In the Soke district of Lunsu City, where the poor gather, the old houses exude the smell of decay, and the mottled stone roads do not have a sense of vicissitudes, but toilets and domestic garbage are piled up everywhere.

The church's carriage came to the slums, which was a rare sight, attracting some ignorant children to chase after them, and they were soon pulled aside by the adults to admonish them.

Through the carriage window, Ye Chen could also smell the pungent stench, in Joyce's previous memory, this place was far more terrifying than those aristocratic ladies imagined.

Joyce dreamed of getting out of this damn ghetto and living a relatively decent life.

"Old Rupert, my clothes?"

When Elena got out of the car to buy food, Ye Chen glanced at the clothing store on the street.

Although Ye Chen was dressed in cloth clothes and rubber shoes at this time, he looked nondescript, but he wanted to enter the clothing store more and take a picture of his appearance and posture with the help of the full-length mirror there.

There were mirrors in the houses of Toton Manor before, but with the law enforcers following, he didn't dare to do anything superfluous.

"It's already burning. ”

Old Rupert closed his eyes and replied with a very simple answer.

"That's one of the few clothes I have, and leather shoes, old Rupert, have you ever considered buying me another dress?" Ye Chen pretended to be heartbroken, and made a request to the old man with deep wrinkles on his forehead and at the corners of his eyes.

Without getting a response from old Rupert, Ye Chen took advantage of the carriage to stop, opened the door and walked down.

Entering the clothing store, the owner is a slightly chubby and ordinary-looking woman.

"Do you want to buy clothes?"

When the female shopkeeper saw Ye Chen, who was dressed in an old cloth dress and wearing rubber shoes, she didn't have much expectation, and greeted lukewarmly.

"I want to look at the pants first. ”

Ye Chen walked to the full-length mirror by himself, tidied up his clothes and pants slightly, and looked at the figure in the mirror, which seemed to be quite exquisite.

The young man in the mirror has black hair and brown eyes, his eyebrows are slightly raised, his face is not handsome, and his slightly slender body is about 1.8 meters and is not strong.

"The quality of this body is not good, and it can't catch up with me before. Ye Chen silently estimated in his heart.

"Jingle bell!"

The doorbell of the clothing store rang again, and a young man and woman entered, and the female shopkeeper stepped forward to greet him.

Ye Chen first looked at the clothes and pants in the store, then looked at the carriage outside through the window, and left the clothing store while the female shopkeeper was greeting new customers.

Ye Chen got into the carriage again, and saw that old Rupert still had his eyes closed, he was not sure whether the old man closed his eyes and recuperated, or was disappointed and unwilling to pay attention.

After all, it was from late at night to noon the next day, and even Ye Chen, who had slept a little, was still a little tired.

"Old Rupert, what I want to say is, if you leave, what will Elena and I do?" Ye Chen coughed lightly, not having much awareness of doing something wrong.

"Elena is fine at the Goddess of Life Church, you can work now. The old man said lightly.

Feeling Old Rupert's attitude, Ye Chen wondered if he would anger him if he continued.

"It seems that I can't count on anything, this is what it means to be self-reliant, and I have to hurry up and find a job. Ye Chen vaguely thought about what to do next.

In a short time, Elena came back from the bazaar buying brown bread, river fish, and sweet potatoes.

"It's a little different. ”

For the people here calling potatoes sweet potatoes, Ye Chen secretly wrote them down.

Some of the alleys in the ghetto were very narrow, and the carriage of the Church of the Goddess of Life did not reach the door of the old Rupert's house.

After getting out of the car on a fairly spacious section, old Rupert thanked the coachman, and the three of them walked for a while, turned into a narrow alley at Miners' Street, and came to one of the small wooden bungalows.

The smell of the stinky ditch not far away was disgusting, and in this narrow alley, the midday sun seemed to be timid.

Watching Old Rupert open the lock on the dilapidated wooden door, Ye Chen tried his best to make his expression calmer, as if he was familiar with the environment in which he had been living all along.

Through Joyce's memory, Ye Chen learned that in Lunsu City, the life of the poor is very difficult, work is extremely important, and if you can't work, you won't get paid to survive.

At least Joyce still had a place to live, and it was late autumn, and the poor people who had lost their jobs and had been evicted by their landlords could only huddle together on the corners of the streets, hoping for the faint temperature to resist the cold weather.

The small wooden bungalow has no obvious room partition, but a few large rags are placed on a lanyard as a partition.

Elena, who was delicate and cold, went to the kitchen to make up for food, and old Rupert seemed to be lying on a small bed to make up for sleep.

Listening to the creaking sound of Old Rupert's cot, Ye Chen even wondered if the cot would be crushed by his strong figure at any time.

Most of the time, Rupert Sr. did not spend the night at home, and in the evening, he would go back to the water tower outside the cemetery.

Elena had previously lived at Thornhorn Lady College, but later came to the church as an apprentice servant, where she could live in the church.

The rag partition where Joyce was also had a small bed and a small log table for studying.

