After leaving the laboratory, Li Xiu called Sha Chu over.

When Sha Chu came, he brought a suitcase and placed it on Li Xiu's desk.

"What is this?" Li Xiu looked at Sha Chu in confusion.

"The quality of the natural topaz you want is definitely not as good as the color of the imperial topaz, but these are all that can be found in Chongshan City now. The others are topaz with changed colors. If you need that kind of topaz, we can get you more." Sha Chu said.

Li Xiu opened it and saw that there were indeed a lot of transparent, slightly yellowish topaz inside. The colors varied in depth, but all of them had a hint of yellow, just not as yellow as the Masked Emperor that Li Xiu had gotten before.

"That's right, take a look at this list and see if you can get the things on it." Li Xiu handed the list written by Ximen Guan to Sha Chu.

After Sha Chu looked at it, he said, "Except for the S-level magic core, which is a bit difficult, there are also some S-level magic spirit materials that need to be obtained from outside, but the others are not difficult to find."

"Leave the S-level magic core to me, and you figure out the rest." Li Xiu thought for a while and said.

"There is another question now." Sha Chu did not respond to Li Xiu's words, but just looked at Li Xiu and said.

"What's the problem?" Li Xiu asked.

"The City Lord's Mansion is out of money." Sha Chu said slowly, "The City Lord's Mansion didn't have much money to begin with. Most of the merchants left. Now that you killed Cha Liang, the remaining big merchants are also fleeing. No one is doing business in Chongshan City anymore, and we have even less money."

"So I did something wrong?" Li Xiu said to Sha Chu.

"It doesn't matter whether it's right or wrong. What matters is how to solve the problem. The staff of the City Lord's Mansion need money, and the researchers in the laboratory need money even more. The soldiers following us can't be without money either. Without money, we can't do anything, and soon everyone will leave us."

Shachu paused and said, "This is just the beginning. Once Chaliang dies, if Hongsha City blocks us, then Chongshan City will have a problem getting food and water. You know, Chongshan City is built in such a hellhole, and clean water is hard to find. All the water and food are transported from Hongsha City. When the city was built, only one road leading to Hongsha City was built. If this continues, Chongshan City will not be able to retain people. The Lord of Hongsha City doesn't need to waste a single soldier, and we will have to leave on our own."

"Isn't Chongshan City located between Hongsha City and Guyue City? Can't we go to Guyue City to buy supplies?" Li Xiu said with a frown.

"Sure, you can go through the deep mountains and forests to reach Guyue City by yourself, but if you want to transport a large amount of water and food, you need a road. Do you have the money to build a road to Guyue City?" Sha Chu sighed, "I really don't understand why the Lord of Hongsha City would spend so much manpower and material resources to help that idiot Lord of Chongshan City to open up mountains and build a city in a place like this? It's not worth spending such a huge price just for a trial gate."

Li Xiu laughed after hearing this: "Shachu, you should have a solution, right?"

"What can I do? Without money, there is nothing I can do." Sha Chu curled his lips.

"I don't have any money, but I do have some gems." Li Xiu took out the gems he got from Cha Liang, and also took out the box of gems that Sha Chu had given him before.

"These gems can allow us to hold out for a few more months. If we add the things we buy you need, we can probably hold out for another three months. That's if Red Sand City doesn't blockade us." Sha Chu said, looking at the gems.

"Is there no other way?" Li Xiu asked Sha Chu.

"Yes, the gate to the Brave Trial will be completely open so that everyone can enter and exit the gate freely." Sha Chu said.

"You mean, we should also announce the method to pass the dark maze?" Li Xiu pondered.

"Yes, only in this way can we attract a large number of people to Chongshan City. As long as there are people who can come and need food and drink, someone will naturally bring supplies. What we need now is people, whether they are ordinary people or trial-takers, we need them all. It is not enough to just attract those trial-takers." Sha Chu repeated his idea.

"Okay, I will write out a detailed guide and give it to you later. With this guide, even ordinary people, as long as they are not too stupid, should be able to pass the dark maze below S level." Li Xiu was not opposed to publishing the strategy of the trial field. In his opinion, the more people become trial-takers, the better.

"As long as you can do this, leave the rest to me." Sha Chu said with a smile.

"Then I'll leave it to you. It's great to have you around." Li Xiu sighed.

Sha Chu was slightly startled, looked at Li Xiu with a complicated expression, then turned and left.

