"For example?"

Fang Yue looked strange, feeling that you had quite a few tricks up your sleeve to trick him into leaving.

As Fang Yue was thinking, the words on the parchment jumped out.

[I am Fang Yue, I am dead, the 'Equal' contract is automatically dissolved.]

[The great and noble Parchment Lord is free again!]

[Freedom forever!]

Having eaten and drunk its fill, the parchment began yearning for freedom again, clearly not having suffered enough beatings from society.

Fang Yue's face darkened.

"If you dare to screw me over for freedom, I'll tear you up before I die!"

[The great and noble Parchment Lord possesses a high degree of contractual spirit and will never breach the contract!]

"It better be."

Fang Yue snorted.

But... so if I'm killed, the parchment is fine, immediately becomes a free agent, and can run away?

But the parchment was already a free agent when I picked it up.

So, the way to解除契约 (jiechú qìyuē) (dissolve the contract) definitely isn't just the death of the contractor.

This guy... is very dishonest.

Dangerous signals flashed in Fang Yue's eyes. Although he didn't feel anything, the parchment suddenly seemed to shiver.

[Reading Benefits] Here's a cash红包 (hóngbāo) (red envelope) for you! Follow the vx public account [Book Friends Base Camp] to receive it!

[Strange, Fang Yue seems very gloomy today, very gloomy!]

"...I can see that."

[Wuwuwu, even the right to badmouth people behind their backs is gone, what's the point of living? The great and noble Parchment Lord is crying, sobbing.]

Enough is enough!

Fang Yue's face darkened again, and he ignored it and entered the game.

...

In the game, Fang Yue opened his eyes.

He skillfully used the Ningtai (凝态) Ring to 'make fire'. After failing to light it twice, he started his habitual training.

The so-called habitual training is to occasionally grasp the rhythm, pour in internal force, and make fire.

Through this training, he improves his control over internal force, so he is constantly improving his strength.

It's just that this improvement isn't reflected in the data; it's a hidden benefit.

It was still late at night. Since he was leaving the village tomorrow morning, Fang Yue had people counting the personnel and supplies overnight. Now, he could go check on the progress.

He left the room and went downstairs.

Unexpectedly, he was greeted by Wei Ba and Ni Dongmei, who looked like a bodyguard.

"Ye-ge!"

"Yeah."

Fang Yue responded.

Ni Dongmei glanced at the ring on his hand, which had failed to produce a spark, and couldn't help but curl her lip.

"So stupid. I really don't know how he raised his strength with this aptitude."

Fang Yue: ???

"Ni Dongmei-daren, I can't pretend I didn't hear that."

"The fact that I, Fang Yue, can climb to this position and strength step by step is, of course, all thanks to my own diligence and effort!"

That's right! At most, plus a little bit of [Night's Breath] help!

I, Fang Yue, am such a diligent and talented man!

Ni Dongmei originally wanted to criticize Fang Yue.

But remembering the guards in Mo Village and those ordinary people, she could only say, "Compared to those good-for-nothings who only know how to sleep in the middle of the night, you are indeed considered diligent."

Hmph! Of course! The early bird gets the worm, and the diligent person gets stronger early!

"By the way, Ni Dongmei-daren, are you here to give me a farewell gift?"

Ni Dongmei looked at Fang Yue with disdain: "It's not dawn yet. Go back to bed and dream."

"...If you don't have one, you don't have one, why are you so poisonous..."

Depressed, Fang Yue went to find the vice-captain and Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu.

"Ye-ge, I thought you'd be lying down until tomorrow."

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu, who was giving orders, saw Fang Yue jumping over.

Although she had the entry token for the Jibing (极冰) Sect, she didn't have the strength, so she could only pretend it didn't exist.

According to her idea, she reckoned that she would go participate after she became stronger in the future. Anyway, Ni Dongmei hadn't said there was a time limit.

There was nothing to say about supplies.

Compared to when they came, the convoy had expanded two or three times, with several large carriages borrowed for use, making it a super large purchase.

One trip, just the profits brought by the circulation of materials, would be enough for everyone in the escort team to make a fortune.

Fang Yue was also waiting to sell the ink ore when he returned, to make a big profit.

While 'making fire', he helped Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu count the data, and Wei Ba also came over to help.

She knew that Fang Yue was leaving tomorrow, and it took her a long time to convince Ni Dongmei to let her out for a while.

It was okay for Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu; after saying goodbye in the game, they would still see each other every day in reality.

But it was hard to say for Fang Yue. They hadn't even added each other's real-life contact information, just game friends.

If they were far apart and couldn't contact each other, there would really be no news.

It wasn't easy to make a friend, and Wei Ba didn't want to drift apart for this reason.

"Um... Ye-ge, should we exchange contact information?"

"Sure."

Fang Yue exchanged phone numbers with her, and Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu next to her became restless.

"I want it too! I want it too!"

Since Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu already had Wei Ba's phone number, she just exchanged numbers with Fang Yue.

"After I get to the Jibing Sect, don't forget about me, I'll report the situation to you every day!"

Wei Ba was still very reluctant to leave them, but she couldn't give up such a great opportunity as the Jibing Sect.

According to Ni Dongmei, a high-end place like the Jibing Sect definitely wouldn't have any vagrants.

Unlike small places like villages, sects, under normal circumstances, would not take in useless vagrants.

Fang Yue estimated that this was also why the system would put a lot of vagrants near the village as starting points.

While chatting, they lightly counted the number of people.

Soon, Fang Yue froze.

"Why is Miao Fa on the list? Cross it out, cross it out. She was taken in by Divine Physician An and can't return to Guyue Village."

Miao Fa was Chen Xiaomiao. If Divine Physician An didn't let go, and Fang Yue didn't intercede, this guy was destined to be a servant of the An family in Mo Village.

"Ye-ge, don't you know? She's a free agent now and has been taken in as a disciple by Captain Wu. Although I haven't asked yet, she should want to return to Guyue Village with us."

"There's such a thing?"

Fang Yue was stunned. This silly Captain Wu took in a yin-yang person as a disciple. Was he a masochist? Did he like being tortured by yin-yang language every day?

Fang Yue couldn't imagine anyone who would like to keep such a person around.

As he was thinking, someone outside suddenly shouted, "Captain Wu is here!"

Fang Yue: !!!

Speak of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao arrives?

Looking at the door, Captain Wu was coming over with a woman, who was none other than Chen Xiaomiao.

This guy didn't know what was wrong, but she seemed dazed and pale as death.

Fang Yue estimated that if a fortune teller came along at this time, they could trick her into giving up her undergarments.

"Captain Ye!" Captain Wu raised his hand.

"Captain Wu."

Fang Yue returned the greeting.

"Sorry to disturb you late at night. I just heard that you are leaving tomorrow. It's a pity that you are in such a hurry to leave, even though the election for the third captain of Mo Village is only a few days away."