My Martial Arts Level Never Drops

Chapter 440: Chapter 203: Making Money

”Unfortunately, the War Gang Avatar Leaf Skill is incredibly difficult to cultivate. Even I haven’t managed to master it. Otherwise, I would have given you one as well...”

Fan Zhengchu sighed helplessly.

Qin Fang blinked...

’...A War Gang Avatar?’

’Isn’t it a True Gang Avatar?’

Master Fan saw the confusion in his eyes and explained, ”True Gang Avatars come in several types. For example, the avatars of the Sect Leader and the others you saw before are the most common kind, also known as ’Mind-Residing Avatars.’ This type of avatar can’t travel too far from the original body. And while they can last for a considerable amount of time, they can’t fight. They’ll dissipate after a single blow at most...”

”As for the one your Master used to fight the Ji Ai Old Ghost for so long—the one that caused such a huge commotion... that kind of avatar is called a ’War Gang Avatar.’”

”The drain from a ’War Gang Avatar’ is immense. Even for your Master, creating a single one would likely take him several months to fully recover.”

Qin Fang was stunned. He’d seen his Master leave the True Gang Avatar behind so casually that he’d assumed it didn’t drain him much.

’I can’t believe it... It takes even my Master several months to recover?’

He was stunned for a long while before finally sighing to himself.

’I’m really so lucky.’

’Both my First Master and my current Master have genuinely protected me...’

’It’s a shame. I never had the chance to repay my First Master’s great kindness before he disappeared. He’s most likely dead now.’

’And now, my Master...’

He pursed his lips. Gradually, the weight of his Master in his heart began to level with that of his First Master.

In the end, Qin Fang left Xile in Guiyuan Valley and departed.

’Senior Sister already promised she’d take good care of it.’

Not long after, Qin Fang arrived at Baichuan Plaza and headed straight for the Miscellaneous Affairs Department.

The Miscellaneous Affairs Department was where disciples went to accept Sect missions.

It was also the liveliest place in the Sect.

”Greetings, Senior Brother Qin.”

”Senior Brother Qin.”

Qin Fang’s arrival immediately drew the attention of the surrounding Inner Sect Disciples.

Upon seeing Qin Fang, they all hurriedly bowed in greeting.

After nodding in acknowledgment, Qin Fang walked over to the mission bulletin board of the Miscellaneous Affairs Department.

Staring at the wall densely packed with bandit extermination missions, Qin Fang’s gaze sharpened.

He knew why there were so many bandit extermination missions.

The waterways of the Great Cloud Marsh were a crisscrossing maze, and its reed marshes were as vast and deep as an ocean.

The Great Cloud Marsh was also a major thoroughfare connecting several commanderies and prefectures, with merchant ships constantly coming and going.

Plundering a single ship... could yield enormous profits.

...And this wasn’t just a problem in the Great Cloud Marsh.

Even on the Chujiang River in True Martial, weren’t there countless active Water Pirates?

And trying to exterminate them... was extremely difficult.

The Local Government Offices simply didn’t have enough Martial Artists at their disposal. The Water Pirates came from all sorts of backgrounds, and many of them were at the Anjin or Huajin level. They were far beyond the capabilities of a Local Government Office to easily destroy.

But what about deploying the army? That would certainly cause a huge commotion!

The Water Pirates had eyes and ears all over the Great Cloud Marsh. The government soldiers would likely be spotted long before they arrived, and the pirates would scatter like birds and beasts... Once they hid themselves in those dense reed marshes... how could they be caught?

Besides, the Court’s power was limited; it was impossible to station troops on every waterway year-round.

...Even stationing troops would be useless.

At worst, they would just move to a different location.

What could you do then?

The cost of eradication was high, and the results were minimal.

Therefore, the bandit plague in the Great Cloud Marsh had always been one of Lanyang City’s biggest headaches.

When the Court was out of options... they naturally had no choice but to turn to the Heavenly Gang Wuji Sect for help.

That’s why the Sect would post these kinds of bandit extermination missions.

The weakest disciples of the Heavenly Gang Wuji Sect were at the Huajin realm, and a good number had reached the True Essence realm.

And a True Essence practitioner fighting a Huajin practitioner was a complete mismatch, like an adult fighting a child.

Often, a small elite team was all it took to annihilate a group of Water Pirates. A smaller team meant less commotion, making it easier to approach without alerting them and thus increasing the chances of success.

Besides helping the Government Office, keeping the trade routes open, and ensuring peace in the region...

...it was also a way to temper the disciples.

...Many of those Water Pirates were insidious and cunning. To eliminate them, Inner Sect Disciples had to outwit and outfight them, which was an excellent form of training.

However...

...the contribution points for these missions were simply too low for Qin Fang.

Qin Fang looked at the missions, most of which offered a few hundred points at best—not even a thousand—and shook his head slightly.

’If I chose these missions, I might as well just continue being a Lecturer at the Tempering Martial Hall.’

’Four classes a month, even at two thousand points per class... that’s an extra eight thousand contribution points right there.’

’I’d have to complete eight or nine of these low-level bandit extermination missions to earn that much.’

Bandit extermination missions were a real hassle. Even if Qin Fang was willing to do them, and everything went smoothly, he could probably only complete four or five a month at most.

...They were truly time-consuming and exhausting.

Of course, there were missions with high contribution point rewards.

But those were hard to come by.

After all...

High contribution points usually meant dealing with the Extraordinary.

And things like Demon disturbances... were actually quite rare.

There might only be two or three a year.

The moment one appeared, it would have already been snatched up by someone with a higher Cultivation.

Fortunately...

Qin Fang hadn’t come to the Miscellaneous Affairs Department to accept a mission this time.

But rather...

...to post one.

After looking around the mission wall for a bit, Qin Fang walked into the Miscellaneous Affairs Department.

An Inner Sect Disciple busy inside the Miscellaneous Affairs Department recognized him at a glance and hurried over to greet him respectfully, ”Senior Brother Qin.”

”Senior Brother Qin, are you here to accept a mission?” one of them asked enthusiastically.

But Qin Fang shook his head and said frankly, ”I’m not here to accept a mission. Who is the Affairs Elder on duty today? I’d like to pay my respects.”

Hearing this, the Inner Sect Disciples exchanged glances. One of them quickly replied, ”The Affairs Elder on duty this month is Master Luo. He’s handling matters in the side hall... Senior Brother Qin, I’ll lead the way.”