Helpless, Ning Hai was about to leave when his peripheral vision caught sight of a figure huddled under a gnarled and twisted tree not far away.
The man was tightly embracing a music box, leaning against a rough tree trunk, looking somewhat lonely.
Ning Hai looked closely and realized it was Ning Xiluo. He strode towards her, his face full of doubt, and asked, "Hey, you expressionless guy, what have you been doing sitting here silently like this?"
Ning Xiluo slowly raised her head, her gaze lightly sweeping over Ning Haizhi before lowering it again, focusing intently on the exquisite music box in her hand without uttering a sound.
This unusual silence made Ning Haizhi even more puzzled.
Ning Xiluo is usually not very talkative, but today his mood clearly showed an indescribable strangeness.
Ning Haizhi squatted down, his gaze fixed on the music box in Ning Xiluo's arms, and asked, "What's going on? This item is so precious to you, could it be a six-star rare item?"
Ning Xiluo shook her head slightly.
After a long pause, she said, "I feel like this is the last birthday present he gave me..."
Although Ning Xiluo did not reveal her name, Ning Haizhi instantly understood that the "he" his sister was referring to could only be that person.
His eyes instantly turned cold, and the air around him seemed to freeze.
Ning Haizhi clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles turned slightly white from the force, and blurted out: "That man who abandoned his family, why are you still keeping the gifts he gave you! All these years, he left without a word, and you've forgotten how much cold stares and hardship we've endured?"
"If it weren't for him, Mom wouldn't be..."
Ning Hai choked and fell silent.
Ning Xiluo: "......"
......
Yu Xiangnan flashed and returned to his own [domain].
Almost at the same instant, Xiao Lan seemed to sense something and darted out like a blue lightning bolt, nimbly protecting Yu Xiangnan.
Its body was slightly arched, and it exuded an aura of vigilance.
However, Yu You didn't care at all. His eyes roamed freely over Xiao Lan, and after a moment, he asked in an extremely dismissive tone, "Is this the little mudfish you raised?"
Little Blue: ?!
Little Blue felt wronged, but she didn't say anything.
Yu Xiangnan patted Xiao Lan's head and corrected him, "It's not a loach, it's a snake."
"It's alright, loach and snake are not much different."
As Yu You spoke, he forced his way into the villa. His figure... no, just his head alone was astonishingly large.
Upon entering the villa, the entire space was instantly filled to capacity, and a sense of oppression was immediately felt.
Yu Xiangnan looked helpless and hurriedly said, "Can you shrink a little? You're so big, you're too conspicuous. How am I supposed to hide in the future?"
"Gou?" Yu You's voice was full of doubt, echoing in the cramped space.
"It means finding a place to hide and conceal yourself."
Yu Xiangnan patiently explained.
Yu You tilted his head back nonchalantly and said confidently, "Why hide? With me here, I will protect you. Don't worry."
Yu Xiangnan was speechless for a moment and could only cast a resentful glance at him.
Under the onslaught of that gaze, Yu You finally relented: "Alright."
In an instant, the enormous skull flashed with light and rapidly shrank, becoming only the size of a necklace pendant in the blink of an eye. However, the eerie green will-o'-the-wisps flickering in its eyes remained, exuding a hint of uncanny eeriness.
Yu Xiangnan was fairly satisfied with this and didn't say anything more.
While Yu You was still around, she began researching the [Soul Collector].
★Introduction to Spiritual Values:
1. After a player summons a ghost from the underworld, they can consume a certain amount of spirit points to upgrade it, increasing the ghost's attack power, defense power, and health. At the same time, it increases the ghost's loyalty to the user. Increasing loyalty unlocks the ghost's special passive skills. (Note: There is no cooldown for upgrading, but the ghost must wait 24 hours after upgrading before it can be upgraded again to adapt to the power increase.)
2. By consuming Spirit Points, users can increase their class star rating. Each star increase grants 5 free attribute points (which can be allocated to basic attributes such as Strength and Agility) and unlocks exclusive skills at higher star levels. Additionally, Spirit Points can be used to upgrade existing skills, enhancing their damage, range, and duration.
Last time, she collected the souls of six corpses and gained a total of 33 + 41 + 29 + 27 + 42 + 36 = 208 spirit points.
Yu Xiangnan was focused on tinkering with the [Soul Collector], figuring out how to upgrade the level of the summoned underworld ghosts. Xiao Lan, on the other hand, kept her eyes glued to the Yu You floating in the air, touring the villa, her aura tense, ready to strike.
Yu Youchu was awakened and summoned here. Everything around her was unfamiliar and novel. Without the slightest vigilance, she simply strolled around the villa at will.
Suddenly, Xiao Lan launched an attack and swallowed the tiny, bead-sized Prison Netherworld whole in one gulp!
Yu Xiangnan suddenly turned her head and saw that Xiao Lan seemed to have swallowed something whole, but the movement was too fast for her to see clearly.
It wasn't until a faint green light seeped from the snake's belly that she realized with a start that Little Blue had swallowed Yu You.
"My God, Xiao Lan, vomit it up!" Yu Xiangnan was both shocked and anxious, and rushed forward to help.
Won't this thing explode if I eat it?
Little Blue was extremely unwilling, twisting and turning her body in full resistance.
After a lot of fuss, Yu You was finally vomited out, its entire head covered in saliva, looking utterly pathetic.
"I'm going to stew you, you little mudfish..."
Hiss—
The atmosphere was tense, thick with the smell of gunpowder, as if a single spark could ignite it. If Little Blue and the Skeleton were to start a fight, the house wouldn't be able to withstand the chaos.
Seeing this, Yu Xiangnan put Xiao Lan away and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Yu You is currently a top-tier I Netherworld Ghost. To upgrade to top-tier II, it needs to spend 500 Spirit Points. However, it's still halfway there, meaning it needs to absorb at least six more corpses to successfully upgrade.
However, the exclusive panel for the skill "Summon" shows [Netherworld Ghost 1]. Does this mean that upgrading this skill in the future will allow you to summon two Netherworld Ghosts at the same time?
Just as I was pondering this, a message suddenly popped up.
【chat】
[Ji Fu]: Shall we talk?
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