Chapter 78 Weaving a Web
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After reflecting for two seconds, Luke decided not to change his bad habits.
From feeling embarrassed at the beginning, he has now begun to think about whether there are other uses for this clan.
"For the next few batches, can you try to come up with a design that highlights the high-tech feel?"
Nellie looked grim.
How can a pair of broken glasses look so technological?
Luke used light elements to simulate a cyberpunk style.
Nellie: Cool!
She kept complaining loudly, but Nellie didn't say anything until she left.
Luke stood there alone.
He has long been immune to 3D, so someone else needs to test the sample.
Quill should have been the first to be hit, but considering that as an actor playing the role of a fake young master, it would be difficult for the audience to see the situation, Luke chose to let him go.
In the end, Lord Moko became a glorious experience officer.
Lujia played the sample film that he had remade with magic power for him to watch for a few minutes. He was inevitably a little nervous when checking the results: "How is it?"
The Lord of Moko City's throat moved, and he only asked: "Can you watch for another five minutes?"
This request is already the best answer.
Luke smiled and said, "Looks like we can consider promoting it now."
The trailer format is not suitable for "The True and False Young Master", this time he wants to hold a press conference and promote it personally.
However, no one knew how the news leaked out. When Luke was still making arrangements, the news about the upcoming release of the new movie spread like wildfire. Whether it was fans or passers-by, their first reaction after hearing it was that it seemed fake.
Anyone can see that the subject matter of The True and False Young Master cannot be compared with Forging the God. Not only will the box office be lower than expected after its release, it may also attract public ridicule.
However, Luke has not refuted it in the community, as if confirming this outrageous news.
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There are many different opinions online, and fan channels are engaged in passionate discussions. Some experts came out to analyze that Luke was too arrogant and his arrogance caused him to lose basic judgment ability.
Among various suspicions and assumptions, the most troublesome one is the Holy See. The maid who is responsible for keeping an eye on Luke has become a 24/7 work system.
In the open-air hall, the maid hesitated for a moment, "The identity of the man following Iliad has not been investigated yet."
The saint said nothing more and waved away the maid who came to report.
The walls are covered with tree sculptures, which endlessly surround the hall in all directions.
Before leaving, the maid took a quick glance and saw the Demon King standing in the abnormally cold place, looking majestic and arrogant.
The saint stood quietly and dignifiedly, her pious posture forming a sharp contrast with the devil.
"No need to check, that person should be the early continental legend, Alex."
All the clues obtained from the auctioneer and the subsequent search of Eliade's study pointed to this person.
The devil's simple words caused the saint's apparent calmness to disappear, and she turned around.
She did not verify or doubt the fact itself. The devil would not speak without truth.
"Then why can't I..."
"Publish this matter and call on everyone to fight against the former tyrant?"
Hearing the sneer in the words, the Saint gradually calmed down: "You are a demon, and you have not been conquered yet."
The devil said calmly: "It's good to know."
The demon kings’ pilgrimages throughout the ages have caused many deaths, but no one has ever stepped forward to reason with them.
No further mention of Alex, who came this time for another matter.
"Do you remember the contract we made when we got married?"
The saint nodded.
The Tree of Life needs children with strong and pure souls who can listen to the oracle and learn how to become a god.
However, the claim that the Tree of Life can communicate with the world's will is false. What the Holy See really needs is a soul that can heal the Tree of Life.
Demon King: "At first, it was believed that only those who reverted to their ancestors could hope to meet this condition."
The soul of an infant is the purest, but fragile. The soul of an atavist is naturally powerful and has innate knowledge, making him a perfect match.
The Saint said calmly: "Isn't it?"
The Demon King rarely answered her questions directly, and said, "I searched the souls of several demon guards and found something interesting. When Alec was killed, the core of the Iliad magic array was the sun."
The saint showed no expression on her face, and she slightly clenched her fingers in her sleeves.
Demon King: "Faith in the law. The rise of that child fits this trajectory very well."
The corners of his mouth curled up: "A soul immersed in faith is the purest and most powerful."
The dragon clan, the saint, the atavism... Luke had too many opportunities, and the saint had never seen him take action with her own eyes, so naturally she would not think of this unconventional thing.
It was not until this moment that she finally understood why the Tree of Life suddenly showed a strong desire for Iliad.
The Demon King once again emphasized the contract at that time.
"Don't worry." The Saint's eyelashes drooped slightly. "The Holy Court will be responsible for catching him, but you have to lend me some men. As long as the child takes enough life fluid, he will completely obey the Tree of Life. He will tell you the answer as soon as he has it."
