Chapter 549: Respective Gains

"Oh, I forgot to tell Lei Qianya about the banknote printing plate!"

After sending Lei Qianya away, there were other things to do tonight. In a while, Yin Yi Yi Lu Na and Luweiya would also come to summarize the matter of the second Chosen One and deal with the door residing in 【Origin·Darkness】.

But they both had work to deal with, so they would probably appear after eight o'clock. Taking advantage of the time, he returned to the second floor from the foyer. Xia De took off his shirt while going upstairs, came to the washroom with his upper body bare, and observed his neck in the mirror.

Since leaving the doctor's place, he had been with Lei Qianya and hadn't had time to confirm those marks. Standing in front of the washbasin, under the gas lamp, he sure enough saw red marks on his neck:

"Are they that obvious?"

His right hand pressed against his neck, and as a faint silver moonlight radiated from his hand, 【Cynthia's Silver Moon Gift】 healed these marks on his body that couldn't even be considered wounds.

Seeing that the conspicuous marks had disappeared, he passed his right arm across the front of his body, pressed against the back of his neck from the left side, and at the same time turned his upper body slightly, trying to see what the situation was on the back of his neck and back.

Suddenly, a strong feeling of being watched entered his heart. Xia De looked back with a fierce expression in this strange posture:

"It's you watching me, right?"

A cat was standing at the door of the washroom:

"Mia!"

The serious expression on Xia De's face turned into a smile. The cat immediately ran into the washroom and was picked up by Xia De as he bent down. This cat stood on Xia De's shoulder with a sense of proportion but didn't use its claws to scratch him:

"Although you were very naughty to drill into the box, in view of the fact that you helped a lot, tomorrow, after I collect the reward from MI6, we'll go have a big meal. A new month has started again."

This exceptionally smart cat seemed to understand what Xia De said, tilting its head and squinting its eyes, rubbing against Xia De's face with its furry face.

Xia De continued to treat the marks that might cause misunderstanding with his hand. I don't know if the self-healing ability of this body was too outstanding, but in fact, there were only some very shallow red marks.

When he turned his head, he saw that the 【Ring of Transformation】 and the 【Ring of Fish Training】 were still looped around the cat's tail. The 【Ring of Transformation】 had a ring face made of a material resembling a pebble, while the 【Ring of Fish Training】 was merely a band, appearing to be made of brass, with densely packed runes engraved on its surface.

These runes could not only be interpreted in relation to each other up, down, left, and right, but some runes themselves constituted another kind of rune. Even if this wasn't a relic, it must be a very strong alchemical item.

"You're still wearing these rings."

Xia De asked. The cat meowed, tilted its head, and shook its tail, looking very proud.

"Fortunately, 【Ring of Fish Training】 is ineffective against cats."

【What would happen if it were effective against cats?】

He heard her voice in his ear. Xia De looked up at himself in the mirror. As expected, there was no one behind him. But the scene of standing in the washroom and looking at the mirror was very similar to when he looked at 【Desire】... except he wasn't wearing a top now.

"I recite the activation spell of 【Ring of Fish Training】 to give Mia, who is wearing the ring on its tail, the ability to speak human language. After excluding the possibility that the cat's tail and the cat's body are two different creatures, this cat might be able to recite the spell of 【Ring of Transformation】."

【And then?】

She whispered in his ear, her words carrying a gentle smile.

"Previously, I only thought 【Ring of Transformation】 could only realize the transformation between male and female. Even if an animal used it, it could only obtain another body of the same species through gender transformation. But from Miss Feilian's approach, the characteristic of this ring is actually obtaining a body, not gender transformation. In other words, if a practical way is mastered, even Mia could realize from..."

Ding-dang~

The doorbell downstairs was pulled. It was either Yin Yi Yi Lu Na or Luweiya who had arrived.

The first to arrive at St. Deran Square wasn't Luweiya, but Yin Yi Yi Lu Na. She must have been exhausted today. After Xia De went upstairs, she kept complaining about how many reports she had written again.

For Xia De, after solving Dac Nisi, other things had nothing to do with him. But for the Orthodox Church, the aftermath of the 【Dark Domain】, the tracking after the demon disappeared, the investigation of other Ringed Shushi organizations that came to Tobeisk, and the city's daily tasks, all these had to continue.

Yin Yi Yi Lu Na, as the first Chosen One and also the church Ringed Shushi who killed the second Chosen One, shouldered many responsibilities that only she could shoulder. This naturally brought the church's importance and an improvement in status, but at the same time, it also meant she couldn't enjoy life as leisurely as Xia De.

Luweiya appeared at St. Deran Square half an hour later than Yin Yi Yi Lu Na. It wasn't that the Diviner's Association suspected her, but President Stan summoned the Ringed Shushi of the Association in the area for a big meeting.

