Doing tasks, cultivating, doing tasks, cultivating…
This kind of daily routine continued until the fifth day, when Jiang Lin finally exchanged for the third volume of the basic cultivation tutorial.
However, after exchanging for the cultivation card and cultivation tutorial this time, Jiang Lin did not leave immediately.
Instead, he found a seat in the task center, sat down, and then opened the third volume of the basic cultivation tutorial to read.
There were also quite a few ghost envoys wandering around the task center.
Either picking tasks, or having just exchanged new skills and eagerly reading them, sitting down on the spot.
Without even going to a seat.
Compared to them, Jiang Lin's behavior was quite normal.
No one paid any attention.
Some ghost envoys noticed the third volume of the basic cultivation tutorial in Jiang Lin's hand and originally wanted to chat with him for a bit.
But seeing how serious and engrossed Jiang Lin was, they just opened their mouths and said nothing in the end.
…
The first two volumes of the cultivation tutorial mainly focused on understanding oneself and how to use one's own power.
As Jiang Lin had expected, the third volume of the basic cultivation tutorial mainly focused on 'external objects'.
[We can use ghost energy to create ghost artifacts and ghost objects, so can we also integrate external objects with ourselves?]
[All things have their characteristics. As long as we discover their advantages and understand them.
Can we also apply those advantages to ourselves?]
Reading this, Jiang Lin thought of the wings that appeared behind the ghost envoys of the Southern Hall.
And the ghost envoy battle he had seen at the entrance of the task center before.
The bodies of those two ghost envoys were clearly not of any particular animal, yet they could use the characteristics of those animals.
Like eagle claws, tiger roars, dolphin calls…
Jiang Lin's eyes sharpened. Anyone could imagine boldly.
But the creator of this basic cultivation tutorial not only could think, but also could realize these imaginations.
It had to be said, it was truly admirable.
As Jiang Lin was reading and pondering, the task bar in the task center, at the very top, suddenly changed.
In an instant, Jiang Lin seemed to sense something and sharply raised his eyes.
He looked up from the basic cultivation tutorial and towards the task bar.
At the very top of the task bar, a task plaque with blank information appeared.
At first glance, it looked like an operational error by the staff of the task center.
However, Jiang Lin frowned and looked intently.
In the next moment, lines of golden text appeared on the blank task plaque.
— Special Grade Task!
As the previous task acceptor did not complete it within ten days, the task is reopened, and ten task plaques are issued.
Task requirement: Ghost King realm and above.
…
This was the information Qin Zhouzhou had told Jiang Lin after that barbecue five days ago.
She said, "In five days, information about a special grade task will appear. If you want to try, you can pay attention in the task center."
And today was the fifth day!
After reading the information, Jiang Lin immediately got up and went to the task processing office.
"I want to accept that task with golden text," Jiang Lin said.
If he guessed correctly, only those at the Ghost King realm and above could see the information about the special grade task.
"Esteemed sir, please follow me this way."
The staff member at the task center was not surprised and said calmly and politely.
Seeing Jiang Lin nod, they turned and led Jiang Lin to another room.
Special grade tasks were different from general tasks, and specific information needed to be understood separately.
The time limit, and some points to note.
Only if the staff member was willing to accept the task after understanding this information would they bring out the task plaque.
However, before that.
The staff member would first conduct a strength assessment of the ghost envoy who accepted the task.
Ensuring that the individual truly possessed the strength, rather than going to their death.
…
The reason why special grade tasks were called special grade tasks was because they were related to deities.
Qin Zhouzhou had also mentioned this.
After confirming Jiang Lin's mid-Ghost King realm strength, the staff member at the task center began to explain the task information to Jiang Lin.
As Jiang Lin listened, his understanding of the world was refreshed.
Deities contained immense power within their bodies. Even if they died unexpectedly, the power within their bodies would not dissipate immediately.
The more powerful they were, the more so.
Conversely, if a deity's body or mind was affected, the reaction after death would often be greater.
For example, inner demons.
Or, being contaminated by some kind of power…
Many deities chose to use reincarnation to recuperate.
And such reincarnated individuals, even after rebirth, would still retain their divinity.
When the time came, the divinity hidden within them, and the power temporarily hidden, would emerge again, helping them return to their divine positions.
However, there was another situation.
— Failed recuperation. The internal condition of the body not only did not improve but worsened.
Of course,
For deities who reincarnated to recuperate due to certain issues, the underworld would also record them and periodically observe their situation.
And this special grade task,
Was for a reincarnated deity who concealed their deteriorating condition and then met with an accident on their way to work.
After death, the power hidden within their body erupted, directly affecting the surrounding hundred meters.
Forming a special ghost domain.
"It can currently be confirmed that it is a ghost domain with 'rules', not a place completely filled with violent killing power.
Therefore, we judge that
The reincarnated individual harbored some strong obsession in life or at the time of death, which caused such a ghost domain."
The staff member at the task center said slowly, their expression and voice very steady.
Clearly, they were very familiar with handling such work.
"Currently, more than five humans have been implicated by the ghost domain. We have tried to sever their connection with the ghost domain from the outside, but the effect was not good."
"To ensure their safety, it is best to 'unbind' them from the inside."
Humans who were implicated by the ghost domain but whose bodies remained in the mortal world were, in the eyes of the underworld's ghost envoys, as if their souls were bound to the ghost domain.
To save them, either the binding thread had to be cut, or they had to be 'unbound' from the inside.
Upon saying this, the staff member paused, their expression becoming serious.
"However, if we cannot unbind them from the inside this time, we will take forceful measures to violently sever the threads binding the humans!"
Violent severance might have negative consequences, but it was a last resort.
Once a special grade task was discovered, ghost envoys would be dispatched to determine its difficulty and characteristics, and then assign it to suitable ghost envoys.
But if that ghost envoy could not complete it within a certain period, or if the ghost domain caused a greater impact.
The task center would then take a second measure—
An open task.
For this special grade task, they had opened ten slots.
Ten slots, and each ghost envoy who accepted the task must be at the Ghost King realm or above.
This level of strength, this number of slots, was almost a sweep-style solution to the task.
If, it still could not be completed, the task center would take a third measure—
Violent execution!
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