"Can't catch anyone? Not even a small thief?"

Fang Yue looked suspicious. "Not even Lin Ling? Han-daren can't catch him either?"

"How is that possible!"

The man immediately said, "Not to mention the team leaders, even the deputy team leaders have the ability to catch him. It's just that Han-daren said that stealing is also a skill. As long as he doesn't cross the line, we can turn a blind eye."

Oh… special talent re-employment. No wonder he survived.

Fang Yue was wondering how such a united Guyue Village could possibly have a thief still alive. He should have been caught and beaten to death long ago.

Although that person was let go, the others looked at Tangcu Lao Paigu (Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs) with disgust.

Tangcu Lao Paigu clasped his fist in salute and apologized with a smile, before being driven out of the talent market in disgrace.

However, many players were envious and jealous of Tangcu Lao Paigu.

According to their understanding, Tangcu Lao Paigu had found a backer, a master, and transitioned to a thief, starting a dual-blade dagger build.

This was much better than them, these unemployed youths!

As for a bad reputation? Disliked by the villagers? Who cares about that crap!

No, someone really did care.

Tangcu Lao Paigu cared a lot.

Looking at the system notification, he was close to tears.

"System Notification: Guyue Village Guard Team Squad Leader [Chang Santie] has -1 favorability towards you."

"System Notification: Guyue Village Guard Team Official Member [Wen Tiantu] has -1 favorability towards you."

"System Notification: Guyue Village Guard Team Official Member [Jian Yinchun] has -1 favorability towards you."

"System Notification: Guyue Village Guard Team Official Member [Long Tianming] has -1 favorability towards you."

If these system notifications only popped up once, it would be fine.

The problem was that for Tangcu Lao Paigu, he saw these notifications popping up repeatedly, and his favorability was dropping like crazy.

It was as if every time those guards looked at him, his favorability would drop by ‘-1’, and another look would cause it to drop by another ‘-1’.

His favorability was plummeting, it was already good that they didn't directly attack him!

No wonder, no wonder that old beggar insisted on keeping their master-disciple relationship a secret. This was where the trap was!

When Tangcu Lao Paigu passed by Fang Yue, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Because he discovered that this NPC, Fang Yue, didn't seem to have decreased his favorability towards him.

But it was strange, why did this guy find him pleasing to the eye? Didn't the old beggar say that no one in the village liked him? As soon as they knew he was his disciple, he would definitely be ostracized by everyone.

Could it be… that he was one of them too?

Tangcu Lao Paigu recalled Fang Yue's sharp eyes that had instantly noticed his agile figure climbing the wall, and suddenly felt that Fang Yue was one of his own, that they had a soul resonance of petty theft.

Hmph! Hypocrite, pretending to be all proper, but one point of favorability betrayed you!

Just as Tangcu Lao Paigu was thinking, the system notification suddenly popped up again.

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"System Notification: The majority of Guyue Village villagers dislike the player, [Guyue Village] ill will +5."

Tangcu Lao Paigu: !?

No way, Guyue Village was going to reject him? He couldn't be kicked out of the village, he heard there was no way to survive outside.

Thinking of this, Tangcu Lao Paigu quickly sped up his pace, out of sight, out of mind.

Sure enough, once he was out of sight, the prompts about decreasing favorability disappeared without a trace.

Blending into the night, Tangcu Lao Paigu pondered what to do next.

The old beggar said to look for him after dawn, and he would help arrange his lifespan assignment, so he didn't need to worry.

But what about before dawn? Where should he go to improve his stats, get some equipment or something?

As he walked, Tangcu Lao Paigu realized that he had unknowingly left the talent market quite a distance away.

The surroundings were dark, visibility was low, and he could only make out the road with the faint moonlight.

There was no way he could have the same light as the soulfire torches provided by the guards.

Just then, Tangcu Lao Paigu noticed that there seemed to be… a figure ahead, holding something?

A ghoul?!

Tangcu Lao Paigu was shocked and looked closer. He saw that the figure was holding something that looked like… a bloody human skin!

Hiss&

Fang Yue had a look of utter confusion. Did this place even have Huazi cigarettes?

"Oh, no, I'm just used to smoking Huazi… Um, brother, I heard you're from the guard team. Can you tell me how to join? I want to sneak in and get some lifespan, learn some martial arts, and increase my stats."

"Figure it out yourself."

"Don't be like that, big brother, help me get into the guard team, and I'll tell you where the guy who offended you is right now."

"The guy who offended me?"

"Yeah, that old habitual thief's disciple, Tangcu Lao Paigu. He's my roommate! I'll sell you his location, just don't say I told you. Let's make a deal, a win-win situation. The guard team should have rewards for catching thieves, right?" The skinny monkey chuckled.

Under normal village circumstances, there should be rewards for catching thieves.

But in Guyue Village… it probably wasn't going to happen. Han-daren was so permissive, what was there to catch?

Waving his hand, Fang Yue was about to leave.

"Big brother? Big brother? If we can't make a deal, let's at least be friends. You can think about it and give me a price!"

A friend request was sent over, and Fang Yue saw that he was so persistent, so he just accepted it.

[Shuizhong zhi Shui] (Water in Water)? What kind of name is that? Even more hickish than my ID!

Leaving the talent market, Fang Yue wandered around for a while, but didn't encounter any ghouls, so he went to the Han residence in disappointment.

"Niu Niu? Are you there? I've come to see you."

Fang Yue sent a message to Niu Niu, but Niu Niu didn't respond.

Guess he was offline.

This guy went offline even when he was recovering from his injuries, what was wrong with him.

Seeing that the people in the Han residence were basically asleep and resting, with only servants on night watch, Fang Yue was too embarrassed to go in.

Bypassing the Han residence, Fang Yue returned to the guard station. As soon as he stepped into the courtyard, he saw Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu (Pale Sky Paper Kite Dance) lying on the ground as if he was about to die. Suddenly, he shuddered and scrambled up, crawling frantically towards Fang Yue on all fours.

"Ye-ge! Ye-ge, save me! Wuwuwu! I'll eat! Can't I eat? I didn't have a choice before, but now I want to eat things to increase my stats! Let me eat, please! I'll never practice martial arts again!!"

Ah, this?