Chapter 48: Strong Luck



Because Chen Chu was so good, in the following auctions, no one dared to grab the bid whenever Lin An raised her card. After raising her card twice in a row, Lin An felt that she was bullying others, so she stopped raising her card and waited until the auctioneer started counting down or when the bid was close to the reserve price given to her by the six groups of colleagues.

After the auction ended, the two came out of the venue and were about to go to the restaurant to eat when Tang Lanyue suddenly caught up with them from behind and stood in front of them.

"Lin An, right? Could you please step aside for a moment? I have something I want to talk to Chen Chu alone." Tang Lanyue said to Lin An.

You have to say that you called me Chen Chu and ordered me around.

Lin Xi was a little unhappy, but for Chen Chu's sake, she took two quick steps and went to the elevator entrance to wait.

"What's the matter?" Chen Chu frowned and looked at Tang Lanyue.

"This is for you." Tang Lanyue handed Chen Chu a box.

Chen Chu took a look at the box and recognized it. It was a key that could be used to force open the space door when the secondary space was opened. One key was worth 200,000 points. A total of ten keys were sold at the auction, and Tang Lanyue bought six of them.

Chen Chu looked at Tang Lanyue in confusion and did not answer it.

Tang Lanyue: "I know you have a strong sense, but it will be safer with the key. This time when the Soul Locking Tower is opened, Jiamu and I will go in with you and will definitely help you find the props."

Some psychics with strong perception can quickly sense the location of the space gate when it opens, and enter the space gate on their own. Last time in Blizzard City, after Lin Yan was swallowed, Chen Chu and Wu Wang relied on perception to enter the space gate.

"Yeah." Li Jiamu also came over at this time, "Last time we went up to the seventh floor and got out smoothly, so we should be able to do it this time too."

Chen Chu looked at Li Jiamu: "Aren't you afraid of being cursed?"

Li Jiamu: "You were just unlucky last time, but it won't be the case this time."

Chen Chu lowered his eyebrows and there was a hint of self-mockery in his eyes: "I was really unlucky last time."

Tang Lanyue smiled and said, "It's a deal then. When the Soul Locking Tower opens this time, we'll go in together."

As she spoke, Tang Lanyue handed the key in her hand forward again, motioning Chen Chu to accept it.

"No." Chen Chu still didn't answer, "I don't plan to enter the Soul Locking Tower."

Li Jiamu: "If you are not going into the Soul Locking Tower, why are you shooting the Eye of Curse?" He even shocked the deputy leader of the Xuanwu Group.

Chen Chu: "I took the picture of Eye of the Curse for a colleague, he is a curser. I left the capital this afternoon, as for you... it's up to you whether you want to enter the Soul Locking Tower or not."

After saying that, Chen Chu nodded slightly to the two of them and walked straight to the elevator. He did not ask the two to enter the Soul Locking Tower to help him find the props to remove the curse. If they insisted on entering, that was their own business.

"Let's go and have dinner." Chen Chu pressed the elevator button. At this time, the elevator just stopped at the 20th floor. He walked in without looking back.

After lunch, the two returned to the room to pack their luggage. Actually, there was nothing much to pack. We only stayed for two days and did not go shopping or buy local specialties. The supplies we bought at the conference were also placed in the space props and did not take up much space.

When they came here, they were at the airport and it was easy to get a taxi. But when they went back, it was difficult to get a taxi at the resort. Fortunately, the resort provided this service and specially prepared a special car to take guests to the airport.

Rolling down the car window and letting the mountain breeze mess up her long hair, Lin said with some disappointment, "What a pity. It's a rare opportunity to come to the capital, but I can't even enter the city."

Whether coming here or leaving, she just took a taxi. Lin Xi felt as if she was just passing through the imperial capital.

Chen Chu looked at the girl and said, "If you want to go shopping, we can go back a day later."

Lin Xi immediately shook her head: "No, we can't stay here for long in such a troubled place."

Chen Chu laughed. Ever since she knew that the Soul Locking Tower would be opened soon, Lin An had been preparing to return to Jincheng. He told her that she could leave the resort after the auction, and Lin An really bought a flight ticket for today overnight. And she calculated the time well, the earliest flight after the auction.

The auction ended around noon. They spent half an hour eating, half an hour packing, and estimated an hour and a half to drive to the airport, and then board the plane at 3:30.

