Chapter 351: Everyone Together (5/5, bonus chapter for 'Jing Yan')

"Ye Ge? You, you're alright?" the Blood Hunter asked nervously, the others also casting worried glances his way.

Fang Yue gave a slight shake of his head, indicating he was fine, before sharing the information about the 【Oil-Eating Bug】 with them.

Originally, Fang Yue had planned to return to Gu Yue Cun and let Lord Han examine the 【Oil-Eating Bug】 before deciding whether to eat it.

Now that Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu had eaten it without issue, and he had 【Breath of Night】 protecting his body, he decided to try a bite.

Although he was fine, eating it was useless, which left Fang Yue feeling a bit sullen.

With the parasite direction in mind, the team's doctor could finally have some room to work, keeping the second person who tried the crab alive.

Moreover, Luoye Cun was already faintly visible, so they simply stopped there for a while and handed the person over to Divine Doctor Luo for treatment.

They urged the team to pick up speed and soon arrived at Luoye Cun.

Since it wasn't their first visit, they knew the way well.

Lin Ling's cousin, Luoye Cun's Chief Captain Lin Duoduo, upon hearing the news from Fang Yue and the others, hurried over to receive them.

"You only just started heading back to the village now? Did you stay in Mo Cun that long?"

News between villages didn't travel that fast. Although Luoye Cun was relatively close to Mo Cun, regarding the 【Yang Xu Gui】 chaos in Mo Cun, they had only heard vague rumors.

After catching up for a while, Divine Doctor Luo soon arrived as well, looking quite different from before. Divine Doctor Luo was now dressed festively, seemingly because he had suppressed An Shenyi and become the number one Divine Doctor of Heiqing Shanmai. His whole spirit was different, much more imposing.

"Hahahaha! Deputy Captain Ye! We meet again! How about it? Did An Shenyi come back to Mo Cun furious? Was he very unwilling to be saved by me, holding a grudge all this time? Hahahaha!"

He seemed unaware that An Shenyi had already borrowed Ni Dongmei's 【Feibai Pill】 and begun preparing a big move, still basking in the joy of victory.

Fang Yue had no intention of being the villain and waking him up to reality.

After the pleasantries, they handed the person over to Divine Doctor Luo for treatment. In about an hour, the person was saved.

After some polite exchanges, Fang Yue and the others left the village and set off directly.

"In such a hurry?" Lin Duoduo said, somewhat surprised.

"Mm, we've been away from the village too long, everyone wants to get back early."

Before leaving, Fang Yue also subtly reminded Lin Duoduo and the others about some anomalies he had encountered along the way.

Whether Lin Duoduo could grasp it was her own business.

After all, Fang Yue couldn't just take mere guesses and present them as facts to Lin Duoduo. If he guessed wrong and nothing happened, it would only cause misunderstandings.

"Is that so…" Lin Duoduo looked thoughtful, but didn't say much more, only asking him to pass along her regards to Lin Ling.

The team set off again, and Fang Yue summoned the parchment.

"Get up and get to work."

【……】

The parchment showed no reaction.

Earlier, when Fang Yue encountered the 【Edible Rush】, he had actually called out to it a few times in his heart, but the parchment had shown no reaction, playing dead the whole time.

"If you don't give me some reaction, don't ever expect to eat even half a black stone from me again!"

【！！！】

The foodie finally responded.

Fang Yue's face darkened, and he said in his heart: "Still alive? If you're alive, get to work. Tell me, was my trip back smooth?"

【……I can't use my abilities!】

Fang Yue:???

What the hell? Wasn't it fine before, still yelling in reality about 【recommending feeding more black stones】? How come it can't use its abilities now?

"What's the situation? Did you eat something bad?"

【No! It's someone… locking onto my position! I can't communicate with you casually, otherwise my aura will leak and I'll be locked onto!】

The text the parchment displayed in his mind revealed a nervous emotion.

Fang Yue was slightly taken aback.

Someone was looking for the parchment?

But how could that be? He was in the game right now…

Fang Yue's thoughts suddenly paused.

Because he thought of the 【United Front】, and remembered that eerie items could be brought out of the game.

If the 【United Front】 wanted to find the parchment, they would inevitably enter the game to search for its whereabouts…

Fang Yue's expression darkened. Knowing that once this behemoth 【United Front】 started operating, he had to be extremely careful not to reveal any traces.

"Alright, try to hide well in my head and reduce how often you communicate with me. But if I run into danger, you must warn me, otherwise hiding is pointless."

【Received!!】

Along with this text appearing, the parchment went silent again.

Fang Yue sighed. After the uproar in reality, the situation seemed to be getting tricky.

But he was just a small figure, and could only take things one step at a time.

Additionally, regarding Bai Su'e's whereabouts, he was still counting on the 【United Front】 to help find her, and didn't want to fall out with the 【United Front】 too early.

The escort team resumed their journey. With Fang Yue's permission, Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu was specially allowed to eat 【Oil-Eating Bug】 freely to greatly increase her stats.

Anyway, this one was fine eating it, while others would die from it, and it was useless to Fang Yue.

So the entire bucket of 【Oil-Eating Bug】 belonged to Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu.

"Really?!"

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu cheered happily.

The 【Oil-Eating Bug】 was fragrant, crispy, and delicious, far better than steamed buns. She ate happily, gained lots of stats, a complete win-win.

Moreover, the second person who tried the crab didn't die because of her and was saved, so the guilt was gone, and Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu became even more uninhibited.

Seeing the team was fine again with only the journey left, Fang Yue logged out of the game here.

Today, he still had to investigate Bai Su'e's whereabouts, and they needed to find a new place to stay — living in a hotel indefinitely wasn't an option. In short, there were still quite a few things to deal with.

The most troublesome part was still having to face the 【United Society】 and 【Shadow Society】. Both organizations were colossal entities; making contact with them or becoming their enemy meant that one careless slip could lead to utter ruin.

Fang Yue was not alone — Yuan Jie and Bai Xiaoya were still by his side, so he had to be even more cautious and could not afford any mistakes.

Thinking about all these things, Fang Yue felt his head swelling. He rubbed his temples and logged out of the game.

Old rules — if something happened in the game, just shout for him to log back in and that would settle it.

The escort team members had also gradually grown used to Fang Yue's trances; they no longer felt the unease they had when they first left Mo Cun.

After all, Fang Yue really could snap back to attention at any moment.

……

While Fang Yue's escort team was making its way toward Gu Yue Cun.

There was another person, also advancing toward Gu Yue Cun.

No!

To be precise, she was like a radar — constantly scanning, constantly sensing, then constantly adjusting her angle of advance. Through repeated minor course corrections, the direction she was heading in grew closer and closer to the position of Fang Yue's escort team.

Only in terms of distance, the two were still separated by a very, very great span.

At this moment, if Bai Xiaoya were here, she would surely cry out in shock.

Because this woman, who kept adjusting her direction and closing in on Fang Yue's team like a magnet, was unmistakably the very character Bai Xiaoya had created the first time she entered the game!

Only that character, under her control, had long since died.

At this moment, what seemed to be controlling this body was not something else — it was the Green Jade Pendant hanging from the chest of this body!

"Parch... ment..."

She murmured to herself, ignoring village paths, villages, even eerie territories, cutting straight through everything in a perfectly straight line!

Between two points, the straight line is the shortest!

The distance between her and Fang Yue was also rapidly shrinking!

……

(End of this chapter)