“S-sorry.”
Lin Yan wanted to get down in a panic, but the more panicked she was and the more she wanted to separate from Chen Chu, the slower her movements became. In the end, she pressed Chen Chu against the wall before she suddenly bounced up, putting some distance between them.
Lin Xi stood there with a red face, her palm still retaining the hard touch of the other person's chest, and she was too embarrassed to look up.
Chen Chu was also a little embarrassed. He didn't expect Lin Yan's reaction to be so big. A dignified S-level psychic was pressed against the wall by a little girl.
Just as the atmosphere between the two of them was getting weird, Aquaman came up the stairs with a prop in his hand. He started to show off as soon as he came in: "I'm telling you, the spirit on the third floor still wants to curse me, I...what are you doing?"
Aquaman keenly sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere.
"What happened to the spirit on the third floor?" Chen Chu asked quickly, selectively ignoring Aquaman's question.
The change of subject was so obvious, what shameful thing did they do
Aquaman's suspicious eyes wandered between the two, trying to find some clues, but one of them had his head down so his expression couldn't be seen, and the other looked normal. There was no clue to be found, so Aquaman could only give up.
Aquaman: "I said I found a curse-removing item on the third floor. What about you? What item did you find?"
Chen Chu shook his head: "I didn't take it."
The props below the seventh floor were of no use to Chen Chu, so he didn't even think about taking the props and only took three energy stones.
The Sea King sighed and said, "At least take one. Even if you don't need it yourself, it will be worth a lot of money if you sell it."
Chen Chu smiled but said nothing.
Aquaman: "Okay, I get it. You don't care about this little money."
Chen Chu looked down on this little money, but Lin Yan did. The call of money made Lin Yan get out of the embarrassment of wanting to hide in the ground. She widened her eyes and stared at the prop in the hand of the sea king. She found that it was a doll woven with straw: "Is this a prop to remove the curse? Why does it look more like a curse?"
Perhaps because she had heard too many folk ghost stories since childhood, Lin Xi had the impression that these human-shaped dolls made of straw or rags usually had negative effects.
The Sea King raised his hand and threw the doll to Lin Yan: "Look at the doll's face. If the doll's expression is smiling, then this doll can remove the curse. If the doll's face is crying or fierce, then this doll is a curse prop."
Lin Xi took the doll and carefully looked at the facial features painted with red paint. Although the maker's painting was too sloppy and casual, it was not difficult to infer from the slightly upturned corners of the mouth that this was a doll that was trying hard to smile.
Lin Yan: "Where are all these props? Why can't I see them?"
Aquaman: "It's in the room around the spirit. There are three rooms on each floor, and the prop is in one of the rooms."
Lin Xi suddenly realized that the props were in the room. No wonder she didn't see them. Her attention was all attracted by the spirit in the center of the hall.
Lin Yan: "Is this prop valuable if I take it out?"
Aquaman: "It depends on what item it is, but it shouldn't be a problem to sell it for tens of thousands of points."
Tens of thousands of points? Lin Yan's eyes lit up: "Are there a lot of props in this building?"
The overly obvious expression easily exposed Lin Yan's thoughts. Chen Chu glanced at her and took the initiative to explain: "The Soul Locking Tower is a very magical place. Every time a curse is cast here, a corresponding prop will be born to remove it. So there are a lot of props in the building, but each person can only take one prop out of here at a time. Therefore, most people want to find props that can remove the curse on themselves."
After listening to this, Lin Yan was a little disappointed: "It turns out that I can only take one prop."
Aquaman: "Why, from what you said, if the props here can be taken at will, can you just empty the Soul Locking Tower?"
Lin Yan blinked her big eyes and looked at him innocently. That expression and look was a silent acknowledgement.
Aquaman suddenly became interested and smiled: "Okay, then show me how you can empty it."
Lin Yan: "Okay, then I'll go get a prop too."
Since we are here, we can’t go back empty-handed. Lin Yan browsed the internal forum these days and found that props can also be exchanged for money in the internal forum. Assuming that a prop can be sold for 20,000 points, it would be about 1.7 to 80 million RMB, enough to buy a small apartment in Jin City.
The Sea King was amused by Lin Yan's tone of being an expert with nowhere to show off: "Don't do that. Although you can only take one prop, there is no limit on energy stones. If you can't move all the props, you can move all the energy stones."
Aquaman's words were somewhat provocative. Although the energy stones in the Soul Locking Tower could be taken away at will, if it were really that easy, he would not have only brought one item up. He could have taken a few more energy stones. The fact that he didn't take any meant that he was not sure about taking them.
