Chapter 736: Flowers and Fog and Xia De

That night, the two did nothing; Luweiya held Xia De, giving Xia De a perfect sleep.

From closing his eyes after ten o'clock on Wednesday night, he woke up at seven o'clock on Thursday morning without dreams all night. Mia didn't even wake him up on time at six-thirty; she probably understood that Xia De was really exhausted. When Xia De opened his eyes, he even thought this was the best night of rest he had in this world.

"I didn't even have that dream of looking up at the silver moon."

When he sat up from the bed, he felt refreshed; a night of rest allowed Xia De to fully recover to a normal state. The purple-eyed girl was no longer on the bed; she still had to go to the Prophet Association, so she had already left, but the bed was still warm, so she shouldn't have left long ago.

Xia De, in a very good mood, hooked his finger at the tightly closed curtains. With a light sound, the curtains were slightly pulled open, allowing the deep autumn morning light passing through the hazy thin fog to shine into the second-floor bedroom.

"Meow~"

A cat meow that sounded very aggrieved came from the door. Mia, who heard the sound of Xia De getting up, walked in from the living room with her short legs and stood at the door urging Xia De to make breakfast.

Xia De lifted the quilt and prepared to get out of bed, but suddenly smiled and extended his finger:

"Sunlight Ray."

A thin, long positive energy beam shot out from his finger, leaving a small round spot on the floor in front of Mia. The normal 【Sunlight Ray】 could only last for a very short time, using strong energy to counter undead creatures. Xia De was controlling his own spiritual energy, outputting light at the lowest power, so the light could appear persistently.

"Meow?"

The cat looked at the bright spot in front of it in surprise, and then violently extended its furry right front paw to pat it. Mia was an orange and white cat, with most of the fur on its back being orange, and most of its four short legs being white.

It patted the bright spot, and then found that the bright spot appeared further ahead, so it extended its left front paw to pat it again, and saw the bright spot move forward and shake again:

"Meow?"

The small orange cat was confused for a moment, then suddenly jumped up, jumping on the spot and patting the ground back and forth with its front paws.

This appearance made Xia De laugh.

A new day began with the friendly interaction between Xia De and his pet cat Mia; he hoped that he could have this good mood all day today.

Since the danger at home had been resolved, Mia could be left at home alone. During this period, he often took this cat out, which did not make it like the feeling of going out.

This morning after breakfast, when Xia De was ready to set off, he did not call Mia, which made Mia, who was watching Xia De on the stairs, very happy.

Perhaps for this cat, waiting for Xia De to return at home every day was the simplest happiness.

It was still a foggy day in Mibao today, but perhaps because of the Old God statue, the mountain fog did not invade the basement of the abandoned tower. But looking upward through the trapdoor from the basement, the thick fog made Xia De unable to see the morning sunlight.

"The seal on the mountainside has been strengthened; what happened again?"

After leaving the abandoned tower, the fog in the mountains was even more exaggerated. After walking a few steps, Xia De even had the illusion that he had entered the Old God space. And this was clearly a large number of undead that should have left, wandering in the fog escaping from the Narrowed Space. But fortunately, the side effect of attracting undead brought about by Xia De's use of relics had long since disappeared. Relying on "her" prompt and the blessing of Witch Emperor Violet, he barely avoided possible battles and arrived in the city at nine o'clock in the morning.

The situation in the city was no better than in the mountains. Midhillburg under the thick fog had lost its past bustle. It was clearly Thursday morning, but there were not many people to be seen on the street. The people occasionally seen were also walking forward very hurriedly, holding onto the low walls by the street.

Even on the way to the Sun Church, Xia De did not see any carriages at all. In this kind of weather, even hanging a carriage lamp was useless; the whole city was wrapped in white fog.

Without a carriage, Xia De could only walk through the city. The most common thing seen along the way was the police running hurriedly along the street holding kerosene lamps. Police whistles occasionally sounded from distant blocks; this kind of eerie foggy weather was indeed a good time for those with ulterior motives to commit crimes.

Xia De wanted to understand the changes in the city today, but for some reason, he didn't even meet a child selling newspapers along the way. Fortunately, when passing the intersection of Evergreen Street, he met a little girl selling flowers who was cowering by the street and afraid to cross the street directly.

The little girl was very short, carrying a basket that had been scrubbed but was still shabby. The shoes on her feet were large, and her gray skirt and hat were patched. She was very thin and weak, and should have been malnourished for a long time, so Xia De could not judge the other party's exact age.

The little girl selling flowers also noticed Xia De walking out of the thick fog, hesitated for a moment, and then came up, but did not dare to get close. So Xia De stopped his steps and reached into his pocket to get money, but this action made the flower-selling girl even more hesitant.

In foggy weather, if what Xia De took out was a handkerchief that could stun people, no one could save her. Children selling flowers and newspapers on the street had long understood how to protect themselves in their arduous lives.

"This is a wallet."

Xia De shook the wallet inherited from Detective Sparrow in his hand, signaling the little girl selling flowers to come over:

"I want to ask about some things; when did this fog come up? Yesterday evening, I remember the fog seemed to be about to disperse."

He flicked the 1-shilling coin in his hand and caught it. The thin girl selling flowers stared at the flipping coin and slowly walked over:

"Sir, the fog came out last night."

