The Counterattack Plan of A Villain With Ten Thousand Fans - Chapter 83 (Patreon)

Chapter 83

The old man moved surprisingly fast, and given Ling Chunann's agility in the game, he was sure to be caught. Just as it seemed he would be tackled by the old man, Feng Buyu swiftly pulled Ling Chunann into his embrace.

The old man missed his target and fell to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust, tears mixing with the dirt on his face, looking particularly comical.

"Host, is this guy perhaps ill?" 

"I never expected NPCs in this game to be such great actors," Ling Chunann exclaimed.

"Huh?" 098 was puzzled. To it, the old man's emotions seemed genuine, crying so sadly; how could it be an act?

Ling Chunann withdrew his gaze from the old man's face, ignoring 098's question, and shrunk into Feng Buyu's embrace.

Feng Buyu tightened his hold on Ling Chunann's waist. "Darling, are you alright?"

"I'm fine," Ling Chunann's face paled slightly, looking genuinely frightened.

After crying on the ground for a while and realizing nobody was paying attention to him, the old man got up, pointing accusingly at the two. "You young people nowadays don't know how to respect your elders. I'm here, crying my heart out, and you don't even know how to comfort me! You just keep whispering to each other over there."

"I see you're quite happy crying over there," Ling Chunann looked awkward, "Old man, where's my mission reward?"

"You!" The old man clutched his chest and stood up, pointing a trembling finger at Ling Chunann. "You little rascal, always asking for rewards! Give back my two-meter-long knife! I'll slaughter you both!"

"You don't even have a younger brother." Seeing his darling frightened, Feng Buyu, who had remained silent, spoke up, shutting down the old man's tirade with one sentence.

The old man, too shocked to continue scolding the pair, looked at Feng Buyu with disbelief. "How... how did you know?"

"The knife we found is clearly a shoddy replica of the one you lent to Xiaonan. And from what I heard Xiaonan say, you used to go to Yunling Mountain often to gather herbs. So, you must have intentionally lost this knife. If we had continued the mission following your brother's trail, the end result would likely have been fruitless." Feng Buyu comforted Ling Chunann with one hand and calmly explained to the old man.

The old man's expression grew uglier as he listened. Finally, unable to contain himself any longer, he angrily threw the broken knife in his hand. "Alright, alright, I'll admit you're clever." Then he looked at Ling Chunann meaningfully. "Young man, I quite like you. How about this, if you become my apprentice, I'll pass on my lifelong expertise to you. What do you say?"

At the opportune moment, 098 interjected, "Host, I've found information on him. Later in the plot, one of the male lead's harem members becomes an apprentice to a master known as Old Poison, a master of poisons. The apprentice becomes highly skilled and is second only to the male lead on the game's combat power ranking."

"Got it."

The old man's face was a mix of surprise and disbelief, tears and snot still on his face, making him look particularly ridiculous.

Ling Chunann looked at Feng Buyu, who nodded and gave him an encouraging look.

Ling Chunann stared at the old man for ten seconds, then, as the old man was about to wipe his face, courteously and obediently bowed, "Master, I respectfully acknowledge you as my teacher."

Initially, the old man, who had been confident that things wouldn't go as smoothly as he imagined, suddenly received an affirmative answer, and before he could react, "What did you say?"

Patiently, Ling Chunann repeated his words.

"Haha, I have a disciple!" The old man jumped with excitement upon hearing it clearly, then pounced on Ling Chunann again, only to fall to the ground once more.

[Congratulations to the player for successfully accepting the master, successfully transitioning to the hidden profession, Poisonous Pharmacist. This profession is unique. Congratulations to the player for gaining 1,000,000 experience points, one spiritual artifact, and 100,000 gold coins. Hide player name? Yes, No.]

Ling Chunann chose "Yes."

[World Announcement: A player has successfully transitioned to the unique hidden profession, gaining 1,000,000 experience points, one spiritual artifact, and 100,000 gold coins. The unique hidden profession is now available. The system will soon be upgraded, with an update time of three days. Please log off within one hour.]

[World Announcement: A player has successfully transitioned to the unique hidden profession, gaining 1,000,000 experience points, one spiritual artifact, and 100,000 gold coins. The unique hidden profession is now available. The system will soon be upgraded, with an update time of three days. Please log off within one hour.]

[World Announcement: A player has successfully transitioned to the unique hidden profession, gaining 1,000,000 experience points, one spiritual artifact, and 100,000 gold coins. The unique hidden profession is now available. The system will soon be upgraded, with an update time of three days. Please log off within one hour.]

With the announcement, the world erupted in excitement.

LittleRiceBigCannon: Holy cow! A unique hidden profession sounds incredibly awesome! Who's the lucky guy with such good luck?

PassingGoose: I never knew this game even had unique hidden professions! Sounds so prestigious.

