Chapter 717: Shadow Merchant

Yebus reorganized his language and said:

"We can more keenly perceive certain needs, find suitable objects to satisfy them, and facilitate corresponding transactions through language and relationships."

Lu Mi, who possessed the brain of a "Conspirator," thought seriously for two seconds before fully understanding what Yebus really meant. He laughed and said:

"Use more concise words and more arcane expressions."

Yebus looked at Fu Lan Ka and Jianna and explained diligently:

"The main abilities are two. One is what I call 'Perceive Gray,' which can more keenly perceive the gray between white and black, including the willingness involved in the gray domain and the needs involving the gray domain."

"There is also excellent eloquence, which includes the art of language and the ability to observe others' expressions and guess their words."

"That's it?" Lu Mi raised an eyebrow.

"That's it." Yebus shook his head honestly.

"Broker doesn't collect handling fees?" Lu Mi asked with a smile.

"Before reaching a deal, we will agree on the reward with both sides. Sometimes we don't even want a reward, mainly to establish relationships and maintain relationships." Yebus answered seriously, "These don't involve supernatural power."

I thought the supernatural ability of "Broker" was being able to obtain corresponding benefits from every transaction facilitated by oneself, including improvement at the supernatural level. But this is indeed too exaggerated and clearly doesn't belong to Sequence 9... Yebus's two abilities are very close to the level of Sequence 9. Looking at it this way, "Broker" is quite similar to "Spectator," almost unable to directly participate in battles between Beyonders, belonging to the auxiliary of the auxiliary... Lu Mi nodded with a sudden realization.

Fu Lan Ka asked quite interestedly:

"What is Sequence 8?"

"It's 'Shadow Merchant'." Yebus looked at the face of the "Pleasure Witch" and answered with a smile.

Before Fu Lan Ka could ask again, he took the initiative to explain:

"We can discover mysterious creatures and dangerous existences hidden in darkness and shadows, and not be attacked by them, so as to reach certain deals with them."

"Not be attacked by hidden mysterious creatures and dangerous existences?" Jianna couldn't help but ask.

Would this trait be too strong?

Yebus answered with a smile:

"Normally it's like this, but you can't attack the other party first or secretly exert influence unfavorable to the other party, and you can't hold malice when reaching a deal, and be detected by the other party. In addition, being directly involved in the battlefield will also suffer indiscriminate damage, and there is no way to make creatures in a fighting state stop voluntarily."

"What about seeing existences that shouldn't be seen?" Lu Mi thought and asked.

"Will bear corresponding pollution." Yebus didn't try to brag.

"Looking at it this way, 'Shadow Merchant' comes with a halo that makes surrounding creatures not produce malice?" Fu Lan Ka suddenly realized.

Yebus praised:

"Madam, you summarized it better than I did. However, it's not that they don't produce malice, but that their malice is reduced to a certain extent. The higher the status of the other party, the worse the effect. That is to say, wanting to contact those mysterious creatures and dangerous existences to reach a deal also has risks and also requires courage."

Having said this, Yebus laughed:

"Daring to take risks is a quality that a successful merchant must possess."

"It seems you have it?" Lu Mi deliberately provoked.

"Of course." Yebus answered proudly, "I have reached deals with various dangerous creatures, obtained some valuable things, and then through new deals, used them to exchange for more useful items from the believers of the 'Great Mother,' the believers of the 'Mother Tree of Desire,' and other Beyonders. This includes bullets that can absorb life, bullets that can cause internal explosions, and bullets that can make a human pregnant, etc., etc."

Bullets that can make a human pregnant... Lu Mi was suddenly hooked into psychological shadows and felt extremely lucky that he didn't give Yebus a chance to shoot that kind of bullet.

Fu Lan Ka and Jianna were also inexplicably terrified, their bodies cold, and even Anthony had subtle changes in expression.

Yebus swept his gaze over Fu Lan Ka, Jianna, Lu Mi, and his friend Anthony, and said solemnly:

"With the help of connections with various creatures, 'Shadow Merchant' can help you get anything you want, as long as you can pay enough rewards."

"Of course, we can't guarantee that every deal will be successful."

"I want the potion formula for Sequence 4 of the 'Hunter' pathway." Lu Mi revealed a smile.

Yebus was silent for a moment:

"This requires a very long time to find the object that can provide the corresponding formula through repeated turnover."

"The person who finally trades with you might even bring you danger."

Lu Mi himself was just making a joke. He deliberately sighed and said:

"Then let's shelve it for now."

"'Shadow Merchant' has what other abilities? You definitely won't only have the ability to reduce the malice of surrounding creatures and discover hidden existences."

Yebus finally looked at Lu Mi squarely:

"I used it when fighting you, including hiding in shadows, turning into shadows, false shadows, and other abilities that are more inclined to protect oneself. I collectively call them 'Using Shadows'."

