"I say …"
Within the quiet room, hearing the voice from the phone, the young man's mouth twitched, not knowing what to say, "We really don't want to get involved in this sort of thing anymore …"
"Can't you find someone else?"
"From the moment you told us about this, you were destined not to be able to get away."
Chen Rou's cold voice sounded out, "That cursed land is even more terrifying than you can imagine, and there are many things that we have not discovered before.
"In order to obtain information, we've already lost dozens of elites.
"Compared to others, not only are you two cursers, but you have also entered the cursed land before, so you are the best candidates."
Hearing this, Liang Xiao felt his scalp go numb and did not know what to say.
Whether it was him or Yang Cheng, neither of them wanted to get involved in this sort of thing.
In the past, even though they had participated in the exploration of the cursed land to obtain cursed items, it was mostly because they were forced to do so.
After all, if they did not take the initiative to enter the cursed land and search for cursed items, they would not have been able to survive until now.
However, now, they did not think too much about this.
At this point, all the problems on their bodies had been resolved. Even the curse on Little Blue had been removed, so there was no need to worry about it anymore.
Originally, they might have been worried that the curse on their bodies would break out and take their lives at any time.
However, now, with Chen Heng in the church, they no longer had to worry about this.
From what he had seen, it seemed that Chen Heng had the ability to suppress curses and even control curses.
Even if they lost control of the curse power in their bodies, they could go find Chen Heng and have him suppress and dispel the curse power in their bodies.
To them, they no longer had any desire to explore; they just wanted to find a safe place to live.
It was a pity that even though they did not want to find trouble, trouble was continuously finding trouble for them.
"I understand what you're thinking."
Chen Rou's cold voice rang through the phone. She said coldly, "But it's not that easy to retire after entering this industry."
"I wonder how many people you've offended in the past."
"As long as I spread the news about you and what you've done in the past, do you believe that the guards will immediately come knocking on your door?"
"What do you want?"
Hearing Chen Rou's words, Liang Xiao and the other man's expressions changed.
"It's simple."
Hearing Liang Xiao's words, Chen Rou smiled and continued, "Take us to the Cursed Land and think of a way to delay the eruption of the curse."
"I don't need much time. Half a month at most."
"After this is done, I can take charge of your past criminal records and write them off. No one will ever cause trouble for you again."
"I can guarantee that."
"It's a deal."
Liang Xiao was silent for a moment, then finally nodded and said, "Apart from that, what else?"
"What else?"
Chen Rou was stunned, and she couldn't help but frown.
"In this world, there's no such thing as wanting someone to do something without paying them back."
Liang Xiao directly stated a price, "In addition to the conditions you mentioned, I want a reward of five million per person."
"What do you think?"
"No problem."
Chen Rou didn't hesitate and directly agreed.
Five hundred people per person, that would be ten million in total.
Even though this was a lot, compared to the curse, it really wasn't much.
One must know that once the curse of the Cursed Land was released, it would affect the entire city.
When that time came, who knew how many people would die to end this disaster.
If things developed to this point, the final losses would be incalculable.
Compared to the frightening consequences, some money was nothing.
After agreeing to this condition, the call was quickly hung up.
After putting away the phone, Liang Xiao turned around and looked at Yang Cheng with a bitter smile on his face.
"It looks like we won't be able to get away this time."
He shook his head and said.
"It doesn't matter."
Yang Cheng shook his head and said, "The two of us deserve to die anyway. If we can help, it would be worth it even if we die."
"Moreover, things are different now. We don't have to worry about Xiao Lan anymore."
The two of them still had some savings. Even if they died in the ruins, they didn't have to worry about how Xiao Lan would live in the future.
Moreover, since they had already discussed the price with the officials, according to the rules, even if the two of them died, the rewards that belonged to them would be given to the corresponding heirs.
In this aspect, the officials still had credibility.
Therefore, Yang Cheng and Liang Xiao didn't care too much about this expedition.
In fact, for people like them, the so-called danger and life and death were not worth mentioning at all.
Anyway, they were all people who deserved to die.
On the other side.
Time passed slowly.
Soon, the sky outside became dark. It was already night time.
At night, Chen Rou returned home, feeling a little tired.
After a day, she was extremely tired.
The threat of the Cursed Land still existed and the curse could erupt at any time.
In order to delay the curse as long as possible, she didn't have much time left.
She had to contact the cursed people nearby as soon as possible and gather them here.
However, this was not easy to do.
After all, entering the Cursed Land was too risky, and anyone who dared to go in had to be prepared to die.
Even among the cursed people, there were not many who were willing to take the risk.
It was naturally quite difficult for Chen Rou to gather all of them.
She spent the entire day running around, and even now, she still had a headache.
However, even so, when she returned home, she still had a smile on her face and did not show her exhaustion.
She smiled and prepared to prepare some food while waiting for her little brother to return.
However, when she returned home, she was surprised to find that there were already people waiting inside.
Within the spacious hall, melodious music sounded out, continuously echoing throughout the hall.
On the dining table, there were a few dishes that had already been prepared.
"Eight treasure fish, stir-fried vegetables …"
Casually looking at the dishes on the table, Chen Rou could not help but look a little surprised.
At the side of the table, there was a young man busying himself.
