Chapter 9 Phoenix God (8)

◎What skills have you awakened?◎

The boy looked only fourteen or fifteen years old, with a fair face, ragged clothes, and long hair that reached his waist. In fact, such a good-looking face could easily win people's favor.

The premise is that Gu Qiufeng didn’t see him pretending to be dead in the coffin.

Xie Songjin also recognized that this young man was the corpse ghost who almost killed them on the mountain that day. His face looked very ugly. He raised his hand slightly, and his hand was covered with red and white lines.

Seeing this, Gu Qiufeng moved sideways to block Xie Songjin who was about to attack, signaling him not to rush into a fight.

Then he turned to the boy, looked at the ghoul who seemed to have turned back into a living person for some reason, and said, "Do you still remember me?"

The young man said, "I just met you the day before yesterday, how could I forget you, sir?"

Xie Songjin watched from the side for a while, then leaned close to Gu Qiufeng's ear and asked in doubt, "Is he alive?"

"That should be the case. It doesn't look like he has any intention of attacking." Gu Qiufeng said.

Only then did Xie Songjin put away the silk thread wrapped around his hands.

Although the boy now looks like a living person, it is only compared to when he was a corpse in the mountains. Even when he is rational now, the boy shows weirdness and ghostliness that is different from normal people.

His eyeballs were motionless, his dark pupils seemed to be without any light, and it was very creepy when he looked at people.

Gu Qiufeng said: "Have you considered what I said before?"

"Answer my question first." The boy was not so easy to fool this time. He looked at Gu Qiufeng with his big eyes.

Xie Songjin cursed: "This crappy game..."

"Crying, I guess."

Gu Qiufeng's voice sounded very calm.

Before Xie Songjin could react, he heard the voice of the extremely stubborn and unlucky child in front of him. He was shocked and hurriedly wanted to step forward to cover Gu Qiufeng's mouth, but was grabbed by a hand on the wrist instead.

Xie Songjin: “…”

Xie Songjin said angrily: "What are you doing! Don't you know that this is a death condition? Why are you saying it so easily?"

Gu Qiufeng let go of his wrist and did not directly answer Xie Songjin's question. Instead, he looked at the beggar boy and said, "I got the answer right. Will you come with me?"

The young man pursed his lips, as if he didn't expect Gu Qiufeng to give such a decisive answer.

The statues in the temple have dignified smiles, their brows lowered as if they are looking at the world with pity, and they don't look sad at all.

But Gu Qiufeng said with great certainty that "he is very sad".

The boy looked at Gu Qiufeng curiously: "Can I ask why?"

Gu Qiufeng said quickly: "No."

juvenile:"……"

The young man was unconvinced and asked, "Why?"

"You only asked me to answer the statue's current expression, which is one question." Gu Qiufeng said, "But now you ask me another question. You are cheating. This is already the second question. I have the right to refuse."

Gu Qiufeng: "If you want me to answer, you have to pay more. Also, are you going with me or not? I tell you, talent scouts are very rare creatures. It's your blessing that one of them chooses you. If you hesitate any longer and miss this opportunity, you don't know who will be able to discover your strengths in the future..."

juvenile:"……"

Xie Songjin: “…”

Xie Songjin was confused after hearing this.

Huh?! Is this something you can bargain with an NPC?

The weird temple, the ghostly young man, and because of Gu Qiufeng's mouth, a strange atmosphere of bargaining in a vegetable market appeared.

The young man was probably fooled by Gu Qiufeng's long speech. He actually thought about it seriously and said, "If I go with you, you can make me liked by many people, right?"

The scars on his body seemed to be more than the day Gu Qiufeng met him, which was shocking.

Gu Qiufeng paused, then lowered his voice and said, "There will definitely be many, many people who like you."

The young man curved his eyes happily: "Sir, my name is Feng He. I want to go with you."

Gu Qiufeng readily said, "Okay, then I will be your agent from now on. My name is Gu Qiufeng."

Xie Songjin was dumbfounded watching from the side: "..."

Where did Gu Qiufeng learn such skillful brainwashing techniques?

It shouldn't be illegal for players to kidnap and sell NPCs, right?

"Let's go." Gu Qiufeng said to Xie Songjin who was still distracted, "Let's go to the carpenter."

"Ah, oh." Xie Songjin immediately came back to his senses and followed Feng He and Gu Qiufeng.

After taking a few steps, he realized something was wrong: "Wait, what carpenter?"

Gu Qiufeng said: "I heard from the villagers on the mountain before that there was a carpenter who was very kind to Feng He. I told Feng He that since she would follow me in the future, she could explain to the elders first."

Xie Songjin remembered that when he followed Gu Qiufeng up the mountain, he also heard the conversation of the villagers carrying the coffin.

Gu Qiufeng naturally couldn't talk about the coffin where Feng He had once lain in front of her.

But Feng He appeared twice in the temple, which obviously has some close connection with the Phoenix God in the main quest, and the carpenter has a special relationship with Feng He, so Gu Qiufeng and Xie Songjin can start from here and find out some information about this copy indirectly to avoid the plot killing in the main part.

I just don’t know how close the relationship between Feng He and the Phoenix God is, and how to prevent Feng He, this special NPC, from being discovered or controlled by other players?

Before Xie Songjin could come up with a solution, he suddenly heard Gu Qiufeng coaxing and deceiving Feng He again: "There are two bad guys wearing masks, coming from outside the village. If you see them, remember to avoid them..."

