"You can tell me the detailed rules of ability improvement first. Orkus rummaged through the sea of blood, tossed out his luxurious golden throne, and sat cross-legged.

"Can't you see this part of the information?" Yuan Xiao didn't answer in a hurry, but showed a clear look, as if he had a new understanding of Orkus's ability to explore his spiritual realm, but he still honestly finished the information he had just learned from the "Tree of Roots".

Orkus shook his head with a sad face, and said bitterly: "Please, Detective Yuan, I'm helping you sincerely now, can you not take the opportunity to test me, it's cold for the teacher, it's cold!"

"Really?" Yuan Xiao pulled the corners of his mouth, "Then you mean it's free this time?"

"You are a gab head," Orkus cursed in a hellish scolding, and shouted, "You still dare to mention it, not to mention Dies's time, is it my contribution again this time? I haven't settled accounts with you yet, but you have started the idea of overlord meals? Do you really think that our contract is only binding on me?"

Yuan Xiao's face froze and scratched his head.

The force of the contract is two-sided.

Although Orkus has an obligation to help the host proto-owl survive, this is not a gratuitous service, and the demon is not a great good person, and he will not stop until he breaks your bones, sucks out the bone marrow, and then squeezes the meat out of the oil and drinks it. In the nine years since the original owl and Orkus signed the contract, countless mutual calculations, countless shady transactions, and the blood of countless compatriots in the hands of both of them.

Friendship never existed, and no matter how many deals were made between demons and scum, there would only be one thought in each other's minds: how could they eat each other dry and wipe it clean and then get out of it.

"Then let's count it together, this time, plus Vadris, and Dies, let's figure it out together. Yuan Xiao scratched his head, knowing that he couldn't escape, so he simply said it generously.

"Hey, hey, hey. Orkus stretched out his index finger and shook it, "No hurry, my reward this time is not your body, but something else." ”

"Why is it so obscene when something comes to your mouth? Yuan Xiao held his forehead, thought for a while and continued, "It seems that the leveling location you picked for me this time is also a place where you have a plan." ”

"Smart and smart, you can understand my intentions with just a few words, my son can be taught, and I am a little reluctant to eat your soul in the future. Orkus he, hehe, straight, but there was no trace of reluctance on his face.

"Don't worry, I won't give you this opportunity to torture your heart, and when I send you to a second death, I won't be relentless at all. With a hook of his toes, he kicked a bone into the sea of blood, but Orkus reached out and grabbed it.

"It's really immoral, the new generation in hell is much more literate than you. Orkus sighed and shook his head, crushing the bone in his hand, crushing it into a puff of bone powder and spilling it into the dark space. "I won't tell you the specific location first, I'll study your ability improvement plan, and you can finish the matter in front of you first. ”

"One last thing. Hara called out to Orkus, who was only half of his head exposed.

Orkus did not respond, but did not continue to sink either.

"Do you know a human woman," Yuan Xiao squatted down and said softly, "Her name is Ren Yao." ”

Orkus's snake eyes suddenly froze, and the entire sea of blood seemed to have undergone some kind of terrible impact, surging out of thin air, and the majestic blood waves rose up to the sky, almost covering half of the temple of thought.

However, Orkus obviously still retained a trace of sanity, and tried his best to control the sea of blood and not to touch the decomposition of the sea of blood and the land of bones, but there was still a slight wave of blood that hit the invisible barrier, and the original owl felt a sharp pain in his brain, and knelt on the ground in pain.

The roar of the sea of blood lasted less than three seconds, and then it regained its original calm, without a trace of fluctuation, as if the terrible scene just now was nothing more than a dream.

But the pain of the original owl is so real.

He shook his head, stood up, and saw Orkus, who was only a stone's throw away from him.

Rarely did Orkus stand so close, and rarely did the primordial owl observe the ancient demon that dwelt in his temple of mind so closely.

"This woman, stay away. Orkus's snake eyes stared calmly at Yuan Xiao, and said word by word, "Neither she nor anyone related to her should be as far away as possible." ”

"The overseer of this mission is her adopted daughter. Yuan Xiao did not hide what Orkus meant, at this time he was more curious about why Orkus, who had always scorned humans, was so sensitive to the name "Ren Yao".

Of course, the name Ren Xiaoyao is also a name worth remembering for witchers.

She is a "Shun".

