I’m so brave!

As soon as Yan Qing returned to the room, he immediately shut the door tight, took off the mask and bandages, and gasped for breath, feeling the pounding of his heart that wouldn’t calm down for a long time. He didn’t dare answer Pharmacist’s Wish’s final question, afraid that saying even one word would ruin everything.

That is Pharmacist’s Wish!

Coming from the Military Town, a Third-Turn Messenger, gathering Celestial Spirits and Earthly Fiends, despite her low presence in the Shu Dao Mountain battle, who were the others? The three Demon Dao Great Guardians, two Fake Foundation Establishments from the Helan Family, the Life-taking Messenger, Heir of Calamity, Rabbit Heroine... Pharmacist’s Wish, a young girl around twenty years old, actually survived and made significant contributions there and without a doubt could overwhelm both himself and Shang Xinlei!

Don’t be fooled by Yan Qing having both the Bingzi Pepper Forest and Celestial Calamity Karmic Force, with perfect paper stats, yet he has no real battle experience so far; showing his true power would reveal his lack of any real ability. Yan Qing knows this well; being strong in games is fake, in reality, he’s still a homebody.

But that’s not necessarily a bad thing; Yan Qing always positioned himself as a ’cash player,’ using the strongest tokens to crush enemies to pieces, ideally challenging across levels in every fight; for instance, fighting First-Turn while being Third-Turn, fighting mere mortals after Foundation Establishment—if it’s not a fish pond match, he won’t bother!

Without a doubt, Pharmacist’s Wish is utterly opposite, specializing in high-level matches. Yan Qing is very confident about this; unless he can reach Foundation Establishment ahead of time, even with the best gear, it’s hard to bridge the power gap between him and Pharmacist’s Wish, and she can definitely thrash him in battle.

Now reflecting back, Yan Qing finds it incredible; he dared to throw face on Pharmacist’s Wish and slam the table, angering her enough to overturn the table, eventually forcing her to bite the bullet.

Luckily he ran fast; if they really fought, he’d be exposed.

By then, both White Fox and Black Wolf would surely look down on him, and Shang Xinlei might think he’s unworthy to be in their ranks, sinking him to the bottom of the Thief’s House food chain... he must tread cautiously in the future, when messing with others’ mindset, it must be in a safe place, never giving them a chance to make a move.

Yet now, Pharmacist’s Wish should be disillusioned, right?

Yan Qing actually holds no opinion on rescuing Rabbit Heroine, it’s indifferent if she’s saved or not, as she’s just a minor account played for less than half a month, not particularly treasured in his mind. If there’s a feasible rescue plan, Yan Qing wouldn’t mind gambling with her, but alas, Pharmacist’s Wish’s intention seems less like rescuing and more like seeking death.

If it hadn’t been True Man of Locking Dragon Yao Shi Yue who caught Rabbit Heroine but instead Winter Hunting Zhenren from Helan Family, perhaps Pharmacist’s Wish would have been adamant, refusing to bow even at the risk of her life.

True Man of Locking Dragon’s identity and attitude gave her ample reason to convince herself at the time, but she soon found she couldn’t deceive herself, faltering is faltering, abandoning is abandoning, too humiliating, humiliating to the point she doesn’t know how to face herself.

Thus, Pharmacist’s Wish proposed such an absurd plan, even though there was the more practical and safer ’Foundation Establishment’ plan, she seemed to forget it. Rather than rescuing Rabbit Heroine, it’s more about returning to that moment at Shu Dao Mountain, making the decision again, leaving no room for regrets this time.

Despite only arguing with Pharmacist’s Wish, Yan Qing is confident in her mindset. Because she is, in truth, very easy to understand, living for dignity, and dying for dignity.

Yan Qing truly doesn’t want to deal with her; three days ago, he decided to steer clear of this woman; he fears her violence and her temperament. If Pharmacist’s Wish rescues others, Yan Qing would certainly just let her go crazy, but unfortunately, in the Magma Prison is Rabbit Heroine... he can’t watch others die because of his minor account.

This is probably the dignity of a game player, letting a preventable tragedy happen, that only occurs when Yan Qing collects defeat CG in butter games.

He’s not joking; if Pharmacist’s Wish stubbornly insisted despite conditions being immature, he would indeed sabotage the task.

Though the Thief’s House still holds great strategic value for him, it’s not an unbearable sacrifice; at worst, Yan Qing would move to Jiangnan City. Apart from the Nexar Game Console, any cost is bearable.

But is it worthwhile to abandon the Thief’s House for Pharmacist’s Wish?

Yan Qing calmed down and felt this was a bit extreme, yet he spoke while emotional and couldn’t retract his words, if Pharmacist’s Wish remains so stubborn by then, he could only... only hint for White Fox and Shang Xinlei to advise her.

But since the next task inevitably involves battle, Yan Qing also must make a decision. He picked up the Nexar Game Console, logged into Mouse Monk’s account, and opened the Treasure Pavilion to see today’s income.

These days he’s been selling loot bit by bit, including tokens from two in the Helan Family, primarily selling Seven-Star Sword, Flame Pattern Long Saber, and other tokens, only mixing small bits of stolen goods in between, even if others see some signs, they wouldn’t dare be certain, even if they guessed something... Yan Qing wouldn’t fear.

People are like this, initially afraid of crossing boundaries, and over time they grow bolder. Many things are like not doing winter or summer break homework; only after trying do they realize the consequences aren’t certain.