Chapter 63: So Smooth It Makes Your Scalp Tingle
Under the bright moonlight, inside the iron cage near the altar, Yueshitu now had two choices.
A. Lose some money to avoid disaster.
B. Get beaten up, then lose some money to avoid disaster.
C. Die on the spot.
After some inner struggle, Yueshitu decided to choose B. This was her backbone, simply put: 'You haven't hit me yet, so why should I pay?'
"I won't!"
Yueshitu tilted her head and even snorted. She had figured it out—today's matter had nothing to do with grudges; it was all about Soul Coins.
As for the possibility that Su Xiao orchestrated all this, Yueshitu didn't think along those lines because she felt it was impossible. How long had it been since entering the Sand World? Even if he joined the Sun Church, he wouldn't have such authority to mobilize an elite squad like that.
Yueshitu only felt she was both unlucky and lucky. Unlucky because she had been targeted by the Sun Church, and she was panicking now. Being caught by a faith-based faction like this, all sorts of R-rated scenes flashed through her mind. She had once found resources to watch... ahem, critically review this type of anime. Now that she was captured by a faith-based faction herself, how could she not panic?
The iron cage door was opened, and Yueshitu was dragged out. The full moon hung high in the sky. A few minutes later, Yueshitu sat on the ground, sniffing bloody snot.
"Paying isn't out of the question, but I don't have that much. Even if you kill me, I won't have it. Wait, wait, wait. Look, if you really kill me, you might not even get a single Soul Coin. Getting caught this time is my bad luck. You're willing to save me for the Soul Coins. How about this: after this transaction, our grudges are settled once and for all."
Yueshitu's expression was sincere. Her principle was: as long as she wasn't being hunted endlessly, she never sought revenge. What if she died? She hadn't lived enough yet.
"If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten we were once enemies. Farewell then."
"18,000 Soul Coins!"
Yueshitu's voice was as low as possible.
"Deal."
"Huh? What about the past enmity?"
"Was there any? 18,000."
"You... you even changed how you address me. I'll take this gamble."
Yueshitu said this, but in reality, she had already prepared a certain life-saving item. She was willing to hand over 18,000 Soul Coins because that life-saving item was worth even more. With such an expensive life-saving item, one could imagine how hard it was to kill Yueshitu.
[Tip: You have received 18,000 Soul Coins.]
Another huge sum in hand, Su Xiao was in a good mood. Based on the current gains and potential future gains, this world was the most profitable one he had ever experienced.
If he could return to Reincarnation Paradise alive this time, Su Xiao had an idea to put into practice, concerning Gun Grandmaster. This technique-type ability seemed high-level, but it was still at the starting point, about to undergo a characteristic transformation.
If Gun Grandmaster developed further, it would become a technique related to energy control. If his guess was correct, a power he had been accumulating for a long time would transform into combat strength, and this power had very high potential.
If he could achieve the ideal effect, Su Xiao felt his gun proficiency growth would stop there, and Gun Grandmaster would become a technique-type ability completely different from before, with even opposite characteristics—strong in group battles.
Su Xiao took out a [Church Knight Helmet] from his storage space, placed it on Yueshitu's head, and signaled her to follow him.
Leaving the ring-shaped valley, Yueshitu, walking behind, looked around nervously. She was even more anxious now. If she couldn't leave the Sun Church, she would be at a huge loss.
Yueshitu accepted this transaction for a simple reason: she had heard from Molei that the latter had escaped by making a deal with Bai Ye of Reincarnation Paradise.
For some reason, Yueshitu felt it was really possible that Su Xiao had hired someone to kidnap her. But the time since entering this world was too short. Without a certain status, the cost to achieve this would be very high. Moreover, even if he hired people, they might not be able to find them.
Thinking of this, Yueshitu's heart clenched. She guessed a possibility: if Molei had been tracked, then sending people to kidnap them made sense, and the cost would be greatly reduced.
"The moon is really round tonight."
Yueshitu gave up thinking about this matter. She didn't want to die yet.
Su Xiao led Yueshitu into the Grand Cathedral. He didn't head for the main entrance but went to the logistics supply area.
Bang, the door was shut tight, and Baha behind them locked it.
"Do we really have to... do this? I pay the Soul Coins, and you take me away. Isn't that a win-win?"
Yueshitu lowered her head, her little fists clenched, very angry.
"Kaisa."
Su Xiao handed an alchemy potion formula to Kaisa. Kaisa received it like a treasure. His alchemy level wasn't good, but he was especially enthusiastic about this aspect.
"Of course, no problem."
Having received the reward, Kaisa snapped his fingers. Crack, he hurt his finger badly, grinning in pain. At this moment, Yueshitu, who was watching from the side, received a large number of Apocalypse Paradise notifications.
[Tip: This world's neutral unit, Nicholas Kaisa, has increased his favorability towards you by ??? points.]
[Current Kaisa Favorability: ???]
[Due to Kaisa's unilateral reasons, favorability has been reset to zero.]
[Tip: Detected that you are ignoring equipment requirements and temporarily wearing 'Church Knight Helmet.' Remaining wear time: 45 minutes. This equipment is a representative item of the Sun Church.]
[Because you are wearing the 'Church Knight Helmet,' and because your favorability with Kaisa has been reset to zero, you will temporarily join the Sun Church under low favorability conditions.]
[Judging...]
[Judgment complete. You have successfully joined the Sun Church (temporary). When the wear time of the 'Church Knight Helmet' expires, you will be forcibly expelled from the Sun Church.]
[With Kaisa as the 'intermediary,' you have received a faction authority transfer from Kukulin Bai Ye. After you are forcibly expelled from the Sun Church, this faction authority will revert to Kukulin Bai Ye.]
[You have temporarily obtained faction privilege: Cost Price Procurement (when exchanging items in the reputation list, reputation consumption is reduced by 25%).]
[You have temporarily obtained faction privilege: Profiteer (due to the recommendation of Profiteer Kaisa, you can ignore the item exchange reputation level prerequisites in the faction shop and exchange items).]
[Kaisa is the 'intermediary.' The interpretation rights for this faction authority transfer belong to Kaisa.]
[Tip: Kaisa has activated the faction shop function for you. Because Kaisa is the 'intermediary,' the number of items in the faction shop has been restricted by Kaisa.]
[Tip: Sun Church faction reputation has been activated. You can exchange items by consuming existing reputation points.]
[Current Reputation: 0/0 points (Indifferent).]
[You can consume reputation points to exchange for the following 1 type of item.]