Chapter 314: Example (3/15, Autumn Subscription)

Give an example?

Fang Yue's expression turned odd. So feelings led you away, and there were quite a few methods for it, huh?

Just as Fang Yue was thinking about this, the text on the parchment had already popped up.

【I am Fang Yue, I am dead, the 'Equality' contract has automatically been dissolved.】

【The great and noble parchment lord is free, free, free, free again!】

【Long live freedom!】

The well-fed and well-watered parchment had once again begun yearning for freedom—clearly it hadn't been beaten down by society enough yet.

Fang Yue's face darkened.

"If you dare screw me over for freedom, I'll tear you to pieces before I die!"

【The great and noble parchment lord possesses a lofty sense of contract and absolutely will not breach it!】

"It better be."

Fang Yue snorted.

But… so if I get killed, the parchment is completely fine, directly becoming a free agent who can just run off, that kind.

But the parchment, when I picked it up, was already a free agent.

So the way to dissolve the contract definitely isn't just the death of the contracted party.

This guy… is very dishonest.

A dangerous glint flickered in Fang Yue's eyes. Even though he felt nothing, the parchment suddenly seemed to shiver.

【Strange, today's Fang Yue seems very gloomy, gloomy gloomy!】

"…I can see that."

【Boo hoo, even the right to talk behind someone's back is gone, what's the point of living, the great and noble parchment lord cries and sobs, sniffle sniffle.】

That's enough out of you!

Fang Yue's face darkened again, and ignoring it, he entered the game.

……

In the game, Fang Yue opened his eyes.

Skillfully using the Ningtai Ring to 'strike a spark,' after two flicks with no ignition, he began his habitual training.

The so-called habitual training was to grasp the rhythm from time to time, channel inner force, and strike a spark.

Through this training, control over inner force was improved, so it was equivalent to constantly undergoing a boost in strength.

Only this kind of boost wasn't reflected in the data—it was a hidden benefit.

It was still deep into the night. Since they were to depart and leave the village early next morning, Fang Yue had people conducting personnel and supplies inventory through the night. Right now, he could go check on the progress.

He left the room and went downstairs.

Unexpectedly, he ran right into Weiba, and Ni Dongmei who looked like a bodyguard.

"Ye Ge!"

"Mm."

Fang Yue responded.

Ni Dongmei glanced at the ring on his hand that still hadn't sparked, and couldn't help curling her lip.

"So dumb, really don't know how someone with this kind of aptitude managed to raise their strength."

Fang Yue:???

"Lord Ni Dongmei, I can't just pretend I didn't hear that."

"I, Fang Yue, have taken it one step at a time, climbing to my current position and strength entirely through my own diligence and effort!"

That's right! At most, add in a tiny bit of help from 【Night Breathing】!

I, Fang Yue, am exactly this kind of diligent and talented man!

Originally, Ni Dongmei had wanted to roast Fang Yue.

But upon recalling those Guard Team members in Mo Cun, and those ordinary people, she could only say in the end: "Compared to those good-for-nothings who only know how to sleep in the middle of the night, you are indeed still considered diligent."

Hmph! Of course! The early bird gets the worm, the diligent person grows strong early!

"By the way, did Lord Ni Dongmei come to me with a farewell gift?"

Ni Dongmei looked at Fang Yue with disdain: "The sky hasn't even brightened, go back to your blankets and keep dreaming."

"…If there isn't one then there isn't, why be so sharp-tongued…"

Fang Yue, feeling sulky, went to find the Deputy Captain and Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu.

"Ye Ge, I thought you'd lie down until tomorrow after one trip."

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu, who was in the middle of issuing orders, saw Fang Yue bouncing over.

Although she had the Entry Disciple Token from the Extreme Ice Sect, she had no strength, so she could only treat it as if she didn't have the thing.

In her thinking, she figured once her strength grew in the future, going to participate would be the same anyway—Ni Dongmei hadn't said there was any time limit.

As for supplies, there wasn't much to say.

Compared to when they came, the caravan had expanded two or three times over, with several large horse-drawn carts borrowed for use—a truly massive haul.

One trip down, just the profits brought by the flow of supplies alone could let everyone in the escort team make a fortune.

Fang Yue was also waiting to get back and sell the ink-colored ore, to make a killing.

While 'striking sparks' on one hand, he helped Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu tally data on the other, and Weiba also came over to help.

She knew Fang Yue was leaving tomorrow morning, and after talking with Ni Dongmei for ages, finally got Ni Dongmei to agree to let her out for a bit.

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu was fine—part ways in the game, still see each other every day in reality.

But for Fang Yue it was hard to say; they hadn't even added each other's real-life contact info, just in-game friends.

Once the distance grew, they lost contact, and there really was no news.

It wasn't easy to have another friend, and Tail didn't want to drift apart because of something like this.

"Um... Ye Ge, shall we exchange contact info?"

"Sure."

Fang Yue exchanged phone numbers with her, and Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu beside them could no longer stay calm either.

"Me too! Me too!"

Since Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu already had Tail's phone number, she only exchanged numbers with Fang Yue.

"After I reach Extreme Ice Sect, don't you guys forget about me! I'll report the situation to you every day!"

Tail was still reluctant to part with them, but with such a great opportunity as Extreme Ice Sect right before her eyes, she couldn't possibly give it up.

According to Ni Dongmei, a high-end place like Extreme Ice Sect would certainly have no vagrants.

Unlike small places like villages, sects and the like generally would not take in vagrants who were utterly useless.

Fang Yue figured this was also why the system dumped so many vagrants near villages as starting points.

While chatting, he casually counted the headcount.

Soon, Fang Yue was stunned.

"Why is Miao Fa still on the list? Cross her off, cross her off—she's been taken in by Doctor An, she can't return to Gu Yue Cun anymore."

Miao Fa was Chen Xiaomiao. Since Doctor An wouldn't let go, and Fang Yue didn't plead for her, this one was destined to stay mixed up in Mo Cun as a servant of the An family.

"Ye Ge, didn't you know? She's free now, and she's even been taken as a disciple by Captain Wu. Although I haven't asked, she should want to return to Gu Yue Cun with us."

"There's such a thing?"

Fang Yue was dumbfounded. That blockhead Captain Wu, taking a yin-yang person as a disciple—was he a masochist? Did he enjoy being tormented by yin-yang speech every day?

Fang Yue couldn't imagine what kind of person would like to keep such a person by their side.

Just as he was thinking, someone outside suddenly shouted: "Captain Wu is here!"

Fang Yue:!!!

Speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives?

He glanced at the doorway—Captain Wu was bringing a woman over, who was none other than Chen Xiaomiao.

Something seemed off with this one; the whole person seemed dazed and confused, her face ashen.

Fang Yue figured that at this point, any fortune-teller who came along could trick her out of even her bellyband.

"Captain Ye!" Captain Wu raised a hand in greeting.

"Captain Wu."

Fang Yue returned the greeting.

"Disturbing you late at night, it's not for nothing—I heard you're leaving tomorrow. Even though the third Captain of Mo Cun could be selected in a few more days, you're in such a rush to leave, which is truly a pity."

(End of chapter)