Chapter 896: Chapter 896: Shadowless Gu
"Excuse me, fellow cultivators, is there anything you need my help with?"
The waitress had just approached Zhu Fei and Chen Tianxing and smiled as she spoke.
Zhu Fei barely glanced at the lady, was straightforward and nodded, directly pointing at the light screens in front of them and said:
"We want to take several tasks, like the one going to Sky Vault Mountain to gather Fire Essence Grass, and the one to kill the Poison-tailed Spider, hmm, and also this one to kill the Human-faced Centipede..."
Zhu Fei mentioned more than ten tasks in one breath, causing the waitress and Chen Tianxing’s expressions to turn slightly stiff.
Because in Zhu Fei’s previous understanding, tasks can be picked up in multiples, even repeatedly.
In other words, the number of tasks you can take at once is not limited to one or two; as long as you have the authority, you could even take on a hundred at once.
Moreover, as long as you don’t cancel the tasks you’ve picked, you can come back and pick more after completing them.
Zhu Fei thought that successful tasks have rewards, and failing or not completing tasks didn’t carry the slightest penalty.
Since that’s the case, he might as well take on more tasks at once, just in case — after all, there’s no loss, so why not?
"Zhu... Zhu Fei, that’s enough, with our current identity level combined, we can only take up to ten tasks."
Seeing Zhu Fei still choosing tasks, Chen Tianxing couldn’t hold back any longer and whispered.
"Uh... only ten?"
Upon hearing Chen Tianxing’s transmission, Zhu Fei was slightly stunned before smiling bitterly.
"Do you mean, people with black jade cards can only take five tasks each time? Why didn’t you tell me earlier?"
Chen Tianxing was speechless for a moment and replied in a disgruntled tone, "Who told you to move so quickly? I didn’t even have time to say it — how is this my fault?"
"Ahem..."
Feeling somewhat embarrassed, Zhu Fei chose not to dwell on the matter with Chen Tianxing and instead turned to the waitress:
"Fellow cultivator, my apologies earlier, these are the tasks we wish to undertake now, please help us arrange them."
Zhu Fei tapped repeatedly on the chosen light screens, removing some tasks of lower success rates.
Seeing this, the waitress nodded, her smile returning.
"Alright, then please follow me, so I can register for you soon."
She turned and led the way towards one of the counters.
Once Zhu Fei and Chen Tianxing arrived at the registration counter and handed their black jade cards to the waitress, Zhu Fei spoke up again:
"By the way, how many contribution points are needed to upgrade our current identity jade card?"
The waitress looked up at Zhu Fei, smiling, "Alchemist Zhu, if you want to upgrade your identity level, there are two ways currently.
Firstly, your contribution points must reach one thousand to upgrade to a white jade card. Secondly, you need to become a Second Grade Immortal Alchemist, which would directly upgrade your card to silver. This is the method most alchemists use to elevate their identity level."
Saying so, the waitress glanced at Chen Tianxing beside Zhu Fei and continued:
"As for the fellow cultivator by your side, if she wishes to upgrade her identity level, she must accumulate contribution points or your alchemy skills must reach the level of a third-grade Pill Master to directly elevate her card to white."
"Oh, I see." Zhu Fei nodded.
He could tell now that the waitress had perhaps heard of him or visited his pill shop before and knew his identity situation.
Otherwise, when he chose tasks earlier, she wouldn’t have reacted in the same way as Chen Tianxing.
"Alchemist Zhu, fellow cultivator Tianxing, here are your identity jade cards; I’ve registered the tasks for you. May your endeavors succeed and return safely."
At that moment, the waitress handed back the registered jade cards to Zhu Fei and Chen Tianxing, and wished them well with a smile.
Looking at the jade cards handed back by the waitress, a barely noticeable flash appeared deep within Zhu Fei’s eyes but quickly returned to normal, laughing nonchalantly:
"Hehe, thank you very much, fellow cultivator. If there’s a chance, I’ll surely return the favor someday."
After saying that, Zhu Fei ignored the waitress’s faintly changing expression, leading Chen Tianxing along, quickly disappearing from the task hall.
As Zhu Fei and Chen Tianxing vanished from view, the waitress’s expression turned gloomy, muttering softly, "How is this possible? Did he really see something?"
...
"Zhu Fei, what did you mean by those words earlier?"
Once they walked out of the task hall, Chen Tianxing looked at Zhu Fei suspiciously and asked, puzzled.
"Sigh, Tianxing, did you really not notice anything at all?"
Seeing Chen Tianxing’s demeanor, Zhu Fei let out a faint sigh.
However, he didn’t explain immediately; instead, he led her back to Yue Dan’s pill shop and then retrieved the black jade card, sneering:
"Tianxing, use Divine Sense to check properly if there’s anything unusual about our identity jade cards."
Hearing Zhu Fei’s words suddenly, Chen Tianxing’s expression slightly changed, promptly taking out her black jade card and examining it thoroughly.
Yet, despite checking hundreds of times, she still couldn’t find anything unusual on her jade card, and she looked at Zhu Fei with doubt again.
"Zhu Fei, what’s going on? Just tell me the truth, I haven’t found anything odd on my jade card."
"Nothing unusual?"
Seeing Chen Tianxing’s reaction, Zhu Fei was slightly stunned before sneering again.
"How unexpected, they can even deceive someone with cultivation like yours."
After saying that, Zhu Fei stopped being mysterious, took the jade card from Chen Tianxing’s hand, and gently brushed his hand over it.
The next second, a faint white light flashed on Chen Tianxing’s identity jade card.
Then, a tiny, almost imperceptible transparent insect appeared in Zhu Fei and Chen Tianxing’s sensing range.
Chen Tianxing’s face changed suddenly, exclaiming, "This... This is the Shadowless Gu! Damn it!"