The only thing that made Chen Chu feel relieved was that this time Lin Xi finally did not buy an economy class ticket.

Chen Chu suggested: "You can buy some local specialties at the airport."

Lin: "I'm stupid. Things at the airport are so expensive. I might as well buy them online."

"..." Chen Chu, a fool who often buys things at the airport, silently opened a magazine in the car.

Lin took out her phone and reported the good news to everyone in the group: [All the things have been bought. You can come to the company to pick them up tomorrow afternoon.]

Lin Xi originally wanted to say it would be in the morning, but after thinking about it, she changed it to the afternoon. She was not sure about the working and resting habits of the big guys in the group, so she changed it to the afternoon, where there might be more time.

Aquaman: [You're back so soon? Doesn't the conference end tomorrow?]

Lin: [Tomorrow is a networking meeting, but I don’t know anyone and there is nothing to talk about.]

Aquaman: [That’s true, but it’s a rare trip to the capital, you can go around and have a look.]

Lin Xi: [You can’t stay in a place full of disputes for long.]

Dirt King: [Right or Wrong? ? ]

Aquaman: [Someone bullied you? Let Chen Chu beat him up. @Chu, there is only one girl in our group 6, and you can't even protect her?]

They are all veterans in the supernatural world, and they know that at such a conference that gathers a large number of supernatural people, even if the official intervenes, it can only guarantee that no one will die, and friction between supernatural people is inevitable. In fact, Assistant Tan has suffered a lot in previous years, especially at auctions, where he could never get what he wanted. Everyone even speculated that Assistant Tan chose this time to close the door in order to force Chen Chu to go to the conference by tricking Lin Yan. As long as the S-level supernatural people are there, the conference will definitely go smoothly, which is why they all added to the inventory list when they knew that Chen Chu went to the conference.

Chen Chu should be very clear about this, so since he went there, it meant that he would protect Lin Xi.

Chen Chu knew that Lin Nan was chatting in the group, but he and Lin Nan were sitting together, and since Lin Nan had explained the situation in the group, he didn't need to show up. He continued to lower his head and flip through magazines, occasionally glancing at his phone, until Aquaman @ him, then he reopened the group chat.

Chen Chu saw Neptune's question and turned to look at Lin Nan.

"He misunderstood. Let me explain it." As she said that, Lin Xi lowered her head and started typing on the keyboard. If Chen Chu hadn't been right next to her, she would have wanted to speak directly.

Lin: [No, no, it was because the Soul Locking Tower was about to open, and I was unlucky. I was afraid of going in again, so I wanted to leave as soon as possible.]

Aquaman: [So that's how it is.]

Qingkong: [With your luck, this worry is indeed necessary.]

Lin: [Is that so?]

Lin Xi looked at the blue sky and suddenly felt like she had found a close friend.

King of Dirty: [When will the Soul Locking Building open?]

Lin Nan didn’t understand this, so she turned to look at Chen Chu.

Chen Chu thought for a moment and said, "I don't know, but I guess it will be just two or three days."

Tang Lanyue did not tell him the specific opening time of the Soul Locking Tower, but it was not difficult to guess from her words that the time should be shortly after the conference.

Lin Yan got the answer and lowered her head to reply: [Senior Chen Chu said it will happen in the next two or three days.]

Aquaman: [Why did Chen Chu let you speak?]

Qingkong immediately deduced the only possible reason: [His phone ran out of battery or was it broken?]

As for the possibility that the phone was lost, Qingkong directly ruled it out. What a joke! Who could steal a phone from an S-level esper? An S-level thief esper?

How do you answer this?

Chu: [Because I'm too lazy to type.]

Lin Xi breathed a sigh of relief. Yes, that's exactly what it is.

Wu Wang: [What time does your flight arrive in Jinshi?]

Lin: [Our flight is at 3:30 and we will arrive in Jinshi around 6:00.]

King of Dirty: [Then I will buy a flight after 6 o'clock. I will wait for you at the exit of the airport. You give me the Eye of Curse.]

The King of Filth wants to rush directly to the airport to get the Eye of Curse. Is he in such a hurry?

Qingkong: [You want to enter the Soul Locking Tower?]

Lin Xi suddenly realized, yes, the King of Wu just asked her when the Soul-Locking Tower would open, just to confirm the time when the Soul-Locking Tower opened so that he could rush there.

Lin immediately replied in the group: [Okay, I'll wait for you at the exit.]