The devil looked at her with a half-smile, as if he believed it, and after a while he uttered the word "OK".
Soon after the words fell, a weight was felt on my shoulders.
The Saint rested her forehead against his, and said in a voice as soft as smoke: "... Let's talk about private matters."
She said in a tone that was almost a sigh, "I missed you so much."
The demon king was silent for a moment, then said, "Me too."
After "My Demon Father" created a pre-sale miracle by using banned books as a selling point, Luke decided to reprint it.
The labor cost of hiring dwarves is not low, so it is necessary to make a small profit to supplement the family expenses.
"The new model is not cheap. It adopts a half-frame design. It can emit light when activated and has an eye protection effect. It also has to modify the face shape..."
Feather Pen was further adjusting the viewpoint in the sample film. He glanced at Lujia mumbling with a pen and paper and asked, "What should we do with the millions of glasses? No one likes to be treated differently."
"New models cost extra." Lu Jia said without thinking: "It's a limited edition."
He was about to send the design draft to Nellie for her reference when he found an unread message on his terminal.
[Alicia: The Demon King went to the human realm. 】
The message was sent three minutes ago. Seeing that he didn't respond, I directly started a video call.
The Fifth Prince, who was once full of vigor and vitality, is not in a very good condition.
Luke leaned back on the cushion and said, "Have you finally decided to pledge your allegiance to me with your soul?"
Facing the risk of possession at any time, the family chose to wait and see. Alicia said hoarsely: "It's not that time yet. My value has not been squeezed out."
She paused and said, "...Do you remember the book "My Demon Father" you wrote?"
Nonsense, Luke is still preparing to print more money to make money.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Alicia continued, "When you were promoting this book, there was a sentence in the introduction, 'Until one day, she accidentally overheard the conversation between her mother-in-law and sister-in-law'."
Luke: “I made it up.”
Alicia: "But the Demon King did have a sister."
This former demon princess was of average strength, domineering, and had a bad relationship with the saint.
You can't just make up stories, and Luke naturally knows this. He yawned. His nominal aunt seemed to be called something like "A-something", but he didn't have a very deep impression of her.
But the word "曾" is very interesting.
Alicia's next words instantly dissipated the sleepiness between his brows.
"She is most likely dead, killed by Princess Mary."
"Princess Mary was dying a few years ago, but suddenly she became very energetic after a while. It was then that the whereabouts of the former princess became unknown."
Luke frowned after making a rough and arbitrary inference.
Alicia continued, "Not long ago, I secretly launched an assassination attempt, and Princess Mary was seriously injured by the self-explosion of the demon servant I planted."
Luke was really surprised this time.
As the former most powerful female general of the demon clan, even in her declining period, she should not have been seriously injured so easily, and she was injured by a demon servant at that.
Alicia said solemnly: "I have enough evidence to prove that Princess Mary took over her own daughter's body and used special means to disguise her appearance."
Luke's expression gradually became more serious.
The person whose body was possessed was of ordinary caliber, so Princess Mary naturally did not have much power after taking over the body.
"Everyone in the Demon Realm knows that the old Demon King died at the hands of the current Demon King." Alicia smiled coldly and sarcastically, "Princess Mary only has a pair of children. The princess is average in strength. As an only child, why would the Demon King need to kill her biological father? Maybe she was once at risk of being possessed by another spirit."
But the Demon King is no pushover. According to some secrets of the demon clan, the old Demon King died a miserable death.
"It should be easier to take over someone of the same bloodline, and there's a chance that the weak will defeat the strong. She must know that the Demon King has feelings for you, otherwise she wouldn't be staring at me so closely."
Looking at Luke who suddenly stood up and paced back and forth restlessly, Alicia felt a strange sense of pleasure.
The reason why the Demon King allowed Iliad to grow so freely was probably because he wanted to possess his body.
After walking back and forth a few times, Luke stopped in front of the feather pen.
"It's over, it's over. Mental illness has a certain genetic risk, and this kind of family mental illness is 100%. Will I inherit it in the future?"
For example, once you reach a certain age, your consciousness will automatically awaken and you will be able to take over another person's body.
Quill gently patted the back of his hand, and his soothing words were powerful, "Don't worry, you've already split once."
yes.
Luke clapped his hands.
My soul was once split into two halves, which can be considered schizophrenia. What is there to be afraid of?
He needs to be brave.
