Chapter 8: Soul Trading

She gritted her teeth and used the last of her strength to stand up, looked at Taurazu, and pleaded, "Mr. Wiser, can you tell me if the person I love is still alive?"

Tao Lazu's sharp eyes swept over the princess's whole body, and said word by word: "Princess Haixin, if I guess correctly, you want me to sing!"

The princess nodded, "Only in this way can I die." ”

"But do you know the cost of chanting?"

"A quarter of the soul of the requester. Without the slightest hesitation, the princess said word by word.

"If I promise you, tomorrow I will be guillotined by your father, Haiking Hein. ”

"I know. ”

"So you're still asking me to chant?"

"Yes, because you won't say no. The princess said firmly, "Because you are the greatest wise man of the Sea Clan, you will not refuse." ”

Holding his rough hands, he stared at the ceiling of the room and thought for a long time, and then replied in an old voice, "Deal." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Wise Man. ”

"I'm willing to serve you, and I hope that tomorrow next year won't be the death day of my Taurazu. The old man turned around, took out a small tray of fine green powder from the drawer, and handed it to the princess in front of him, "This is Banlai stone powder, there were many of them, but there were so many people who asked me to sing, and many of them lost their souls, so that now these are the only ones left, and no one comes to me to chant anymore." ”

The princess took the green banlai stone powder with her right hand, smelled it, the sour smell on the plate came to her face, and her left hand quickly pinched her nose.

The old man smiled and said, "It's very sour! It's too late to give up." ”

"Please go on!" said the princess, who immediately lowered her left hand.

At this time, the old man took out a container with a red potion, turned his back to the princess and said, "Chanting this matter, you should have seen it in the royal library of the Sea Kingdom!" He took back the Ban Lai stone powder from the princess's hand, and carefully poured ten grains into the container, "Chanting is a very ancient spiritual magic circle, but it betrays people's souls, and the successive Sea Kings have strictly forbidden the spiritualists of the Sea Kingdom to use this kind of magic circle, and gradually, the Sea Clan has forgotten these ancestral things. After pouring the Banlai stone powder, the old man gently shook the container, allowing the Banlai stone powder to fully fuse with the red potion, "Your Royal Highness, I hope you can understand that selling your soul is not a good job, even for the person you love the most. Taurazu lifted the cloak he wore on his head, and his face under the cloak was that of a skeleton, his skin had lost its original color due to erosion, and his bones were covered with spots that seemed to have been burned, "See, my dear princess, this is the price of selling your soul to Agarman, and her countenance, day by day, becomes more and more like a demon, and finally she really becomes a believer in Agarman." ”

"Wise man, you also sold your soul?"

"It was a long time ago. The old man shook the container in his hand and said earnestly: "Just like you, it's all obsession!"

"Is your beloved back?"

The wise man shook his head, "If she came back, why did I chant three times, leaving only this last quarter of my soul?"

Princess Haixin's heart was as surprised as if it was blown by a strong wind, "Singing three times, selling your soul by yourself?"

"Yes. The old man looked at the container in his hand, turned around, and said, "The soup of Okaz is ready, my princess, you just need to drink it now, and I will be able to chant it for you." The old man gently placed the container in the princess's hand and admonished, "If you really make up your mind, remember that the soup of Okaz must be drunk in one sitting, and after drinking, I will cast a spell on you with a chanting circle, and please repeat the question you want to chant as you cast it." You will be asked three questions to answer truthfully, and when you are done, you will get the answers you want. ”

The princess drank the soup of Okaz without hesitation.

"Is that all right?" asked the princess.

"Yes. The wise man nodded, his eyes flashed red, and he recited the incantation, and a black ancient magic circle immediately appeared at the princess's feet.

"Here we go, and after that, it's not me who will talk to you, but Agarman, the god of darkness. The wise man whispered, "Don't say more, just answer three questions, or you will fall into the endless abyss." ”

A black light flashed around the princess, and for a moment she lost all light in front of her. A dark figure appeared in front of her and whispered, "O destined person, would you be willing to sell a quarter of your soul to Agarman, and in return you will get an answer you want to know?"

