“What are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen a Utility Disciple take a mission?” Qin Chu turned and glared at the Qingyun Sect Disciples in the Merit Hall before leaving with Bai Yu.
After Qin Chu and Bai Yu left, the Qingyun Sect Disciples in the Merit Hall began to chat.
“I don't know why he's being so fierce. What's wrong with never having seen a Utility Disciple take a mission?” A female Disciple felt very wronged by the reprimand.
Another male Disciple of the Qingyun Sect shook his head, “Don't mind them. They'll get into trouble sooner or later if they keep this up. They dare to take missions with such low Cultivation. If they encounter a powerful Yao Beast, they're dead for sure.”
Qin Chu led Bai Yu out of the Merit Hall, exiting from the side of Qingzhu Peak and entering the Wildlands.
“Bai Yu, did you see it? The way those official Qingyun Sect Disciples look at us is with disdain, with contempt. So we must rise. What's wrong with being Utility Disciples? We're going to shock them, make them tremble!” Qin Chu said to Bai Yu.
Bai Yu pulled down his blindfold. “Who are they looking down on? I look down on them!”
Qin Chu and Bai Yu entered the Wildlands and then began to study the missions.
“Give me some of the mission slips. You do yours, I'll do mine. We'll cooperate!” Seeing Qin Chu studying the mission slips, Bai Yu spoke up.
Qin Chu glanced at Bai Yu and handed him a stack of mission slips. “I originally planned for us to do them together, and I'd give you some points. It seems you have a lot of ambition.”
Then Qin Chu and Bai Yu separated by some distance, each doing their missions. They agreed not to deviate from the route, so they could help each other if anything happened.
After separating from Bai Yu, Qin Chu began to search for medicinal herbs. This was his strong suit. The old man had given him medicinal baths and taught him how to identify medicinal herbs, and he had also collected them himself.
Qin Chu knew that Bai Yu's background was not simple; he could analyze some of it from his words. However, he didn't care. If they could get along, they would. If not, there was nothing he could do. He was currently eager to do missions to improve himself and make a name for himself, so he could inquire about Elder Mo's whereabouts. He wanted to know his own background.
Qin Chu wasn't a fool. He knew that his family hadn't abandoned him. To be able to arrange a stone coffin for him while being pursued indicated that they loved him. The reason for his current situation was his enemies. He also understood that to find clues about his background, he had to find Elder Mo, as it would be very difficult to find his family with just a jade pendant.
As his thoughts drifted, Qin Chu continuously collected various medicinal herbs into the cloth bag on his back.
As Qin Chu dug up a small-year snow ginseng, he heard the roar of a Yao Beast and the low growl of a human. He immediately realized that Bai Yu was in danger and quickly rushed towards the source of the sound.
Upon arriving, Qin Chu saw Bai Yu fighting a Violent Bear.
“You go quickly! It's a Peak third-tier Violent Bear. We can't defeat it!” Bai Yu was already injured, with a bloody scratch on his chest from the Violent Bear.
“Go? No! Let's fight!” Qin Chu drew his longsword and charged towards the Violent Bear.
Qin Chu and Bai Yu attacked the Violent Bear together. The Violent Bear was extremely vicious, with energy swirling around its body. Qin Chu and Bai Yu's longsword attacks could cause damage, but only superficial wounds. The Violent Bear's two claws swung with immense power; if they truly connected, one slap could kill both Qin Chu and Bai Yu.
After fighting for a while, Bai Yu was slapped flying by the Violent Bear.
“Qin Chu, I thank you for coming to help me, but you need to leave quickly!” Bai Yu, who had been slapped away, shouted at Qin Chu.
“Damn it, I've never been scared away by a Yao Beast! Come on!” Qin Chu plunged his longsword into the ground beside him, spread his arms, and pounced towards the Violent Bear, swinging his fists to clash with it.
Bang! Bang! Muffled thuds continuously rang out as Qin Chu and the Violent Bear clashed head-on.
