Lord Shenxiu
Chapter 302: Bait (Request for Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 302: Chapter 302: Bait (Request for Monthly Tickets)

Cadlyan felt as if she were trapped in a nightmare.

Radiant School, Chasing Cup Sect, and that damned little black cat!

And the figure of that man!

"No!"

She screamed, opening her eyes wide.

"You’re awake?!"

Zhong Shenxiu, while wiping a stainless steel cocktail shaker, looked at the girl who had just awakened.

Round eyes, small nose, and quite short.

She indeed matched the portrait of Cadlyan provided by White Cat.

"It’s you!"

It wasn’t a nightmare; it was real!

Cadlyan let out several syllables filled with corrupted intent, trying to cast an unnamed spell.

But the next moment, she was horrified to discover that the spirit within her, which she could normally manipulate at will, seemed as if it had dried up!

No, if it were merely depletion of spirit, there would be side effects like headaches and dizziness, but she felt fine now.

It was as if there was a barrier blocking her spirit, preventing her from manipulating it freely, let alone invoking the Spirit Realm to cast the unnamed spell.

"You wanted to make a move? I treated your wounds and even served you a cocktail, which tasted quite nice, didn’t it?"

Zhong Shenxiu smiled and set down the cocktail shaker. "I named it ’Spirit Sever.’ It can temporarily block the spiritual perception of extraordinary beings. It seems to be working well!"

"Who are you?"

Cadlyan was not disheartened; seizing the opportunity to speak, she started to touch her ankle.

There, she wore a silver anklet, also a magical item with effects similar to the Crimson Guardian, which could be released with a slight stimulus.

But her expression quickly stiffened as she realized her ankle was bare.

"My name is Li Wei, Li Wei Mojito, and I am a bartender."

Zhong Shenxiu smiled. "Are you looking for something on your body? I’m sorry... but since they were a bit dangerous, I took the liberty of securing them."

"This behavior is very ungentlemanly," Cadlyan’s cheeks flushed.

Thinking that she must have been thoroughly searched by him, she felt even more indignant and embarrassed.

"After all, you are a notorious wanted criminal in the mystical world, so one has to be careful, right, Ms. Cadlyan?"

Zhong Shenxiu was not the slightest bit embarrassed.

"What are you going to do to me?" Cadlyan watched Zhong Shenxiu warily.

This young man didn’t seem very old, but he gave her a significantly dangerous impression.

Moreover, he had reached the rank of ’Excellence’ and was also a cultivator of the unnamed spells.

And he even concocted some dangerous potions.

Wait... Magic Potions?

Cadlyan’s expression changed; this was the field in which the followers of the Master of Black Blood excelled!

Among ten Magic Pharmacists, nine were devout Believers of Boiling Blood.

And the document she had stolen was hugely tempting to all followers of the Master of Black Blood

Because... it pertained to the ’Holy Grail,’ the legendary holy relic bestowed by the Master of Black Blood upon mortals, capable of producing the ultimate goal of all Magic Pharmacists—the longevity blood!

"Nothing much, I just want to ask you some questions and keep you here for a while."

Zhong Shenxiu carefully wiped his palms with a white handkerchief, then took out a roll of parchment. "Oh, and by the way, this is the document you hid in your stomach. I took the liberty of removing it as well."

"What incidental? You freak, monster!"

Cadlyan’s pupils dilated, looking instantly dazed and even emotionally breaking down as she cursed.

She lifted her clothes and indeed saw a bright red surgical scar on her belly.

"I don’t know why you always think inside your body is a good place to hide things, but I happen to know a bit about surgery..."

Zhong Shenxiu shrugged his shoulders and opened the parchment.

The writing on it was neither the usual Mesoamerican language nor Ancient Sumerian, but an encrypted language.

Therefore, he couldn’t understand it at all; he merely sensed some indescribable things through the parchment.

And at the bottom right corner of the parchment, there was a mark shaped like a cup.

"The Holy Grail?"

Zhong Shenxiu lifted the corners of his mouth in a mocking smile.

Although he couldn’t understand the encrypted text, he had communicated with some visions.

They contained no content of brewing or ecstasy, but were filled with resentment, cursing, and regret...

It seemed that its previous owners, after a lot of hardships, had not found clues to the Holy Grail but instead each met with misfortune.

’This thing is most likely a counterfeit... or rather, even if decrypted, it’s a trap.’

Zhong Shenxiu concluded in his mind and looked at Cadlyan with a somewhat sympathetic air.

This woman probably didn’t realize that what she had been desperately guarding was a fake.

Even more tragic was that she might unwittingly have become part of some vast conspiracy, playing the role of a pawn for someone behind the scenes.

"If you still want it, then be quiet."

Zhong Shenxiu looked at the hysterical Cadlyan and frowned.

"What did you say? Are you willing to give it back to me?" Cadlyan’s eyes brightened, yet filled with suspicion.

"Yes, compared to a scripture that can’t be decoded, I am more interested in immediate benefits... Now, it’s your turn to convince me!"

Zhong Shenxiu casually sat down, crossed his legs, and looked at Cadlyan.

"I..."

Cadlyan felt like crying, her entire fortune had been taken by him, what leverage did she have?

Even her body was something he could easily obtain.

"I have half of the ’Bird Song Collection’ in my memory, that’s Da Mo’s arcane knowledge..."

Cadlyan, with a mournful face, mentioned the most valuable thing in her memory.

"That’s useless to me."

Zhong Shenxiu waved his finger, actually, with one Moduo Spell, he could already pretend to be half a Mad Mage.

Any additional spells wouldn’t have much effect unless, later on, he found a defining ritual that didn’t require the power of the gods.

"I have nothing left..."

Cadlyan was about to cry out, "Please spare me, I am no longer of any use to you, and there’s a lot of trouble. Those mad dogs from the Chasing Cup Sect must have blocked the whole city, frantically searching for me..."

"Oh? The Chasing Cup Sect? A group formed by the followers of the Master of Black Blood?"

This piece of common knowledge, Zhong Shenxiu still knew, his eyes immediately brightened upon hearing it.

"Good, this is your value, you go and serve as bait for me, draw out the mysterious people from the Chasing Cup Sect..."

Those followers of the Master of Black Blood, as long as he could kill enough of them, there was a high chance of obtaining some usable blood wine formulas or perhaps even arcane knowledge from the Master of Black Blood’s lineage.

To glimpse the secrets of the ’Perfected’ and ’Longevity,’ that was what Zhong Shenxiu most desired to do now!

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