"Senior Brother Shi, it's been a while."
"Hahaha, Junior Brother Luo, it really has been a long time."
"I heard you went to Black Wind Ridge, north of Canglan Prefecture, to deal with bandits last time, Senior Brother Shi? How did it go? Was it successful?"
In front of the mission board in the Miscellaneous Affairs Department, the Inner Sect Disciples were making a racket.
The man called Senior Brother Shi, a sturdy middle-aged man with an honest face, sighed at the question and shook his head. "Don't even mention it. After more than half a month of hassle, those bandits proved to be as slippery as eels. The moment they caught wind of us, they all vanished into the forest. In the end, we only managed to kill a few grunts, but we couldn't catch their leader. It was a wasted trip. All I got was about two hundred contribution points... which wasn't even enough to cover the cost of the Elixirs I used to replenish my True Essence on the journey there and back."
