One day later, Heipao Town.
The downtown is noisy, the lights are bright, and beautiful girls in gorgeous clothes are walking among the neon lights. Mature and sexy older sisters do not hide their charm at all. The darkness cannot hide the flowing laughter. The gorgeousness builds a prosperity that does not belong to this era.
Ash's arm was hit, and he turned around to see a beautiful woman with a miraculous figure. She had long wavy hair and wore a deep V dress. The deep ravines seemed to have the effect of attracting attention. Even with a slight friction, even with the clothes blocking it, Ash could feel how smooth and elastic the part she had just attacked was.
She smiled at Ash and continued walking down the street without a care in the world. There were so many beauties like her that the whole street was filled with them, like heaven.
And this is also the most regrettable part.
The whole street is like this, without exception.
Including him and Igula next to him.
"What kind of little trumpets are the people of the Blue Bird God Era..." Ash covered his face and sighed, "How could anyone follow such a great method!?"
"Blood Moon's demanding pursuit of appearance also has this trend. If you have been to Blood Moon University, you will hardly see ugly students there. Even ogres have good-looking faces." Igula said calmly: "If the Blue Bird God Era is more developed and advanced than Blood Moon, it is not incomprehensible that the idea of beauty is rampant."
"Why are you so calm!?"
"You know, before I was arrested by the Blood Maniac Hunter, none of my partners knew my true identity. Guess what identity I used to contact them?"
"Since you are so familiar with it, then go buy the things by yourself. I will go back to the hotel--"
"I can't handle it alone," Igula hooked Ash's collar and dragged him away, "Tamas needs to heal, and Harvey can't stop eating. We are the only ones who can move freely."
After accepting the gift from the Transcendence Sect and leaving on a Transcendence motorcycle, Ash and his companions arrived at the most prosperous trade distribution center of the Qinri Alliance - Black Robe Town.
Black Robe Town is the direct jurisdiction of the War Temple, one of the largest sects in Senluo. Although it is the War Temple, their ideal is to pursue peace, but the means to achieve their ideal is to destroy all wars with war. This is a very easy ideal to achieve, because as long as they unify Senluo, the ideal of the War Temple will naturally be achieved.
In this wasteland of Senro, there are definitely many people who yearn for unity and peace, so the prosperity of the Temple of War is almost inevitable. Even if there are no war sects, there will be peace sects, domination sects, and so on.
However, Black Robe Town has little to do with the Temple of War. Its special thing is that it belongs to the legacy of the Third Age of Gods, the Age of Blue Bird Gods.
As mentioned before, the Fire Cat Age created the Divine Fire System to peacefully transition to the next Age of Gods. The Fire Cat Magician succeeded, and no war broke out between the Fire Cat and Blue Bird Age. However, because there was no bloodshed, some of the ideals of the Blue Bird Age of Gods were outrageous.
There is a legacy called "Kaleidoscope" in Heipao Town, which is derived from the Kaleidoscope Dafa of the Blue Bird God Era. The ideal of this Dafa is to turn everyone into a beautiful girl.
Yaxiu was quite sure that this ideal had a prefix of "except me", but Dafa was the obsession of a dead person, so naturally it did not need this prefix.
The Kaleidoscope Mirror is the Blue Bird legacy derived from this Dafa. Within its influence range, everyone, regardless of gender, age or status, will be transformed into beautiful girls of various forms. Not to mention men, women will also change. Their hairstyles, makeup and even clothes will change. It can be said to be a one-click transformation.
Although Ash admitted that this was somewhat interesting, as Igula said, the Blood Moon Kingdom also had this trend, and it was understandable that some people in the Blue Bird God Age had nothing to do after eating.
But now Senluo is in the wasteland era, and everyone is busy clearing out heretics. It is not yet time to enjoy spiritual life. Why would the Black Robe Town with the Kaleidoscope become a trade center?
Because the Kaleidoscope has another feature: the magic spirits sleep. Within the range of the Kaleidoscope, all magic spirits will sleep, and no matter how much magic power the magician inputs, they cannot work. In addition, the body is transformed into a soft and fragrant beautiful girl, even a weak magician with no flaws can only act cute here.
It is said that even the four-winged magic spirit cannot resist the hypnosis of the Kaleidoscope Mirror. Many people suspect that the real body of the Kaleidoscope Mirror is actually a god in the virtual world.
If everyone has no fighting power, it means safety is guaranteed; if everyone turns into beautiful girls with different appearances, it means anonymity.
And these two points are exactly the most necessary prerequisites for trading.
In the past, Kaleidoscope Black Robe Town might have been just a paradise for people pursuing beauty, but in the Senluo Wasteland, it has become the most trusted trading place for different sects.
Perhaps some magicians would want to snipe the people inside Black Robe Town from outside, but the Kaleidoscope only works at night. At night, there are Jiaolu to help deal with uninvited guests outside the town.
When the kaleidoscope mirror becomes ineffective during the day, everyone will return to their original state. Whether it is to conceal their identities or because they feel it is too embarrassing, everyone will wear black robes or other clothes to cover their whole body, which is the origin of the name Black Robe Town.
As the largest distribution center of Senluo, Ash and his companions could not only replenish supplies here, but also take the opportunity to buy magic spirits. Magic spirit transactions were common in other countries, but they were definitely rare in Senluo, and most magic spirits would only circulate within the sect.
