The Immortal Emperor Returns

Chapter 523 He Can’t Take This Mission!

Harry was overjoyed because he knew that Lucian, as a high-level Devil King, would definitely complete this mission.

“Then I’ll leave this mission to you, my old friend,” said Harry with a smile on his face.

After that, he glanced at Chu Xun and said, “My honorable warrior, in the capacity of the principal of this mercenary guild, I hereby inform you that from now on, you will not be welcome here, and I won’t assign any mission to you.”

Chu Xun curled his lip slightly. “He can’t take this mission.”

“He can’t take this mission? I’m afraid you don’t know this old friend of mine very well. There is no task that he can’t take,” Harry said.

“Young man, you are very powerful, but you’re too arrogant.” Lucian’s eyes glowed with strange red light. “I am in a good mood today, so I will let it go. If you commit another offence, I will let you know what a heavy price you’ll have to pay for being too arrogant.”

“I want to know how heavy the price is,” said Chu Xun, smiling coldly.

The mercenaries looked at Chu Xun in shock. “How dare he talk to Lucian like that?”

Lucian stared fiercely at Chu Xun. “Are you serious? I’m afraid you will regret having known it.”

Chu Xun shook his head and thought to himself. “I’m afraid that you don’t know that I’m a human having nothing to worry about in the Subterranean Devils Realm.”

“Now that I have said that you can’t take this mission, then you can’t.”

As soon as Chu Xun finished speaking, his Internal Breath surged through his body. Holding a fist, he dashed toward Lucian fiercely.

“You’re courting death!” Lucian shouted angrily. A foul aura surged wildly around him as he threw a punch at Chu Xun.

Bang!

As soon as the two fists collided, the look on Lucian’s face suddenly changed. The power of Chu Xun’s fist was surging wildly like raging waves.

Thud, thud...!

Lucian kept stepping back. His arm had a muscle spasm because of the impact. The smooth floor cracked under his feet.

Old Harry scrunched up his face. He was upset about the floor, but at the same time, he was more shocked because Lucian was forced to step back by Chu Xun’s punch.

Chu Xun curled his lip slightly. Lucian was too weak for him. He tried his best to control the strength he exerted, for fear that he would accidentally smash Lucian into blood mist.

He was a Great King now, so he couldn’t act too aggressively.

He directly leaped to the front of Lucian, raised his fist, and threw a punch at the latter.

Lucian roared angrily. He felt embarrassed that he backed away because of Chu Xun’s punch just now. He desperately activated his magic power and threw a punch at Chu Xun.

Bang!

The two fists bumped against each other again. A terrifying storm swept through the air.

“Goodbye!” Chu Xun said lightly. Only Lucian could hear his voice.

Lucian was confused at first, but when the surging force of Chu Xun’s punch came at him, he was so frightened that his pupils dilated.

“You...” Lucian was scared out of his wits. He tried to withdraw his fist, but he felt like it was stuck to Chu Xun’s fist, and he could not pull his hand back at all. The terrifying power of Chu Xun’s punch was like raging waves.

Boom!

Lucian screamed in pain. The penetrating force of Chu Xun’s punch tore his body into bloody pieces flying in all directions.

Silence. The hall fell into a deathly silence!

The mercenaries drew back repeatedly and stayed far away from Chu Xun. They all looked shocked and frightened.

Old Harry watched the fight in disbelief with his eyes wide open like an old toad.

Chu Xun shook his head. Given his high cultivation level, he could easily tear Lucian to pieces. Two punches were already enough to save face for Lucian.

“See? I said he couldn’t take the mission, didn’t I?” said Chu Xun, looking at old Harry.

Harry froze for a moment and then shivered. He knew Lucian’s cultivation level very well, but he was killed miserably by only two punches.

“My honorable warrior, please come here.” Old Harry pushed away the two human girls helping him and invited Chu Xun to come to the depths of the hall.

Chu Xun smiled and said, “Old man, do you want to kill me in there?”

Old Harry smiled wryly. “My honorable warrior, given your high cultivation level, I wouldn’t be able to kill you even if I wanted to.”

“Don’t try to flatter me, old man. My name is Chu the Devil. You’d better remember it.” Chu Xun turned his head and looked around. “All of you bear in mind that this name will resound throughout the Subterranean Devils Realm in three months.”

All of the mercenaries in the hall looked at Chu Xun in shock. “What a big talker.”

“Old man, I will take all the remaining missions, but you have to double the rewards,” Chu Xun said.

“No problem!” Old Harry agreed immediately this time. He looked at Chu Xun and said, “But I hope you can give me a chance to talk to you after you complete the missions.”

Chu Xun said, “Okay.”

Old Harry assigned the ninth and tenth missions to Chu Xun. The mercenary guild issued ten missions every day, and Chu Xun took three of them. Those missions were of the highest level and were the most difficult ones.

Chu Xun took those mission orders. His first mission was to kill the Thunder Leopard.

The target of his second mission was the Iron-clawed Blue-scaled Eagle, a high level 4 demonic beast. The reward was 2,000 pieces of low-grade Fire Spinel plus fifty stalks of low-grade spiritual herb.

The last mission was the most difficult one. The target was the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast, a high level 4 demonic beast. The reward was 5,000 pieces of low-grade Fire Spinel and five hundred stalks of low-grade spiritual herb.

Chu Xun cast a glance at old Harry, whose face looked strange. “This Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast is definitely not a high level 4 demonic beast. Otherwise, the reward will not be so high.”

Chu Xun pretended that he did not know that. “It doesn’t matter anyway. No matter it is a level 4 or level 5 beast, it is just my prey.”

“Good luck on your missions, Chu the Devil,” said old Harry with a smile on his face.

