Zhou Tong left his residence and arrived at the military affairs hall.
This was the place where missions were issued to Raindragon Guards. The front hall was for ordinary Raindragon Guards, while the rear hall was for Inner Raindragon Guards.
Because the missions issued by the front hall were for ordinary Raindragon Guards, there were only a few people there to register. Most of the places were like bulletin boards, displaying missions for ordinary Raindragon Guards to choose from.
The rear hall was much smaller, and most of the missions in the rear hall were issued by their superiors according to their strength. It was more like an army.
In terms of carrying out missions, Inner Raindragon Guards were far less carefree than ordinary Raindragon Guards.
As an Inner Raindragon Guard, Zhou Tong directly entered the rear hall of the military affairs hall.
Within the main hall, there was an Earth Immortal seated cross-legged on a bed of clouds. He looked at Zhou Tong, then said, "Zhou Tong, congratulations on reaching the Primal Soul stage using the 'Chi Ming Diagram of the Nine Heavens'. This is your first mission as a Raindragon Guard!"
"It was just a fluke!" Zhou Tong nodded slightly.
The Earth Immortal didn't say much. He just said, "Thousand Star City was razed to the ground seven days ago. All seven hundred and fifty thousand people in the city were devoured by a peak-stage Primal Soul stage peacock. Right now, this peacock monster has already fled into the Mountain Sea Marsh. Your mission is to find it, then kill it! "
"Based on the intelligence we, the Raindragon Guard, have obtained, this peacock has already condensed its lifeblood tail feathers of the four elements of metal, wood, fire, and earth. Given your Primal level of cultivation in the [Crimsonbright Diagram of the Nine Heavens], you should be able to deal with it!"
Peacocks were Divine Beasts that were born from the Five Elements. They were the favored children of the heavens and the earth. The purer the bloodline of a Divine Beast like a peacock, the more likely it was to condense tail feathers of the Five Elements.
Peacocks with ordinary bloodlines would be able to condense two feathers, while those with higher bloodlines would be able to condense three. Peacocks with the purest bloodlines would be able to condense five feathers.
A peacock that could condense five feathers was definitely no weaker than a Godfiend of the same level. In fact, it could even rival a Celestial Immortal at the Void Return level.
However, the peacock he was facing this time was not the kind of peacock with the purest bloodline. It had only condensed the four elements of metal, wood, fire, and earth. It still lacked a water element feather.
"The details of the mission are in this jade slip. After accepting the mission, set out immediately. Delay is not an option!" With that, he tossed a jade slip over to Zhou Tong.
Zhou Tong nodded, accepted the mission, and immediately left the Military Affairs Hall.
After leaving the Military Affairs Hall, Zhou Tong moved forward while reading the contents of the jade slip.
The Thousand Star City was over ten thousand kilometers away from the Crimson Dragon Mountains. This city was the 'territory' of a former Keeper of the Raindragon Guard. That person had already perished during a mission. According to the rules of the Raindragon Guard, this territory would be under the protection of the Raindragon Guard for the next ten thousand years.
But now, in less than three thousand years, this city had been destroyed by a Diremonster.
The Diremonster, the peacock, had devoured more than seven hundred thousand living creatures of the Thousand Star City, then fled into the Great Lakes of the Mountains and Seas.
This Great Lakes of the Mountains and Seas was one of the top ten most dangerous places in Stillwater Commandery. The dangers of this place were very similar to the dangers of the wild marshes of the Gaol Mountains. Because of the Fiendgod War, the space within this place was extremely fragmented, and if one wasn't careful, one could easily enter another dimension.
"Generally speaking, fellows who have committed grave sins like these would flee into extremely dangerous places …" Zhou Tong carefully read through the description of the jade slip, then secretly shook his head.
What an untactful monster!
The Grand Xia Dynasty controlled the entire world, and the Raindragon Guard went everywhere to kill all sorts of people and monsters who had committed grave sins. Despite having such a powerful background, they still dared to commit crimes. Was there something wrong with their heads?
The so-called 'sins' were actually things that the Dao of the Heavens had determined. Many cultivators had stepped onto the path of the Demonic Dao, using the lives of thousands of living creatures to train in divine abilities or forge magic treasures. Their bodies were filled with an exceedingly heavy amount of sin, and by killing these sinners, one would be able to increase one's karmic virtue and karmic luck.
The reason why the Grand Xia Dynasty went everywhere to search for sinners like these was because if they continuously killed these sinners, the karmic luck of the Grand Xia Dynasty would constantly rise as well.
As Zhou Tong browsed through the contents of the jade slip, he walked towards the teleportation array within the Crimson Dragon Mountains.
The Great Lakes of the Mountains and Seas were very similar to the wild marshes of the Gaol Mountains. Both had teleportation arrays for the Raindragon Guard. These teleportation arrays were for the convenience of those Raindragon Keepers who were on missions. This was because many cultivators who had committed grave sins loved to hide in dangerous places like these.
The top ten most dangerous places of Stillwater Commandery all had teleportation arrays.
"Halt!!" Zhou Tong arrived at the teleportation array, and instantly, a Raindragon Guard standing guard there blocked his path.
"The mission requires me to go to the Great Lakes of the Mountains and Seas!" Zhou Tong casually flashed the mission jade slip.
After inspecting the jade slip, the Raindragon Guard in charge of the teleportation array nodded. "Have a safe journey!"
"Rumble …"
Zhou Tong walked into the teleportation array. Surrounded by a blurry light, Zhou Tong's body trembled slightly, and spacetime around him changed. In the blink of an eye, he had arrived at a completely new place.
This was the teleportation array of the Great Lakes of the Mountains and Seas.
Zhou Tong showed the Raindragon Guard his mission jade slip, and the Raindragon Guard also let him pass.
"They live up to their reputation as the militarized Raindragon Guards. Entering the teleportation array requires inspection, and leaving the array requires inspection as well!" Zhou Tong said to himself.
"So this is the Great Lakes of the Mountains and Seas?" After walking out of the teleportation array, Zhou Tong's eyes lit up.
Unlike the wild marshes of the Gaol Mountains, the Great Lakes of the Mountains and Seas didn't consist of endless mountain ranges. Instead, it was a vast, boundless' sea '.
To be precise, this was the largest inland lake in Stillwater Commandery. It took up an area of tens of thousands of kilometers, and could be described as an enormous inland sea. The surface of the sea was dotted with countless islands. Many Diremonsters either ruled over these islands or established underwater mansions.
The Raindragon Guard, however, was stationed on an enormous' island 'within the Great Lakes of the Mountains and Seas.
"How troublesome. For a mission like this, killing the peacock isn't hard. The true difficulty is finding the peacock!" Zhou Tong was rather speechless. How was he supposed to find the peacock in such a large place?
Even though his divine sense was extraordinarily powerful, to completely flip through the entire Great Lakes of the Mountains and Seas would be quite difficult. In particular, there were many places in the Great Lakes of the Mountains and Seas that were simply too deep. Even divine sense was unable to penetrate them.
"The time limit for this mission is one year … if I can kill the peacock within a year, I'll have completed the mission. If I exceed the time limit and am unable to find the peacock, I'll have failed the mission. Next, I'll have to find someone more powerful to do it." Zhou Tong knew how the Raindragon Guard worked. He immediately flew out of the Raindragon Guard's headquarters, then spread his wings and flew towards the sea.
"I'll take it slow. I still have a year!"
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