Wait?
Wait for what?
Wait for death?
Huai Shi raised his fan and shrunk into a corner where no one paid attention to him. He trembled and then looked left and right. There was not a single thing that looked like a person sitting on either side.
"Hm? There seems to be the smell of someone. "
"Maybe it's a mistake. Drink, drink."
The two brightly colored Ying Zhou ghosts sitting in front of Huai Shi raised their wine cups and once again drank to their heart's content. Very quickly, they were intoxicated by the dance music and singing.
Behind the hanging curtain, the crippled musicians played the pipa and konghou, offering a mournful tune to the rotting officials. But as the cold wind blew, the banquet became even more lively and noisy.
"These are all good things. Don't waste them. Quickly eat."
The Crow urged.
Huai Shi lowered his head and looked at the plates and bowls on the table. The bowl was a mess of flesh and blood. His expression twitched. He picked up his chopsticks and picked up a few cold dishes to go with the wine. The pickled vegetables were quite refreshing. Every bite had a rich abyss of sediment that spread in the mouth, bringing a wonderful impact to the taste.
Especially the green beans. Every time they were chewed, they would let out a scream. The beans had faces that looked like human faces and were full of juice.
His eyes lit up as he ate. His originally repulsive heart disappeared without a trace.
"Bring me more vegetarian dishes. Don't put any meat on them."
Huai Shi raised his fan and ordered the attendant kneeling next to him. "Recently, I have been eating vegetarian food and praying for the Emperor. It doesn't matter if my cultivation is ruined, but what if the Emperor's lifespan is shortened?"
The attendant hurriedly kowtowed. Very quickly, the dishes on the table were all changed. They looked emerald green and very unhealthy. Just as the attendant was about to take the wine away, he was stopped by Huai Shi.
"There's no need for that. Bring me a few more types of wine," he said solemnly. "Do you know Tai Bai? He's the same as me. The more wine he drinks, the happier he gets to compose poems. When I'm happy, I'll make a poem for everyone in your family … "
Although the attendant couldn't hide his' you're f * cking bragging 'expression, due to his duty, he still followed Huai Shi's instructions and brought over a few bottles of sake. Then, he knelt by the side and waited with his eyes wide open for this shameless fellow to compose a poem.
Huai Shi raised his head and drank a mouthful of wine, then picked up two peanuts and edamame. After chewing two mouthfuls, he felt a few strands of cold vitality that he had never seen before sprouting from his mouth amidst the indistinct whining. He immediately let out a long sigh of relief.
Unavoidably, a wave of drunkenness overtook him.
Huai Shi shook his head when he saw the servant kneeling there with an expectant look.
Picking up his wine cup, he let out a long sigh and took a deep breath. After brewing for a moment, he raised his head and murmured, "Ah, the horse is thin and the hooves are fat. A son stealing from his father is not considered a thief …"
"…"
The attendant rolled his eyes and took two steps back on his knees. He couldn't be bothered to pay attention to this guy who had just snuck in to join in on the fun.
After folding his fan, Huai Shi was stunned for a moment. He hadn't expected that he would leave before he had even finished telling the story of Grandpa Blind and Grandma Blind's sentimental love story.
Forget it, you don't have that kind of fortune …
Huai Shi shook his head and sighed. As he wished, he became an invisible person that no one paid any attention to. He continued to lower his head and drink and eat. As for the cries in the distance, they were just an accompaniment.
He didn't know what he was waiting for.
Crow didn't say anything even when he asked.
Huai Shi waited for a long time, taking one sip of wine and one bite of food. After eating two plates of edamame, he still couldn't wait. He could only take out the list of ingredients that Crow had given him from his sleeve and flip through it.
The first line of words made Huai Shi's eyes begin to hurt.
— — 50 Origin Crystals.
According to the latest exchange rate, a single Origin Crystal was worth 2,400,000 Eastern Xia yuan. If he wanted to buy them in bulk, he would need to pay a premium of around 10%, which was around 100 million …
"Just kill me!"
Huai Shi sighed. "100 million? Even if you killed me, I wouldn't be able to earn that much! Also, it's just an advancement. Do I really need to find a system to spend money on? "
"Of the 50 Origin Crystals, around 30 of them are the cost of renting a top-notch Eastern Xia alchemy workshop. Trust me, 60 million for you to use for a week is already a friendly price."
Crow calmly said, "Of the remaining ten or so Origin Crystals, ten of them are fixed for you to use when you need to extract Origin Substances. The rest are reserved as insurance. If you have the ability to freeload a Cavendish Workshop level alchemy laboratory, then you can get rid of this clause. "
"… … Do they have to be that high-end?"
"They have to be that high-end. The Young Arbiter of Life's stigmata needs to be absolutely precise and absolutely stable. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, you might have to go to the Abyss Shaving Room to get a membership card. At the very least, you'll have to go through bloodletting treatment once a week."
"… …"
Huai Shi endured the heartache and continued to read. Not to mention the other messy things, the materials produced in the border and the Abyss were enough to drive people crazy.
"Blood Hatred Crystal, Divine Light of Grace, Undying Flame, Ashes of Evil …"
Which one of these was not a unique product of the great genealogy? Precious materials that were monopolized by various organizations, and strategic materials that were tightly sealed.
