He had the ability to distinguish between different types of fur since he was a child. He could even close his eyes and just touch the fur. He could feel the difference between different types of fur.
It might sound a bit ordinary, but it was actually a type of talent.
And as he grew older, this talent became more and more powerful.
He could feel the life force within the fur by stroking it. He could even feel the veins of energy.
Then he would follow the veins of energy to weave the fur, making it smoother. He could even make the ancient fur glow with new energy.
Slowly, his ability to weave fur became stronger and stronger. He could not only retain some of the energy characteristics of the fur of extraordinary creatures.
He could even give some new characteristics to the fur he weaved.
Later on, after experiencing the ups and downs of life, Ai Dehua became a hairdresser. His biggest hobby was to make wigs.
The wigs he made were all made from real people's hair or from the fur of extraordinary creatures. Because of his talent, he was able to give these wigs some extraordinary elements.
Especially the wigs weaved from rare fur. The characteristics they were given were comparable to some alchemy tools.
Ai Dehua relied on his talent in weaving wigs to make quite a name for himself in Lorraine.
However, people feared fame just as pigs feared fattening.
Ai Dehua's name had just risen when he encountered a great calamity that trapped him in his life.
One day, a mysterious man wearing a cloak came to Ai Dehua's hairdresser.
He told Ai Dehua that he was called Luo Nan and that he had come because of Ai Dehua's fame.
Then he took out a ball of fur stained with an unknown blood. He hoped that Ai Dehua could help weave it into a wig.
Luo Nan took out a sketch. The sketch was of the style of a wig. It looked like a woman's wig.
And Luo Nan's request was: It would be best if he could bring out the characteristics hidden within the fur.
Although Ai Dehua was already able to weave a few wigs with extraordinary characteristics, he wouldn't succeed every time. He would be lucky if he could succeed once in ten times.
So when faced with Luo Nan's request, he told him the truth: I can't guarantee success.
Luo Nan was very magnanimous: "It doesn't matter. Just try. It doesn't matter if you don't succeed. "
Ai Dehua decided to give it a try after seeing Luo Nan's gentle manner of speaking.
After several attempts, Ai Dehua discovered that the blood-stained hair seemed to have a 'living' nature. Every time he tried to comfort it by following the veins of life within it, the veins of life would change in the next second. It was as if the hair was playing hide-and-seek with him.
As expected, there was an accident.
Although he made the hair into a long wig with blood red highlights, he did not succeed in giving it any special characteristics.
However, Ai Dehua did not destroy the "living" nature of the hair. He only changed it into a wig. This was the limit of what he could do.
Luo Nan held the long hair that resembled a waterfall. His eyes flashed with infatuation. He seemed to like this wig very much. His mouth kept on praising Ai Dehua's skill.
Edward let out a sigh of relief in his heart when he saw Luo Nan's attitude. Though he didn't destroy the hair's "living" nature, he didn't follow Luo Nan's words and develop the hair's characteristics. He was afraid that Luo Nan wouldn't like him. Luo Nan praised him, so he should like him, right?
Only later did Ai Dehua find out.
Luo Nan really did like this wig. Moreover, he didn't destroy the "living" nature. This was actually in line with Luo Nan's thoughts.
Luo Nan himself had no way of discovering the "living" nature. Only a talented hairdresser like Ai Dehua could sense the "life" within the hair.
Luo Nan took Ai Dehua away because he liked this wig too much.
Yes … … This logical relationship seemed to be very inconsistent. But there were many things in reality that didn't require logic. Often times, it would be absurd to delve deeper.
Only when Ai Dehua was forcefully taken away by Luo Nan did he find out that Luo Nan was actually an incomparably powerful Legend Wizard.
This proved that Luo Nan was absolutely not someone from the Southern Region.
At that time, a Legend Wizard hadn't appeared in the Southern Region for over two hundred years. The last one who was closest to being a Legend was the "Twilight King" Isabelle of the Fairy Tale World's Dark Castle. However, even Isabelle had left the Southern Region to pursue the path of Legend.
Ai Dehua could only go with the flow when faced with an incomparably powerful Legend Wizard.
In the next two days, Ai Dehua felt himself constantly traversing through space and time.
He didn't even know how many spatial gates he had passed through.
In the end, Ai Dehua only remembered that Luo Nan had brought him to a pitch-black room and said to him: "Your hairmaking skills are very high. The wig you weave is also very good. It just so happens that Yi Town lacks a hairdresser. You can live there in the future."