Xie Songjin: “?”

Xie Songjin looked at Feng He and saw that he was actually convinced. He didn't know what to say for a moment.

He had gone through so many dungeons, but this was the first time he saw a player trying to brainwash a special NPC!

This batch of newcomers is so terrifying, Xie Songjin thought.

*

Thanks to the excellent deception ability of agent Gu, Gu Qiufeng and Xie Songjin successfully met the carpenter named Feng Xinshu mentioned by Feng He. The other party was unexpectedly young, looking no more than 30 or 40 years old.

As soon as the carpenter saw Feng He, he ran over in a hurry and asked, "Are you being bullied again?"

Gu Qiufeng watched the interaction between the two NPCs from behind Feng He and raised his eyes with interest.

Since this carpenter Feng had already prepared a coffin for Feng He, it meant that he knew that Feng He would die. But now that he saw Feng He alive again, Feng Xinshu was not surprised at all.

Either Feng He's death will cause the people in this village to reset their memories of him, or Feng Xinshu has witnessed Feng He's death and resurrection too many times. Either possibility seems very interesting.

Feng He waited until Feng Xinshu was relieved after taking a good look before saying, "Uncle, no, I came to tell you something."

He looked at Gu Qiufeng and said, "I recently found a new job. This is a boss from another place. I will work with him in the future. I came here specially to tell uncle."

Feng Xinshu then looked at Gu Qiufeng. He saw that the man was well dressed and looked like a boss indeed.

Seeing this, Gu Qiufeng directly handed Feng Xinshu a business card that he had casually put in his pocket.

Feng Xinshu finally felt relieved.

He looked at the skinny and wounded Feng He and said, "Okay, go with the boss and work hard, and you won't be bullied in the future."

"Can I ask what Feng He has been through?" Gu Qiufeng interrupted Feng Xinshu and Feng He's conversation at the right time. His attitude was very natural. "I just felt sorry for Feng He, so I wanted to ask. If it's not convenient, you don't have to tell me."

"There's nothing to hide. Feng He has a miserable life." Feng Xinshu sighed. "When he was born, his parents were killed by wolves while they were cutting trees in the back hills. Later, some idle guy said that Feng He was doomed to be a lonely star. Few people in the village had ever been educated, but they actually took it seriously and blamed all the disasters that happened in the village on Feng He, saying that his fate had offended the Phoenix God."

"Humph, if they read a little, they would know that this world is a materialistic world." Feng Xinshu snorted coldly, "What gods and ghosts, they are just to satisfy their selfish desires."

Gu Qiufeng, Xie Songjin: "..."

Yo, a materialist in a fresh horror dungeon.

Gu Qiufeng immediately agreed, "Don't worry, I will let Fenghe read some books after I get out, so that he can understand that there are only society and people in this world."

Feng Xinshu looked at him with appreciation: "What a kindred spirit!"

Xie Songjin: “…”

Xie Songjin was confused after hearing this.

"Uncle, I heard from Feng He that you are the best carpenter in the village?" Gu Qiufeng asked, "Then are those wooden figurines that we offer to the Phoenix God made by you? I think those figurines are very cute, and I want to learn how to make them from you. Are you free this afternoon?"

Feng Xinshu felt that he and Gu Qiufeng got along well, and since he would be the boss of Fenghe in the future, he said without hesitation, "Come, I'll teach you now."

*

After Feng Xinshu taught a few people, Gu Qiufeng said he had learned it and wanted to practice it himself.

So Feng Xinshu continued to take care of his own things and let Feng He stay with them.

Xie Songjin couldn't help but ask, "Do you think these villains are useful?"

"Maybe, mine is quite useful." Gu Qiufeng said, "Some ideas need to be verified tonight, so we'll make some little people as a reserve."

Xie Songjin frowned: "What do you want to do?"

"A secret. I'll tell you tomorrow." Gu Qiufeng stopped what he was doing, picked up a figurine he had made from Xie Songjin, and played with it in his hands, praising him, "Your craftsmanship is really good. Is it related to your skills?"

Xie Songjin said vaguely: "Well, it is somewhat related. My skill is to make puppets, which can also be considered hand work."

Gu Qiufeng said: "What are the top-level puppets like? Are they endowed with souls, like living people?"

"Of course." Xie Songjin was a little proud when he talked about this. "Top-level handmade works, of course, need the creator to give them his own soul."

Gu Qiufeng nodded: "For example, Yu Shang, whose player qualifications have been certified by the system, right?"

Xie Songjin stopped his movements: "..."

He looked at Gu Qiufeng blankly.

Gu Qiufeng was playing with the wooden figurine while looking at Xie Songjin with a half-smile: "It's okay, Xiao Xie, you can show off your performance."

Xie Songjin: “…”

Hello, who is Xiao Xie?

He finally reacted in disbelief.

Damn, when did he fall off the horse?

Then Xie Songjin heard Gu Qiufeng say again: "Explain. Otherwise, you will end up like Xiao Zhong."

At that moment, Xie Songjin broke out in a cold sweat, as if death had suddenly grabbed his throat.

Xie Songjin stood up all of a sudden, staring at Gu Qiufeng, sweat dripping from his face: "What skill did you awaken?"

Gu Qiufeng smiled and said two words -