"Why does Celestial genealogy burn so much money?"
"You have to understand that when the Astronomical Society revised Celestial genealogy, it was the most prosperous and huge period.
It can be said that everything in the border of the present realm or the Abyss is available. They never need to consider the cost-performance ratio when designing. No, it should be said that the cost-performance ratio they consider is the benefits obtained in the long term. Therefore, they always strive for the best. "
Crow said lightly, "In fact, there are versions that don't burn money, but haven't you experienced it? How big is the gap between your power as a ghost and the ghost in Niebelungen? Even if they are from the same origin, there is a world of difference.
If you want to gradually unlock the authority in the Book of Destiny, the necessary price is indispensable. "
They were both zithers, but why was an antique made by a master so much more expensive than a factory brand?
In addition to the huge difference between the sound quality, wasn't it also because of the difference in identity?
Huai Shi understood the reason, but why did it have to cost so much money?
At least there was something for Huai Shi to put down. What confused him the most was the part written by Crow at the end, the most important thing.
"The birth of life, the true essence of nothingness, the connection of souls, the illusion of yesterday … What are these and what are they!"
"It's the literal meaning. Whether you have comprehended it yourself or obtained an artifact that can achieve the same effect, it doesn't matter even if you have it for a moment. This is the most essential power of the Young Master of Life. You must experience it.
Compared to those tangible things that can be bought or snatched, these illusory things are the most precious and the most difficult to collect. It must depend on your luck and hard work.
If we are lucky enough tonight, we can probably gather the most difficult one to get. When the time comes, it will depend on your performance. "
With this sentence in front of her, Huai Shi at least became a little more spirited. After drinking a few cups of wine, she no longer continued to drink. Instead, she sat up straight and closed her eyes to focus, quietly waiting.
Who wouldn't like the opportunity to save money?
He didn't know if it was because he had stayed here for a long time or because he had finally gotten used to the atmosphere here. Huai Shi felt that his suppressed Sacred Mark finally had a little room to move.
The calm Origin Substance gradually rippled.
It was as if it had finally begun to adapt after diving hundreds of meters underwater.
After absorbing the vitality in the wine and food, Huai Shi's chaotic Origin Substance began to change, transforming into a type more suitable for this place. It changed the details of its attributes freely like a chameleon.
After Huai Shi discovered this, he couldn't hold back the joy in his heart. Didn't this mean that he could just pick up a random blade of grass and taste it wherever he went in the future?
Immediately afterwards, he finally sensed the abnormality floating in the air.
Abnormalities were expected. In fact, it would be strange if there was anything normal in this place shrouded in eternal darkness. But Huai Shi still felt that something was wrong.
As he gazed at the unrestrained banquet in front of him, he couldn't help but feel uneasy.
Most of the chill brought about by the premonition of death came from the banquet attendees, but there was also a very important part that came from nowhere.
In other words, this abnormality was hidden too well, so well that Huai Shi couldn't find any traces of it.
Huai Shi picked up his round fan and peered through the gaps in the banquet hall one by one.
The evil spirits who had become dissolute and violent after getting drunk, as well as the officials who seemed even stranger, either sang loudly or recited poems. Some even gathered in groups of twos and threes to have fun.
There were also some who ate big mouthfuls of food.
Some of the more elegant ones even lowered their curtains and began to savor the fragrance of the incense, loudly praising the elegant taste.
While they were drinking, someone sighed helplessly, "What a pity. There's good wine and good music, but there's no bright moon for people to appreciate. Otherwise, wouldn't it be even more enjoyable?"
"Bright moon? Isn't that simple? "
The snake-faced physician in the banquet hall laughed loudly. He pulled out a piece of white paper from his sleeve and used a pair of scissors to cut it into the shape of a disk. He then tossed it into the cloudy sky outside the banquet hall.
The white paper flew into the sky and rapidly expanded. Like a jade disk, it began to emit a lustrous light.
It transformed into a bright moon.
The skill of this moon paper-cut technique was truly astonishing. Immediately afterwards, under the illumination of the pale light, the officials in the banquet hall began to lose all restraint.
The group of evil spirits began to sing loudly and dance.
However, Huai Shi was becoming more and more dazed.
Drowsy.
It wasn't just that the alcohol had suddenly taken over his head. It was also that the changes in the Origin Substance had harmonized with the darkness of this place. Huai Shi's vision began to blur.
A gust of cold wind blew over, bringing with it a sense of coolness. The banquet hall began to grow louder and louder.
However, in Huai Shi's eyes, that gust of cold wind suddenly caused the scene in front of him to ripple slightly. It was as if a curtain had been lifted, revealing a small gap in the void.
"He noticed it so quickly?"
In that instant, the Crow in the Book of Destiny sighed. "Don't say that I'm intentionally scaring a child."
The crisp sound of fingers snapping echoed in Huai Shi's ears.
In the blink of an eye, the beautiful illusion was torn apart, revealing the darkness hidden behind the darkness.
The hell behind the hell.
Huai Shi sucked in a breath of cold air.
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