I Can See Through Everything - Chapter 657

Chapter 657: Soul Space, Mission and Assassination Level

Lu Qing naturally didn’t know that, by participating in this trial, he had nearly been spotted by a powerful being, who offered him a disciple.

After being escorted out of the secret realm containing the Nether Palace by the beast-masked man, he looked around and found himself back in the valley where he had first entered the trial space.

However, there was no one around. He wondered if the Jindan had left after the trial ended, or if they had perished within the trial space.

After a deep glance at the valley shielded by the invisible force of space, Lu Qing didn’t linger and flew away.

He then found a cave in a remote forest, set up a concealing aura, and released Xiao Li.

“Well, well, Ah Qing, did you pass the trial?”

Xiao Li shouted as he emerged, leaping onto Lu Qing’s shoulder.

For safety’s sake, Lu Qing had completely deactivated his spiritual tool when he had put Xiao Li away, preventing him from detecting what was happening outside. After all,

this was the Nether Palace, with its many powerful beings, so he erred on the side of caution.

“Well, I’ve passed the trial. Not only did I successfully obtain status as an outer member of the Nether Palace, I also won first place, earning a substantial reward.”

Lu Qing pulled out the storage bag and poured out the spirit stones inside.

Suddenly, the entire cave was filled with spiritual energy, illuminated by spiritual light.

“So many mid-grade spirit stones!”

Xiao Li’s eyes lit up at the sight of the small pile of spirit stones.

He knew they’d been running low on spirit stones lately, and were practically on the brink of collapse.

“Yeah, I didn’t expect to get so many spirit stones just by participating in a trial,”

Lu Qing was also quite surprised.

The man in the beast mask was surprised by his choice of spirit stones.

But Lu Qing knew full well that he had no shortage of cultivation techniques and magical weapons. As for elixirs, only the highest quality would be of any use to him.

Therefore, relatively speaking, spirit stones were his most valuable asset.

While three thousand mid-grade spirit stones was still a long way from his goal, it wasn’t a small amount.

After a sigh, Lu Qing put away the spirit stones and took out the Nether Jade Plate.

Gently toying with the Nether Jade Plate, Lu Qing’s mind was filled with a strange feeling.

Honestly, the Nether Palace had made such a grand spectacle of this trial, even infiltrating the Demon Lord’s son, and yet they were dismissed so easily in the end—a fact he found quite unusual. He

wondered what hidden purpose lay behind this.

However, he had already examined the Nether Jade Plate with his supernatural powers and found nothing unusual, so he felt comfortable refining it.

And this Nether Jade Plate also surprised him.

It wasn’t just an identity document; it was a truly unique magical weapon with numerous uses.

After playing with it for a while, Lu Qing immersed his mind within it.

Soon, he felt a strand of his mind being transformed by the magic circle within the Nether Jade Plate, breaking through space and projecting into some unknown, strange dimension.

The next moment, he heard a bustle of people, and found himself on a street.

Many figures were moving around, but strangely, each one wore the same clothing, even the same black mask.

Aside from their height and weight, they were all identical, even their auras were the same.

Watching all this, Lu Qing was surprised, but not panicked.

Even when he was refining the Nether Jade Plate, he had understood the situation from the information contained within.

This strange space was a spiritual dimension, created by an unimaginably powerful being within the Nether Palace.

Only those within the Nether Palace and outsiders who had passed the trials and been recognized by the Nether Palace could enter.

Outsiders like Lu Qing could only gain access to this spiritual dimension through the Nether Jade Plate they had refined.

Beyond that, unless one’s cultivation surpassed that of the mysterious Nether Palace master, no one else could find the location of this spiritual dimension.

Even if someone stole the Nether Jade Plate from Lu Qing or any of the others, they wouldn’t be able to enter.

Each Nether Jade Plate could only be refined once.

If anyone attempted to refine it a second time, the formation within it would instantly self-destruct, and even a powerful Yuan Shen would be powerless to stop it.

It’s precisely because of this Divine Soul Space that the Nether Palace’s intelligence network is so formidable, far more formidable than any other faction in the Tianyuan World.

