Chapter 834: Competent Butler

"Heaven Vanquishing Beast?"

In the Pavilion Master's building, Yi Qiushui's beautiful eyes watched Zhou Yuan, who had appeared before her in a hurry. She pondered for a moment, saying, "I've heard of it. It's an extremely powerful Genesis Beast. A top-tier Heaven Vanquishing Beast ranks as a seventh-grade creature."

"Seventh-grade?"

Zhou Yuan's expression shifted slightly. A seventh-grade Genesis Beast was equivalent to a human expert at the Genesis Infant Stage!

"Of course, that refers to the top-tier Heaven Vanquishing Beasts. Regular Heaven Vanquishing Beasts are still at the sixth-grade level," Yi Qiushui explained.

"A sixth-grade beast would have the strength of a Heavenly Sun Stage expert." Zhou Yuan frowned deeply. Even with his numerous trump cards, facing an opponent at the Heavenly Sun Stage would still force him to flee, as he would be utterly incapable of a head-on confrontation.

"Are there any Heaven Vanquishing Beast Hearts for sale in the Great Heaven Region?" he asked again.

"Heaven Vanquishing Beast Heart?" Yi Qiushui's delicate brows furrowed slightly. "Heaven Vanquishing Beasts are already quite rare. If you're looking for their soul crystals, you might find them in the Great Heaven Region. But honestly, the beast heart is less valuable than the soul crystal, so very few people sell it."

Zhou Yuan felt somewhat disappointed. The Heavenly Yuan Brush had made it perfectly clear: it needed a Heaven Vanquishing Beast Heart, not its soul crystal.

This outcome frustrated Zhou Yuan. Even a living sixth-grade Heaven Vanquishing Beast was beyond his current ability to defeat, and there was no trace of anyone selling a Heaven Vanquishing Beast Heart. What was he to do?

Zhou Yuan sat down beside her, shaking his head with a sigh. Did the awakening of the Heavenly Yuan Brush's sixth pattern have to be postponed again?

Seeing Zhou Yuan's dejected look, Yi Qiushui felt a bit helpless. She bit her red lips, trying to think of a solution for him.

After a long moment of thought, a slight change came over Yi Qiushui's expression, as if something had occurred to her. She summoned a Wind Pavilion guard from the doorway and gave a command, and the guard quickly departed.

"Did you think of something?" Zhou Yuan asked immediately, his spirits lifted by the sight.

Yi Qiushui gave him a playful side-eye. "My Lord Pavilion Master, just wait here for now. I'll tell you once I've confirmed it."

Zhou Yuan chuckled. It really was great to have someone to command.

The two waited for a while, and the guard quickly returned, carrying a large stack of paper sheets in his arms.

Yi Qiushui, carrying the thick stack of papers, returned to her seat and began to meticulously go through them.

Sunlight streamed in through the window, falling upon her. Her long black hair reached her slender waist, her full chest rose and fell gently, and her smooth, jade-like oval face exuded a captivating tenderness.

Zhou Yuan merely glanced before quickly averting his gaze, silently chanting Yaoyao's name a hundred times in his mind.

By the time Zhou Yuan had finished his cup of tea, Yi Qiushui finally stretched gracefully, her waistline fully revealed. With a faint smile on her face, she stood up, picked up a sheet of paper with her slender, jade-like fingers, and walked over to place it beside Zhou Yuan.

"Found it," she said, smiling.

Zhou Yuan quickly took the paper. His gaze swept over it, revealing that it was a mission brief issued by the Great Heaven Region, and the mission was titled "Hunting the Heaven Vanquishing Beast."

He quickly scanned it. It seemed there were traces of a Heaven Vanquishing Beast appearing in the southwestern area of the Great Heaven Region, threatening cities and causing significant casualties.

"A living Heaven Vanquishing Beast?" Disappointment flickered in Zhou Yuan's eyes.

He couldn't defeat a living one!

"Would you please read carefully?" Yi Qiushui said exasperatedly. She pulled the mission brief closer and pointed at a specific spot with her slender, jade-like finger, tapping it emphatically: "A grievously wounded Heaven Vanquishing Beast!"

