Chapter 403 Secret Manual

Seeing Yuan-jie retreat, Bai Xiaoya seemed relieved and changed the subject calmly, "...By the way, Yuan-jie, have you had breakfast yet? I made some extra boiled eggs, want to eat together?"

"Yay!!"

Seeing that there was nothing for him, Fang Yue returned to his room to play the game.

As for Jiang Yunsi, he would wait for Bai Xiaoya to tell him the time. If Bai Xiaoya didn't mention it, Fang Yue wouldn't have to think about it.

Entering the game, Fang Yue went straight to the Han residence.

"Aba aba!"

As soon as he arrived, Fang Yue saw Niu Niu running around in the courtyard of the Han residence.

"What are you doing?"

"Exercising!"

Niu Niu had become obedient and sent a message directly to Fang Yue.

After Lin Ling notified Fang Yue about escorting Physician An last night, he also went to see Niu Niu while patrolling for strange occurrences.

After failing to get any assists, this guy obediently went back to practice his marksmanship. As for his progress, that was unclear.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Fang Yue asked.

"Ye-ge, don't mention it! Marksmanship is improving so slowly. The instructor doesn't even provide a secret manual or anything, otherwise I could just learn it with one glance. Now I have to study hard with the instructor. If the movements aren't standard, the progress is slow, and it's so tiring!"

Players learn skills through NPC instruction and through secret manuals are two different methods.

Learning with an NPC is hand-to-hand guidance, with attention to every detail, but it's also a slow process. You need to learn and practice with the NPC, filling up the progress bar until you completely master it.

Learning through a secret manual is much simpler; you just read the manual and you're done.

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So far, Fang Yue has always taken the secret manual route and hasn't had to study hard with an NPC, so he naturally doesn't understand Niu Niu's hardship.

However, according to Fang Yue's understanding, most players basically don't have the opportunity to access secret manuals. If they want to learn martial arts, they can only cultivate with an NPC.

As for Niu Niu, unless he becomes a team leader, he can use his bronze longevity token to exchange for a secret manual in the guardhouse's library.

But with Niu Niu's lifespan reserves... I'm afraid even exchanging his life wouldn't be enough to make up the difference.

"Ye-ge, you mentioned selling me the *Liu Ci* (Flowing Thrust) manual before, right? I really can't take it anymore. It's too tiring to learn marksmanship like this. I can't endure this hardship."

Fang Yue didn't mind: "Five taels of silver."

Niu Niu: ?!!

"Why did the price go up? Wasn't it three taels of silver yesterday!"

"You said it yourself, that was yesterday. Prices are soaring! This is already a friendly price. Exchanging at the guardhouse would cost seven or eight days of lifespan. Or do you want to exchange lifespan with me?"

Niu Niu immediately shook his head like a rattle drum.

Just kidding, his total lifespan is only two or three days. He's just eking out a living, how could he take out seven or eight days of lifespan to exchange for a secret manual.

"Then pay up."

"Ye-ge, I don't have money! How about I give you cash?"

Cash?

Fang Yue smiled disdainfully.

I'm worth millions! I don't care about your small change.

"No cash accepted, only game coins. If you don't have them, just be envious."

Saying that, Fang Yue was about to walk inside, but Niu Niu quickly stopped him.

"Don't, don't, don't! Ye-ge, don't rush away. We can talk this over. Five taels of silver, five taels..."

Niu Niu gritted his teeth: "I, I'll find someone to help me put it together."

"Oh? That's possible. It would be best if you asked them if they have any black embers. I'm buying!"

"Ah? What is that?"

"Don't worry about it, just ask. Also, let me remind you, the *Liu Ci* manual is actually an advanced version of the *Pu Ci* (Ordinary Thrust) marksmanship. Besides requiring 10 points of dual basic attributes, it also requires a certain level of mastery of *Pu Ci* marksmanship."

"What? So troublesome..."

Niu Niu was depressed. This meant that even if he got the secret manual, he wouldn't be able to learn the *Liu Ci* marksmanship.

"You're not happy to have a complete set of marksmanship manuals? Forget it if you don't want it. Wait until you have to use your lifespan to exchange for it at the guardhouse later."

"Don't, don't, don't, I'll put it together, I'll put it together, okay?"

As he spoke, Niu Niu was already running out. In the past few days in Gu Yue Village, in addition to getting to know other players, he had also gotten to know many villagers and members of the guard team. If he asked around, he should be able to borrow five taels of silver. He could just write an IOU.

Seeing Niu Niu leave, Fang Yue continued to walk towards the Han residence.

Regardless of whether Niu Niu could raise the money, Fang Yue was prepared to arrange for Niu Niu to be in the escort team. He was a major combat force after all.

And Wu Wu also had to be brought along.

This guy, even with me supervising him in the village, he eats so slowly. If I leave the village, he'll probably just lie around like a salted fish all day. When I come back, he'll probably be out of lifespan and a dead fish.

Thinking about these things, Fang Yue arrived at the artificial hill where Lord Han was in seclusion.

It was a little embarrassing to say, Lord Han was in seclusion, and he was frequently disturbing him. That wasn't very good.

But this concerned his advancement, so forget about being shameless.

"Lord Han? Is Lord Han there? I have something I want to ask you."

Fang Yue called out twice, and the surrounding scenery suddenly blurred, the temperature dropped sharply, and when it cleared again, he was already in Lord Han's ice cave.

Lord Han's face was a little pale, and he slowly opened his eyes.

"Little Ye, what's the matter?"

"Um, Lord Han, my inner strength cultivation technique has reached level three full of the *Xing Huo* (Spark) Technique. I only need one more Houtian second-rate technique to advance, so I wanted to ask if you have any Houtian second-rate technique manuals or anything like that?"

Fang Yue asked carefully, after all, he was shamelessly asking for a technique, so he had to adopt the right attitude.

"Houtian second-rate technique manual?"

Lord Han shook his head.

"I don't have such things. Furthermore, my kung fu is not suitable for you, nor is it suitable for most people. So I can't teach you anything. Only when your strength reaches a sufficient level one day can I truly pass on something to you. Before that, you can only rely on yourself."

Alright…

Although he had expected it, Fang Yue was still a little disappointed.

He mentioned to Lord Han that he would be leaving the village tomorrow to escort Physician An, and Lord Han only reminded Fang Yue to be careful and said nothing more.

Most importantly, Lord Han also reminded Fang Yue not to disturb his seclusion too frequently.

This made Fang Yue feel even more guilty, and he repeatedly agreed and excused himself to leave.

After leaving the ice cave and returning to the artificial hill of the Han residence, Fang Yue suddenly received a system notification.

"System notification: Gu Yue Village [Han Bai]'s affection for you -1."

Fang Yue: !!!

Fang Yue shuddered and almost wanted to slap himself.

Damn! Lord Han's affection for me has decreased, this is a big deal!

No, unless it's a major event, I absolutely can't bother Lord Han anymore, this is going to be a problem!

Fang Yue was well aware that one of his greatest assets in the game was Lord Han's favoritism towards him.

If Lord Han became indifferent to him one day, then his privileges would come to an end.

He apologized to Lord Han in the direction of the artificial hill, and when there was no response, Fang Yue scratched his head in frustration and left.

As a result, he ran into Physician An head-on.

"Ye Ye! Why are you at the Han residence again? Are you here to see me? Are you feeling unwell? Let me diagnose you?"