Awakened: The Spirit King!

The poisoner will try every way to stop his son from becoming strong.

The poisoner will try to destroy his elixir field or even kill him.

However, to do that, the poisoner will have to show up or send someone his way.

If the poisoner chooses the former method, they will be in the limelight, meaning they will reveal themselves.

If they chose the latter method, they would leave behind many traces, and through tracking them, his son could get to the poisoner and take revenge.

"I will leave Xiao Ye by your side after he returns from his mission."

His father's words meant that he had agreed to his request!

"I hope you can also arrange some shadow guards to serve my wife." Xie Yang requested.

Lin Hua was still a frail girl.

If someone were to make a move on her and he wasn't by her side, how would she defend herself?

Only by leaving shadow guards by her side will he feel at ease.

Xie Yong replied, "I have already done that."

Yes, he had ordered a few of his shadow guards to secretly guard the wife of his youngest son days ago.

Of course, Xie Yang wasn't aware of this matter at all.

"Really?" Xie Yang asked, "Who is guarding her?"

"You'll know when the time comes." City Lord Xie Yong replied with a mysterious smile on his face.

"Ah, seriously!"

After talking for a while, Xie Yang decided to leave.

"I will take my leave now."

"Wait! Before you go, there are a few things I want you to know."

"What is it?"

"Here."

Before Xie Yang left, Xie Yong gave him a mission scroll.

"What is this for?" Xie Yang asked.

"I want you to do three things. First off, go and kill the berserk bear in the Golden woodlands next to the city, the one where low-level cultivators used to come and go as they pleased. The appearance of a monster in the second realm had caused much trouble to the cultivators and explorers wanting to hunt in the woodlands. It had caused mayhem, and it had already killed several people.

I want you to stop it from harming others. After defeating it, go to the explorer association branch in this city and become an unofficial explorer. Next year, the association will hold its once-in-a-decade examination. Only an unofficial explorer can join it. If you pass, you'll become an explorer. It's a new professional, but it's highly sought after.

You'll enter a new world where passing information is costly but easy, and there are many other benefits of being an explorer. One of them is that you can other places without a visa! The last thing I request from you is to keep yourself safe from harm and away from death." Xie Yong stated the three things he wanted from his son.

Xie Yang opened the scroll and read the first mission on it.

[Crisis of the Low-Level Cultivators]

Difficulty: D.

Defeat the beserk bear that has appeared in the golden woodland within a week.

Rewards: 100 gold taels, one weapon token.

This was a difficult mission to complete for Xie Yang as he was only level 6 while the monster he needed to hunt was above level 10.

Xie Yang thought about it for a few moments. He knew that it was not impossible for low-level cultivators to kill high level monsters. He also had sword intent, so it was easy for him to fight opponents with a high level cultivation base.

He took in a deep breath and accepted the mission.

"I will not disappoint you, father."

Afterward, Xie Yang left and went out of the Xie Manor to purchase a few traps and items that would help him defeat the berserk bear.

City Lord Xie Yong, on the other hand, called for his shadow guards.

"Master, what do you want us to do?"

"Take these to the secret royal inspector who you've sighed in the north. Tell him that it's for the emperor." Xie Yong said as he gave a letter and the record booklets to one of the shadow guards.

"I will have it done by tomorrow."

"Alright, go."

The shadow guards saluted him respectfully and went out to deliver the letter to the secret royal inspector.

A secret royal inspector is an official who is serving the empire. Not many people know who they are, including the emperor's ministers and the royal families. They travel the empire's land to see who had betrayed the emperor behind his back and who was committing a crime or abusing his authority.

Of course, they are not many in others, and their job is extremely dangerous. They possess a unique emblem given to them by the emperor.

By using that, they can even request aid from the military.

So, even though their job is dangerous, they can ask for aid when they really need it. That emblem also asserted their status as a secret royal inspector.

***

Xie Yang purchased a few items and used them to create three talismans. He had a lot of gold taels, so he didn't mind wasting a few of them to get his hands on auxiliary items that would help him in his mission.

After creating the three trump cards, he set out to hunt the berserk bear.

"No one's here. I guess it's because this hunting ground has become unpopular among the low-level cultivators as the berserk bear has appeared here. As for high level cultivators, they disdain to come to a place like this." Xie Yang complained after seeing no one for a while and discovering that he was the human out in this entire woodlands.

The golden woodland was a very prosperous hunting area for low-level cultivators but not high level cultivators.

It was huge, had many cliffs and also a beautiful lake and many small ponds.

Many level one to ten cultivators used to hunt beasts here to get spirit cores to advance their cultivation and make their living.

However, due to the sudden appearance of a berserk bear, which is a monster above level 10 but below level 16, it has become too dangerous for low-level cultivators to hunt in this area, so they don't come here anymore.

Its appearance has made the golden woodlands a danger zone for level 1 and 10 cultivators.

"I should hurry up and find it."

After walking for a while, Xie Yang saw his target!