Extra's Revenge: Reincarnated As A Slave

Rey recruited four other outer disciples to participate.

He selected his team based on observed combat capabilities during his reconnaissance period rather than social relationships.

Practical utility mattered more than camaraderie.

The team assembled at the valley's entrance with expressions ranging from nervous determination to barely concealed fear at the mission's reputation.

A girl named Fang Shu—compact and quick with exceptional Earth-element affinity despite her recent cultivation awakening—studied the terrain maps with attention suggesting genuine tactical awareness.

"Three previous teams attempted direct assault on their mountain base," she observed. "All failed. The former cultivator uses terrain advantage to funnel attackers into kill zones where his superior cultivation overwhelms their numerical advantage."

"We're not assaulting the base," Rey stated with certainty that drew immediate attention from his temporary team. "We're eliminating their supply chain first, then provoking them to descend from advantageous terrain and engage us on the ground of our choosing."

The approach worked with efficiency that surprised everyone except Rey.

Three days of calculated interdiction—destroying food caches, poisoning water sources with non-lethal but debilitating compounds Rey's enhanced consciousness identified from available herbs—reduced the bandit group's combat effectiveness before direct engagement occurred.

When the former cultivator finally led his men down the mountain in a desperate attempt to resupply, they encountered an ambush positioned at terrain that negated his tactical advantages.

Rey personally handled the former cultivator.

Their one-on-one engagement technically exceeded what Rey's suppressed cultivation could manage, but careful calibration made his victory appear the result of exceptional Foundation Establishment technique execution rather than hidden capability.

The mission completed with zero casualties on Rey's team.

He earned Sixty contribution points, bringing his total to four hundred.

Then his Second mission came.

—Beast herd displacement along the sect's eastern boundary.

A pack of approximately thirty Stone-Hide Boars, demon beasts with exceptional physical defense and territorial aggression, had been pushing into agricultural land that technically fell under Crimson Peak Monastery's protection obligations.

The beasts' stone-like hide made direct combat costly even for Foundation Establishment cultivators. Previous attempts at displacement had resulted in injured disciples and merely temporary herd retreat before the boars reasserted territorial claims.

Rey studied the behavioral patterns documented in previous encounter reports with analytical precision his team members found unsettling.

"Stone-Hide Boars establish territory based on spiritual energy density," he explained to the three outer disciples assigned to this mission. "They're not primarily aggressive. They're responding to recent shifts in spiritual energy distribution that have made the agricultural area more attractive than their previous range."

He pointed to a location on their terrain map.

"There's a natural spiritual energy concentration point two kilometers north that's been disrupted by recent cultivation activity in the upper monastery. If we temporarily enhance that northern site using spiritual energy focusing arrays, we make it more attractive than the agricultural land. The herd relocates voluntarily."

His team exchanged expressions suggesting they hadn't considered non-combat solutions.

The array installation took six hours of careful work that required both cultivation knowledge and the engineering precision Rey's enhanced consciousness provided. When activated, the spiritual energy focusing effect immediately attracted the boar herd's attention.

Migration began within hours.

No combat was required.

The mission completed with perfect efficiency that generated forty-five contribution points and confused report notes from the administrator who'd expected injury documentation.

His otal points rose to four hundred forty-five.

Third mission: Escort vulnerable cultivation caravan through demon beast territory.

A merchant family transporting cultivation materials to Heaven's Gate City needed protection through mountain passes where predatory beasts regularly targeted travelers—exactly the type of terrain that had devastated Rey's beggar group during their approach to the monastery.

The irony wasn't lost on him.

He spent two weeks in escort duty.

It was a steady accumulation of contribution points through consistent performance, combined with bonus rewards for eliminating five demon beasts that threatened the caravan during mountain passage.

This finally helped him to cross the threshold.

His total upon return was five hundred thirty contribution points!

That was sixty points above the Inner Disciple qualification threshold.

The pace of his advancement had generated significant attention throughout the monastery.

Outer disciples typically required three to six months to accumulate qualification points.

Rey had achieved it in under four weeks, using mission selection and execution strategies that other disciples found simultaneously obvious in retrospect and somehow never considered independently.

Instructor Chen Wei summoned him formally.

"You've exceeded the qualification threshold at a speed that hasn't been achieved in this monastery for eleven years," the instructor stated with expression mixing approval and careful assessment. "Administrator consensus is that your advancement should be processed immediately rather than waiting for the standard quarterly evaluation cycle."

He presented Rey with formal examination notice.

"One final requirement. Inner Disciple qualification requires practical demonstration of cultivation competency through supervised sparring assessment. The examiner will be a third-year Inner Disciple whose spiritual pressure represents the minimum standard you're expected to match."

Rey accepted the notice with composure that concealed his internal satisfaction at the timeline compression his tactical approach had achieved.

A few weeks since arrival.

From ragged outer disciple to Inner Disciple qualification threshold.

The corruption investigation he'd been conducting in parallel had also generated preliminary intelligence about the source spreading through junior disciples—threads of information that would consolidate once he had Inner Disciple access to restricted monastery areas.

He arrived at the examination arena the following morning with measured calm.

The space was modest by Academy standards.

It was a circular platform of polished stone inscribed with formation arrays that would measure spiritual energy output and prevent serious injury while still allowing realistic combat assessment.

Outer disciples had gathered in clusters around the arena perimeter, their presence indicating that Rey's remarkable advancement timeline had attracted audience interest. Even several Inner Disciples occupied observation positions, their expressions ranging from curious to skeptical.

The examining Inner Disciple stood at the platform's far edge.

He was a young man whose relaxed posture suggested comfortable confidence in his superior cultivation stage.

Administrator Chen Wei raised his hand.

"Lin Feng. Advancement examination for Inner Disciple qualification. Standard assessment parameters. Begin when ready."

Rey stepped onto the platform, feeling the formation arrays activate in response to his spiritual energy presence.

He settled into a stance that his enhanced consciousness had refined through weeks of careful cultivation.

He currently possessed genuine Foundation Establishment capability. Combined with tactical sophistication, his abilities transcended what normal cultivation stage advancement would provide.

His opponent studied him across the platform's distance with professional assessment replacing his initial casual confidence.

"You've been causing quite a stir," the examiner stated with a tone suggesting genuine curiosity beneath formal proceedings.

"Let's see if the reputation matches the reality."