Chapter 431 - 430: A Pile of Blood Nether Orders
After a while, Xue Qianlong and Ling Zhan finally stopped discussing the madman who was slaughtering the Blood Nether Association. Instead, they headed to the Law Enforcement Hall on Central Peak with Qin Ya to redeem the Points for the reconnaissance mission the three of them had completed together. They could have redeemed the Points earlier, but they had firmly believed Qin Ya was still alive, so they had waited for him!
The three of them traveled via Sky-Controlling and soon arrived at the Law Enforcement Hall. The first thing to enter Qin Ya’s sight was, as always, the Golden List suspended in mid-air. It radiated a faint golden light, exuding a mysterious spiritual aura. Qin Ya had once heard Ting Xiao mention that this very Golden List was a powerful Spiritual Artifact, with a rank no lower than his own.
The moment Qin Ya and his companions walked in, some people looked over and were momentarily stunned. Qin Ya’s fame among the Law Enforcers had been considerable lately. His combat prowess, which far exceeded his Cultivation Realm, and his ridiculously young age had both become hot topics of conversation. In particular, the news that he had sacrificed himself to cover his comrades’ escape during the recent Linfeng Pavilion betrayal had earned him immense admiration.
But after a few days, the heated discussions had gradually died down. After all, no one believed Qin Ya could have survived being hunted by a King. As the saying goes, death erases all; people slowly stopped talking about him. But now, seeing Qin Ya once again in the Law Enforcement Hall, their astonishment knew no bounds.
"Isn’t that Qin Ya?"
"Heavens, he’s actually alive!"
"Wasn’t he being hunted by a King? How could he possibly be alive?"
"I must be seeing things. How did he survive?"
"Tsk, tsk. Truly worthy of being Kunyun Palace’s youngest and weakest Law Enforcer in history. He’s got some serious skills to have escaped from a King’s grasp."
Everyone was murmuring and pointing at Qin Ya and his friends. But Qin Ya seemed long accustomed to this kind of treatment. His expression was calm as he and Ling Zhan slowly walked up to the Golden List. He spoke indifferently, "Golden List, we’re here to submit a mission."
"Names."
"Qin Ya, Ling Zhan, Xue Qianlong."
"Your mission was particularly unusual, and the difficulty was far higher than anticipated. Therefore, the Points have been increased from three hundred to nine hundred. How will you distribute them?"
"Oh."
Qin Ya was a little surprised. He hadn’t expected the Points to increase by so much. It might seem like just a six-hundred-Point increase, but the mission’s difficulty was now in a completely different league. According to the Golden List, missions worth a thousand Points or more often required a Law Enforcer at the King Realm to complete. Nine hundred Points was considered a very difficult mission.
Hearing this, the other Law Enforcers also showed expressions of surprise.
"Nine hundred Points... it increased by that much."
"It makes sense. It was supposed to be a simple reconnaissance mission, but it turned into the Linfeng Pavilion betrayal, and they even had a King sent after them. Nine hundred doesn’t seem like too much for that."
"The fact they made it back alive means they deserve it."
"Qin Ya, if it weren’t for you this time, I’m afraid we wouldn’t have made it back alive," Ling Zhan said. "You should take the lion’s share of these nine hundred Points. A hundred each for Xue Qianlong and me is enough." To him, just surviving was the greatest fortune; he didn’t really care about the Points.
Ling Zhan was filled with gratitude toward Qin Ya for saving them. He wouldn’t have batted an eye at giving all the Points to Qin Ya. He only proposed taking a hundred Points as a token gesture, considering Qin Ya’s personality.
"I agree." Clearly, Xue Qianlong felt the same way.
Hearing this, Qin Ya smiled faintly and said, "You don’t have to do that."
"Brother Qin, if you still consider us friends, don’t refuse. It’s just a few hundred Points. We can just do a few more missions to make it up."
"Alright, then." Qin Ya nodded helplessly.
"Qin Ya seven hundred. Xue Qianlong and Ling Zhan, one hundred each."
"Accepted. Take out your Cyan Cloud Orders."
Hearing this, the three of them immediately took out their Cyan Cloud Orders.
The Golden List then shot out a ray of golden light, which broke into specks of light that flowed into the Cyan Cloud Orders in their hands. Qin Ya’s Token received the most.
"A hundred Points in the bag."
Ling Zhan smiled, then turned to Qin Ya. "Brother Qin, want to take on a few more missions to warm up? My strength has improved by leaps and bounds these past few days."
"No, I’m planning to focus on my Cultivation for a while."
"Alright, then."
Then, Qin Ya turned back to the Golden List and said, "I want to redeem Points."
Ling Zhan and Xue Qianlong were stunned. They didn’t know what Points Qin Ya was talking about. As far as they knew, he had only ever taken one mission with them.
"What Points?"
"Blood Nether Order Points!"
"Proceed."
On the Golden List, there was a permanent, open mission that anyone could accept: kill a Blood Nether Association Killer and retrieve their Blood Nether Order!
A Bronze Killer was worth one Point, a Silver Killer was worth ten Points, a Golden Killer was worth one hundred Points, and a Blood Evil Assassin was worth ten thousand Points!
Hearing this, Ling Zhan and Xue Qianlong finally understood.
"Brother Qin was chased by so many Blood Nether Association Killers that day. It’s only natural that he would have counter-attacked and taken a few of their Blood Nether Orders along the way. Given the situation back then, Brother Qin should have at least a few Golden Killer Tokens."
Ling Zhan said, and Xue Qianlong nodded in deep agreement.
Then, with a wave of his hand, Qin Ya emptied all the Tokens from his Storage Ring. In an instant, a small mountain of them appeared before everyone’s eyes.
Everyone’s pupils contracted. They were utterly shocked, as if endless thunderclaps were booming in their minds, leaving them dizzy. They bit their tongues to snap back to reality, but their jaws remained hanging open.
It was simply because the scene before them was too terrifying.
The sight of all those Blood Nether Orders piled together was just too stunning!
They could all clearly see that the majority of the pile consisted of Golden Level Blood Nether Orders, with only a small portion being Silver Blood Nether Orders. As for Bronze Blood Nether Orders, there wasn’t a single one, as if the Points they offered were too low for him to bother.
There were at least six or seven hundred Blood Nether Orders before them.
Representing the lives of six or seven hundred Blood Nether Association Killers!
In that instant, it was as if everyone could see an endless bloody mist gathering behind Qin Ya, forming a mountain of corpses in a sea of blood—a scene straight out of Asura Hell!
They trembled violently, a chill running down their spines.
’Good heavens, just how terrifying is this young man?!’
’To be able to kill so many Blood Nether Association Killers... he couldn’t have taken out an entire Blood Nether Association stronghold, could he? Wait, a stronghold...’
Everyone seemed to have realized something, and they stared at Qin Ya as if they were seeing a ghost.
"You guys don’t think... the madman who’s been wiping out Blood Nether Association strongholds recently is Qin Ya, do you? Otherwise, how could he have so many Blood Nether Orders!"
"It’s very possible... No, it’s definitely him."
"That’s right! The strongholds in places like Lei Province, Shuo Province, and Qingg Country... that’s at least a dozen or two Blood Nether Association strongholds, all wiped out by him! A quantity of Blood Nether Orders like this isn’t surprising then. Heavens, how did he even find the locations of their strongholds?"
"The Blood Nether Association hides its tracks very well. Even after years of investigation, Kunyun Palace has only managed to take out a few of their strongholds. To think that Qin Ya managed to do this all by himself... This is a first in the history of Kunyun Palace!"