After Sha Chu left, Li Xiu summoned the Masked Emperor. He was a little puzzled when looking at the Masked Emperor. This guy was just a motorcycle and had no mouth. How to feed it?

As Li Zheng was thinking about it, he saw the Masked Emperor come to the box containing the Yellow Topaz, then opened the lid, revealing its refueling hole.

Seeing this, Li Xiu picked up the yellow top and threw it into its refueling hole.

There was no reaction after throwing one in, and there was no reaction after two or three. Li Xiu simply picked up the box and poured it in. Soon, the entire box of yellow Topaz was poured into its fuel tank.

"Why hasn't it been upgraded yet?" Li Xiu was speechless. This box of Yellow Topaz didn't even allow the Masked Emperor to upgrade to D level. This was totally unreasonable.

"Buzz!" The Masked Emperor's engine automatically started to idle, and golden flames spewed out of the exhaust pipe.

As the engine speed increases, the golden flames spewing out of the exhaust pipe become more and more intense.

After a while, Li Xiu suddenly saw the entire body of the Masked Emperor burning with golden flames and was completely wrapped in golden flames.

Li Xiu was overjoyed when he saw it. This scene was familiar to him. Every time a Jedi Knight was promoted to a higher level, he would be surrounded by flames.

After being promoted in this way, you will master a skill.

"Is the Masked Emperor about to comprehend a skill?" Li Xiu was very happy.

Sure enough, after the flames on the Masked Emperor subsided, it was successfully promoted to Level D and comprehended a talent skill.

Masked Emperor (evolvable): Can summon the D-level demon Masked Emperor.

Grade: D.

Talented skills: Emperor's Mask.

"What is this skill?" Li Xiu didn't understand what this skill meant, so he ordered the Masked Emperor to use the skill.

As a result, the Masked Emperor did not use his skills, but instead took action on his own and came to Li Xiu's side, as if to say, let Li Xiu ride on him.

"What the hell?" Li Xiu rode on it puzzled.

As soon as he got on, he saw golden flames rising from the masked emperor's body, directly wrapping Li Xiu up.

After the golden flames dissipated, Li Xiu was wearing a golden cycling suit, gloves, knee pads and a helmet, and his entire body was wrapped tightly.

"You pay a lot of attention to traffic safety..." Li Xiu finally understood what the skill of Emperor Mask was, and his expression became a little strange.

"This is good. Next time I ride it, my safety will be guaranteed." Although Li Xiu felt that he could wear magic armor and ride it in the future, having such a skill was also an multiple guarantee. In case he didn't bring his magic armor one day, he still needed some protective measures.

The Emperor's Mask did not continue to upgrade, and it was not known whether it was because there were not enough Topas or because it had not been able to fully digest the Topas in the fuel tank.

After putting away the masked emperor, Li Xiu pondered for a while and called Qingshan over.

Qingshan came here wearing a magic costume and he would not reveal his true face in front of others.

"Qingshan, is your magic suit ready?" Li Xiu asked Qingshan.

"It has been repaired. What instructions does the city lord have?" Qingshan replied.

"I need you to do something." Li Xiu said with narrowed eyes.

…

In an uninhabited jungle outside the city, Ye Xiyuan looked at Li Xiu nervously, and Ye Yuzhen was also very nervous.

Li Xiu handed the Ghost Mask Demon Suit to Ye Xiyuan and said, "From today on, I will personally teach you the control techniques of the Demon Suit. You can practice with it."

"City Lord, you have to... teach her... personally..." Ye Yuzhen looked at Li Xiu in a daze.

Although he knew that Li Xiu was very powerful, he was also a magic costume master.

However, because Li Xiu as a trial-taker left such a deep impression on him, it seemed that Li Xiu's identity as a magic costume master was not so serious.

Li Xiu ignored him and just asked Ye Xiyuan to put on the ghost-masked demon costume.

"From now on, you demonstrate the techniques you are good at one by one, and I will correct your mistakes and shortcomings at any time." Li Xiu said.

Ye Xiyuan was also skeptical, because when she heard Ye Yuzhen talking about Li Xiu, she always said how powerful Li Xiu's magic spirit was and how terrible he was a trial-taker. She never heard Ye Yuzhen say that Li Xiu was also a magic costumer.

Although she had doubts, Ye Xiyuan still followed Li Xiu's instructions.

