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The bloody curtain around the coffee shop is slowly fading away.

The floodwaters that surged overnight gradually sank through the drainage system of the pedestrian street, and the street returned to its original appearance.

The blood mist in the air dissipated.

only……

On the ground, there was scarlet blood water, and strange blood-colored eyes seemed to be alive, crawling slowly towards the surroundings...

Before I knew it, it was early morning the next day.

Although there is no sunshine, when you look up at the sky, you can see the gray light. Through the dim clouds, it gradually illuminates everything in the paradise, illuminating the classical decoration inside the Blue Mountain Cafe store, and the people lying on the ground. , tables, sofas, some guests closed their eyes to relax, some were fast asleep, or some were sitting and meditating.

Chenxi sat cross-legged in an open space and opened her eyes slightly, her clear eyes reflecting the outline of the entire coffee shop.

Faint golden particles emitted from her body.

After a night of meditation, the astral body has recovered to its peak and is able to release several 'sacred flames' again.

Moreover, compared to the beginning, Chen Xi felt that her astral body seemed to have grown.

I wonder if it was because I exerted too much force last night and squeezed out all my mental energy...

Therefore, in extreme mode, the total amount of astral bodies increases.

She clearly felt that her strength had become stronger.

Can vaguely touch the threshold required to advance to the third rank!

call!

at this time……

In the middle of the coffee shop, a strong wind suddenly blew up!

Chen Xi and others were immediately alarmed. They all stood up and stared at the area where the fog condensed.

A ray of golden light shot out obliquely, and a familiar figure gradually emerged from the glazed light curtain.

He was wearing a loose linen short-sleeved shirt, exuding the aura of a prodigal, with a faint smell of decay coming to his nostrils.

The suona held in the hand was glowing with a pitch-black light, as if it was endowed with some mysterious brilliance.

On his chest, he wore a silver cross.

The cross, with its faint glazed light remaining, seemed to be connected to the Soul Crossing Scroll suspended directly above the head through an energy.

The Soul Crossing Scroll burst into golden light, as if all its energy had been exhausted, and gradually dimmed, slowly falling in mid-air, and landed in Chen Ye's hands.

Chen Xi stood up and was about to go forward, when suddenly the astral body produced an early warning!

The feeling that Chen Ye in front of me gave me was completely different!

Originally, the [Fire Sun] characteristic in her body could also restrain the [Devil].

but……

Now Chen Ye seems to have a more mysterious and unpredictable power, which is still suppressing her [Fire Sun] characteristic.

Even the entire astral body felt a sense of oppression, just like the oppression caused by a subordinate facing a superior.

"Bah bang bang!"

At this moment, the sound of Bai Chen applauding and going downstairs was heard from upstairs.

Next to her, Yako put on a pair of loose pajamas. The legs of her trousers were slightly rolled up, revealing two white ankles covered with small bronze bells. Her white jade-like feet were bare on the ground as she stepped down the wooden stairs.

When the two came to the first floor, Bai Chen's eyes fell on Chen Ye, he applauded and said with a smile:

"Congratulations, it seems you have obtained that strange power!"

Mi Zi tilted her head, looked behind Chen Ye through him, and said doubtfully:

"Where's the erhu-playing master next to you?"

Chen Ye's eyes were calm and he said calmly: "He has something else to do and went somewhere else."

He no longer dwelled on this topic, handed the "Thirteen Chapters of Soul Crossing" in his hand to Chen Xi, and said:

"According to the conditions, I just asked for permission to read it. Now that I have finished reading it, this scroll should be returned to you."

Chen Xi seemed to suddenly wake up, and just came back to his senses. His expression was slightly unnatural, he adjusted himself, nodded slightly, took the scroll from Chen Ye, and gave it to the priest standing behind him.

The priest put "Thirteen Chapters of Soul Crossing" in his bag, raised his head and glanced at Chen Ye, with a half-smile expression on his face, and said:

"I didn't expect that you and your master could actually perform the final chapter..."

He emphasized the three words "your master".

Chen Ye lazily walked past the priest, ignoring him and moving to the second floor, where the Northrend corpse had no head, dried blood, and the skin had begun to turn black.

