"Can I get this month's welfare all at once now?"

"Of course, but wait until tomorrow. Everyone's busy tonight, and no one has time to deal with these trivial matters for you."

"Okay…"

Fang Yue calculated that he currently had 29 days of life essence. Adding the 10 days of life essence salary, and the reward from this mission, he had about 1 month and 10 days.

More than a month of life essence should be enough for me to break through the Xinghuo Heart Sutra (Spark Heart Sutra) to the first level, right?

And refining a weapon would be better than a rusty knife, right? Wouldn't that mean I wouldn't have to waste money repairing weapons?

Fang Yue thought as he followed Lin Ling into the Chen residence.

Then, the first thing he saw was a knife stuck in the ground.

A straight knife with a chilling glint!

"It's not broken? Then Chen Mu's death was too frustrating. He probably didn't even have time to fight..."

Lin Ling was a little surprised. She looked at the knife on the ground and the scabbard next to it, muttering to herself.

Her eyes revealed complex emotions. Finally, she pulled out the knife, observed it for a while, and then flicked her wrist, throwing it to Fang Yue behind her.

"This is Chen Mu's Lengyue Blade (Cold Moon Blade). Now that he's dead, his belongings should belong to the village. But since you're his 'disciple,' I'll just give the knife to you directly. Also, since you received this knife, I won't give you the refined weapon from the deputy captain's benefits. Do you have any objections?"

Lin Ling was waiting for Fang Yue to reply, but saw that Fang Yue had no reaction. Turning around, she saw Fang Yue staring straight at the Lengyue Blade he had just caught, his eyes shining with excitement, and he blurted out.

"A good knife!"

This wasn't a repeat performance, but really a good knife. Fang Yue almost couldn't put it down.

In his Analysis Eyes, the attributes of the knife were already displayed.

"Name: Lengyue Blade (Cold Moon Blade)."

"Level: Mortal Grade Low."

"Restrictions: None."

"Sharpness: 3 points."

"Durability: 30/30."

"Description: Cold blade like the moon, extremely sharp."

"Note: Common (for pulling up pants), just a watermelon knife."

This durability, this sharpness, I love it!

He tried to swing it twice, and it felt incredibly smooth.

"Put the knife away, let's get to work first."

Lin Ling frowned and urged.

Although she didn't want to admit it, if there really were any strange things hidden in the Chen residence, they would really need Fang Yue to take action.

Fang Yue responded and followed Lin Ling, beginning to inspect the situation inside the Chen residence.

Along the way, Fang Yue found knife marks and dismembered limbs everywhere in the Chen residence, as if it had been looted by bandits, and it was extremely chaotic.

The most terrifying thing was that the entire Chen residence, from the steward to the servants, had all died tragically, leaving no one alive!

"What a vicious ghost!"

Fang Yue couldn't help but sigh, and he felt a little fortunate in his heart.

He knew that the Chen residence's annihilation happened after he left the Chen residence. If he had left later, he might have been killed.

"Ghosts are ghosts, there's no such thing as vicious. They should all die!"

Lin Ling snorted coldly and continued to investigate.

Soon, they had searched the Chen residence and confirmed that there were no ghosts hiding.

Next was the work of the guard team members and the villagers. The two of them were only responsible for directing.

Under their direction, the cleanup of the Chen residence began.

The corpses were carried out one by one. Those who were claimed were taken back by their families to handle the funeral.

The unclaimed corpses were moved to a pile outside the village, where they would be burned and buried together.

Only Chen Mu's body was placed separately.

Chen Mu had a special status, and even if he didn't have a complete body, he would be given a grand funeral.

After all of this was done, Fang Yue and Lin Ling returned to Han Daren (Lord Han) to explain the situation of the Chen residence…

"System prompt: Congratulations to the player for completing the personal task 'Handle Chen Residence Corpses'."

"System prompt: Han Daren (Lord Han)'s favorability +1, life essence +1 day."

"Life essence: 1 month (30 days)."

Done!

