Chapter 13 The So-called Turnaround
Things change over time. This sentence is so appropriate for Xiang Ying now.
When Beichen first joined the union, people took notice of her because of her battle with Lingshuang. There were almost no people who looked down on Beichen anymore, but many people still looked at her with regret.
The reason, naturally, was that Xiang Ying had hindered Beichen's combat effectiveness. During the Star Disaster, Beichen's feat of delivering the final blow to the Disaster Emperor had catapulted her to fame within the guild. Her colleagues looked at her with even more recognition and admiration, and whenever she entered the rest area, someone would approach her and offer a friendly chat.
But Xiang Ying's treatment remained unchanged, and others even looked at him with more contempt.
"Your master is so powerful, how dare you, a ragtag thing, follow her?" - It seemed like he was saying this.
And it was precisely because of this that Beichen revealed Xiang Ying's ability in front of everyone. She didn't want Xiang Ying to be surrounded by those unfriendly eyes again.
However, since she said this, the contemptuous look disappeared, but troubles suddenly came up.
Resonance force transfer—what a tempting ability.
In the few days since Xiang Ying's ability was revealed, all the Lingwu Divisions of the union would look at him with sparkling eyes and expectantly, and from time to time someone would ask Beichen to borrow Xiang Ying to go hunting.
But Xiang Ying refused without even thinking:
"The only one in this world who can use me is my master, Xiang Beichen, no matter how shabby a defective product or an upgraded weapon with special abilities."
Hearing this, Beichen smiled at Gu Yinyue beside him with a little pride.
"It feels really good to have a weapon that's completely yours, even if this possessiveness is a bit petty and narrow-minded."
Gu Yinyue shook his head expressionlessly.
"It's normal not to want others to touch your own weapons. If Longyun and Naraka dare to transform their weapons into weapons in other people's hands, I will starve them for three days."
"Wow!" Longyun shuddered beside Gu Yinyue. "You're so disgusting, you damn monk. Xiaochen and Xiangying are a heterosexual couple and it's fine, but you're a grown man, why are you dominating me and Naraka? I really want to be used by Xiaochen for a bit."
Unexpectedly, Gu Yinyue did not refute, but just nodded after a little thought.
"Yeah. If it's Xiang Beichen's words, then it can be used."
Naraka curled the corner of his mouth in interest.
"You are really tolerant of this woman to an odd degree."
"The problem is that even if Mr. Gu Yinyue lets me use both of you, I won't be able to lift you. One of you is a giant sword and the other is a cannon." Beichen laughed dryly a few times, then spoke curiously.
"But Mr. Gu Yinyue, from the way you sound, it seems like you, Longyun, and Naraka also have a deep relationship?"
"I brought them up."
“Huh?!”
"Don't talk like we're your sons, you stupid monk." Naraka glared at his master disapprovingly. "But it's true, we've been with him since we were born. From the time we advanced from Shanye to the present, he single-handedly helped us achieve everything."
"Alas, thanks to this, Naraka and I have to hunt for food every time we want to sharpen our blades, and there are time limits on our entertainment. What kind of master do I have—"
Longyun deliberately lamented in an exaggerated manner and moved closer to Beichen:
"Well, your little brother Xiang Ying is very popular right now, so why not lend him out to partner with me? I want to experience the feeling of being held by a soft girl's hand!"
Beichen took a few steps back with a twitch of his lips: "That's why I told you, even if I used you, I still couldn't get it. Xiang Ying!!"
Xiang Ying, who was standing aside and watching Beichen and Gu Yinyue chatting and laughing, heard her calling him and immediately took a step forward.
"Master, what's wrong?"
"Let's go pick up some commissions...staying here for a while will only get us into trouble again."
And he will also be harassed by Longyun──Beichen complained in his heart.
"Indeed, if it's the same as yesterday—"
"So let's get out of here quickly! Mr. Gu Yinyue, Longyun and Naraka, we're leaving first!"
Beichen greeted them, then quickly pulled Xiangying out of the rest area.
Yesterday, someone from the union proposed to borrow Xiang Ying to go hunting. That person's growth seemed to have hit a bottleneck, so he was very eager to get promoted. After being rejected by Xiang Ying, he still refused to give in and even started fighting.
Of course, Beichen won the final battle, and that man received a serious warning from the union. Although private fighting was allowed, if one took action for the weapons of others, he would be looked down upon by the organization and the people around him. The union believed that this was a manifestation of excessive indulgence in material desires and incompetence, so it imposed very strict restrictions in the terms.
In short, the feeling of being looked down upon is not good, but the feeling of being treated as a hot commodity and being coveted is not good either. Beichen began to regret his naive behavior at that time.