"I have acquired the ability to make dead people speak. Now, I can try it."

As soon as these words came out, everyone present couldn't help but stand up.

It seems……

Did Chen Ye really successfully play the final chapter of Soul Crossing, and also successfully integrate the characteristic items he obtained into a new second-level profession?

Bai Chen sighed and looked at Mi Zi:

"I really want to have such a convenient ability. In the future, I don't even have to use my brains to think of various ways to interrogate the prisoner. I can just kill him. That would be much easier!"

Yako shrugged, with an expression that said, "It's useless for you to look at me."

at this time.

Chen Ye picked up the suona in his hand and put it to his mouth.

Ajiaka raised the bone staff, moved his lips slightly, and wanted to recite a spell silently, and released a vacuum belt again...

"No need." Chen Ye waved his hand and said with a smile: "I will let the dead speak now. There is no need to play the finale, and it will not have a fatal impact on you."

"Is this so..." Ajiaka looked surprised, a little unbelievable.

Chen Ye pointed to the second rule of Bai Chen's shop and said with a smile:

"This can be considered a type of intelligence."

Bai Chen shrugged and nodded: "He is indeed right. This will not affect us."

Since the rules in the store have not been triggered, it means that there is no problem with the information Chen Ye said.

Everyone took a long breath, wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads, and immediately relaxed.

Last night, the two masters and apprentices played the finale, and the feeling they gave everyone was unforgettable!

It's like walking away from hell!

When they looked at Suona again, they obviously had some psychological shadow.

The next second.

Chen Ye put the suona to his mouth and started playing.

The moment the tune sounded, everyone's minds couldn't help but follow the melody and get involved in the mood of the music.

It was a touch of sadness, as if he had just experienced a separation, but he was moving forward with courage and confidence again.

Unknowingly, listening to the song, everyone seemed to have forgotten the passage of time...

"Ding!"

Until the end, a notification sound came from the blood-colored mobile phones in the players' pockets...

Only then did everyone's minds return to reality.

Suddenly, the Poseidon heirs and clergy members found themselves taking out money and placing it in front of Chen Ye.

They immediately understood what was going on and couldn't help but blush. But when they thought of the rules, they instinctively felt a sense of fear and could only obediently hand over the performance fee.

Ajiaka took out the copper coins and put them in front of Chen Ye, while sighing:

"I haven't heard such beautiful music in many years. The last time it brought me such a wonderful feeling was when I was a child listening to the echo of the magical conch."

With Ajiaka speaking as an elder, the descendants of Poseidon behind him didn't have any objections. Those who had money gave money, and those who didn't had money asked the elders of the clan to raise money.

On the other hand, the clergy members behind them had stinky faces and reluctantly took out the copper coins from their pockets.

Bai Chen and other players finally understood...

How does it feel to encounter a ‘music trick’!

At this moment, Chen Xi actually held a [Bible of Light] that emitted a faint light and handed it to Chen Ye.

Behind him, when the priest saw this scene, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, and quickly spoke to persuade:

"Holy Lady, this is a holy book of the [Fire Sun] order. How can it be used as a performance fee for a wanderer?"

This holy book is a characteristic item dropped from several dead [Light Priests] during the battle in the Scarlet Building.

Although it is a mass-produced low-serial item, even if it is put on the market, it is not a problem to sell it for a few thousand copper coins.

How could it be used as performance fee so casually?

Chen Xi coughed lightly and said with a hint of embarrassment: "I... don't have any money anymore."

The last fifty copper coins were already spent when buying the 'cat poop coffee'.

As soon as he finished speaking, the players around him all looked at Chen Xi with strange expressions.

As a saint of the Church of the Burning Sun...

No money?

Isn't this saintess too unworthy?

Chen Xi quickly explained a little more: "Most of my belongings were left in the church's warehouse, but unfortunately they were robbed by those clowns."

Only holy relics could be found in the wooden box.

but……

The copper coins, silver coins and gold coins stolen from the church were not in the bloody building.

As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding clergy members seemed to be breathing a little heavier.

After all, most of their wages are stored in the treasury of the Lieyang Church, which is safe enough and they can receive interest regularly.

It will be extracted when needed.

