Chapter 55: Holy Son

Ying Duo's face showed no reaction; he tilted his head and asked again.

"What's the benefit?"

Cai Mao Ge heard that and thought, "Opportunity!"

He instantly perked up, spitting as he began to paint a grand picture for Ying Duo.

"Profit? There's plenty of that! Our Dazzling Color Glory in the eighth district is a colossal force that makes the ground tremble when it stomps!"

"Here, we don't care whether you can fight or how much money you have; we only judge whether your hair is flashy enough! Is the hairstyle explosive enough! Hair color is our power! It's our status!"

He gave a thumbs‑up and said, "Our Core value is that hair color is justice, and brightness determines rank!"

He pointed to his own rainbow hair that looked like a spilled palette.

"See? The seven‑color flow symbolizes inclusivity and change; someone like me barely counts as a regional decision‑maker."

He then pointed at Hong Mao Mo Xi Gan and said, "His pure, high‑saturation hue represents passion and power; he's an elite front‑line striker."

He also gestured to Ji Guan Tou and the other multicolored subordinates, "Their mixed or basic colors are the solid foundation of the organization, ordinary members."

Finally, his fiery gaze returned to Ying Duo's Ying Guang Lu that seemed to carry its own spotlight, and in a lyrical tone he said,

"And you! This unprecedented, spirit‑shaking Ying Guang Lu! It's no ordinary hair color; it's art! It's faith! It's the beacon guiding the future of our Dazzling Color Glory!"

"You are exactly the Holy Son we've been searching for in Dazzling Color Glory..."

He grabbed Ying Duo's shoulder in excitement, but Ying Duo calmly shook him off, and he didn't mind.

"If you nod, from today you'll be an honorary officer of Dazzling Color Glory, codename Green Light Hero! Territory? I'll draw you two streets! Subordinates? Pick any from that bunch behind you!"

"From now on, when we go out to collect protection fees… ah, no, to conduct aesthetic exchanges, you'll always take center stage!"

He even leaned close to Ying Duo, lowered his voice, and pretended to share core secrets.

"Moreover, the glowing formula for your hair only needs to be passed to us core officers; those little Karami below have no right to know! How about it? Brother, I'm pretty generous, right?"

Ying Duo didn't rush to answer, after all he didn't know how to make an NPC's hair color as high‑level as his.

There's no helping it; players are that noble—just add a filter and it becomes an NPC's unattainable desire.

So Yang Yixie directly reused the earlier argument he'd used with Bai Mu Yun.

"The hair resulted from an accident during the awakening of Aberrant Arts; it can't be replicated."

"Aberrant Arts?"

Cai Mao Ge squinted, clearly not believing the excuse, with a forced smile.

"Brother, stop bluffing! What Aberrant Art can make hair glow like fireflies? I think you just used higher‑grade dye!"

Ying Duo didn't argue; his gaze swept over the scattered glints among the clutter, and he walked over to investigate.

Under the doubtful eyes of the crowd, he crouched, pulled a pile of junk from the mess, and his hands moved at a dazzling speed.

Disassembling, squeezing, winding, embedding…

Between his flickering fingertips, a few visible strands of Ying Guang Lu energy, like living tiny snakes, coiled around the discarded parts, emitting a faint hum.

The thugs stared dumbfounded; Ji Guan Tou forgot to clench his fist, and Mo Xi Gan forgot to brandish his knife.

In less than thirty seconds, a rough, crude tube bristling with danger appeared in Ying Duo's hand, one end fitted with a makeshift button made from a bottle cap.

The contraption was enveloped in a faint Ying Guang Lu aura, emitting an ominous "tick".

"Is there anywhere here we can set it off?"

Ying Duo asked expressionlessly.

Cai Mao Ge sluggishly pointed outside; this area is their territory, few pass by, and after Chi Jin An's recent ruckus, no one would dare appear.

Ying Duo reached the doorway, unimpeded, pressed the bottle‑cap button, and tossed the tube outside.

"Boom—!!!"

A massive blast left a huge crater at the bar's entrance.

After the explosion, the bar fell into dead silence.

Cai Mao Ge and all the subordinates gaped, watching the smoking fragments on the floor, then Ying Duo's still‑calm face, and the Ying Guang Lu particles slowly dissipating from his hand.

A few seconds of absolute quiet.

Suddenly, Cai Mao Ge slapped his thigh hard, his voice trembling with excitement, even cracking into a sob.

"Miracle! This is a miracle!!!"

His shout ignited the bar like a powder keg; everyone's gaze at Ying Duo turned wildly fervent.

"I told you! Ordinary dye can't produce this holy light!"

"It's Aberrant Arts! It's a divine gift! Only those favored by the gods can wield such dazzling, powerful green holy light!"

"When he forged that divine punishment, the holy light obeyed like an arm! This proves he is a chosen child of the gods!"

"Holy Son! He is the Holy Son we've been awaiting in Dazzling Color Glory!"

Cai Mao Ge lunged forward to Ying Duo, no longer the calculating flattery of before, but filled with near‑mad devotion and awe, clutching Ying Duo's thigh.

"Your Holy Sonship! Please forgive our mortal ignorance and folly!" Cai Mao Ge's voice choked.

"Your arrival must be heaven's guidance, to lead Dazzling Color Glory toward new brilliance! This Ying Guang Lu holy hair is the symbol of your status! This great power to command holy light and forge divine punishment embodies your authority!"

He turned to the equally ecstatic subordinates behind him and announced with all his might.

"From today! This, this Green Light Holy Son, is the supreme spiritual leader of Dazzling Color Glory! Seeing him is like seeing my father—no, even more reverent! His words are divine edicts!"

"Salutations, Holy Son!"

"May the Green Light endure! Long live the Holy Son!"

"Dazzling Color Glory, shining in all directions!"

The thugs bowed in unison, eyes blazing with fanatic worship, as if Ying Duo were not a newcomer but a deity descended upon the mortal world.

Ying Duo surveyed the cult‑like scene before him, then glanced at the lingering Ying Guang Lu particles in his hand.

These NPCs... how could they go so insane?

Amid even more frenzied cheers and gazes like pilgrimages, the system interface automatically popped up.

【New Identity Acquired: 'Dazzling Color Glory' organization Spiritual Leader · Green Light Holy Son.】

【New Title Acquired: 'Guiding Lamp of the Eighth District'】

【Organization Reputation: 'Dazzling Color Glory' Worship (max).】

【New Mission (Leader Exclusive): Integrate the non‑mainstream forces of the Slum's Eighth District, spread the 'Path of Green Light' (?).】

Seeing the question mark after 'Path of Green Light', Yang Yixie fell into a brief silence again.

The game's freedom seems a bit too excessive.

And these NPCs too—don't be so free.

That damn Green Light Holy Son, it's just too awful!!!