The Midhillburg accent was very heavy; people here were accustomed to stressing the tongue-pressing sounds when speaking.

"Did it come out from the mountain?"

"No, it just appeared from the city, just like the usual autumn fog."

The girl could not describe the situation when the fog appeared very well, but judging from her statement, this thick fog had nothing to do with the Narrowed Space seal in the mountain and was not a mistake in yesterday's seal.

"Okay, I understand."

Xia De nodded and tossed the 1-shilling coin to the girl who refused to get close to him. Wanting to leave, he stopped again and asked:

"In such terrible weather, you should also go home as soon as possible; this kind of weather is not suitable for going out."

"But... but my flowers haven't been sold out yet."

The little girl said timidly.

Xia De certainly knew the reason why she refused to go home; going home now not only meant no income, but also meant that the money for buying flowers that was paid in advance was given to the flower merchant for nothing. The reason he asked this was to lead to the following words:

"How much are all these flowers of yours? Sell them all to me."

With the physical strength of a malnourished little girl, there were not many flowers in the basket. And these flower-selling girls who sold along the street usually would not buy too expensive bouquets, so Xia De's expenditure was not large.

"Sir, I..."

She didn't know whether it was because of surprise or because she couldn't give an answer for a while, and she actually stammered and couldn't speak.

Thus, Xia De took out the wallet and the change in his pocket, about 12 shillings or so, put it in his hand and handed it to the little girl selling flowers, and then took out all the flowers in her basket.

The quantity was even less than Xia De thought; he could grab them all with one hand:

"Take the money and go home quickly; remember not to tell others you have so much money. Good luck!"

The girl hurriedly wanted to thank him, but Xia De shook his head, turned around, waved his hand with his back to her, and walked into the thick fog again. After confirming that there was no one around, the Outsider wrapped those flowers in his coat, turned them into toys and put them in his pocket, but left only a bunch of red roses that were not bright in color.

Unlike the natural church and dawn church located in the center of Mibao, the Sun Church in this parish was in the southwest of the city near the mountainous area. After Xia De went down the mountain and entered the city area, he circled around the outskirts of the city for a small half-circle and arrived at St. Laurent Square in Midhillburg, which was also the core of the old city in the west of the city.

Unlike the Dawn Church in the Tobesk parish being in the center of Dawn Square, the Sun Church in the Mibao parish was just on one side of St. Laurent Square. But because this was the old city, there was a lot of land that could be developed and utilized, so the Sun Church was actually larger than the most prosperous natural church in the local area.

Because of the influence of the divine power radiated by the church, the thick fog near St. Laurent Square had faded a bit, and scattered merchants could be vaguely seen calling out to sell on the square, but the number of pedestrians was still not large.

At the Sun Church, Xia De discussed the topic of special Rhode cards with the merchants selling sundries before waiting for Iluna. She found a suitable reason to go out of the church, so she walked straight out of the church without any avoidance.

"Is it for me?"

Seeing Xia De holding a red rose, Iluna asked with a smile, and Xia De nodded immediately:

"Yes."

He handed out the red rose, which made Iluna smile even more happily.

The two had an appointment to meet today to exchange information. Finding a teahouse by the street to sit down, Iluna informed Xia De of the results of the 【Truth Society】 encirclement battle, while Xia De told about going to the Narrowed Space with the witches yesterday.

So far, the three channels located in the Narrowed Space of Life and Death had all been strengthened to a certain extent. Among them, the seal at the foot of the mountain was strengthened by Xia De's Tree Kiss maze, and the faint bonfire was still lit in front of the Gate of Death; the seal on the mountainside was strengthened by the witches and Xia De together, and those shaking silver threads and witch hair ensured that the seal would not have problems; and the seal on the mountaintop was stabilized by Sister Sister Daifulin on Monday when she saw the Red Butterfly Twins.

This was just a preliminary strengthening, and then a large-scale divine ritual of the church was needed. And those four nails that fixed reality and the Narrowed Space together were currently killed by Sister Sister Daifulin, and one was hijacked by Joey Barton into the Narrowed Space. The four nails corresponded to four strong emotions; the woman in the barren village was "fear", and the clown should be "joy".

And for the remaining sadness and anger, Priest Augustus would try to search with Xia De in the afternoon, and the Orthodox Church had already locked onto one of them:

"The Narrowed Space of Life and Death is itself a level 0 relic, and Joey Barton is the first candidate for the Chosen One, so it is difficult for the church to perform divination on him. But for the nails that died and were resurrected, with the cooperation of the Prophet Association, since we can find the clown, we can also find the second one."

Iluna sat opposite Xia De holding a teacup, her tone very confident. Beside her was a small bottle bought from the teahouse, filled with water, with that withered rose inserted.

"Found the other two?"

"Only found one, roughly located in the north of Midhillburg. After determining more accurate information, the action will probably be taken on Friday or Saturday."

Xia De noted this information, and his search with the priest in the afternoon could start from the south of Mibao:

"Another thing is about the Chosen One; it seems that there will be changes outside the plan every time. It is not yet known what means Joey Barton wants to use to find the dead. But after confirming that what he wants to do cannot be undone, you must ensure that you kill him with your own hands. Joey Barton does not necessarily know the Chosen One ritual, so this time your opponent may not be as powerful as Darkness." ===== CHAPTER 737 =====