As if he had heard the noise outside, he turned around and his gaze landed on Chen Rou.
"You're back."
Looking at Chen Rou, he nodded as if he was not surprised that she had returned.
"When did you learn to cook?"
Looking at Chen Heng, Chen Rou smiled as she walked up and patted his head.
The young man's hair was very soft and comfortable to the touch, and it gave off a nice fragrance.
Chen Rou could not help but rub it as she looked down at her little brother.
Under the bright lights, the young man's figure could be seen. He looked quite tall and straight, and he also looked quite frail.
Under Chen Rou's gaze, the young man came back to his senses. His handsome and exquisite face looked quite calm as he looked at her.
"I'll just learn a bit."
He looked at Chen Rou and said softly, "Want to try it?"
"Since you've already cooked, why don't you let me try it?"
Chen Rou smiled as she picked up a bowl and chopsticks.
What surprised her was that the food that Chen Heng had cooked was unexpectedly delicious, and it did not taste like the dark cuisine that she had expected.
This was to be expected.
After all, even though he looked quite young, in actuality, Chen Heng was already an old monster.
In the long course of his life, he had tried many things and done many things.
If it was just cooking, it was nothing to him.
In his first life, when he was still a mortal, he had already been an expert in the kitchen.
Now, he had just picked it up again.
After finishing the meal, Chen Heng silently put away the bowls and chopsticks and went to the side to busy himself.
Chen Rou did not have much to do and just sat on a wooden chair in boredom as she looked at her little brother continuously working.
Looking at the scene in front of her, her heart was inexplicably moved.
Unknowingly, her little brother seemed to have grown up.
She inwardly sighed as this thought flashed through her mind.
"What is it?"
Chen Heng's voice sounded out.
Before he knew it, he had already finished his work. He walked over to Chen Rou and looked at her.
"It's nothing."
Chen Rou smiled as she shook her head and said softly, "I just suddenly feel that my little brother has grown up."
"Boring."
Chen Heng shook his head and put away his things before walking to his room.
Looking at his actions, Chen Rou only smiled and did not say anything.
After a while, she stood up and walked to her room.
After walking into her room, she quickly found that something was off.
There seemed to be something extra on the chair in her room.
It was an exquisite golden box that looked quite beautiful, and there was a small piece of paper on it.
"Happy birthday."
Looking at the words on the paper, Chen Rou felt quite surprised and did not know what to say.
Recently, she had been so busy that she had forgotten that today was her birthday.
But for people like her, the so-called birthday actually didn't mean much.
As someone who bore the curse, her life was almost always accompanied by death. Every day, she could see many terrifying scenes.
Most of the warmth that ordinary people could enjoy could not be enjoyed by her.
However, at least for this moment, Chen Rou felt that she was quite lucky.
At the very least, there was someone in the family who remembered her birthday and prepared a present for her.
Thinking to there, she could not help but smile. Following this, she stretched out her hand and opened the golden box.
The golden box slowly opened, revealing the item within.
This item was none other than a golden pendant.
The golden pendant looked quite pure and gave off a beautiful and dazzling golden color. It looked incredibly precious and beautiful, and it gave off a suffocating charm.
If one were to stare at the pendant for too long, they would even have the illusion that it was not a golden gem, but a small sun.
At this moment, Chen Rou was experiencing a similar illusion.
At this moment, as he held the pendant in front of him, he felt an inexplicable sense of warmth.
It was as if she was bathing in sunlight, feeling incredibly warm and comfortable.
The parts of his body that were corroded by the curse and throbbing from time to time seemed to have become much more comfortable and no longer hurt.
"Am I just feeling this way?"
Chen Rou was bewildered as she sensed this feeling in her body. She didn't know where this feeling came from.
After a while, the feeling in her body subsided.
Everything seemed to have returned to normal.
However, even so, this pendant gave her a very different feeling. To her, it seemed to have a different kind of charm, making her feel quite fond of it.
From this point of view, Chen Rou was undoubtedly very fond of the item in front of her.
Thinking to this point, she couldn't help but smile. Then, she put it on and placed it on herself.
Not too far away, in a room to the side, Chen Heng seemed to sense Chen Rou's movements and raised his head.
"Did you see it?"
Sitting on the bed and sensing the scene in the room, Chen Heng smiled as he thought to himself.
That golden pendant was none other than the thing that he had previously used his divine power to baptize.
After going through the baptism of divine power, this extraordinary material had become even more unique and had all sorts of extraordinary properties.
Even if it was an ordinary person, as long as they held onto the pendant for a long time, they would be able to be strengthened by the pendant's power and slowly transform their life essence.
If a cursed person obtained this pendant, they would be able to use its divine power to suppress the curse within their body, and to a certain extent, they would be able to become even more powerful.
Of course, to Chen Heng, this pendant was not just for these purposes.
The reason why he had given this pendant to Chen Rou was to protect her and to explore.
The so-called protection was easy to understand.
If a cursed person obtained this pendant, they would be able to use its divine power to suppress the curse within their body, and to a certain extent, they would be able to become even more powerful.
Of course, to Chen Heng, this pendant was not just for these purposes.
The reason why he had given this pendant to Chen Rou was to protect her and to explore.
The so-called protection was easy to understand.
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