Chapter 555: Chapter 255: Perfect Flesh Refining Realm, Strange Mask, Promotion to Eighth-Grade

"You have added a set of Nine Profound Sealing Array to the family, earning a thousand Clan Contribution Points."

Immediately.

The Clan Contribution Points on the panel changed to two thousand five hundred.

As soon as the grandmaster boarded the ship.

The Treasure Ship swiftly sailed out of Jingzhou Territory, and upon reaching Jingzhou, Fu Changsheng immediately lifted the Invisibility Restriction of the Treasure Ship.

He hoisted the Shangguan Family flag on the Treasure Ship.

Within Jingzhou.

Almost no one dared to provoke the Treasure Ship of an Eighth-Grade Noble Family.

At this point, the grandmaster had also completed his inspection of the damaged Array Patterns in the cabin.

Fu Changsheng concernedly asked:

"Uncle Yu, can these damaged Array Patterns be repaired?"

After all, this was borrowed, and naturally, it should be returned in perfect condition.

However, they had rented the Shangguan Family’s Treasure Ship for too long, and even with the pressure from Shangguan Feng and his daughter, the Shangguan Family might have already expressed some discontent.

The grandmaster stroked his beard and said:

"Hmm, it can be repaired, but it requires Tier Two Top-Grade Cangming Wood and Qianling Stone."

These two Spiritual Objects.

Fu Changsheng had never seen them in the clan’s treasury.

However.

Considering that the Shadow Guard was able to set up this Nine Profound Sealing Array, he might also carry array materials.

Immediately, he used his Divine Sense to search through the Shadow Guard’s storage bag, and indeed, he found these two spiritual materials. After handing the Cangming Wood and Qianling Stone to the grandmaster, Fu Changsheng instructed Master Yunbo and others to guard the Treasure Ship, and then turned to enter the cabin.

Previously within Jingzhou Territory.

He dared not be distracted.

Now, he finally had the opportunity to inventory the storage bags of the Shadow Guard and Gongsun Clan Leader.

With a wave of his sleeve.

Two storage bags floated in front of him.

Using his Divine Sense, he explored one of them and was immediately greeted by the sight of the Mountain-Sealing Seal, the clan treasure of the Gongsun Family.

He tapped the storage bag.

A flash of Dawn Light.

The Mountain-Sealing Seal flew out and hovered before him:

"This Mountain-Sealing Seal is good, but it can’t compare to the Nine Yang Divine Sword."

After pondering for a while.

He decided to place the Mountain-Sealing Seal into the clan treasury, and then see who it would be most appropriate to reward it to. The moment this thought crossed his mind.

Buzz!

The panel trembled:

"Ding!"

"You have added a Tier Three Spiritual Artifact to the family, earning five hundred Clan Contribution Points."

In the next moment.

The Clan Contribution Points on the panel changed to three thousand.

Within the storage bag.

Apart from the relatively valuable Mountain-Sealing Seal, there was hardly any decent spiritual material found: "This Gongsun Clan Leader is too poor."

Fu Changsheng shook his head.

His gaze fell on the Shadow Guard’s storage bag.

A quick sweep with his Divine Sense.

His expression grew even more unpleasant.

In the storage bag, there were only two bottles of Tier Two Spirit Pills for mana recovery and some array materials, nothing else. Evidently, this Shadow Guard did not carry his belongings while on a mission:

"What a pity."

The entire storage bag contained nothing else but an orange mask.

With a flip of his right hand.

The mask landed in his palm.

Glancing at the intricate ancient runes upon it, he couldn’t understand: "What is the purpose of this mask from the Shadow Sect?"

Could it merely be for blocking Divine Sense detection?

Fu Changsheng toyed with it for a while.

After some hesitation.

He impulsively slashed with a Sword Point, causing a drop of crimson blood to drip onto the mask.

Buzz!

In the next instant.

The runes on the mask seemed to come alive, quickly absorbing the blood completely: "Huh?"

Fu Changsheng gritted his teeth.

He decided to sit cross-legged and began the Sacrificial Refinement of the mask.

Several months later.

Buzz!

The runes on the mask surged rapidly and then floated up out of thin air, quickly adhering to his face. According to his features, the mask surged, reconfiguring to fit, and its original orange color turned crimson in an instant.

Immediately after.

A torrent of vast information surged into the Sea of Divine Sense.

After quite some time.

Fu Changsheng finished absorbing all the information: "This Shadow Sect’s assassins... are they really this unqualified?"

No training at all.

Just because he had slain a Shadow Guard, he became the lowest Tier One assassin of the Shadow Sect, assigned number nine hundred and ninety-nine.

Crimson signifies the lowest rank.

Based on the information he absorbed.

After Sacrificial Refinement of the mask.

Regardless of willingness, one Tier One assassination task must be completed every three years. Successfully completing a task provides two benefits.

First, one can receive sixty percent of the commission offered by the client.

Secondly, upon successful task completion, one receives corresponding points, which in the Shadow Sect can be exchanged for resources, and can be used to advance to a higher-tier assassin.

A Tier One assassin can only take on Tier One difficulty tasks.

From the information he currently held.

To become a Shadow Sect assassin, one only needs to complete a task every three years, with no other conditions:

"No wonder the Shadow Sect is so mysterious."

In a certain sense.

Everyone could be an assassin.

Additionally.

This mask only requires a common Sacrificial Refinement technique to complete the recognition ritual, implying that once a Shadow Sect assassin perishes, fresh blood immediately fills the vacancy:

"Let’s give it a try!"

Fu Changsheng took a deep breath.

He activated his mana to trigger the mask.

Buzz!

He only felt a sudden blur before his eyes, and in the next instant, he felt as if his soul had left his body. Focusing his gaze, he found his Divine Sense had entered a great hall, where assassination bounty tasks were constantly scrolling on a light curtain. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

With a glance.

The highest cultivation among the listed targets was only at the Peak of Qi Cultivation.

Evidently.

This was a Tier One crimson task.

Also the lowest level.

The great hall was empty, with only him inside.

To one side of the great hall was a Heart Inquiry Realm:

"The Shadow Sect truly is very mysterious."

Fu Changsheng directed his thoughts to the Heart Inquiry Realm, intending to inquire for information, but saw a line of text flash through the Heart Inquiry Realm:

"Insufficient points, unable to inquire!"

This.....

Fu Changsheng furrowed his brows.