Chapter 14 Disturbance

The homeless? Robbery?

Fang Yue raised his eyelids and, sure enough, saw a figure running this way.

"Niu Niu."

"Aba aba!"

Niu Niu stepped forward, blocking the person’s path.

"Get out of the way!"

The man roared, pulling out a dagger from who knows where and charging toward Niu Niu.

He didn’t even bother to assess Niu Niu’s size.

Before the man could get close, Niu Niu punched him in the face.

With a thud, the man’s eyes rolled back, and he collapsed to the ground, nose bleeding profusely.

When he looked up again, he retreated backward with both hands and feet, a look of horror on his face.

The guy seemed to realize only then what Niu Niu's exaggerated height of over two meters meant.

Seeing this, the crowd's expressions changed.

"What terrifying strength!"

"This guy… is strong!"

"Who are they?!"

Most of the people in the inn were new players who had just entered the game today.

Seeing Niu Niu's terrifying strength, they were shocked.

"Aba aba!"

Niu Niu seemed to sense the gazes of others and roared excitedly, forgetting to continue the attack, giving the robber a chance to breathe.

The guards arrived at this moment, panting, "Th-thank you, Vice Captain Ye, for stopping him!"

"Mm."

Fang Yue glanced at them, then walked away with Niu Niu.

It was just a small interlude.

Whether it was Fang Yue or Niu Niu, their attributes were on a completely different level compared to ordinary players. There was simply no comparison.

However, with such a large influx of players into Guyue Village, and the allocation of work not going well, many players had started thinking of crooked ways, and the security had deteriorated significantly.

As the vice-captain of the guard team, Fang Yue, in theory, would be completing a patrol mission by catching these troublemaking players.

However, there were basically no rewards, so it was considered part of his job.

Therefore, Fang Yue had no interest in it at all. However, seeing that Niu Niu seemed quite excited just now, he could hand over the work to him. Anyway, that guy was just a formal member, and patrol missions were what he was supposed to be doing, only needing to listen to his arrangements.

After Fang Yue walked around Guyue Village and casually resolved another incident of players causing trouble, he returned directly to the guard station.

"Niu Niu, continue to carry out the patrol mission."

"Aba aba?"

Niu Niu looked at Fang Yue in confusion, seeming to ask what Fang Yue was going to do while he was patrolling.

"I'll stay here."

"Aba?"

"Don't ask so many questions. After circling around just now, and having you resolve a few security incidents, the guards basically recognize you. Even without me, they’ll know you're with me, so there won't be any problems."

Mainly, Niu Niu was tall, uniquely shaped, and only knew how to say "aba aba," making him easily recognizable.

So, even though he had only walked around once, most of the guards in the village already knew Niu Niu.

As for Fang Yue himself, without dealing with strange occurrences, he had no patience for patrolling.

After urging Niu Niu to leave, Fang Yue took out the Cold Moon Blade and went to the courtyard to practice the Water Heaven Sword Technique.

This was the first time Fang Yue had formally practiced the Water Heaven Sword Technique, and it felt completely different from practicing casually on horseback.

After practicing the Water Heaven Sword Technique completely, Fang Yue had a deeper understanding of it.

Without stopping, Fang Yue began practicing the second time after finishing the first.

Time passed, and at noon, Fang Yue, covered in sweat, suddenly felt a surge of energy.

[System Notification: Congratulations to the player for making slight progress in cultivating the *Water Heaven Sword Technique*. Control +0.1.]

It increased! It finally increased!

It's just… the increase is so small.

Fang Yue seemed to feel the arduous process of ordinary players increasing their attributes. It was truly tormenting and painful.

Hard cultivation was truly hard cultivation.

A drop of sweat for a drop of effort, only to exchange for a 0.1 increase in attributes.

At this moment, not to mention others, even Fang Yue was a little envious of Wu Wu's talent of increasing attributes by eating things.

Putting away his thoughts, Fang Yue logged out of the game.

Back in reality, Fang Yue was about to order some takeout.

Suddenly, he smelled a very fragrant aroma coming from outside the door.

Fang Yue was stunned.

Having lived with Yuan-jie for a long time, Fang Yue had come to understand her work schedule.

At this time of day, Yuan-jie would be at work, not at home.

That's why he was planning to order takeout to solve his meal problem.

But now someone was actually cooking outside?

Opening the door in confusion, he saw Bai Xiaoya tinkering with something in the kitchen.

Seeming to hear the sound, she suddenly turned her head. When she saw it was Fang Yue, she said calmly, "Want to eat together?"

"Uh…"

Fang Yue rubbed his hungry stomach and nodded, "Yes."

Fang Yue approached and found that Bai Xiaoya was making stir-fried bean sprouts with pork, and there were also stewed ribs simmering next to it.

On the table were two freshly cooked vegetarian dishes: hot and sour cabbage and stir-fried shiitake mushrooms.

"Need any help?"

"Help me serve the rice."

"Okay."

After last night's events, Bai Xiaoya's attitude toward Fang Yue had clearly improved a lot.

Fang Yue served the rice and set out the bowls and chopsticks.

After waiting for a while, Bai Xiaoya also finished stir-frying the dishes, brought out the soup, and sat down next to Fang Yue.

"Let's eat."

"Okay."

Fang Yue couldn't wait any longer.

However, out of courtesy, he waited for everyone to be seated before starting to eat.

Without being polite, Fang Yue went straight for the meat dishes, eating large bites of meat and vegetables, like a whirlwind sweeping away the clouds. Before long, he added another bowl of rice and continued eating.

Bai Xiaoya, on the other hand, was clearly eating in a very refined manner, taking small bites, neither hurried nor slow.

This formed a stark contrast with Fang Yue next to her. If it were someone with a thinner face, they might not have been embarrassed to continue eating so voraciously.

But Fang Yue didn't care. After a satisfying meal, he finally stopped.

"Tell me when you're done, and I'll clean up the dishes."

"No need. I am very grateful for last night's events. You don't need to trouble yourself with such small matters as washing dishes."

Fang Yue thought she was being polite, but after saying a few more sentences, he realized she was serious.

"Then… I'll go back to my room?"

"Yes, Mr. Fang, please attend to your own matters."

Just as Fang Yue was about to return to his room, Bai Xiaoya couldn't help but touch the emerald jade pendant hanging around her neck, lost in thought. Suddenly, she spoke.

"Mr. Fang, in a few days, I would like to go to a place. Could I ask you to accompany me?"

Fang Yue stopped and turned back in confusion, "You're going out? Aren't you afraid of encountering that kind of thing again?"

The kind of thing Fang Yue was referring to was strange occurrences.

However, he didn't know how much Bai Xiaoya knew about the situation, and he didn't want to reveal too much information about himself, so he spoke vaguely.

"Of course I'm afraid, so I would like to ask you to accompany me for protection."

“…Where do you want to go?"

"Jiangyun Temple."

"That's a bit far."

"Helicopter transfer, we'll be back within half a day."

Helicopter…

Damn it! The rich can really do whatever they want!

Fang Yue hesitated, because of last night's experience, he was worried about encountering strange occurrences again, but soon, he changed his mind.

"Ten million? I'll take this job! Just let me know when we're leaving!"