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Chapter 241 I Can’t Get a Loan, But I Can Leverage
Fang Yi thought for a few minutes, and after judging the female general's condition, he realized something.

In order to save the female general from the situation of mental overdraft, he needs to use some advanced usage of [Constraint], and he also needs the assistance of some props.

[Binding] is a skill that Fang Yi uses seldom.

In addition to constraining the contracting parties to enforce the terms of the contract, this skill is more widely used to rob Peter to pay Paul.

In other words, part of the relevant ability of the pledged person is used to strengthen one aspect of the ability, and the nature and power of spell-like skills are changed by adding restrictions.

In Fang Yi's plan, it is necessary to learn magic skills in the future world so that they can be used in conjunction with other skills to be of greater use.

In addition, even though the space version of the [Binding] skill is different from Sukuna's endless lending of small in exchange for big, it is more like mortgaging part of the skill's performance at a discount to enhance the performance of another part of the skill.

Even with the enhancement of the [Legendary Branch], Fang Yi is currently limited to the [lv3] level of [Binding], so he cannot do the bug-like operation of Sukuna himself, which is to turn the space slash into an instant one.

Instead, one needs to ensure that the price paid is higher than the 'value' of what is exchanged, that is, the two ends of the [constraint] scale must maintain a certain equivalence.

He must pay an equivalent price in advance on one aspect of the skill in order to exchange it for an equivalent enhancement of that skill. The things paid and exchanged must also be closely related to have exchange value.

After learning [Fireball], Fang Yi can easily exchange [Fireball's power increased] for the price of [Fireball's flying speed slowed down].

Because, if the [power of Fireball] is enhanced by [Binding], then the performance of the [Fireball] skill itself, such as [Fireball's flight speed] and [Fireball's damage range], are the highly valuable weights.

For [Restriction] at level 3, if you use the remaining lifespan and the reduction in power of other skills as a weight, it will be difficult to afford the cost of increasing the power of skills.

He had been using the payment of "the damage of [Blood Demon Art·Frozen Cloud] becomes zero" in exchange for the performance of "expanding the skill range of [Blood Demon Art·Frozen Cloud]" to create a thick fog, which was a typical example of the use of the [Binding] skill.

Therefore, under this limitation, even if Fang Yi at this stage paid the price of [slower mental recovery speed and slower physical recovery speed], it would be difficult to exchange it for the increase of [greatly improved Esdeath's mental recovery speed] when the attributes of the two naked panels are very different.

However, Fang Yi, who had been exposed to the financial market in his previous life, naturally knew how to cheat by using the [Legendary Branch] to [pay the price of restraint for others].

He can first use a little 'leverage' to increase the value of the 'weight' in his hand, and then exchange it.

Fang Yi looked at the robbers who walked into the hall, took a lot of food and fuel, and prepared to start the operation.
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The rain gradually subsided. The bandits who had been "strolling" outside and purchasing some food and fuel according to Fang Yi's instructions, quickly pushed their carts into the stronghold at the right time under the command of the "intelligent crow".

After the robber stopped the cart containing the items, he subconsciously glanced at Esdeath, who had turned into a blue mass covered with Fang Yi's coat on the sofa.

After sensing the other party's panel attributes, the robber silently gave Fang Yi a thumbs up, obviously misunderstanding something.

The meaning of the robber's thumb is obvious.

[Sure, you're cut out for this. You'll be fine with any woman you throw at you.]

Looking at the robber with a somewhat strange expression, and after confirming that the female general was really unconscious, Fang Yi had no choice but to explain the female general's location to his teammates.

Make sure there are no omissions in your next plan.

“This person’s situation is somewhat similar to yours in your previous mission, but she and I haven’t reached a cooperative relationship yet.

"It's valuable, but we need to be cautious at this stage to avoid exposing our identities and endangering our safety."

The robber looked as if he understood, then he took out the dagger from his waist, pointed at the female general sleeping on the sofa, and made a gesture as if he was going to cut his throat.

Obviously, when Fang Yi's safety was involved, the bandits' bottom line became very flexible.

He didn't mind breaking through some restrictions of rules and regulations, choosing to take the initiative and resolve some unexpected factors to ensure the safety of both of them.

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Fang Yi slowly moved the sofa with the female general closer to the fireplace, took out wood from the cart, tried to light the fireplace, and verbally stopped the robber's proposal.

"The benefits gained from killing her are far less than the additional benefits gained from gaining her help. Besides, her injuries were caused by me, so I should heal her.

“After this rescue, although our identities as coming from another dimension might be exposed, it might also leave me weak for a day after treating the other party.

"But given the other party's character, he will definitely give due rewards."

The robber did not comment on this, but still put away the dagger, folded his arms, picked up a pile of firewood and placed it next to the fireplace to make it easier for Fang Yi to start a fire.

