>> Adversity is like a strong wind, tearing off our coats but not our hearts, so that we can see our true selves.

Liu Fanxu stood beside the bed, looked down at Rhett buried in the quilt, made sure that he was already asleep, his fingertips moved lightly, and the magic power smoothly followed the spell around Rhett, she quickly turned around and disappeared into the room without a sound.

The night was dark, the moonless night sky and the stars became dim. Liu Fanxu stood in the dark alley, glancing sideways at the dirty bar sandwiched between the two storefronts, she was considering that she needed a second-hand wand and medicinal materials that could make zuò potions, and although her disguise was difficult to identify even herself, she was careful to add a dozen disguises. She staggered towards the bar, silently repeating her new identity in her mind, a wrinkled-faced, immobile, grumpy old witch.

The bar was almost as furnished as the Leaky Cauldron, but the bartender was not as enthusiastic as Old Tom, or not as curious as Old Tom, who was lying behind the counter, looking like he was asleep, and the bar was very dark and quiet, except for the creak of her just pushing the door, only the bartender's soft snoring. Liu Fanxu rolled her cloudy bloodshot eyes to make sure there were no other customers in the bar, and then continued to hobbled towards the back door, although her movements looked funny, but she didn't make a sound.

Liu Fanxu groped her way to stand in front of the wall in the backyard, stretched out her finger and poked, the black brick wall opened silently to both sides, she sneered silently, it was really uncreative, and even the way the passage was opened was exactly the same. The dark magic street is all closed, Liu Fanxu didn't look at the faintly straight street, turned around and walked towards a darker mezzanine next to it, which was the destination of her trip.

This time belongs to the darkness, and there is a ghost market in the dark world, Liu Fanxu walked through the ink-like passage and stepped into the faint light. On the more twisted and dirty paths, scattered and scattered, ghost-like figures covered from head to toe in black cloaks. Surprised, she moved straight forward, and the magic on her body overflowed layer by layer, shocking the evil peepers in the darkness.

The ghost market is a world of the strong, and only the strong can buy magical items here, just like ordinary wizards can shop in the magic street under the sun. It just so happens that she is the strongest. Liu Fanxu walked into the largest potion shop, pushed open the door, she didn't look up and could see the shaking corpses in front of her, they were all kinds of small magical creatures hanging down from the roof, most of them were contraband, and the walls on both sides owed drawers and cabinets from the roof to the corner, which contained medicinal herbs of various colors, she didn't deliberately avoid the hideous corpse shaking in front of her, she walked straight to the counter and stood still, and looked at the old wizard behind the counter, his appearance was also hideous, and the skin □□ outside was covered with spots of black and purple, It's a very strict black magic counter-attack.

"What do you need?" The sound of grit scraping through the glass was very harsh, but Liu Fanxu didn't react, she just stared at his cloudy but still shrewd eyes, and after a long time, she said lightly, "I need money." ”

The old wizard didn't speak, he stared at Liu Fanxu like a poisonous snake, and only spoke again for a long time, "As you wish, assuming you really have this ability." He bowed slightly, pulled out a tattered piece of parchment from under the counter, and pushed it to her, "A week, if you can do it." Liu Fanxu didn't speak, she stretched out her dirty and rough right hand, picked up the parchment from the counter, rubbed it, and grinned to reveal the black and yellow teeth in her mouth, "If you can provide the herbs and utensils this time, I can give you a better one." ”

The old wizard narrowed his eyes that were about to bulge, was silent for a moment again, suddenly grinned like a big black hole, laughed twice, leaned over and took out a more dirty piece of parchment from the bottom of the counter, put it on the counter and pushed it to Liu Fanxu, "One thousand gold coins, if you can make the best within half a year, there is also a balance of five thousand gold coins." Liu Fanxu threw the parchment in her hand back to the counter, she picked up the dirty parchment, glanced at it, and grinned, "Fifty-fifty is divided, it's fair." ”

The old wizard's eyes flashed, and he grinned even more viciously, "If you can really give me the best, I will follow the market price." Liu Fanxu put away the parchment with satisfaction. Seeing that she was skillful, the old wizard grinned, bent down and took out a bag from the counter, put it on the counter and pushed it to her, "This is a thousand gold coins." Liu Fanxu reached out and took the bag, held it in his hand, tossed it upside down, grinned, and turned to leave.

