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Unfortunately, it's no use regretting it even if my intestines turn green. I can't reach my master, and it seems that I can't reach him at the moment. So it looks like I can't rely on my master anymore. I have to think of another way.
Distressed, I squat on the ground without any image, my hands inserted into my hair, rubbing it messily. I watch as the breath of Dark Dragon becomes weaker and weaker, and I suddenly become extremely agitated, unconsciously rummaging through my pockets to see if there's anything that can help Dark Dragon.
Suddenly my finger stung as if it had been pricked by something. I took it out and saw that it was the burdock that my master had given me when he recognized me and formed a good bond with me. Right, this thing was a gift from my master, it must be extraordinary. Maybe it can help save the Dark Dragon, even if it's just for a while. I can think of another way later.
Moreover, there is currently no better solution, so I had to try my luck. I cautiously approached the Dark Dragon with the burdock and touched it. Unexpectedly, the area I touched immediately began to heal. I was amazed, my mouth wide open, and not just me, but also the smart aleck and the ten bodyguards behind me were so shocked that their jaws almost dislocated.
"Little, little miss, what is that thing of yours? How is it so powerful that it can even neutralize the poison of the Black hegemon?" smart aleck asked eagerly as he recovered.
But before I could answer, the nearly unconscious Dark Dragon suddenly opened its eyes, snatched the remaining burdock from my hand at lightning speed, and swallowed it whole.
"Uh! Little flower, what are you snatching? This is just for you to try. Slow down, don't choke." Seeing this, I said to Dark Dragon somewhat speechlessly.
Without responding to me, Dark Dragon was experiencing an incomparable pain - molting, and the speed was very fast. In the blink of an eye, it had already molted. Now looking at it, the whole snake was intact, but upon closer inspection, I found something wrong. There was a faint black ring around its seven-inch area, which was not there before.
However, it seems that only I, who was closest, noticed this. The smart aleck and the bodyguard behind me did not notice, and were once again shocked by this speed. Even the ghosts around us heard what the smart aleck just said and all surrounded us again, at which point everyone turned to stone.
After a while, I heard someone in the ghost group exclaiming, "It seems that Black hegemon's poison is not invincible, it can be cracked. Wow, we don't have to endure that little jerk Black hegemon's anger anymore."
"Miss, please tell me, what is that thing? It's so amazing, I can pay you for it." smart aleck couldn't help but ask again.
"You've already helped me a lot, how can I accept your money? Actually, as you can see, this is just a leftover burdock that was burned," I said excitedly, with a slightly embarrassed expression on my face.
"burdock, where did you get it? I want to go and collect some too," the surrounding ghosts exploded in excitement, immediately asking in unison.
Uh! It's no harm to tell them, anyway, these are all ghosts, they shouldn't be able to go back to that temple, because greed said that once you go in, you can't come out, uh, of course, it doesn't include souls like me who don't belong here."
Now I just regret that I didn't take a few more burdock at that time. This thing can detoxify the most poisonous poison in the Underworld. Why don't I go back and get a few more? Anyway, greed said I can go back to renew it, so why not go? But on second thought, no, no, I still have to find Arrogant. Just thinking about this, I instantly lost my mood, just lazily pointed back the way I came and said, "It's in the temple guarded by greed monk, half in the netherworld and half in the mortal world. If you want to go, go quickly, there are not many left inside."
As soon as I said this, the enthusiasm of those ghosts immediately diminished, and they all shook their heads and walked away. Indeed, they couldn't go back. I felt happy and thought that when I had the chance to go back, I would take a few more.
"Miss, I am not well-educated, so don't deceive me. The burdock in that temple cannot have such powerful effects. If it did, I, a smart aleck who has been in the underworld for thousands of years, would not have missed such important information. If I haven't heard of it, then it probably doesn't exist. Miss, there must be a source for this thing you have." The smart aleck thought for a moment and then looked at me with great certainty.
"Ah! It turns out there really is something. It's just that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva said it's a good fortune for me." I didn't want to hide it from the smart aleck, and I thought this little ghost was not bad. When I heard that this little ghost was actually thousands of years old, I was even more eager to make friends with him, so I told him the truth.
"No wonder, I knew it. How could a burdock root detoxify for no reason? Miss, I know you must want to go back and get a few more, but I advise you not to. Even if you take them, it's useless. Without Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's blessing, those burdock roots are just trash," the smart aleck said to me with a look of sudden realization.
"Oh, I see!" I thought to myself, "It's just as well that I don't have time to go back. This way, it's also a favor to me. Ah!" But then I regretted it again. It would have been better to ask Dark Dragon to leave me a little bit, even if it's just a tiny amount, for emergencies. Who knows if I'll be bitten by the travel bug when I go to find Black hegemon later? But it's too late to say anything now.
Actually, even without the protection of burdock, I still have to go find Black hegemon. If I can't beat it, I can negotiate with it, exchange for something with money or whatever. Any amount of money will do. So I took out a wad of RMB again and asked smart aleck, "How much is the reward? You name it."
