Chapter 12 Yangshou

What Fang Yue lacked most right now was yangshou (lifespan).

After a night of fighting, his yangshou had been severely depleted.

Not to mention cultivating the Xinghuo Heart Technique and using the Xinghuo Blade Technique, both of which consumed yangshou.

So, the more yangshou, the better.

Accept the task.

"System prompt: Congratulations to the player for accepting the personal task *Searching for Black Embers*."

"Task Name: Searching for Black Embers."

"Task Level: Upper Village Level."

"Task Type: Personal Task."

"Task Description: Captain Lin Ling is asking you for [Black Embers] and is willing to provide something of corresponding value."

"Task Reward: Lin Ling's favorability +1, Unknown."

Having accepted the task, Fang Yue immediately took out 1g of [Black Embers].

1g of [Black Embers] could be exchanged for 10 days of yangshou.

And he had a full 16g, wouldn't that be 160 days of yangshou? This deal was definitely worth it!

He just didn't know if Captain Lin would give him another task.

Fang Yue was imagining such wonderful things when he saw Lin Ling staring at him with a gloomy expression.

"Do you think I'm blind? What I want is the [Black Embers] produced after that strange 'corpsification'! In terms of quantity, it's at least ten times what you have in your hand, and the quality is much better."

Ah?

What he wanted was actually 10g of Black Embers?

10g for 10 days of yangshou, the exchange ratio plummeted to 1:1.

Fang Yue suddenly felt a little unhappy.

He thought he had encountered something good, but a 1:1 exchange? There was no point.

Although he didn't know what [Black Embers] were specifically used for, Fang Yue felt it would be a loss to exchange it after going through so much trouble to kill a monster.

Immediately, Fang Yue shook his head like a rattle drum.

"No exchange!"

"System prompt: Personal task *Searching for Black Embers* failed."

"System prompt: [Ancient Moon Village Guard Captain] Lin Ling's favorability -15."

So fast! So real!

Looking at Lin Ling's visibly ugly face, Fang Yue exclaimed in his heart.

After being rejected, Lin Ling stared at Fang Yue coldly, making Fang Yue feel a little creeped out.

This guy wouldn't come to kill me during the day, would he?

Fang Yue was really feeling a little guilty, regretting that he had spoken too quickly.

This guy's favorability had plummeted by -15 points, and he might really be plotting to kill him.

Just as he was thinking wildly, Lin Ling suddenly calmed down and said indifferently.

"I'm not just asking for these black embers for myself, but also for Hua Wu Ye."

"Both Hua Wu Ye and I have made great contributions to killing that monster, not just you. I didn't want to make a fuss about this achievement, but to exchange for what I deserve with a fair trade, but you still rejected me."

"I will tell Lord Han about this."

"Lord Han is a person of noble character. No matter how much he valued you before, as long as he knows that your character is not up to par, I think he will immediately abandon you and re-examine you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Ling turned and left, with no intention of staying any longer.

"Wait!"

The next moment, Fang Yue's voice immediately rang out.

Fang Yue had only thought about his own interests before, and he hadn't really thought about this.

Lin Ling's words were reasonable, and killing the monster was indeed not his sole achievement.

Immediately, Fang Yue took two steps to catch up and said with a smile, "It's obvious that Captain Lin has never done business before. I was just using feigned retreat, trying to bargain with you. I didn't really mean not to give it to you."

Doing business? Bargaining?

Lin Ling's expression became strange, feeling awkward.

He had never seen anyone who could bargain when trading [Black Embers].

"Then you mean..."

"1g of gray embers for 2 days of yangshou. I have 10g, so exchange it for 20 days of yangshou, isn't that fair?"

Very unfair.

Doubling from 10 days to 20 days, and that's not too much?

But Lin Ling thought for a while, and looked at Hua Wu Ye lying there being taken care of, still unconscious, and gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll take it!"

"Alright!"

With 10g of Black Embers sent out, Fang Yue's Life Decree immediately increased by 20 days.

He absorbed all the yangshou on the Life Decree into his body.

"Yangshou: 28 days and 8 hours."

Comfortable! He didn't have to worry about yangshou for the time being.

"System prompt: [Ancient Moon Village Guard Captain] Lin Ling's favorability +16."

Favorability, returned...

Speaking of which, this guy's favorability is so worthless.

Seeing that Lin Ling was about to leave after getting the [Black Embers], Fang Yue quickly stopped him and asked, "Captain Lin, don't rush, I want to ask, what do you plan to use these black embers for?"

Fang Yue currently only knew that [Black Embers] could be used as medicine to make [Slag Yuan Pills], and eating it had a small probability of turning into a monster, and nothing else.

So he wanted to ask the experienced driver what they usually used [Black Embers] for.

Lin Ling shook off Fang Yue's hand and said impatiently, "Part of it will be used for cultivation, and part of it will be used to treat her injuries. Also, let it go this time, but don't inquire about what others use [Black Embers] for next time, this is a taboo."

Cultivation? Healing?

Could it be that this thing can replace the consumption of yangshou during cultivation?

Fang Yue thought of the fair price Lin Ling mentioned, the 1:1 exchange, it seemed quite likely.

But how to operate it?

Fang Yue still had 6g of black embers in his hand.

Practicing martial arts consumed so much yangshou, he also wanted to use [Black Embers] to replace the consumption of yangshou.

Just as Fang Yue was about to catch up with Lin Ling to ask clearly, he suddenly saw Lin Ling abruptly stop and look in the north direction in surprise.

What happened to the north?

Fang Yue looked in the north direction along Lin Ling's line of sight in confusion. He saw that at the edge of the crowd, there seemed to be a commotion.

Unlike the others who were cheering excitedly, those villagers looked terrified, screaming and scrambling to squeeze inside, as if they were fleeing for their lives.

And this phenomenon seemed to be contagious. Before long, it spread from person to person, and everyone showed horrified and fearful expressions, screaming and shouting as they squeezed over here.

The dark mass of people surged over like a tide.

"Help! Help!!"

"Monster! There's another monster behind!!"

"The battle isn't over! It's not over!!"

Another monster?!

Fang Yue's heart skipped a beat. For some reason, the first thing that came to his mind was the silent Chen Mansion in the north of the village.

Could it be… that the monster inside came out?

Lin Ling had already approached at this time, and said with an ugly expression, "There's actually another monster, be prepared, we'll go kill it!"

We?

No, no, no! If it was the monster from Chen Mansion, he would definitely desert at the first sign!

"What? Are you scared?"

Seeing Fang Yue's retreating appearance, Lin Ling snorted coldly and passed by Fang Yue, "Then let me do it alone! I've already meditated and recovered some internal strength, enough to deal with ordinary monsters."

How could Fang Yue let him go to his death? He quickly grabbed him and briefly explained the matter of Chen Mansion.

"What?! Chen Mu is dead!?"