At the orchard's entrance, Zhao Xuan informed the farmer that the Honey Monkeys had been successfully driven away.
After the farmer confirmed it, Zhao Xuan politely declined his invitation to stay for a meal. Without wasting a second, he immediately rushed back to the Tongcheng Ability User Guild.
When Zhao Xuan walked in, Xiao Liu, the receptionist, froze for a moment in disbelief. Then he quickly greeted him,
"Mr. Zhao, hello!"
"Mm."
Zhao Xuan gave a brief nod before saying,
"Xiao Liu, pull up the Third-Tier bounty task list for me again."
"Y-yes, right away," Xiao Liu replied as he began typing. Then he hesitated and added cautiously,
"Um, Mr. Zhao, I should remind you that if you fail a mission, the 10,000 yuan deposit is non-refundable…"
"Oh, right—you just reminded me."
Zhao Xuan snapped his fingers, pulled out a folded piece of paper, and tossed it onto the counter.
"This is a written confirmation from the farm owner. I've already completed the last mission. Help me verify it."
"Ah? Ah—yes, sir!"
Xiao Liu was stunned for two whole seconds before reacting.
He quickly checked the document, then opened the guild's system to confirm it online. Sure enough, the farm owner had already marked the task as completed.
Xiao Liu froze again.
A flicker of pure astonishment crossed his face.
Because Zhao Xuan's speed was utterly unbelievable.
After subtracting two hours of travel time both ways—
that meant Zhao Xuan had completed the entire mission in under ten minutes.
After his initial shock, Xiao Liu's expression shifted. His gaze toward Zhao Xuan became filled with genuine respect.
"Mr. Zhao," he said earnestly, "your payment and deposit refund will be transferred to your account shortly. Please check your bank balance later."
"Good."
Zhao Xuan nodded as he took the tablet from Xiao Liu and quickly scanned through the task list.
He noticed at least ten missions related to driving away wild beasts.
Most of them involved creatures that were poisonous, had tough or bitter meat, or were simply inedible.
In short—
these beasts weren't worth hunting for food.
That's why they had grown so bold, roaming freely through human territories.
If they had any edible value, they'd have long since been turned into stew.
"By the way, Xiao Liu!"
Zhao Xuan looked up from the tablet. "Can I take on multiple bounty missions at once?"
Traveling back and forth was far too time-consuming.
For instance, the last mission with the Honey Monkeys—
he had spent two hours on transportation but only a few minutes on the actual task.
"Yes—yes, of course!" Xiao Liu nodded hurriedly.
"You can accept multiple missions at the same time."
"Is there a limit?" Zhao Xuan asked.
"As long as you can pay the required deposits," Xiao Liu replied, still unaware of the chaos that was about to unfold,
"you can take on as many as you want."
"Perfect."
Zhao Xuan grinned. "Then I'll take this one, and this one, and this… this… and this one too."
Within moments, he had selected all thirteen of the available Third-Tier 'beast removal' missions.
Xiao Liu blinked, frozen like a statue.
It took him a long moment before he finally stammered,
"M-Mr. Zhao… are you sure you want to accept that many missions all at once?"
"Why? Is there a problem?" Zhao Xuan asked calmly.
"N-no, no problem at all! I'll… I'll process them right away!"
After paying all the deposits and receiving the mission authorizations,
Zhao Xuan left the guild in a flash and headed straight for his first target location.
This time, the task was inside the city limits.
It only took him twenty minutes to get there.
Then—
with the help of his Dragon's Aura—
he completed the mission in just three minutes.
Once finished, he immediately moved on to the next.
One after another.
Mission after mission.
Because he no longer needed to return to the guild after each one,
his efficiency skyrocketed.
By 9:00 PM, Zhao Xuan had completed all thirteen missions.
He returned to the Ability User Guild in high spirits.
Under Xiao Liu's wide-eyed, speechless stare, Zhao Xuan handed in thirteen signed confirmation letters one by one.
Xiao Liu stood there frozen—
completely and utterly dumbfounded.
It took him a full minute to snap out of it.
After re-checking and verifying each mission report online,
and confirming that every single client had marked the tasks as completed,
he was stunned yet again.
Zhao Xuan, meanwhile, was grinning from ear to ear.
"This is faster than robbing a bank!"
He looked at his bank balance,
which now showed well over one million yuan earned in a single day,
and his smile grew even brighter.
"A million a day," he murmured with satisfaction.
"Now that's what I call progress."
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