Your Lord Has A Screw Loose?-Chapter 482 - 484 Control the Direction of the Plot

Chapter 482: Chapter 484: Control the Direction of the Plot

Chapter 482 -484: Control the Direction of the Plot

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“It seems that Xiao Fan can’t sit still anymore and is preparing to go out for some experience,” Qin Muye mused as he checked for any recent special events.

As the protagonist, what he often encountered were those special events that occurred once every ten years, once a century, or even once every millennium.

Take, for example, the opening of the Sky Tower, which happened once every ten years and was scheduled for the middle of this year, roughly three months away.

If the other party intended to reach a certain strength within three months, it was absolutely impossible to just stay and cultivate at the academy. They would have to venture out and struggle for life-and-death moments to achieve breakthroughs on the battlefield.

Don’t ask how he knew it, because the other party had already packed up and gone out for experience.

He pulled out a map to pinpoint the other’s location and then estimated the route he would likely take.

What Qin Muye had to do was simple, he would first snatch away the opportunities meant for the other party and then hand them over himself.

In this manner, the protagonist’s opportunities don’t change, but the way they’re obtained does. It’s as if they shifted from being directly acquired by the protagonist to being presented by Qin Muye, thus triggering the chance accumulation for the temporary skill of a supportive side character.

“However, speaking of which, why haven’t I received my chance accumulation of 4 yet? It’s almost been three days,” Qin Muye also remembered that until now, he had not received his rewards. Previously, the payouts came with urgency, but now there’s been a surprising delay.

He didn’t believe he had been cheated, the more likely explanation was that karma was still entangling the matter.

“Xiao Fan is heading north, seems like he’s going to Rongzhi Forest. That place is rich with medicinal herbs, but there’s nothing particularly special there, right?” Qin Muye wondered if it was okay to just let things proceed like that.

Qin Muye knew that Xiao Fan’s Heroic Spirit was extraordinary, and through information gathered by Spirit Monster spies, he learned of Xiao Fan’s various reports. Although the name of this Heroic Spirit was virtually unknown, his capabilities were quite remarkable.

From this he deduced something else: influence and reputation do affect the potential of a person becoming a Heroic Spirit after death, but only the potential, not the actual skills and knowledge.

Even an Emperor Level potential could result in an inept Heroic Spirit—this wasn’t just talk.

“Is he planning to collect herbs and make Medicine Pills and medicinal meals himself? That’s not an easy task, but okay, he has the Main Character Aura, which does make it somewhat easier,” Qin Muye easily guessed the other’s thoughts.

Although the provincial capital was prosperous, the Southern Liang Province was ultimately a small place, and the specialist or rare medicinal herbs needed by the other party might not necessarily be sold in pharmacies. Even if they were available, they might be unaffordable or simply not for sale, hence the need to rely on one’s own efforts to grow quickly.

With that Heroic Spirit named Dan Qingtian by his side, wilderness survival, Collection of herbs, and all that were not big issues, and it was even possible to hone Battle Skills and cultivate the “Martial Spirit Body” more effectively.

Qin Muye continued to deduce from the map and quickly discovered something: “Good grief, he’s planning to level up by slaying monsters first and then take a detour to my place for an instance, isn’t he?”

Although Rongzhi Forest and Qin Muye’s location weren’t adjacent, if one were to take a boat and then travel by land, a detour and a walk would conveniently lead them to Qingsong Village, and thereafter back to the provincial capital.

If one were to tour half the province, reaching Second Grade was definitely possible. Plus, with a few days of monster-slaying, even clearing the Underground Relics wasn’t a big deal.

But there was one problem: Qin Muye had the temporary skill of the Vortex Center on him, and any encounter with the protagonist would trigger a plot event.

Qin Muye could think of many scenarios, but he felt the most likely one was that in Rongzhi Forest, Xiao Fan would first offend someone, then counter-kill, followed by being pursued, before arriving at Qin Muye’s place for shelter, and then discovering the Underground Relics. Just as his pursuers arrived, he’d use the Relics to counter-kill.

It’s possible that in the process, the entire Qingsong Village might pay the price, with the protagonist gaining all the spoils before returning to the provincial capital amidst a series of being hunted and counter-killing.

Once this sequence was complete, Qin Muye estimated that the protagonist would be directly pushed to Third Grade strength, otherwise how could he justify the multitude of Experience Packs reaped from being counter-killed so many times?

“Check it out, see what’s the situation in Rongzhi Forest, whether there are any noble families or other people there, and by the way, get all those herbs for me first. I’ll send you the list,” Qin Muye directly instructed the Spirit Monsters to carry out Investigation.

