As the patriarch of the Ouyang family, personally coming to negotiate peace, the village chief shouldn't refuse to give him face, right? Yet, after waiting for several minutes, the message he received was to go back and wait for the village chief to have time.
Patriarch Ouyang was stunned. He thought he had misheard. He had lowered himself to beg an NPC, and they were acting so high and mighty.
"Cousin Jun Wan, are you sure you conveyed my message correctly?"
Dou Jun Wan replied, "I'm sorry, that's exactly what the village chief said. There's nothing I can do!"
"Alright, then I'll come back when he has time!"
A man stood quietly outside Zhang Pingfan's small courtyard.
"Knock, knock, knock!"
The courtyard gate was knocked.
Zhang Pingfan glanced at the courtyard gate.
"Youyou, go open the door!"
Zhang Pingfan patted Dou Youyou, who was sitting on him. This little girl was becoming more and more presumptuous. Why sit on him when there was a stool?
"Who is it? Could it be the patriarch of the Ouyang family looking for you now?"
"It shouldn't be. His level hasn't reached 30 yet, so he can't come here!"
Dou Youyou opened the courtyard gate in confusion.
"Senior Sister, long time no see!"
"It's you, Junior Brother. You've finally reached level 30!"
"Yes, as soon as I reached level 30, I rushed to Master's place!"
It turned out that the person who arrived was Changsheng, who had just reached level 30.
At this moment, Changsheng was dressed in white, with a long sword on his back.
He looked at Dou Youyou with a smile.
Zhang Pingfan also heard him.
"Come in quickly!"
Changsheng walked into the courtyard and gently closed the gate.
When he reached Zhang Pingfan, he knelt on both knees.
"Master, please accept this bow from your disciple, Changsheng!"
Dou Youyou was a bit bewildered by Changsheng's kneeling.
What was going on? This etiquette seemed a bit too grand. She didn't think she had ever knelt before.
Zhang Pingfan smiled and said, "Get up. You shouldn't really be thanking me, but him!"
Zhang Pingfan pointed to Hei Huang, who was tending to medicinal herbs nearby.
When Changsheng saw Hei Huang, he also bowed to him.
"Master and Senior Hei Huang are both my saviors!"
Hei Huang smiled and said, "These were all Master's instructions. I was merely following orders!"
Dou Youyou, standing aside, was somewhat confused. What was happening?
Zhang Pingfan helped Changsheng, who was kneeling on the ground, to his feet.
In fact, the two were of similar age, and seeing him kneel like this made Zhang Pingfan feel rather uncomfortable.
"Master, what is going on?"
Changsheng said, "Let me explain. I was a terminal cancer patient. Even this game wasn't of much use to me, only able to slow my death. But Master's appearance changed everything. Under Master's instructions, Hei Huang and City Lord Ping Jiang worked together to cure me. Now I can walk freely and possess extraordinary abilities. All of this comes from Master!"
Dou Youyou looked at Changsheng with horror.
This game could indeed strengthen the body, but curing terminal cancer was absolutely impossible. If it could do that, who would need to go to the doctor?
Seeing Dou Youyou's disbelieving eyes.
Changsheng knew that no one would believe such a story.
"Senior Sister, just treat it as a story. My life was given to me by Master!"
Zhang Pingfan smiled, "It's not as serious as you make it out to be. It was your willpower that allowed you to overcome the illness. I just helped things along!"
Changsheng looked at Zhang Pingfan with deep gratitude.
"From now on, whatever Master asks me to do, I will obey without question!"
Dou Youyou leaned against Zhang Pingfan and whispered.
"Master, you are too amazing. You can even do this!"
"Do you want to see something even more amazing your Master can do?"
Dou Youyou's small face instantly turned red.
"Pervert!"
Zhang Pingfan spread his hands and said, "I didn't say anything. You're the one who misunderstood!"
"Changsheng, tomorrow go and test your awakening rating!"
"Yes, Master!"
"Nangong Qingyu from your Nangong family is your junior sister. How is she doing now?"
Changsheng said, "The patriarch intends to keep us apart, seemingly afraid we'll collude. However, our family's treatment has improved considerably recently."
Zhang Pingfan said, "Alright. So, are you planning to join the Eternal Myth guild or the Nangong guild?"
Changsheng did not hesitate.
"Master, since I am your disciple, I will naturally join the Eternal Myth guild. This is beyond doubt!"
However, Changsheng joining the Eternal Myth guild now was clearly not logical.
"Let's forget about it for now. We can still use the Nangong family for a while. You join the Nangong guild first. Why isn't your Nangong family paying any attention to guild tokens? Those three families have united against Eagle. What are your Nangong family's plans?"
Changsheng said, "The patriarch held a meeting yesterday to discuss this issue. Perhaps because of Master's relationship, their current primary goal is to level up and get equipment. As for the guild token, they don't seem to care about it, as if they are waiting for Master to arrange it for them later!"
Zhang Pingfan stroked his chin.
He did want to utilize the Nangong family's guild in the future.
But now it seemed the other party was also calculating their own moves.
"In that case, you infiltrate the Nangong guild first. If there's any news, report it directly to your senior sister. As for what happens next, I'll think about it!"
"Understood!"
The next morning, Changsheng headed to the awakening test rating center.
Accompanying him was Nangong Jingtian, the patriarch of the Nangong family.
Finally, this kid reached level 30. I didn't expect him to level up so quickly. I thought it would take some more time. What surprised me even more was that this kid's body had completely recovered.
I must make good use of this card. I wonder what the results of today's test will be.
Dou Youyou is currently the only Heavenly tier. There are fewer than 10 Earth tiers recorded so far.
Nangong Zhenghao is the village chief's disciple, so he shouldn't be too bad, right? He should at least be an Earth tier.
"Good, you'll have to try your best later. Even if you can't catch up to Dou Youyou, you can't fall behind others. You can't disgrace your Master's name!"
Changsheng nodded. Of course, he wouldn't let his master lose face.
When Nangong Jingtian brought Nangong Zhenghao to the testing center.
As the patriarch of the Nangong family, he clearly had good connections here.
"Patriarch Nangong, you're here. This must be the village chief's second disciple, Nangong Zhenghao!"
"That's right, this is my boy. Zhenghao, you have to give it your all later!"
"Yes!"
A few minutes later, with a dull sound.
Changsheng's awakening rating was also displayed.
For a moment, everyone present was astonished.