Dirt King: [Thank you.]

Lin Xi replied, "You're welcome."

Speaking of the Soul-Locking Tower, Lin Xi naturally thought of Chen Chu's curse, and she couldn't help but turn her head to look at Chen Chu.

Chen Chu noticed it when Lin Nan looked over, and guessed what Lin Nan was thinking at the moment. He deliberately did not raise his head, pretending not to notice Lin Nan's gaze, and did not give her a chance to speak.

Lin knew that Chen Chu didn't want to mention the curse, otherwise Chen Chu wouldn't have had that attitude during lunch yesterday, but he must have a curse on him. Although Chen Chu never admitted that he had a curse from beginning to end, he didn't deny it either. With Chen Chu's personality, if he didn't have a curse, he would never let others take risks for him. So Chen Chu must have a curse on him, and it's not easy to break.

Lin Xi hesitated for a long time, but in the end she did not ask Chen Chu.

Chen Chu waited until Lin Xi turned her head before turning the magazine to the next page.

Lin Xian glanced at the group chat, thought for a moment, clicked on the King of Dirty's avatar, and entered the private chat interface: [Can't the Eye of Curse see curses? Then can you see the curses on others when you put on the Eye of Curse?]

The King of Dirt reacted in a second: [You want to know what the curse on Chen Chu is.]

Lin: [Yes, Senior Chen Chu has saved me many times, so I want to help.]

King of Dirty: [How did you help? Go into the Soul Locking Tower to find the item to remove the curse? Didn’t you buy a ticket and come back immediately after hearing that the Soul Locking Tower was going to open?]

Why is this guy Wu Wang so blunt in his words? !

Lin was so angry that her lips pouted: [Just because I can’t help now doesn’t mean I won’t be able to help forever.]

Why underestimate her? After all, she is a person with cheats. Maybe one day her luck will suddenly explode and she will suddenly pull out a purification artifact from the system that can break all curses.

King of Dirty: [The Eye of Curse can indeed see the curse, I will see it when the time comes. As for the props to remove the curse, if there is a chance, I will bring it out of the Soul Locking Tower.]

When Lin saw the reply, she was delighted and quickly thanked him: [Thank you.]

Although this guy Wuwang has a bad mouth, he is still a nice person.

The King of Dirty: [How can you thank me? Are you his girlfriend?]

When Lin Xi saw the reply, she was shocked. Why was the dirty king talking nonsense? What if Senior Chen Chu saw it and misunderstood what she had said to him?

Lin Yu glanced at Chen Chu guiltily, and after making sure that Chen Chu was still concentrating on reading the magazine, she lowered her head and typed fiercely: [Filthy King, what are you talking about?]

Dirty King: [This is to tell you not to flatter yourself. I am not targeting you, but Chen Chu. I owe him a favor for the incident in Blizzard City last time.]

If Chen Chu hadn't brought Lin Xi along with him last time in Blizzard City, he wouldn't have been able to enter Blizzard City. He didn't like to owe favors to others, and if he really had a chance to bring out the item that could lift the curse in the Soul Locking Tower this time, he would try his best, but he wouldn't risk his life.

The King of Wu knows Chen Chu better than Lin Xi, and he also knows the Soul Locking Tower better. Although he doesn't know when the curse was cast on Chen Chu, Chen Chu still hasn't gotten rid of it, which proves that the curse must be difficult to get rid of. Otherwise, with his S-level strength, why doesn't he go in and get rid of it himself? Even if he needs the help of a curse master, with his merits and level, the authorities will definitely send a curse master to help him.

Lin: [Now that you have figured it out, can you tell me what the curse is?]

King of Dirty: [Because you helped me take the picture of the Cursed Eye.]

Lin Yan grinned, knowing that the King of Wu agreed, and subconsciously wanted to say thank you again. Suddenly, she thought of the scene where she was just scolded, and she was so angry that she deleted the words she had typed.

Switching back to the group, Lin Xi just saw Neptune sending a message.

Aquaman: [I had originally planned to go eat roast duck with my sister tomorrow and come back with you guys, but it seems like that won’t work.]

Lin Yan was surprised: [You are also in the imperial capital?]

Aquaman: [I'm next door to you.]

Then, Aquaman posted a photo in the group. In the photo, a man with eight-pack abs, wearing briefs and a coquettish ponytail, was standing on the beach with a surfboard on his shoulder. Behind him was the blue sea and beautiful beach girls in bikinis.