Although Aquaman has the ability to avoid the curses on the first to third floors, it does not mean that he can enter and exit freely and stay in the building without restrictions. Even if he is already an A-level psychic, he can only avoid the curse for one minute at most. One minute is enough for him to get rid of the curse, but if it exceeds one minute, he will also be at risk of being cursed. Of course, he can also go in and out multiple times, taking only one energy stone each time, and then accumulating a small amount to move all the energy stones in the building, but who can guarantee that he will not be cursed during the frequent entry and exit? As the saying goes, if you often walk by the river, how can you not get your shoes wet
At least the Sea King would not risk being cursed for a piece of energy stone. In his eyes, Lin Yan at this moment was somewhat foolish, dying for money.
Lin Yan seemed to have not heard the sarcasm in the Sea King's words at all, and her attention was all on the last sentence: "Can you empty the energy stones?"
Aquaman: “…”
Chen Chu knows Lin Yan better than Hai Wang. Although Lin Yan is a little greedy, she cherishes life more and will not do anything she is not sure of. Her behavior proves that she is sure to move the energy stone safely. Considering that Lin Yan was not cursed twice in and out of the Soul Locking Tower, Lin Yan's Calabash Brothers prop may have the function of avoiding being cursed.
Thinking of this possibility, Chen Chu couldn't help but spread out his palm and look at the ink sticker on it, which was so ordinary that it couldn't be more ordinary.
He did not sense any powerful energy from the sticker. He even felt that he could easily tear and crush the sticker if he wanted to. If he had not seen the eldest and second child with his own eyes, he really would not be able to connect this sticker with Lin Xi's powerful supernatural powers.
Yes, Lin Yan relied on the old man sticker. Others dared not frequently enter and exit the Soul Locking Tower for fear of being cursed, but she was not afraid. Her Calabash Brothers had the ability to be immune to curses. At least the first to third levels of curses were proven to be completely immune. And she not only had the Calabash Brothers, she also had Sister Sadako.
Question: Who is the best professional stone picker? The divination system is King Sadako.
Yes, Sister Sadako is the queen of picking up energy stones in the subspace. With her flowing hair and octopus-like agility, no one can match her.
Sister Sadako, what are you doing
[Let’s go!] Sadako’s hair was curled up with excitement.
After getting Sadako's answer, Lin Xi no longer hesitated. Thinking of the joy of picking up money soon, she turned around excitedly and ran towards the stairs.
Neptune widened his eyes and was about to stop her when he saw Lin Xi, who had already walked to the stairs, suddenly turn around and walk back.
"I forgot something." Lin Yan walked to Chen Chu with a slightly red face and said to Chen Chu uncomfortably, "Can you return the sticker to me?"
Chen Chu spread out his palm, peeled off the sticker from his palm, and returned it to Lin Yan.
Lin Yan took the sticker and then, under the gaze of the two, stuck it on the wall behind Chen Chu.
This way, the scene just now would not happen again. Lin Xi breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and ran to the stairs again.
Hai Wang waited until Lin Yan disappeared before he looked at Chen Chu in amazement: "Really...really gone?"
Chen Chu: "Didn't you ask her to go?"
Aquaman: "I just said that?"
Chen Chu did not respond, but turned to look at the stickers on the wall, frowning slightly: This sticker seems like anyone can tear it off easily.
With the experience of being carried back by the eldest and second children, Lin An has a very good understanding of the skill process of the old man sticker. In simple terms, once the spirit in the building begins to curse her, the old man sticker determines that she is in danger, and the gourd baby will immediately run over to carry her back. The length of the whole time depends on the time when the curser's curse takes effect. But these are not the main points. The main point is that the time she can stay in the building is very short, so what she has to do during the whole process is to seize every opportunity to move things and take as much as she can before the gourd baby comes.
With this in mind, after Lin Yan entered the barrier, he didn't even glance at the spirit in the middle of the hall, let alone communicate with it with the ruler, and ran to the nearest room with all his heart. He didn't care what the spirit behind him was mumbling and cursing, Lin Yan didn't care, and focused on picking up the energy stone.
Each of them had a Sadako, and they didn't pick and choose. When they saw the energy stone, they pounced on it and started to dig it up.
At this time, at the exit at the corner of the stairs on the third and fourth floors, the familiar BGM sounded again.
"Calabash Brothers, Calabash Brothers, seven flowers on one vine, wind and rain, not afraid, la la la la la"
A yellow light flashed during the singing, and Sanwa showed up. He shouted in front of the two high-level psychics, "Grandpa, I'm here to save you." Then he ran towards the stairs like the wind.
Aquaman: "... Sanwa?"
Chen Chu: “Yeah.”
Aquaman: "What is his ability?"
Chen Chu: "Bone of steel?"
Childhood memories seem a bit distant, and Chen Chu is not very sure.
Aquaman: "Can a body of steel and iron block the curse?"
Chen Chu: "Erwa had just been there before you came."
Aquaman thought for a moment and said, "Is Erwa a clairvoyant?"
Chen Chu had a complicated expression: "Yeah."
If it can be blocked by clairvoyance, then a body of steel should be able to block it as well.
