Of course, there were some things they couldn't do, but this didn't prevent them from being authoritative in this field.
Intelligence was just one of the Wanderers' Alliance's business lines. They would undertake any matter, as long as payment was provided, they would publish tasks. Of course, it had to be legal, or at least not blatantly illegal.
The Wanderers' Alliance didn't do murder and arson because they wanted to maintain the Alliance's ability to appear openly and exist in any country.
Of course, one type of killing task was acceptable, those on wanted posters. These had official bounties and private bounties, possibly from several governments and several private parties. But wanderers didn't need to worry about this, the Alliance would collect everything.
"How did I not think of this? Since I have nothing to do, I'll do some short-term work here. Wanderers settle one task at a time anyway," Xiaoyao patted his forehead, then squeezed into the crowd and entered the building.
Xiaoyao wasn't cutting in line, the people outside were gathered around looking at the outdoor task bulletin board, not queuing for business.
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...
Although large numbers of tasks were published daily and large numbers were settled, this still didn't cause massive queuing.
"I want to join the Alliance," After Xiaoyao entered, he found the registration staff and requested to join the organization.
"This is a form. Take it and fill out the information yourself." The registration staff looked at Xiaoyao, then gave him a form and had him go aside to fill it out.
Joining the Wanderers' Alliance was very simple, just one form. Even if filled out randomly, you could still join.
This was because beginner wanderers had no rights except accepting tasks, equivalent to gaining another laborer. Any organization would welcome this.
Later, after completing more tasks and reaching a certain point, the Wanderers' Alliance would slightly verify information and grant upgrade rights.
This was called verification, but was actually just going through the motions without much scrutiny. Because each upgrade was task accumulation, and these accumulations required spending large amounts of time and energy.
This was contributing to the Wanderers' Alliance. Regardless of your motives, these contributions were real. As long as there were contributions, the Wanderers' Alliance would grant corresponding rights.
This was also because the Wanderers' Alliance didn't favor any organization and remained neutral. Since this was the case, why would they care which faction their wanderers belonged to, or even whether they were righteous or evil?
High-level wanderers with high contribution levels, the Alliance wouldn't abandon them. Low-level ones didn't have many rights and could only share some easily obtainable information, which the Alliance completely didn't need to worry about.
Therefore, the Wanderers' Alliance's management of wanderers was actually very loose. But due to the strict level system, in some aspects it was also very strict.
If someone wanted to use the Wanderers' Alliance, they first had to pay a price and work for the Alliance. This created a mutually beneficial exchange. The Wanderers' Alliance wouldn't lose out, they were eager for everyone to come with ulterior motives to help them work.
"Le Xiaoyao? This name seems to already exist, and the occupation is also servant, skill level is also hasn't broken through basic skills, all the same. Have you registered before?" When Xiaoyao finished filling out the information, the registration staff checked and found Xiaoyao's name was already on record.
"Ah, let me think. I think I did a few tasks in Qingyun City before, during holidays to earn some extra money. Is that the same as here?" Xiaoyao then remembered that long, long ago, he had joined the Wanderers' Alliance and done a few tasks.
"It's the same. Use your token to accept tasks. Tokens are unique, you didn't lose yours, did you? If you lost it, you can get a replacement, but you have to pay one tael of silver. The production cost of this token is very high," The registration staff said fluently, as if he had said this many times before.
"I didn't lose it. it's in my bag," Xiaoyao quickly found the token from his cloth bag. On this small token were the three characters "Le Xiaoyao" and the number 377.
377 didn't mean Xiaoyao's number was early. Even if the Wanderers' Alliance had just opened, Xiaoyao couldn't be the 377th person, let alone when the Alliance had been passed down for over a thousand years.
377 was the exclusive number for the name Le Xiaoyao, simply put, he was the 377th person named Le Xiaoyao to join the Wanderers' Alliance.
The Wanderers' Alliance used names plus numbers to differentiate people. Generally, the number was only used when recording tasks and when identity verification was needed. Usually, they would directly call names, not numbers.
Because the surname Le wasn't very common, and the name was the same, it was only 377. Otherwise, with names like Li Hu, the numbers were already in six digits.
"Steward Ruan from the west of the city has lost a cat. Task level 1, reward 1 tael!"
