"Are you Xu Ming?" The elder glared at Xu Ming and asked."Yes Elder. What did I do wrong?" Xu Ming asked straight away.
"Do you really not know? Or are you acting ignorant?" The Elder inquired.
"I seriously don"t know Elder. I had been keeping to myself since I became an Outer Sect disciple. I didn"t even fight with anyone in the sect, nor did I break any rules as far as I know!" Xu Ming said.
"Are you sure? Do you know the main duty of an outer sect disciple?" The Elder said as he looked down at a paper.
"It"s clearly mentioned in the rules that each outer sect disciple must complete a mission from the mission hall every 3 months. Now tell me, Did you complete a mission since you became? How long has it been since you became an outer sect disciple?" The Elder asked as he glared at Xu Ming.
"T-that... " Xu Ming was stunned as he was told about this. He had no idea that there was something like that as well.
"No excuses. Just answer my question!" The Punishment Elder let out loudly as he looked at Xu Ming.
"It has been slightly more than 3 months, Elder," Xu Ming said straight away.
"And in these 3 months, you haven"t completed any mission. Now tell me yourself if you broke the rules or not?" The Punishment Elder said.
"Ah Elder, I didn"t know about this. If I had known, I would have accepted a mission and completed it," Xu Ming tried to explain.
"As I said, I don"t need excuses. For this punishment, I would have broken the legs of the person if there was someone else in your place," The Punishment Elder said.
"But since you"re new and you know Elder Wu, I"ll give you another opportunity. Go to the mission hall, Choose a mission that is at least level 2 or higher and leave the sect to complete the mission!" He further continued.
"alright Elder. I"ll do it," Xu Ming said as he nodded his head. He had no other choice after all. If he was dispelled from the sect, he would lose his opportunity to meet the core disciple that has his locket.
"Good. At Least you still have some brain. Lu, Take this boy to the mission hall and help him select a mission, "The Punishment Elder said as he looked towards one of the disciples that had brought Xu Ming here.
"Yes Master," The boy called Lu nodded his head.
He held the hand of Xu Ming and left the place.
"Hah, Jin. You owe me a drink. I did your work. Now I just hope that Elder Wu wouldn"t find out about this," He thought.
Normally, The mission hall would send a letter to the disciples when it was near their deadline, to inform them. But Elder Jin had obstructed that procedure as well. Because of that, Xu Ming didn"t get any information about it.
Also, The Punishment Elder intentionally told Xu Ming to choose a level 2 mission. Otherwise, choosing a 1st rank mission was allowed as well.
The missions were divided into grades. The first level missions were much easier since the disciple could complete the mission inside the sect. First level missions were the missions related to the sect and the person didn"t need to leave the sect.
The second and the higher level missions required for a person to go out of the sect.
He told Xu Ming to choose the level 2 mission since his intention was to send Xu Ming outside the sect.
As soon as Xu Ming left, He would be taken care of. Elder Wu wouldn"t know that the Punishment Elder intentionally made him choose the 2nd level mission. They could just say that it was his own intention to choose a stronger mission.
Everything would be taken care of.
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"Can you at least free my hand now? I"ve even talked to the Elder. I don"t think you can treat me as a criminal," Xu Ming said with a frown on his face.
"Hmm? Whatever. It"s not like you can run from me anyways," Wu said casually as he freed the hands of Xu Ming.
"I need to choose a level 2 mission. Are they tough? Can I talk to Senior Wu Tian first? I"d like his help on the mission selection." Xu Ming asked.
"You can"t. It"s your Punishment, so you can"t be given more time. Take the mission and leave right now. Don"t misuse the good intentions of the Punishment Elder," Wu said in an annoyed tone.
"Alright," Xu Ming replied.
They walked through the long pathway and got to a large building.
Many people could be seen entering and leaving the place through the main gate. The ones leaving had a paper in their hand.
Xu Ming followed Wu and entered the place. They were greeted with a big hall that had around a hundred people. There were 5 doors in the hall that probably led to different locations.
"Each form is for a specific mission. There are 5 levels of missions that a person can choose. Since you"re going to be choosing a level 2 mission, we"ll enter the second door," Wu informed Xu Ming.
They entered the second door and entered a room that was just at big.
There were around 10 people already inside.
All the wars were covered with papers that probably described the missions. All ten people were looking at the missions.
Wu walked through the room as he looked at the missions. Xu Ming also started looking at the missions one after another.
"Mission: Kill the bandit in the Wali village."
"Mission: Steal the ring of storage from the son of Marquis Welton"
"Mission: Search the newly discovered tomb in the Malia Kingdom."
He kept reading the missions, but he realized that all these missions were not easy. For someone like him, all these missions were filled with dangers.
"Here, I found a mission for you," Wu came to him as he showed him the paper.
Xu Ming read the paper.
"The outer sect disciples of the Glorious Sword Sect had killed an Outer Disciple of our Mighty Demon Sect. Go to the capital city of Xiayi Kingdom where the sect is situated and kill at least 2 outer sect disciples of theirs. Bring their badges as proof. A reward of 5000 contribution points shall be given,"
"Uhm... Senior Wu, Isn"t this mission too complicated for me?" Xu Ming asked.
"It looks tough, but it"s not that tough. Also, it"s your punishment. It"s supposed to be tough. The elder had told me that you can"t choose a mission with lower rewards than 5000 contribution points. You should be thankful that he didn"t give you the punishment to choose a level 3 mission," Wu said as he glared at Xu Ming.
"Now take this mission form, and register yourself at the counter," He further said.
"Alright," Xu Ming nodded his head as he took the form from Wu.
He walked towards the counter and showed the form to the man at the counter.
The man was visibly surprised as he saw the young kid allowing him this form.
"Give me your disciple badge," He asked with a doubtful look on his face.
"Here," Xu Ming showed his badge to the man.
The man read the name in the badge.
"Are you sure you want to choose this mission?" He asked.
"Yes," Xu Ming nodded his head.
"Alright," He replied.
The formalities were completed and the mission was issued to Xu Ming.
"Good. Let me escort you to the exit," Wu said as soon as Xu Ming came back.
"Alright," Xu Ming nodded his head.
He was regretting the fact that he didn"t read the rules before. If he had, he wouldn"t be punished like that.