First of all, start with the last one.
Alicia: “…”
What the hell are you guys talking about?
"The Demon King's visit to the human realm this time is likely to be bad for you." Alicia forced the topic to change: "If the information is useful, I hope you can let me enter the fiefdom."
Her situation would be better with the safe zone where the dragons were.
Luke thought for two seconds, then smiled and said, "As long as you can survive."
On the other side of the terminal, Alicia called the guards directly and whispered, "Get ready and arrange a retreat."
Iliad's meaning was very clear. He didn't mind taking on the trouble temporarily, but whether he could break through to the safe zone alive depended entirely on his individual ability.
After Princess Mary was injured in the explosion, she would stare at her more closely.
After Luke ended the call, he tapped the table with his fingers.
"The demons have a tradition of possessing other bodies, and the Demon Ancestor has also stated that he will try to possess my body when his soul is strong." He frowned as he spoke, "But I always feel that the Demon King doesn't really want to possess me."
The price/performance ratio is extremely low.
To take a step back, even if the Demon King succeeds, he will not be able to continue to advance through the entertainment route like himself.
Quill sat at the end of the window, and his facial features were somewhat unclear.
"Luke."
Usually when he addressed Luke by his full name, he had something important to say.
"You seem to have forgotten something."
"Um?"
"The last time the devil entered my dream, it wasn't you that he saw."
Luke recalled for a few tenths of a second, his expression suddenly changed, and he stood up.
When he spoke again, his tone was unusually uncertain: "The Tree of Life... Could it be that this old Deng wants to take over the Tree of Life?!"
Holy shit, that's too damn amazing.
The feather pen was very calm: "The more powerful the soul, the harder it is to absorb. When the Tree of Life forcibly devours you, it will also be at its weakest. The Demon King took advantage of the opportunity and became the best winner."
The extremely cold tone constructed the most perfect food chain.
Lujia almost blurted out a swear word. Wouldn’t that mean the devil could turn into a tree?
On second thought, all living things with souls can transform. For the strong, it doesn’t really matter what their original form is.
It's just that he has been a human being for too long and his thinking has become rigid.
"I used to think he was a pervert." After a long pause, Luke said, "It turns out that he is a pervert."
Silence stretched in the room for several minutes.
"By the way, do trees have gender? What are the reproductive organs of trees?"
He has always wanted to give the devil that blow.
Quill, which was originally worried about Luke's emotions, was almost laughed at by him. It was already this late and he was thinking about these things first.
After a few seconds, Quill attributed this to the good quality of perseverance.
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Two days later, Luke received a message from Leo.
Alicia suddenly changed her route and temporarily passed through Hongrong City. She lent her army to the Lord of Red Banyan City to fight against the extermination of Prince Notting's former subordinates in exchange for the opportunity to borrow the teleportation array.
Unfortunately, he was discovered by Princess Mary's men halfway and was only half alive when he entered the safe zone.
"She's pretty smart."
The army stayed in Hongrong City as a bargaining chip, and Lujia was embarrassed to ask the other party to sign a soul contract.
Without spending too much time on the Fifth Prince's affairs, Luke went to the factory to see the new samples and was very surprised: "It's simply a work of art."
The dwarves have further innovated on his design, and based on its appearance alone, it can severely damage the market for monocles.
Nellie raised her chin proudly: "The Internet said you were going to hold a press conference?"
Luke nodded: "To be exact, it was the premiere press conference."
He wants to get it done in one step.
"There are a lot of eyes staring at you right now, waiting for you to get into trouble so that they can make big news." Nellie's tone contained both gloating and kind reminder.
The development of the Internet has brought news hotspots back to prominence, and every newspaper wants to tap into the hot spots.
While Luke was talking to Nellie, Quill stood aside, staring at him silently. Luke was not affected by the devil's plan at all, and was in a pretty good mood, as if he had already come up with an idea to deal with it.
The other party just happened to look over, and Quill Pen didn't have time to dodge his gaze.
Lu Jia smiled and said, "When do you think the premiere will be held?"
"At the end of the month."
There are only a few days left until the end of the month, and since there is no time difference with "Forging the God", the closer the better.
"Okay, then at the end of the month."
Leaving the factory, the buildings on all sides cast shadows, and tourists in the distance checked in at the filming location.
With the increasing number of tourists recently, in addition to the newly added buildings, tour guide has become a popular profession locally.
Along the way, Luke was so focused on thinking about how to conduct the next press conference that he didn't even notice a common flying insect crawling onto his collar.
