Chapter 526: Hot Back of the Hand (4/10, Autumn Subscription)

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu shook her head: "No, I don't know. She said she was going to find something to eat."

Fang Yue looked down at Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu's big belly: "Wait, I'll send someone to find her, then you keep an eye on her, don't let her wander off."

"Oh…"

Seeing that Fang Yue wasn't angry with her, Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu relaxed a little.

At this moment, Fang Yue had already turned expressionlessly toward Jing Yan.

"Ye… Ye Ge? What's wrong? Your face looks so bad…"

"You tell me. Was that post on the forum yours?"

Jing Yan stiffened, forcing a laugh: "I just posted it casually—after the big battle at the Underground Stronghold, it was too chaotic, I didn't get any good footage, so I had to find another angle, chase some heat…"

Fang Yue patted his shoulder: "Heat's fine, but don't twist the facts. Go post a clarification soon—I've got so many female fans, I was even thinking of finding a pretty one from them later! Now you've scared them all off, what am I supposed to do?"

"Got it, got it! I'll go post it right away!"

"Wait!"

Fang Yue stopped him and said: "This isn't urgent. Let's handle the main matter first. How many staff members do you have in Qingsi County?"

"About ten—all non-official staff, not formal employees."

"Put up a reward—high price. Have them ride Qingsi Horses to scout the location of the 【Lacan Gui】."

Jing Yan paused, then quickly understood Fang Yue's meaning.

"Alright! I'll arrange it."

Qingsi Horses are also a resource, so you need trustworthy people.

If someone rides off with a Qingsi Horse, we're done for.

So after screening, Jing Yan picked three candidates.

All three had real addresses and personal information in Jing Yan's hands, so they could be controlled.

Everything settled, Fang Yue and You Sisi took the group to the entrance of the Underground Stronghold, watched them leave, and now all they could do was wait for news.

Seeing there was nothing urgent for now, Fang Yue prepared to return to Qingsi Office and cultivate the Flame Heart Method, aiming to break through to the eighth level and reach the ninth.

With his realm already advanced to Xiantian Realm, the Flame Heart Method's progress should advance further.

On the way back, Fang Yue suddenly frowned.

He instinctively looked down at the back of his hand.

The Xinghong Banyue Yinjie bearing the Wu Yu tribe's 【Guizu】 had begun to throb with heat again.

This had happened once before, at the Underground Stronghold.

Could it be… the Guizu was about to activate?

Fang Yue's heart skipped a beat as he urgently checked his condition—but… there was nothing wrong; the Guizu's location was merely persistently hot.

A faint unease stirred in Fang Yue's mind.

Not finding a problem is sometimes the biggest problem of all.

He didn't even know what would happen when the 【Wu Yu】 Guizu activated—how dangerous that was went without saying.

"What's wrong?"

You Sisi asked with concern.

"Nothing…"

Fang Yue gave a slight shake of his head.

"But you—"

As You Sisi spoke, Fang Yue's burning handback suddenly stopped heating and began to cool.

His furrowed brow gradually relaxed; he smiled: "I'm truly fine. Let's hurry back."

You Sisi hesitated, then nodded, not pressing further.

Fang Yue then opened his attribute list.

"Name: Yese Liming."

"Realm: Xiantian Third-Rate."

"Status: Guizu 【Wu Yu】."

"HP: 1800/1800."

"Qi: 2600/2600."

"Control: 1600 【Base: 1620】 【Status/Bonus: -20】."

"Dodge: 1600 【Base: 1620】 【Status/Bonus: -20】."

"Comprehension: 5. 【Special Attribute】"

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

"Skills: Aura, Analysis Pupil 【Human-Class Lower Rank】, Nine-Turn Linked Blade 【【Incomplete】 Hou Tian Third-Rate】, Starfire Blade Technique Level 1 【Hou Tian Third-Rate】, Water-Sky Blade Technique Level 1 【Crude Martial Arts】, Flame Heart Method 【Hou Tian First-Rate / Level 8】, Starfire Heart Method Level 3 【Hou Tian Third-Rate / Maxed】."

"Lifespan: 27 years, 2 months."

After advancing to Xiantian Realm at the Underground Stronghold, Fang Yue first fought the Horse Seat, then slew many Gui, and through repeated combat, his attributes and lifespan increased significantly.

Indeed, real combat was the fastest way to improve strength.

There were still so many Gui at the 【Lacan Gui】 site—if I killed them all, perhaps I could gain another realm upgrade via 【Realm Progression】.

Too bad, I can't mention it.

Because Fang Yue couldn't possibly defeat them—he could only dream about it.

Compared to his rising realm and strength, both his Internal Energy Heart Method and Martial Techniques were lagging behind his progress.

The 【Flame Burst】, once his trump card, now had far less impact, yet its side effects remained unchanged.

With no increase in damage output but the same side effects… well, no surprise—it's a low-tier Heart Method.

Fang Yue planned to first cultivate the Blazing Fire Heart Method to the ninth layer, to boost his internal force a notch first.

Because whether it was Aura, or the Innate Qi Shield he could obtain later by learning a Xiantian Heart Method, both required a massive foundation of internal force to truly unleash their power.

Compared with other Xiantian Realm experts, what Fang Yue lacked was Martial Technique and internal force; his basic attributes, on the other hand, hadn't lagged at all, and even far surpassed those of the same level, allowing him to fight across ranks against someone in the Xiantian Second-Rate Realm.

Martial Techniques were still manageable — Fang Yue actually already had a goal in mind.

Once the Blazing Fire Heart Method was cultivated to max level, he would use the White Robe Token to go to the Green Division and exchange it for a powerful Heart Method.

Originally Fang Yue had even considered whether to cultivate a bunch of miscellaneous low-level Heart Methods — with his high talent, low-level Heart Methods improved quickly, and at most it would cost some resources, after which he could cultivate them successfully, and his internal force would shoot right up.

But after he mentioned this idea to Lord Han, he got lectured by Lord Han.

It turned out that Internal Energy Heart Methods could not be cultivated haphazardly.

When one's strength was low and one's realm was still low, there wouldn't be any problem.

But once the realm rose and too many Internal Energy Heart Methods had been cultivated, it would cause the internal force to become impure and its quality to plummet.

Other people's 1 unit of internal force could unleash 1 unit of power.

But a person with impure internal force would need 10 units, or even 100 units of internal force, to unleash 1 unit of power.

This was severe dilution — plenty of numbers, but no quality.

At the same time, the more single-attribute, single-lineage Internal Energy Heart Methods, cultivated layer by layer, produced purer internal force.

1 unit of internal force could unleash 2 units of power.

So most people specialized in one attribute of Internal Energy Heart Method; if they had a profound Internal Energy Heart Method that could get them there in one step, basically no one would switch to cultivating another Heart Method on the spur of the moment.

Moreover, if one cultivated conflicting Internal Energy Heart Methods, one might even suffer Qi Deviation and have one's meridians snap.

Therefore, this thing called Internal Energy Heart Methods could not be casually cultivated all over the place.

(End of Chapter)