Shortly after the establishment of the Sky Hunting Corps, Yun Canglang, to avoid suspicion, unified everyone to change how they addressed him, and everyone uniformly called him Commander Yun.
In the Hunting Corps, Yun Sheng also got a nickname, and it was not the Deputy Captain—it was behind the scenes that all Hunter Soldiers called Yun Sheng as Young Master Yun.
Yun Sheng’s earlier discipline instilled great fear of her in the entire Hunting Corps.
If the Commander is the lord, then the Deputy Captain naturally becomes the young lord.
If the Commander gets angry, at worst, you get dealt with by military law, but if Young Master Yun gets angry, the consequences are very severe!
Not long after the Hunting Corps was established, everyone was eager to start accepting tasks by registering at the Hunter Soldier Union, but after a while, the Sky Hunting Corps did not receive a single task.
This made the Hunters, who originally thought they could start working soon, somewhat disheartened.
Yun Sheng, on the other hand, was accustomed to it, as the trio from Huangteng were on a mission abroad, but Wenren Xu had already warned Yun Sheng when he knew she wanted to form a Hunting Corps.
A Hunting Corps, before becoming famous, has to endure about one to two years.
Because there is a process of accumulating reputation for a Hunting Corps as well.
Yun Sheng was mentally prepared and secretly allocated some money to her second uncle, having already planned to endure the hardship for these one or two years.
Yet unexpectedly, there came a surprising piece of news not much later.
The Sky Hunting Corps received a task, and it was even a team task.
After learning this news from Huang Que, Yun Sheng immediately rushed back to the base.
At the base, she also encountered an unexpected person.
"How come you two are here?" Yun Sheng found Ye Beiming and Cheng Bai at the Hunting Corps base.
"Hey, Young Master Yun, these two brothers said they are your men, coming over to help us complete this task," Zhou Quan and the brothers heard Yun Sheng’s voice, all excitedly walked out.
Zhou Quan was even more excited—the first task of the Sky Hunting Corps, he discovered it, and if he wasn’t quick and sharp, such a "good" task might have been taken by others.
"We are here to help, don’t you know, the task your Hunter Soldiers just accepted was posted by whom?" Ye Beiming smiled playfully.
The Zhan Li indicates that Ye Beiming and Cheng Bai can be dispatched to serve Yun Sheng, but Yun Sheng herself admits she couldn’t please these two big Buddhas, so she hadn’t asked them to come.
Little did she know these two were also well-informed; when the Hunting Corps received their first task, they rushed over.
"Zhou Quan, tell me, what is this task about?" Yun Sheng asked, feeling like something was amiss.
"This is a cross-country task, the reward is five hundred gold coins, and the client is a young lady, a delicate young miss!" Zhou Quan chuckled, he today, as usual, went to the Hunter Soldier Union to check if there were any suitable tasks for the Hunting Corps.
Just by chance, he encountered a delicate young miss with a maid accompanying her, dressed like the daughter of a wealthy family.
That young Miss obviously doesn’t frequent places like the Hunter Soldier Union, hesitating at the door, never rushing in.
Zhou Quan then went up to inquire, only to learn that the young miss planned to go to Hou Qin to collect a type of medicinal herb and needed to find some Hunter Soldiers for escort.
"Did the girl mention what kind of Medicinal Herb it was?" Yun Sheng felt something unusual, for if it was just an ordinary herb, why bother going to Hou Qin to gather it.
Zhou Quan might have been tricked by someone.
"What was it called again, something leaf, something ginseng, I heard it’s a kind of herb growing next to Luoxia City in Hou Qin," Zhou Quan is a rough man, barely literate.
He remembered that the girl had taken out a map.
"Is the herb in the picture purple, with many leaves, and looks very similar to ginseng?" Yun Sheng’s heart skipped a beat, sensing something was wrong.
"Yes, Young Master Yun, you’re really amazing, how did you know? It’s purple and looks like ginseng," Zhou Quan chuckled foolishly.
Purple Ginseng, this fool! He actually agreed to help someone find a Holy Herb.
"Don’t tell me you took the initiative to accept the task?" Yun Sheng rubbed her forehead; she should not have chosen Zhou Quan as the liaison for the Hunting Corps.
"The girl gave me 100 gold coins as a deposit, asking me to select twenty Hunter Soldiers to set out with them. We will meet at the East City Gate three days later. After gathering the herbs, she will pay the remaining 400 gold coins," Zhou Quan thought the other party was very straightforward, and with the twenty Hunter Soldiers, minus the 100 gold coins, there would still be 400 left.
Twenty gold coins per person, quite a good deal.
After all, Great Zhou and Hou Qin are neighbors. The young lady also readily agreed to cover all expenses along the way. Zhou Quan sees this task as a pie falling from the sky.
Yun Sheng was frustrated when she heard this, only such rookies as the Sky Hunting Corps wouldn’t know what Six-leaf Purple Ginseng is.
Besides, Six-leaf Purple Ginseng might not even be found in Luoxia City.
Holy Herb, it’s not something you can just go and pick.
"This time, Brother Zhou is likely to take a great fall. Twenty Hunter Soldiers are far from enough. Do you know the real identity of that girl? And who is the real person behind this commission?" Ye Beiming listened to the whole story, his face filled with sighs.
"It’s that idiot Crown Prince Ye Beilian, and the one who set the task is Chen Lianlian," Cheng Bai interjected.
What? It was that arrogant fool of a Crown Prince who commissioned the task.
Having heard about the client, Yun Sheng understood. It seems they could not escape this task.
Especially since Zhou Quan had already accepted the deposit prematurely. According to the rules of the Hunter Soldier Union, new Hunting Corps are not allowed to break the contract after receiving a deposit.
If they broke the contract, all members of the Hunting Corps would be blacklisted by the Hunter Soldier Union, and would not be allowed to take any commissions for the next twelve months.
However, amidst her worries, an idea immediately sprang to Yun Sheng’s mind.
If indeed Crown Prince Ye Beilian and Chen Lianlian released the news of searching for Six-leaf Purple Ginseng, then the news of its presence in Luoxia City might be true.
She had previously not received any information regarding the whereabouts of Six-leaf Purple Ginseng.
If they could indeed find Six-leaf Purple Ginseng, then there might be hope for making the Ten Thousand Jins Pill to treat her second uncle’s arm.
"Ye Huli, what is going on exactly? If the Crown Prince wanted to find Medicinal Herbs, why didn’t he just send soldiers directly instead of secretly hiring a civilian Hunting Corps?" Yun Sheng was very doubtful.
"The whole story starts with that Blood Cloud Beast. It was only accidentally that we learned the Crown Prince was injured, desperately in need of Holy Herb Purple Ginseng above six leaves to heal," Ye Beiming finally shared a piece of news he just found out.