"It hurts, it hurts, am I going to die?"

In the monotonous white hall, a boy who looked to be five or six years old, with a ghostly mask on the left side of his face, muttered in his heart.

At this moment, he was bare, and his thin right arm was inserted with a large-caliber needle, and near the needle was a dense number of pinholes, countless old wounds and new wounds, and the jet-black scar was in stark contrast to the pale little hand.

The bright red blood of "Dida" was drawn down the needle and handed into a glass cup at the end.

"Teacher, this time the blood sample is more perfect than the previous one, and the concentration of blood power contained in it has reached five .three percent, and it basically does not need to be purified to be directly used as the raw material for the new potion!"

Wearing a blue mask and a lab hat that covered his hair, the man standing next to the little boy looked at the boy with a burning gaze, not like a human of his own race, but more like some kind of peerless treasure.

"Very good, with this batch of blood samples, we can make at least three months ahead of the progress of the new 'Dead Word' potion. A woman in her thirties wearing a mage's robe said lightly, the experimental table in front of her was filled with dense potion test tubes, and she was writing some complex and indescribable data and symbols on her desk.

"By the way, be careful, don't kill the 'blood pig', I still have some problems that he needs to solve later. As if remembering something, the mage woman raised her head slightly and said in a casual tone.

"Okay, Teacher!" replied the masked man respectfully, grabbing the boy by the hair, rudely raising his head, and then jerking the boy's mouth open and pouring some strange green liquid into it.

"Ahem~" Under the inconsiderate movements of the man in the mask, the boy's originally shaky mind instantly sobered up, and the severe pain entered his brain without weakening at all, making his thin body tremble in pain.

"Hold on, Ye Mo, this pain is nothing, as long as you survive this time, you will have enough source stones to buy what you want!" the boy cheered himself up, thinking of his dream that was about to come true, his face was distorted and deformed in pain, and he actually endured the torture that even adult men could not bear.

"That's enough, that's the end of this blood drawing ceremony. I don't know how long it took, but the mage woman's emotionless voice sounded.

Hearing this voice, the man in the mask immediately pulled out the needle inserted in Xiao Yemo's body.

"Whew-" Xiao Yemo let out a long breath and slumped on the seat like a mollusk, not wanting to move.

The sound of crisp footsteps coming from the high-heeled shoes landing on the smooth floor made the mage woman slowly come to Ye Mo's side, holding several circular projection crystals in her hands.

Squatting in front of Ye Ye Mo, the mage woman opened one of the projection crystals and clearly presented the recorded images in it in front of Xiao Ye Mo's eyes.

"Little brother Ye Mo, help my sister see, what's wrong with this magic pattern?"

The mage woman looked like she was in her thirties, her face was expressionless, but there was an obvious sense of relatability in the words she spoke.

"Here we go again!" Xiao Yemo flashed through this thought in his heart, he knew that he had to be ready to correctly crack the secret of the magic pattern in front of him, otherwise, what was waiting for him would be death!

Fortunately, Xiao Yemo seems to have an innate talent for this kind of theoretical thing, and the spell woman also gave him enough professional training after inadvertently discovering this, coupled with the high pressure that if he makes a mistake, he may be abandoned, Xiao Yemo's knowledge of magic patterns is already quite deep.

"This node, this node, and the order of arrangement here, and the conflict between the circles here......"

Xiao Yemo pointed out the mistakes he found one by one, and used his little hand to change the projection and replace it with the correct magic pattern.

"So that's the case, that's right, there's a problem here......" Looking at the problematic place that Xiao Yemo drew out, the woman fell into enlightenment, and her thoughts became clearer and clearer.

But at the same time, the woman occasionally stared at Xiao Yemo with a complex and incomprehensible look, mixed with jealousy, murderous intent and contradictions, which made people shudder.

However, Xiao Yemo didn't seem to notice this, and after getting one crystal, he replaced it with the next one, and it was only an hour after the magic pattern problem of the last crystal was solved.

"Sister, I'm done, can you give me the source stone?" Xiao Yemo stared at the mage woman, her dark eyes full of hope and trust.

It's just that the woman didn't move, staring at Xiao Yemo with a pair of dead fish eyes, as if she was hesitating something.

