I Am Overlord - Chapter 151

Chapter 151

Chapter 151: I'm Accepting This Mission

Within a certain valley with a waterfall as majestic as the Milky Way .

The flow of water was rapid and violent, repeatedly crashing down on the world below . Below the waterfall stood a young man with his upper body bared who was resisting the weight of the waterfall with his body .

It was worth noting that the impact of this waterfall was something not even a late-stage Transformation Realm cultivator would dare take on for a long period of time . Those failing to resist the impact would injure themselves, with some even having their heads outright crushed under the water .

The young man stood there without as much as an outer energy layer protecting himself . His physical prowess could clearly be seen . He stood firm, as if he had been nailed there . Standing there in a carefree manner, he was completely unaffected as the waterfall crashed down on him repeatedly .

In reality, all his focus was concentrated on resisting the waterfall . His teeth were clenched, and he was struggling to stay alive . In his mind was a pitch-black space, and inside it, a miniature person was seated cross-legged and acting as the guardian protector of his head .

Under the pressure, the pitch-black space seemed to be turning more and more solid, as if it was being forged by the waterfall . As for the miniature person sitting cross-legged, his resonance with the pitch-black space seemed to be slowly growing . It was unknown how long this young man had been standing here, but he was finally reaching his limit .

"AHHHH!"

He raised his head and roared at the sky, unleashing the power previously contained within his body . A purple and gold energy barrier formed around him while the apparitions of a dragon and a tiger appeared around him . He looked like the son of heaven, his imposing might one that few people could compare with .

Who would this young man be if not Xiang Shaoyun?

After parting ways with Dong Ziwan, he did not enter the Backhill Town . Rather, he took a detour and moved through some inhabited mountains, making use of the different geography to temper himself through nature itself .

Currently, Xiang Shaoyun was digging into his hidden potential under a waterfall . At the same time, he was increasing the resonance between his soul and the Nether Soul Domain so as to better his understanding of the Nether Soul Domain . As he erupted his power, part of the waterfall was forced to flow in reverse . From this, it was clear how powerful he was currently .

Finally, Xiang Shaoyun walked out from beneath the waterfall while emanating a steadfast aura, baring his seemingly boundless potential . He proceeded to catch some fish from a pond not far away . After roasting them, he wolfed them down . Done with eating, he lay down on the grassland . Sensing the warmth of the sunshine, his mood improved .

Regular training is not able to increase my cultivation speed . Only by tempering myself endlessly at the edge of death will I be able to grow further . I need to look for a new place of cultivation, a place that is more suitable for me, Xiang Shaoyun thought to himself .

After thinking about it, he decided to first look for a town so he could ask around for some dangerous locations where he would be able to temper himself . It once crossed his mind to go to the Cloud Margin City . There would be more cultivation resources there, but he was also sure that if he dared reveal himself there, it wouldn't be long before his enemies found him .

This was not a risk Xiang Shaoyun was prepared to take . Thus, he was not going to visit Cloud Margin City for now . After he was done resting, he cleaned himself up before resuming his travel .

A few days later, he finally arrived at a town called the Green Bamboo Town, a town that was even smaller and weaker than Wu Town . Its government was also much more destitute in comparison .

As its name implied, green bamboos could be found everywhere in its vicinity . Because of that, the town had a serene and graceful environment . Walking amid the bamboo forest and listening to the bamboos rustling in the wind, Xiang Shaoyun felt incomparably comfortable .

When he arrived at a teahouse near the town, he sat down, ordered a cup of tea, and asked the waiter, "Waiter, do you know of any dangerous areas around here?"

"You're jesting, customer . How would a commoner like me know of something like that?" answered the waiter .

Xiang Shaoyun also thought that it was foolish of him to ask a waiter this question . He should have asked a cultivator instead, not a waiter of a teahouse .

If I can't find out anything about the dangerous locations around here, I'll have to settle with finding some villains, Xiang Shaoyun thought to himself .

Making up his mind, Xiang Shaoyun set off toward the town . Soon, he found a stele . A lot of news was posted on the stele, so were a bunch of missions and bounties . A stele like this could be found in all towns . He had not paid much attention to them in the past . But since he had nothing better to do, he decided to look for a job on the stele .

When his gaze landed on the bounty list, he saw the information of numerous wanted criminals, their portraits and bounty rewards clearly listed . Accepting a bounty request was equivalent to accepting a mission, and the mission must be completed within a given amount of time .

If one failed to complete the bounty request within the given time limit, the mission would be automatically canceled . As for the deposit one paid when accepting the mission, there was no refund . Of course, if one was able to complete the mission on time, one would be rewarded for it .

After studying the list for a bit, Xiang Shaoyun's gaze was locked on one of the bounty requests: "Eliminating the Redwolf Bandits . The head of the bandit leader is worth 1,000 low-grade spirit crystals . The heads of the two vice leaders are worth 800 low-grade spirit crystals each . . . "

This was a tier-3 bounty, signifying that the strongest enemy one might encounter during this mission was a Transformation Realm cultivator . And this was also the bounty with the richest reward among all the bounties present . A list of people who had accepted the mission previously was listed below, and so far, all of them had failed .

The Redwolf Bandits was a group of bandits based near the town . They frequently robbed the traveling merchants, planting fear in the hearts of the citizens here . It reached a point where more and more traveling merchants no longer dared to visit the Green Bamboo Town .

As for the Green Bamboo Academy of the Green Bamboo Town, it was rather weak and was comparable in strength with the Redwolf Bandits . But if they wanted to eliminate the Redwolf Bandits, they would have to pay a huge price for it . Because of that, the town had issued this bounty, hoping that someone could eliminate the Redwolf Bandits for them .

"You it is, then," Xiang Shaoyun ripped the bounty poster down without a second thought .

An old man in charge of standing guard by the stele sighed and said, "Young man, the moment you rip this poster off, you will have to complete it . Otherwise, you will be the laughing stock of the town . "

The old man was a kind person . When he saw how young Xiang Shaoyun was, he concluded that it would be unlikely for this young man to be able to complete the mission . That was why he had sighed .

"Thank you, sir . But I am accepting this bounty request . Please register it for me," said Xiang Shaoyun .

"Sigh, young men are always rash," sighed the old man before registering Xiang Shaoyun .

Overlord Xiang accepting the tier-3 bounty "Eliminating Redwolf Bandits" .  

Time limit: 3 months .  

Deposit: 100 low-grade spirit crystals .

One could not accept a mission for free . If one failed the mission after accepting it, the deposit would be confiscated . The old man was astonished to see that Xiang Shaoyun could actually afford 100 low-grade spirit crystals . Even so, he still wasn't confident in the odds of this young man succeeding .

Xiang Shaoyun ignored the old man's doubtful gaze as he rolled up the poster and strode off with steady paces .