The content of the meeting was not only related to the summary of the 【Dark Domain】 operation but also involved the secrets of the Diviner's Association and was related to the 【Truth Society】, so Luweiya didn't tell the two. She only said that the Diviner's Association and the 【Truth Society】 were hostile to each other. After being ambushed in the dark domain, although President Stan defeated the other party's Ringed Shushi in the end, the Association also had to organize retaliation.

"However, our operation this time was very successful, quite successful. You two did a great job."

Luweiya looked gently at the two sitting on the sofa. Xia De stroked Mia and revealed a smile. Yin Yi Yi Lu Na touched her face very embarrassedly:

"It was mainly your information that was accurate. If it weren't for those preliminary preparations, Xia De and I would absolutely not have been able to deal with Dac Nisi."

"Thirteen Chosen Ones, two have already appeared. However, I plan to rest for a while recently. After the Big City Player Rod Card Tournament held in this city ends, I will start dealing with the third Chosen One."

"That's very good. Luweiya, your mental state was indeed not quite right for a while."

Even Yin Yi Yi Lu Na noticed this.

"But before resting, I still have to summarize the gains of this operation. I obtained an Enlightenment spiritual rune and advanced to the Third Tier, and at the same time, I learned a Maze Lock."

Xia De said. Yin Yi Yi Lu Na looked at him curiously:

"Actually, I wanted to ask yesterday: are Maze Locks really that easy to learn?"

"This depends on talent. Xia De's talent for Maze Locks and fairy tales is probably very high..."

The purple-eyed young lady thought for a while and changed her way of saying it:

"Very high."

"Then my gain: I killed Dac Nisi and obtained some knowledge that is clearly not 'Balance' but belongs to 'Darkness.' But only a very small part; after all, killing a Chosen One doesn't mean inheriting the identity."

Yin Yi Yi Lu Na said, patting her own head:

"Oh, the most critical thing is this, look."

The steam whistle sounded, and the two and one cat looked at the golden life ring behind Yin Yi Yi Lu Na. She was a Third-Tier Shushi. When they informed each other of their situations before the battle, Yin Yi Yi Lu Na's spiritual runes mastered at the Third Tier were Blasphemy—【Thunderstorm】 and Whisper—【Mountain Range】.

Considering that the time she became Third Tier and the time Xia De became Second Tier were almost the same, obtaining two spiritual runes in just a month and a half could be considered very fast.

But now, there was one more spiritual rune at the Third Tier, which was the Miracle—【Black Vortex】 with golden miracle spiritual light.

"Black Vortex."

Xia De helped Luweiya translate the meaning of that rune.

"Oh?"

Luweiya narrowed her eyes:

"Killing a Chosen One can obtain their power?"

"No, whoever kills a Chosen One will not obtain the corresponding power. The current situation seems to be because of the talent of 'Balance.' Actually, I don't understand it very well either, but the Chosen One of 'Balance' seems to have a very unique status among all Chosen Ones. So, I obtained a very small amount of Dac Nisi's power."

Yin Yi Yi Lu Na said, drawing a circle in the air with her right index finger, and a small black vortex appeared:

"Sorcery—【Black Vortex】. Compared to Dac Nisi's, my power is not great, and I can't achieve self-spatial movement."

She suddenly stuck her hand into the vortex, and then another vortex appeared beside Xia De. Yin Yi Yi Lu Na's arm stretched out, touched Mia, and scared the cat into meowing.

"Meow!"

The cat Mia naturally wouldn't be willing to be scared, immediately pouncing on that hand. But it didn't expect Yin Yi Yi Lu Na to immediately pull her hand out of the vortex, so Mia crossed the vortex and fell onto Yin Yi Yi Lu Na's lap.

Yin Yi Yi Lu Na held Mia happily and wouldn't let go. The cat let out a wronged meow, wanting to seek help from Xia De.

"Look, the Chosen One is indeed the protagonist."

Luweiya sighed to Xia De. Yin Yi Yi Lu Na didn't comment on this sentence:

"This is truly interesting. I have no feeling for this miracle, but I feel that it has become a part of me. I think this strange spiritual rune should have more ways to develop. I have to consider it carefully... but in this way, I am one step closer to advancing to the Fourth Tier."

She let go of Mia, and Mia immediately darted toward Xia De.

The advancement speed of the Chosen Ones is very fast. Compared to Xia De's accidents, their talent is almost unmatched.

"You killed a Chosen One and witnessed the story of the second Chosen One, and I also obtained power."

Luweiya said immediately. She summoned the life ring behind her, which was also Third Tier, without any extra spiritual runes:

"My divination ability has improved. In other words, participating in a special fate node made me feel the trajectory of fate more deeply. You can take this as the talent of my 'other me.' In short, my ordinary divination has become more accurate, and divination that requires a price can also divine more things with the same consumption."

She leaned on the back of the sofa, her head tilted slightly. Under the reflection of the spiritual light of the life ring behind her, there seemed to be purple halos in her two eyes. Clearly looking at Xia De and Yin Yi Yi Lu Na, the two felt she was looking at other things. ===== CHAPTER 550 =====