RainbowStorm: Am I the only one who noticed the 1 million experience points? I think we should check the level rankings now to find this amazing player.

...

However, this group of people in the world was destined not to find Ling Chunann. If his level were above forty, a million points would be enough to raise him three levels, possibly propelling him onto the level ranking list. Unfortunately, he was only at level thirty-eight. Even if he rose by four levels, there would still be some distance from the level ranking list.

"Resistance value +10%, current resistance value is 35%, please continue your efforts, Host," diligently reported 098 about the current resistance value.

"Come, disciple, let me teach you a unique secret technique," the old man didn't mind being neglected at all, cheerfully leading Ling Chunann into the house. "Oh right, disciple."

"Hmm?" Ling Chunann held onto Feng Buyu with one hand, looking at the old man with curiosity.

"I once made a vow: whoever can tell that I'm acting, I'll take them as my disciple. So, how did you figure out I don't have a brother?" Although it wasn't Ling Chunann who said it just now, his shrewd old man naturally noticed that when Feng Buyu spoke earlier, Ling Chunann showed no signs of surprise.

"You might have forgotten, but when we first met, you were playing chess with someone. You got into an argument with them and then said you didn't have any siblings," Ling Chunann kindly reminded.

"..."

"Host, after all, he's an old man. Is it really appropriate to treat him like this?" 098 still felt quite fond of this artificial intelligence NPC. Seeing his nearly blood-spitting expression, it couldn't help but speak a kind word.

"098, you're so adorable," Ling Chunann said.

Before understanding what Ling Chunann was saying, 098 suddenly realized that the old man's expression, which had just been full of grief, became lively again. "Disciple, come here, Master has something good to show you!"

...It was indeed too naive. But why did it feel like this old man's personality was strangely familiar?

Even after taking him as a disciple, Old Poison didn't give up on swindling Ling Chunann. However, he was always seen through by Feng Buyu. In the end, he was extorted quite a bit of valuable items. When he drove the two out, he still had a pained expression and pointed at Feng Buyu, "Don't let me see you again!"

Standing at the village entrance, Ling Chunann looked up to Feng Buyu with admiration. "Uncle, you're amazing!"

Feng Buyu patted Ling Chunann's head. "You're the amazing one, my dear."

For the next three days, Ling Chunann didn't need to log into the game. He explored Feng Buyu's large courtyard thoroughly. Just as he felt on the first night, there was a large pond in Feng Buyu's backyard.

The next day, while Feng Buyu was busy with work, Ling Chunann "accidentally" wandered into the backyard.

"Host, what are you doing in the backyard?" 098 suddenly felt uneasy about his host voluntarily leaving Feng Buyu. It felt like it had seen his host clingy for too long.

"I'll have you know, I'm a fish now," Ling Chunann replied.

"Are you... are you planning to swim?" 098 stuttered, "There are so many cameras here. If you swim, your identity will be exposed." It didn't want to see its host end up in the research institute before completing the mission.

"You're overthinking it," Ling Chunann was very experienced with his system's imagination, "Don't forget our mission. Besides, I discovered last time that the water in the backyard pond is clean seawater. Nowadays, the water in the sea is all polluted, so I need to confirm."

098 felt extremely ashamed, "I'm sorry, Host, I misunderstood you."

"It's okay," Ling Chunann was very magnanimous, "There are no cameras near the pond, so I can take a quick dip."

"..." Why did it feel like that was the main purpose?

The pond was large, occupying half of the entire backyard of the courtyard. The water was cool, and there were many marine creatures inside, resembling a miniature ocean.

Ling Chunann squatted by the shore for a while, then, to 098's exclamation, quickly took off his clothes and leaped into the water.

"Host, Feng Buyu's meeting is over!" Seeing his host swim vigorously with a big fish tail, 098 was extremely nervous. Although the host said Feng Buyu's identity was not simple, it was still not a good idea to expose his identity to him now. Better safe than sorry.

"It's real seawater." Ling Chunann slowly climbed out of the water, picked up a towel from the shore, and wiped his fish tail. He had tasted this kind of taste when Luo Yining was born, the taste of pure seawater.

But in recent years, due to industrial rain, the sea had been thoroughly polluted. The merfolk, who had originally had hundreds of years of life expectancy, had all fallen ill and died. The marine life had also lost its former vitality. If the water sources were not purified within the next decade, the marine life would probably decrease even more.

"Host, Feng Buyu is coming!" 098 exclaimed.

"Keep it down, my legs have already recovered."

"But you're not wearing clothes." He wasn't wearing pants either.

"Ah, I forgot." Ling Chunann suddenly realized, then he held up the towel, looked at Feng Buyu who was approaching with big steps, blushing, looking helpless, and said to 098, "This is the perfect time to define our relationship."

"..." It felt like it was taking things too seriously.

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