Chapter 93: Miss Ma Qi Is the Greatest in the World

Fang Yue:??!

Does this mean feeding the parchment 【Black Ember】 will let it answer one question?

Fang Yue looked at the only 1g of Black Ember in his backpack, and the 【Silver Stone】 beside it.

He took out 1g of Black Ember and stared at the parchment in confusion.

"You don't even have a mouth—how do you eat? And this isn't even a question."

Text immediately appeared on the parchment.

【I poured Black Ember onto Lord Parchment, and Lord Parchment happily ate it up!】

Ash mixed with parchment?

Fang Yue scattered the Black Ember onto the parchment.

The next moment, a bizarre scene appeared.

The grains of Black Ember, the instant they touched the parchment, melted like objects meeting molten lava, flowing instantly into the parchment.

So fast—whatever amount of Black Ember Fang Yue scattered, the parchment swallowed exactly that much, without a single pause.

It looked like a starving ghost who'd just spotted a full Manchu-Han banquet, devouring ravenously!

The 1g of Black Ember was quickly consumed, and only then did the parchment slowly reveal one character on its surface.

【What a rush!】

Fang Yue's face darkened.

"Now that you're full, get to work—tell me, why can you appear in the game? What exactly are you? And what help can you offer me in the game?"

This time, the parchment didn't drag its feet—it seemed so delighted from eating that it forgot its earlier one-for-one condition, and text appeared again.

【I am Fang Yue, and I, the humble one, signed the most vicious, most unequal contract in history with the great and noble Lord Parchment; my soul is bound to the great Lord Parchment, so when entering the game, the great Lord Parchment could follow me along.】

【In the game, the lowly and ignorant me, terrified by the supreme and glorious Lord Parchment, knelt reverently and asked what identity the Lord Parchment held; the Lord Parchment told me it was the supreme, unique, unparalleled, unrivaled Rain-Class Apparition!】

【I trembled and begged the supreme and glorious Lord Parchment to help the lowly, wretched me through my trials.】

【The benevolent and kind Lord Parchment agreed—if I offered things the Lord Parchment found interesting, such as Black Ember or similar entities, the Lord Parchment would, depending on the situation, grant me opportunities to find the right path when lost.】

……Just state the facts plainly—can you stop adding so many flowery adjectives? You're just a parchment with a tiny vocabulary!

But… the parchment is a Rain-Class Apparition? That truly startled Fang Yue.

Though he didn't know what an Apparition was, he understood the Rain-Class rank—it was roughly equivalent to Lord Han's level.

Couldn't tell at all!

Such a tiny parchment, and yet it's this powerful!

Fang Yue happily examined the parchment in the game, but sadly, after eating the Black Ember, it showed no change—it felt exactly the same as the real-world one.

Using the Analysis Pupil revealed nothing—not even a prompt appeared.

A Human-Level skill trying to probe a Rain-Class Apparition? Nothing came out. Impressive, impressive—must be the real thing.

Fang Yue was pleased inside, but he didn't quite understand the last sentence.

"I get everything else—what does 'grant opportunities to find the right path when lost' mean? Speak plainly. You're not smart to begin with, why keep pretending to be poetic?"

The parchment seemed angry—the text vanished quickly, ignoring Fang Yue.

"Come on, come on—I gave you Black Ember already, and I'm so strong, killing Apparitions is easy—I'll get you even more Black Ember, maybe even Black Stone, to eat."

The parchment was tempted, as if weighing whether to raise the price.

Finally, seeing Fang Yue's fledgling state, it decided not to exploit him yet.

【The foolish me, unable to even read characters, humbly begs the great Lord Parchment to explain the divine decree.】

【Lord Parchment told me: whenever I face trouble or wish to do something, I need only take out Lord Parchment and offer the sweetest sacrifice—Lord Parchment will then provide relevant information. Even when facing mortal danger in the game, if I offer sufficient sacrifice, the great Lord Parchment, in its mercy, will overlook my lowliness and find me a path to survival in despair.】

That's exactly the same as the parchment's function in the real world!

The only difference is, in the real world, the parchment almost always appeared to say either "I'm about to die" or "Someone else is about to die."

But the game and the real world are different—applying this function in the game… could avoid countless dangers!

After all, real-world dangers are just natural disasters or human calamities—most ordinary people never encounter one in their lifetime.

But in the game… danger lurks everywhere!

No! Wait!

Fang Yue narrowed his eyes, suspiciously asking: "Didn't we sign a contract? When I'm in danger, shouldn't you help me unconditionally? Why are you now asking for extra payment?"

The parchment seemed angry.

【The foolish me thought that, by virtue of the contract, the great Lord Parchment would help him unconditionally.】

【But this is a grave mistake—the foolish me will one day pay the price for such stupidity!】

Oh come on! Now you've got a temper!

Fang Yue shouted: "I've decided—I'm going into the wilds to challenge 【Yuhan zhi shi】, to challenge countless Apparitions!"

As he spoke, he fixed his gaze on the parchment.

But the parchment remained completely silent.

Huh…?

Is my determination not strong enough? Or does it require actual action before it responds?

After thinking, Fang Yue said: "I'm going on night patrol now—it's the second half of the night. Will I encounter Apparitions? Will Lin Ling break my legs for being this late? I'm going to tell Lin Ling right to his face that I like Hua Wuye—I'm going to pursue Hua Wuye… oh no, wait—I'm already Lord Han's heir, so I'll challenge him to a fight to the death!"

Even without considering whether he'd meet Apparitions at night, just mentioning to Lin Ling that he was Lord Han's heir would likely get Fang Yue beaten.

Beaten? Well, the danger's small—but still danger! The parchment can't possibly refuse to help me now, right?

As Fang Yue thought this, his face lit up—he saw text finally reappear on the parchment.

But the next instant, his joy froze.

Because the parchment's text read—

【Heheheh! The corpse is talking!】

My mood has recovered, so I made a book group, group number: 942, 610, 172. If you like this book, feel free to join the group to chat.

Next, thanks to the great author of *Shao Song*, Liudan Pa Shui, for the chapter recommendation — a deep bow!

Recommending the great author's book *Shao Song*!!

I won't post a link for Old Garbled Code, but if you like historical fiction you absolutely have to read it — it's super good!

(End of this chapter)