"'Shadow Merchant' can not only use shadows in a symbolic sense but can also use shadows in reality." Fu Lan Ka sighed.

Yebus continued as if encouraged:

"We can also sign contracts witnessed by the shadows of both sides, directly linked to each other's souls. Once violated, the shadow will bring damage to the soul itself, forming a kind of powerful curse."

"Is that so..." Fu Lan Ka remembered the guy she met before.

That man who seemed to be a member of the "Truth School" had said he had a way to ensure the binding force of the contract on both sides.

"And then?" Jianna asked.

Yebus suddenly felt a little embarrassed, coughed twice, and said:

"We can also rely on the power of shadows in a symbolic sense to quietly modify key terms at the moment of signing the contract, letting the other party pay more or get less."

"No wonder..." Fu Lan Ka finally understood how the man who was suspected to be a member of the "Truth School" wanted to cheat her and Jianna.

No wonder he showed abnormality as soon as he heard that she wanted to divine the contract in advance!

"'Shadow Merchant' is very suitable for dealing with Beyonders of the 'Thief' pathway. I don't know which side will suffer in the end..." Lu Mi didn't give Fu Lan Ka a chance to accuse the "Shadow Merchant" and laughed:

"Sequence 7?"

"Sequence 7 is 'Prosecutor'." Yebus introduced it directly, seemingly wanting to make up for the image damage caused by "Shadow Merchant" being too dark, "'Prosecutor' has two abilities. One can see what crimes the target has committed, but cannot see the process of the crime. The other is based on the previous ability, first announcing that the other party is guilty, and then pointing out the specific crime..."

Hearing this, Fu Lan Ka suddenly had a doubt:

"What is this crime determined by?"

"It can't be Intis law, right? If we meet in the Loen Kingdom, wouldn't your ability in this regard be unusable?"

"Automatically adapt to local law?"

Yebus seemed to be asked this question for the first time and took more than ten seconds to answer:

"It should be behaviors that the vast majority of humans recognize as crimes, including blasphemy, murder, rape, fraud, theft, etc., without more detailed and refined charges."

"This isn't right either." Fu Lan Ka still wasn't convinced, "Suppose, suppose we go to an absurd world where we can do whatever we want, including killing, including blasphemy, then wouldn't you be

She had thought of the "Dream Festival" that had just ended.

Ye Busi fell silent for a moment, and it took a good while before he answered:

"I don't know..."

"Perhaps those charges come from something more fundamental." Lu Mian tried to guess.

Ye Busi had no way to be sure.

Franca had no choice but to look at him and say:

"Continue."

Ye Busi spent a little time recalling where he had left off:

"After pointing out the charge, the target will receive the corresponding punishment, a punishment from the world itself or certain existences. What the specific punishment is depends on the severity of the target's crime; we cannot know in advance. In short, based on my experience, the most terrible punishments are immediate death and losing control on the spot.

"In addition, for crimes in progress, we can directly announce that the target is committing a crime without pointing out the charge, effectively saving time."

Franca nodded slightly, having a brand-new understanding of that battle back then.

"What language did you use when announcing the charge?" Lu Mian recalled the corresponding details.

"It was the 'Words of Order,' which I automatically learned when I received the 'Prosecutor' gift." Ye Busi did not hide it.

Lu Mian gave an "um":

"What about Sequence 6?"

"It's 'Ambitionist'." Flames seemed to be burning in Ye Busi's eyes. "The never-ending ambition brings a powerful physique, keen perception, and outstanding spirituality, driving us to constantly pursue the improvement of combat ability, while the burning ambition makes us not want to stop for a moment. Unless we are prepared to sleep, no one can force us to fall asleep or lose consciousness..."

"In other words, it can effectively resist abilities like forced dreaming and inducing unconsciousness, or, is it immunity?" Lu Mian immediately understood why Ye Busi was able to wake up so quickly when facing the "Hum-Ha Technique."

"It's resistance." Ye Busi was very candid.

Lu Mian asked a few more questions related to "Ambitionist," then turned to say:

"You should be Sequence 5, right?"

"Yes." Ye Busi puffed out his chest slightly in front of the two witches.

Franca asked curiously:

"What is Sequence 5?"

Ye Busi smiled and answered:

"It's 'Dark Box'."

"Dark Box"? Franca, Lu Mian, and the others simultaneously thought of that "Dark Box of the Power-Holder" obtained from General Philip.

Was that formed by the Sequence 5 gifted power of the "Broker" pathway?

Lu Mian looked at Ye Busi, not in a hurry to understand the abilities of "Dark Box," and asked thoughtfully:

"What is your relationship with the Carbonari?"

(End of chapter)