Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Transaction

Miya Chiri saw that after Geto Suguru swallowed the cursed ball, he didn't move for a long time, and just stood there with his head down.

She poked him curiously: "Wouldn't you feel like vomiting if you were disgusted? It's okay, just vomit, it's normal."

If I can't spit out the cursed spirit ball, then I'll spit out acid? That's a really sad thought.

She immediately thought of a problem: boys of this age might be at the stage of saving face, and would never want to embarrass themselves if she stared at them, so she quickly turned away and said, "I won't look at you."

She waited for a while, but still heard nothing, so she simply turned around again, bent down and tilted her head to look at Xia Yujie's expression: "Are you crying because it's so disgusting?"

Her face appeared in Geto's vision. Staring at him with those lake-green eyes, he quickly came back to his senses—halfway through, saying, "I'm fine... This tastes really like grass."

Gong Zhili wrinkled her nose: "It smells like grass..." This reminded her of the embarrassing times when she had to eat grass in the wild.

"It's a good thing it's not a rag stained with vomit," Gong Zhili straightened up. "We should get ready to go back. They should have found the answer."

As a representative, the village chief came trotting over to inform Gong Zhili of the result of their discussion: the hunters in the village decided to take their weapons and live in their previous cabins in the forest for a while. The village would organize a team to clear the roads that were often used. If the animals encountered were too difficult to deal with, they would set up some small traps at the foot of the mountain and on the outskirts.

Xia Yujie subconsciously wanted to refute: If a small trap is stepped on by a child, the consequences will be serious -

Then he saw Gong Zhili nod, and said casually: "As long as you guys have discussed it, I'll be leaving first."

Gong Zhili motioned for him to follow her.

It was already dark at this time. The villagers still had flashlights and other things in their hands, but Gong Zhili did not take them. After leaving the primary school, there were only sporadic street lights on the road, and some sections of the road were difficult to distinguish.

Gong Zhili raised his hand and gently turned his wrist, and one after another fireflies flashing with fluorescent light flew out from the dark woods, bushes and grass.

The fluorescent light lit up, illuminating the winding village road. The cool night breeze quietly blew across the flowing river of light.

"Let's go." Gong Zhili put his hands behind his back and stepped onto the river.

Geto Suguru felt that it had been a long time since he had enjoyed the night view so peacefully. He felt the grassy flavor after swallowing the curse ball spread from his mouth to his whole body, making him almost think that he was completely integrated into nature.

His heart was beating wildly.

He wanted to leave the village right now, catch some new curse spirits to make curse jade, and then ask Gong Zhili to change the taste of the curse jade. He then thought that he had put this curse jade into the village first and then transformed it again. What if Gong Zhili couldn't change the curse jade directly?

Moreover, asking Gong Zhili for help would require a corresponding price. Miss Gong seemed like someone who would never do business at a loss, so what could I exchange with her to make her continue to help me in the future?

All these thoughts were fighting in his mind.

Beneath such a mess of thoughts, there is a huge sense of anxiety.

The taste of the Cursed Jade...can it really be changed so easily?

He could not forget the feeling he had when he first swallowed the Cursed Jade.

From that day on, half of his life was covered in gray, and the torture of his taste buds followed him like a shadow. He never regretted becoming stronger, but on this road, he was truly exhausted...

"Ah," Gong Zhili's voice brought him back to his senses, "Speaking of which, where are you going to sleep tonight... do you mind sleeping on the floor?"

Geto Suguru came back to his senses: "No... I can do anything."

What came to his mind: "Wu didn't stay here overnight?"

They were already home. Gong Zhili pointed outside the balcony and said, "He slept on the gardenia tree that day. Do you want to try it?"

Geto Suguru: "...No, sleeping on the floor is fine."

I found something to make fun of Wu again.

Gong Zhili returned to the bedroom and unearthed the bundle of old bedding under the stairs of the double bed. The bedding had been exposed to the sun before she put it away, so it was not damp. She thought for a moment and gave Xia Yujie the mat she had just woven, and showed him the way: "There are no more rooms on the first floor, and the second floor is very empty. You can go up there."

The reception room on the first floor is full of miscellaneous items... Let's not talk about it.

Geto Xiayou stood there holding his bedding, and suddenly he figured it out.

"Master Gong," he asked sincerely, "I also want to make a deal with you."

When it comes to practicing here, whether it's labor or other things, he essentially earns more. If he wants to stay together for a long time, he has to show greater sincerity.

Gong Zhili stood there with his hands on his hips, thinking, and asked him, "Do you have money?"

Xia Yujie was stunned for a moment, then immediately replied, "Yes, how much do you need?"

Gong Zhili touched his chin and asked, "What do you want to trade with me? About that cursed spirit ball?"

She had guessed it as soon as Geto Suguru started talking about the deal. After all, between a rag that had been used to wipe up vomit and grass, any normal person would know which to choose!

What's more, he was really dazed for a long time after swallowing it.

Gong Zhili began to feel pity for the child. Thinking of the mixed smell he felt when they first met, he wondered how many times he had eaten it...

Geto Xia Yu just nodded and added: "If it's about money..." He had saved a lot of money, so even if the price was high, he could always find a way.

What's more, she was the one introduced by Wu.

Gong Zhili: "First, tell me about your Curse Jade."