The Nether Palace’s assassins, armed with the Nether Jade Token, can access the Divine Soul Space at any time, regardless of their location, and exchange intelligence.

This naturally puts other factions far behind.

More importantly, thanks to the Nether Jade Token’s concealment, the Divine Soul power entering this space appears uniform to others, eliminating the need to worry about their true identity being discovered in the outside world.

This is why many elite disciples from major factions are interested in the Nether Palace’s external personnel trials.

This Divine Soul Space is truly invaluable.

Lu Qing stood there, unnoticed by those around him.

This Divine Soul Space sees numerous people entering and exiting daily, and since identities cannot be distinguished, most people focus on their own affairs and rarely pay attention to others.

After observing for a while, Lu Qing finally walked towards the tallest building at the end of the street.

He had noticed that in this spiritual space, one could not fly, and could only move forward on foot.

Fortunately, the street was not long, and he soon arrived in front of the building.

“Mission Hall?”

Lu Qing looked at the plaque on the building’s entrance and knew he had found the right place.

Without hesitation, he stepped inside.

Inside, he saw numerous figures bustling about, but no one paid any attention to Lu Qing.

This suited him perfectly. After a brief stroll, Lu Qing gradually gained a firm grasp of the mission hall.

Simply put, the mission hall was where the Nether Palace issued various missions.

Not only were there assassination missions, but there were also bounties for things like finding precious spiritual herbs, elixirs, and magical elixirs.

The bounties for assassinations alone were incredibly diverse, encompassing everything from assassinations to assassinations.

Lu Qing noticed that the highest bounties were placed at the very top, offering the heads of the top demon lords of the three major clans: the Demon Realm, the clan leaders and clan leaders of the human race’s major factions, and the demon kings of the demon race.

The bounties on each were truly outrageous, almost equivalent to the entire inventory of a major sect.

Lu Qing even saw a bounty for himself.

[Chen Qing: Capture alive, bounty: 100,000 mid-grade spirit stones. Kill directly, with the head as proof, receive 50,000 mid-grade spirit stones.]

[Bounty offered by: Gongshu Family.]

Below the mission was a brief introduction to Chen Qing’s identity.

This included details about the numerous powerful spirit masters he had slain during the battle at Tianshu Divine Mountain.

When Lu Qing saw the bounty on himself, he was somewhat surprised.

And this was just the reward offered by the Gongshu family.

Several other factions whose Yuanshen masters he had slain had also issued bounties.

The bounties ranged in value, with the highest comparable to Gongshu’s.

The lowest offered tens of thousands of mid-grade spirit stones, a considerable fortune.

After reviewing all the bounties offered for himself, even Lu Qing felt the urge to walk into the trap and arrange a scheme to claim the bounty.

After all, if he possessed such a large sum of spirit stones, he would have more than enough to cultivate for a long time, not to mention reaching the twelfth stage of the Golden Core, even after achieving Yuanshen. Of

course, Lu Qing only had this thought for a moment.

Not to mention arranging a scheme, he would even have to conceal his identity even more carefully.

Money can be tempting, and such a large sum of spirit stones would tempt even a powerful Yuanshen realm master who had survived multiple Yuanshen tribulations.

If his identity were exposed, who knew what kind of monster he would attract.

With his current strength, facing such a being would still be difficult.

Calming himself, Lu Qing continued browsing the other missions.

One of his reasons for participating in the Nether Palace Trial was to accept bounties and earn spirit stones.

However, he wasn’t prepared to accept every mission; he had to carefully select the ones he chose.

As he browsed, Lu Qing’s gaze suddenly paused when he saw a bounty.

[Cang Jue: Successfully kill, and receive 20,000 mid-grade spirit stones for the head.]

Below was a brief introduction to Cang Jue’s identity, stating that he was the beloved youngest son of the Devil Lord of Destruction.

However, the name of the person offering the bounty was omitted, addressed only as “Anonymous.”

It was unclear whether the person offering the bounty was a human or a demon within the demon clan.

