Chapter 6 I Miss You, Long Aotian, please control the cannon fodder...

"What are you looking at! Are you blind—ugh!"

"I was blind and didn't recognize your greatness! Spare my life!"

"Hey! Stop right there, it's you!"

"Excuse me, please go ahead."

The above dialogues, repeated in a cycle, all follow the same underlying principle.

Chang Yubai: Are there really that many cannon fodder these days?

Amidst the confusion, Black Scales was drawn once more, swatting away the mindless cultivator who rushed up to fight.

Xiao Li Qingyun was already very skilled, and without Chang Yubai needing to remind her, her little figure had already run to the cannon fodder brother.

The starting price was two hundred spirit jades to buy his life.

Even if you gave Chang Yubai ten black hearts, he wouldn't dare ask for this.

Chang Yubai slapped the young master on the head: "Don't try to raise the price on the spot."

We promised ten spirit jades, and we'll stick to ten spirit jades; we need sustainable development!

If we rob them of all their wallets, who will we ask for money from when we're short of cash?

Li Qingyun: "Oh."

It seems they're not short of money.

After much deliberation, Li Qingyun selected ten pieces of fine jade and stuffed them into her pocket with satisfaction.

Turning his head, he saw Chang Yubai staring at him with resentful eyes.

Li Qingyun: "..."

Li Qingyun: "You spend money so recklessly. If you leave something with it, you'll spend it all by evening."

Chang Yubai's face fell even more.

But this did not shake Li Qingyun. With a quick tuck of her small hand, she transferred ten spirit jades from her pocket into her mustard seed space.

Yes, Li Qingyun now has this ridiculously expensive mustard seed space.

But when it comes to how it came about, Li Qingyun is filled with a sense of disappointment and frustration.

He hadn't paid attention to his money for just one afternoon, and when he woke up from his lunch break, he was told that his wallet, which he had painstakingly saved up for several days, had been emptied.

Don't worry about how you saved it up. There are over a thousand spirit jades in that wallet. If you allocate them properly, you could cultivate for half a year without any problem. The point is, it's all money that you got by dishonest means! And it's just being spent on things that you don't even need!

For the first time, Li Qingyun experienced the feeling of suffocation without being attacked.

For the first few days, he was so preoccupied with whether Chang Yubai would kill him that he didn't pay much attention to the man's habits. Later, after the two established an alliance, and he looked at Chang Yubai's usual behavior, Li Qingyun almost couldn't breathe.

Simply put, they're too extravagant.

A complete money-spending machine.

The money I got in the morning was gone by the afternoon. Although the small change I got from the robbery wasn't enough to fill a gap in an ordinary cultivator's teeth, I couldn't let it keep leaking out!

How could anyone buy a bottle of pills just because it has nice packaging? Don't you even think about whether you'd actually need the anti-aging pills?

That's what cultivators use to make money from mortals. Don't rush to give money to your fellow cultivators!

Chang Yubai: But he praised it so nicely, and the packaging is really beautiful...

Well, in the end, Chang Yubai lowered his head and obediently listened to his little master's angry reprimand.

Who said Master is dead? I think Master is living a very healthy and vibrant life.

His tendency to be both generous and stingy is exactly the same as I remember.

Li Qingyun: ?

Where is the generosity?

The child couldn't understand where those two words of evaluation came from.

Chang Yubai stood proudly with his chest puffed out. His little master was helping him earn pocket money, and he was offering two hundred spirit jades right off the bat. He couldn't even imagine such an amount, so how could he not be generous?

Li Qingyun: "Are you desperate for money?"

Chang Yubai blinked: "How could that be? I'm not that poor. I can make ends meet on a daily basis. I definitely have at least one spirit jade in my pocket. Those desperate people don't even have spirit jade in their pockets, how can they be like me?"

He was actually answering seriously... Li Qingyun forced herself to roll her eyes, constantly reminding herself that this was someone as important as her master, and she couldn't offend him, no matter how sick she was.

"Stop!" Unfortunately, another clueless obstacle jumped out.

Li Qingyun glanced down at the expensive spatial ring, wondering to herself, "Am I having a run of bad luck lately? Or have I done too many bad things and caught the stigma of Heaven?"

Why is it that people are always looking for trouble?

Chang Yubai was also surprised: "Again?"

Wasn't he just cannon fodder?

But this time, the cannon fodder came prepared, clutching a wanted poster made of yellow paper, which happened to have a large portrait of Chang Yubai on it.

"It was you! You offended Young Master Lu and tried to run away. I'll drag you all back for the reward!"

After saying that, he urged his spiritual energy and rushed over.

Thank you, Commentator.

Chang Yubai was gratified with tears in his eyes.

Great, it turns out it wasn't because the Great Wilderness was a breeding ground for cannon fodder, but because I was wanted by the authorities.

Li Qingyun clutched her head in confusion: ? ? ?

What's with that weird look on your face that says, "Great, there's finally hope!"?

Does this make sense?

But only those with strong fists deserve to reason. Li Qingyun silently retreated three meters, afraid that he would be swept into the sandstorm.

As time went on, the cannon fodder who were eager to give away money also continuously increased their stats. In just a few days, they had already advanced from the Mortal Martial Realm to the Intermediate Martial Realm.

He's still at the eighth level of the Middle Martial Realm, strong enough to roam freely in many territories of the Great Wilderness.

Li Qingyun: "Tsk." So jealous.

If he could have such strength... well, he'd better figure out that manual first.

As a pragmatist, Li Qingyun always does what comes to mind. Taking advantage of Chang Yubai's robbery, he quickly took out his books and flipped through them, trying to break through the bottleneck in his progress.