Quill reached out and helped him remove it.
Faith in the Dharma will exude an innate sense of affinity, that aura is almost integrated with nature, and ordinary animals are not afraid of Luke.
It didn't itch before, but now the fingertips that stayed there for a second longer made his neck feel a little numb.
Lujia opened his eyes and changed the subject while looking at each other closely: "I don't plan to hold the premiere in the demon tribe..."
Just as Luke was speaking, a demon insect was quietly perched in the bushes in the distance, with two whiskers on the sides of its ears standing up like antennas, and occasionally flapping its wings once or twice.
All the ordinary flying insects around were invisibly driven away and flew around in the air.
Not long after, the magic insects heard the news and flew to another place.
In the crack in the corner, the shadow demon servant who had been waiting for a long time stretched out his hand, ready to welcome his little pet.
The Demon Realm is too far away, so the Saint asked the Demon King for a group of special demon servants to monitor Luke's whereabouts so as to find an opportunity to determine an action plan.
The shadow servant can understand insect language. At this moment, the distance is far enough, and with the confusing breath of tourists as cover, it is difficult for even a great magician to detect it.
When the buzzing of the magic insect stopped at the palm of his hand, the shadow demon servant was about to hold his breath and listen.
Behind him, an invisible shadow loomed, and then a huge force attacked.
The shadow servant turned around and fought back.
With a crack, the magic insects in his hands were snatched away and crushed to pieces.
Who discovered himself?
It's definitely not Iliad, the target is too far away.
Before he could think too much, he met a pair of red eyes from excitement. The person who pulled him out said viciously, "Brother, don't blame me. If you don't have the strength, get out now."
When colleagues are competing for their livelihood, people in this line of work must never be soft-hearted.
The uninvited guest looked excitedly at the backs of Luke and Quill in the distance, looking at the problem from a completely different perspective.
To drive away the insects, you can just use a magic finger. Is there any need to dig your fingers into someone's collar?
Now think about it, the little man picture when the network is loading, the fire thief in the ghost story game, and the real and fake young master are all based on the same person.
Eliade's unusual relationship with the man next to him had been foreshadowed.
The soft evening light shone down, and there was an uncomfortable eye contact, with Iliad slightly turning his face.
The photos seem to be swaying.
There is no doubt that I have captured big news!
Exclusive, must be published exclusively!
The shadow servant had no idea what was going on. Was there someone following the target?
Similar scenes are happening in every corner of Moko City.
A row of stones near the corner of the hall were fighting freely in a strange way, and there were puppet bird wings fighting in the sky... Those shadow demon servants and demon insects with extremely good concealment were all dwarfed by these gossip reporters, and were almost the first to be kicked out in the battle for information.
"You..." Who are you?
All shadow servants want to ask this question when they are beaten.
"Oh, whoever you are, I am whoever you are."
Just as Nellie said, there were many eyes staring at Luke now.
Recently, many reporters have disguised themselves as tourists and deliberately lurked nearby, trying to find out his next move.
In order to compete for the exclusive rights, these days whenever they see suspected lurkers, they all assume that they are traveling with them and directly snatch the darkbox cameras or photo stones.
Reporters are ever-changing, and the magic servant space is infinitely exploited.
On the other side, the Holy See, which was still waiting for the demon servants to report the news, received the report summarized by the demon servants.
[At 13:00, we bought some transformation potion, but it turned out that all the stones on the roadside were transformed. We were caught before we could confirm our identities. 】
[At 2 p.m., I tried to hide in the crack in the corner, but it was seamless and there was no place to cut in line. I could only go around to the roof and hide, but was hit again. 】
[15:00: All surrounding observation points were occupied, and we had to disperse. 】
[At 16:00, the entire army was wiped out.] 】
Holy Court: “…”
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Excerpt from Luke's diary:
Being optimistic by nature, it sounds better to recognize a tree as a father than a thief. In the end, the father is kind and the son is filial.
Alex: The funeral hall laughed.
Luke: Thumbs up. Wait, why did I like this in my own journal?
PS: I heard about the Mandarin Duck Jade Pendant from the Lord of Giant Stone City. Details are in Chapter 35 and Chapter 48 (the part about the Thousand Days of Unity Gu).
The Demon King learns Alex’s identity in the second half of Chapter 33 and Chapter 44.
One hundred small red envelopes are randomly dropped. I've been a bit busy recently, so the update time is relatively early. I will restore it to the original state next week~
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