As Ye Xiyuan demonstrated the techniques she was good at one by one, she felt a lot of mental pressure and even a little strenuous when using the Ghost Mask Demon Costume.

The Ghost Mask Demon Costume requires extremely strong spiritual power, and it is already very good that she can control it.

When controlling the Ghost Mask Demon Suit, Ye Xiyuan began to feel uncomfortable because the kinetic energy of the Ghost Mask Demon Suit was too strong, and he made many mistakes one after another.

Ye Yuzhen was very worried watching from the side. While encouraging Ye Xiyuan, he also explained to Li Xiu: "My sister is not used to this magic suit yet. Give her some time, she will get better soon..."

"I know." Li Xiu calmly watched Ye Xiyuan control the Ghost Mask Demon Costume.

Every time Ye Xiyuan demonstrated a technique, Li Xiu pointed out her various mistakes and shortcomings, as well as some technical problems that Ye Xiyuan did not understand.

Ye Yuzhen was sweating coldly as he listened to this. He could not believe that his sister had so many mistakes and shortcomings.

After listening to Li Xiu's teachings, Ye Xiyuan felt that Li Xiu was more and more powerful.

She never imagined that the skills she thought she had learned very well actually had so many loopholes and errors.

Moreover, Li Xiu seemed to know everything. No matter what techniques she used, Li Xiu's corrections could make her suddenly enlightened, as if opening the door to a new world.

"It feels so good to be taught by someone..." Ye Xiyuan gradually regarded Li Xiu as her mentor. She listened carefully to Li Xiu's explanations and no longer had any doubts.

When Ye Xiyuan was studying and practicing diligently, a magician suddenly appeared in the jungle next to him.

After the magic armor master appeared, he sprayed magic light from his palm towards Li Xiu, and it was about to hit Li Xiu.

When Ye Xiyuan saw the magic light, he reacted immediately and subconsciously stood in front of Li Xiu. He also raised his hands and blasted out two magic lights, which collided with the magic light of the magic armor master.

Bang!

The magic light exploded. The magic light of the magic armor master was obviously not as strong as Ye Xiyuan's magic light. After his magic light was destroyed, Ye Xiyuan's magic light still sprayed towards him.

The magic armor master crossed his arms, and a green light shield appeared in front of him, blocking the magic light sprayed by Ye Xiyuan.

Seeing that his magic light was blocked, Ye Xiyuan rushed forward violently. The evil ghost light blade of the ghost-faced demon armor was triggered. Ye Xiyuan held the two purple-black light blades in his hands and slashed at the magic armor master fiercely.

Boom! Boom!

With the light blade flashing in his hand and the devilish light bursting out of his eyes, Ye Xiyuan's crazy attack made Ye Yuzhen and Li Xiu a little stunned.

Ye Xiyuan, who was controlling the magic suit, seemed like a different person, as if he would never stop until he destroyed his opponent.

"This little girl is really interesting." Li Xiu muttered to himself. The magic costume master was naturally Qingshan whom he arranged.

Qingshan was horrified at this time. He thought that Li Xiu was the only one supporting Chongshan City, and he didn't care about anyone else.

However, facing this magic armor master, he was beaten without any chance to fight back. His fierce aura and powerful and diverse attack methods made him think that he was a powerful magic armor master on the battle rankings.

"Bang!" Qingshan's most powerful magical skill, the Qingshan Shield, was shattered by Ye Xiyuan, and his body was knocked backwards by the impact.

"Ye Xiyuan, stop." Li Xiu shouted loudly to stop Ye Xiyuan who was still trying to chase him.

When Ye Xiyuan heard Li Xiu's voice, she stopped immediately and did not continue attacking, which made Li Xiu very satisfied.

Li Xiu patted Ye Yuzhen's shoulder and said with a smile: "You are right, your sister is really good."

Ye Yuzhen didn't react. He thought he was dreaming.

He knew Qingshan Magic Armor Master, who was one of the two S-level Magic Armor Masters who served the Lord of Chongshan City.

He had never thought that his sister could beat Qingshan Magic Master into this state. Is this still the Ye Xiyuan he remembered?

“Xiyuan… is so strong…” It took Ye Yuzhen a long time to come back to his senses, but he still looked at Ye Xiyuan who was wearing magic costume with a complicated expression.

