Chapter 81 Cooperation is finally here!
Huali suddenly clenched her empty palm, looking completely bewildered.
Luo Chuan slowly raised the card, and the gold card lit up its second little star the moment it touched his fingers.
Huali: "......"
Goodness, is this what they call a domineering CEO's forced love?
Ao Bai, standing nearby, took a deep breath. "Host, cherish this opportunity. Such an ambitious chosen one is a rare find."
Such an obvious scene caught Luo Chuan's eye, and a hint of amusement flashed in his heterochromatic eyes. "Why does this talisman light up with a golden hue the moment I hold it? Could it be..."
Luo Chuan seemed to realize something, and his first reaction was to infuse the card with spiritual power, just like Lian Zhuo had done before, but it was immediately bounced back.
“Just as Bi Fang said…” Luo Chuan raised his finger and drew a talisman in the air. Golden demonic patterns wrapped around the card. As the light disappeared, he finally confirmed, “It can only be used by you alone.”
You knew only she could use it, yet you still tried to take it? You really have a problem with that.
Even a fool like Huali could see by now that this guy was clearly after her cards.
Bifang? Isn't that the firebird from Baiyun Mountain? So he didn't die, and he even had designs on her.
Seeing the smile in the Demon King's eyes fade away like the tide, Huali changed her mind and said, "There are only two possibilities that prevent you from entering this barrier. One is that this place rejects demons or people with strong spiritual power, and the other is that you are afraid of disturbing something for some reason."
"I can help you with all of these."
"And you came to me because I am the most suitable candidate. The cards are useless in your hands, but they are a powerful weapon in mine."
The Demon King raised his eyes. "Oh? You know what I'm about to do?"
He was panicking inside, but his face remained calm and composed. "We can cooperate."
"You want to enter Luoyun Mountain for either murder or treasure hunting, but since everyone here is an ordinary villager, we can rule out the first option. What you're looking for is here."
Luo Chuan remained in the same position leaning against the Chaos Beast, but the movement of her hands froze. The gilded mask tilted slightly to the right, adjusting its angle to look directly at her for the first time.
Huali knew there was hope when she saw Luochuan's expression, and a look of excitement flashed in her almond-shaped eyes.
As expected of her, she's so smart. I give myself a thumbs up.
The Demon King will definitely think she's a great partner.
Then she could then make a reasonable request: she would help him on the condition that he cooperated in activating the gold cards.
Wuhu ~ The mountains and rivers seem to block the way, but then a village appears amidst the willows and flowers.
Click—
The sound of bones breaking was especially clear in the dense forest. Huali paused in her amused movements and looked up to see the Demon King holding a broken bone spur in his hand.
The Chaos Beast's enormous body was trembling.
Karin: "?"
The leaves shattered into golden dust without wind. Luo Chuan leaned down through the barrier of light, his black hair falling like blades, cutting countless fragments of light in Hua Li's eyes. "Little girl... someone didn't tell you..." This time his voice was not drawn out, but instead was tempered with the coldness of iron, "Those who are too smart are prone to dying young."
Huali: "......"
"Short my ass!" With a thought, Luo Chuan's card instantly returned to Hua Li's hand.
If you don't see eye to eye, there's no point in arguing. If you can't afford to offend her, can't you at least avoid her?
As soon as she took a step, a familiar electrical sound immediately rang in Huali's mind.
The headquarters system's voice arrived, albeit late.
"SR Gold Card Quest Now Open"
"Task 1: Cooperate with Demon King Luo Chuan to find the spirit of the Burning Heaven Tower. Reward: half a star."
Karin: "..." She hated this world equally... no, the entire Earth, everyone in the entire universe.
Luo Chuan looked down at his empty palm, the killing intent in his eyes had not yet surfaced, when he saw Hua Li, who had already turned around, suddenly stop, her skirt swirling beneath her, revealing half a withered lotus flower.
The red feather by the girl's ear flickered in front of her eyes because of her hurried movements, and she blew it away with a puff of her cheeks. "Um—if we cooperate, I can not only help you find things, but also teach you the spell to activate cards."
"Card spells?"
Karin nodded vigorously, "I can use the cards directly, but others need to know the spell to activate them if they want to use them."
She deliberately held the gold card between her hands, her expression serious: "Key that conceals dark power, reveal your true strength before me..."
Luo Chuan: "?"
Luo Chuan: "...That's it?"
Karin recited Sakura's quotes, her face neither red nor white, "And, I'll tell you about the rest of the cooperation once it's finalized."
"The condition is that you promise not to hurt me and to light up the other little stars on my gold cards."
Fearing that Luo Chuan would refuse, Hua Li quickly added, "Besides, you can use it too if it's activated, so it's a win-win-win situation. Why don't you consider it?"
Ao Bai: "..." The kitten remained silent, only its jaw dropping in astonishment.
The ice spikes behind Luo Chuan stopped, and he raised his eyebrows slightly. "Little girl, your face-changing skills... are quite interesting."
"Karin, my name is Karin."
Luo Chuan snorted softly, then suddenly raised his hand, and Hua Li felt a cold sensation fall on the tip of her ear.
The Demon King shattered into countless points of light before her eyes, finally coalescing into a silver butterfly that landed beside her ear, its lazy yet dangerous voice ringing in Huali's ears.
"There is a trace of my aura on the Cursed Heart Butterfly. Since you want to cooperate, then let me see your strength, Little Pear."
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Tang Wanwan looked at the transparent barrier in front of her with a worried expression. "What should we do now? If we force our way in, we will definitely alert the tower spirit."
Mo Ziyan frowned deeply. "This has never happened before. Although the tower spirit is mischievous, it is still the essence of a divine artifact. Why is it suddenly acting like this..."
"Oh well, who cares what I'm thinking? I'll just look through the magical artifacts my dad gave me and see if there's anything suitable."
Tang Wanwan quickly turned the Qiankun bag over and poured out a bunch of magical artifacts. Suddenly, her eyes lit up. "Hey, I've got it!"
Mo Ziyan followed and saw that Tang Wanwan was holding a three-inch square jade seal. It was bluish-gray in color, with nine hollowed-out holes carved on the surface, and the words "Feng Ling" were engraved on the bottom of the seal.
"The Nine Aperture Sealing Seal? Master gave you this too?"
Tang Wanwan nodded, "Father said that when a girl goes out into the world, although it is a kind of training, there is no need to suffer without hardship." She put away the other magical artifacts, "Maybe he felt that I suffered a loss at Baiyun Mountain last time, so he packed two more bags for me this time."
As she spoke, Tang Wanwan picked out four or five glittering magical artifacts from among them, held them in her arms, and handed them over, saying, "Senior Brother Ziyan, here you go."
Mo Ziyan: "?"
"I know you're very capable, but it's always good to have extra protection. Here, take these."
Mo Ziyan was stunned for a moment, a gentle smile flashing in his eyes. Just as he was about to shake his head, Tang Wanwan had already thrown everything at him and was anxiously activating the Nine Apertures Sealing Seal.
This seal is made with Xuanming Soul Jade as its core and is forged from the cold marrow of the far north that has been tempered for ten thousand years. It is specifically designed to counter the spiritual energy circulation hub within a cultivator's body and can only be used by cultivators below the Golden Core stage.
Once one reaches the Nascent Soul stage or above, the primordial spirit will be connected with the laws of heaven and earth, and will not be confined to the Golden Core stage.
So it's just right for her and her senior brother Ziyan.
In a short while, the spiritual energy around the two disappeared, and Tang Wanwan took a step forward and silently stepped into Luoyun Mountain.
"It's done, Senior Brother Ziyan, let's go."
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