Knocked back by the Violent Bear, Qin Chu immediately pounced back, leaving Bai Yu dumbfounded. Was this a Utility Disciple? This was practically a humanoid Vicious Beast!
Qin Chu felt it was manageable; he could hold on. The main reason was that when he wielded his longsword, without Origin Qi support, it couldn't exert much power. His fists, however, could unleash the energy within his body.
“What are you looking at? Do you want me to die? Quickly attack it!” Seeing Bai Yu standing there stunned, Qin Chu shouted.
At this moment, Bai Yu reacted, swinging his longsword to assist Qin Chu in battle.
Before long, the Violent Bear suffered severe injuries. Bai Yu executed a roll and a sword strike, severing one of the Violent Bear's hind leg tendons, making its movements difficult.
The injured Violent Bear roared, and energy surged around its body, its eyes turning red.
“It's about to Breakthrough... it's Breaking through to a fourth-tier Yao Beast. What do we do?” Bai Yu grew anxious. A fourth-tier Yao Beast and a third-tier Yao Beast were completely different concepts. If he and Qin Chu could contend with a third-tier Yao Beast, a fourth-tier Yao Beast could easily kill them both.
“I saw a mission on the Merit Hall's mission board for a fourth-tier Yao Beast's crystal core. I didn't take that mission. If we kill it now, we can go back, accept the mission, and hand it in immediately!” Qin Chu had no thought of running. He flashed behind the Violent Bear, jumped up, grabbed an injury on its back, hooked the edge of the wound with his left hand to support himself, and then slammed his right fist into the back of the Violent Bear's head.
The Violent Bear went wild, swinging its claws wildly, but Qin Chu's position hanging on its back was a blind spot.
Bai Yu also moved, stabbing his longsword into the Violent Bear's body.
After being injured, the Violent Bear's aura became even stronger. With a stomp of its uninjured hind leg, its aura changed, and in its rage, it Broke through to the fourth-tier.
After advancing, the Violent Bear thrashed its body, unable to shake off Qin Chu, so it slammed its back against a tree.
Crack!
A crisp sound rang out as the tree was snapped by the Violent Bear. Qin Chu, caught between the Violent Bear and the tree, suffered greatly, directly being slammed into seeing stars. At this moment, he saw his longsword, which he had just plunged into the ground beside the tree.
Drawing the longsword from the ground with his right hand, Qin Chu swung it towards the Violent Bear's neck, “Bai Yu, cut its leg!” He didn't want the Violent Bear to keep crashing around backward.
The Violent Bear fully focused on trying to shake off Qin Chu, having no time to deal with Bai Yu. Bai Yu succeeded; the Violent Bear's other leg tendon was severed by him.
With both leg tendons severed, the Violent Bear could only sway in place, while Qin Chu's longsword cut into its neck, repeatedly sawing back and forth. The Violent Bear's blood flowed continuously.
Before long, the Violent Bear's windpipe was severed by Qin Chu, and its body collapsed.
“It really was quite fierce!” Qin Chu said, looking at the bloodstains on his body.
“Boss, are you alright?” Bai Yu came to Qin Chu's side. He now recognized Qin Chu as the Utility Disciple boss. “I'm fine! Don't cower anymore. Fight when you need to fight. Why are you always thinking of running? This fourth-tier crystal core mission is worth three thousand points!” Qin Chu glared at Bai Yu.
“Boss, no Cultivation of Origin Qi?” Bai Yu noticed a problem: Qin Chu had no Origin Qi and had been fighting with pure physical strength.
Qin Chu glanced at Bai Yu. “Why am I doing missions? Isn't it to exchange for Cultivation Techniques? Do you think I want to be without Origin Qi? Get to work!”
Bai Yu rubbed his bruised eyes. He felt Qin Chu was a bit too violent. If he Cultivated Origin Qi, wouldn't he become even more savage!