After saying this, Ai Dehua felt himself being pushed into a mirror.
When he opened his eyes, he found himself in a small town bathed in sunlight.
People came and went in the small town. It looked quite lively.
It was just that everyone's expression wasn't too good. They were like numb walking corpses.
Seeing Ai Dehua's appearance, they just glanced at him and revealed sympathetic expressions. Then they shook their heads and continued to make a living in the small town.
Ai Dehua turned his head and wanted to find the mirror he had entered. However, he found that there was nothing behind him.
It was as if the mirror from before was just a dream and he had transmigrated to this world.
After Ai Dehua failed to find the mirror, he asked the people in the town about the situation. However, no one paid attention to him. Even if he said that he was thrown into the mirror and that it was caused by a Wizard named Luo Nan … … The people in the town still ignored him.
However, from the details of their expressions, they knew about Luo Nan … …
At this moment, Ai Dehua understood. Perhaps, everyone here was sent in by Luo Nan.
In the next few hours, Ai Dehua continued to ask the townspeople in the town.
Perhaps Ai Dehua's persistence moved a townspeople. He told Ai Dehua, "Just live here. You can't go out."
"Also, it's getting dark. If you still want to maintain your sense of self, it's best to find a house to hide in."
Another month passed.
Ai Dehua understood why the people here were numb.
It was because they knew very well that they couldn't leave this world … … Their soul strength had already been imprinted with the imprint of this' world '.
At night, the moon hung high in the sky of the Yi World. As long as it shone on a person's body, it would consume their soul strength and imprint them, completely becoming a person of this world.
The people in the town were numb because their soul strength was constantly being consumed. They looked like humans, but they had lost too many emotions. They had turned into living walking corpses.
Ai Dehua's luck was quite good. He was taken in by the mayor on the first evening he entered the town.
"I'm taking you in because of the rules. Everyone who enters the Yi Town will be taken in by me on the first day, but it's only limited to this day. "
"After that, if you want to avoid the moon absorbing your soul, you need to own a house."
The mayor told him how to own a house in the town. "You can display your abilities. If your abilities are useful to the town, I'll temporarily lend you a house. The first month's rent for the house I'm lending you will be waived, but you must pay me double the rent for the next half year. "
As for the 'medium of exchange' in the town, or perhaps' money ', it was soul strength.
Clothing, food, shelter, and transportation could all be exchanged with others by consuming soul strength.
As for "how" the soul power was traded, it was actually very simple. As long as a living being was illuminated by the moonlight at night, their soul power would drift out. This drifting soul power could be condensed into a special kind of coin.
In the Yi Town, this coin was also known as the soul coin.
From these rules, one could know that if one didn't want to be imprinted by this world, one couldn't be illuminated by the moonlight.
If one wanted to maintain oneself, one couldn't be illuminated by the moonlight.
However, if one wanted to live here, one had to use the soul coin obtained after the moonlight shone.
There was only one way: either be imprinted by this world or earn other people's money.
At that time, Ai Dehua didn't know what kind of hidden dangers there would be if he was imprinted, but he had a feeling that it wouldn't end well …
Therefore, if Ai Dehua didn't want to be imprinted, he could only agree to the mayor's request. He rented a room and opened a makeup and hair salon to earn other people's soul coins.
Ai Dehua displayed his talent as a makeup artist in front of the mayor. He could make wigs, dye hair, and put on makeup.
To the mayor, this insensitive town didn't need a hairdresser.
If one couldn't even live, who would care about their hairstyle?
Therefore, at first, the mayor didn't take a fancy to Ai Dehua's talent. He only said, "According to the rules, you can stay tonight, but you can leave tomorrow."
Ai Dehua was stunned. He understood that once he didn't have a house to live in, he would become like the group of people outside who were gradually becoming numb because of his lack of a fixed residence.
That night, Ai Dehua felt sorrow for his dim future. It was as if he could see his own bleak future.
However, there was a turn for the better on the second day.
The mayor agreed to rent him a room.
Ai Dehua didn't understand the reason at first. He only felt that he had hit the jackpot.
Later, after Ai Dehua's makeup and hair salon opened for business, he understood that it was the mayor's wife who whispered in his ear.
The mayor didn't care about appearances, but his exquisite and elegant wife had a great demand for appearances.
This mayor's wife later became a regular customer of Ai Dehua's makeup and hair salon. She even introduced quite a few of her sisters.
It was also them who helped Ai Dehua pass through the most difficult period.
At the same time, he also learned many secrets about this world from the mayor's wife.