After all, Lu Qing had heard that the demon clan wasn’t entirely united.

Several demon lords even engaged in fierce fighting.

Without the formidable human enemy to keep them at bay, they would likely have engaged in a war of their own.

However, when Lu Qing saw the bounty on Cang Jue, his eyes widened.

“Twenty thousand mid-grade spirit stones? That’s a huge loss!”

Lu Qing, upon seeing the figure, was immediately annoyed.

Previously, in the trial space, he had battled Cang Jue and utterly annihilated him, leaving not a trace of him.

If he had known this demon brat was so valuable, he would have kept his head and claimed the reward.

Unfortunately, there’s no such thing as regret.

Despite his frustration, Lu Qing had to accept this reality.

Scrolling down, he discovered that the younger generations of the three major clans—the sons of the Demon Lord and the Demon King, the Daoist Saints of the top sects, and the direct descendants of the Thirty-Six Supreme Clans—were also on the bounty list, and the rewards were quite substantial.

“Goodness! These three clans claim to be deeply wary of the Netherworld Palace, but in reality, they’re all secretly offering a bounty on the heads of their enemies within the palace.”

Lu Qing couldn’t help but feel speechless.

He paused as he read through the bounty missions, his gaze narrowing slightly as he gazed at one.

[Gongshu Lian: After a successful assassination, claim a bounty of 10,000 mid-grade spirit stones for the head.]

Lu Qing’s heart raced as he continued reading.

The brief introduction below revealed that Gongshu Lian was a member of the older generation of the Gongshu family, at the Yuanshen realm, with a cultivation level roughly around the first level of Yuanshen.

However, more detailed information about Gongshu Lian would only be available after he accepted the mission.

“Gongshu Lian…”

Lu Qing pondered.

His relationship with the Gongshu family was now a bitter feud.

Furthermore, the Gongshu family was openly offering a bounty on his head within the Netherworld Palace.

Given that, Lu Qing naturally wouldn’t show any mercy.

Killing Gongshu Lian would not only weaken the Gongshu clan but also earn him a considerable sum of spirit stones. So why not?

Thinking of this, Lu Qing immediately made a decision: “Excellent! My first assassination mission is you!”

Lu Qing approached the mission hall’s counter. However, when he expressed his desire to accept the mission to assassinate Gongshu Lian, he was told that he wasn’t currently qualified.

“Not qualified?” Lu Qing was stunned.

“Yes, Senior, this mission is a C-level mission, but your current assassination rank is still D-level, so you can’t accept it yet…”

A figure wearing a rabbit mask, presumably a woman, appeared at the counter.

As she slowly explained, Lu Qing finally understood what was going on.

It turned out that accepting assassination missions for the Nether Palace had its own set of rules.

Each mission issued by the Nether Palace was ranked according to its rank.

There were four levels: A, B, C, and D, with A being the highest and D the lowest.

The Nether Palace’s assassins also had their own assassination ranks.

Killers of different assassination levels can only accept missions of the same level.

This assassination level has nothing to do with the killer’s strength, but only with the number of missions completed and the mission points earned.

For example, Lu Qing has just become a killer in the Nether Palace and has not completed a single mission. He is still a Class D killer, the lowest level.

The mission to assassinate Gongshu Lian is a Class C mission, so he naturally cannot accept it.

“I see, so how can I improve my assassination level?” Lu Qing asked.

“Senior, if you want to improve your assassination level, you must first complete the D-level missions. For each D-level mission you complete, you will receive one mission point. After receiving ten mission points, you can be promoted to C-level.

However, if you accept a mission but fail to complete it within the specified time, you will be deducted points…”

Lu Qing finally understood the promotion mechanism of the assassination level from the explanation of the rabbit mask.

To put it bluntly, the Nether Palace wants the assassins to work hard to complete the missions in order to improve their assassination level.

He also got a very important piece of information from the mouth of the rabbit mask.

That is, once the assassination level reaches B-level or above, there is a chance to apply for the Nether Palace’s assessment.

If you pass the assessment, you can officially join the Nether Palace.

(End of this chapter)