At night.
After hearing the little snoring sound of the little girl sleeping, the little wolf cub tiptoed and used his little paws to move one of Vivian's arms holding him away.
He jumped out of bed nimbly and quietly opened the door. The candlelight outside the corridor of the mansion suddenly shone into the house through the small opening.
But a second later, the wolf cub's figure flashed, and the door closed again, leaving only the moonlight from the window in the room.
oh.
By the way, does it feel like something is missing?
Huh? No? That's okay.
Xin Yan:?
Well, in the spirit of making the best use of everything... No, we should solve the problem of squatting at home.
Under the advice of the little wolf cub, Vivian also felt that Xin Yan couldn't just sleep in the room all the time, and had to find something for the little Lolita to do, otherwise she would become useless if she continued like this.
So, wasn't it just because the Royal Law School in Huodian City also sent a letter of appointment to Vivian, hoping that the girl would be a special tutor for their newly opened "Summoning Department"?
Then Liao Zixuan asked Vivian to take this as an opportunity to agree to sell it to the college and get a name there.
Correspondingly, the college also allowed the little girl to temporarily enroll Xin Yan and her young brother as "specially recruited experimental students."
Xin Yan:? ?
Yes, that's right, that's the expression, with a big question mark on his little head.
Although the little loli was crying and shouting not to go to school, it was not easy for a certain little wolf with a mind darker than a coal briquette to persuade a silly loli.
Although Alice borrowed the power of Vulcan to forcibly increase Xinyan's strength to the point where he could transform, his mind and memory could not be retrieved simultaneously. This was a side effect of death after Nirvana, and could only be restored over time. And recovery.
Therefore, the little wolf cub made a magic projection of the ending of "The Fall into the Abyss", that is, the scene of the divine phoenix spreading its wings and all things reviving. She didn't realize that the forbidden monster in the picture was actually herself.
As expected, the little Loli asked Liao Zixuan expectantly if she would become like the phoenix in the projection when she grows up.
Well, although the memory is gone, it seems that this little loli still vaguely remembers her own race.
But it's a pity...
The little wolf cub at that time shook his head regretfully towards Xin Yan, and pointed with his paw at some kind of bird that just happened to fall on the tree branch outside the window and was chirping.
"No, you are just a sparrow, maybe a little stronger than them. After all, you can transform and you have magical feathers that you can pluck. Even if you are... the sparrow king."
Even the Sparrow King is just a sparrow after all, very different from the Phoenix.
This made the little loli cry in anger, and then ran to ask Vivian, but it was a pity that the little girl she trusted the most also nodded in order to encourage Xin Yan to go to school.
Fortunately, Vivian couldn't bear to see Xin Yan being so shocked, so she comforted her and said, as long as you study hard, you can still change your destiny.
There is nothing wrong with learning to change your destiny.
Finally, as the little loli vowed to be inspirational, she spoke an extremely classic sentence...
"I, Xinyan, will one day turn a bird into a phoenix!"
After making the above bold statement, the little Loli took her schoolbag on her back and took the initiative to go to school full of fighting spirit... and became a free bodyguard.
Yes.
In order to avoid some dirty tricks, Vivian's relatives must be protected in advance, and they must not remain under the earl's nose.
The little girl's father, an alcoholic and gambler, has been sent out of the city again and will probably be pawned by a novice village chief. Since Vivian's younger brother has a talent for magic, he will go to law school and serve as Xin Yan's companion. , and allow Xin Yan to protect the opponent, killing two birds with one stone.
Why.
So what about the setting where the protagonists are all orphans? Why bother!
After sneaking out of the room, the little wolf cub sighed in the silent and empty castle corridor at night.
Back to the present.
Huodian City is one thing during the day, and another one at night.
Just like no one would look for fireflies during the day, the same goes for what Liao Zixuan has to do now. The only difference is that in addition to fireflies, there are also cockroaches, mice and various reptiles at night.
But before leaving the Earl's mansion, there was an episode that surprised Liao Zixuan.
I saw a sneaky figure who had also stayed up all night. When the wolf cub approached secretly, I was surprised to find that it was Liz.
What the eldest lady of the mansion did next made Liao Zixuan even more stunned.
I saw Liz sneaking around, not at all like the Earl's daughter during the day, but more like a thief... No! It should be said that he is a thief!
After she slipped into a laundry room on the floor, when she came out again, she was holding an old cloth garment in her hand.
The little wolf cub calmed down and took a look, good guy, isn't this what Vivian replaced?
What is she doing with Vivian's clothes! ?
Liao Zixuan had no way of knowing, because next Liz hugged Vivian's clothes, disappeared quickly, and returned to her own room.
