"meeting."

Vichy smiled beautifully, her face was radiant, her little fangs were exposed, her cheeks were a little chubby, and her lips were a jelly-like color, but she spoke with certainty and without hesitation, with an evil aura that Ash could almost imagine her slaughtering lives while laughing.

But he still couldn't understand: "Why?"

"Maybe you think that now that I'm with you, I can rely on you. There's no need to kill lives and refine souls like I did in the past, and not be stingy with any resources for power." Wei Xi chuckled, "But I have never regarded you as a force that I can rely on."

"My only sense of security is strength. Even if it's just a little bit more, it can give me a little more sense of security. I will always only believe in myself. No one is qualified to be my support."

"And I want to break free of this shackle all the time," Vichy pulled the illusory collar around his neck, "A little more strength means a little more hope of breaking free... Ash Hiss, you don't think I'm really willing to be your maid forever, do you!?"

Ash took a deep breath, but still couldn't suppress the anger in his voice: "Do you really enjoy being an enemy of the world?"

"Because I have survived until now by being an enemy of the world." Vichy said lightly: "I can't live without hurting others."

"Ash, although I and the other girls are connected to you by fate, there is a decisive difference between me and them."

Wei Xi raised his chin and looked down at him almost arrogantly: "Your wishes are worthless to me!"

"If you want to use something as worthless as emotions to change my principles, I'm afraid you will be disappointed."

"I am Vichy, the Ghost Prophet! I am destined to become a noble being that stands above all living beings. How could I possibly change myself because of your wishes!?"

Looking at the arrogant and conceited Ghost Prophet in front of him, Ash slowly lowered his head.

He opened "Aurora's Magician's Manual" - "Operator Management" - "Demon Maid", looked at the "Bond Level 4" inside, fell into a long silence, and sighed softly.

Wei Xi leaned against the railing next to her, looking at the space gate under construction. After a while, she turned her head to look at the owner who was like a sculpture next to her: "Dark Soul Wonder, do you want to take it back?"

"No."

Just like the statue was speaking, Ash's voice was a little hoarse. "Even if I take away the Dark Soul Wonder, you still have Soul Reflection and Soul Screaming Sound Waves... Even if I take away all your wonders, you still have the ability to play with souls."

When Ash raised his head, Vichy saw the long-lost fear and alienation in his eyes, as if everything had returned to the night before he stepped into hell, and he turned back into the supervisor who wanted to drag the prisoners to be buried with him.

Even if he somehow let go of his dislike for Vichy, he would eventually pick up that prejudice again.

Because that's not prejudice, that's just who Vichy is.

Just like before, nothing will change.

She didn't know what kind of fantasy Ash had about her, but she had never thought of fulfilling his wish... How could the Ghost Prophet change because of a man?

"You can keep these three wonders." Ash said, "I will watch over you... Always, always watch over you, until the end of our lives."

He was wary of Vichy as if he were a devil, and only in his words did he reveal a hint of his wrong intentions.

Vichy chuckled, "I see."

"Let's go back and tell Jian Ji and the others the news here."

"Wait," Weishi grabbed his wrist, "We've finished talking about boring relationships, now we can talk about the deal."

Ash raised an eyebrow, "What deal?"

"If you want to use sweet words to make me give up my pursuit of power, then you are just wishful thinking." Vichy squinted at him and said, "But if you are willing to offer a higher price, I am not against letting go of those humble souls who are not worth mentioning."

"What do you want?"

"I want to advance to Soul Lord." Wei Xi said, "But even if I can condense the Hell Void Wings through you, I am still a long way from the level of Lord... The Demigod realm is the limit of my talent. Even if I am given another thousand or ten thousand years, I will not be able to raise my soul faction to the level of Lord, let alone raise the Kingdom of Heaven."

"I have always taken shortcuts by killing to refine my soul. For example, from a mortal to a demigod, I relied on killing to nourish my soul and relied on my soul's foundation to pass the promotion ceremony. As long as I can strengthen my soul to the level of a god, I can naturally use the same trick again and break through my talent to become a soul god."

Ash's expression was a little grim, "You want to divide my soul heaven?"

The only thing that was worthy of Vichy's covetousness was the Kingdom of Souls. Everyone agreed that as long as Ash could find a way to advance to the Lord God, he would be able to be promoted directly without any bottlenecks.

"I don't have the method to absorb other people's heaven, otherwise my magic temple in my previous life would not have remained at the top." Wei Xi said: "But it is indeed related to your soul heaven... Did you know that the soul can also metabolize?"

Ash was startled, thought for a moment and said, "I vaguely have this thought... I feel that my soul has been developing all the time, so there should be a metabolic process."

"The soul is just like the body. It will constantly metabolize and shed its old self." Weishi said, "The metabolized products of ordinary people's souls will naturally return to the earth, but demigods are different. Demigods exist forever, and the metabolized soul fragments can be directly absorbed. Not only can they increase the soul's foundation, but they can also expand the magic temple. This is also the simplest and most effective method of expanding the magic temple known so far, nothing else."

"It's the same for demigods, so it's natural for Lord Gods to be the same." Wei Xi stared at him straightly: "If I can absorb Lord God-level soul fragments enough times, I can naturally be promoted to Lord God without any risk."

Ash breathed a sigh of relief. As long as it wasn't about cutting the soul, it would be easy. "As long as I give you soul fragments, will you promise that I won't take every opportunity to kill people indiscriminately?"

Wei Xi thought for a moment and said, "Your soul fragment is worth 10,000 souls to me, and you can probably metabolize one every month. While you are willing to provide soul fragments, I promise not to touch those humble souls - provided that you can really provide soul fragments."

He was still a little skeptical at first, but when Vichy made it clear, Ash felt relieved. "No problem. What should I do?"

"Have you really thought it through?" Weishi warned seriously, "If I want to get your soul fragments, I must fully penetrate your soul. This is a very dangerous process. Even I have never tried it, because no one would be stupid enough to hand over their soul to the Ghost Prophet."

"Even if I have no bad intentions, if there are some mistakes, even I don't know what the consequences will be."

"Besides, your task is extremely difficult. I don't know if you can complete it. You might get hurt if you make a mistake."

"The risks are huge, the dangers are unpredictable, the difficulties are numerous, and there is no benefit to you. Are you really willing to do this?"

Ash thought about it, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Vichy revealed the sacredness of a martyr.

"This is the price I'm going to pay for you," he said.

Just like in a candy store, the maid can run away with the bill, but he can't...someone has to bear the malice of the Ghost Prophet.

For some reason, looking at Ash's extremely serious expression, Vichy couldn't help but smile with narrowed eyes, and even the corners of her eyes were smiling. She crawled towards Ash with her hands and feet, with an inexplicable color flashing in her eyes, like a maid who would crawl into Ash's arms and act coquettishly in the next second, and like a demon who would show its sharp teeth and claws to hunt.

Ash subconsciously leaned back, but there was a railing behind him and he had nowhere to retreat.

"The ritual is very dangerous. I will be responsible for the other steps, but you must complete the most critical and difficult step."

The pink-haired elf maid hugged her master's neck with a playful smile on her face, and the breath she exhaled had a bewitching fragrance.

"That is, pretend to fall in love with me."

"This time," she said with a wicked smile, "I won't bite your tongue."

It turns out we had a wet kiss before and she even bit my tongue, Ash thought.