Reborn as a Hatrack in the Mystical Land

Five heads huddled together, repeatedly examining the commission document.

While everyone’s gaze was fixed on the content of the mercenary task, Yue Jinghua’s eyes were glued to the very end of the commission.

Yue Jinghua’s principle in life is efficiency first, and benefits also first.

What does efficiency mean? It’s about looking at results. What about benefits? It’s all about mercenary points.

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This task, classified under the Red Shell Level, offered a reward of: "Point reward: 50 points, completion within 10 days."

Seeing the dazzling numbers, Yue Jinghua quickly started calculating in her mind.

points in just 10 days, only needing about three people, after spending dozens of days at Mazaro Mountain Farm as a "Sister Death Run" and only getting a pitiful 10 points, Yue Jinghua felt an immense familiarity when she saw this commission.

"This is it, no need for additional point collateral," Yue Jinghua skimmed over the previous task assigners and other matters.

Although Yue Jinghua had already made it clear to the squad members not to focus on the Ancient Hero Treasure for now,

she secretly had several Little Xuan Beasts distribute Parrot Snails in different water bodies around Five Saints Town, including the private estates of several large mercenary groups and some pools in inns and taverns.

She also disguised a number of Giant Winged Mosquito Kings as ordinary mosquitoes, roaming the alleys and streets of Five Saints Town. One could say, as long as the Heroic Graveyard was in the town, even if Yue Jinghua never left the house, she would be the first to know if the treasure was discovered.

Upon Yue Jinghua’s request, Luo Lin quickly got in touch with the person who posted the task, and arranged to meet with the members of the July Mercenary Corps at White Moon Pavilion.

White Moon Pavilion is where Yue Jinghua and her companions were staying, an inn combining lodging and excellent food.

This inn had a distinctive feature, built next to a geothermal hot spring; because of its beautiful scenery and unique environment, coupled with the presence of Chef Mi Xiu, the business at White Moon Pavilion was always good.

Fortunately, Yue Jinghua had the foresight to schedule the meeting during a quieter time in the afternoon when business was rather sluggish.

Yue Jinghua glanced at the Time Hourglass, it was still early before the appointed time with the client, so she found a quiet corner and took out the map of the Xuan Beast Ridge area to discuss with Feng Buhui who had accompanied her.

"According to the records of the Mercenary Branch, this task was just posted a week ago, requiring finding the most convenient path to Shuijiao Peak, and to lead the client to that path. Besides the deadline, the requirement is to ensure the personal safety of the client along the way. The task is not tough but not easy either, I just wonder what the motive of this client is for seeking this secret path?" Feng Buhui pondered after reading.

As everyone knows, the Xuan Beast Ridge encompasses five distinct elemental peaks, which are: Golden Horn Peak, Wood Puppet Peak, Shuijiao Peak, Fire Phoenix Peak, and Earth Qilin Peak.

Legend has it that on these five peaks, powerful adult Holy Beasts reside. Being a Holy Beast means having a far stronger concept of domain compared to ordinary Dark Beasts. Atop Shuijiao Peak lives the king of the Merfolk, who is said to control all Dark Power related to water. If discovered by it, one might be expelled at best, or at worst, vanish without a trace.

"There’s no need to overthink it. According to the information from the Mercenary Branch, the Holy Beast Merfolk should be residing at the top of the mountain. The client only requested us to find a shortcut to enter Shuijiao Peak. We just need to reach the foot of the mountain. At the base of Shuijiao Peak, a Cloud River surrounds it, with water everywhere. We just need to find a blind spot where the Water Element Dark Beasts dwell and we can break through and enter," Yue Jinghua was very confident about sneaking into Shuijiao Peak without anyone noticing.

The reason was simple, because she possessed the Divine Artifact "Parrot Snail", which once widely spread in the Cloud River, allowed her to effortlessly find the areas sparsely populated by Water Element Dark Beasts. Now, all she needed to do was meet with the client.

While she was speaking, suddenly there was a clatter as bowls and chopsticks flew up, and a broken chopstick headed straight for Yue Jinghua’s eye socket.

At this moment, business at the White Moon Pavilion was at its quietest, yet someone was still causing trouble?

"Bang," before it got close, the chopstick was shattered into pieces by Feng Buhui’s Dark Energy.

An old granny with white hair and a face full of wrinkles took the most conspicuous seat in the inn.

She ordered a table full of dishes, featuring creatures from land, water, and sky, all made from Dark Beast ingredients. One table of such dishes would suffice to feed an ordinary family for half a month.

The old woman was tall and thin, holding an exquisitely crafted nanmu cane, her hair tied meticulously in a bun, wearing a black ankle-length dress that seemed like mourning attire, her neck revealing a lace-like collar, and pinned with a blue crystal brooch—evidently a difficult noble granny.

"What kind of craftsmanship is this? To even dare to open an inn, call out your boss and main chef," the old lady exclaimed agitatedly, swinging her cane over the table and causing all the delicious food to be flung to the floor.

It was unclear what the background of this old woman was, but faced with her tantrum, the waitstaff kept silent until they finally had to call the boss.

The owner of the White Moon Pavilion, Uncle Bai Yue, hurried forward with a look of embarrassment, wringing his hands and bowing, "Lady Qingyan, welcome to the White Moon Pavilion, these dishes are all made by Mi Xiu, his craftsmanship is impeccable."

"Cooking the Forest Long-Eared Rabbit tough as a steel plate, fishing out only a handful of Arctic Sweet Yellows from the soup, and what’s worse is this horse urine-like wine with no flavor at all," the black-dressed granny complained, simultaneously smashing a wine bottle.

Tough meat? Yue Jinghua had tasted the rabbit meat cooked by Chef Mi Xiu, which was incredibly soft, crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, melting immediately upon entering the mouth, and delicious beyond words.

And the beer, pursued by countless mercenaries, in the mouth of this difficult old woman, had somehow become horse urine.

The orange-yellow beer flowing out of the shattered bottle was precisely the beer Yue Jinghua had recently started supplying to the White Moon Pavilion.

Seeing her own hand-brewed beer being despised, Yue Jinghua pursed her lips unhappily, but typically adhering to an attitude of non-interference, she only planned to quietly watch from the side, waiting for her client to arrive soon.

However, just as Yue Jinghua gestured for Feng Buhui to sit down, she suddenly had a shiver, glanced at the granny known as "Lady Qingyan", and then stared intensely at the mercenary mission in her hand. At the end of the mission, there was a signature written with an extremely sharp pen, Lady Qingyan.