"This Heaven Vanquishing Beast reportedly escaped from Xiaomang Province. The Provincial Lord of Xiaomang had a fierce battle with it earlier, gravely injuring it. However, Heaven Vanquishing Beasts possess incredibly tenacious vitality, so it directly fled from Xiaomang Province and went into Yuzhou. Yuzhou is a small province, ranking among the lowest of the hundreds of provinces in the Great Heaven Region, and it simply lacks the power to eliminate this Heaven Vanquishing Beast, so they had no choice but to report the matter."

"A grievously wounded Heaven Vanquishing Beast?"

Zhou Yuan's expression finally shifted, then he hesitantly asked, "But even a grievously wounded Heaven Vanquishing Beast probably isn't something a Divine Dwelling Stage expert can handle, is it?"

Yi Qiushui replied, "Do you see the seal here? The black Divine Dwelling seal indicates that this type of mission falls within the scope of the Divine Dwelling Stage."

"Within the Great Heaven Region, missions are categorized into three levels: green, red, and black. This is a black seal, which naturally means it's the highest-tier mission for the Divine Dwelling Stage, so difficulty is certainly expected."

"This mission, even for several ordinary late-stage Divine Dwelling experts, might be too much to handle."

Her bright eyes fixed on Zhou Yuan as she slowly continued, "But if you truly want to obtain a Heaven Vanquishing Beast Heart in a short amount of time, this is likely the only way."

Zhou Yuan nodded lightly, pondering for a moment. Finally, he showed a resolute expression and said, "No matter how difficult it is, I have to try."

"You fool, you're not planning to go alone, are you?"

Yi Qiushui crossed her arms over her chest, making her already ample bosom appear even more magnificent. She chuckled lightly and said, "While your strength is indeed impressive, it's not that I look down on you, but you can't take this on by yourself."

Zhou Yuan was stunned for a moment. "You mean I should find helpers?"

Yi Qiushui nodded slightly. "Zhou Yuan, you're no longer the lone wolf who first arrived in Xiaoxuan Province. You are the Pavilion Master of the Wind Pavilion!"

"Although our Wind Pavilion is somewhat in decline now, we can still gather dozens of late-stage Divine Dwelling experts. Of course, too many people can be troublesome, so it's better to have quality over quantity."

She casually pulled out a piece of paper with elegant handwriting, clearly her own, listing several names.

"I know that you, venerable one, are usually focused on your cultivation and don't concern yourself with Wind Pavilion affairs, likely not even recognizing all its members. So, I've already selected the people for you."

"Including Senior Sister Ye, there are a total of seven individuals listed here. They are considered the strongest Divine Dwelling experts in our Wind Pavilion. Taking them with you should make things considerably easier. Also, I've already sent people to find them, so they should arrive at the Pavilion Master's building shortly."

She tilted her head slightly, her long hair falling to the side of her cheek, and chuckled, "Although it's a bit unreasonable to delay everyone's cultivation for a personal mission, given your current prestige in the Wind Pavilion, I'm sure no one will object."

"Of course, if you succeed, and if Lord Pavilion Master could reward everyone with some high-quality Wind Mother Runes, I'm sure their motivation would be even greater."

Zhou Yuan stared at Yi Qiushui, who was speaking eloquently with a composed smile, his eyes a little wide.

Yi Qiushui's pretty face flushed slightly from his gaze. She reached up to touch her cheek and playfully chided, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Zhou Yuan sighed with emotion, "Qiushui, it truly is my luck to have met you as soon as I arrived in the Great Heaven Region."

Zhou Yuan had truly witnessed what it meant to have a Chief Administrator of internal affairs. He had barely conceived of an idea, and Yi Qiushui had already prepared everything for him; all he had to do was lead the group.

That feeling was an indescribably satisfying and refreshing experience.

He even found it hard to imagine what he would do if the Wind Pavilion didn't have Yi Qiushui and he had to handle everything himself. He'd probably explode on the spot.

Now, he simply couldn't do without Yi Qiushui.

If it weren't for Yaoyao in his heart, perhaps… *cough cough*, never mind, it's best not to have such dangerous thoughts. They might just get him killed.

Yaoyao's serene face, like a fairy from the moon palace, and her indifferent eyes, like deep springs that seemed to penetrate his innermost thoughts, flashed through Zhou Yuan's mind. He shivered slightly, then silently chanted "Yaoyao is the most beautiful" a thousand times.