Li Xiu walked to Ye Xiyuan's side, pointed at Qingshan and said, "This Qingshan is the magic costume master in the mansion. From now on, he will be your sparring partner to help you improve your practical experience."

"I'm sorry, I didn't hurt you just now, did I?" When Ye Xiyuan heard that it was one of her own, she said to Qingshan a little embarrassedly.

"No." Qingshan replied with a wry smile.

When did he, an S-class magician, become so fragile that he even needed others to worry about whether they could hurt him.

Under Li Xiu's arrangement, Qingshan was responsible for sparring with Ye Xiyuan. Under Li Xiu's guidance, Ye Xiyuan also began to learn how to restrain her edge and rationally utilize the energy of the magic suit and her own spiritual consciousness, instead of just completely unleashing her spiritual consciousness without any care. If she did that, she would not be able to hold on for long, and the strength of her spiritual consciousness would not meet the standard for activating the Ghost Face Magic Suit.

Li Xiu was very pleased watching from the side. Ye Xiyuan was very talented and had a strong learning ability. The key was her reaction of saving Li Xiu without hesitation and her decisiveness in the battle. All these made Li Xiu very satisfied.

"Your sister has a strong talent as a magic costume master. She will definitely become a powerful magic costume master in the future. However, a magic costume master always has a weakness. When she doesn't have the magic costume, she needs someone to protect her. You have to work hard." Li Xiu said to Ye Yuzhen beside him.

After Ye Yuzhen heard this, his eyes became more determined: "Don't worry, I won't let anyone hurt her."

"Take these black crystals. From now on, you will be responsible for opening the Brave Trial Field. As long as it is the dark maze opened by you, you must participate in person." Li Xiu handed some of the black crystals to Ye Yuzhen.

"City Lord, I will never let you down, and I will never let Xiyuan down." Ye Yuzhen said gritting his teeth.

"If you don't want to let her down, you must first become stronger than her." Li Xiu said with a smile.

"I can do it." Ye Yuzhen clenched the black crystal in his hand.

"You have an S-level magic core, right? Give it to me. I'll need it to customize a magic outfit for Xiyuan." Li Xiu said, extending his hand.

Ye Yuzhen was delighted when he heard this, and immediately handed his treasured S-level magic core to Li Xiu: "City Lord, do you want to order an S-level magic suit for Xiyuan?"

"Do you think ordinary magic suit is suitable for her?" Li Xiu said with a smile.

"Of course I'm not worthy of her. My sister is a genius magic costumer." Ye Yuzhen couldn't stop smiling.

As soon as Li Xiu walked into the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, he saw Chu Jun walking towards him angrily.

"What's the matter? Why are you so angry?" Li Xiu asked Chu Jun with a smile.

"It's Zhou Bailong again. His secretary called and said that the golf trial has been cancelled and you don't have to go." Chu Jun said angrily, "I think he heard about what happened here and didn't want to offend the Lord of Hongsha City, so he didn't let you go."

"Given our current situation, even if he doesn't cancel it, we can't go to Hongsha City. What does it matter whether I go or not?" Li Xiu said with a smile.

"Why can't you go? I've already contacted everyone for you. After you finish the golf trial, you can go to the Gate of Purgatory directly afterwards." Chu Jun was still very angry.

"Gate of Purgatory?" Li Xiu looked at Chu Jun in a daze, not knowing what he meant.

"Yes, didn't you tell Zhou Bailong last time that you wanted to go to the Gate of Purgatory? I have almost contacted them, and we will go to the Gate of Purgatory later." Chu Jun said.

"Did the Lord of Hongsha City agree?" Li Xiu asked in surprise.

"How can he not agree? If he doesn't agree, his order for magic equipment will be lost." Chu Jun said with a sneer.

Li Xiu understood immediately. The Chu family is the owner of White Night City, one of the two major magic equipment production bases in the world. Apart from Space City, the Chu family is the largest magic equipment dealer in the world. Not only are they rich, they also have powerful influence and a family magic equipment system.

Although everyone thinks that the Space City is a holy place for magic costumers, the magic costumes produced there are undoubtedly the best.

But the magic equipment in White Night City is not much worse than that in Space City. The key is that high-level magic equipment is not something you can buy whenever you want. No matter whether it is Space City or White Night City, in a place like the Southern Cross Federation, it is already good enough to be able to buy high-level magic equipment.