Fang Yue was overjoyed. This reward was too easy and comfortable to get.

In addition, the time for the night patrol mission was also approaching. When that time came, he could hand it in and get another 6 hours of life essence as a reward.

Plus the 3 days of life essence reward that everyone had, and the outstanding performance of the night patrol mission, he estimated that he could still reap some life essence.

Fang Yue silently calculated in his heart, and then went to Han Daren (Lord Han) to accept a mission, but this time he was arranged by Han Daren (Lord Han) to sit in meditation at the earth's core.

"I asked you to sit in meditation at the earth's core for an hour every day for a week to dispel the [Night Cold Erosion]. You haven't completed today's session, have you?"

He was useless during the day and didn't go to sit, and he had to patrol at night…

Fang Yue was a little depressed, but he still obediently sat in meditation.

Listening to the stonemasons next to the earth's core engaging in intense discussions, and looking at the busy villagers in the distance, Fang Yue felt like he was an outsider.

He glanced at the time, estimating that the meditation would be over soon, and it would almost be dawn.

Fang Yue didn't care, greeted Han Daren (Lord Han), and directly began to meditate and cultivate the Xinghuo Heart Sutra (Spark Heart Sutra).

Life essence turned into assistance, and the energy of heaven and earth was drawn into his body, and internal energy began to circulate.

Small cycle, small cycle, great cycle… internal energy circulated in his body again and again.

This internal energy wasn't much at first, but as the internal breath gradually grew, from a non-existent stream of water to a small stream with a solid feeling, Fang Yue felt as if his body was gradually accepting the tempering of the internal breath, making him feel warm and comfortable all over.

This, is this a breakthrough?

Fang Yue was overjoyed and excited.

Then, he heard the system prompt.

"System prompt: Congratulations to the player for making some progress in cultivating the Xinghuo Heart Sutra (Spark Heart Sutra). Force Control +0.3."

Fang Yue: …

The excited mood suddenly cooled down.

Listening to the system prompt, he felt that the system was telling him: You're dreaming!

That's right, if it were so easy to break through the realm of internal energy cultivation techniques, players would have taken off long ago.

He opened his eyes and glanced at his attributes.

"Name: Ye Se Li Ming (Night Color Dawn)."

"Realm: Acquired Third-Rate."

"State: Ghost Curse [Right Hand]."

"Health: 200/200."

"Internal Energy: 35/35."

"Force Control: 43.3 [+20-3][26.3]."

"Force Unloading: 43 [+20-3][26]."

"Talent: Night Breathing [Human Grade High]."

"Skills: Analysis Eyes [Human Grade Low], Xinghuo Blade Technique (Spark Blade Technique) 1st Level [Acquired Third-Rate], Xinghuo Heart Sutra (Spark Heart Sutra) 1st Level [Acquired Third-Rate]."

"Life Essence: 28 days and 5 hours."

Fang Yue was used to the [Ghost Curse], and it was also expected that the Xinghuo Heart Sutra (Spark Heart Sutra) hadn't broken through the realm.

But what was going on with burning 2 days of life essence directly?

This is too…

Thinking that Niu Niu can increase by 0.7 after exercising for a day and a night, and I only increase by 0.3 after burning 2 days of life essence?

What a huge loss!

The only good thing is that it's fast. It only takes an hour of meditation to increase Force Control.

No, to be precise, it should be the time spent cultivating yesterday, plus the hour now, all added up to increase so little Force Control.

In addition, his internal energy also increased by 10 points.

Fang Yue didn't know that Niu Niu's talent [Natural Divine Power] had a bonus, and after secretly comparing, he only felt that the internal energy cultivation technique was a bit garbage.

"Just consider it for the sake of internal energy."

Fang Yue comforted himself and prepared to continue cultivating.

But before he could enter meditation, he saw a guard team member running over from afar in a panic.

"It's bad! It's bad! The village entrance… the village entrance!"

The village entrance?

Fang Yue's heart skipped a beat.

Could it be… that something happened to Divine Doctor An?