Despite the rumbling stomach and the feeling of hunger, Elena cooked, Ye Chen did not help, but leaned against the wooden wall in the bed and was stunned.

Turning his left palm in a vague way, Ye Chen saw a black texture the size of a coin that looked like a birthmark emerging.

In the past, Joyce's left palm did not have this kind of mark, others may not know if they didn't see it, but Ye Chen vaguely recognized what this black mark was.

The black imprint is the texture of the lid of the furnace, with subtle holes in the coiling dragon.

When Ye Chen went up the mountain to collect medicine, he dug out a very small Ding Furnace ornament, the top cover was difficult to open, although he thought that it might be a small antique, but he didn't take it too seriously, and wore it on the key chain and carried it with him.

Just like someone will wear a Pixiu for fortune, Ye Chen, as a medicine picker, feels that the Ding Furnace ornaments are quite suitable for him.

"How did I come to this world after I fell off a cliff and rolled over the mountain, I fell too hard at that time, and I was completely unconscious, according to Joyce's memory, it doesn't seem to be related to the alien world connected to this world, is it because of the seal of the Ding Furnace in the palm of my palm?" Ye Chen did not constantly observe the left palm, so as not to be noticed by old Rupert.

Ye Chen, whose mood gradually calmed down, couldn't help but start thinking about the details of some things.

"The bloodshot from the compass eyes of the psychic ritual seems to have been absorbed by my left palm. Regarding the marks on his palms and the details of escaping, Ye Chen not only didn't dare to tell anyone, but also thought about how to hide the strangeness.

In the carriage, old Rupert mentioned that he wanted to enter the Radiance Gate of the Quinham Mountains, and Ye Chen actually wanted him to leave, because he felt that this old man was not simple.

If he gets along with old Rupert day and night, Ye Chen is worried that his secret will be discovered by the old man sooner or later.

"If I want to survive in this world, the name Ye Chen can only be hidden in my heart, from now on, I am Joyce Rupert, and I must be him. Ye Chen also closed his eyes, trying to experience his new self, and referred to himself as Joyce Rupert.

After a long time, let the fumes in the room surge, the black-haired young man leaning on the bed did not move, and his whole person brought people a much calmer feeling, making people unclear whether it was the growth brought about by the accident.

"Joyce, it's time to eat. ”

Elena, who had prepared the food, brought Joyce's share to his small table.

"Thank you. ”

Joyce politely thanked Elena, slightly surprised, but quickly ignored him.

Fish cutlets, mashed potatoes, this is already good for a hungry Joyce.

At this time, Joyce, who accepted his identity, couldn't help but sigh secretly that a small residence also had the advantage of a small residence, but he did not face old Rupert for dinner at the moment.

"This small wooden house has no washroom, and it still uses a toilet, which is not only inconvenient, but it is easy to catch fire when cooking, which is a bit dangerous!" Joyce lamented the experience of living here with Elena as a child.

Old Rupert worked as a corpse collector to earn money to support the family, and Elena, as the sister who came with the orphanage, used to be difficult to do housework and cooking, and it was not easy to study.

Joyce did not rush to eat, but opened the drawer of the small table and counted the money that was left inside, one silver and seven copper buren.

The currency of the Rosen Empire was mainly Jinluo, Yinao, and Tongburen.

Banks are also issuing banknotes, the face value is the same as coins, there are hardware and ten gold Luo large amounts, because the banknotes are easy to carry, and there are large banks as a guarantee, it has been popularized early.

One silver is equivalent to twenty bronze buren, and Joyce's remaining money should be enough to fill his stomach for the next week.

Although he said that he asked for this and that request for old Rupert, Joyce at this time was no longer the original, he was thinking more about how to survive in this world on his own.

"I'll go out tomorrow to find a job, it's best to find a job in the museum, if you can't do it, you have to choose the archaeological team, the dangers and opportunities of field archaeology coexist, it's not quite suitable for me now, how can the marks that gradually emerge on my hands be covered up, if someone finds something abnormal, I'm afraid that my life will be explained at any time." Joyce thought silently as she glanced at her pants hanging on the wall.

"Huh?"

Just as Elena was also coming to eat, Joyce had a feeling that the black mark on her left palm was slowly fading silently.

Joyce, who picked up the spoon, inadvertently glanced at the imprint on his palm and gradually disappeared, this discovery made him can't help but make waves in his heart.

"Did you just think about it?"

Joyce was secretly excited, and the change in the imprint disappeared, and he felt that it was not just a simple solution to his worries, and perhaps there was something else to this change.

"Elena, how is life in the church, are you still used to it?" Joyce, not wanting to be spotted with her mental turmoil, asked the blonde girl.

"The life of the church is good. ”

Elena prayed before the meal and calmly responded to Joyce.

"It's so high-end, isn't it to take pictures before dinner?"

The imprint of the lid of the furnace disappeared, which made Joyce feel a lot more relaxed, and silently teased in his heart.