Primordial Emperor

Lin Chen decided to head to the Deacon Hall to take on tasks and earn contribution value.

After all, he was currently short on money and didn't even have the funds to repair his damaged Mountain Splitter Seal.

Originally, Lin Chen planned to visit the Deacon Hall for tasks three days ago, but he was delayed due to Ao Guang's assassination attempt.

Lin Chen left the Yellow Hall and, this time without any further surprises, quickly arrived at the Outer Sect's Deacon Hall.

Observing the tasks displayed on the light screens in the Deacon Hall, Lin Chen examined them carefully.

It's important to know that tasks in the Deacon Hall are divided into Heavenly, Earth, Profound, and Yellow Grades.

There's no doubt, the Heavenly Grade is the highest, and the Yellow Grade is the lowest.

The hall was crowded, making it dizzying to look at.

However, no one would rashly accept a task because once you accept it, you must complete it.

Completing a task brings substantial rewards, but if you fail, there's no reward, and you must pay compensation.

For some tasks, the compensation is up to seventy percent of the task reward.

Therefore, disciples of the Yunlong Heavenly Palace weigh tasks carefully, ensuring they have a great deal of confidence before accepting.

Of course, these tasks are also audited by the Deacon Hall of Yunlong Heavenly Palace.

After all, they can't have people deliberately posting unfinished tasks to exploit the system for compensation.

Among the many tasks, it's clear that Heavenly Level Tasks are the most difficult to complete.

To complete a Heavenly Level Task, the taker's cultivation must generally be above the Creation Realm. Otherwise, it's a death sentence, as only Creation Realm experts can handle the level of danger.

So when Lin Chen arrived in the hall, he directly ignored Heavenly Level Tasks, and Earth-Level Tasks weren't in his consideration either.

Lin Chen chose the lowest level Yellow Tasks.

But when he focused on the Yellow Tasks and saw the rewards, he frowned and dismissed the thought of taking any Yellow Tasks.

Yellow Tasks are simple, like caring for the medicine garden, feeding spiritual beasts, or mining ores.

However, the rewards were too low, with the highest being only one hundred contribution points, which translates to merely one thousand low-grade spirit crystals.

For Lin Chen, who was used to dealing with millions of low-grade spirit crystals, this was far too little.

So Lin Chen shifted his focus to the Profound Grade Tasks, finding that the rewards were much higher, starting at one hundred points and going up to ten thousand points.

Evidently, there are varying degrees of difficulty among Profound Grade Tasks; the easier to complete, the lower the reward.

Yellow Grade Tasks are for entry-level disciples, while Profound Grade Tasks are suited for promising Outer Sect disciples, and some high-difficulty Profound Grade Tasks are challenging even for Inner Sect disciples.

Originally, even with the maximum reward for a Profound Grade Task being ten thousand contribution points, equating to one hundred thousand low-grade spirit crystals, Lin Chen would not have cared.

But having no choice with his financial situation, he reluctantly chose a Profound Grade Task.

Among the numerous Profound Grade Tasks, Lin Chen finally selected an ore refining task.

Refining Lapis Lazuli Stone, with a reward of four thousand contribution points.

Translated, that's forty thousand low-grade spirit crystals.

This task is simple yet complex.

Because Lapis Lazuli Stone is a special ore used in artifact refining, even martial artists skilled in fire-based techniques find it hard to refine it to purity.

Those slightly knowledgeable in refining would still need a long time to succeed.

For those not skilled in refining, taking this task is like giving away money.

So even though refining one piece of Lapis Lazuli Stone could earn three thousand contribution points, no one dared to take it.

However, if others didn't dare, Lin Chen did.

Refining a piece of Lapis Lazuli Stone was a piece of cake for Lin Chen.

There are two ways to take on a task: one is to go to the counter and register with the Deacon Hall disciples, the other is to go to the glowing console and directly take the task using the disciple identity token of the Yunlong Heavenly Palace.

Lin Chen approached the illuminated console, took out his identity token, injected spiritual power, and used the light to select the ore refinement task he wanted to take on, successfully accepting it.

"Look at the screen, someone actually accepted that refining Lapis Lazuli Stone task from the Profound Grade Tasks."

"They really accepted it. Who is so confident? Lapis Lazuli Stone is not easy to refine. Even the disciples from the Refinement Hall can't guarantee success, or this task wouldn't have lingered until now. To refine Lapis Lazuli Stone, one needs to be at the Creation Realm, master Fire Attribute Techniques, and be knowledgeable in artifact refining."

"Indeed, who knows who took this task."

"Look, it's that kid, the one with only Nirvana Realm Sixth Layer cultivation."

"So it really is him, this guy is really the bold and inexperienced type, daring to take such a task. Does he not know that failing the refinement means he has to pay compensation?"

"Haha, there's going to be a show to watch..."

...

As Lin Chen accepted the task, the people around started discussing it.

Lin Chen, however, paid no mind to them.

Yet, Lin Chen didn't know that in the main hall of the Deacon Hall, a young man was glaring at him with anger, wanting to tear him apart.

This young man was Zhou Liang, an Artifact Refiner.

A few days ago, he had a chance encounter and refined a type of Beast Flame, immediately rushing to the Deacon Hall to take on the refining Lapis Lazuli Stone task.

After all, Beast Flame is more potent than ordinary spiritual power flames, making the task of refining ore seem more assured.

But when Zhou Liang arrived at the Deacon Hall, he saw someone had already taken the task.

Looking closely, Zhou Liang found that the person who took the task was only at the Nirvana Realm Sixth Layer.