The Story Never Ends

Everyone\'s eyes lit up when they heard that they would be rewarded. Thus, they paid much more attention to what the Elder would say from now on.

Looking at their eager expression, Nelson smiled and took out a large rock from his space ring. He put it down on the ground and said, "We will rank the disciples on the basis of a number of devils they have killed and it will be displayed in this rock. Once you have killed them, you can bring their corpses here for inspection."

He then continued, "There will be disciples here to verify them and you will earn considerable contribution points. The stronger ones you kill, the more you will earn. The normal devils are only valued a point while the Devil Minions are worth from 20 to 100 points according to their strength. As for the Devil Commanders they are worth at least 200 points for the weaker ones while the peak ones are worth 800 points."

The moment he finished this, everyone had their mouths wide open. They couldn\'t believe that the Sect could be generous. Especially what would the disciples in the top of the rankings get? The elder still hadn\'t announced it.

Nelson pointed his index finger towards the rock and numbers starting from 1 to 20 emerged on the stone filled with strange energy. There were gaps left on the side which seemed to be the place where the disciples\' names would be written.

He then said, "We have prepared special rewards for the top 20 disciples. However, we won\'t be revealing them currently. We hope that all of you can get motivated with these rewards and keep on working hard."

"It is time to show the strength of our Thunderbolt Sect and defend our territories. All of you can leave now. Don\'t forget to take the new maps where we have located the devils," He reminded them.

The disciples bowed and were about to leave when Nelson suddenly remembered something and said, "I forgot to tell you that you can get 4000 to 10000 contributions for killing a Devil King."

"What?" the disciples were shocked and one of them immediately asked, "Didn\'t you just tell us that there were no devil kings seen?"

"Haha, indeed. But I heard that there is a promising disciple here who managed to slay one. So, I thought that maybe he might stumble upon one again. But who knows?" Nelson laughed and disappeared on the spot.

The disciples shook their heads and left. How could this incident happen once again?

"Damn, how could it be so easy? I might have been beaten to death if that devil had come with his true body." Davion also thought the same and went towards the spiritual arts hall. He wanted to take the monthly pills first and think about what he should do later on. 

***

At the foot of the Inner Court Disciples Peak, there were three beautiful girls standing while looking at the Peak with envy.

"Every time I come here; this Peak never ceases to amaze me." One of the girls said.

"Of course, the living conditions here are far better. Especially the aura of heavens and earth," The other remarked from her side.

"Stop talking, you two. Let\'s go there fast. We might be late." The girl who hadn\'t spoken rushed forward and started climbing the steps.

"Stella! Wait for us." The other two girls exclaimed and chased after her.

A few minutes later, they reached infront of a courtyard which was located at the bottom. Since they couldn\'t enter inside due to the defensive formation, they could only stand outside.

"Senior Brother Davion" Stella yelled but there was no response coming from inside. Thus, she could only wait.

While Stella was busy, the two girls whispered among themselves.

"Do you think what she said is true?"

"I don\'t think so. How can someone more handsome than our Senior Brother Bryant exist?"

"Eh! It seems like you have forgotten the incident in the Wild Northern Forest. We had just met someone…"

"Shush"

"Don\'t remind me of that incident. However, that man was really dashing even though he was a perv."

"Hehe…"

It seems that the two girls are Mia and Amelia whom Davion had met in the Wild Northern Forest.

"What are you two giggling about?" Stella curiously asked.

"Oh! No nothing. We were happy thinking about how many contribution points we could earn from now on." Mia replied while glancing at Amelia who nodded in agreement.

"You girls are acting really strange after going on the mission with Senior Sister Leyla." Stella looked at them suspiciously.

"I think you have been overthinking." Mia smiled awkwardly.

"Is that so?" Stella didn\'t quite believe it but didn\'t ask anything more. They had always been together and were best friends since joining the sect. So, she didn\'t have to worry about them trying to do something wrong behind her backs.

"Maybe something might have happened during that mission that they can\'t tell me. Not only that, Senior Sister Leyla even went into seclusion immediately after returning." She thought.

Amelia, seeing that the atmosphere was not right, asked, "Stella, how about telling me more about Senior Brother Davion?"

"I don\'t know much about him as I\'ve only met him once," Stella replied.

"What? Then why do you want to go on a mission with him? We could have found someone reliable." Amelia shook her head.

"Hehe, don\'t tell me that Stella found herself a boyfriend?" Mia chuckled while covering her mouth.

"Humm, that should be the only explanation." Amelia agreed.

"Shut up! You two." Stella cried out with her face already becoming red.

"Wow, she is getting shy." Amelia exclaimed and smiled, "Hehe, maybe she has already done that thing with him…"

Mia also teased her, "Who knows if she is inviting us to have fun with him together as she didn\'t want to leave her best friends behind? Even though we have never done such a thing, it might be a thrilling experience…" 

"I would not reject it if he\'s handsome as she said," Amelia continued while covering her cheeks with her both hands.

"Damn, you two are getting overboard." Stella cursed and waved her hands in anger. 

Immediately two thick roots shot out from her hands which proceeded towards them.

"My God! Stop!"

"We are sorry."

*** 

A while later, the three girls stood there while laughing at each other. 

"Haha, Stella, look at your robes."

"Humph, why don\'t you see yours too? Especially your hair"

"Hehe"

They tidied up themselves and stopped fooling around. Thus, Amelia seriously asked, "Then why do you want to go on a mission with him?"

"This is because he lives here," Stella said while pointing her finger ahead.

"Eh! I didn\'t understand," Amelia was confused and the same goes for Mia.

"This is because he is the weakest Golden Core Stage cultivator among all the inner court disciples and we might earn more benefits if we can go with him." Stella winked while looking at them.

"Stella, you are quite smart." Mia really wanted to worship her.

"It\'s nothing." Stella proudly said.

They knew that the inner court disciples were very proud of themselves and were greedy enough to take all the achievements and rewards by themselves. They had heard a lot about it from their fellow disciples and had even experienced it themselves. Especially now, when they can earn contribution points in an easy way, they surely wouldn\'t share much with them.

Since they had a good relationship with Senior Sister Leyla, they wanted to go with her as they believed that she wouldn\'t snatch away her rewards. But she had gone to seclusion and wouldn\'t come out any time soon. There was also some news of her trying to break through to the middle stage of the Golden Core State.

Thus, they couldn\'t disturb her and had to look for someone to take them in search of the devils. Although they could have gone alone, the elders suggested that they must only go with the inner court disciples in fear of getting caught by the Devil Commanders.

As a result, they had to look for someone and since Stella suggested she knew a good candidate, they all came over here.

"Not only that, he recently joined the sect from outside and has someone backing him." Stella had a mysterious smile on her face.

"Who?" Mia and Amelia asked at the same time.

"Hehe, someone you girls know." This time it was Stella\'s turn to tease them.

They thought for a few minutes and couldn\'t guess who it might be. So, they could only give up and Mia said, "Why are you hiding it like this? Just tell us."

"The mother of someone you are close to." Stella gave them a hint.

"Mother?" Mia and Amelia glanced at each other and suddenly both of them jumped a few steps back in shock.

"Elder Liliana"

When they were about to ask more about it, they heard footsteps coming from their back.

They all looked behind and saw a young man coming towards them. Seeing him, Stella exclaimed, "Senior Brother."

While Mia and Amelia nearly had a heart attack as they were getting surprises after surprises.