Chapter VI Transactions and Cooperation
I've been studying at the War College for six years. To say that he has not wavered at all in the past six years, it is impossible to think about it.
In the first three years, Xiu could also comfort himself with the excuse that he had little experience in preparing for the exam, looking forward to being selected for the next year. But later, Xiu also fell off the list again and again, and felt a little lost.
Why can't I pass the exam? Obviously, he has memorized the key points of the exam, and he is already familiar with it?
Every time he came out of the examination room, Xiu was full of confidence, feeling that he would definitely be able to pass the exam this time, but the results of the release of the list hit his confidence again and again, why is this!
Xiu said with a wry smile: "Yes, it is indeed my biggest dream to be admitted to the war school. But look at the way I look now, I don't even have a body, and I can't touch the entity, how can I still hold the magic weapon? Not to mention, the way I look now scares people......"
"You don't have to worry about that. Now that I've decided to send you to the War College, none of these little things are a problem. I'll give you a body. ”
As he spoke, Wu Yao moved a vase with blue and white on a white background on the table, and the cabinet behind him suddenly began to move, revealing the shelves on the back floor, which were filled with all kinds of small bottles, and Xiu was stunned.
"It's part of my business, come and see!" As he spoke, Wu Yao took out an inconspicuous small bottle from the corner of the cabinet and said slowly, "This is filled with soul water, which was originally specially used to deal with the undead. You also know that the undead have no entity, so it is very difficult for humans to kill the dead in ordinary ways. Even most of a mage's spells are quite strenuous to deal with the undead. However, this soul water has the effect of temporarily materializing the undead, so as long as you smear this soul water on the blade, you can cause a materialization effect on the contact surface with the undead when the blade passes through the body of the undead, and then you can cause damage to the undead, which can be regarded as your nemesis. How about it, would you like to give it a try? ”
"Don't, don't, you've said so, a fool wants it! I want to hang out in this world for a few more days! Xiu muttered.
"What's there to be afraid of? Wouldn't it be better if you didn't touch other physical objects when you used it? And I'm a precious thing! Ordinary people can't get such good goods. Saying that, Wu Yao didn't care whether he wanted to cultivate or not, and the thunderbolt pulled it took the soul water and poured it on the top of Xiu's head.
Not to mention the results, Xiu soon noticed a change in his body. Through the reflection of the glass window, he found that his hair had turned black after becoming an undead, and his eyes that emitted a faint green light began to slowly change back to the color of his life!
Within a few minutes, Xiu found that his body gradually began to become opaque, and his appearance returned to the state he had before his death, which was really a very magical experience.
Xiu suddenly became ecstatic: although it had been less than twelve hours since he had become a spirit body, it was really wonderful to be able to regain the feeling of physical body!
But before Xiu could rejoice for a few seconds, he was stimulated by the hot pain coming from his hand. Xiu couldn't help but stroke his left hand, thinking to himself, how could there be a burn here?
Then Xiu recalled a scene that happened during the day today: when he first became an undead, this hand was exposed to the sun.
It seems that the undead do not have direct contact with sunlight.
"Still touching? If you touch it, you really don't have any hands. By the way, let me remind you first, because the undead have no physical body, they naturally do not have the ability to repair their wounds. As long as the undead are injured, then the state of the damage is permanent, and so far no way to repair it has been found. This is true both when you are in spirit state and when you are in physical state. So after you enter the War College, you must also be careful, you must protect yourself, and you must not be injured, even if it is a small one, you will lose too much blood and die. Wu Yao reminded with a serious face.
"What?! Why is it so troublesome to be an undead? That's too weak, isn't it? Xiu smiled bitterly.
Wu Yao put down the teacup in his hand and said with a teasing smile: "The undead are not weak. There is no direct correlation between the undead's abilities and the strength of the individual in life, but rather depends on the amount of resentment at the time of death. To put it simply, the more miserable the undead who die, the more powerful they are. And since a person's resentment has reached the point where it can make the soul unable to be reborn, it means that the resentment is not small. That's why it is said that the undead race is the strongest among all races. It's just that because the number of undead is scarce, they don't appear in the main continent very often, and it is a transitional state of the soul, so there is still debate about whether it can be regarded as a race. This makes human beings not have a very intuitive impression of the undead. ”
"So you mean, I'm much better now than I was when I was alive? But why don't I feel it? Xiu looked his body up and down with a skeptical expression.
"The abilities of the undead can only be exerted in the state of the spirit body. Now that you have the effect of a physical body, the special abilities possessed by the undead naturally cannot be reflected in their current state. Your current strength is also closer to that of a human being. However, the mana in your body should have changed, and now it should be the power of the undead, and you must be able to feel the difference soon......"
As he spoke, Wu Yao found a strangely shaped pendant out of nowhere and hung it around Xiu's neck.
"What's this for?" Xiu asked.
"The effect of the soul water can only last for a few dozen hours at most, and when it is over, you will turn back into a spirit again. And this pendant has a special charm in it. As long as you hang it, you can always maintain the human state. In that case, you should be able to stay in the War College easily, right? ”
Xiu touched the pendant around his neck, revealing a thoughtful expression. Then, suddenly, he asked meaningfully, "You...... Who the hell is it? ”
"Didn't I tell you? I'm just like you, just an ordinary businessman. ”
Xiu smiled, noncommittal to Wu Yao's answer.
At the beginning, Xiu really felt that Wu Yao was just a street crook like the rest of them, but he was just a richer one. But when Xiu came to Wuyao's side, it was obvious that his thoughts had changed.
Not to mention that Wu Yao knows a lot of things that even a mage doesn't necessarily know, just the things that Wu Yao is taking out now, the soul water, and the pendant, are obviously not cheated money, but rare items with real magical power, which are not something that ordinary people can get casually!
Thinking about it this way, the origin of Wuyao is indeed a bit mysterious. Or maybe he was a true prophet?
"And what do you need me to do for you?" Xiu asked, he didn't believe that Wu Yao would be so kind to help him for no reason. In the final analysis, Xiu still can't believe Wuyao.
Probably to dispel Xiu's doubts, Wu Yao smiled: "You don't have to do anything for the time being. All you need to do is get down in the War College, I need a trustworthy eyeliner. And you, helpless, weak, and unable to turn to others, so I can trust your loyalty. And although you have failed many times in the entrance exam of the war school, you still have a bit of a mage foundation, which is better than Bai Ding. I will not interfere with your campus life, but correspondingly, I also hope that you can show some sincerity so that we can have a win-win cooperation. ”