Infernal Artist

Ding dong!

A pleasant voice sounded on the train:

"The current time is seven o'clock in the evening."

Liu Ping yawned and turned to look out the window.

The train was speeding through the deep night, and occasionally some villages with faint lights could be seen.

Those villages quickly retreated, and the sight was once again occupied by the desolate wilderness.

The speed of the train is further increasing.

"Is it because it is getting more and more remote, so the speed is starting to increase...and the temperature is also dropping..."

Liu Ping let out a breath, and the window was suddenly filled with white mist, and the scenery outside became blurry.

"It won't arrive until noon tomorrow." Hua Qingkong said.

Liu Ping picked up a menu from the table and looked at it.

I saw it read:

“Served tonight:”

"Steamed potatoes;"

"Pea soup."

Hua Qingkong said: "What you eat is for ordinary people. We are professionals, so we eat differently."

Liu Ping couldn't help but look at the two tickets placed on the table.

One ticket read: Knight Liu Ping.

Another one read: Summoner Hua Qingkong.

These two professions are commonplace, but as a trainee member of the Empire's energy exploration team, they are just right.

"Let's take a look at this professional menu." Hua Qingkong handed over another menu.

Liu Ping took the menu and saw it read:

"Dear Madam/Sir, the dishes served tonight are as follows:"

"Steamed potatoes;"

"pea soup;"

"White bread or noodles."

Liu Ping shrugged and said, "It doesn't seem to be much better."

Hua Qingkong said: "In recent years, the food harvests everywhere have not been very good."

"At least the Royal Academy still has milk and fruit." Liu Ping said.

"The Royal Academy has financial subsidies from the empire. Now that you have entered the society, you have to get used to eating some ordinary food, unless..." Hua Qingkong said.

"Unless what?" Liu Ping asked.

"Unless it's those professions that can directly use the mysterious power to make food, you don't have to worry about this." Hua Qingkong said.

"Come on then, let's eat something else."

Liu Ping held his hands on his chest and said solemnly: "For the sake of love and justice on earth, I hereby summon sacred meals. On behalf of God's mercy, I will give these holy meals to you free of charge."

He exuded a soft white light, like an angel coming to the world.

Immediately afterwards, white lights appeared on the table one after another, appearing as a long dining table, silver tableware, golden candlesticks and a music box emitting beautiful tunes.

Various dishes appear:

Vegetable salad, roasted pigeon, square dumplings, egg roll pie, stewed pears, mead, wine.

And a small cup of ice cream.

Liu Ping handed over the ice cream and said in a low voice: "In order to keep a low profile, I have reduced a few dishes. I hope you don't mind."

Hua Qingkong took the ice cream and sighed: "Others say that if you marry a life mage, you won't have to worry about starving to death, and if you marry a hunter, you can eat all kinds of meat - I think as long as you show this hand, there will be many girls crying and shouting I will marry you, a knight."

A woman wearing a flight attendant uniform walked up to the two of them, looked at the passenger list, and smiled sweetly at them:

"Sir, madam, do you still want to order?"

"No need." Hua Qingkong said.

The flight attendant reluctantly glanced at the dishes on the table and turned to leave.

Liu Ping and Hua Qingkong had dinner.

Halfway through the meal, Liu Ping seemed to remember something and asked, "How does it taste?"

"It's delicious, thanks to you." Hua Qingkong smiled.

"Thank you, your praise is the best reward." Liu Ping said.

Lines of burning small characters appeared in the void:

"You received the payment for this communion."

"Hua Qingkong can fully enjoy this Holy Communion."

The two chatted while eating, occasionally looking at the wilderness and mountains outside.

Thunder gradually sounded in the distance.

The patter of raindrops fell on the ground, gradually getting heavier and heavier.

When the two of them finished their dinner, the rain turned into falling snowflakes.

"The Northland is getting closer."

Hua Qingkong said.

Liu Ping poured her a cup of hot tea and continued: "I heard that it snows all year round in Hanchui Town on the border. Without measures to keep warm, people can't survive there."

"Yes, we have to get off the bus at Cold Hammer Town and report at the Energy Exploration Branch before we can cross the border and head towards the ruins of the Kingdom of Ceylon." Hua Qingkong said.

Liu Ping was about to answer when his expression suddenly changed.

Several flight attendants hurried past the two men in the aisle.

In the carriage behind, there was faint noise and crying.

Soon.

The flight attendant came back along the aisle. As he walked, he shouted: "Is there a doctor? Occupational therapy is also available. Someone has fainted in the carriage behind."

Liu Ping stood up and said, "I am a healer."

The flight attendant said anxiously: "It might take some effort for you to go there."

"It's okay, take me there." Liu Ping said.

"Please follow me." The flight attendant led the way.

Liu Ping followed the conductor for two consecutive carriages and saw the fainted man.

