CHAPTER 505: CHAPTER 240 DEMON ENERGY RESOLVES DOUBTS

Fang Yu was deep in thought.

Since they are not outside reinforcements invited by Tianyuan Town, there is no need to pay too much attention.

It seems that Zhuo Xueer and her group are quite accustomed to this kind of situation.

Indeed, although Tianyuan Town may not appear remarkable,

the strength of the Five Great Families is quite solid. Any loose Martial Artist would not dare to provoke them unless they are blind. As long as they are informed, who would dare to trouble the Five Great Families?

There won’t be any major trouble, and their stays are not long.

These sudden group of outsider Martial Artists are destined not to cause any significant disturbance.

As for that Flowers and Birds Sect’s [Flowers Banquet], Fang Yu is not particularly interested.

He has a clear understanding of his own abilities.

If this Sect only opens its doors to players for a competitive player PK advancement event that encourages in-game spending, then Fang Yu feels he might stand a chance of defeating all competitors and coming out on top.

After all, the [Flowers Banquet] seems grand, but the current strength of the players makes long-distance travel quite difficult.

Those who can actually make it to the event are few, and the number of strong contenders is even fewer.

And he himself is among the top echelon of players in terms of strength... Probably?

In any case, Fang Yu feels that if the event is limited to players, he has a high chance of winning. At most, he might encounter a few odd players with strange tactics, whom he can roll over with superior stats.

But the problem lies in the fact that the [Flowers Banquet] is not an event exclusively tailored for players, but one where NPCs and players participate together.

The upper limit of players, Fang Yu can somewhat gauge by browsing forums daily and combining it with his own situation.

But the upper limit of NPCs, that’s too unpredictable.

Any Family Head from the Five Great Families could one-shot him in a single round.

So participating in the [Flowers Banquet], Fang Yu feels he has no chance at all.

Moreover, going out might cause unforeseen troubles; it’s better to stay in Tianyuan Town and develop.

Now that he knows the identities of these strange outsider Martial Artists, Fang Yu feels much more at ease.

Being a double agent has its advantages; what information he can’t get from the demon side, he can usually obtain from the human side.

The [Giant Ape Demon] brother who has just joined his ranks is still startled like a panicked bird, clearly overthinking.

It’s not what they thought—some major action by the higher-ups of Tianyuan Town—it’s just coincidence.

Setting aside the matter of the [Flowers Banquet], Fang Yu immediately prioritized the issue of Demon Energy and Evil Qi.

But with everyone else still around, Fang Yu couldn’t bring it up just yet.

"The preliminary assessment for the Deputy Captain candidates has been scheduled. I will start assigning tasks to you soon, some of which may require you to leave Tianyuan Town for external missions. Prepare yourselves mentally."

Zhuo Xueer saw Fang Yu no longer inquiring about the [Flowers Banquet] and shifted the topic to official matters.

The title ’Deputy Captain candidate’ implies that it’s only one of the possible choices.

To be officially promoted to Deputy Captain requires an assessment, as well as competition with peers at the same level.

The internal competition of Yangshen Hall is naturally not particularly brutal; even if there’s a stage involving martial competition, it stops at the touch.

The most important assessment criteria are the various missions issued by Yangshen Hall.

The quality and quantity of completed missions, efficiency, and leadership abilities—these are the important standards in the assessment.

This first round of assessments is expected to weed out a batch of Deputy Captain candidates. Zhuo Xueer seems to be under pressure as well, and she explains the situation very seriously.

The crowd nodded, signaling their understanding.

The more stable and higher Zhuo Xueer’s position becomes, the firmer their foothold in Yangshen Hall.

This is a gamble and choosing sides; having made their choice, they can only fully commit to this battle wagon and follow it through.

Among those present, only Fang Yu was somewhat special as he had boarded the ’thief ship’ as soon as he joined Yangshen Hall.

To be honest, he was still a bit clueless about his current situation.

After all, he hadn’t yet taken on a single mission from Yangshen Hall in the strict sense.

Additionally, Fang Yu wondered if this was the entirety of Zhuo Xueer’s faction. The numbers seemed rather scarce, although each Yangshen Hall Inspector could freely mobilize their underlings from Thousand Households.

Fang Yu thought of the people who investigated his doorstep.

He wasn’t sure if the commanding officer of the Thousand Households would move.

But soon, Fang Yu realized he had been overly concerned.

"Sister Zhuo Xueer, where is Senior Brother You? How come he hasn’t returned?"

Suo Fengxiang suddenly spoke up, seemingly asking casually, but with a hint of anxiousness in her expression.

"Your Senior Brother You has been sent by me to Jianjia Village, along with others. They should all be returning in the next few days. When that time comes, no one should go out. Everyone must be on standby and follow my orders. I’ll make detailed arrangements for what tasks need to be done and how to do them later."

Clearly, Zhuo Xueer’s forces weren’t just these few.

However, her own health points are only 1500, so her subordinates likely won’t be stronger than herself.

Looks like, am I Zhuo Xueer’s capable henchman?

Fang Yu stroked his chin, and just then Zhuo Xueer also cast a glance his way.

Fang Yu immediately stiffened his movement, but she just gave him a slight smile.

After instructing a few more matters, which were mostly follow-ups to the previous encounter and the handling of outsider Martial Artists, she then dismissed everyone.

Fang Yu summarized it all and found that the core message was just one sentence: Don’t cause trouble, stay home on standby.

Just this, and Zhuo Xueer could elaborate with much talk; it seems she’s indeed a natural-born leader.