Peach Blossom Divine Medical God Chapter 2188 - 2144: Another Obstacle

Not just Chen Yang.

Even Tu Qi, who’d been at the academy for quite a while, felt something was off.

He couldn’t help stepping forward to ask, "Bro, you sure you didn’t mess this up? My buddy here’s only been at the academy for a bit over a month, how could there already be an external mission for him? He’s not even familiar with the academy yet."

The disciple in charge of issuing missions was starting to get impatient.

"Your mission is to go out. It’s written very clearly on the dossier."

The disciple said bluntly.

As he spoke, he took out the dossier and handed it to Chen Yang.

Sure enough, it did say ’external’; the disciple wasn’t just talking nonsense.

"This is ridiculous. This is the first time I’ve seen someone who’s only been here a month get sent out on a mission, and on top of that it’s a first-of-the-month mission." Tu Qi complained, finding it really strange.

"Heh, there’s plenty of things you haven’t seen. Is it really that surprising? It’s been restless outside lately, too many things to deal with."

The disciple let out a cold laugh and went on.

Chen Yang’s expression sank.

Tu Qi didn’t know what was going on, but how could he not?

This had to be that old bastard Zhao Shuo’s doing again.

Otherwise, how would a mission like this end up on his plate?

But he also found it strange. Zhao Shuo was only an elder of the Fourth Region—was his reach really that long?

He could actually interfere directly with the contribution hall of the Third Region.

"Are you taking it or not? If you’re not, I’ll mark it down as you abandoning the mission and record it now." The disciple urged when he saw Chen Yang staying silent.

"I’ll take it. Why wouldn’t I? Go on then, where is it this time and what’s the mission?"

Of course Chen Yang wasn’t going to refuse.

If he turned it down, wouldn’t that be falling right into Zhao Shuo’s trap?

He skipped it this time, then skipped it next time.

Before long, not only would he be punished by the Disciplinary Hall, he might even lose all cultivation resources from the academy.

Since Zhao Shuo had made a move, he had no choice but to accept.

That old bastard had the power to do this, after all.

"Good." The disciple seemed to have been waiting for Chen Yang to say he’d accept.

Once Chen Yang agreed, he immediately flipped through the dossier.

Then he said seriously, "Your mission is to head out to a small city to the northwest of the academy."

"Recently, members of an Evil Sect have appeared in the city, severely endangering its safety."

"You’re to go and cooperate with the City Lord to wipe out the Evil Sect. If you succeed, the mission is considered complete."

The disciple roughly went over the mission details.

Chen Yang didn’t show any big reaction.

He was already mentally prepared.

If it were an easy mission, Zhao Shuo wouldn’t have sent him.

It had to be something extremely thorny, something even Second Region students couldn’t handle, for Zhao Shuo to send him to deal with it.

Tu Qi, on the other hand.

Upon hearing the disciple read out the mission, his face was full of shock.

"My god, you’re saying this kind of mission is a first-of-the-month mission? You sure it’s not a super high difficulty challenge mission?" Tu Qi asked the disciple in disbelief.

"I’m very sure. That’s exactly what it is. If you don’t believe me, you can open the dossier and look for yourselves." The disciple, annoyed, directly tossed the dossier over.

"No need to look. I’m taking this mission." Chen Yang didn’t hesitate in the slightest.

Because he knew perfectly well the disciple wouldn’t misread it.

The missions Zhao Shuo arranged for him would definitely never be easy.

"Mm, good that you’re taking it. The time limit on this mission is ten days—you must return to the contribution hall and report back within ten days, or it will be counted as a failed mission."

The disciple added.

"Got it."

Chen Yang didn’t feel like saying another word. He just took the mission dossier and left the contribution hall.

"Hey, hey, Brother Chen Yang, wait up for me."

Tu Qi was still frozen in place, not quite processing it. Chen Yang had already walked several seconds before he finally rushed after him.

"Dear god, has the contribution hall gone insane? They actually assigned you a mission like that?" On the way out, Tu Qi was still stunned by the mission Chen Yang had received.

"It’s nothing new. This is already the second time." Chen Yang was used to it by now.

"What? It’s already the second time? You’ve got to be kidding me!"

Tu Qi was even more shocked.

Then, as if thinking of something, he asked Chen Yang, "Brother Chen Yang, did you piss someone off?"

"How’d you know?" Chen Yang was curious and shot the question back at him.

"So you really did offend someone." Tu Qi exclaimed, then showed an ’I knew it’ expression and said, "That’s easy to guess. If you hadn’t pissed someone off, how would they be giving you missions like this when you’ve only been here a bit over a month?"

Chen Yang just smiled without answering.

Tu Qi pressed on curiously, "So who did you offend that they’d stick you with a mission this vicious?"

"Zhao Shuo."

Chen Yang said it without any hesitation.

"Zhao Shuo?" For a moment, Tu Qi couldn’t place the name. After thinking for a second or two, his face turned shocked again.

"The Zhao Shuo from the Fourth Region, the one who’s infamous for holding grudges?"

"Yeah, that’s him." Chen Yang nodded.

"My god, that old bastard is notorious for his viciousness. I remember when I first got here, there was a student who offended him and got hounded so hard he had to quit Cangnan Academy." Tu Qi’s gaze toward Chen Yang grew a bit sympathetic.

As if he could already see Chen Yang’s future outcome.

But Chen Yang just gave a careless grin.

"Well, now that he’s met me, who wins and who loses is still up in the air."

Hearing this, Tu Qi didn’t quite know what to say.

He could only silently hope that Chen Yang really could escape Zhao Shuo’s clutches.

"How exactly did you offend him?" As they walked, Tu Qi’s curiosity about the matter rose again.

Chen Yang didn’t hide anything and directly told him the whole story with Li Tian.

Once Tu Qi heard what had happened, he instantly understood and couldn’t help despising Zhao Shuo.

"Damn, that old geezer’s not just vicious, he’s shameless too—actually forcing his way into a life-or-death arena match?"

Tu Qi said.

"Definitely shameless."

Chen Yang nodded, strongly agreeing with Tu Qi’s assessment.

Chatting as they walked, the two quickly passed through the academy and arrived at the residential area.

Just as they were about to reach the door, Tu Qi asked again, "Brother Chen Yang, are you really planning to take this mission?"

"Of course I am. If I don’t, Zhao Shuo will definitely make a fuss over it. I’ve got no other choice." Chen Yang replied firmly.

"True enough."

After hearing that, Tu Qi nodded as well. Then, after a few dozen seconds of silence, looking as if he’d made some huge decision, he said,

"How about this—I’ll just go with you. My combat power isn’t as high as yours, but I should be able to help out a bit."

Tu Qi’s sudden plan took Chen Yang completely by surprise.

They’d only known each other for a few days.

They hadn’t even truly spent a full day talking.

And yet this guy was willing to accompany him on such a dangerous mission? It was really unexpected.

"You’re serious?"

Chen Yang found it hard to believe.

"Of course I’m serious." Tu Qi nodded, then suddenly wrapped his chubby hand around Chen Yang’s shoulder, grinning like they were already close friends. "We may not have known each other for long, but I, Tu Qi, am a good judge of character."

"You’re definitely not the type to play it safe, and that suits my taste just fine. So this friend—I, Tu Qi, have decided to make."

Tu Qi’s words were full of affirmation toward Chen Yang.