“You’d better stop laughing. Your laugh reveals your nature as a profiteer,” Chu Xun said disdainfully.

The corners of the old Harry’s mouth twitched a few times. No one had ever dared to be so disrespectful to him, but... He touched his face. “Do I look like a profiteer? I have been trying hard to play a generous and kind role. It seems that I have to practice smiling even harder in front of the bronze mirror.”

These three missions were not difficult for Chu Xun, but there was one thing that gave him a headache. He didn’t know where to find those demonic beasts that he needed to kill.

“Old man, do you have a map?” Chu Xun asked. The Subterranean Devils Realm was a very weird place. He had always wanted to buy a map of the Subterranean Devils Realm, but no one dared to sell it to him.

Old Harry looked at Chu Xun in a suspicious and vigilant way.

Chu Xun cursed under his breath. “There is something weird about the map of the Subterranean Devils Clan.”

“Don’t look at me like that. I’ve been in closed-door training since I was born. I have just finished it recently. Is it shameful that I don’t know the way?” Chu Xun glared at old Harry, as if he would start a fight over the slightest disagreement.

Old Harry was taken aback. Without taking time to think whether Chu Xun’s words were true or not, he hurriedly said, “I only have a map of the area under the Fifth Fiend Lord’s control.”

“Give it to me.” Chu Xun reached out his hand.

“Give it to you?” Old Harry widened his eyes. He already began to believe what Chu Xun had said. “This man might have never explored this place before. His cultivation level is high, but he really doesn’t know much.”

“Do you know how much Fire Spinel a roughly made map is worth?” Old Harry asked.

“How much?”

Old Harry stretched out a finger.

“One hundred pieces of Fire Spinel. It’s no big deal. You can deduct that from my rewards,” Chu Xun said. Old Harry acted weirdly, so he thought the map would cost a lot.

Old Harry froze for a moment and then shook his head helplessly. The mercenaries looked at Chu Xun in a strange way.

“A hundred thousand pieces of medium-grade Fire Spinel for one map,” said old Harry.

“Is it so expensive?” Chu Xun was surprised. He became angry. “Are you out of your mind? You stretched out only one finger, and it meant a hundred thousand?”

Chu Xun stretched out a finger and put it close to old Harry’s face. “Tell me, is this a hundred thousand? Is this the way you count with your fingers?”

Old Harry looked dumbfounded after Chu Xun questioned him. Just now, he stretched out a finger to tell Chu Xun that the map was worth ten thousand pieces of high-grade Fire Spinel.

“Do you have a map? Lend it to me,” Chu Xun said.

“Okay... Ah... no, no...” Old Harry shook his head repeatedly. Dumbfounded, he almost agreed to Chu Xun’s request.

“Old man, don’t be so stingy. I just want to borrow it from you, and I’ll return it to you.” Chu Xun stared at old Harry with a contemptuous look on his face. “Or you can make a copy of it for me.”

Old Harry was dumbfounded with his eyes wide open. He looked at Chu Xun seriously and said, “Chu the Devil, let me tell you that I’ve never heard you say anything. I advise you not to mention this matter in the future. Otherwise, no one can save you then.”

Chu Xun wondered to himself. “It’s just a map. Is it necessary to be so serious about a map?”

However, he was not that stupid to be obsessed with the matter of a map. “There is definitely something fishy going on. I’ll figure it out slowly.”

“You can find someone to help you find those demonic beasts, but you have to pay the remuneration.” Old Harry suggested.

Chu Xun thought it was a good idea, so he shouted to the mercenaries in the hall. “Who can take me to find those demonic beasts? I am willing to pay remuneration for your services.”

However... the crowd remained silent. No one responded to him.

“That is a level 4 demonic beast. Only a fool would go and help him find it. If he can’t defeat it and runs away himself, I will die a terrible death,” the crowd all thought the same way.

Chu Xun didn’t know what those people were thinking. He felt a little depressed. At first, he thought that many of them would step up and respond to his call, but it turned out that...”These people are simply stupid. They can earn Fire Spinel easily just by showing me the way. Is there any other deal better than this?”

“Old man, why don’t you show me the way? In this way, you can reduce the amount of remuneration that you need to pay,” said Chu Xun.

Old Harry repeatedly shook his head. The demonic beasts that Chu Xun needed to kill were all ferocious monsters. He didn’t want to get killed by those ferocious beasts.

“Don’t make fun of an old man like me.”

Chu Xun nodded and said, “You’re right. Look how old you are! I don’t want you to die on the way before we find those demonic beasts. If you die that way, whom should I ask for my rewards?”

Old Harry was so angry that he almost had a heart attack. “What the heck are you saying?”

“I’ll lead the way for you!” said the woman in a black robe suddenly.

Chu Xun looked at her curiously. “Don’t you need to complete your own mission?”

“I have seven days for the mission. There’s enough time,” said the woman in a black robe.

“Okay, let’s set out now!”

“Wait a minute,” the woman in a black robe said, “let’s make it clear about the remuneration first.”

“Okay, no problem. How much do you want? Don’t ask for too much. This old man is very stingy. The amount of my remuneration is limited,” Chu Xun said.

Old Harry felt like he was about to have a stroke. The corners of his mouth kept twitching. “Stingy? Nobody has ever earned double rewards before. You are the first one to get that treatment.”

“I don’t want much. I want two hundred pieces of Fire Spinel for each demonic beast that I find,” said the woman in a black robe.

Chu Xun didn’t know the market quotations, so he looked at old Harry.

“That’s a fair price,” old Harry said. After all, the targets were level 4 demonic beasts. Dealing with them was a matter of life and death.

“Deal.” Chu Xun agreed without hesitation.