Chapter 51: Immortal Weapon Casting Snow, Golden Daily Quest

“Fifty Dreamyearn Grass stalks? This is f\\\ing impossible!”

After coming out from Tiancanzi’s place, Ye Rong cursed loudly. He had spent a tremendous amount of effort to collect all ten refined iron fragments. After completing the first part of the Chain Quest, he received this exact reply—perhaps due to bad luck, finding the last two refined iron fragments had taken him the entire afternoon.

Reaching the second part of the Chain Quest, he could already see the final Flying Sword reward—the Fifth Tier Immortal Weapon, Casting Snow.

Even without knowing Casting Snow’s exact stats, just the Fifth Tier designation made it worth the effort. If not for that, he wouldn’t have the confidence to continue.

Ye Rong knew where Dreamyearn Grass was produced—ten Dreamyearn Grass plants grew at the center of the snake base under Golden Whip Cliff. They respawned daily, so collecting fifty stalks would only take about five days.

However, guarding the Dreamyearn Grass was the level 30 boss Beauty Snake. If Ye Rong wanted to snatch food from the tiger’s mouth, he first had to ask if his own head was hard enough.

As for actually killing the Beauty Snake, and doing it five times in a row, Ye Rong genuinely felt Tiancanzi never intended for players to obtain the Immortal Weapon Casting Snow.

He wasn’t a Faction leader who could order large numbers of subordinates to help him hunt the Beauty Snake. Besides, dealing with such a level 30 boss was currently a very challenging task for any major faction.

Even if he were a Faction leader, it would be unwise to use Faction resources for personal matters like this—the losses would far outweigh the gains.

Just one accidental total party kill, or a few attempts where the rewards were far less than the costs, would definitely cause complaints among the lower-ranking members. His authority as the Faction leader would also be affected.

Moreover, many guilds nowadays had investments from real-world groups or conglomerates. A guild leader was essentially a high-level employee; if you tried something like this, the financial backers behind you wouldn’t agree.

“Never mind all that. I’ll focus on leveling up first. The Sect Minor Competition starts next month, and the winners get various rewards. I’ve already gotten such a big head start; I can’t fall behind others by then—that would be too embarrassing.”

In the early stages of the game, players without Sects weren’t much weaker than those with Sects. The basic Dao Scrolls they obtained from other sources weren’t inferior to Sect techniques initially. With good luck, the Dao Scrolls they found might even be stronger than the basic Sect ones.

For example, Dongliu Cangshui’s White Ape Sword Art and Houdao Xiaosheng’s Profound Yin Heart Technique were both such cases, demonstrating very strong combat power.

The Endless Forest Sea was no longer very suitable for Ye Rong’s leveling. The monsters in the outskirts were too spread out, making it inefficient. Venturing deeper was too dangerous, as a monster that could instantly kill you might appear at any moment.

Ye Rong had once seen a Blue Mysterious Bird in the Endless Forest Sea. It flew over his head; its body wasn’t huge, but it emitted a terrifying, shuddering pressure. It had long, hanging blue Plume Feathers, each as thick as a forearm, coated with a layer of nearly transparent indigo flames.

If even a single drop of those indigo flames fell into the forest, it would start a massive wildfire, burning hundreds of acres of woods at a time, along with all the monsters and Players within.

Although Mount Qingcheng was mostly surrounded by the vast Endless Forest Sea, there were other leveling spots nearby.

To the southwest was Dujiangyan. This body of water extended into two tributaries, inhabited by large numbers of aquatic monsters. In the future, when Players reached higher Levels, this would be a great leveling spot. Only a few hundred miles from Mount Qingcheng, if nothing unexpected happened, it would likely be monopolized by Qingcheng Players; outsiders wouldn’t get a step in.

Dujiangyan also had several legendary stories connected to a few large quests. However, during the Closed Beta, the game ended before they could be fully explored, so the details weren’t clear.

With Ye Rong’s current Strength, trying to level in the Dujiangyan Waters would be like an old man eating arsenic—he had a death wish. It was completely unrealistic.

Just the fact that he couldn’t enter the water ruled out the idea immediately. The Great Water Turtle in the Starter Village couldn’t dive to escape because of a quest-related System setting. Otherwise, even if a bunch of level 10-ish Players could defeat it, they couldn’t stop it from fleeing.

North of Mount Qingcheng was Min Mountain Snow Ridge, with its steep terrain and freezing climate.

The peak of Min Mountain Snow Ridge was perpetually frozen, swept by the Nine Heavens Gale and struck by Renwater Ice Thunder. It wasn’t a place ordinary people could climb.

Regular Players would start continuously losing health from the extreme cold once they reached the halfway point of Snow Ridge. Sword Flight for normal travel was problematic, let alone fighting monsters. So, going to Snow Ridge without cold-resistant gear was a very rash move.

“Let’s head back first and check today’s daily quests!”

Ye Rong had already used up his three appraisal chances for the week. He would have to wait a few more days before asking Senior Brother Chen Taizhen to appraise the Green Jade Jingsheng Gourd’s uses. For now, he turned directly towards the White Cloud Temple to pick up a daily quest and decide his monster hunting target based on what was available.

Senior Brother Ji Deng’s White Cloud Temple was rather deserted. After all, Registered Disciples couldn’t accept daily quests every day, so there was no point wasting time hanging around here. Entering the temple, Ye Rong saw today’s daily quests displayed on a stone slab for him to choose from.

Daily quests refreshed once per day, but Registered Disciples could only accept one quest every three days. So, Ye Rong didn’t have to worry about missing out on a quest with good rewards just because he arrived late and someone else randomly picked it.

Leisurely, he slowly opened the stone slab and began choosing casually. His scrolling finger suddenly stopped moving.

“Golden? A Golden Daily Quest!”

Ye Rong gasped sharply and said the words out loud.

Daily quests were usually simple, not exceeding the Player’s current Level capabilities. The rewards were normal, and the quest text was white. These were the most common daily quests, accounting for over ninety percent.

There was another type of daily quest that was more troublesome, requiring several times the steps and time of normal ones. But with extra effort, they could still be completed, and the rewards were somewhat increased. The text for these daily quests was cyan, and they made up less than ten percent.

As for daily quests with golden text, they had a less than one-in-a-thousand chance of appearing. They represented requirements far beyond the Player’s current Level and a very high chance of failure. However, the rewards for Golden Daily Quests were equally very tempting; no Player would refuse.

It’s just taking some risks. If you really couldn’t do it, you could just give up.

This was the first Golden Daily Quest Ye Rong had seen after browsing and selecting from the stone slab for so many days—

Keep in mind, he could choose freely from nearly a hundred daily quests every day. Even with those odds, encountering a Golden Daily Quest was this rare, let alone for those Registered Disciples whose quests were assigned completely at Senior Brother Ji Deng’s whim.

Ye Rong’s finger slowly moved towards the Golden Daily Quest entry. A row of tiny words appeared…