AIP - Chapter 218: The Third Mission

Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr

South Mountain House.

Nan Baicheng lay on the rattan chair, gazing up at the sky. The man in black martial attire stood silently behind him, his hands at his side.

It was a while before Nan Baicheng finally said, "Speak."

The man in black bowed and answered, "Tang Jie went to Spirit Platform Pavilion, and Madam Shui collected his debt, but the Wei Clan gave him some additional money. With this money, he bought the Violet Lightning Boots, the Blazeraven Ring, and four spell talismans. In addition, he took back the Cosmic Breeze Pearl."

"It seems he's gambling it all on this one throw and won't rest until he gets all three missions," Nan Baicheng muttered. "Such a superb child. You clearly know what I want, yet you still dare to try. This daring alone deserves praise. If he were willing to be my junior brother, I, Nan Baicheng, would gladly welcome it, yet he insists on giving it up for Wei Tianchong… the wretch!"

"Actually…" The man in black hesitated.

Nan Baicheng asked, "What do you want to say?"

The man in black said, "For the last thousand years, the True Inheritor selections in the sect have mostly been done through missions rather than looking at a student's talents and achievements. This is because the process is mostly meant to test the comprehensive ability of the students, exemplifying the principle of putting into practice what one learns. And comprehensive ability includes talent, family background, personality, intelligence, and even luck."

"Mm, continue," Nan Baicheng said, closing his eyes. The man in black was right. The heavens could bestow one with peerless cultivation aptitude, and it could also bestow one with endless cultivation resources. For what reason did it have to be the case that only a nine-cycle Jade Gate was considered to be talent, while being born to a powerful clan was considered to be outside help?

In the eyes of cultivators, what was important was the result, not the process.

In the cultivation world, there was only success and failure.

This was

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Nan Baicheng is so desperate that he's even sending in his personal subordinate!

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Aspiring to the Immortal Path Chapter 218: The Third Mission

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