For example, this world was called the Yi World.
For example, the vast majority of people here were captured. One of the people who captured people was Luo Nan.
For example, those who were captured weren't necessarily humans. There were many humanoid creatures and even wild beasts. However, the wild beasts and monsters all lived outside the town.
For example, the Yi Town might seem deathly still and cold, but it was still better than the outside of the town. There were dangers everywhere outside the town. Not only were there ferocious beasts, there were even some unpredictable and terrifying disasters.
The mayor's wife revealed a lot of this information, but the information that made Ai Dehua the most excited was …..
"Legend has it that there is a way to leave the Yi World and return to the outside world."
"I don't know the specifics of the method, but it seems that you have to go to a certain place. But where is that place? That's a mystery. "
"Oh, right. If you want to leave this world, there is an absolute prerequisite. That is … … you can't be imprinted with this world's imprint. "
Ai Dehua deeply felt lucky at this time.
Ever since he entered this place, he had never been illuminated by the moon. The soul coins he earned were all obtained from the hands of other people.
As long as there was no imprint, it meant that he had a chance to leave this place.
Yes, Ai Dehua never thought of staying in the Yi Town. He wanted to leave.
He wanted to touch more fluff and weave more wigs. He wanted to return to Lorembil and see his family who always scolded him for being rebellious.
He also wanted to become a powerhouse and no longer be trapped by others.
Ai Dehua began to actively earn coins, preparing to repay his debt while continuing to inquire about a way to leave.
However, just as Ai Dehua had deposited 500 soul coins, something happened.
The moon turned red.
He thought of something the mayor's wife had told him: Legend had it that the moon in the Yi World would occasionally turn red. Once it turned into a red moon, even if one hid in the house, they would still be illuminated by the red moon.
At this time, if one didn't want to be imprinted by the red moon, there was only one way: consume soul coins to resist the red moon.
At that time, the mayor's wife had only told Ai Dehua about the "red moon" as an anecdote. This was because ever since the mayor's wife entered this world, the moon had never been red. She had only heard the elders mention the legend of the red moon.
Unexpectedly, the red moon really appeared, and it was half a year after Ai Dehua came to the Yi World.
That night, Ai Dehua relied on constantly consuming soul coins to support a protective shield.
Inside the protective shield, he successfully passed through the heart-wrenching night.
By the time the red moon dissipated the next day, he only had less than 50 soul coins on him.
Although he was helpless, looking at his empty money pocket, Ai Dehua understood that he had to start earning money from scratch again …
In the following life, Ai Dehua began to save money again.
It was worth mentioning that Ai Dehua's hair and makeup business was very popular, completely exceeding the mayor's imagination. In the mayor's opinion, this was just a small path, and not many people would pay for appearance.
However, the truth was completely different from what he thought.
Under the mayor's wife's lead, not only would noble ladies patronize his shop, but even many men would come to customize their hair and makeup.
After all, Ai Dehua was a man, and men understood men's needs better.
Almost all the men who came out of Ai Dehua's hair and makeup shop praised him.
A sloppy ghost could enter the hair and makeup shop and come out as an elegant gentleman. Ai Dehua's craftsmanship could be said to be magic.
This kind of hair and makeup method even spread to other small towns and even distant big cities …
More people poured into the town of Yi, looking for Ai Dehua to customize their hair and makeup.
It could be said that Ai Dehua had earned a lot of money by relying on his own craftsmanship.
It was worth mentioning that ever since the last Crimson Moon incident, some kind of mechanism seemed to have been triggered. Every half a year, the Crimson Moon would arrive as scheduled.
The Crimson Moon incident was no longer a legend, but a habit of "seeing it once every half a year".
The current Ai Dehua was no longer worried about the Crimson Moon incident. He had earned a lot of soul coins, and not only had he paid back the money he owed the mayor, he also had a lot of savings. Even if the Crimson Moon incident came once a month, he could still afford it.
The good news wasn't just about making money.
Because there were people from big cities who would come to his hair and makeup shop to customize their makeup, he also obtained a secret information from the mouths of these people.
This secret information was related to leaving the Yi World!
It was said that if one wanted to leave the Yi World, they had to first find a "secret place".
The so-called "secret places" were places that were not seen by ordinary people, hidden in special spaces, and surrounded by special ceremonies.
There were many "secret places" in the Yi World, but it was very difficult for ordinary people to find them.
This was because the vast majority of secret places were in the dangerous wilderness.
(end of chapter)
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