Zhang Pingfan’s entire being seemed to crack. It was another Profound tier skill, and two of them at that. Envy and jealousy surged within him.
“Master is so stingy. This old Grandpa Black Emperor is much kinder to me.”
Zhang Pingfan’s eyelids twitched. This girl was truly asking for a beating, daring to tease her master!
“How can your subordinate compare to Master? Young Master, please do not belittle your subordinate!”
Zhang Pingfan leaped up, grabbed Dou Youyou by the back of her neck as if she were a small chick, and tossed her out.
“Hurry and go level up. Look at you, only level 4 so far!”
Dou Youyou said aggrievedly, “Master shows no pity for a damsel in distress, hmph!”
Zhang Pingfan made a motion as if to hit her, and Dou Youyou turned and fled, completely losing her earlier aggrieved demeanor.
“Little girl, playing innocent with me, are we.”
Zhang Pingfan looked at Black Emperor. This fellow would casually unleash Profound tier skills. He was his master, after all. Couldn’t he be gifted a few higher-level skills?
“Ahem, Little Black, you have quite a few skills. How about this, teach me a few for me to play around with!”
Little did he know, Black Emperor completely missed the implication.
“Master’s abilities are far superior to mine. The powers I possess are nothing compared to yours. Please, Master, do not insult your subordinate!”
Damn it, you could crush me with a single finger, yet you’re pretending to be weak with me? Are all you NPCs this hypocritical?
If you’re not giving them, you’re not giving them, and you still shamelessly claim I’m insulting you? Bah!
Since he couldn’t get any skills from Black Emperor, Zhang Pingfan began to ponder other issues. What Dou Youyou said wasn’t entirely unreasonable. Once the players left the novice village, wouldn’t he become a lonely old man?
“System Sister, could you come out for a moment!”
Facing this system that was even more temperamental than he was, Zhang Pingfan dared not act presumptuously.
【Ding! Master, please speak.】
“The players in the novice village will eventually leave the village. What will happen to me then?”
【Ding! Whatever happens, happens!】
“…I’m talking seriously here, stop being glib!”
【Ding! You must complete the next mission to unlock the issue you mentioned!】
Zhang Pingfan was somewhat surprised. He had only intended to try and pry some information, and it had actually revealed itself.
“What is my next mission?”
【Ding! You need to reach level 10 to unlock it!】
So that was it. Zhang Pingfan opened the level leaderboard. After the battle this morning, the top-ranked player was only level 6…
This meant it would take at least until tomorrow to unlock the next mission.
“Why are you players leveling up so slowly? No, I need to add some fuel to their fire! We must speed things up!”
Zhang Pingfan searched through his mission list, but there were no missions worth pursuing. The only high-level mission was to kill the Titan Python, but he had already killed that thing, and it would take 48 hours to respawn. It was impossible now unless the system gave him a new mission, which would then refresh his mission list.
Zhang Pingfan returned to his small courtyard dejectedly. At this rate, he could only wait.
Of course, Zhang Pingfan would not simply wait.
“Little Black, are there any special places near the novice village?”
Black Emperor had traveled around the novice village before, so he might have some unexpected discoveries.
As expected, Black Emperor did know of a place.
“Replying to Master, there is indeed a special place outside this village, but it serves no purpose for us.”
It serves no purpose for us, but as long as it serves a purpose for the players, that’s fine.
“Tell me about it, so Youyou can go and train!”
Black Emperor nodded and said, “That’s a good idea. Young Master is too weak!”
What nonsense! Dou Youyou was only level four, how could she not be weak.
“Leave a clone to handle things, and you accompany me to take a look!”
“As you command, Master!”
As Zhang Pingfan, accompanied by an old farmer, left the novice village, the players in the novice village once again became interested.
“Look, the village chief is out again!”
“So what if he’s out? He can’t die anyway. He can even kill the novice village’s top boss, so he’s unkillable!”
“No, I was thinking, will the village chief go to eat meat again? Can we follow and get some leftovers?”
Before he finished speaking, the person beside him had already left.
“Hey, why are you going?”
“Idiot, they said we could get leftovers, what are you still standing around for!”
“Damn, why are you more anxious than me!”
Before long, Zhang Pingfan realized he was being followed by quite a few players.
Black Emperor asked, “Master, a group of flies have been following us. Shall I deal with them!”
Zhang Pingfan nodded. This was something he had discovered. How could he let others get a share of it? Not even thinking about it.
“Yes, warn them first. If they still follow, then don’t be polite!”
“Understood!”
Zhang Pingfan continued to move forward, while Black Emperor remained in place, waiting for the players behind him.
“Everyone, please return the way you came, or face the consequences!”
Player A: “Stop bluffing, a mere farmer. Get out of the way!”
Player B: “Don’t lose sight of him, the village chief probably has good stuff!”
Player C: “Ignore him, let’s continue!”
No one paid any attention to Black Emperor’s warning. After all, Black Emperor, disguised as he was, was easily overlooked in terms of his abilities.
Seeing that no one listened, Black Emperor’s eyes revealed black flames.
“Darkflame, Incinerate!”
“Ah~~~”
“Where did this black flame come from? The damage is so fast!”
“This fire burns so painfully!!!”
In just a moment, be it players, plants, or wild monsters, all were incinerated by the black flames.
Zhang Pingfan, from a distance, felt his heart leap into his throat. He hadn’t expected Black Emperor to be so powerful. If he hadn’t possessed the God-tier talent of turning enemies into friends, the entire village might have been burned down by Black Emperor. It seemed there truly were things in the village that even he dared not touch. He would have to research them thoroughly when he got back.
“Master, the ants have been dealt with. Let’s go!”
“Yes!”
At the resurrection point of the novice village, a large group of players were utterly bewildered.
“What happened? We were just inexplicably burned to death!”
“What kind of ghost is that farmer? Is he that powerful?”
“With such a powerful NPC around, why didn’t he come to help this morning? This village chief is too much of a scoundrel!”
“As expected, you can’t trust NPCs, especially this village chief. We fought desperately for the village this morning.”
“Trash village chief! If the quest rewards weren’t so good, I wouldn’t even bother with you!”
【Ding! System notification: Received negative emotions from Player A. Character attributes decreased by 10%.】
What the heck! Can it be played like this?
“System Sister, come out! Aren’t you forcing me to be all smiles and welcoming? Forcing the good to do evil! Unbearable!”
【Ding! Shut up. You kill your own villagers, are you blaming me!】
“…Are you saying I can kill other players? But I can’t kill the players of Novice Village 88?”
【Ding! Correct answer, no reward!】
“Why didn’t you say so earlier, you black-hearted maggot!”
【Ding! Thunder Punishment countdown begins: 3, 2, 1, Whoosh!】
Zhang Pingfan gave the sky a middle finger and collapsed.