Chapter 131

Fang Yue felt as if he were floating as he walked, his feet unable to touch the ground!

At that moment, a crisp voice suddenly came from the next room.

"Y-ye Ge?"

Hm?

That voice is…

Fang Yue turned around and saw Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu poking her head out, looking at him with curiosity and nervousness.

"Where are you going?"

Fang Yue smirked.

"The three-year term is up—this Guard Station? I'm done with it! I'm going to hunt the anomalies!"

"Oh, so you're going on night patrol… Uh, Ye Ge, can I come with you?"

Fang Yue blinked. "Why would you come along?"

"I…"

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu's eyes darted away, avoiding Fang Yue's gaze. "I'm on night patrol too—I'm a member of the Guard Team. I want to do a mission."

Fang Yue rolled his eyes.

"Stay here and eat. I'll count that as completing your night patrol duty."

With that, Fang Yue turned and strode off with an arrogant, unbothered gait, wind trailing behind him as he flicked his hair, exuding effortless cool.

I'm at Post-Heaven Third-Rate Peak Realm! The strongest in the whole village!

Lin Ling? Hua Wuye? Both outdated. Times have changed, folks!

From now on, I declare: Gu Yue Cun is now Fangyue Village!

I hold up the sky, I speak and it's law—I am the one and only supreme authority in Gu Yue Cun, second only to myself!

"Ye Ge! Don't go!"

Fang Yue was just sinking back into the bliss of invincibility when Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu called out again, dragging him back to reality.

"What now?"

If Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu weren't genuinely talented, Fang Yue wouldn't have bothered with her at all. Who interrupts someone while they're basking in invincibility? Can't you see I'm undefeated?!

"I… I can't eat anymore."

"Eat it anyway! Didn't you enjoy the Great Stomach Contest this morning?"

"That was… that was because others forced me to compete…"

Even so, Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu's voice trailed off, lacking conviction.

"Fine, fine. You can rest for half an hour. Don't try to slack off—I'll have someone watch you."

Watching Fang Yue walk farther away, Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu quietly reached into her pocket.

Inside lay the 100 Silver she'd won in the morning's Great Stomach Contest.

Originally, she'd planned to hand over those 100 Silver to the state… no, to Fang Yue.

But when she realized that single meal had cost two taels of Silver, she discovered a brand-new path.

That path was… bankrupt Fang Yue.

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu had checked: the Deputy Captain earns only a few taels of Silver per month. At her eating rate, Fang Yue could never afford her.

"Hold on, just hold on a few more days! Once Ye Ge can't pay anymore, I won't have to eat!"

As for boosting Fang Yue's funds? Not a thought crossed her mind. If he stops feeding her, she'd just hand over her secret stash then.

As Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu thought this, a Guard Team member had already arrived to watch her.

"With someone watching… I can't eat…" Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu murmured shyly.

But the member ignored her entirely, only glaring at her.

Fine… fine, I'll eat… but don't stare at me like that—it's creepy…

While Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu rested for half an hour and prepared to quietly resume eating, Fang Yue had already reached Niu Niu's training grounds.

The courtyard outside the Guard Station was where the Chief Instructor taught basic skills to boys and Reserve Members.

Doudou Square was where the Instructors taught the Common Thrust Spear Technique.

Compared to the Reserve Members' side, the number of people at Doudou Square was clearly much smaller.

There was no help for it—newly enlisted Official Members were still too few.

As for the seasoned veterans, they'd already mastered the Common Thrust Spear Technique and only needed to practice regularly—no need to come here anymore.

The Instructor teaching Niu Niu and the others the Common Thrust Spear Technique was not the Chief Instructor, but another Instructor.

These Instructors were either retired Deputy Captains injured in service or sent down from the county government; most had taught steadily in the village for five or six years or more, so they had excellent relationships with the villagers, who deeply respected them.

Thus, the Instructors lived comfortably in the village—for instance, the Instructor teaching Niu Niu tonight had the middle-aged man's characteristic potbelly, yet when he trained, demonstrating spear techniques, his movements were perfectly precise, as if forged a thousand times, the art long fused into his soul; every motion was flawless, impossible to criticize.

"Deputy Captain Ye?!"

Seeing Fang Yue approach, the potbellied Instructor visibly froze, then hurried over to greet him.

"No need, no need, carry on with your work."

"... Yes."

The potbellied Instructor hesitated, then returned. Niu Niu, who had spotted Fang Yue, immediately shouted.

"Aba aba!"

The surrounding members turned to stare at Niu Niu.

These weren't the same members from the day—they knew little of Niu Niu, only that he was tall, had a vacant expression, and looked both dim-witted and slightly frightening.

Fang Yue strolled slowly over to Niu Niu's side.

"Niu Niu, do you remember the phrase I always tell you?"

"Aba aba?"

"Yes! That line—people's constitutions can't be treated the same..."

"Aba aba?"

After his physical transformation, Niu Niu seemed quite confident. He didn't react violently to Fang Yue's famous saying—blue people with backbone really are different.

But in three seconds, I'm going to break your defenses!

Fang Yue tilted his mouth sideways and whispered beside Niu Niu's ear, casually.

"We're brothers—I won't hide anything from you."

"Just now, I accidentally ate a fruit that Hua Wuye gave me."

"Then I accidentally broke through from First Layer Realm to Second Layer Realm, and kept advancing all the way to Third Layer Realm—reached max level!"

"After my Heart Method reached max level, I accidentally became the strongest among the three Captains of Gu Yue Cun!"

"Starting today, in Gu Yue Cun, apart from Lord Han, I'm the one calling the shots!"

"What should I do? I'm so troubled."

"I only ate a fruit—I never wanted to level up this fast. How did I end up as the top dog of Gu Yue Cun?"

"Niu Niu, do you understand my suffering? Will my foundation be unstable like this? I'm so worried!"

You worry about your damn self!!!

Niu Niu's eyes widened, and as he listened to Fang Yue, his mindset nearly collapsed.

What the hell!

Ye Ge, are you even human?

You ate a fruit and your Heart Method skyrocketed to max level? Your strength shot up instantly, making you the strongest person in Gu Yue Cun after Lord Han?

Are you a dog?!

And the worst part—you came here to gloat to me!

So angry! So angry! I'm shaking with rage. When will I, Niu Niu, ever stand up? Do mute people really have no right to gain stats?

I want to learn martial arts too. I want to become a Captain!

(End of Chapter)