At the same time, she is also the only female "Shun-level" witcher, whose strength is bottomless, and it is said that she has stabilized three of the five "Shun" - it should be two now, and one has already died in the battle with Pendris. In other words, in the world of witchers, she is under one person and above ten thousand. At the same time, her apparent identity is the sole inheritor of a huge family business, with wealth like the clouds and smoke of the sea, it is said that she was born like a fairy, weak willows to support the wind, people have to sigh the unfairness of fate, otherwise why would so many preferences be swayed to one person.

But even so, for Orkus, who was once a member of the first generation of the Abyss Council and one of the thirteen strongest Ancient Demon Monarchs, Ren Xiaoyao should be just a grain of shining sand in the long river of time, why did he have such a big reaction?

"Adopted daughter, hehehe. Orkus let out a sickly laugh, shook his head, and did not continue to explain anything, but instructed, "During the mission, don't step into the temple of thought to find me, not a single step, unless you are going to die." ”

Seeing Orkus's surprisingly serious attitude, Yuan Xiao knew that this was not the time to joke, and time had passed for a long time, and the flow of time in the outside world should have passed for a few seconds, and now he could explain it in a daze when he went back, and it would be difficult to be later.

Yuan Xiao nodded solemnly at Orkus, turned around and walked back to the Throne of Bones, back to the real world.

Orkus in the sea of blood did not move at all, standing in place, there were complex emotions flashing in his eyes, there were memories, resentment, self-deprecation, sadness, and the deepest trace of expectation was cruelly erased and disappeared by him.

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"Done in a daze?" Jun Suo crossed Erlang's legs, leaning on the back of the sofa, his tight muscle lines made it impossible to tell that this was a person in his fifties, more like a charming uncle in his thirties, "What do you want to think about for so long?"

"I'm thinking, you old cow eats tender grass, and other people's mothers won't trouble you?" The first thing Yuan Xiao did when he came back was to spray Junsuo's trash talk, and from a certain point of view, this person's heart has been strong to a certain extent.

"I won't bother you, Aunt Yuan. Jun Suo waved his hand in disgust, "Tomorrow at seven o'clock, take Sun Haiqing to the association to report, don't be late." ”

Then he looked at Sun Haiqing, who hadn't paid much attention to him all night, and said with some complicated emotions: "Don't put too much pressure on yourself, Yuan Xiao believes in you, we believe in Yuan Xiao, you have to believe in Yuan Xiao even more, when you return from the mission, I will let Yuan Xiao personally wear a badge for you." ”

Sun Haiqing glanced at him, then at Yuan Xiao, his heart warmed, and he nodded.

Jun Suo and Dante left, leaving only Yuan Xiao and Sun Haiqing, and the scene was a little quiet for a while.

"Haiqing, you have two choices now. Yuan Xiao said straight to the point, "The first choice, adapt to the situation tomorrow, if you can, you won't fight, as long as you don't let that Ren Huashang catch your flaws, how can this matter be revealed, after all, we have a relationship with the family, and it is impossible to embarrass you too much." ”

"The second option, tomorrow you fight together and prove yourself with real knives and guns, but there will be a certain amount of danger, I don't know if I can completely protect you, to be honest, in my opinion, the third mission with the lowest mission rating is actually the most dangerous one, and we are likely to encounter uncontrollable battles. ”

After finishing speaking, Yuan Xiao was like Morpheus who gave a two-color capsule, and looked at Sun Haiqing, who was in a much more difficult situation than Neo.

The first is obviously the safest choice, but there is also a hidden danger, that is, Sun Haiqing is unable to carry out a true self-rational cognition, and cannot be sure what he has become. The second type obviously comes with no small amount of danger, but it can be a pleasure to face yourself.

Where to go, the choice is in front of Sun Haiqing.

Sun Haiqing didn't answer immediately, she was trembling, she was hesitating, she was afraid.

Psychologically, she is just an ordinary sophomore, with an ordinary family, an ordinary situation, and an ordinary life. But it is clear that whether she chooses or not, after tomorrow, her life will always end with the word "ordinary", and she may be executed as a demon, or she may be transformed into a demon hunter like the original owl.

She looked at Yuan Xiao, at the heroic man who had rescued herself from the demon cave, as if she had seen the light.

Do you have the qualifications to stand by his side now?

It's not enough.

I will not be inferior to my appearance, I will not be disappointed in the future, and every step now will be a new challenge for myself.

But there's still something missing.

The inherent feminine spirit in her bones rose spontaneously.

"I'll pick the second one. Sun Haiqing said this sentence firmly.

Yuan Xiao also looked at her, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised.