The morning plaza surrounding the Heavenly Sword Pavilion's outer mission board was already buzzing with activity. Groups of rough, heavily armed hunters and low-level rogue cultivators stood in clusters, scanning the freshly posted parchment sheets pinned to the massive wooden notice board.
Ethan, looking sharp and blending in perfectly in his deep crimson leather armor, stood beside Mary as her experienced eyes scanned the open listings.
"Let's see what beasts have bounty quotas today," Ethan murmured, his eyes sweeping across the dense columns of text. His gaze skipped past the low-tier herb-gathering requests and locked onto a massive red ink notice stamped at the very center of the board. "Look at this one, Sister Mary. A subjugation bounty for a single beast paying 100,000 low-grade Spirit Stones. That converts to exactly 1,000 medium-grade stones."
