Infernal Artist

This is a crystal clear river.

Deep in the river, various colorful stones lie quietly.

A black stone was mixed in, sending out telepathy:

“Where does this river lead?”

Lilith replied: "I don't know either, I'm not familiar with this area."

"...We have lost our way." Xiao Shizi said.

"Where were you planning to go?"

"On the other side of the river, go past the devil's city and keep going north."

"That was indeed a deviation, but now we have rolled down the river countless times and crossed many tributaries, and neither dare to look back nor find a new way."

"I must go back."

"Why?"

"Someone is waiting for me."

"You saved me. According to the Evernight Contract, I should repay you with all my strength. Then I will help you reach that place. What do you think?"

"sure."

"Okay, let your card book come out to meet me, and I will give it a card."

"I don't have any stuck books."

"...What is going on? You are obviously a card master, but you have never been to any shelter, and you don't have a card book. How on earth did you survive?" Lilith asked frantically.

Liu Ping also sighed.

Five years later, he clearly got a large amount of money from Yanjing Bank to buy a card book, but by some strange combination of circumstances, he suddenly returned to five years ago.

Well, forget it.

I arrived five years ago, but unexpectedly I was captured by the empire ruled by the 'Fool' and became a captive soul. I have never had formal contact with the world of eternal night, let alone any refuge.

"I just entered Yongye, and I just became a card master not long ago." Liu Ping explained.

"I see, we need to find a shelter first and try to get a map of the area, and then we can find the corresponding road to join your companions," Lilith said.

"...What kind of place is a shelter?"

"I can't tell. I have a way to go directly to the nearest shelter. How about we set off now?"

"Don't go!" Liu Ping blurted out.

"Huh? If I don't go, I won't go. Why are you reacting so strongly?" Lilith asked in confusion.

Of course Liu Ping couldn't say that the place was being divided up by two monsters. He hesitated for a moment and said:

"I suspect those two monsters are still around, maybe looking for shelter."

"Then change the place," Lilith said: "I also have a contact card in my hand that can help us find a particularly far away shelter - but in this case, you may not be able to find your friends for the time being."

"This is the only way," Lilith added.

Liu Ping sighed.

If Hua Qingkong had left the empire's border as she said, then she must have arrived near the snow-capped mountains and was waiting nervously for herself and Libertas.

Should she be left alone in the ice and snow?

When he couldn't improve his level, they took out extremely rare soul power potions to help him improve his level.

In the tunnel, her spirit wouldn't let her save herself, so she just gave up on that spirit.

Such a girl——

Do you want to leave her alone?

"I decided to turn back." Liu Ping said.

"Liu Ping, your brain is obviously very good. Are you crazy to make such a decision?" Lilith asked.

"That friend of mine is waiting for me, I have to go and meet her." Liu Ping said.

Lilith let out a desperate lament and asked: "What kind of person is he, worthy of your saving like this?"

"a friend."

"Male or female?"

"female."

"How old?"

"Well, about the same as me."

Liu Ping continued: "It's okay, you can stay here - if I can come back alive, you can find a way to repay me."

Lilith shook her head and said: "Idiot Liu Ping, we have signed an eternal night contract. I must repay you with all my strength - since you want to find your companions, then I have no choice but to follow you and help you with all my strength!"

"Then -" Liu Ping spread his hands and said.

"Let's go, let's go. I really can't help it. You saved my life anyway, so I should help you save another person." Lilith said.

Liu Ping looked into the void.

I saw lines of small words floating there:

"Notice."

"The Eternal Night Contract stipulates that she must help you with all her strength once, but it is not limited to this time. In fact, she can choose to complete this task at any time."

——In other words, Lilith did not have to help her find Hua Qingkong.

She can wait for herself here.

But she still decided to go with herself.

Tsk.

When she controlled the big fish to transport devils and humans to attack the magic ants, she magnanimously allowed Huoyang to jump on the back of the fish.

He seems to be a kind-hearted book spirit.

"Lilith, who is your mortal enemy?" Liu Ping asked.

"The book spirit of the Soul-Splitting Book." Lilith said.

"Book of Soul-Splitting?" Liu Ping asked.

"That's right, that book is the card book of the Soul-Slaying Ant Queen. She had some grudges against me in the past," Lilith said.

At this time, a fish swam over, held the stone in its mouth, and took it to swim towards the way it came.

"Why do these guys have stuck books? What is the purpose of stuck books?" Liu Ping asked with interest.

"The card book gives the deck some strange mysterious power. For example, the woman you saw, the card book in her hand is called 'Fruit of Evil', which can turn all cards into fruits for the woman to eat. Go down and absorb the power of the card." Lilith said.

"What about the 'Book of Soul-Splitting'?" Liu Ping asked.

