Quest rewards

'What?" The lady asked me, completely interested by what I can offer to her, even when I haven't told her about it yet.

"Come to me later at night. I'll show you to treatment you've been wanting for your entire life. Cabin number four hundred and sixty nine, that's where you'll find me… Now if you excuse me, I have these flowers to deliver in order to finish my quest. Bye bye."

I picked the soil with flowers for the third time, and this time I am sure that I won't put it down again. My luck is telling me that, and I believe it. No, I'm hoping it will be like that, because I really want to receive and explore the new features of my system already.

"Oh, right! My name is Zhen Jiang by the way!" I turned my head to introduce myself, as to not be a stranger, and in case she needed my name for anything.

"I'm Shaolai! Nice too meet you!"

"Nice to meet you too! Don't forget! Cabin number four hundred and sixty nine!"

"Sure!"

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Finally! Thank the heavens or whatever is blessing me! I have made it to Leilei's private mountain without getting disturbed by any other person. I'm so glad! Cough Cough, anyway… When I had arrived, there was a set of two guards patrolling the area after the bridge, which is the area that I needed to step my foot on to enter Leilei's mountain.

"State your business!" The two people seemed very strict and proficient in their job, however, it was also obvious that they were disciples that are clearly not too serious and experienced at guarding a place.

"I've come to deliver a quest's items. The extreme rank quest where I need to find and gather three firefly lilies, specifically." I simply stated, which I was certain they would try to make a mess out of.

"Don't joke around. Is that even a real firefly lily?"

"We had quite the few pranksters before who wanted to get free pills. Trying to fool us will only lead you to some great punishments, so don't try…"

Both guardsmen gave me their own opinion, and although their tone seemed very strict, I could tell that they were quite genuine and not hostile. Looks like I was wrong to think that they'll cause trouble. Instead, they are the ones who are careful of someone that wanted to cause trouble. Well… Since they treated me with respect, I suppose I do the same.

With my amazing language comprehension, and me knowing how to speak formally, I decided to reply to their opinion with great modesty. "Pardon me as it might seem unbelievable, but I am certainly being sincere, and am not wasting your times. I even have proof, if you two need it of course."

"Oh…" It seems that the two guardsman were quite surprised by my usage of words, which they should be, hehe.

"Care to demonstrate then?" One of them decided to ask me, which I didn't mind. What I did mind though, was that it was also the third time that I've placed the soil with flowers on the ground. Like damn, I'm kind of getting worried that the flowers might wither all of a sudden if I keep putting it on the ground and pick it back up not too long after.

"Do you know what this is? It's a grudge mark that someone usually gets after killing the guardian of the firefly lilies." I asked and answered my own question, not giving them a chance to talk to me before I finished explaining everything. "Faking a glow on my palm shouldn't be easy unless I am an inner disciple or something greater, right?" I continued to talk to them, trying to bring out the point that I was trying to make.

"It seems to be the real deal… Alright, give us a second. My friend out here will go and get your payment."

"Me?"

"Yes, you. I already served the last person. Now it's your turn." It seems that the two guards were very close friends, since they had quite the bond.

With the guy's friend gone, the person in front of me decided to have a short conversation with me. "Now. Care to explain how an outer disciple is able to complete an extreme-rank quest?" He asked, most likely wanting to know a bit more about me.

"Hehe…" I picked the "to be embarrassed route" to reply to him, as to make things not too complicated. "I guess my luck really helped me out there. Not anymore though, since I have a grudge mark on my body…" Was what I told the guy.

"Hmm… There is a chance that luck might actually help you defeat the guardian of the firefly lilies. I believe you, and I also feel bad knowing that you might have to use all of your luck everyday to avoid dying… I believe there is a way to remove that mark, but unfortunately, for you, it is quite expensive. To get more crystals, you'll have to go out more, which means that your chances of dying will increase. Good luck out there, I guess."

"Thanks…? I guess I can only leave this mark on my body for now then."

"Yes, truly unfortunate… Oh! He's already here."

He was indeed already coming towards me. Yes, the other guardsman finally arrived after a minute or two, and when he was close to me, he gave me a small pouch that contained thirty mid grade PP crystals…

'Oh my~' I thought to myself. The reason I was surprised was because the amount that I had just received, is ten times more than my monthly allowance, considering the fact that I only get low grade crystals out of it and out of the quests that are specifically meant for outer disciples. Hehehe… Why should I do quests for outer disciples, when I can find doable quests with the help of the system… EXP!!!

Cough Cough, okay, let me say goodbye to these two kind men.

"Thank you. I'll be going then." Was what I said to the two, before making my way through the rainbow bridge.

"You're welcome. Happy cultivating!"