Immortal Reincarnation Tribulation

Chapter 210 Mission Failure

About ten breaths later, the wooden boat had moved closer to the monster and stopped about four or five zhang away.

"My object manipulation talent has reached the second level. I will apply this technique to this demonic beast shortly, and then my two brothers will unleash their magic to annihilate it with lightning speed." Zhao Chong's eyes flashed as he spoke in a low voice.

Du Fan and the other man did not speak, but simply nodded in acknowledgment.

Zhao Chong slapped the magic array on the bow of the ship with one hand, and the light of the magic array immediately shone brightly. After a buzzing sound, the wooden ship trembled violently and shot forward in an instant.

At the same time, he suddenly raised his other arm, his five fingers grasping, and ripples instantly appeared on the sea not far away. In the blink of an eye, they began to churn violently, and a blue shadow flew out from them.

With a condensation, the blue shadow hovered in mid-air, revealing itself to be a carp-shaped demon beast about half a zhang in size. The beast was covered in blue scales, and two long, fleshy whiskers protruded from its mouth.

The blue carp beast was shaking its head and wagging its tail, struggling with all its might, and a faint hissing sound could be heard.

Upon seeing this, Du Fan and Yuan Li's eyes flashed with a sharp light. Without needing Zhao Chong to give any instructions, they immediately began to unleash their respective spells by forming hand seals.

A blue glow suddenly appeared, condensing into a blue sword shadow in front of Du Fan. It solidified in an instant, and with a wave of his arm, it hurtled straight towards the monster in the air.

Yuan Li roared, his arms snapping together and then separating, instantly forming four blue water blades that shot out. In a flash, they struck the monster with lightning speed.

A sharp hiss rang out in an instant.

The next moment, the aerial monster was instantly torn apart by Du Fan's Water Shadow Sword and Yuan Li's Water Blade Technique, and then, with Zhao Chong's object manipulation technique, it fell onto the wooden boat.

No one was too surprised that the blue carp beast was killed successfully, but the three of them had strange expressions on their faces because of something else.

"Brother Du, you also have a water elemental root?" After a moment, Yuan Li coughed lightly and asked in surprise.

"That's right. I never expected that Brother Yuan and I would be so destined for each other. Perhaps we can discuss cultivation in the future," Du Fan said with a smile.

"Haha, why wait until later? The techniques you just demonstrated should all be your respective specialties. Why not exchange them and practice them together to improve your strength? If there's anything you don't understand, it would be very convenient to point it out to each other."

Zhao Chong laughed heartily and spoke loudly.

"I have no objection. What do you think, Brother Du?" Yuan Li asked with a smile, his eyes darting around.

"Since you two have said so, I will not hesitate to share my own techniques." Du Fan smiled slightly and agreed.

To him, this was a trivial matter. He would not let these two be dissatisfied over a mere set of ordinary Five Elements spells. Besides, he was also somewhat interested in their water blade technique, which could be cast almost instantly.

Next, the two took out a blank jade slip, imprinted their respective spells with their divine sense, and then happily completed the exchange.

Neither of them was worried about the authenticity or completeness of the spell. Such ordinary spells could be understood with a little study, so they naturally wouldn't do something that would harm others without benefiting themselves and would be discovered by the other party.

As Du Fan and the other put away the spell jade slip, Zhao Chong smiled and nodded, then let out a low roar, clenched his left fist, and slammed a yellowish-brown fist shadow at the corpse of the blue carp beast on the wooden boat.

After a loud "bang".

The Azure Carp Beast's abdomen was blasted to pieces by the fist shadow, and a pale yellow demon core flew out from it, which Zhao Chong directly absorbed into his palm.

"As expected, it's the lowest grade, a low-level demon core." Yuan Li's gaze fell on the demon core, and he shook his head, saying with great regret.

"Hehe, how high can the quality of a demon core be from a mere second-level cultivation beast?" Zhao Chong chuckled, not caring much.

"Indeed, I was a bit greedy." Yuan Li smiled wryly, then moved and instantly appeared beside the monster's corpse, quickly putting the entire body into his storage bag.

After doing all this, he explained to Du Fan, who seemed puzzled:

"Although the corpses of these monsters aren't worth many spirit stones, we can sell them when we get back. It's better than nothing, since we're having a hard time. Every little bit helps."

The spirit stones we obtain will be divided equally among the three of us.

"I see. By the way, how many demon beast cores do we need to complete the mission?" Du Fan smiled slightly, then his expression changed, and he spoke again.

"To be considered qualified, you need to obtain five demon cores from low-level demon beasts. There is no limit to the quality; even the lowest grade is acceptable. If the demon cores are darker in color, it means that the demon cores are of higher quality. In this case, you can accept one or more at most."