Returning to the dim and rugged path, Liu Fanxu staggered, the corners of his mouth grinning, and sneering at himself. Eventually, she had to get the tools to get her way out, and she raised her hand and patted the filthy parchment and the bag of gold coins in her pocket, and the shadows around her, cowering back, afraid of what was in her pocket. She said that only the strong can take what they need here, and if you don't have the ability to match, don't reach for gold coins that don't belong to you, such as the parchment in her pocket, if she doesn't hand over the potions listed on the parchment within half a year, then she will die a miserable death, and the parchment will automatically return to the old fellow. The reason why the parchment is so dirty is that it carries the lives of many people who have died tragically.

If she hadn't met Red, she would never have come back here, even if she had died so uneventfully. But she met him, and he gave her hope to continue living, and she wanted to try again what the outcome would be, so she would not hesitate to take advantage of the darkness again.

He didn't go far before Liu Fanxu walked into a shop that specialized in reselling illegal magical items, and such shops would not directly display their identities, but they had their own unique identification methods. The heirs of the nobility of their family naturally know and can recognize them at a glance. It is much easier to choose a second-hand wand than to choose a wand of destiny, Liu Fanxu deliberately picked two short and thick wands but very hard, she sandwiched them between her fingers and nodded, the wand trembled obediently, she nodded, threw twenty gold coins to the shopkeeper, and turned to leave.

Today's weather is very good, the sky is clear, the sun is shining so that people can't open their eyes, Liu Fanxu's mood is also very good, her steps are fast, although the time is close to noon, and she came back a little late, but thinking that the identity has settled, the corners of her mouth can't help but hook. On the way back to the apartment, she walked past a bookstore, and suddenly remembered her agreement with Red, she stopped, approached the bookstore and pushed open the glass door.

Liu Fanxu has just tried the newly bought second-hand wand, although it can't be compared with the wand of destiny, it is still easy to use. The stack of brick books in her arms had been cast a levitation spell, and it looked heavier than a feather, so her steps were still brisk. Walking downstairs to the apartment, Liu Fanxu took out his newly bought mobile phone from his pocket and looked at the time, the takeaway she ordered should have been delivered to Rhett's hands, but I don't know if he would be worried if he didn't see her in the room when he woke up. He definitely needed her explanation, she thought. After saying hello to George, he looked at Liu Fanxu in surprise, and muttered: I didn't see her go out after taking over, she got up so early? She smiled and acquiesced to his brain supplement, and secretly said in her heart that next time she must avoid going out at a strange time.

Like Rhett, he climbed the stairs to the second floor, and when he stood outside the apartment door, Liu Fanxu revised the draft of his lower abdomen and raised his hand to knock on the door. In a few moments, the solid wooden door in front of her opened from the inside, and Red rubbed his unkempt hair, his eyes narrowed, his mouth open and yawning, and he looked sleepy. He had sleepy eyes, and it took him a long time to recognize Liu Fanxu, slightly sideways to make way out, and rubbed his head while vaguely saying, "Liu, you went out early in the morning?" Sorry, I just woke up, you ordered the takeout just now, right? He slowly lowered the hand that was rubbing his head, put it on his eyes, and rubbed it again, "Hey, what are you holding?" ”

Liu Fanxu walked in the door, raised his leg to kick the door shut, locked the door with his backhand, and then walked to the dining table, put the brick book in his arms on it, and took advantage of the fact that Red was still behind her and did not follow, she poked her fingertips lightly, and removed the floating spell to restore the original weight of the stack. She glanced at the takeaways on the table, which were still in the bag, and she turned her head to look at Red, who was leaning against the bookshelf, squinting and dozing off, "Hi Spencer, you can't sleep standing up!" She hurriedly walked over and held his crumbling body, "Oh, sorry, it shouldn't have been so late yesterday, can you eat lunch first?" Then go back to bed and sleep. You can't go a day without eating, you've missed breakfast. ”

Red closed his eyes, hummed softly, and then pillowed his chin to Liu Fanxu's neck socket, and wrapped his hands around her shoulders around her body. Her forehead lowered his shoulder, grinning silently, and she raised her hands and gently patted his back, "Spencer, are you coquettish?" ”

The heat in his neck was the hot breath that Rhett breathed out, Liu Fanxu waited for a few seconds, but didn't see him make a sound, guessing that he was asleep, and was about to move him to the bed, but Rhett's voice suddenly sounded, if it weren't for the fact that they were very close, she could hardly hear what he was saying, his voice was muffled, with a little grievance "I thought I was dreaming" Liu Fanxu patted the hand on his back, her eyes widened slightly,

"Where have you been?" Red held her shoulders and slowly straightened up, his eyes narrowed, his eyebrows furrowed, and he looked Liu Fanxu up and down from head to toe several times, "In the room, there is no trace of a second person sleeping, you left after I fell asleep, where did you go?" ”