After a moment's silence, the robber first looked at the female general and then spoke to Fang Yi.

"I trust your judgment, but not everyone is worthy of your trust. Sometimes, for safety's sake, you should be a little selfish.

"While I was strolling outside, I had a hearty meal and I'm in great shape now, so while you're weak, I'll be in charge of guarding this residence.

"I'm strong enough to handle most situations."

Hearing the bandit's sincere words, "I'm strong," Fang Yi, who was unaware of the bandit's talent, smiled, obviously not taking it seriously. There shouldn't be any enemies or surprises right now, but the attitude expressed in the other party's words still made Fang Yi happy.

He patted the robber's shoulder, accepted his kindness, and responded.

"I know. I'll leave the next period of time to you."

After the robber confirmed again and again that Fang Yi did not need help, he left the hall, apparently to find a suitable position to guard the house.

Fang Yi looked at the flames rising in the fireplace and the ingredients on the cart, and decided it was time to use the item [Talented Tongue].

After paying with his spare lifespan and obtaining the rare ingredients of dangerous species' flesh and blood, he began to recall the dishes he had eaten before.

The [Cooking] skill combined with [God's Tongue] will produce better quality consumables. The benefits brought by taking them will make it easier for Fang Yi to increase his "weight" to pay for the [Restraint].
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A few minutes later.

Fang Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at the several steaks in front of him that were emitting an enticing meaty aroma, and the bowl of broth next to them that was golden in color and had a warm aroma.

The properties displayed on the two consumables and the prompt sound coming from the space beside his ears also confirmed his idea.

"Affected by [God's Tongue] and the skill [Cooking Level 7], the quality of the consumables you craft is improved, and the recovery effect is enhanced."

[[Speed ​​up mental power recovery]] effect changed to [Significantly increase mental power recovery for a short period of time]]

[Slightly increase physical recovery speed] effect changed to [Moderately increase physical recovery speed]

These two dishes were consumables that Fang Yi had consumed when he was previously "in prison" at the hospitality of the [Minister's Camp] and were certified by the space as having magical effects.

[God's Tongue] can record the cooking methods of the food eaten and make improvements. At the same time, after using the relic [Talented Tongue] to pay for the ingredients obtained by the spare lifespan, the recovery effect has obviously made a great leap.

After each of them consumed a portion of the dish, which greatly increased their [physical recovery speed] and [mental recovery speed] and increased their own 'weight', Fang Yi began to use [restraint].

He sat next to the female general and first used the [Reversal Technique·Strengthening] combined with the [Soul-Hunting and Redeeming Life] trait on himself to further increase his [Spiritual Power Recovery Speed].

Then he touched the female general's body with one hand and gave her the same buff, thus starting the 'exchange'.

"As a price, [the upper limit of my available mental energy for one day will be reduced, my mental energy recovery rate will drop to the human body's operational limit, and my physical recovery rate will be significantly slowed.]

"In exchange for [Esdeath's mental recovery speed is greatly increased for a period of time, and she can temporarily regain consciousness for one minute.]"

As [Binding] was activated, a notification sounded in my ears: "Due to the influence of your talent [Diligent Study], your skill [Binding] level has been raised to [LV4]. An unknown skill branch is being deepened."

Fang Yi only felt that the world in his eyes suddenly turned dark, his body temperature dropped rapidly, and his thinking stagnated. It was obvious that his body's metabolism had slowed down.

Since the price has been paid, the increase in exchange should definitely be in place.

When Fang Yi picked up the firewood that the female general had previously "dried", the ice he made leaned against the female general's cheek.

A few seconds later, the female general on the sofa opened her eyes with difficulty and saw Fang Yi's approaching face.
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When Esdeath woke up, she felt a pain in her head that was almost tearing her apart.

The specific pain level is probably as painful as that experienced by some time travelers when they first wake up after traveling through time.

The pain caused the usually calm female general to lose her ability to think for a short time.

She felt as if someone had driven a sharp, narrow nail into her skull from the back of her head, causing all her thoughts and memories to stagnate.

Seeing Fang Yi's face, the female general subconsciously struggled and tried to sit up from the sofa, but failed as expected.

Then, with the help of an inexplicable feeling of coolness in her mind, the female general finally realized her situation.

While she secretly practiced the [Ice Soul Concentration Visualization Method] to restore her spirit, she looked around at the surrounding environment.

[I fainted after forcibly using the [Spirit] technique just now? Did Fang Yi save me?]

【Why is his face so pale and his lips blue? 】

Before the female general could react, Fang Yi's words reached her ears.

"Don't question it, just follow me. I have a way to help you."

The female general was about to stand up and struggle, but her hands and feet were instantly clamped by the man in front of her.

(End of this chapter)