Chapter 289: Suppressing the Bandits and Disguising Themselves

Zhao Ya didn't care about the middle-aged man's bad attitude. He opened the booklet casually and saw that it was filled with many tasks.

"There are weeds in front of the back hall, which is a fire hazard. You can get a point of contribution to the master by clearing the weeds."

"The kitchen is short of dry firewood. You can get a point of contribution to the master for every 1,000 kilograms of dry firewood provided."

There are many other tedious and trivial things like this, from weeding to chopping wood, from repairing houses to cleaning sewers, it is simply a hodgepodge of miscellaneous tasks of the master.

Zhao Ya looked at it with a mixture of laughter and tears.

No wonder the disciples just complained. This kind of task is really boring, and the contribution points provided are very few, which is not cost-effective at all.

To go to the second floor of the library, at least 100 points of contribution points are needed, and two points are consumed every hour.

As for the third floor, a full 1,000 points of contribution points are required, and the points consumed every hour are as high as five points.

In fact, at the beginning of the temple, there was no system of contribution to the master. At that time, any disciple of Canglong Temple could enter the library at any time, and even a warrior of the fourth realm could go to the third floor.

But this also caused many troubles.

First, some people who were ambitious ignored their own situation and forced themselves to practice those powerful skills, which resulted in their own injuries.

Secondly, some people with ulterior motives came to Canglong Temple for nothing else but the rich collection of books.

After they came, they went to the second and third floors to secretly copy those precious skills, and then took them out to sell at a high price.

Such chaos became more and more, and eventually the great elder of Canglong Temple at that time began to restrict the disciples who entered the library, and strictly ordered that those who had not reached the realm or had not been in Canglong Temple for a long time were not allowed to enter the second and third floors of the library.

But this was only a temporary solution, after all, where there are rules, there are loopholes.

You said that you can't enter if you are not in a high enough realm, then you can't stop people who are in a high enough realm.

As for the time to join Canglong Temple, it is not a problem, because if one year fails, one can wait for two years, and there will always be a day when the conditions are met.

So this chaos has not changed at all, but has become more and more serious.

Until later, an elder came up with a genius idea, that is, to establish this teacher's contribution system.

This will not only stop those who have bad intentions, but also greatly improve the cohesion of the teacher's sect.

Some things that are inconvenient or disdainful to do can be completed by issuing teacher's tasks.

Moreover, this teacher's contribution is not only used to exchange for reading in the library, but also to buy some special products of Canglong Temple, such as elixirs and weapons.

Because it is in line with the interests of all parties, this idea was approved, and after it was launched, it was recognized by everyone in Canglong Temple.

The key is that this system is still one of the few rules that have not changed much since then.

There are many other rules that were originally established with good intentions. After the passage of time and the greed of human nature, they have become riddled with holes and even become tools for some people to make money. For example, the Chuanwu Hall is the most obvious example.

Zhao Ya thinks that this should be due to the fact that two rules were added when the master contribution system was released.

The first rule is that the master contribution can only be obtained by completing the master mission and cannot be exchanged in any other way.

The second rule is that the master contribution cannot be traded, gifted, or inherited, and can only be owned by individuals.

It is these two seemingly unreasonable rules that ensure that this system has continued to this day.

Even though Zhao Ya now has a good relationship with Guo Luming, the elder who guards the library, he still has to abide by this rule. If you don’t have enough master contribution, you can’t go to the second floor.

Zhao Ya also has to admire the elder who established the master contribution system. This person can be said to understand human nature very well and plugged all the loopholes at once.

Even the release of master missions has a rigorous process, especially major tasks, which must be approved by most elders.

However, this also led to a consequence, that is, tasks with appropriate difficulty and good contribution rewards are extremely popular, and once they are launched, they will be taken away by people first.

The rest are either useless tasks such as weeding and chopping wood, or some tasks with high difficulty.

Zhao Ya quickly flipped through the first half of the book and finally saw some tasks that were not miscellaneous.

"I heard that there is a powerful beast in the mountains and forests 300 miles to the east. Kill it and bring back the body. The reward for the contribution to the master depends on the level of the beast. The fifth-level beast has 100 contribution points, and the ordinary Kaimai realm beast has 200 contribution points. If there is a meat field, it belongs to the task executor."

There is also a line of small words at the end. This task can only be taken by warriors of the fifth level and above, and it is recommended to form a team.

There are actually beasts 300 miles away from here? Zhao Ya was a little surprised.

But since it is recommended to form a team, it proves that this beast must be extraordinary, so Zhao Ya wisely chose to give up.

Continue to look back, the following tasks are more difficult than one.

Although the rewards for the contribution to the sect were very high, some even rewarded 700 to 800 contributions for one task, Zhao Ya knew that such a task was definitely not something he could complete at the moment.

