Chapter 25 Bi Da'er's Purpose
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With Bi Da'er's order issued, the City Lord's forces began to operate.
All the mercenary groups, big and small, in Iron Heart City knew that Young Master Bi Da'er was looking for a Eyeless Snake, and then on the fifth day, someone claimed to have found the target.
The fluctuation of soul power slowly subsided, and Bi Da'er withdrew from his cultivation state, a trace of joy on his face.
Level thirty!
After walking out of the room, he called a servant and asked, "Where is my father?"
The servant replied, "Mr. Anderson came by earlier. He asked me to tell you that the City Lord is busy with important matters and can't spare the time. He needs you to organize your own team to hunt soul beasts."
"What could be more important than me hunting for a soul ring?" Bi Da'er frowned.
The servant respectfully replied, "That's not something I would know, young master. Also, we have leads on the wind-attribute cat-type soul beast and the 'Eyeless Snake' you need. Some mercenaries have found their tracks."
"Where are they?"
"They are waiting in the hall now."
Bi Da'er arrived at the hall and saw the waiting mercenary.
He had some impression of this person, called Norbert, a lone wolf with considerable strength, a Soul Elder.
"You found the soul beasts I'm looking for?"
"Yes, a Gale Wind Tiger of about fifteen hundred years, and a Eyeless Snake of over five thousand years," Norbert replied.
"Take me to find them, and a thousand gold soul coins will be yours," Bi Da'er said directly, without exchanging pleasantries.
He didn't have much respect for someone whose potential was exhausted and was still only at level thirty.
After all, he himself was about to reach level thirty, and still had a lot of room for future development.
"That's just the reward for finding them," Norbert said with certainty.
Bi Da'er shrugged, "Yes, just find them. If I need you to take action, I'll add more money."
"Alright, when do we leave? Both are in the same area. I'm worried that if we delay too long, the Gale Wind Tiger might be eaten by the Eyeless Snake. The latter seems to be tracking the former," Norbert reminded.
"Tomorrow."
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Molten lava surged, thunder roared, and in the wide open space, lightning and magma intertwined, colliding from time to time.
Yan Jin and Lei Yin were sparring.
Both of their bodies were parasitized by Amon's Worms of Time, which they had volunteered for.
Of course, they didn't know it was "parasitism," only that it was Amon's spirit ability, which could be integrated into other people's bodies to provide assistance.
The clones could also use the abilities of external spirit bones.
Because what this spirit bone gave Amon was a spirit power characteristic, as long as it was his spirit power, it would have this characteristic.
The Time Clones parasitizing Yan Jin and Lei Yin's bodies covered their body surfaces with a layer of spirit power film, allowing them to exert their power to their heart's content without worrying about hurting each other.
In addition, the Time Clones were also constantly providing them with spirit power, which allowed the two to spar for a long time.
"Great Fireball!"
"Thunder Dragon!"
The giant fist composed of magma collided with the giant dragon formed by lightning, and the huge impact swept in all directions.
Dust scattered, and the roar was deafening.
Bi Da'er, who came to find Amon, saw this scene, and a drop of cold sweat dripped down his forehead, then he appeared even more enthusiastic.
"Brother Amon, I'm here to collect your reward. Do you have five hundred gold soul coins ready?"
Amon smiled, knowing that he was trying to curry favor, "That's something I'm really looking forward to."
"Can we leave tomorrow? I've also reached level thirty and need to hunt for a spirit ring."
"Tomorrow? That's a bit tight. It seems I need to hurry up and hire some manpower," Amon said softly.
Bi Da'er smiled and shook his head, "There's no need for that. You probably won't be able to hire anyone. Most of the idle mercenary groups in the city have accepted my employment. Two three-man teams from the Iron Heart Mercenary Group and the Jackal Mercenary Group, and four lone Soul Elder."
Amon's mouth twitched slightly, "That must have cost a lot, right?"
"It's alright, just over thirty thousand gold soul coins, eight Soul Elderin total, and fifteen Soul Grandmasters."
This was more than all the funding that Ma Wen had provided them over the years combined!
If it was just Bi Da'er hunting for a spirit ring himself, the highest level of spirit beast he needed to hunt would not exceed seventeen hundred years. This lineup was redundant, and it was obviously prepared for Amon.
Amon was silent for a moment, then asked, "What do you want?"
Bi Da'er smiled even more brilliantly, and said, "The three of you are preparing to join the Northern Advanced Soul Master Academy, right?"
Amon nodded.
"That's a coincidence. I'm currently a student at the academy. You should probably call me Senior."
"Huh? Goldilocks, you're also a student there?" Yan Jin came over, revealing a harmless smile, "Do you know any of the more powerful upperclassmen in the academy?"
Lei Yin was helpless. As soon as he saw Yan Jin like this, he knew that she planned to replicate what happened at the Icewind Elementary Soul Master Academy.
Amon glanced at her, and Yan Jin shrank back.
"Is it related to the academy?"
Bi Da'er nodded slightly, "That's right. Do you know about the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition?"
"I've heard about it. To be honest, that's also our goal."
"That's great!" A look of surprise appeared on Bi Da'er's face, and then he asked:
"Do you have any understanding of the internal situation of the Northern Advanced Soul Master Academy?"
Amon shook his head, "I don't know much."
"Let me introduce it to you," Bi Da'er pondered for a moment, organizing his words:
"The Northern Advanced Soul Master Academy mainly recruits nobles, but it doesn't exclude talented commoners either.
"Because the academy's high-level officials have inextricable relationships with various nobles, the academy is also greatly influenced by various forces.
"You should know that the Soul Master Competition is a team competition, relying more on teamwork than individual bravery.
"This leads to the fact that there is no way to select participants through methods such as one-on-one student duels.
"Deciding through high-level internal appointments is also easy to cause dissatisfaction from all parties, which is not conducive to stability. If this is done, I'm afraid that various nobles will engage in fierce battles before each competition in order to send their children to that stage.
"Moreover, this will prevent commoner soul masters from having the opportunity to appear on stage.
"Those who can enter the Advanced Soul Master Academy must be the most talented people among the commoners. Excluding them is not conducive to the academy achieving good results in the Soul Master Competition.
"The final result of research and discussion is that the academy does not organize teams, but students spontaneously form teams, with seven official members plus one substitute.
"The teams organized by the students themselves compete to determine the most powerful team to represent the academy in the competition.
"In addition, the academy will arrange a personal competition among the students to determine the top three, who will join the participating team as substitutes."
Amon pinched his monocle and said with a smile, "You want to invite the three of us to join your team?"
"Yes, Amon, come help me, this is also fulfilling yourself," Bi Da'er stretched out his palm, making an inviting gesture.
"If that's the case, then please forgive me for refusing," Amon shook his head.