419 Lovesick Fool

Heavy silence blanketed the table, with the only sound coming from Jin Jiuchi munching on his food. "Oh come on, what's the big deal? It's not like the personal task is particularly difficult." He recalled his last task which only required him to devour a certain fish, and he nodded firmly – en, it's really quite simple. 

"What about you, Nian'er? What are your personal tasks like?" he asked Shen Nianzu with undisguised curiosity. 

"Well, you're not wrong when you said that they're not so difficult," Shen Nianzu responded. "The Nightmare targets your weaknesses, but it's not like you will be left with no way out. In my case, I needed to swim across a lake in the middle of the night to obtain the talisman that could seal a bunch of jiangshi[1]. The lake wasn't that deep, nor were there any dangerous creatures lurking below. All it required was courage to swim through. It's only on my second advancement test that…" his expression turned gloomy at the memory.