It was an older, middle-aged man, with his eyes closed, lying on the aisle.

Next to him were a pair of children, both of whom were crying loudly.

An old woman is checking on a middle-aged man.

"Healers are coming!"

The flight attendant shouted.

Everyone immediately moved out of the way.

Liu Ping walked forward quickly, glanced at the old woman, and asked, "What's his condition?"

"Poisoned." The old woman spit out two words.

Everyone was in an uproar.

At this time, the train happened to pass through a mountain tunnel, and the changing lights and darkness alternated around it, making the entire carriage fall into a strange atmosphere.

Liu Ping squatted down, pressed on the man's wrist and neck, and carefully checked his heartbeat, tongue, and eyeballs. He shook his head and said, "It's not some kind of evil—flight attendant, what does he do?"

"He's a miner," the steward said.

"Miner?" Liu Ping murmured.

The old woman sneered: "Did you hear that? A miner, only people like them, will come into contact with those evil things hidden underground, and suffer bad luck because of it."

The crowd gradually became noisy.

The old woman took out a stone engraved with runes from her arms and said, "Sacred stones can drive away evil spirits - as long as I put this stone on him, he will recover immediately."

After that, the stone will be placed on the miner's body.

——Her hand was blocked by Liu Ping.

"If there was really something evil in the mine, this gentleman would have died long ago and it wouldn't have been delayed until now."

After Liu Ping finished speaking, he put his hand on the middle-aged man and said, "In the name of justice, love and compassion, I will heal your wounds."

Holy chant, activate!

A soft light emerged from his hand and gradually disappeared into the middle-aged man's body.

Soon.

The middle-aged man opened his eyes and sat up from the ground.

His two children immediately stopped crying and threw themselves into his arms.

Everyone clapped and cheered.

The weird atmosphere just now was gone.

"How did you faint? Do you still remember?" Liu Ping asked.

"...Thank you for your life-saving grace. I was going to the toilet at that time, and then for some reason, I fainted when my vision went dark." The middle-aged man said.

"The wound on your blood vessel has healed. Pay attention to your diet in the future. Don't eat too much, and don't eat too greasy food. I pushed hard a few times during the treatment just now. The blood clot has dispersed, but there is no guarantee that it will not form again in the future. ." Liu Ping said.

"Thank you, Your Excellency. May I ask where you are employed?" the man said gratefully.

"No need to ask, it's all trivial." Liu Ping nodded to the man, turned around and walked towards his car.

Soon.

He returned to his seat.

Hua Qingkong was drinking tea. When she saw him coming back, she asked, "What's going on?"

"Health problems, trivial matters." Liu Ping picked up the tea cup and took a sip.

suddenly.

A figure stopped in front of the two people.

——But it was the old woman.

She stared at Liu Ping, with a mysterious look on her face, and said softly: "Young man, there is an ominous omen hanging over you, do you know?"

"I don't believe this." Liu Ping said.

The old woman shook her head, placed the stone with runes etched on it on the table, and continued: "Take this holy stone with you. It can get rid of evil and protect you from being harmed by evil spirits. This is what I want for you." The blessing is also the gift of the divine being behind me.”

After saying that, she nodded meaningfully at Liu Ping, turned around and left.

Liu Ping laughed dumbly.

The old woman put on a blabbering look, but little did she know that the person opposite her was once a fortune teller and the ancestor of this trick.

As for this stone...

Liu Ping picked up the stone casually, weighed it, and asked, "Do you know what this holy stone is?"

Hua Qingkong said: "This is a religion that is active among ordinary people. It believes in an existence called the Nine-Winged Fallen God. It usually uses holy stones to borrow the power of this existence to do things like exorcism and blessing for ordinary people. ."

"How come I haven't heard of it?" Liu Ping said in surprise.

Hua Qingkong frowned and said, "I remember that they have been operating underground. For some reason, they now dare to stand on the stage and distribute so-called holy stones to professionals. It is really a bit crazy."

Liu Ping rubbed the holy stone, shook his head and said: "Religion is only popular among ignorant people. Professionals are all on the road to the gods. They rely on the power of the Eternal Night Divine Pillar and the Purgatory Divine Pillar. How can they join? This religion.”

Hua Qingkong smiled and said: "They often gain followers by exorcising evil spirits for ordinary people, but I don't know what kind of bargaining chips they can bring to us professionals."

"I see. It seems that I just ruined their good deeds." Liu Ping said.

Kakaka——

I don't know what mechanism was touched, but the holy stone in his hand suddenly made a low sound.

At the same time, lines of burning small characters quickly appeared in the void:

"The runes on the stone have been combined into an invisible force that envelopes you."

"You are continuing to suffer the influence of the 'Holy Spirit Gabe·Soul Trace'."

"When this technique works on you, your traces will always be under the control of the caster of this technique."