If we end up with more than five demon cores and hand over the excess, we can accumulate contribution points on the island. These contribution points can then be used to exchange for pills or cultivation methods on the island.

However, everyone knows that doing so is very uneconomical. If there are any extra demon cores, the cultivators on the island will usually keep them secretly and then look for opportunities to go to the island's markets to exchange them for pills, treasures, materials, etc.

Of course, you can also exchange demon cores directly for spirit stones.

Yuan Li didn't hide anything and explained it to Du Fan in great detail.

"Yes, I understand." Du Fan's eyes flashed, and he nodded thoughtfully.

"There shouldn't be any more demonic beasts around here. Let's leave this sea area." After putting away the demon core, Zhao Chong's eyes narrowed, and he raised one hand, casting a spell into the magic array at the bow of the ship.

The next moment, the wooden boat transformed into a streak of blue light and sped off towards another sea area, leaving a long trail of waves in its wake.

Half a month later, the wooden boat came to a stop on a vast sea. The three people on board all looked extremely pale.

"Unexpectedly, we didn't encounter a single demonic beast in the next two weeks. When we get back, we'll most likely be sent by Master Ma to mine in the northern part of Crescent Island," Yuan Li said with a bitter expression and a sigh.

Zhao Chong walked over, patted Yuan Li on the shoulder, and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. We can only blame our bad luck. But at least we didn't encounter the East Sea Mystery Cloud, which is a stroke of luck amidst misfortune."

Although Zhao Chong said this, he was still quite depressed. At the beginning, they had killed a monster in half a day, which greatly boosted the spirits of this little leader. Who would have thought that their good luck would end there.

"You two don't need to be so discouraged. There are still many sea areas we haven't explored yet. I just wonder if the one-month deadline could be extended a bit?" Du Fan asked Zhao Chong, his eyes flashing.

"Brother Du, you may not know this, but this is absolutely unacceptable. We must return within a month, otherwise Master Ma will treat us as fugitives, and whether we return or not, we will surely die," Zhao Chong said solemnly, taking a deep breath.

"Such a thing is true?" Du Fan was shocked upon hearing this, and his brows gradually furrowed.

"We have no choice but to go back first. If we fail to complete the mission, we'll at most be sent to work as miners at the Crescent Island mine until the next mission. But if we delay our return, we'll be in big trouble." Zhao Chong shook his head helplessly and then steered the wooden boat to turn back.

……

Five days later, the three returned to the port on the east coast of Crescent Island.

Zhao Chong returned the wooden boat to Master Sun first, and then the three of them used their movement techniques to rush towards the valley where they were.

Two days later, when they were still several miles away from the valley, Du Fan suddenly stopped.

Witnessing this, Zhao Chong and Yuan Li both concealed their escape lights and turned to look at Du Fan, their faces showing confusion.

"Hey? Brother Du, what's wrong?" Zhao Chong walked over and asked hesitantly.

Du Fan didn't answer immediately, but instead asked, "After we get back, do we have to go to Hall Master Ma immediately to submit the mission?"

"That's right, today is the final deadline."

Brother Du, there's no need to worry too much. Working as a miner at the mine isn't a big deal. It just means we won't have time to cultivate for the next month. Safety is not a concern.

Zhao Chong quickly guessed what it was after a moment's thought, then laughed heartily and loudly comforted him.

Du Fan smiled slightly and said, "Brother Zhao misunderstands. That's not what I meant. Fortunately, the number of demon cores required for the mission isn't too many. If it's only four, I still have some here."

After Du Fan finished speaking, he patted his storage bag with his right hand, and in an instant, four pale yellow demon cores appeared in his hand.

"Brother Du, these demon cores..."

Upon seeing this, Yuan Li's eyes narrowed sharply, and his breathing became rapid. Zhao Chong also widened his eyes, somewhat incredulous.

"I obtained these demon cores by chance when I was inside the flying spirit beast. Actually, I don't have many demon cores on me. I'll use them as quest items this time. As for the future, I can only take it one step at a time."

Du Fan offered a brief explanation, and without waiting for the two to say anything, he flicked his wrist and tossed it to Zhao Chong.

After a long pause, Zhao Chong took a deep breath, straightened his expression, and clasped his hands in a fist salute to Du Fan, saying:

"Very well, since Brother Du is so generous, I won't stand on ceremony and will accept it. However, I know in my heart that I will definitely make it up to Brother Du in the future!"

"Thank you very much, Brother Du." Yuan Li said with gratitude, stepping forward, clasping his hands in a fist salute.

"There's no need for that, gentlemen. We're now in the same group. To put it nicely, we share the same fate; to put it bluntly, we're all in the same boat. If you can contribute your modest efforts to the group, I certainly won't refuse."

Du Fan smiled slightly and said something that shocked the other two.