"Split the card into countless magic ants - tsk tsk, I get goosebumps just thinking about it." Lilith said.

"In this case, I need to find a stuck book." Liu Ping said.

Lilith didn't know what she thought of, and said sadly: "For a rookie like you, just find an ordinary card book to use. Otherwise, the card book you use is too good, and others will challenge you, and you can't beat it, so you can only use the card book." Lose to someone else.”

The fish suddenly dived into the bottom of the water and hid around a group of small fish.

"What's wrong?" Liu Ping didn't know why.

"I seem to sense something... just wait." Lilith said.

A few breaths have passed.

Lilith said happily: "Tree hole! There is a hidden tree hole near here!"

"Tree hole?" Liu Ping asked confused.

"Yes, the tree hole is a place arranged by a great being to provide people walking outside with it to communicate and trade - after all, the eternal night is really vast and boundless. After some people leave the shelter, it is not easy to go back. Yes." Lilith said.

The fish speeded up and swam hard, and soon came to the shore and spit out a black stone.

The stones rolled and fell into the jungle.

Bang!

Then a dog appeared.

"Why do you want the dog to come out again?" Lilith asked in confusion.

"That woman has a special sense of beings above level 15. My pastoral dog is only level 3, and it's so far away, so it's relatively safe." Liu Ping said.

"I see, run to the left. There is a huge ancient tree there. The dog can get into it. It has the power to shield the aura." Lilith said.

Huoyang nodded slightly and ran quickly.

Soon.

It found the old tree and got into the tree hole.

A line of burning small words quickly appeared:

"You have been blessed by the breath isolation technique, which is a mysterious technique."

--Safety!

The fire fang disappeared instantly.

Liu Ping and Lilith then appeared.

Lilith jumped lightly onto the tree wall and said:

"Press your hand on the tree wall, and it will absorb a little of your soul power as a reward, and then you can start trading."

"good."

Liu Ping pressed his hand on the tree wall.

Soon, he felt that something had sucked a little of the power out of his body.

A line of burning small words appeared:

"You found the tree hole."

"You are a scholar. After leaving the 'Fool' sequence, the abilities of this title can be used normally."

"From now on, everything you explore and discover will bring you more experience points."

"——The power of a polymath comes from exploration and knowledge."

"Notice:"

"You absorbed a little soul power from the tree hole."

"The tree hole is about to be activated."

There was a flash of light and shadow all around.

Liu Ping suddenly found that the tree hole was gone and he was standing in front of an ancient giant tree.

"Traveller, what do you want?"

The giant tree hummed.

Liu Ping thought for a while and said: "I need a map - the surrounding terrain of the country of 'Fool 3-6912 Sequence', the more detailed the better."

"So, what will you pay for?" asked the giant tree.

"gold?"

"The map is precious, the gold is not enough, we need something else."

"Should I accept the gems?"

"Gemstones contain mysterious power, yes."

Liu Ping took out some gems and spread them in the palm of his hand.

The last time he went to the Kingdom of Ceylon, he collected some gems in York City. Later, he returned to the Sequence Empire and defrauded 40% of the treasures from the Ten Thousand-Eyed Demon King on the snowy mountains, which contained a lot of gems.

——That is the reward paid by the prisoner to the Ten Thousand-Eyed Demon King, which is quite generous.

"No need for so many, just give me fifteen gems." Gushu said.

Fifteen of the gems in Liu Ping's hand suddenly disappeared.

A leaf quietly fell on his hand, and suddenly turned into a burst of green light, seeping into his hand.

All of a sudden.

A detailed map appeared in Liu Ping's mind.

He immediately knew where he was, and even knew what dangers there were in the nearby areas and how to go.

"Thank you very much." Liu Ping smiled.

"So, what else do you need? I see that the book spirit around you doesn't have a place to live yet. Do you want to give her a blank card book that belongs to her?" Gu Shu asked.

Liu Ping was startled and looked at Lilith on his shoulder.

Lilith's face turned red, she shook her head and said, "No need, I've been wandering all the time, I'm used to it, Liu Ping, don't spend money."

"Give her a blank card book, something better, thank you." Liu Ping said.

"A generous card master - of course, who would treat his book spirit badly?" Gushu let out a gentle laugh.

A thick book exuding the fragrance of wood quietly appeared.

A voice suddenly emerged in Liu Ping's heart:

"Without a stuck book to hold her up, the book spirit will slowly lose its strength and become extremely weak. In the end, it will be difficult to escape the fate of being eaten by monsters - she needs a book, she is just embarrassed to say it."

This is the sound of ancient trees.

Liu Ping looked at the huge ancient tree quietly.

——The name of the ancient tree has already appeared in front of him:

"Guardian of all living beings, the spirit of the ancient tree of eternal night."