"You are worthy of being called the King of the Sea." Lin Xi couldn't help but complain, her tone full of disdain.

Most girls probably wouldn't like the fish-raising Aquaman, especially someone as high-profile as Xie Xingyu who directly wrote the existence of Aquaman in his online name.

Sensing the strong sense of disdain in Lin Ping's tone, Chen Chu curiously picked up his phone and opened the group again, and saw Li Xingyu's coquettish look.

Chen Chu: "He is at Mudai River, and our plane will pass over his head."

Lin: "River? Isn't it by the sea?"

Chen Chu explained: "Mudai River is a district under the jurisdiction of Jiangbei Province. There is a beach in the district. It was a summer resort for dignitaries in ancient times. Now it is a tourist attraction."

Lin Xi said "oh". She had not traveled much, let alone the north where she had never been, so she was not very clear about the tourist attractions.

Qingkong: [@Sea King, you are not Lin Nan, what are you afraid of? ]

Aquaman: [It’s best to be safe than sorry. I don’t want to enter the Soul Locking Tower. What if I get cursed?]

Qingkong: [@海王, that's too much. How come you are only worth one in a million, but Lin Yan is worth ten thousand? Hers is at most a hundred.]

Aquaman: [Hahahaha…]

Lin: [Still laughing, be careful or I’ll take you in.]

Lin Yanye added a picture of an angry kitten.

Aquaman: [If you were by my side, I might be scared, but you're going to take a plane soon, how are you going to take me with you?]

Lin: [You are at Mudai River. Our plane will pass over your head soon.]

Aquaman: [You don’t know this, right? The Mudai River is to the east of the imperial capital, and the Soul Locking Tower only appears to the south of the imperial capital, so it doesn’t affect me.]

Qingkong: [According to the research of subspace researchers, subspace moves irregularly in the space chaos. Theoretically, it will overlap with any place on Earth. The only difference is the time of opening. The Soul Locking Building only appears in the south of the imperial capital because it happened to open the space door in a place that can cover the south of the imperial capital. But it does not mean that it will not appear in the east of the imperial capital. What if it suddenly opens the door in advance?]

Aquaman: [Don't talk nonsense. My hair stands on end. The prophets have said that the Soul Locking Tower will not be open during the conference!]

King of Dirt: [The prophet's perception is not that accurate. At most, it is the location where the conference is held. There will be no sub-space coverage in the near future.]

Qingkong: [Most importantly, Lin is not at the resort now.]

Aquaman: [Oh shit, Lin Nan’s bad luck won’t be so bad that it will affect the opening of the space door.]

Dirt King: [Who knows?]

Qingkong: [It’s hard to say.]

Lin: [You also know that I have bad luck.]

Aquaman: […I was wrong, please forgive me.]

Lin smiled smugly: [Be careful with your words in the future. Although I can't curse, I can bring bad luck.]

Chen Chu, who had been paying attention to the group chat, said: "..."

You are so unlucky that you are still proud of it?

While browsing the phone and chatting, the car soon arrived at the airport. When entering the airport, there were too many people rushing to catch the flight, and the car was stuck outside the airport for a while. Lin was worried that the reserved time would not be enough to pass the security check and board the plane. As a result, the VIP channel was unobstructed and security check was passed in a few minutes. In the end, not only did they not have a problem of running out of time, they even had to rest in the VIP waiting room for 20 minutes because they arrived early.

It turns out that money really can buy time.

This is what Lin Xin felt after eating snacks for 20 minutes in the VIP lounge.

Twenty minutes later, Lin was sitting in the first-class cabin for the first time in her life. The spacious space, seats with massage function, and she could even eat before taking off. This treatment was indeed different.

Because she had eaten a lot of snacks while waiting for the flight, Lin suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in her stomach not long after the plane took off.

The food in the VIP lounge couldn’t be expired, I didn’t eat anything.

Lin Xi covered her stomach and walked towards the restroom with a painful look on her face. As soon as she stepped in, everything went dark before her eyes.

Chen Chu, who was sitting in the first-class cabin, suddenly jumped up and rushed into the same bathroom at an incredible speed under the astonished gaze of the stewardess.

Stewardess: Is it so open in China now?

The author has something to say:

Aquaman: Didn’t I fucking apologize?

Lin: If apologies are useful, what do we need the police for?


Recommendation