"I do!" Princess Haixin replied to the dark shadow beside her.

The Dark Shadow smiled and continued, "Someone who is destined, would you be willing to sell a quarter of your soul to Agarman, and in return you will get an answer you want to know?"

"I do," replied the princess.

The Shadow smirked again, "Fateful person, I will ask you one last time, are you willing to sell a quarter of your soul to Agarman, and in return you will get an answer you want to know?"

"I do," replied the princess.

"Deal. The dark shadow disappeared before the princess's eyes, and the darkness was still endless.

A voice came from afar, as if from the depths of the soul, "Say, poor man who sold his soul, what do you want to know?"

Princess Haixin understands that this is her only chance, and she must take advantage of it, "Excuse me, is my beloved still alive in this world?"

The voice hesitated for a moment, then replied coldly, "Alive." ”

"Where is he?" asked Princess Haixin.

Princess Haixin waited for its answer, but unexpectedly, the darkness in front of her disappeared, and the voice was gone.

Still alive, the big stone hanging in Princess Haixin's heart was finally put down, and she happily ran around Taurazu's room, like seeing a bee dancing in the field with flowers.

Sweating profusely, Taurazu put on the brim of his hat to cover his skeletal face, stood in front of Princess Haixin, and asked mysteriously, "So the prince is still alive?"

"That voice told me!" Princess Haixin's eyes widened, and she stretched out her arms to pick up the aged Taurazu, "Dear Finger Wise, can you tell me that you still have the Okaz Soup? ”

Taurazu shook his head, "This is the last Okaz Soup, and this is the last soul that Agaman has obtained in this world, I hope this is the end of this!" he put away the container and silver plate containing the Okaz Soup, put it back in the wooden cabinet, and muttered, "If you have got the answer you wanted, Princess, then please leave!

"But I don't know where Guang is now!" said Princess Haixin, "If you can summon the God of Darkness, Mr. Wiseman, can you tell me where Guang is now?"

Taurazu shook his head, "I'm sorry, my esteemed princess, but there's nothing I can do about it. ”

Princess Haixin's pale face was filled with loss, but she still said politely, "I should still thank you, Mr. Taurazu, at least you let me know that he is still alive." ”

Taurazu smiled, waved his withered pale hand tucked into his sleeve, and said, "It wasn't for me to solve your doubts, but for you to sell a quarter of your soul to Agarman. ”

"I understand. Princess Haixin took her apricot white dress with both hands and bent down to salute, "At least today, you gave me the courage to find him." ”

When Tao Lazu heard Princess Haixin's words, he was shocked, raised his white slender eyebrows and asked, "So, you still want to go to him?"

"Because he's alive. The princess picked up the box full of ashes of wide feathers, turned back to Tauzura, and said, "I have fallen in love with him since the first night I met him, and the three days I spent with him have been the happiest of my thirty-seven years, and I know that he did everything for me, and he gave up his desire to travel the whole world in three days for me, and he challenged the whole Amagi and the cruel rules of justice for me, and he even lost his white wings and everything for me. The princess took off the crystal crown from her head and handed it to Tawzula, "From this day on, I am no longer the princess of the sea kingdom, I am me, Hai Xin, and from this day on, I will no longer wear the crystal crown, because tomorrow I will go to find him who has lost his wings." Today, I will leave the city of Ye Na as a farewell to the kingdom of the sea, and tomorrow when my father and king come, please explain everything to him, and tell him that I am ashamed that I am not a worthy princess, nor an obedient child. ”

With that, the princess closed the heavy door of Tawzula's room and left alone.

"If you encounter difficulties in the future, go to the Terrans to find the white mage McCarthy Connell, and he will definitely be able to help you. But don't look for Pigu Brian, he's a dark mage, he's going to hurt you. Tawzula's old voice came from behind the wooden door, the courtier's last advice to the princess.