Foundation Establishment Mission: Eliminate all Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining remnants of the killer organization Six Heavens within the Qingtian Domain. The internal Golden Core killers have already been slain. Currently, there are six Foundation Establishment killers and eighteen Qi Refining killers. Each elimination grants corresponding Black Market Points. Completing the entire cleanup awards seven thousand three hundred Black Market Points.
Below the mission description, the cultivation realm and estimated strength of each target were listed.
'This is interesting.'
'It is much more reliable than trying to kill core disciples of the Qingyuan Sect!'
As long as Golden Core cultivators did not interfere, Qi Ping was confident in his ability to survive against Foundation Establishment opponents. Furthermore, he discovered that refreshing the mission list did not cause the previous missions to disappear.
'The mechanism is quite good. It prevents me from spending all my spirit stones without finding a suitable task.'
However, after considering the difficulty and risk, Qi Ping temporarily set this mission aside. For the next refresh, he restricted the mission grade to the Qi Refining level. He also narrowed the search range precisely to the Qingtian Domain.
When Qi Ping clicked refresh again, only twenty spirit stones were deducted.
Qi Refining Mission: Eliminate all Qi Refining remnants of the killer organization Six Heavens within the Qingtian Domain. The internal Golden Core killers have already been slain. Note: Six Foundation Establishment killers remain at large; proceed with caution. There are eighteen Qi Refining killers. Each elimination grants corresponding Black Market Points. Completing the cleanup of all Qi Refining killers awards one thousand six hundred Black Market Points.
Qi Ping was speechless.
He then spent four hundred spirit stones to refresh the list twenty times in one go. He found that most were assassination missions, while a small portion involved rescue operations.
The assassination missions were generally divided into two types. One was the elimination of killer organizations like Six Heavens, while the other targeted rising prodigies. Qi Ping noticed a commonality among these prodigies: they all practiced techniques that progressed extremely fast but were harmful to the heavens. For example, the Infant-Devouring Method practiced by Qin Shengyun, the core disciple of the Qingyuan Sect. Furthermore, behind these organizations, there seemed to be a hidden trade in human lives and corpses.
These commonalities sent a slight chill down Qi Ping's spine.
'It seems one truly cannot practice techniques recklessly, or they might end up on a hit list one day.'
But what shocked him more was how the Black Market discovered these practitioners. Logically, such people should hide their methods very well. He could only attribute it to mysterious spells and means, which were likely trivial for the enigmatic Black Market.
'But does the Black Market go to such lengths just to punish evil and promote good?'
Qi Ping felt things were not that simple. The organizations involved in the trade of people and corpses also shared a hidden pattern.
'Looking at individuals, it seems normal—some people practice fast but wicked techniques, and others trade in bodies. This happens everywhere. But when so many people and organizations in one region are systematically identified and listed by the Black Market, it clearly indicates a clash between two mysterious powers!'
Qi Ping recalled the rumors of missing persons he had heard over the years, mostly involving children. It now seemed likely that these hidden hands were responsible. He even suspected that the wars between the various sects might be related—perhaps they were just excuses to harvest the flesh and blood of young geniuses?
He could not be certain; these were just wild guesses based on the details of the Black Market missions.
'In any case, I must be careful!'
'I will only take the easy missions so that others cannot gauge my true strength.'
'When executing missions, I will let the bees handle everything directly. The token must never be kept on my person.'
After all, any normal person would never expect someone with a hand full of trump cards and powerful animal companions to only be interested in Qi Refining missions.
Over the next two days, after finishing his planning and preparations, Qi Ping began his operations. Although the rewards for Qi Refining missions were only a tenth or even a twentieth of the Foundation Establishment ones, he enjoyed the work. The advantage was safety!
For other Foundation Establishment cultivators, finding these targets might be troublesome, but for Qi Ping with his bee swarms, it was no difficulty at all. Those mobile organizations and hidden individuals that were incredibly hard to track were dragged out one by one under the scrutiny of his bees!
The targets probably never dreamed they would be hunted by such a terrifying existence. Normally, those sent to find them were at most Qi Refining cultivators; with their geographical advantages, they could usually cope.
But how could they fight Qi Ping?
It felt as if the entire world was made of his bee swarms. They could not win, and they could not run. They had no choice but to wait for death. This was the most frustrating part.
This bee-tamer was simply ridiculous; he did not play by the rules at all!
After about three months of busy work, Qi Ping completed thirty-seven missions, harvesting twelve thousand three hundred Black Market Points. The efficiency of the harvest was not high, but Qi Ping was satisfied. However, just as he planned to do a few more missions and then stop, trouble finally found him.
While he was wiping out a small Qi Refining organization, three Foundation Establishment cultivators suddenly jumped out. Coincidentally, these three were Foundation Establishment killers from Six Heavens, who were also on the Black Market hit list. But compared to the two who had hunted Meng Yan, these three were inferior. Naturally, they posed no threat to Qi Ping.
After spending some effort, Qi Ping successfully slew them. This netted him an additional two thousand seven hundred Black Market Points.
Black Market Points: 15,000.
Qi Ping now possessed a total of fifteen thousand points! The efficiency of Foundation Establishment missions was indeed much higher. But this incident also served as a warning. He had completed too many Qi Refining missions lately, which had attracted the attention of that mysterious organization.
'I am likely being watched now. Fortunately, the people they sent were far below my actual combat strength. Not only did they fail to take me down, but they also delivered a generous sum of points!'
'It is time to stop. Until my strength improves significantly or I finish crafting my clone, I must not act again!'
His good luck this time was entirely due to his real strength being far higher than his apparent strength. If there was a next time, the enemy would definitely not be as simple as today's characters. Thus, Qi Ping ceased his activities and went into hiding.
It was time to harvest and purchase the Spirit Vein Essence!