Downstairs, Lin Xi was desperately stuffing energy stones into her pocket when she suddenly heard a familiar line from behind.
Sanwa held his head high and stood between Lin Yan and the spirit. He clenched his fists and placed them at his waist. The special effects of steel and iron flashed on his body. After showing his skills, Sanwa pointed his arm, posed in a standard posture, and shouted the standard lines: "Fairy, let go of my grandfather."
When Lin Yan heard this, she knew that Calabash Brothers was coming to carry her, and she quickly pulled another energy stone into her arms. Her long hair also quickly rolled a few more energy stones into her hair. Then Lin Yan felt her body lighten, and she was carried back quickly, then climbed up, and returned to the exit in the blink of an eye.
Sanwa carried Lin Yan all the way to the wall and shouted happily, "Grandpa, we are home." Then he disappeared on the spot.
Chen Chu was quick-witted and reached out to help Lin Xi when she was about to fall to the ground, saving her from being thrown upside down by her unfilial grandson. But although she was supported, the energy stones on her body were not. After some operations, the energy stones "crashed" all over the ground, with all kinds of colors, more than a dozen pieces, not including the ones in Sadako's hair.
"Oh my god!" At this moment, there were no other words that could express Aquaman's shock. He didn't even bother to laugh at the silly Calabash Brothers.
What's wrong with sand sculpture? Who cares if it's sand sculpture or not when it's so useful!
This was not the end. Lin Yan took out a few bigger ones from her pocket and put them all in Chen Chu's hands: "I don't have any space props on me, senior, please keep them for me first, and I'll go get some more."
Lin Yan said, not caring about the expressions of the two people, and turned around and rushed down again. The energy stones have not been emptied yet, and the comrades still need to work hard.
After a moment, the familiar BGM sounded again.
"Calabash Brothers, Calabash Brothers, seven flowers on one vine, wind and rain, not afraid, la la la la la"
The fourth kid appeared in the green light and ran towards the stairs saying, "Grandpa, I'm here to save you."
This time, Aquaman did not ask the silly question whether the fire breath could burn away the curse. He stared at the stairs with a dull look. About half a minute later, Lin Yan was carried back again. Once again, energy stones fell to the ground, and she rushed downstairs again. This became a cycle. After four times in a row, Lin Yan finally emptied the energy stones on the third floor and extended her claws to the second floor.
"You said..." The Sea King picked up a huge wood energy stone from the ground and asked Chen Chu, "If I secretly take a few pieces, will Lin Yan find out?"
Chen Chu, who was putting energy stones into the space props one by one, glanced at him lightly.
Aquaman curled his lips and put the energy stone back.
When the Calabash Brothers' song sounded again, the Seventh Brother appeared out of nowhere and ran to the second floor. Aquaman had already become fond of the Calabash Brothers' appearances, so he did not look at the stairs, but this time he turned his attention to the ordinary sticker: "What do you think will happen if I tear off the sticker now?"
Aquaman also discovered the weakness of Lin Yan's tool. The tool's skills were extremely powerful, but it seemed to have no defense and could be easily destroyed.
Chen Chu: "Any prop will have weaknesses. It depends on how it is used."
Aquaman smiled and said, "That's right. With the two of us guarding here, no one can move this sticker."
So Lin Xi needs someone to help her protect the stickers for this prop.
After a while, when Chen Chu put the energy stone and a prop on the ground into the space prop, the familiar footsteps did not sound again.
Aquaman frowned: "It seems to be taking a little longer this time."
In the previous few times, whenever the Calabash Brothers appeared, Lin Yan would be carried back in half a minute at most. Although they were going to the second floor this time, it wouldn't take that long to climb one more flight of stairs.
Overturned
Just as the two were hesitating whether to do something, the familiar footsteps sounded again, and the purple Qiwawa ran back briskly, holding the treasure gourd in one hand.
When Chen Chu saw that only Qi Wa was there, he stood up and asked directly, not caring whether Qi Wa could understand or not, "Why are you alone? Lin Yan... where is your grandfather?"
Qi Wa ignored Chen Chu and ran past the two of them to the wall with the stickers. He raised his gourd towards the wall. Immediately, a person was vomited out and fell face down on the ground. Just as the person was about to stand up, the gourd started to vomit again. Hundreds of energy stones kept gushing out of the gourd and hit the person on the ground one by one, knocking him down again.
"Grandpa, we're going home." After completing the task, Qiwawa disappeared on the spot.
"Ha ha ha ha"
After watching it seven times in a row, Aquaman, who thought he was immune to it, was once again tickled to the point of laughing so hard that he could only pound the ground.
Chen Chu also turned his back, constantly shrugging his shoulders, and even relied on the wall to barely keep his body steady.
At this time, Lin Xi, who was buried by the energy stone, wished she could sleep here forever.
Qi Wa! I seriously doubt that you saved Grandpa in order to kill him yourself.
(End of this chapter)