Chapter 677: Resources Delivered (9/10, Autumn Subscription)

Fang Yue infiltrated the Tianshang Alliance alone, fighting solo, maneuvering, and fleeing.

Under conditions of certain strength, this is relatively easy to accomplish.

But bringing along An Dong'er, who has little strength… in most cases, she would be seen by others as his weak point and targeted first, with an extremely high probability of death, and Fang Yue himself might even be dragged down and killed together in the ambush.

Fang Yue never thought An Dong'er had any strength; according to the Martial Captain, although An Dong'er was exceptionally gifted, at the time of separation she was merely a Postnatal Realm martial artist.

Under circumstances of being forcibly captured and imprisoned, how could she have any chance to improve her strength?

Calculating under current conditions, the outcome would naturally be grim.

But if I could break through the Human Level all at once, and leap directly from Human Level Low to Human Level Mid, the situation would be completely different!

Based on my current combat power.

At Human Level Low, I can fight against Human Level High. And at Human Level Mid… Fang Yue would have absolute confidence to storm the Tianshang Alliance's base and safely retrieve An Dong'er.

But this is pure fantasy.

Fang Yue hasn't even broken through the Human Level yet, hasn't learned Lord Han's legacy, and now he's dreaming of Human Level Mid… his thoughts are far too distant.

Also, if the Parchment could awaken, the situation could still be reversed.

Unfortunately, since last time it exhausted its power, the Parchment has slept soundly.

Though never mentioned, in reality every morning and night when Fang Yue wakes up and goes to sleep, he silently greets the Parchment with "good morning" and "good night," hoping to trick her into waking up.

Yet after persisting this long, the Parchment still shows no response; it's unlikely she'll awaken in the short term.

And besides this straightforward method of forcibly storming the 【Tianshang Alliance】 base to rescue the person,

another way to save her is… to participate in the 【Martial Duel】!

That's right! Participate in the 【Martial Duel】, win the final victory in a legitimate manner, and reclaim An Dong'er!

Though we don't know why the Phoenix Organization abandoned An Dong'er, or what she suffered, as long as she's still alive, and I can keep her close and care for her, it counts as doing something for the Divine Doctor, and at the very least I won't leave him without an heir.

Compared to the method of forcibly storming the Tianshang Alliance's residence, winning An Dong'er back through the Martial Duel is a lower-risk, higher-success-rate plan.

Because according to Yang Hongxia, in past 【Martial Duels】, high-level Human Realm warriors rarely compete; most often, the upper limit of combat power is Low or Mid Human Realm.

With Fang Yue's strength, whether Low or Mid Human Realm, he can crush them all; winning the championship is no problem.

With a plan in mind, Fang Yue began to calm his mind and cultivate.

As for Tai Yuema, the Phoenix Organization's Rabbit Seat, since An Dong'er has already been found, there's no rush to drag him out.

Compared to Tai Yuema, Fang Yue cares more about the black ring above his head—he's already swallowed one pill.

This is taking medicine in broad daylight, without 【Night Flow】 to relieve the pressure, so the number of pills taken during the day is limited; accumulating too much leads to poison that shortens lifespan.

Taking a deep breath, Fang Yue began practicing his Martial Technique, his figure darting and turning within the room.

When night fell, he began practicing the 【Night Flow Mental Method】 and 【Shadow Blade Technique】.

Time passed quickly.

After one night, under the support of his extremely high Comprehension, Fang Yue made encouraging progress and felt he could soon break through both.

By day, Fang Yue wandered around 【Chunuan City】 gathering information while following shadows to practice Shadow Step.

When the sunset fell and he returned to the inn, he found Dou Hongyi waiting for a long time.

"Senior!"

Fang Yue walked slowly from behind, feigning profundity.

"Senior, here are yesterday's rewards for the Night Thief leaders; as for those not yet confirmed, they will be delivered together once verified."

"Mm. Leave the items here."

Fang Yue estimated—it was just a few small boxes, felt the quantity was small, and wondered what quality the contents might be.

"Then… then I'll take my leave…"

Dou Hongyi clearly wanted to say something but held back, stifled by Fang Yue's indifferent attitude.

After he walked a distance away, he turned back unwillingly and called out loudly: "Senior, in a few days the 【Martial Duel】 begins—if you're interested in watching, just send someone to Qing Si to call me!"

He still wanted to build a good relationship with Fang Yue.

At this point, Fang Yue had roughly confirmed that Dou Hongyi likely had no connection to the Phoenix Organization.

Otherwise, with the Phoenix Organization's intelligence network, they should have long known that the one who destroyed Dongliu Mountain was actually him.

After all, when he was slashing wildly at Dongliu Mountain, he already had the black ring above his head—his signature was quite distinct.

I hope Dou Hongyi, upon learning the truth, won't fly into a rage and come after me…

As for these rewards from wiping out the Night Thief leaders, they are all rightfully mine; there's no need to feel ashamed.

He put everything away, and amid the stares and whispered gossip of others, returned to his room.

Closing the doors and windows, he took out all the rewards from the Night Thief leader extermination.

The items were actually numerous, broadly falling into three categories.

The first was secular gold rewards, which allowed Fang Yue to live without worrying about food or drink.

The second was pills: cultivation pills, healing pills, pills that slightly extended lifespan, and more.

This part was the most surprising to Fang Yue; with these pills, his cultivation progress could climb another level.

The third category was more varied and miscellaneous, covering many areas.

The most obvious were books: travel diaries, observations, or records of new cultivation methods. Among them were also some 【Chunuan City】-surrounding mining industry Documents previously seized by Night Thieves, given to Fang Yue as rewards.

This mineral isn't merely an asset; the ore produced can be exchanged with Chunuan City's martial artists for Black Stones.

Such substances, which offer tangible cultivation benefits and also serve as currency in the cultivation world, are never too abundant.

But to make the mining operation run, Fang Yue must hire people himself to operate, manage, and cover daily expenses.

This would be quite troublesome to handle.

Fang Yue suspected Dou Hongyi intended to use this part to build a relationship with him.

After all, he's familiar with these industries; finding people to reactivate the abandoned mines once held by Night Thieves would be simple.

However, when it came to Dou Hongyi, whom he had already used and discarded, Fang Yue would stay as far away as possible — once Dou Hongyi learned the truth, he would probably come to tear him apart with his bare hands.

Unfortunately, the black ring atop his head had already been discovered by him, otherwise switching to a different identity could have spared him a lot of trouble.

As for the mining business, Fang Yue planned to find time to hand this thing over to Yang Hongxia of Dayang Fu and have her send people to handle it, so he could simply reap the rewards without lifting a finger — he had no time to waste on such trivial matters.

(End of Chapter)