Everyone in the Group is a Main Character, Except Me Who's the Villain

157: Young Master Qin, I want to resign.Although Fang Ming knew that anyone who followed Ye Tian wouldn’t be an ordinary guard, he couldn’t very well ask if Ye Tian didn’t volunteer the information.

Hearing the name ’Vermilion Bird’ now, he was still somewhat surprised.

After all, in God of War trope novels, guards with the code names of divine beasts were generally existences whose strength was second only to the God of War himself.

”What? You know Vermilion Bird?” Seeing Fang Ming’s reaction, Ye Tian became curious instead.

Vermilion Bird was known to everyone in his unit, but once outside that unit, others had no way of knowing about her.

He had never introduced her to Fang Ming, so how did Fang Ming know her?

”I don’t know her, I’ve just heard of her,” Fang Ming replied perfunctorily. ”Let’s leave it at that for tonight. I’ll arrange a room for you to rest in, and we’ll talk about the rest tomorrow.”

Knowing the other party was Vermilion Bird, he felt relieved.

Originally, his plan was to let nature take its course. Once Wu Mingyuan learned that Mu Qingshan had recovered and his plan had failed, Fang Ming would insist he hadn’t seen anyone unusual and use Qin Xiao’s lack of trust as an excuse to resign.

But the appearance of Ye Tian and Vermilion Bird had brought a dramatic change to the plot.

A God of War was basically the ceiling of combat power in urban novels. Even though the plot had moved forward and he was heavily injured—with less than a third of his peak strength remaining—he was still formidable.

In terms of individual combat power, Vermilion Bird’s strength was still a dimensional strike against these ordinary wealthy families.

Moreover, with the God of War staying at his house for the foreseeable future, Fang Ming’s pressure wasn’t as great anymore.

”Alright!” Ye Tian nodded.

Fang Ming arranged for Ye Tian to stay in the room next to Ye Xiaoyu and then returned to his own room on the second floor.

[Ding!]

[Group member ’Frontier God of War’s’ commissioned task has been completed!]

[Task Name: The God of War’s Entrustment]

[Reward: Randomly draw one of the ’Frontier God of War’s’ skills.]

[Draw successful... Congratulations to the host for obtaining: The God of War’s Internal Power Cultivation.]

[Ding, detected that the God of War’s current strength is damaged. Reward scheme is being adjusted... You may choose one of the following two reward options.]

Just as he returned to his room, the task completion prompt popped up. Fang Ming was a bit surprised after reading the content.

”Oh? Quite user-friendly, isn’t it? Since the God of War’s strength is damaged, it gave me two reward options?”

He carefully looked at the two reward options.

[Option One: Directly obtain ’Initial Grandmaster’ cultivation (unrelated to the God of War).]

[Option Two: Obtain cultivation at the same level as the ’Frontier God of War’s’ current level and establish a temporary cultivation synchronization link.]

[Duration: One month. During this period, the host’s cultivation will increase in synchronization with the ’Frontier God of War’s’ recovery progress. Theoretical synchronization limit: Peak Grandmaster.]

[Note: During the link period, the host will no longer be able to obtain cultivation-type rewards through group owner tasks. If the ’Frontier God of War’s’ cultivation fails to recover, the host’s cultivation will also stagnate in synchronization.]

”So it’s a choice between immediate combat power and delayed cultivation?” Fang Ming used to play Teamfight Tactics, so he knew how this worked.

Immediate combat power could be used right away but would be weak later on. Delayed cultivation might not be strong early on, but it would be much more powerful later.

Immediate power: Initial Grandmaster. Delayed cultivation: Peak Grandmaster??

Fang Ming hesitated for a moment.

For someone like him who hid behind the scenes, cultivation wasn’t of much use, so immediate power wasn’t as good as delayed cultivation.

But the specific choice depended on whether Ye Tian’s power could fully recover within a month. If he couldn’t even recover to the Initial Grandmaster level within a month, then Fang Ming would lose out big time.

Thinking of this, he sent a private message to Ye Tian.

[Nameless Guide (Private Message)]: ”Can your power fully recover within a month?”

[Frontier God of War (Private Message)]: ”If it were before, it would be almost impossible. But now with little Lin Chen’s help, it’s absolutely no problem.”

Having received this answer, Fang Ming immediately knew how to choose.

”I choose Option Two.”

[Selection confirmed, cultivation synchronization beginning...]

[Warning: Synchronization link is being established; the process may be accompanied by slight discomfort.]

The moment the text on the light screen vanished, Fang Ming’s body stiffened as if something invisible had pierced through space and crudely poured into his limbs and bones!

It wasn’t heat, nor was it electricity, but a torrent of energy filled with both destructiveness and vibrant vitality—True Qi.

”Ugh!”

Fang Ming let out a muffled groan. He felt his meridians throughout his body like balloons being instantly inflated, sending a clear sensation of swelling and slight tearing pain.

His dantian felt as if a small volcano had been dropped into it.

He could clearly perceive that the True Qi in his body, which was originally weak like a stream, was being washed away, swallowed, and fused by this violent external torrent, then growing frantically by geometric multiples!

Early-stage Hidden Prowess... Mid-stage... Late-stage... Peak!

In just a few breaths, his cultivation crossed the barriers that ordinary Cultivators might need several years or even decades of bitter cultivation to break through, reaching the Peak of Hidden Prowess!

And it wasn’t over yet.

Boom!

A silent thunderclap seemed to ring out in Fang Ming’s mind.

The barrier shattered, and a more refined True Qi was born!

Initial Transformation of Strength.

His cultivation stabilized at the Early-stage of Transforming Prowess, and everything returned to tranquility.

Fang Ming exhaled a long breath of turbid air and slowly opened his eyes. The world seemed to have changed.

The light was still the same light, the room was still the same room, but his senses were several times sharper.

His body felt light as a feather, yet filled with explosive power. He casually clenched his fist, and the air in his palm was squeezed until it popped with a soft bang.

”Is this... the feeling of Transforming Prowess?” Fang Ming looked down at his hands, a smile slowly curling at the corners of his mouth.

Before, although he had fighting techniques and a bit of True Qi, he ultimately lacked confidence when facing true experts, like Lei Hong who had crippled Mu Zhaowu, or the even stronger forces the Lu Family might send.

But now it was different.

With Initial Transformation of Strength cultivation, although he still couldn’t withstand bullets head-on, when combined with Danger Perception, the Nine Yang Divine Needles, the God of War’s fighting skills, and the equipment in his Storage Ring... as long as he didn’t run into top-tier experts or fully-developed freaks with a ’Protagonist Template’, he already possessed true self-preservation capabilities.

”With the Nine Yang Divine Needles, for every additional needle used, the True Qi consumption grows exponentially. Initial Transformation of Strength can only barely perform the seventh needle. To fully perform all nine needles, I’d need at least Grandmaster level cultivation?”

”But it doesn’t matter. Anyway, there aren’t many patients for me to treat.”

In an unprecedented move, he spent his time cultivating until the next morning.

”Uncle, who is he?”

”He is your father.”

”Father??” Ye Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment, then looked at Ye Tian. ”Are you... really my father?”

”Yes, Xiaoyu, I am your father.” Ye Tian’s eyes reddened.

With Fang Ming’s help, it took a while for Ye Xiaoyu to accept Ye Tian’s existence.

His mission accomplished, Fang Ming said goodbye to Ye Tian and went alone to the underground garage, where he called Qin Xiao.

”Young Master Qin, I want to resign!!”