Chapter 1: Bliss
"Missed?" Bai Ye whispered, "Your party never looks like it's going to end, how could I miss it." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”
"Why, the fire is extinguished, and the wine is dry. ”
"No," Bai Ye took out a small cloth bag from his pocket and threw it at the foot of the bed, "As long as there is this thing, you will only continue to party day and night." ”
Bliss couldn't help but chuckle.
"You've tasted it, White Night, no one can escape this infinite pleasure, as long as we have séance, we can get everything we want. ”
"That's the problem! You and your brother want everything and can never be satisfied, but I'm not like you......"
"Oh, tell me, how are you different from us?"
There seemed to be a thousand words in Bai Ye's chest, but he was just silent and didn't say a word.
Bliss snorted softly, then patted the sheets under him, bent down, and greeted in a soft, almost flattering tone, "Are you eating the vinegar of my brothers, little one, come and let me comfort you." ”
Bai Ye took a deep breath, he grabbed a handful of his hair, and tried his best to calm his breathing: "Don't use the way you control your brother against me, Bliss." ”
"Control? My brothers will obey me, only because they are connected to me by flesh and blood, because they love me. I didn't control any of them, I made demands, they fulfilled my desires, and that's it. ”
Bliss stared at the white night, his eyes so clear that he was deeply immersed in it.
She leaned forward and picked up the small cloth bag that Bai Ye had thrown at the end of the bed, and her long hair spread out, revealing the white spring light on her chest.
"So, will you satisfy me, White Night?"
Bai Ye looked away in a panic and lowered his head slightly: "I'm not your brother. ”
Bliss opened the rope that was wrapped around the bag, and then poured the silver powder from the bag into the palm of his hand: "So why are you standing here?"
"I'm here to pick up the goods, and now the gangsters are staring at us, and we have no way out. ”
"Now I don't need to go back if I have to move forward. ”
She placed the silver powder in her palm in front of her sleeping brother's nose, and the man's breathing became rapid, and his eyelids suddenly twitched.
"Don't be afraid that someone will hurt you, I will let the Heavenly Evil go with you, and he will protect you. ”
"He's so drunk right now, even if he smokes séance, at least he'll have to let him eat something. ”
Bai Ye frowned, he didn't believe in the brothers of Bliss, especially the Heavenly Evil, he was the eldest of the Bliss brothers and sisters, but he was a very silent person, compared to the noisy and free personality of the brothers, he seemed extremely gloomy and withdrawn, could he be the more rational one? Or did he hide his madness like an active volcano that could erupt at any moment?
Bai Ye had little contact with the Heavenly Evil, and he was completely unpredictable.
"Only a hungry wolf is a vicious wolf that will be fierce to its prey, and when it is full of food and drink, it is nothing more than a lazy dog. Bliss retreated, and the whole person fell into the shadows of the room: "Go, let all those self-righteous villains submit to me, White Night." ”
When Bai Ye came out of the stone house, it was almost noon, and the originally pale and weak sunlight emitted a strange warmth, burrowing into Bai Ye's collar, making his skin itch slightly.
He hurried through the alley, and the first snow spread a thin white blanket on the ground, and the creaking sound of stepping on it disturbed his mind.
Bliss wants to use the séance powder to control the entire gang in Raven Castle, as if the bosses who control the gangs are just a flock of soft lambs who will be slaughtered by her. Her mind had been eroded by the powder, making it impossible for her to see the danger before her.
Indeed, the bigwigs are now very addicted to séance powder, and they generously spill a lot of money, and even smile and agree to some unreasonable requests of Bliss just to buy a small bag of séance powder from her. But Bai Ye understands that this is because the bigwigs have not yet figured out where these séance powders come from and what the production process is.
In the past, White Night had never heard of a potion or alchemical concoction that produced such an intense and pleasant hallucinogenic effect, and was quickly addictive.
Among the legacies left by his deceased parents for Bai Ye is an alchemy research notebook buried under the burned courtyard of his house, which records a lot of alchemy knowledge. In Bai Ye's remaining memory, when he was playing a game with his parents, his father Bai Yuxi proposed that everyone wrap one of their most cherished items, put it in a sealed iron box, and bury it in the yard, and wait for Bai Ye to dig it out when he becomes an adult to see what everyone is buried.
More than a year after the Black Plague incident, Bai Ye, who had become a street child through and through, dared to return here. On a rainy night, he dug out the tin box with trembling hands. After opening it, I found that the mother had buried an amethyst necklace, and when I opened the teardrop-shaped pendant of the necklace, it was a photo of her and the baby in the white night.
