"Head to the Red Plains Primary Ruins and hunt down a 3rd-tier Feral Beast, the Golden-Eyed Soul Devourer. If you can bring back its eyes to the Wushu Academy, you'll be able to exchange them for 600 points of merit. However, the Golden-Eyed Soul Devourer is extremely powerful, and I'm afraid it would be difficult for me to take it down alone, so I was thinking of asking for your help."

  The eyes of the Golden Eyed Soul Devouring Beast have a very high medicinal value and can be used to refine third-grade elixirs.

  Hunting the Golden Eyed Soul Devouring Beast isn't particularly dangerous, and it's worth 600 merit points. It's enough to accompany Duanmu Xingling on a trip to the Red Plains' primary ruins.

  Zhang Ruochen thought so in his heart and looked at Huang Yanchen with his eyes.

  Huang Yanchen's eyes, however, revealed a disdainful expression, and he said coldly, "A mere 600 points of merit value is a waste of time. I have a better task here, which is the most heavyweight task released by the Academy in recent years."

  Du Mu Xing Ling was slightly startled and said: "What task?"

  Zhang Ruochen also showed a curious expression.

  Huang Yanchen said: "Half a year ago, Heishi and Baiyue Demon Sect joined forces to destroy the Wushi Financial House's assets in Yunwu County. At the same time, Heishi and Baiyue Demon Sect expanded on a large scale in Yunwu County, established branches, controlled major economic lifelines, and wanted to completely squeeze out Wushi Financial House from Yunwu County."

  "Just now, the Wushu Academy immediately made a response strategy and issued a task. All outer and inner disciples of the Wushu Academy, as long as they kill one Black Market or Baiyue Demon Cult's Huang Ji Boundary Great Perfection martial artist, can gain some merit points."

  "Killing an early-stage Wujin in the Xuanji Realm can earn you 10 merit points."

  "Killing a Xuanji Realm Great Perfection Warrior can earn 100 merit points."

  "Killing an early-stage martial artist in the Extreme Realm can earn you 500 merit points."

  "Depending on the strength of the enemy, the stronger the enemy killed, the more merit points will be obtained. If one can eliminate a branch of the Black Market or a branch of the Moon Demon Sect, and kill all important members above the Xuanji boundary, they can directly obtain 1,000 merit points."

  "All powerful branches or sub-sects have higher merit points. For example, the Demon Sect's branch in Peiyun County has a merit point of 5,000 because it is garrisoned by an extremely powerful being at the Earth Extreme Boundary Great Perfection level."

  "If we can eliminate the headquarters of the demonic cult and the black market, our merits will be even higher."

  Zhang Ruochen's expression changed, and he said: "Is the Wu City Money House going to go all out war with Hei Shi and Bai Yue Demon Sect?"

  Huang Yanchen said, "It's not a full-scale war, the battlefield is only in Yunwu County, and only inner palace disciples and outer palace disciples can participate, elders are not allowed to join the battle."

  Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, "If a senior figure joins in, it may trigger an all-out war among the 36 states. At that time, the Wu City Money House may not be able to control the situation. The Wu City Money House is probably just trying to retaliate against Hei Shi and Bai Yue Demon Sect."

  Du Mu Xingling furrowed her brow slightly and said, "The black market and the Bai Yue Demon Sect's evil people are all sinister and cunning, with poisonous means. Fighting them is absolutely very dangerous. Chen Jie, are you sure you want to take on this task?"

  "Hold on and see, even if we don't go, other disciples will definitely rush to Yunwu County. This is an opportunity to gain a lot of merit points, no one wants to miss it."

  Huang Yanchen's gaze was fixed on Zhang Ruochen, saying: "Zhang Ruochen, are you willing to go with Duanmu Shimei to the Hongyuan Primary Ruins to hunt down the Golden Eyed Soul Devouring Beast, or are you willing to go with me to Yunwu Prefecture to hunt down the evil people of Heishi and Baiyue Demon Sect?"

  Zhang Ruochen smiled wryly, knowing that agreeing with either side would offend the other.

  How does he choose

  Zhang Ruochen said: "My cultivation has just broken through, and the boundary is not stable enough. In the past month, I plan to consolidate my boundary first and do not intend to go out on a mission."

  Huang Yanchen lightly bit her crystal-like lips, gave Zhang Ruochen a cold glance, stood up with some arrogance, and walked out without saying a word, leaving Duanmu Xingling's cultivation secret mansion.

  Seeing Huang Yanchen leave, Zhang Ruochen let out a long sigh and shook his head: "The Black Market and the Baiyue Demon Sect have always been hiding in the dark, their power is not weaker than the Wushicheng Money House at all. The Wushicheng Money House wants to deal with them, how can they not come up with a counter-strategy? Huang Shijie thinks the problem is too simple, going to deal with the Black Market and the Baiyue Demon Sect is absolutely a very dangerous task."

  Du Mu Xing Ling nodded and said, "You're right, the Black Market and the Bai Yue Demon Sect are powerful forces that can't be underestimated. Although they won't launch a large-scale counterattack, they will definitely send young masters to deal with the students of Wu Shi Qian Zhuang."

  Zhang Ruochen said: "The Wushu Academy must have considered various factors before making such a decision. Perhaps this is one of their ways to train their disciples."

  Du Mu Xingling's eyes narrowed and he smiled: "Are you sure you won't go with Chen Jie to Yunwu Prefecture to do the task? I think she might really get angry."

  "Let's talk about it in a few days."

  Zhang Ruochen picked up the key to the secret mansion on the table and tightly grasped it in his hand, then left Duanmu Xingling's secret mansion.

  Xiao Hei still lived in Duanmu Xingling's cultivation mansion, while Zhang Ruochen left the Inner Palace Academy and went to Liu Chuan Shen's residence.