Geto Suguru introduced his technique of controlling cursed spirits in detail.

After hearing this, Gong Zhili asked, "The Curse Jade I got before was transformed after you captured it and put it back into the village, but I don't know if the original Curse Jade will change."

Geto Suguru had the same idea.

Gong Zhili made the decision: "I'll ask the villagers to drive you out of the village. Your cursed power should be able to recover a little after leaving the village. Go catch an easy-to-catch cursed spirit and we'll test it and see."

Xia Yujie was still a little unresponsive while hugging the quilt: "Now?"

Gong Zhili raised his eyes and looked up at him: "If you don't verify it, I think you won't be able to sleep tonight. What if you can't help me with work tomorrow?"

Geto Summer Oil: That really makes sense.

So he was pulled out of the village in the middle of the night by a villager's truck and driven all the way to the town. Under the cover of night, he grabbed a fly head and rubbed it into a curse jade, then hurried back. After he left the village, the cursed power in his body gradually rose like a reservoir, but at this moment, Geto Suguru chose to keep a low profile and not make any bigger noise.

The driver was Suzuki Tadashi. Seeing that Geto had wandered around the town's convenience store and only picked up a few packets of dry noodles for fried noodles, Suzuki tutted his mouth and said, "If you don't have enough to eat tonight, come find us in the village."

The food stored at Lord Gong’s place may not be enough for adolescent boys, but they have no shortage of food at home!

Hey, come to think of it, why didn't Lord Gong ask them to offer food? I'll talk to the village chief about this tomorrow.

Xia Yujie took out the earplugs again: "I am used to wearing earplugs at night, otherwise I can't sleep."

Suzuki Masa still felt that he was being pretentious, but he didn't say anything. This was a guest of Lord Gong and a student of a religious school. The people in their village couldn't bring shame to Lord Gong, so they should not do such things as casually pointing fingers at others.

As Geto Suguru just entered the village, the feeling of weakness caused by all the cursed power being drained from his body came over him again. This time he was prepared and adapted faster.

He subconsciously reached into his pocket to take out the curse ball, but found that the ball was gone!

As he walked on the village road, his eyes gradually brightened.

Back at the house, Gong Zhili, who had already taken a shower, was sitting cross-legged in her pajamas in the living room weaving a chicken coop. Seeing him come back, she tossed the small blue ball of light to him and said, "Looks like it was a success."

Xia Yujie took the ball of light and asked persistently, "What can I trade with you?"

Gong Zhili shrugged: "Let's settle it with money first, or I can exchange it with you when I have some furniture I want later." In fact, she was not the one who transformed the smell of the cursed jade.

Xia Youjie felt a little relieved and swallowed the Cursed Jade without further delay.

Gong Zhili asked him, "Does it still taste like grass?"

Geto Suguru looked puzzled: "No... this has no taste." If you have to say it, it tastes like plain water.

Gong Zhili became interested: "Are there any different flavors? That's interesting."

"Let me try it next time."

Geto Summer Oil: "Don't eat this kind of thing carelessly."

He simply sat down cross-legged, watching the rhythmic movements of Gong Zhili's hands, and muttered, "But how can I preserve the Curse Spirit Jade for a long time..."

In the past, after he obtained the Curse Spirit Jade, he would swallow it quickly to tame it, and for a while he really couldn't think of any good way to preserve it.

Gong Zhili was even more confused by this: "Can't you use an ordinary container? You brought that ball back directly as well, right?"

Geto Xiayou simply started from the beginning to teach her the basic knowledge of the world of sorcery. Anyway, he would start teaching the two children tomorrow, so he would try giving the lecture to the older child first.

Before they knew it, it was already past midnight, but neither of them felt sleepy. One was too excited, while Gong Zhili felt that as long as she didn't want to sleep, this land could provide her with endless energy.

In the end, as they were talking, Geto Suguru simply picked up the reeds and started weaving.

"You sorcerers are all quick learners," Miyajiri observed his movements. "Gojo-kun is like this, as are Nanako and Mimiko."

Geto Xia Yu asked, "Nanako and Mimiko, have they been following you?"

Miya Chiri concealed her own background, explaining only the reasons and process for adopting the two girls. Then, she turned to ask Geto Suguru, "Don't you have kindergartens, elementary schools, and junior high schools in the world of sorcery? Wouldn't it be difficult for children who display sorcery talent from a young age to survive in society?"

Geto Suguru was silent for a while, thinking about his childhood experiences, and then began to explain to Gong Zhili the current situation of the magic world that he knew.

When Miyaji heard that Gojo Satoru was the six-eyed divine child of the Gojo family, he said, "You should ask Gojo-kun directly about the issue of the Curse Jade container that you were worried about before."

People in big families always have all kinds of good things, like the "cursed objects" with various properties that Takeyu-kun mentioned. Maybe the Gojo family has a lot of them.

She could understand Geto's hesitation: "Don't want to ask a classmate for such a personal matter? But Gojo-kun trusts you very much. You were the first person he recommended."

It was this sentence that made Geto Satsuki, who had just finished his shower and was about to go to bed, call Gojo Satoru before going to bed. However, he realized that it was almost three o'clock and Gojo might have already gone to bed.

"Hello, hey, hey—this is Gojo-sama."

The call was connected.

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Zhili said that he could pay, but cash was best.