Well...
After struggling for a while, the little wolf cub finally had no choice and pursued him further into someone else's room.
Firstly, it was because he was afraid that if he saw any indecent scene in the female address book, he would never be able to look directly at the earl's daughter again, which would be a crisis of personal collapse!
Secondly, Liao Zixuan didn't care even if she speculated maliciously on what Liz was going to do to her clothes.
Because his main purpose tonight is to go to the black market to make some quick money first. As for what he will do with the money...of course it is to buy a beautiful little dress for the little girl!
Regarding the little girl's clothes, Liao Zixuan has been putting up with it for a long time, but Vivian was more resistant before and was not willing to wear something too good.
And this time, taking advantage of the upcoming dinner party, Vivian must have no choice but to accept it. Liao Zixuan is determined to change the little girl's dressing habits!
After leaving the earl's manor, the little wolf cub swayed and the familiar "White Master" vest came online again.
It's just that this time, in order to keep in touch with the local people, Liao Zixuan didn't wear too conspicuous clothes. After all, no one who works in the black market knows how to wear a suit and tie.
After imitating Chris's gangster outfit, Liao Zixuan disappeared into the darkness.
After nightfall, Huodian City presents two different scenes.
The inner city, where the rich and powerful live, is obviously much quieter at night. After all, the buildings here are such as the Vulcan Tower, the Noble Law School, the Adventurer Association, and even the offices of the Knights. Place.
Security is tight, not to mention the city guards patrolling and keeping watch. Even if you want to have fun, there are few places in the inner city that can provide entertainment, except for private places.
But relatively speaking, the outer city area where most ordinary people in Huodian City, as well as local gangsters, gangsters, etc. gather, is no less lively at night than during the day.
When Liao Zixuan came to the outer city, he could clearly feel that the streets on the ground were no longer bright and clean, but had returned to the familiar ones, with slight potholes and water accumulation from time to time.
And this situation became even more so when Liao Zixuan twisted around, looking at the map of Huodian City on the system, and walking according to the "black alley" area established by the treasure stealing group in his memory.
It's like there are some rules, for example, since it's called a snack street, it's all snacks, and those selling other things have moved out.
The underground black market in Huodian City is called "black alley" to use a more professional term here.
As we get closer to this area, the few serious stores that were open at night in the outer city have become fewer and fewer, and have even disappeared.
Instead, there is a noisy bar with a mixed crowd, and an unknown club that shines in rose pink.
The bricks paving the road are getting older and older. It is estimated that they have never been renovated. Some of them have even cracked. There are unknown small plants taking the opportunity to grow and pop up, trying to survive in the cracks that turn around, just like...
The same people appeared in front of Liao Zixuan.
"Hey, you guy, what are you doing here?"
When Liao Zixuan approached the entrance of an inconspicuous alley, suddenly, four young men walked out from the shadows. One look at their faces and it was clear that they were definitely not good people.
The leader among them turned a small knife in his palm, then frowned and asked the strange young man opposite him.
"I have a batch of goods that I want to sell here."
Liao Zixuan answered honestly.
"Selling goods? Haha, do you think our place looks like a place to sell goods?" The leader of the gangster laughed.
But then...
The gangster's laughter stopped quickly. He stared at Liao Zixuan who had not left yet. After making a sound, he continued to ask:
"Tell me, how do you know this place?"
There are many entrances to the black alley, and the trading areas are also divided into levels, so naturally some VIP passages were born, specifically for those old-timers.
This is what Liao Zixuan found now.
"Introduced by a friend." He shrugged and casually made up the most perfunctory reason without fear of others' suspicion.
Sure enough, the gangster guarding the entrance to the passage frowned more tightly, but he didn't delve into it any further and asked another question.
"What do you want to sell in the dark alley?"
"Amethyst grass."
Liao Zixuan answered honestly again.
This time, it is not difficult to find that when he said the three words "Amethyst Grass", the expressions of the four gangsters opposite him immediately changed.
After they secretly exchanged glances with each other, the leader of the gangster paused the rotating knife in his hand, then thrust it into a gap in the stone bricks of the alleyway wall behind him, and thrust it hard.
Click...
Some kind of mechanism was triggered, and a dark door leading to the underground slowly opened from behind.
Several gangsters blocking the road gave way to Liao Zixuan.
"go in."
"Thanks."
When Liao Zixuan's figure disappeared into the secret door, the young gangster who was guarding the door and led by him gestured to the two boys next to him.
The two young men were determined to understand. One of them ran quickly to report the news to a more secret location, while the other followed Liao Zixuan and did not enter the secret passage.