  Although he is now a hot figure on the wanted list and many people want to kill him, in Tianmo Martial City it's still relatively safe. Even if one is a martial artist of the Tianji Realm, killing an inner disciple of the Wuxue Academy in Tianmo Martial City would make it very difficult for them to escape.

  Besides, Zhang Ruochen has now broken through to the early stage of Di Ji Jing, and can be considered as a high-ranking martial artist. Ordinary assassins would not be able to kill him.

  Returning to Liu Chuanshen's mansion once again, Zhang Ruochen first saw Zhang Shaochu.

  Zhang Shaochu remained in Tianmo Wucheng and did not return to Xiyuan. His cultivation realm improved rapidly, reaching the Great Perfection of Xuanji Boundary.

  " Ninth brother, fortunately I had the Semi-Holy True Liquid you gave me, my cultivation was able to advance so quickly. My fastest explosive speed has now reached 56 meters per second, although it's not enough to contend with the top-ranked Xuanwu warriors, but among those below them, I'm considered a top-notch expert." Zhang Shaochu was extremely pleased with himself, he never thought that he could reach the Xuanji Realm's Great Perfection so quickly.

  According to his own estimate, it will take at least three more years to reach the current level. Everything was helped by Zhang Ruochen, which made his cultivation progress rapidly.

  Zhang Ruochen looked at Zhang Shaochu, thought for a moment, took out the spiritual paper and pen, and quickly wrote down a volume of mid-grade spiritual martial skill, the Golden Vajra Fist.

  "Fourth brother, your martial arts cultivation has reached the extreme realm of perfection. If you change to another method now, it will have a great impact on you. I have a set of fist techniques here called the Golden Vajra Tai Du Fist Technique, which can temper your martial body to some extent. If you can successfully cultivate this set of fist techniques, your martial body will definitely be upgraded." Zhang Ruochen handed over the spiritual paper recording the fist technique to Zhang Shaochu.

  Zhang Shaochu took the spiritual paper, carefully observed it for a while, and could feel the subtlety of the Golden Fist Tai Du Quan method. He immediately put it in his sleeve and said in a low voice: "Ninth brother, this set of fist methods you gave me is at least a lower-grade spiritual martial skill."

  Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, "It's just a set of fist techniques. You can cultivate it as you like. If you successfully cultivate it, you might be able to challenge the top martial artists on the Xuanwu List."

  Zhang Shaochu smiled wryly and said, "With my physical constitution, it's impossible for me to become a Xuanbang warrior. Ninth brother, you probably don't know yet, but in the past few months, Purple Master Sister has made tremendous progress, her ranking on the Xuanbang is getting higher and higher, she's now ranked 142nd on the Xuanbang. Moreover, there's definitely still room for improvement, and she'll definitely have a chance to break into the top 50 of the Xuanbang."

  Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, "Her talent was originally high, with such achievements, it's within my expectations."

  After parting with Zhang Shaochu, Zhang Ruochen went to check on Kong Xuan's cultivation progress.

  Ever since Zhang Ruochen passed on the Peacock Sacred Canon to Kong Xuan, Kong Xuan's cultivation has made rapid progress. In just four short months, he successfully cultivated the first layer of the Peacock Sacred Canon and reached the realm of Huang Ji Da Yuan Man, opening up 27 meridians in his body.

  Kong Xuan's achievements far exceeded Zhang Ruochen's expectations.

  Even if they were of the level of Tianmo's top ten disciples, it was unlikely that their bodies had opened up so many meridians.

  Moreover, Kong Xuan was only seventeen years old and had such great achievements, which surprised herself.

  She knew that she was able to make earth-shattering changes in just four short months, all because of Zhang Ruochen.

  If it weren't for Zhang Ruochen passing on the Peacock Sacred Canon to her and providing her with cultivation resources, she would probably still be at the Yellow Extreme Realm's Small Extreme Boundary.

  However, Zhang Ruochen did not think so. He felt that the Peacock Sacred Canon and cultivation resources were secondary, mainly because Kong Xuan's own qualifications were already very high.

  "It's an honor to meet you." Kong Xuan bowed his head and paid respects to Zhang Ruochen, filled with reverence.

  She was wearing a white dress, her figure as slender as a willow tree, her long hair cascading down like a waterfall, and her eyes were filled with spirituality, staring curiously at Zhang Ruochen. She could clearly feel that her master's cultivation had become stronger, exerting an invisible pressure on her.

  Even if the master just stared at her with a glance, it seemed that he could see through everything in her heart.

  Zhang Ruochen smiled and said: "I've told you before, don't call me master, and there's no need to bow to me. Your cultivation has already reached the Great Perfection of the Yellow Extreme Realm, right?"

  "Yes." Kong Xuan stood up, his hands crossed in front of him, lightly pursing his lips, as if he wanted to say something but stopped himself.

  Zhang Ruochen knew what she wanted to say, smiled slightly, took out the practice method of the second layer of the Peacock Holy Canon, but didn't hand it over to her immediately. Instead, he asked: "How much power can you currently burst out with?"

  "The strength of seventy-eight oxen." Kong Xuan said softly.

  Zhang Ruochen handed over the second layer of Peacock Sacred Canon's cultivation method to her, and then took out four and a half sacred true liquids, handing them over to her together.

  "With your current strength, you already have the opportunity to become the number one on the lower-ranking county's honor roll. However, I hope that for now, you won't break through to the Mystic Extreme Realm, but instead continue to stimulate your body's potential, temper your martial body, and condense your true energy. If you can explode with 90% of your power at the Yellow Extreme Realm, it will be of even greater help to you in the future." Zhang Ruo Chen said.