Chapter 603: Arrival (5/10, bonus chapter for

After learning that Fang Yue would not be leaving, everyone set their minds at ease.

And just as he had said, Fang Yue began expanding the perimeter of his watch.

Mainly because along the way, traveling on the Official Road, the Great Sun Caravan had not encountered many anomalies, and the ones they did were all relatively low-level.

If Fang Yue wanted to earn more Yang Lifespan, cultivate Heart Methods, and practice Martial Techniques, he had no choice but to expand the range and stray a bit from the Official Road.

With the mobility of the Liehong Horse supporting him, Fang Yue finally began harvesting lone anomalies from the surroundings, kicking off a very different style of combat.

"How dare you, anomaly! I need you to aid my cultivation!"

"Anomaly, where do you think you're running! This is a blessing I'm bestowing upon you!"

"I want to see whether it's your head that's harder, or my blade!"

When the caravan members saw an anomaly, they avoided it like the plague.

But occasionally, when they saw Fang Yue in the distance, they would discover it was Fang Yue chasing the anomaly down.

And every time Fang Yue spotted an anomaly, he would let out an unusually delighted shout and charge in, hacking wildly.

Those anomalies that seemed utterly terrifying to them never lasted more than a few moves under Fang Yue's hand—they were cut down like melons and vegetables.

"Wife, come out and see the immortal…"

At first, seeing Fang Yue hunt anomalies terrified everyone, filling them with dread and panic.

Now, numb and calm, unfazed by what they'd grown accustomed to, they had gradually gotten used to Fang Yue using their caravan as a center point to go slaughter anomalies all around.

Lord Ye, our very own Superman…

Every morning when they woke up, they could hear Lord Ye's excited voice as he got out of bed.

"Everyone, see you in a bit, I'm going to go check around and see which anomaly got heatstroke… Ah! What a coincidence, today's jackpot is you! Oh ho! Oh ho! Nice and plump, very satisfying."

"This anomaly doesn't need chasing, this anomaly has quite the temper, this anomaly is as good as dead!"

Even without looking over there, everyone could tell what the anomaly's final fate would be.

Regardless, along this journey, with Captain Ye's vigilance, they felt for the first time that traveling through the wilderness could be so reassuring, so safe.

And Fang Yue's gains were considerable as well.

Harvesting Yang Lifespan and attribute points like a harvester, he converted them into Heart Method cultivation and Martial Arts cultivation.

The only regret was not encountering another 【Night Thief】, not being able to scrape up some 【Anomaly Realm】 progress.

In this mutually beneficial arrangement, Fang Yue's strength steadily improved.

And today, their caravan finally arrived at 【Chunuan City】.

Fang Yue took a quick glance at his battle results from this journey.

"System Notice: Congratulations to player 【Yese Liming】 on your cultivation progress. 【Tree-Coiling Heart Method】 has been raised to the second layer, internal force increased by 1000 points, deflection value increased by 400 points."

"System Notice: Congratulations to player 【Yese Liming】 on your cultivation progress. 【Shadow-Treading Step Method】 has been raised to the second layer, control value increased by 200 points, deflection value increased by 200 points."

"System Notice: Congratulations to player 【Yese Liming】 on your cultivation progress. 【Night Flow Mental Method】 has been raised to the second layer, internal force increased by 3000 points, control value increased by 800 points."

His Xiantian Realm Martial Techniques and Heart Methods had all been comprehensively improved.

The price paid was also rather steep—Fang Yue had converted nearly all the Yang Lifespan harvested along the way into cultivation.

"Name: Tree-Coiling Heart Method."

"Layer: Second layer / three layers total."

"Effect: Increases deflection value by 500 points, slightly increases Qi and Blood recovery speed."

Next…

"Name: Night Flow Mental Method."

"Layer: Second layer / three layers total."

"Effect: No attribute increase during daytime. At night, increases control value by 1000 points, avoids light from moonlight and other sources; striking in absolute darkness additionally increases control value by 500 points."

This thing actually consumed the most Yang Lifespan to cultivate, but because its efficiency was the highest, it was the one that satisfied Fang Yue the most.

And then there was the Shadow Step Method he had been diligently cultivating…

"Name: Shadow-Treading Step Method."

"Layer: Second layer / three layers total."

"Description: Tanying Erxing—can ascend to the heavens!"

"Effect: Stepping on the shadow of anything increases movement speed."

Comprehensive boost in strength!

Fang Yue was quite satisfied with this.

Yang Lifespan could be earned again once spent, especially now that killing could absorb Yang Lifespan via the 【Anomaly Spirit Root】.

Facing the great evil of Chunuan City, the righteous me cannot sit idly by!

Oh morning sun, that 【Chunuan City】 is worth a battle!

"Name: Yese Liming."

"Internal Force: 10000/10000."

"Anomaly Value: 10000/10000."

"Control: 8400 【Base: 8420】 【Status/Boost: -20】."

"Deflection: 6890 【Base: 6910】 【Status/Boost: -20】."

"Yang Lifespan: 1 year, 3 months."

After scanning his attribute list, Fang Yue marched toward Chunuan City with the group, brimming with confidence.

During this period, the only somewhat vexing thing was that matter that happened in reality.

He hadn't expected Miaofa—that is, Chen Xiaomiao—to have done such a thing.

Hopefully the 【United Front】 can suppress the situation…

Thinking of that matter in reality, Fang Yue felt an inexplicable sense of urgency and pressure, as if some high-voltage line were pushing him forward, impossible to stop now.

Since the incident with Chen Xiaomiao, things had begun to develop like a horse that had broken free of its reins, and no one knew what the future would bring.

And Yuan Jie as well… hopefully she could pull through…

Thinking of those matters he had to handle in reality while squeezing time between levelling up and travelling in the game, Fang Yue couldn't help but sigh.

Taking off in the game, but in reality it's a complete mess…

……

Qingsi County.

Many days had already passed since Fang Yue, like an earthly immortal, drew the strangeness of Mangmang Sea away from Qingsi County.

The entire Qingsi County was severely weakened after the disaster.

Even those who had taken shelter in the refuge zone, a great number of Qingsi County villagers suffered attacks from the strangeness and were drenched by Night Rain, with considerable casualties.

Of course, compared to the heavy losses of the Qingsi Department, the villagers' death toll was hardly worth mentioning.

The people erected tombstones for the martyred Tian Erjun and You Sisi, buried their bodies in the earth, and gave them a grand funeral.

And right now, the entire burden of work in Qingsi County fell on Captain Wu's shoulders.

After losing Blue-Robed and the sacrifice of a great number of White-Robed in succession, the Qingsi Department had very few people left who could be used.

Although Captain Wu was an outsider, he instead possessed the greatest leadership ability, and his strength was the most convincing to everyone.

So no one brought up any Qingsi Department rules, no one said that since Captain Wu wasn't a member of the Qingsi Department, they wouldn't follow his orders or anything like that.

Under Captain Wu's arrangements, everyone began rebuilding Qingsi County.

At the same time, more and more people, having heard the news and drawn by reputation, came over to ask what exactly had happened in Qingsi County.

As the flow of people increased, Qingsi County was slowly recovering its vitality; given time, it would surely regain its former glory.

The current low point was merely biding one's time and conserving strength.

But Captain Wu did not want to stay in Qingsi County any longer.

He wanted to hurry to 【Chunuan City】.

Many days had already passed since the day Fang Yue led the strangeness away.

He had also spent many days in Qingsi County.

(End of this chapter)