What is hidden in the white night is a butterfly dream candy that he has been reluctant to eat, it is said that this candy contains a mysterious Sylvan elf magic grass spice, after eating it, you can have a sweet dream when you sleep, in the dream you will make your wishes come true, it can be said that it is a very rare and expensive dessert, which is obtained by his father when he was talking about business at a certain time, and in the residual impression, he can only remember that he was running, noisy and noisy around, and then suddenly he bumped into something. When he raised his head, he only saw a stunning white sleeve, the cuffs were inlaid with silver intricate flowers, and then a slender palm as white as jade stretched out from the sleeve, gently touched his head, and put the butterfly dream candy in his palm.
At this moment, everything suddenly fell silent, and only a distant voice like green smoke lingered in your ears: "When you lose everything, may this butterfly dream give you hope." ”
In the end, his father Bai Yuxi put in this heavy alchemy notebook, which records that he and his wife together integrated the alchemy that has been passed down from the far east world for thousands of years into the alchemy that is gradually flourishing today, and the two sides learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses, and through experimental and theoretical research, a new type of alchemy is gradually formed. This notebook records some of these thoughts. In addition, because it is a notebook, it also records a lot of what Bai Yuxi saw and heard when he traveled around the world when he was young, and especially introduced many novel alchemy and rare alchemy materials.
The young White Night was not interested in the theoretical part of it, and only read it as a diary, hoping to learn more about his father.
There is such a record in the notebook, which makes Bai Ye very impressed. It is said that some alchemists can create a chronic poisonous concoction called "black water", which is not immediately fatal when consumed, but if you stop taking this mixture, the blood will gradually coagulate, and you will die a painful death. If you want to avoid this tragic outcome, you can only continue to take black water continuously. Alchemists can enslave and drive others to serve themselves through this black hydration.
Therefore, séance powder and black water have similarities to some extent, except that one is manipulating desire and the other is manipulating pain.
For Bliss, of course, she can use séance powder to control these gang bosses to some extent, but the bigwigs are also watching and waiting, as long as Bliss continues to sell séance powder, she will have to replenish the supply sooner or later, and then the bigwigs will send all the villains to fight for the most important secret of the source of séance powder.
As he pondered, he had unconsciously walked to the market, the air filled with the smell of fishy and rotting fruit, and the tattered-clad and yellow-skinned hawkers hawked their wares, and in accents from the liquor fields, the county realms, and even North Tasville, selling yellowed vegetables and fruits that had been transported from the area.
The target that White Night wants to find should be here.
At this time, a fruit stand in front of the annex attracted the attention of Bai Ye. An exotic bald warrior dressed in half-chain mail with scorched wood skin was picking fruit in front of the stall, gesturing with his hands intently to the stall owner. At this moment, a thin and short creature passed him silently, brushed his fingertips on the samurai's pocket, and walked into the depths of the bazaar without looking back.
Bai Ye chuckled, but did not make a sound, and followed not far behind the thief, squeezing into the crowd.
The thief walked around the market with a calm demeanor, and somewhere he touched an apple, eating and strolling around. If it weren't for his tattered clothes, others would still think that he was an idle aristocratic child. Not far behind him, there was the confused and angry shouts of a black warrior.
At the end of the main street where the market is located, is the heavy, thick inner wall of the Crow Castle, with a stone staircase that climbs up the wall to lead to Midtown. The Crow Castle is built on the top of a hill, so it is a typical three-zone division, the highest part of the hill is the upper district, which is inhabited by the nobles and the wealthy, and the castle lord's fortress is also among them. The lower terrain is the middle area, which is the main place of trade and business in the Crows, and is also a place where the common people gather to live, enjoying basic security and sanitation conditions, while the lower area is the home of refugees and beggars, full of violence, hunger, and dirt.
Generally speaking, except for the upper area, which is guarded by guards and prohibited civilians from entering, the middle and lower areas are connected, and they are separated by a ring of protective walls built according to the topography.
The thief walked briskly up the stone steps and disappeared overhead in an instant. By the time Bai Ye climbed the city wall, there was no way to find him.
Just when Bai Ye was a little dazed for a while, he caught a glimpse of a half-eaten apple on the ground at the mouth of an alley.
Bai Ye's heart moved, and he walked into the alley, and there was indeed a series of footprints on the snow. When Bai Ye followed the footprints for dozens of meters, the footprints suddenly disappeared, but at this time, more than half of the alley had reached the exit, and there was nothing on either side except the gray brick walls. Bai Ye wondered in his heart, could it be that kid disappeared out of thin air?
At this moment, a hand suddenly reached out behind him and pressed Bai Ye's forehead, and a sharp blade pressed against his exposed throat.
"I thought it was an enemy who was following me, but it turned out to be you stupid guy, it's not interesting!"
Immediately, the hand and the blade were retracted, and Bai Ye looked back to see the short, thin thief looking at him with a look of disgust, his appearance was quite delicate, but his image was ruined by the messy chestnut hair like a chicken nest, and the narrow scar on his left eye.
The blade in his hand flipped between his fingers like a dancing elf, and then vanished.