"Can you lead me there?"
"Of course, no problem!"
Stardust nodded.
"Lead the way!" He Yi Ming didn't say any more nonsense and mounted his flying sword, soaring into the sky above.
After reaching a sufficient height, He Yi Ming tied a rope onto Brilliant Moon's handle and toss the other end to the ground.
"Tied it to your body!" He Yi Ming casually said.
"Uh...ok!" Stardust was taken aback and could only do as He Yi Ming said.
(He Yi Ming: Huh? What were you expecting? There is no way in hell I'll let a man ride a sword with me!)
"AHHHH!" Subsequently, Stardust let out a loud scream as Brilliant Moon quickly accelerated past the sound barrier with him dangling from behind.
"Holy shit, Big Boss Star is flying!"
"F***, I'm so jealous!"
"Master carry me, I want to fly to!"
...
Many players were very envious when they saw Stardust soaring through the sky.
Blissfully unaware of the pain he was in.
Ignoring the scream of the players below, He Yi Ming followed Stardust's guide and quickly arrived at a cave.
"We're here!" Stardust let out tears of joy when He Yi Ming finally landed and swear to god that he will never fly again!
(He Yi Ming: You're being overly dramatic.)
(Stardust: You can only say that so casually since it wasn't you who was dangling in the sky kilometers above the ground only held on by a thread going over Mach 1!)
"!" As soon as He Yi Ming enter the cave, he smelled a moist and slightly rotten scent and saw the ground covered in animal furs and bones.
This cave was very clearly once a nest of a monster.
Continuing to go deeper, He Yi Ming saw faint rays of light at the end of the tunnel.
"Illumination!" He Yi Ming raised his left hand and cast an Illumination Spell!
With the help of the light, a huge pit appeared before He Yi Ming.
In the depths of the pit, there are many spirit stones embedded into the ground and walls.
"As I predicted, a Spirit Stone Vein!" He Yi Ming was overjoyed.
Spirit Stones was the currency of this world!
When He Yi Ming was in Heaven Academy, he worked hard doing many part-time jobs but was only able to earn two to three spirit stones in a single day.
But now, there are just spirit stones littered everywhere, all it took was a little bit of time and effort then all of this could be his!
He Yi Ming could dig all of it himself, but of course, that's not what he is going to do!
Returning to the camp where the Silver Chariot was located, He Yi Ming immediately gathered all of the players.
"Disciples..."
"Through the efforts of Inner Disciple Stardust, he has successfully slain a Late Stage of Spirit Realm monster and at the same time, discovered a Spirit Stone Vein!"
"If you dislike fighting or are just frankly bad at it, you can go to the Spirit Stone Vein to dig up or excavated spirit stone which you can then exchange with the sect for a reward!"
After He Yi Ming finished his announcement, he posted a new mission.
[Sect Mission: Excavating the Spirit Stones]
Goal: Excavate 5 spirit stones and exchange them with the sect, putting them in the Silver Chariot warehouse.
Quest Reward: 100 Contribution Points.
After He Yi Ming posted the new mission, many players became very excited.
"Holy cow, is this new mission asking me to class change to become a miner?"
"Only 5 spirit stones for 100 contribution points? Seems easier and more efficient than killing monsters!"
"Sign me up!"
.....
Many players were overjoyed and quickly accepted the mission.
"In addition, in your exploration, if you find any spirit herb or treasures, you can exchange them with the sect for a corresponding reward!" He Yi Ming added and then posted a new mission.
[Sect Mission: Collecting Spirit Herb]
Goal: Collect 'MATURE' spirit herbs and exchanged them with the sect, putting them in the Silver chariot warehouse.
Quest Reward: Reward Correspond With The Exchanged Item With No Upper Limit On The Maximum Reward
As soon as the new mission was posted, the players became even more excited, and He Yi Ming's smile broaden.
This time the Stardust Crusaders were quite lucky, finding two mature spirit herbs each worth about 700 contribution points.
One of them was the Blood Tooth Grass, a crucial ingredient for creating Body Refining Pills. When the spirit herbs within the sect finally mature He Yi Ming can quickly start refining pills and if he is lucky maybe he can even refine a few High-Grade Body Refining Pills!
The average players' cultivation right now is around Body Refinement Realm Rank 5!
With Indomitable_Panda, who didn't die in the Seafolks Invasion, having the highest cultivation at Body Refinement Realm Rank 10!
If Indomitable_Panda wants to use contribution points to increase his cultivation to the Peak of Body Refinement Realm then he would need at least 2000 points!
But if he used a High-Grade Body Refining Pill then one is more than enough!
He Yi Ming calculated the cost of the final pill to be around 1000 contribution points at most with the Blood Tooth Grass taking around 70% and the other auxiliary materials taking around 30%!
If the refining was a success, he could make at least two to three pills in one batch.
When the time comes, He Yi Ming plans to sell a High-Grade Body Refining Pill at around 1000 contribution points per pill!
Taking away the cost of the ingredient, he will make a minimum of 1000 contribution profits per batch and maybe even more!
"Umu...I'm such a genius, the players will do all the hard work and take all the risk collecting the spirit herbs. All I have to do is sit back relax and buy the spirit herbs from them at a low price before refining some pills and selling it back to them at an extremely high mark up!"
.....
He Yi Ming felt that there was nothing wrong with his action.
"Holy Shit, this is my first time seeing a mission with no upper limit on its reward!"
"F*** fighting, now all I want to do is pluck some herbs!"
"I know, I know!"
.....
Only now did many players come to a sudden realization.
Fighting monsters is only a means.
Plucking herbs is their end goal!
"Also, this is only the outer area, our goal this time is to venture deep into the Boundless Mountain Range! The farther we venture, the stronger the monsters we will encounter!"
"With your current strength, it's not enough!"
"Disciples, you must grasp this opportunity and continued to improve your power! You guys must become stronger! Only then can you take down those powerful monsters!"
He Yi Ming's impassioned speech inspired the players.
Although the players' killed around 40-50 monsters on their very first day.
But this was the Boundless Mountain Range, the number of monsters here was simply countless! The number of monsters they killed wasn't even a drop in a bucket!
In a day of time, even the fastest Stardust Crusaders were only able to venture about two miles into the Boundless Mountain Range.
The system mission requires him to venture at least 100 miles in seven days and will give him better rewards depending on the final evaluation.
At their current speed, whether they can even advance half that distance was still up for debate.
Even if they somehow managed to venture 100 miles in seven days, the final evaluation will definitely be very low, and the final rewards he received will not be much better.
He Yi Ming knew that now was his time to intervene!