Your father will break your legs

"Damn fatty, you really managed to lose weight in these almost two years that have passed. I thought you were against losing weight, what happened?" Liu Yang finally commented on this.

But his tone was sarcastic because he knew that Lin Hai would never lose weight if it wasn't for a greater cause.

"This is all my father's fault. If it weren't for him forcing me to work as a blacksmith's assistant, I would never have lost weight. But it's not bad to have a skinny body, but I still need to get used to it." Lin Hai commented dejectedly.

His father forced him to work at a friend's shop to learn more about weapons forging, but he didn't want to learn that kind of thing. So he just worked as a general helper carrying heavy metals around.

Over the months, his weight slowly decreased until he reached his current appearance.

"But you? Liu Yang, what happened to you during these almost two years? Uncle and aunt were worried because you didn't send any news, they only stopped it after you started talking to them" Lin Hai referred to Liu Yang's parents as uncle and aunt.

The two sides have known each other for so many years that he could call them that.

"I had some problems after I left the village. Fatty, do you remember those groups that tried to rob us? But were they stolen by us?"

"Yea. They were a funny bunch."

"So they got together and formed a group of about ten people to surround me after I left the village a few days after you guys left. I was just lucky because this little thing saved me and I managed to escape with some heavy injuries." Liu Yang patted Little Fairy's head, who was devouring food nonstop like a bottomless pit, but the mushroom hat was doing it.

"Liu Yang… This little thing… Is it that giant thing from before?" Lin Hai was no idiot, he noticed the mushroom hat devouring things quickly.

Which reminded him of the Devouring Mushroom.

But how did that giant, scary thing become this cute little creature?

"Yea. I found some interesting things and managed to evolve her into this form." Liu Yang wouldn't say much about this subject because it wasn't necessary.

"Liu Yang, your luck was very good. I remember the professor saying that these evolution items are quite rare and coveted by wealthy groups who want to evolve their pets."

"Yea. I could have sold this, but I thought it better to evolve. She deserves it for helping me so much." Liu Yang was really grateful for the Devouring Mushroom and Little Fairy's help.

Without these two, he would be in big trouble or even be dead.

"But Liu Yang, what did you do the rest of the time? You couldn't have been more than a year injured, right? Or is that what happened?"

"I was doing other things after I recovered, but it's not very good to talk about it. But you? Fatty, how did you find that group of idiots?" Liu Yang didn't have a good first impression of them.

"They're some young people I met during my trip from Ning Town to here. They're not bad people, but sometimes, they're a little rude. I was only able to start leveling after I finished doing my forced labor as a blacksmith's helper, it took almost a year. It's very disheartening. The others who passed the test for the Combat School must be at levels much higher than mine. If they saw me now, they would laugh at me." Lin Hai didn't pressure Liu Yang to talk about his private affairs, he just answered the question that was asked.

"What is your level? You must have managed to level at least 20 levels, right? Or failed to do so?"

"Liu Yang, do you think I'm lazy? I trained hard after I left Nan Town. I only slept five hours every other day. My level rose quickly. As I had some high-quality equipment forged by my father's friend, I was luckier than most people. Liu Yang, where's your short sword? I remember you always left it on your waist."

"The sword broke. I broke it along with the wooden sword."

"Liu Yang, your father will break your legs for this. Wasn't that a memory of your grandfather?"

"I just need to say that the sword broke in the middle of a fight. The creature that broke the sword was very tough. With just one blow, it was shattered" Liu Yang lied about that.

The sword only broke when he attacked the whirlpool made by the golem.

"Liu Yang, changing the subject. You said you were leaving tomorrow, right? Which city are you going to? I and the rest of the group won't be leaving for two weeks. We still need to level a few more levels in the dungeons."

"I'm going to venture into the Swamp of Gbril. This place is near the end of this forest." Liu Yang bought a map of the areas around the city to locate himself.

The best locations to venture out and level up were close to his level.

"But isn't this place for adventurers of level 40 or above? Liu Yang, are you still level 40? I remember that a crazy person can reach that level in five or six months. You must have been very busy these nearly two years."

"Yes. But I'm not worried about that. I will slowly level up and learn more about the world." Despite saying that, Liu Yang still had one big concern on his mind, Lirath, his wife.

As he was so weak, Liu Yang had no chance of dealing with it.