Chapter 178: A mature and steady night watchman...?
It took a while for Ye Yan to understand that this was real sailing, not some performance art.
"So that's how it is. So you're traveling around the world, and you just experienced a storm?" Ye Yan pinched his chin with one hand, "It seems like I'm lucky?"
"What is this sneaky thing? Was it also summoned by Tatsuya?" asked Altria. At this time, she was standing on a gong and the sword in her right hand was on the neck of a dark green monster.
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, master, help me!" The monster lay on the ground and cowardly asked Ye Yan for help.
Zhang Da also took a look at the trembling monster and said, "It's the flag monster and the soul-soothing gong...right? You have to ask Ye Yan about this. What do you want to do?"
The flag monster is like a night watchman's servant, and is always willing to work hard and never complain.
The Soul-Calming Gong is one of the night watchman's signature magical weapons. After it is struck, it can freeze the people around it. It may be effective even if the opponent is much stronger than oneself, but the effect depends on the difference in strength between the two parties.
One of Ye Yan's commonly used tactics is to order the flag monster to secretly hide the Soul-Calming Gong in a suitable place while he attracts the enemy's attention, and then unexpectedly ring the Soul-Calming Gong to control the enemy.
Unlike the immortal Huang Xiaoyan and the gravekeeper Ximen Guanren who basically rely on brute force in fighting, Ye Yan often relies on his brain to defeat the strong with the weak.
"I didn't expect that there are people in the other world who know so much about night watchmen. That one is indeed my flag monster. I just came to an unfamiliar environment and wanted to make some preparations. I'm sorry."
Ye Yan explained to everyone, and seeing that Altria had no intention of taking action, he waved at the flag monster, "We are all family, come back first!"
The flag monster turned into a ghostly cloud of smoke and drilled into a small flag behind Ye Yan.
The flag is a triangle with a yellow background and a green border. There is a red word "Soul" in the middle and it is strung on a thin metal pole. There are a total of eight similar flags flying behind Ye Yan, which are called the Huang Yao Banners.
In the night watchman family, those who can raise the four-sided Huang Yao Banner are qualified to leave their names in history. Those like Ye Yan who can raise the eight-sided Huang Yao Banner are geniuses rarely seen in hundreds of years.
But to be honest, the look of him with flags all over his back makes him look a bit like an old general on the stage.
Rui Mengmeng looked at the magical scene and asked, "What is a flag monster? Is it a monster? The kind from Journey to the West?"
Ye Yan didn't mind introducing his abilities to his new companions: "They are not as powerful as the monsters in Journey to the West that can easily make sand and rocks fly and mountains move and fill the sea. They were subdued by the night watchmen and signed a contract . From then on, they will be subject to them forever. They usually live in the Huang Yao Banner."
Rui Mengmeng said: "It sounds like the flag monster seems to be quite miserable?"
“You misunderstood.” The flag monster that had just entered the Huang Yao Banner poked its head out and said proudly, “For us, turning our true bodies into mist to achieve immortality and not entering the six realms of reincarnation is the most amazing way to live. Following the Ye family as a subordinate is not an honor that every monster can get!”
"This is just average flattery." Ye Yan pushed him back: "Each monster has its own aspirations. Some would rather die than surrender, while others take the initiative to come to us for surrender. We can't distort their wills."
For the sake of immortality, the Ye family, one of the three major families, chose to be used by others. For many monsters, this is a blessing they would never ask for. Monsters with weaker strength or no special skills are looked down upon by the Ye family.
Zhang Day also looked at . He was just worried about not having enough manpower, and suddenly nine people came: "Student Ye Yan, what is your purpose in coming here?"
"Of course it's to experience the customs and habits of another world and improve my performance art!" Ye Yan struck a few poses that normal people couldn't understand the beauty of.
Zhang Da ignored his show of trickery and asked, "What's the truth?"
"Okay, okay, in order to become stronger and become the ace among the three imperial censors of the Night Department." Ye Yan spread his hands, as if to say that you don’t understand the pursuit of artists.
Zhang Da also hooked Ye Yan's shoulder and said, "Young man, I have high hopes for you. Come travel around the world with us, meet all kinds of strong men, defeat all kinds of enemies, and one day you will realize your dream!"
"Hey, don't use these words to deceive children." Ye Yan pushed away the wet Zhang Daye with disdain, "You just want me and my Qi Yao to work for you, so you should have food, lodging and wages, right?"
Do 15-year-olds nowadays understand the dangers of society so well? Zhang Da also said, "Food and lodging will definitely be no problem. The salary will be paid according to Mengmeng's original standard."
In fact, Rui Mengmeng's salary has never been officially paid. After all, the unexpected income from the tavern has always been much greater than her salary, and the more than 400 million Baileys that were originally intended to buy a ship have not been spent yet, so she has money and can do whatever she wants.
Zhang Da also felt around his body and took out two gold coins and threw them to Ye Yan. The gold coins were the ones he had searched out from Vander Decken last time. There were only a dozen or so in total, and everyone shared them out for fun. No one knew where that guy had hidden the treasure.
"Here, just consider it a greeting gift. Welcome to join... uh, the Amber Travel Group." Zhang Da just remembered that his small group didn't have a name yet, so he made one up based on the name of the ship.
"Are the meeting gifts just two coins? Really..." Ye Yan took the gold coin casually, and then his eyes widened, "Gold...gold! Boss, please bring it!"
Student Ye Yan, who had just behaved maturely, steady and intelligent, instantly hugged Zhang Daye's thigh.
"Hey, where's your moral integrity? Where's the temperament and pride of a genius night watchman?" Zhang Da also raised his leg to shake him off, but he couldn't get down.
"How much is pride worth? Please take it all away. Night watchmen also have to eat and pay rent!" Ye Yan is suffering. Ever since he was born as a representative of the family, his family has cut off his financial support. Now he has to rely on working part-time to earn money for rent and food expenses.
In addition, his favorite performance art often requires him to have custom-made clothes, which is another considerable expense.
If it was just this, he could barely hold on, but ever since the arrival of the immortal Huang Xiaoyan, he was often injured and hospitalized by Ye Yan, and all the medical expenses were paid by Ye Yan...
Therefore, as the most powerful talent of the Ye family, who is the night watchman of the three major families, Ye Yan is actually very poor.
Shark Chili breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Ye Yan's expression: "At first I thought it would be difficult to get along with my new companion, but now it seems that he is surprisingly approachable."
Rui Mengmeng was dumbfounded. No matter how short of money she was in the past, she had never done such a thing as hugging her boss's thigh and crying. Can a person be so shameless?
"Well, why don't we talk after we clean up?" Altria felt that Ye Yan... had already wasted a lot of time. If he continued to make trouble, when would they be able to have lunch?
Zhang Da also pushed Ye Yan's face and pulled him down: "That's enough, we are in a hurry to take a shower and have lunch!"
"It's only a few hours now and you're already in a hurry to eat lunch... Calculate the time!" Ye Yan let go of Zhang Daye's legs and moved one hand like the great calculation in the mythological drama, "Huh? 11:23, it was still morning when I came here, right? Well, there is a time difference between the two worlds."
"Meow?" Tom ran back to the cabin and looked at the wall clock, then ran back and looked at Ye Yan in surprise.
"Can you tell the time just by pinching your fingers? That's amazing!" Rui Mengmeng said what Tom wanted to say.
Ye Yan waved his hand: "A night watchman is originally responsible for telling time. Calculating time with one's heart is a professional skill."