"Boss Qian from the east of the city needs protection for three days. Task level temporarily 2, anyone with martial arts can accept. Reward 10 taels of silver."
"Food Heaven needs one dishwasher, reward 500 copper coins..."
"Yihong Courtyard needs one handsome young man skilled in dance and music, reward 30 taels..."
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These were today's task announcements, all kinds of tasks, even restaurant temporary work. The most profitable was being a temporary male dancer at Yihong Courtyard. Of course, whether you sold your body was up to you.
These were all tasks Xiaoyao could accept. Because Xiaoyao was currently only a level 1 wanderer, he couldn't accept level 3 or higher wanderer tasks, unless they had special requirements or no level restrictions, such as capturing wanted criminals.
Xiaoyao considered and accepted several tasks at once, because these tasks were all in one direction. He could conveniently do them all simultaneously, efficiency was his usual habit.
Next came clearing tasks. Xiaoyao was too experienced at these things, completing ten or so tasks in one day wasn't a problem. However, one area couldn't possibly have so many tasks. Running back and forth would consume time.
Like this, Xiaoyao ran tasks for over ten days and quickly upgraded his wanderer level to 2, able to accept slightly higher-level tasks that were still miscellaneous.
So Xiaoyao continued clearing until...
"Damn, you little brat, you're actually playing with wanderer tasks," The Eldest Princess appeared in front of Xiaoyao, grabbing his ear irritably, "Have you been enjoying hiding from me all this time!"
"..."
During this period, Xiaoyao had been running tasks and hadn't deliberately concealed his whereabouts. He knew the Eldest Princess would find him sooner or later, this was also the result he wanted to see.
Xiaoyao had already hidden from the Eldest Princess for so long, it was time to meet. After all, he also wanted to know the progress regarding his background.
The Eldest Princess could think of this too, so although she was angry, she wasn't that furious.
"Ah, Eldest Princess..." Xiaoyao looked surprised.
"Hmph!" The Eldest Princess snorted very unhappily, targeting Xiaoyao's form of address.
"Eldest Princess... Auntie, how did you end up here?" Xiaoyao casually asked. Although he knew the answer, he habitually made small talk.
"I came to find you, of course. You've been hiding from me for over half a year. How long did you plan to keep hiding?"
"Half a year? That's not right, at most five months..."
"I can't remember clearly. Anyway, I feel it's been over half a year. Do you have an objection?"
"No objection!"
Could Xiaoyao have an objection? No, because he was facing Her Highness the Eldest Princess.
"Come with me! Stop doing these pointless wanderer tasks, you don't need to." Seeing Xiaoyao being so "obedient," the Eldest Princess was very satisfied and pulled Xiaoyao away.
"Your Highness Eldest Princess Auntie, where are you taking me? Can I finish today's tasks first?" Xiaoyao asked weakly. He felt today's tasks might not get completed.
"Wait until I go crazy, then complete your tasks. Now I'm warning you, don't run away when I go crazy, or I'll make you die very unpleasantly! Also, during my crazy time, you can do wanderer tasks, but remember to come home before I wake up, or else, hmph hmph..." The Eldest Princess said while pulling Xiaoyao.
"Okay, I understand. Your Highness Auntie, how long have you been lucid?"
"A little over one day!"
"Great! I can be free tomorrow..."
"..."
"You little brat..."
Xiaoyao was taken into the imperial palace by the Eldest Princess. This time he didn't plan to run again, or rather, when the Eldest Princess was lucid, he didn't plan to run.
Anyway, it was just accompanying her two days out of seven. These two days really just required showing up, the Eldest Princess couldn't restrict Xiaoyao from going out every day.
Like this, Xiaoyao temporarily lived in the imperial palace, two days out of seven, usually frantically doing tasks. He managed to upgrade his wanderer level to 4 after one month, having done several spectacular tasks and received very high evaluations.
In fact, all of Xiaoyao's task evaluations were very high because he was very serious about his work, much higher than ordinary wanderers.
After reaching level 4 wanderer, Xiaoyao could share much more intelligence. Most importantly, the tasks he could accept became richer, the rewards became richer. However, some tasks required going out for several days, so Xiaoyao didn't accept them. He generally wandered around the city area. Although task rewards were less, they took less time and he could conveniently do other tasks simultaneously.
(End of Chapter)