You Need Experience, Young Man

"Boss, the organization replied that the little girl Jiang Yueyue is just an ordinary human girl, with no special characteristics," Lin Xiaoqi told Lu Yibai.

This reply dashed Lu Yibai's expectations.

Yes, he had actually just held onto a sliver of hope.

This demon organization was very mysterious, only recently emerging.

Every demon had a Life Token, and the demon organization definitely kept spare Life Tokens, allowing them to clearly understand if a demon had failed a mission.

At the same time, this Blood Contract thing was truly insane!

And since they dared to send someone to abduct the same girl twice, they must have felt they had nothing to fear.

If their purpose was discovered so easily, wouldn't it be exposed?

Boss Lu wasn't a stupid person; he could analyze these small details, but that didn't mean he wouldn't be disappointed.

Thus, a disappointed Boss Lu silently ordered two more servings of crayfish on the food delivery app…

Fortunately, Lu Yibai was a carefree person; he rarely got bogged down in trivialities. If he couldn't figure something out, he wouldn't dwell on it.

Instead of thinking about these things, it was better to seize the time to improve his strength.

As the saying goes, "Luck accounts for thirty percent, effort for seventy percent, and the remaining ninety percent is all about charging ahead."

Thinking too much now was useless.

What's more, Lu Yibai didn't know any divine abilities yet, like he had learned a whole set of tough-guy martial arts.

Without some special effects, how could he show himself? It was infuriating!

The immediate priority was to advance to Second Order.

While waiting for the delivery, with nothing else to do, Lu Yibai started reading a web novel called "Teasing the Entertainment Industry." It was so damn good; the author must be a genius writer.

Lin Xiaoqi was initially curious about what Lu Yibai was doing, staring at his phone with such absorption. When she saw he was reading, she lost interest.

"What? You're not interested in web novels either?" Lu Yibai asked in surprise.

"Boss, I don't really like reading. Back in school, whenever I prepared to focus on a book, the world would suddenly become incredibly interesting, and any slight movement could capture my attention," Lin Xiaoqi said honestly.

Lu Yibai: "..."

To state being a slacker so righteously!

Fine, you're big-chested, so you're right.

Lin Xiaoqi added, "I've read some web novels before, but some are quite low-level, and I feel like the protagonist isn't as strong as I am, which is rather boring."

Lu Yibai: "…………"

What else could he say besides "666"?

It seems you're suited for those world-destroying types of web novels, where the male lead can obliterate a planet with a single glare!

Soon, Lu Yibai's phone rang. The delivery guy was efficient; he had arrived.

"Hello, boss, why is there no one in your umbrella shop?" the delivery guy asked. He didn't know this wasn't an umbrella shop but a specialized bar.

"Wait a moment, I'm coming down to get it," Lu Yibai said.

After taking the delivery, Lu Yibai didn't forget to say thank you.

The night breeze blew, rustling the leaves of the old locust tree by the entrance of the Answer Bar.

Lu Yibai, carrying the delivery, couldn't help but look up at the massive old locust tree.

For some reason, every time he stood by the old locust tree, he felt an unusual sense of peace.

In the living room on the second floor of the bar, as Lu Yibai and the others were happily eating crayfish, Lu Yibai's phone rang.

It wasn't a call, but a WeChat video invitation.

The inviter was Ji Dekeng. This guy had gotten Lu Yibai's WeChat ID from Lin Xiaoqi just last week. Lu Yibai had directly saved him as "KFC."

Honestly, Lu Yibai didn't really want to answer.

In the middle of the night, he really didn't want to video call a gay guy.

Moreover, initiating video calls seemed to be Ji Dekeng's peculiar habit; he never called, habitually just initiating a video.

But regardless, Ji Dekeng was Lu Yibai's nominal guide and, in a way, his superior now. He was afraid there might be something urgent, though the possibility was slim, he still had to accept the video call.

When the video connected, he saw Ji Dekeng's face, covered in a face mask.

Through the thin mask, his neatly trimmed mustache was still faintly visible.

"You guys are eating crayfish in the middle of the night! Aren't you afraid of breaking out?" Ji Dekeng exclaimed in shock.

Lu Yibai: "..."

Lin Xiaoqi: "..."

Ye Yiyi: "..."

Then, the two of them and the demon continued to eat with their heads down.

The sound of their eating was quite loud, and they looked very much like they were enjoying it.

Boss Lu wiped the oil from his fingers and lied through his teeth, "If there's nothing else, I'll end the video call. The Wi-Fi is broken today, and it's using too much data."

"Hey! Wait a minute, wait a minute! Don't hang up yet, I have something to tell you!" Ji Dekeng said.

Lu Yibai nodded, indicating he would listen patiently. As for Lin Xiaoqi, since she still had unfinished crayfish in front of her, she naturally tuned Ji Dekeng out and couldn't be bothered to pay attention.

La la la, the crayfish are so delicious, la la la.

Ji Dekeng cleared his throat and said, "I heard from Xiaoqi that your cultivation progress has been quite good recently. You're almost at the peak of First Order, and you've even gotten the hang of the Basic Umbrella Technique. That's pretty good."

"Mm," Lu Yibai nodded naturally, accepting the praise with ease.

Ji Dekeng didn't mind and continued, "But just cultivating at home isn't enough, don't you think?"

Listening to Ji Dekeng, Lu Yibai keenly sensed his meaning.

This is his way of telling me to go out and train!

Boss Lu's current situation was like a classroom without the homeroom teacher, only a substitute teacher.

Ji Dekeng was the homeroom teacher, and Lin Xiaoqi was like the substitute teacher.

But one day, you suddenly received a message of concern from the homeroom teacher who was far away.

From two hundred kilometers away, the homeroom teacher insisted on giving you online assignments.

Damn it!

Can't I just let loose for once?

He felt that Lin Xiaoqi was great, and he had almost forgotten that Ji Dekeng was his actual guide.

So, Boss Lu looked at his phone and said solemnly again, "Oh, my phone is almost out of battery. I'll hang up now."

In the end, Lu Yibai didn't hang up the video call.

Because he wasn't stupid, he knew very well that he had stepped into a new world. This world was brilliant, but it was also dangerous.

If he wanted to survive, or even live a more exciting life, he needed sufficient strength as a guarantee.

Training was essential.

If he didn't kill monsters now, he would be the monster killed by others later.

To be able to show off freely in the future, he had to endure some hardship in private.

It was just that Ji Dekeng always gave him a feeling of unreliability, so he suspected that the tasks he assigned might also be unreliable.

Boss Lu mentally cast a "Courage Spell" on himself, chanting "Just do it, don't be a coward, charge forward" several times.

After completing the mental preparation, he opened his dead-fish eyes and said, "So... what exactly is the job?"

"Tomb Guarding."

Guard your sister!

"Oh, how strange! Why is my phone out of battery again?"

(ps: Second update~ It's already 1:30 AM. I'm going to sleep. Goodnight.)