Entering the black alley from the high-end passage, what Liao Zixuan came to was naturally the high-end trading area of the underground black market.
This place is not like the outskirts of the black market, where all kinds of unknown vendors are setting up stalls and shouting. Although the shouts are quite loud, in fact they are all small fights.
Here at Liao Zixuan, everyone is quite quiet. Basically, most people wear cloaks and cover half of their faces with hoods. Even if there is a transaction, they lower their voices and talk like whispers.
Deliberately finding an inconspicuous corner, Liao Zixuan sat down and set up the stall.
After he put the amethyst grass in a cowhide bag that was completely invisible from the outside and was sealed and opaque, he did not insert a wooden sign with a label about what he was selling in front of the stall, but quietly went to the back. He leaned against the wall and closed his eyes, feeling extremely Buddhist.
It's just... like Jiang Ziya is fishing, waiting for customers to come to him as they please.
The metaphor of fishing is very apt, but "just letting it happen" is hard to say.
Some dark corner.
The gangster who was following Liao Zixuan before had another big man beside him.
"How's it going? What did the superiors say?"
"It's definitely not from our side. The boss said that the Amethyst Grass is of great importance, just... this!"
The big man waved the sack in his hand.
"Okay, do you want to do it here?"
"We don't need to, we've already arranged people, look."
While the two were talking, a customer came to Liao Zixuan's stall, which was under surveillance.
"Brother, what are you selling?"
A charming voice came, and Liao Zixuan opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was a screen full of white flowers.
Although one of them was wearing a cloak like most people in the dark alley, what he was wearing under the cloak was very improper.
The extremely revealing low-cut dress, the round thighs under the black fishnet stockings, and the woman's already pretty face, made her whole body full of temptation.
"Ahem...Zi, amethyst grass."
Staring at the other person's chest, his throat moved several times, Liao Zixuan hesitantly replied, his eyes almost straightened, as if the focus had already shifted from selling goods to this woman.
Director, how would you rate this scene?
How many points would you give? Look at others first.
I saw...
"Amethyst grass!? Little brother, you didn't lie to me, did you?" The charming woman opposite showed surprise and opened her rosy mouth wide.
She hurriedly asked:
"This thing is said to be very rare. Even in our dark alleys, it has a price but no market. Can you let me take a look and inspect the goods?"
As she spoke, the charming woman moved her body a little closer to Liao Zixuan, intentionally or unintentionally.
Liao Zixuan could already smell the faint fragrance emanating from the other person's body. If he were a normal man at this time, he would have been distracted and restless.
Unfortunately, he is not.
[Ding, according to the special physique of your summoned beast "Xiao Hei", the effect judgment of "Ecstasy Fragrance" this time failed]
But since the other party acted so dedicatedly, Liao Zixuan naturally couldn't be careless.
He pretended to be possessed and quickly opened the bag in a daze.
When the charming woman opposite saw the purple halo emitting in the cowhide bag and confirmed that it was the extremely rare amethyst grass, she smiled even more happily.
"It's really true! Little brother, you must be more than just this one, right?"
"Hmph, of course, I still have a lot, but I'm worried that if I take out too many, others might catch me, so I only sell one or two plants every time I'm short of money."
Liao Zixuan seemed to be showing off, but the secret was exposed unknowingly.
"Oh? Little brother, are you short of money?"
"Not enough! Very lacking!" Liao Zixuan nodded honestly for the third time.
"Then if that's the case, well, it's almost time. Sister, I'll take you...to a place where you can make a lot of money!"
The charming woman suddenly changed her words, and then the smile on her face disappeared instantly, replaced by a look of disdain and sarcasm that looked like a fool.
"Varied..."
thump.
Liao Zixuan fell unconscious and fell to the ground, exactly.
"Huh, idiot, you just want to make a lot of money. Take him away and lock him up in the base for interrogation! You must find out where he got all the amethyst grass!"
"Yes! Master Zihu!"
The strong man who had been hiding in the shadow corner immediately took the sack that had been prepared and put Liao Zixuan in it, then picked it up and followed the charming woman, disappearing into the dark alley.
Head back towards...the hidden lair of the treasure thief group.
Um.
This is indeed a place where big money is made.
There's really nothing wrong with it.
Liao Zixuan in the sack sighed in his heart. Sure enough, the beautiful young lady never lied to others. If she said she would take her to make a lot of money, then she would go. The only drawback was that this method was a bit violent.
Going to sell amethyst grass on the black market? It’s too low, and the efficiency is too slow. If you want to do it, then do something big.
Question, how can I get money the fastest?
Of course it is...
Search your home! (instant answer)
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