I can't understand how that big, clumsy guy could finish reading it in a month, while I haven't even finished the fourth page in a week.

Does this guy really want to teach me his skills?

Chang Yubai: "Master is indeed a master, even in such a tense situation he doesn't forget to cultivate!"

Who can understand the impact of turning around and seeing the King of Books reading?

Just a second ago they were arguing back and forth over the Spirit Jade.

The cannon fodder at the intermediate martial arts realm who got beaten up has something to say.

Was it a tense situation? He was definitely nervous, but where did your nervousness come from?

This is clearly a case of being unilaterally and brutally beaten!

Chang Yubai changed his stance: "Since things have come to this, let's try to buy Master more time to cultivate."

Mid-level martial arts cannon fodder: ? ? ?

Chang Yubai: "Don't worry, I'll drag our battle out until an incense stick has burned."

Mid-level martial arts cannon fodder: !!!

"You scoundrel, how dare you insult me!"

The cannon fodder was furious.

Then he took off running.

This escape was no joke! Chang Yubai's biggest fear was giving his opponent a chance to escape and develop. He immediately flew over, used his sword formation to search for the enemy, and imprisoned him in a circle.

"If I say one incense stick, then it means one incense stick."

Not even a moment less than a handful of dust is acceptable.

"Are you crazy?!"

The cannon fodder, who was being tormented to the point of near death, roared in this way.

After an incense stick had burned, Li Qingyun closed the book.

"Hoo—" He exhaled a light breath, and clarity gradually flowed into his mind. The intricate words on the pages of the book became his sustenance, which he chewed and absorbed, and then thoroughly understood.

The timing was perfect.

The moment he opened his eyes, he saw Chang Yubai knock down the cannon fodder.

The scene was rather unseemly.

Li Qingyun: "..."

How did you manage to carve out such a large pit in the sand?

"You knocked him unconscious," Li Qingyun said. "What about Lingyu?"

Chang Yubai, contrary to his usual behavior, grabbed his little master and flew towards the pass without hesitation.

"There's no time to worry about Lingyu anymore, we need to run for our lives!"

Li Qingyun was caught off guard and swallowed a mouthful of flying sand. She had just covered her face and spat it out when she heard this roar.

"Huh?" Xiao Liqingyun practically had a question mark plastered on her face.

What the hell? Did a fight make you stupid?

No, this person wasn't smart to begin with.

But Chang Yubai's logic was still sound, and he explained it effortlessly: "That day, Young Master Lu from Shacheng issued an arrest warrant to kill me. Anyone who can do this must have a powerful family member. You absolutely cannot mess with people like that. Once you get involved, it's like chewing gum that you can't tear off no matter what you do."

"If you beat the young, the old will come; if you beat the old, the great-grandson will come; if you beat the great-grandson, the great-great-grandfather will come; and so on, generation after generation!"

"The most urgent thing now is to get out of their territory as soon as possible. We're not some invincible genius; we can't afford to waste so many generations!"

Li Qingyun stopped using his hands to block the wind and sand, which lashed at his little face, but he felt no pain at all.

Ah, let the wind rage on and wake me from my slumber.

Was there someone next to him? Did they say something to each other?

Oh. Now I remember, they were talking about the endless generations of people hunting them down.

That's well said, but what kind of nonsense is it?

Can you please use some descriptions that a normal person would use?!

Chang Yubai: As expected, Master also agrees.

They didn't even notice that their young master had become numb.

"Why is he hunting you down?" Li Qingyun went straight to the root of the problem, "What did you do in Tiansha City?"

"Withdraw the money."

"?" Li Qingyun manually translated, then immediately sensed something was wrong. "Wait, you didn't rob Young Master Lu, did you?"

"...I told him it was money to buy his life," Chang Yubai said guiltily.

It's clearly that the young master surnamed Lu can't handle the game; who would choose to have their cannon fodder attack the supporting characters instead of the main characters?

Being relentlessly pursued is a treatment that only Li Tiansheng should receive!

When the old acquaintance was mentioned, Chang Yubai suddenly realized:

"I get it! It must be because Long Aotian hasn't appeared yet, so these cannon fodder NPCs have no use for their roles and have started randomly messing with random passersby!"

"You know nothing!" Li Qingyun thought to herself, cursing.

Who is Long Aotian? This person has been mentioned for the third time today. What terrible mistake did he make that you have to remember him?

"That must be it!" Chang Yubai was still immersed in his brilliant reasoning.

It must be because Li Tiansheng wasn't born yet. The cannon fodder only have the instinct to cause trouble, but no job to use their talents. That's why they blindly look for trouble on their fellow cannon fodder.

Damn it, they're all cannon fodder. His master was even sacrificed by Li Tiansheng. What an obvious cannon fodder status! Why do NPCs have to make things difficult for each other!

Li Tiansheng, I miss you. I miss the days when you shared the burden of being a mindless cannon fodder.

This world really can't do without a protagonist, otherwise there would be no one to draw the attention of these demons and monsters.

"Dealing with cannon fodder every day is too difficult. It's true that being the protagonist is not something an ordinary person can do."

Chang Yubai wept silently.

God knows how frequently he's been harassed these days.

Li Tiansheng, we misunderstood you. Just the fact that you can tolerate mindless fault-finding every day makes you the king of patience, the ultimate king of patience. Shuanghui Ham—no, we don't have the copyright!

In short, Li Tiansheng, please show up quickly and share the burden!

Chang Yubai looked up at the sky and prayed.

A note from the author:

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Li Tiansheng: That sounds nice, but you won't be happy if you actually come!