Chapter 137: Eat One for Breakfast (Guaranteed 2nd Update)

A valuable piece of information?

Fang Yue's interest was piqued; since Lin Ling brought this up, it was almost certainly related to the post-heaven secondary-level heart method he'd mentioned.

Thinking of this, Fang Yue hurriedly asked: "What information?"

Lin Ling didn't waste time, speaking calmly.

"Divine Doctor An told me that when he was summoned by Lord Han and left Mo Cun, he happened to encounter a caravan heading toward Mo Cun."

"They even asked Divine Doctor An for directions—they were definitely going to Mo Cun."

"When a caravan arrives at a village, it usually stays for several days to sell its goods."

"Perhaps this caravan carries the rare fruit that increases cultivation, or the post-heaven secondary-level heart method manual you're looking for."

"But you must act fast—who knows when the caravan might leave Mo Cun? Their stay duration is never fixed; it depends on how well their goods sell, and if they encounter strange attacks, they flee even faster."

"So you'd better pray Mo Cun stays calm these days, and that their goods sell well enough to hold out until you arrive."

"Also, if the caravan sells herbs or heavenly treasures that boost cultivation, buy them for me—I'll reimburse you when you return."

Fang Yue finally understood.

So Lin Ling was just casually informing him—his real intention was to get Fang Yue to carry goods for him.

No wonder this guy, despite being furious just now, suddenly became so generous with information.

But… reimbursement?

Fang Yue stared at Lin Ling with suspicion.

"Brother Lin, can you even afford it? Didn't you say these caravans are all greedy merchants charging outrageous prices? … Are you really able to reimburse me?"

Hearing this, Lin Ling's face flushed red, his neck bulging as his voice involuntarily rose.

"Why do you care so much?! I'm the Chief Captain of this village—do you think I'd cheat you out of payment? Besides, a round trip to Mo Cun takes several days; I'll definitely have the money ready by then. Just buy it!"

You're being dishonest—your reaction is pure guilt!

Don't you dare try to stiff me—I'd completely lose it.

But… if there really is something good, I might not even have the money to buy it…

"Brother Lin, to be honest, if the caravan in Mo Cun really has something valuable, I might not have enough to buy it…"

"Oh right, you're broke too—you even had to ask me for 1g of Black Ember."

That's not fair—you're just as poor as I am!

In truth, both Fang Yue and Lin Ling had regular Silver, but outside the village, caravans priced everything in Black Ember; Silver only circulated among commoners for everyday goods like horses, basic weapons, or stored grain.

According to Lin Ling, if they were short on Silver, caravans sometimes accepted it for goods—but the odds were low, and you had to hope for luck.

Poor man meets poor man—both eyes welling up.

Both were utterly stumped.

Lin Ling could only urge Fang Yue to do his best, adding that he'd try to scrounge up money—if Fang Yue actually bought something good, he wouldn't let him down.

"Scrounging up money" meant paying villagers inflated prices in Silver to buy Black Ember.

Of course, that had to wait until daytime—right now, Lin Ling had to go to the Guard Station to assign personnel for the An Shenyi Escort Team.

Fang Yue watched Lin Ling leave, his mind turning to how to get money.

He didn't have Lin Ling's resources—he couldn't afford to just throw Silver around.

The only idea he could come up with was to kill more strangeness during the escort of Divine Doctor An…

Come to think of it, this way of earning money actually had some potential.

The escort team had over a hundred members; with so many Deputy Captains and troops helping, killing weak strangeness would be safe and reliable.

The fear was encountering not weak strangeness, but those terrifying beings with clear eyes—then it'd be total annihilation.

So Fang Yue's ideal plan remained purely imaginary.

"Strangeness! Strangeness! Just bring me some strangeness!"

Fang Yue muttered to himself as he continued his night patrol—but the entire night passed without a single strangeness appearing.

Gu Yue Cun was terrifyingly peaceful.

Fang Yue shivered as he collected his two-day lifespan reward for night patrol.

He opened his stats.

"Name: Yese Liming."

"Realm: Post-Heaven Tertiary."

"Status: Normal."

"HP: 200/200."

"Qi: 300/300."

"Control: 16.2 【Base: 36.2】 【Status/Bonus: -20】."

"Dodge: 15.9 【Base: 35.9】 【Status/Bonus: -20】."

"Talent: Night's Breath 【Human-Class Upper Rank】."

"Skills: Analysis Pupil 【Human-Class Lower Rank】, Starfire Blade Technique Level 1 【Post-Heaven Tertiary】, Starfire Heart Method Level 3 【Post-Heaven Tertiary/Maxed】."

"Lifespan: 1 month, 14 days."

Natural decay had consumed one day—the two-day reward was effectively discounted.

He logged out, startled, and greeted Yuan Jie, who had just come home; then he went downstairs to quickly deal with breakfast.

"What?! You're going on a date?!"

As soon as he came in, Fang Yue saw Yuan Jie staring at him with sparkling eyes; beside her was Bai Xiaoya, just up and boiling eggs.

She looked at the breakfast Fang Yue had bought, then at the extra eggs in the pot, and fell silent.

"Mr. Fang, from now on, let me prepare breakfast at home—it'll save you the trouble of going downstairs to buy it."

"Um… sure."

Someone was going to prepare breakfast—whatever Bai Xiaoya's motives were, Fang Yue was all for it, delighted beyond words. How could he possibly have any objections?

As for Yuan Jie, her work schedule was so thoroughly flipped that she'd never prepare breakfast for anyone.

Seeing the two of them ignore her question, Yuan Jie couldn't help raising her voice again: "Come on, come on, how far have you two gotten? What actually happened that night? It feels like your relationship suddenly got a lot closer!"

Yuan Jie's eyes lit up, her romance-obsessed brain taking over.

Fang Yue was just about to explain awkwardly when Bai Xiaoya cut in first: "Nothing at all happened between Mr. Fang and me, Yuan Jie, you've got the wrong idea."

"How could that be! You two are going on a date! In a helicopter, no less! I want to ride one too! I've never even sat in a helicopter my whole life!"

"I was just feeling uneasy and wanted to go to a temple to pray to Buddha for some peace. Mr. Fang had nothing to do anyway, just staying in his room all day, so I let him come along with me."

"I've got nothing to do either!"

"…Then, Yuan Jie, you want to come too?"

Hearing Bai Xiaoya's invitation, Yuan Jie was actually taken aback for a moment, somewhat shrinking back.

"Well, it'd be rude to intrude on your date, wouldn't it? Forget it, forget it, this single dog here will just go back to her blankets and cry."

Tomorrow: 10 updates

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