After all, if you dare to sell your magic to other sects, you will not be able to get over it yourself - how can you make a deal with a heretic? Are you aiding the enemy? Is your loyalty not absolute?
Even the Qinri Alliance is the same. They just help each other and resist the Four Pillars of Gods, which does not mean they have become a community of interests. There are only a few positions in the Age of Gods, and the relationship between them is a zero-sum game of life and death, not a win-win cooperation.
Therefore, the flow of materials between sects depends on caravans - formal sects use barter, such as the Transcendental Sect; informal sects rely directly on robbery, such as the Fire Temple.
But Black Robe Town is different. Here, as long as you don't say anything and I don't say anything, everyone is an anonymous beauty. Different sects trade directly, without middlemen to make a profit. Many sects have shops here, and the War Temple also acquiesces to their entry.
In Igula's words, this is an underground black market where everyone uses beautiful girl avatars.
But the content of the transaction...
Ash glanced at the shops on the roadside. Not to mention weapons like bombs and swords, it was understandable that they sold strong potions, but why were there shops selling corpses? If he had known, he would have called Harvey over.
In addition to these, Black Robe Town does have many products that make Ash and the others' eyes light up. Just like the Transcendental Sect still retains production lines for fantasy creations such as solar motorcycles and musical instruments, other sects also have similar legacies to a certain extent, such as practical tools such as "Eternal Clean Water Source", "Eagle Eye Glasses", and "Senluo Fixed Point Map".
There are even entertainment products like the "Grey Fox Light Curtain", but because it can no longer connect to the Grey Fox server, only basic functions such as checking time, shooting videos, calculating, and memos are left (with 1,000 Grey Fox dramas included).
"Ice cream cones!"
“Lemon tea!”
"Lala Fatty Kebab!"
After walking for a while, Ash never stopped eating. He kept switching the food in his hand. He ran to one snack bar after another, ordered this and that, and then signaled Igula to pay.
"Is it because your body has changed that your brain has been affected by hormones?" The fraudster said as he took out his wallet, "We are not here to go shopping."
"Here, try this."
"I'm not as greedy as you."
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"Open your mouth. Ah-ah-how does it taste?"
“So-so.”
"I'll buy some back for Harvey and Tamashi to try." Ash said briskly, "Four Pillars of the Gods, Food Factory Town, Beyond Building. We have been fighting with Silver Lantern these past few days and haven't had a good rest. Even if you can hold on, I can't. During the Gospel, at least I had Liz by my side. Now it's just you guys..."
"Why," Igula sneered, "Do you want us to act like Liz and act like a spoiled child to you? Then you can find Harvey. Although he is not as childish as Liz, it should not be inappropriate for him to act like a spoiled child now."
"Do you think it's just Liz who's acting cute to me? I'm actually acting cute to Liz as well." Ash said with a smile, "Adults are just children who have to mature."
“That’s just you.”
"Hmph, you'll understand when you have a daughter." Ash snorted, "Besides, the Mercury Trojan Horse hasn't told us the news about the Silver Lantern yet, so there's no point in us being anxious—"
"Are you looking for me?"
Ash and Igula turned their heads sharply and saw a silver-haired beauty appear behind them. She pointed to the open-air bar next to them, motioned for them to follow, and then sat down and ordered.
This was not the first time that Mercury Trojan had personally manipulated the Four Pillars believers to meet with them. Ash and the others were used to such sudden meetings, so they followed him to the table.
There were quite a few people at the open-air bar, many of whom drank heartily and enjoyed the feeling of being drunk and empty-headed. It was actually very difficult for a magician to get drunk, because magic power would nourish the body, and after becoming a magician for one or two years, one would basically be immune to minor problems such as alcohol and diarrhea. But in the kaleidoscope, the magician became weak again, and could experience the pleasure of emptying his mind.
However, Ash and Igula came to discuss business and only ordered two ordinary drinks.
"Good evening, Ash."
The silver-haired beauty said, "I heard that the Silver Lantern took away the Mingling String Technique from the Transcendent Sect. I thought you would be implicated... Where is the Necromancer?"
"In the hotel." Ash said, "He turned into a black loli and didn't dare to come out."
Harvey obviously doesn't care about his appearance, but he has lost more than ten pounds in weight, and coupled with the blood species parasitism, he must eat all the time and use magic to speed up the absorption in order to make up for the loss of life energy.
"So, Ash, tell me about your experience in the Beyond Building." The silver-haired beauty did not hide her curiosity: "How did you leave? Did you fight your way out?"
"strangeness."
Igula suddenly said, "How do you tell which of us is which? We are both affected by the Kaleidoscope. Ash now has red hair and red eyes, which is nothing like his original self. In other words, how did you recognize us?"
"Maybe it's the temperament." The silver-haired beauty smiled and said, "There is still a big difference between you two. As for how to recognize you... If you are willing to satisfy my curiosity, it's not impossible for me to tell you."
Ash and Igula looked at each other, and then Ash said, "We were almost implicated by the Silver Lantern, but the Transcendent Sect has sharp eyes. They know that I am a hero who helps them--"
The silver-haired beauty had a blank expression on her face: "If you want to lie, can you use a psychic? That would at least be a bit more challenging."
"To put it simply, the Transcendental Sect has something to ask of me," Ash shrugged and said, "In addition..."
“They have a soft spot for Harvey.”