Xiao Yemo didn't seem to notice anything, and there was only sincerity and trust in his eyes, which made people feel that he was a younger brother who was looking forward to his sister's reward after making achievements.

In the end, I don't know if it was a certain emotion in Xiao Yemo's eyes that touched the mage woman, and she finally spoke: "Give him the source stone of Ye Mo's little brother." ”

"Thank you, sister, po~" Xiao Yemo took the source stone, suddenly stood up on the chair, hugged the woman's face and kissed it.

And this unexpected "attack" obviously didn't even the woman herself, and after that, even she didn't notice it, a certain insistence in her eyes suddenly softened.

......

"Medi's Grocery Store". This is the name of this small store in front of you.

The grocery store seems to have gone through a long period of time, and it looks broken and small, and even the floor has some degree of cracks.

"Uncle Maddie, Uncle Maddie, have good news for you!"

The joyful voice of the child sounded in front of the deserted grocery store, and almost instantly reached the ears of the middle-aged man who was napping inside.

When he opened his eyes, he habitually looked down, and sure enough, a small figure who had just reached his thigh was already standing in front of the counter: "Yo, our little night is here again, welcome, welcome." ”

"Uncle Maddie, I have another piece of good news to share with you. Xiao Ye stood on tiptoe, still unable to put his mouth in front of the middle-aged man's ear, but this did not affect his mood, he looked left and right at the mysterious secret road, "Uncle Maddie, you have a big business coming to the door next, I finally have enough money to buy 'that'!"

"Big business?" Uncle Maddie was stunned for a moment, and then showed a kind smile, "Xiao Yemo wants to buy the knight's biography again?" Uncle just happened to have a new batch of goods here, this "The Life of the Legend of the Fallen Grand Duke - The Birth of the Nine Highway Sifa Family" should be very much in line with your taste, well, it will be sold to you at cost price. ”

"No~" Xiao Yemo dragged on for a long time, his little face was slightly red, slightly shy, and he looked extremely cute. Even if he is still young, Xiao Yemo knows that reading the biography of a knight is not a very decent thing, and at this age, he should read books like "The Origin of Source Force" and "Abyss Chronicle".

"Isn't it?" Uncle Maddie scratched his head, a loving smile on his face, "Well, I guess...... If Uncle remembers correctly, today happens to be Xiao Yemo's eighth birthday, so I've already prepared it for you, and this 'Hagen cake' will be sold to you at half price, as long as 50 yuan stones. ”

Xiao Yemo's eyes lit up the moment he saw the cake, and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, but then looked away from it with difficulty: "No, Uncle Maddie, I'm here to buy the 'Tranquility Elixir' this time." ”

"Tranquility Elixir?" Uncle Maddie's expression sank, "Where did you get so much money? Did you go to be the target of those noble young masters again?

"No, no!" Xiao Yemo hurriedly waved his hand, for fear that the uncle in front of him would misunderstand, "No, I earned all this money through my own efforts, Uncle Maddie don't ask, can you sell me the 'Tranquility Elixir'?"

"Okay, uncle believes in you......" When Ye Mo waved his hand, the cuffs were staggered, and a small hand full of dense pinholes was accidentally exposed, Maddie could just see it, and a heavy sadness surged into the middle-aged uncle's heart, and he unconsciously choked up in his words, "If your mother knew that you cared about her so much, she would definitely be proud of you, this is a 'calming elixir', I hope to cure your mother's illness." ”

"Well, it will be, Lord Priest has said that calming elixirs are most effective for mother's illness. Xiao Yemo took the potion handed over by Maddie, "Hey, no, Uncle Maddie, doesn't the Tranquility Elixir cost three hundred source stones, how did it become two hundred and fifty?"

Maddie touched Xiao Yemo's head: "This bottle of potion has been left here for too long and is about to expire, so I will sell it to you at a discount, and there are still fifty source stones left, just to take this Hagen cake away." ”

"Hmm!" Xiao Yemo nodded, his eyes were shining, he didn't expect that he could buy a piece of cake after buying the potion.

"Uncle Maddie goodbye~" Ye Mo waved his hand and walked away with two things.

Uncle Maddie, I know what you mean, thank you......