Rumors always spread fast. Now, wherever she goes in the town, she will be followed by all kinds of gazes with different emotional colors. If it weren't for Gu Yinyue's big umbrella, she might have been put in a sack and beaten to death. Thinking of this, she was even more determined to become stronger and then repay Gu Yinyue.
Alas, Xiang Ying's comeback is really hilarious.
So these days she was always hanging around the big display board in the union which was filled with task lists. Whenever she found a suitable task - such as defeating the low-level possessed moon messengers that suddenly appeared in large numbers somewhere, collecting some precious seeds, or escorting the eldest daughter of a certain family to a nearby village - she would take it up without hesitation, and then slip out of the city with Xiang Ying as if escaping.
After going back and forth several times, she had a general idea of the situation in the surrounding areas of Wilvis Town, and her cash on hand gradually accumulated to more than 100,000 Swiss francs, which was considered a considerable amount of money.
While completing the task, Beichen also worked harder to practice Xiang Ying's contract skills. As a result, Xiang Ying was promoted when she completed a certain crusade mission!
This time, the upgrade not only brought about some subtle changes in the appearance of the sword, the blade became sharper, the shape of the hilt became more complex, and there were decorative patterns, and even Xiang Ying's human form was almost free of scars; and in terms of performance, there were also some more inscriptions, and of course an important ability: the detection of star power.
In fact, she had long been wondering why others could tell Xiang Ying's level and her approximate strength at a glance. It turned out that the star power detection function of the weapon was at work.
Now, as long as Xiang Ying is near her, she can easily judge the approximate level of those around her who are lower than her own level, can roughly sense the concentration of nearby astral spirit power (so she can detect the presence of the possessed Moon Messenger in advance), and can also see the level of those weapons she can contract──
──She finally understood what the names of those levels meant. After turning on the star spirit power detection, as long as the weapons were transformed back into weapon form, she could see beautiful heraldic totems corresponding to the level names on them.
The graphic corresponding to the three rays is a totem with three rays of light; the four wheels are a graphic composed of four overlapping rings, the five strings are a graphic composed of five thin lines, and so on. The graphics are located somewhere on the weapon, and the position is not fixed, but they are shiny and conspicuous, and they look very beautiful.
However, Beichen did not have time to be happy about Xiang Ying's promotion for too long, because the people around her were not only in trouble with Xiang Ying, but also with her.
That’s right, it’s Ling Shuang.
For some reason, Ling Shuang seemed to be at odds with Beichen. She would hang around Beichen all day long, looking for trouble with her, saying sarcastic words, and sometimes even dragging a temporary user to take away her tasks and go with her. Even after going with her, she would not help but only hinder her, which made Beichen very troubled.
There was another time when Xiang Ying saw that Beichen was annoyed and said a few words. As a result, the guy picked up a gun and started fighting with Xiang Ying. In the end, Beichen stopped him and asked him the reason, but he refused to say anything.
After Longyun learned about this, she laughed and said that Beichen was lucky in love, but Beichen just blushed and then fell silent.
The next day, Beichen found Lingshuang alone and told him directly, "Please don't follow me."
Ling Shuang stared at her for a long time, but didn't say anything. She turned around and left. Ling Shuang never showed up again in the next few days. This made Beichen feel a little guilty, but he also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Beichen was not unaware of Ling Shuang's desire to sign a contract with her, nor did she deny that Ling Shuang was very capable. However, due to her personality, she did not feel that having such a warrior would make her life much easier. After all, with someone like Xiang Ying by her side, Beichen had become too spoiled to accept that kind of so-called "favor." She also did not want to be responsible for making the young master happy every day while working hard to cultivate a warrior.
──To put it bluntly, Beichen felt extremely uncomfortable using weapons other than Xiangying.
Time passed slowly in these little episodes, and in the blink of an eye, a month had passed, and the town of Wilvis was about to usher in the next star disaster night.
Beichen looked up at the almost full blue-purple moon above his head and sighed softly.
Although she was a little reluctant to leave Pinhua, it was almost time to leave. This town had too many troubles. She just wanted to learn how to protect herself and didn't want to be surrounded by unnecessary trouble.
Having made up her mind, she told Xiang Ying, Pin Hua, and Gu Yinyue about her plan. Xiang Ying naturally had no objections, and Pin Hua surprisingly didn't make a scene but expressed her support—she probably already understood that Beichen's situation was not good; while Gu Yinyue said nothing, only asking where she planned to go.
Finally, he returned to the room with a slight sense of separation. While slowly packing his luggage, he looked up at the moon above his head and nodded slightly.
Let’s get on the road once the star disaster is over.
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