This is a tradition of the church, and all clergy members basically maintain a habit that has lasted for hundreds of years.

In order to integrate into the performance, Chen Xi also "does as the Romans do". Her property is regularly deposited into the treasury and can also accumulate interest.

But now, all these properties have been snatched away by the clown through this disaster and turned into nothing.

All members of the Lieyang Church are essentially the church's guarantors, because any accidental loss of property can only be borne by themselves.

They looked at the large bag of copper coins that Chen Ye had just taken, and the corners of his mouth seemed to be slightly twisted at this moment on his usually solemn face.

The priest had a gloomy face and added: "But Holy Lady...you have to know that such a transaction is not equivalent. How can the value of a wanderer's performance be compared with that of a holy relic?"

Chen Xi ignored the priest. She took the [Bible of Light] and walked up to Chen Ye. She took a deep breath and said:

"You helped me withstand a fatal blow not long ago, and you were considered a lifesaver."

"This [Bible of Light] is my reward for you, as well as the performance fee."

"At the same time, it's a testament to our relationship as allies."

In the aura of luck, a purple energy followed the [Bible of Light] in his hand and connected to the black and yellow energy around Chen Ye.

It's really not that simple to be able to become a saint... Chen Ye sighed secretly, the value of the holy relic in front of him was indeed far more than the performance fee. But using it as a mortgage to save lives and proof of allies is also taking advantage of the rules of this city.

Therefore, at the moment, I either don’t receive the performance fee, or I accept it...

But in this way, the life-saving debt that Chen Xi may have owed to him has been repaid, and the relationship between the two parties has turned into an alliance, which also means that the concept of "equivalence" in this transaction will be blurred.

If they are allies, reciprocity will naturally be inevitable in this relationship, and the interests involved will not be so equivalent, but will be in a "relatively equivalent" balance.

Alliance means long-term exchange of interests, so short-term unequal effects will be blurred based on this relationship, thereby offsetting the influence of fate.

as well as……

The connecting purple energy also indicates that accepting this [Bible of Light] will be the best choice.

"good."

Chen Ye nodded and took the [Bible of Light] away.

In fact, after this operation, he could also see that Chen Xi was an ally worth cooperating with.

As a saint of the Lieyang Church, Chen Xi has a very high status. With her help, it will be much easier to do many things.

"Tsk, tsk, I suspect this guy is probably the second richest player currently."

Bai Chen said "tsk" twice and said with emotion.

"Then who's number one?"

Yako turned her head curiously and asked.

"I won't tell you." Bai Chen shrugged, "You don't know the other person anyway, so there's no point in knowing."

"Boring man!"

Mizi rolled her eyes and didn't want to speak anymore.

It took a while, but Chen Ye finally collected all the performance fees.

at this time……

Ahead, Northrend's corpse stood up automatically!

The surrounding pieces of meat were like maggots crawling over the corpse.

Pieces of broken flesh gradually formed the rough and bearded face of Northrend. However, there were stitching marks in many places on the face, making it look like it had been torn apart countless times. blocks, and then pieced together with fine thread and needles to create an ugly rag doll.

Northrend's head shook mechanically a few times, and then, a long and non-human voice came out of his mouth:

"You...want...to ask..."

"What?"

When Northrend spoke, the sound did not seem to come from his throat, but from another world.

When it fell on everyone's ears, it actually brought an unreal feeling like an auditory hallucination.

The surrounding temperature suddenly became a bit colder.

Chen Xi and others clearly felt that the exposed skin of their arms had become extremely cold.

There seemed to be some invisible presence in the air, passing through itself as an incorporeal body, bringing a chill that penetrated into the soul.

"interesting."

A gleam of excitement bloomed in Bai Chen's pupils, and he stepped in front of Northrend, wanting to interrogate him in person.

At this time, Chen Ye said from the side:

"It can last up to half an hour and can only ask three questions."

"so……"

"If you need to be interrogated, have a final idea of ​​what questions to ask."

When Bai Chen heard this, he couldn't help but sigh:

"Okay, I thought I could get unlimited information from the mouths of dead people, but it seems I still thought too much and the characteristics will still be limited."

He turned around, faced Northrend, and slowly asked the first question.