How could the plot possibly proceed as pre-written? Wouldn’t Qin Muye end up with nothing?

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The response from the intelligence department was swift, and the various data of Rongzhi Forest along with the people active in the vicinity were all compiled into a report and sent to Qin Muye.

As for the medicinal herbs, the Spirit Monster spies had already entered the scene, each of them using the Luck Technique to ensure that not a single herb from the list Qin Muye provided would be left behind.

“There really is one, the legitimate eldest son of the greatest family in Southern Liang State, Huang Shitian, oh, a bootlicker, huh, accompanying the Mystical Sword Sect leader’s daughter here for a stroll in the greenery.”

“Ah, this… you call this strolling in the greenery?”

Qin Muye looked at the map that spanned over half of Southern Liang State and was too shocked at the moment. The forest wasn’t the only one in Southern Liang State; there were obviously others that were closer, larger, and better, yet they chose to come here. If it wasn’t to slap the main character in the face, Qin Muye could eat this map.

“But the fact that Mystical Sword Sect would come here is interesting, it’s probably just a smokescreen.”

Mystical Sword Sect was a sect and not native to Southern Liang State. Its strength was not to be underestimated. Even the biggest family in this small place couldn’t compare to their power; they could easily wipe out the entire Southern Liang State. Of course, what’s more important is that, according to the information from the Spirit Monster spies, the Green Dragon Club was the dark piece left by Mystical Sword Sect in Southern Liang State.

This dark piece had been providing considerable benefits to Mystical Sword Sect, but in recent years, it seemed to have grown too big and too strong, and was preparing to break away from Mystical Sword Sect. Qin Muye guessed that they were here to teach Green Dragon Club a lesson, to make them behave.

Of course, Mystical Sword Sect wasn’t the top dog; the intelligence mentioned that Mystical Sword Sect was just one of the chess pieces used by the Court to stabilize the great clans and sects, and it was with the support of the Court that they managed to secure their current status.

However, this support was quite discreet, and as far as the current situation was concerned, apart from Spirit Monsters, no other forces had detected this, suggesting that the manipulator was no ordinary person.

It seemed to be stirring up opposition between the Court and the sects, but in reality, it was extracting a lot of benefits from the situation.

“Following the normal course of events, no wonder the main character gets caught up, the ‘Martial Spirit Body’ on him was originally a Secret Technique that the Green Dragon Club intended to use to break away from Mystical Sword Sect, and not just the Green Dragon Club wants this technique, but probably Mystical Sword Sect as well.”

Indeed, it was a hot potato; the deceased was from the exterminated Qian Family, which was also mentioned in the intelligence. How it came into their possession wasn’t known; even the Spirit Monster spies weren’t omnipotent, at best they knew that the Green Dragon Club wanted to find something after exterminating the Qian Family. The given reason was quite far-fetched, as it all erupted over a trivial matter.

Now it seemed that it was done deliberately, all for the ‘Martial Spirit Body’.

As for how the survivor managed to escape to Qin Muye’s place with the Secret Technique, it must have been due to a temporary Skill.

Now that it had passed through twists and turns into the main character’s hands, there was bound to be a fight.

“First, without the corresponding herbs, he’s definitely unable to successfully ‘level-up’ with the elixir, so… he might get killed, right?”

Qin Muye began to plan in his mind, trying to ensure that he would accumulate opportunities while also making sure not to let the main character run into trouble.

“No, solving this problem is too difficult; better to take care of the person causing the trouble.”

After pondering for three seconds, Qin Muye realized that no matter which method was chosen, the costs were high. The only low-cost, most economical, and highest success rate solution was to deal with the troublemakers.

“Take care of all of them—the legitimate eldest son of the Huang Family, the daughter of the leader of Mystical Sword Sect, and the rest of the entourage and witnesses,” Qin Muye ordered decisively.

Since they were obstructing his path, letting them go was not an option—on the contrary, they might cause additional problems. So, just eliminate them to avoid affecting the observation of Main Character Aura’s data.

His thoughts were simple: he was considering whether he could artificially create the talent for Main Character Aura through this observation.

This was not a wild fantasy; he had the raw materials at hand. Previously, a certain unfortunate God of Etiquette also held a position of good fortune, which Qin Muye stripped away. As a sample, it was preserved and didn’t disappear with the server crash of the Gods’ Realm.

So, theoretically, if he had enough data, Qin Muye could indeed replicate the Main Character Aura. It was a great ability, and he rarely got the chance not to be the main character. He had to seize this opportunity because it would not be so easy to be a supporting character or an extra in the future.

After all, it’s the supporting characters and extras who truly hold the key to fortune, not the main character, who is entirely a trap.