Just as he was carefully considering his choice, the middle-aged man sitting behind the table looked up at Zhao Ya and saw that he was flipping through the second half of the book, and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Boy, with your current strength, don't be too ambitious and look at the tasks behind. Find a task of weeding and chopping trees first, and do it slowly. When your strength is almost accumulated, think about the things behind."

Zhao Ya looked up at the middle-aged man and saw that although he was drunk, his eyes were very clear.

And this reminder was indeed well-intentioned, so Zhao Ya nodded.

"Thank you, but I think this task is quite suitable for me."

Said Zhao Ya put the book on the table and pointed to one of the tasks.

The middle-aged man looked over and suddenly a strange look appeared on his face, then looked up at Zhao Ya.

"Are you sure you want to take this task?"

"Sure."

"Okay, give me your badge."

The middle-aged man stopped persuading and just said to Zhao Ya after completing the routine registration.

"I wish you success."

"Thank you!"

Zhao Ya reached out to take the badge and the task list of the master, and turned to go out.

Looking at his back, the middle-aged man shook his head secretly, not believing that this young and unbelievable warrior had any hope of completing the task.

But what does this have to do with me? I have done my best to persuade him once, and I will leave the rest to him.

Thinking of this, the middle-aged man took out the wine pot and continued to drink.

At the same time, after leaving the large courtyard of the master's contribution office, Zhao Ya found a deserted place and took out the master's task list and thought carefully.

The task list was very brief, with only a few sentences.

"Eighty miles down the mountain, near Xiushui Town, which is under the jurisdiction of this temple, there is a bandit group. The leader is nicknamed Heiyunzi, who has the strength of the fifth realm and has about twenty people under his command. The whereabouts of this bandit group are uncertain and extremely vigilant. Several encirclements and searches have failed to find their foothold."

"If anyone destroys this bandit group, he will be rewarded with 200 contribution points to the sect, and additional thanks from Xiushui Town and nearby merchants."

After reading this list, Zhao Ya let out a long sigh and put it away again.

The reason why he chose this task is of course because of its generous rewards.

Two hundred contribution points are enough for him to go up to the second floor and read books for fifty hours.

The second reason is that this task seems dangerous, but it is very suitable for Zhao Ya.

Because the leader of this bandit group, Heiyunzi, has only the strength of the fifth realm.

And Zhao Ya is confident that he should have no opponent in the fifth realm.

Also, this bandit group has only more than twenty people in total, which can only be regarded as a small-scale bandit, and it will not be too difficult for him to deal with it.

Of course, this situation only applies to Zhao Ya. If it were someone else, they would rather choose the task of killing the strange beast than this one.

This is because the whereabouts of this group of bandits are erratic, and it is extremely difficult to find their whereabouts, and it is even more difficult to completely wipe them out.

But this is not a problem for Zhao Ya, because this task requires more tracking and hidden assassination capabilities, and Zhao Ya happens to have both.

Moreover, these bandits are often a group of rabble, seemingly vicious, but as long as the leader is killed, they will immediately be in disarray.

As for the task of killing the strange beast, it seems simple, but the suggestion of forming a team proves the danger.

However, Zhao Ya did not dare to be careless at all. He went back to his yard and prepared carefully. After taking all the things he needed, he quietly left Canglong Temple.

The rule of Canglong Temple is that ordinary disciples can go down the mountain, but they cannot stay overnight.

Of course, if there is a task list for the master, it can be excluded, but you must report your whereabouts before you can stay overnight outside.

Zhao Ya did not report it, because he was just going to find out the situation this time and would not stay overnight.

After leaving Canglong Temple, Zhao Ya went straight to Xiushui Town, which was 80 miles away.

The distance of 80 miles was extremely easy for Zhao Ya now.

Soon, the outline of a town shop appeared faintly in front of him.

Zhao Ya did not rush to go in, but found an uninhabited forest and took out a small bag.

After opening it, there were many tools for makeup and disguise and a set of pre-prepared clothes.

Zhao Ya began to change his appearance skillfully.

These were all learned from Cong Bo at the beginning, including this set of tools, which Zhao Ya prepared specially according to Cong Bo's words, just in case of emergency.

Sure enough, it was used now.

In just a few minutes, a middle-aged man in green clothes came out of the woods with a small copper gong in his hand.

This is a special instrument for traveling doctors. Once it is knocked, people will know that the doctor who sells toothache medicine and acupuncture is coming.

The reason for dressing like this is naturally to facilitate gathering information.

At this time, the shops in the town are relatively closed. If an outsider suddenly breaks in, it is easy to arouse the vigilance and hostility of the local residents.

However, itinerant doctors or peddlers are different. These people are originally businessmen who travel around, so naturally not many people pay attention to them.

In this way, Zhao Ya walked slowly towards Xiushui Town.