high-level tasks usually cannot be completed by ordinary forces.”

“And…”

“It’s not something a common person could afford to issue.”

“You can say, it’s because of the existence of this Divine Registry, that the Qi Hall can exist proudly.”

“Otherwise, with the Demonic Monster Sea being so vast, it would be virtually impossible to gather all these people with needs.”

Having said this, Yan Wanfei pointed to the Divine Registry above and said,

“Brother Lin, you can actually use your Divine Sense to probe into it now.”

After listening to Yan Wanfei’s words, Lin Jing was also quite curious and hurriedly extended his Divine Sense toward the Divine Registry above the hall.

Once he probed in, Lin Jing discovered something incredible.

Lin Jing felt his entire consciousness seemed to have entered a mysterious space.

In this mysterious space, Lin Jing became an orb of light.

He knew that this orb was the transformation of his Divine Sense.

Apart from Lin Jing, there were many other orbs of light just like him inside.

In the middle of this mysterious space, there was an immensely large column emanating white light.

Atop the column were recorded various tasks.

Lin Jing then probed the column, and the task information was immediately known to Lin Jing.

“Foundation Establishment task 3950: Collect top-tier fire-type Flying Sword material, Flame Star Stone, task reward: three hundred Medium Grade Spirit Stones.”

“Golden Core task 628: Find a young Blood Red Vermilion Fruit plant of the third-order Spirit Plant, task reward: one hundred thousand Medium Grade Spirit Stones and the Cultivation Technique Thousand Spirits Path Resolution…”

Then.

There was also an introduction about the Cultivation Technique Thousand Spirits Path Resolution.

“Nascent Soul task 215: Slay the Demon Cultivator Sui Jue, island master of Three Barbarians Island, whose cultivation…”

…

…

For a time, the variety of tasks were dazzling.

After observing for a while, Lin Jing withdrew his Divine Sense from the Divine Registry.

“How is it?”

Seeing Lin Jing withdrawing his Divine Sense, Yan Wanfei then asked.

“This Divine Registry is indeed magical.” Lin Jing nodded.

Then, Lin Jing continued and asked Yan Wanfei,

“I saw that the tasks are categorized by levels like Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul; how are these levels determined?”

Yan Wanfei then replied,

“These are based on your own cultivation and the rank of your Qi cultivator status.”

“Qi cultivators are divided into nine ranks.”

“From the lowest Qi Refinement cultivator to the highest Mahayana Qi cultivator, the higher the rank of the Qi cultivator, the higher the level of tasks that can be accepted.”

“For instance, if you were to become a Qi cultivator now, you would directly be a Golden Core Qi cultivator.”

“As a Golden Core Qi cultivator, you cannot accept tasks of the Nascent Soul level unless it’s through completing tasks…”

“Once you have completed certain tasks, you can elevate your Qi cultivator rank, thereby accepting tasks higher than your own cultivation level.”

“Or if your personal cultivation advances to the next realm, you can also upgrade your Qi cultivator rank, and the record of your Qi cultivator rank is stored in the token you will receive shortly, which represents your Qi cultivator identity.”

After finishing, Yan Wanfei pointed at Holaw Three Rivers and Lu Youjiu and said,

“The few of us, as we frequently undertake Qi cultivator tasks, have now reached the Nascent Soul Qi cultivator level, but our actual cultivation is still at the Golden Core Stage.”

“Just like this time, the task we accepted actually belongs to the Nascent Soul level tasks; without improving our Qi cultivator rank through undertaking tasks, we couldn’t have accepted this task.”

After listening, Lin Jing nodded and said,

“I understand…”

As Lin Jing finished speaking, Yan Wanfei opened his mouth again and said,

“Brother Lin, now that you are of the Golden Core Realm, you need to head to the third floor to get your Qi cultivator certificate processed.”

“Let’s go now…”

“Alright!” Lin Jing replied.

Next.

Lin Jing and his companions walked up the stairs toward the third floor.

Upon reaching the third floor, the process of getting the Qi cultivator certificate went quite smoothly.

The person who attended to Lin Jing was an elderly man with white hair.

Lin Jing simply expressed his intention, and after the elderly man gave him a glance, he directly brought out two tokens and handed them to Lin Jing.

“Ten Medium Grade Spirit Stones, go into the room behind and refine them, then hand one of the tokens back to me after the refinement,” the elderly man directed, pointing to a room behind him.

Lin Jing nodded, then handed over ten Medium Grade Spirit Stones to the elderly man.

Following the old man’s directions, Lin Jing then went into the room behind the old man and began the refinement process.

The Jade Pendant was quickly refined, and within a quarter of an hour, the two tokens were completely refined.

Next.

Lin Jing handed one of the tokens back to the elderly man.

Afterward, as the elderly man took the token and informed Lin Jing,

he was now officially a Golden Core Qi cultivator.

Once the Qi cultivator identity was settled, Lin Jing and his companions then left the Seven Seas Hall.