"This time, no matter what questions the young lady asks, I will answer for free, because the young lady just answered my question for free." smart aleck once again showed that he is a principled and good ghost businessman, making me feel that my judgment of ghosts is quite accurate.
So I thought about it and felt that it was indeed fair. I took back the money and asked, "smart aleck, do you know where Black hegemon lives? The thing I lost is very important to me. Even if it's dangerous, I have to go find it and see if I can redeem it for money."
"This is not easy to find. Black hegemon not only has a powerful poison, but also an unmatched speed. We wanted to secretly track him, but couldn't catch up. So Black hegemon's whereabouts have become an eternal mystery here." smart aleck replied with a helpless expression, as if feeling guilty for not being able to help me.
"It's okay. If it usually likes to go to a certain place, do you know? I can go there and intercept it." I asked again.
"Let me think!" smart aleck said, furrowing his brow. After a while, as if suddenly remembering something, he said to me, "In a while, the biggest auction in the black market is going to start. For the Black hegemon who likes to steal treasures, it will definitely wait outside the auction for anything it fancies to pass by, trying to take advantage of the situation."
"Uh, why doesn't it just go in and pick something at the auction?" I asked, feeling a bit puzzled. At the same time, I was pleased to finally know where it might appear. When I see it, I need to have a good talk with it, not provoke it, and go along with it. If it likes something, I can just spend money to help it buy it, as long as it gives me back the Arrogant."
"Miss, you may not know this, but this auction is under the name of the Dark Lord. Even if no protective measures are taken, in the underworld, there are no ghosts or living souls like you who can cause trouble. Otherwise, being wanted by the Dark Lord wouldn't be fun. Although the Black Hegemon is the big boss in the black market, in the eyes of the Dark Lord, it might not even be worth a thing. As long as the Dark Lord beckons, it will crush it to pieces. However, those who have finished bidding inside and leave the auction are no longer under the protection of the auction. In other words, if you have the ability to bid, you must have the ability to keep it. The auction only guarantees that the items are delivered to you safely." Smart aleck looked terrified when mentioning the Dark Lord, as the Dark Lord is the highest ruler of the underworld.
"Oh, I see. Smart aleck, I actually think this is fair in a way. It makes sense. If you can't handle the diamond, don't touch the porcelain. It's just overestimating one's abilities in the underworld, isn't it?" I thought for a moment and nodded in agreement with this approach.
"En, en, Miss, you're right, that's it. The auction is still an hour away. Miss, you should hurry. Just keep walking along this road and you'll see it. There are three characters 'Wanshage' written on it. There's no one guarding the entrance, so you can go in freely," smart aleck kindly pointed in the direction of the brightest ghost fire.
"Thank you, smart aleck. By the way, smart aleck, if there's anything after I leave, how can I contact you? Do you ghosts have some kind of communication device like a phone?" In order to avoid making the same mistake of losing contact with my master last time, I dared to ask.
"Miss, we use this whistle to communicate. As long as you blow this whistle, I will know your location and be able to find you. Of course, this is only used by us lowly ghosts. The official and powerful ghosts in the underworld use a rare communication stone to communicate. By speaking your name into the stone, two people can talk to each other and instantly reach each other's location. And there is no limit to the number of people who can use it. As for us, we can only leave contact information for a few ghosts, so we have to collect a few whistles from the ghosts, which is not very convenient," complained the smart aleck to me.
"smart aleck, it seems like you make a lot of money in this line of work, and you've been around for thousands of years. Haven't you saved enough to buy a communication stone?" I teased.
"Um, miss, you don't know, that thing is not something that can be bought and sold at will. It's a symbol of identity, directly owned by the authorities, and there's a limited quota issued by the authorities. For us powerless folks, we can't get a quota. It's useless even if it exists for ten thousand years," smart aleck said with a bitter face.
This made my original wish to spend money to buy a communication stone instantly fall through. Logically, with my master being such a heavyweight figure, he must have this thing. Unfortunately, my master couldn't wait for me to leave early and become his closed-door disciple. So now I think about it, it must be that my master cast a spell, deliberately making me forget to ask him for contact information, just to prevent me from seeking his help when I'm in danger. Otherwise, if he helps me, he will have to wait longer to accept me as his disciple. If he doesn't help me, he's afraid I'll resent him. Sigh, I'm complaining about this Unreliable mentor again.
Seeing that my expression was off, the smart aleck asked with some courage, "Miss, what's wrong? Are you okay? Anyway, Wanshage is not far from here. We'll be there soon. You can rest for a while before going."
"It's nothing, just thinking about some unhappy things," I smiled and said, then turned to the almost recovered Dark Dragon, "Xiao Hua, you should still recover, we'll go to Wanshage to stake out."
I had just finished speaking when, before Dark Dragon could transform, smart aleck suddenly shouted loudly at Dark Dragon, "Wait, don't transform yet, otherwise your life will be in danger, and the poison will strike again."
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