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Chapter 387: Chapter 254: Floey’s Promotion Ceremony (Vote for monthly tickets!)
 

Chen Lun rested for a night in Snow Crystal City.

Early the next morning, after having breakfast, he bid farewell to Rosa.

Then he prepared to take Noah with him, setting out once again to return to Amber City.

Upon departure, Rosa modified the Silver Dragon Trade Association’s high-level token, the Silver Halo Coin, adding a function that allowed for direct contact with her.

The Silver Halo Coin could now emit two frequencies of invisible ripples, selectively summoning the “Deceiving Doll,” a spiritual realm messenger of the Silver Dragon Trade Association, as well as Rosa’s exclusive messenger.

Just as Chen Lun and Noah were about to enter the spirit world.

Rosa’s voice came from behind:

“Mr. Jack, if you change your mind, I am still willing to marry you… anytime is fine.”

Chen Lun turned around and saw Rosa puffing on her smoking pipe, her cherry red lips slightly parted, flashing an enchanting smile.

He was slightly taken aback.

Soon after, he heard Rosa’s laughter.

He knew he was being teased by her.

“I must say, the witch’s proposal is very tempting, as Miss Rosa is indeed very beautiful… especially when she smiles, she’s exceptionally dazzling.”

Chen Lun adjusted his hat, smiled politely, and stepped into the spirit world.

“Miss Rosa, farewell.”

This time, it was Rosa’s turn to be stunned on the spot.

She watched as Jack and Noah’s figures disappeared, and finally pursed her lips.

“Men…”

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After returning to Amber City.

Chen Lun and Noah first went back to Jack’s Manor.

Seeing him return with a cute little boy, Connie and Golov were very surprised, until Floey mentioned Noah’s name by her side, only then did they suddenly realize.

What followed was a barrage of excited and curious questions.

Surrounded by them, Noah was sweating profusely and had no choice but to use his tender voice to shyly answer the questions of his companions.

To his relief, Maggie, that crazy woman, was not currently at the manor, otherwise the situation would probably have been worse.

Chen Lun sat on the sofa to the side, smiling as he watched this scene.

“They’re like a family, aren’t they?” he asked Floey beside him.

The latter handed him a cup of hand-brewed tea and then hummed in agreement.

Suddenly, Floey’s nose twitched twice, and her ethereal voice inquired:

“The scent of your perfume smells very nice.”

“Perfume?”

Chen Lun turned to look at her with a puzzled expression.

“I didn’t wear any perfume…”

Mid-sentence, he seemed to realize something, coughed, and explained:

“I happened to meet Miss Rosa when I went to Snow Crystal City this time to relieve the Silver Dragon Trade Association of some trouble, we just chatted for a bit.”

Floey responded with an “oh” and then silently sat on the sofa, lost in thought.

Chen Lun put down the tea cup, then shifted the topic.

He began to inquire about the promotion ceremony with Floey.

“Noah just completed his promotion in Snow Crystal City, and Maggie is also diligently studying with Mr. Akebin, but you are the most important in the team, Floey,” Chen Lun said softly.

“Is there anything I can help you with for the Soul Consoler’s promotion ceremony?”

“It’s difficult…” Floey gently shook her head.

“According to the supernatural knowledge it told me, a Mid Sequence promotion ceremony requires the ritual site to be set up in advance, then using the power of the Executioner to sever ten souls…

Moreover, this process must be done quickly, within the time it takes for a candle to burn out.”

She seemed a bit down.

Part of the reason was that Noah had been promoted to the Mid Sequence before her, and Maggie was also making steady progress.

Only she was still treading water.

Floey did not want to be a drag on the team, or more precisely, she didn’t want to fall behind Chen Lun.

If she wanted to keep pace with this man, she certainly couldn’t lag too far behind.

“Although there are some other methods for the ceremony, they are even more cumbersome and complex. In contrast, this ritual is the simplest and most efficient…”

Floey turned her “gaze” towards Chen Lun.

“But where can I find more than ten spirits?”

Chen Lun frowned slightly.

The subtext of Floey’s words excluded the option of killing living beings; she could only complete the Soul Consoler’s promotion ceremony by harnessing certain sequence powers to crush spirits.

“Would undead foreigners be suitable as the material for the ritual?” Chen Lun thought of the players.

If Floey could be promoted by killing players ten times, he would just need to post a quest at the lakeside cabin, and it would be easy to attract ten players willing to “generously meet their demise.”

Unexpectedly, Floey still shook her head.

“No… their souls are very strange, I can’t sever them completely, which doesn’t meet the ceremony requirements.”

“In that case…”

Chen Lun pondered.

Several seconds later, his eyes suddenly brightened as if he had an idea.

“Floey, I’ve thought of a way.”

“Hmm?”

Floey sounded puzzled.

“I know of a place where there are many spirits, even more than a hundred.”

Chen Lun said.

He was referring to the underground mines beneath the gloomy plains of the Immortal Realm.

There, countless spirits of the tragically dead no-moon citizens were scattered, and perhaps those creatures could meet Floey’s promotion needs.

Chen Lun roughly described the characteristics of those lost souls, and after listening, Floey nodded slightly.

Her ethereal voice carried a hint of joy:

“It’ll work, these lost souls meet the ceremony requirements.”

Chen Lun breathed a sigh of relief and said:

“In that case, start preparing the necessary props and materials for the ceremony. If you need anything, tell Connie to purchase it… if there’s something she can’t buy, I’ll acquire it through the Silver Dragon Trade Association.”

He chuckled and continued.

“Everything is ready, I’ll take you there.”

“Hmm.”

Floey nodded.

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The next day.

Floey found Chen Lun and told him that most of the materials were ready, except for two supernatural ingredients that were still missing, namely “Spirit Silver” and “Sunset Chrysanthemum Dew.”

The former is a common Mystical Studies ore, similar to silver yet more malleable and tough.

The price of Spirit Silver is not cheap, often requiring eighty Silver Ducats to one Gold Pound for just one gram.

Sunset Chrysanthemum Dew, on the other hand, is the dew from a supernatural plant, a rare material that only large trade associations like the Silver Dragon Trade Association would specially preserve.

Chen Lun notified Floey that he would purchase these two items as soon as possible and that she should wait in peace.

Floey smiled and nodded, then turned and left.

Afterward, Chen Lun immediately summoned a Spiritual Realm Messenger with Silver Halo Coin.

He then sent the trickster doll to relay the purchase message to the trade association, asking them to prepare these two materials quickly and then deliver them to Jack’s manor.

Another two days passed by.

The Spiritual Realm Messenger from the Silver Dragon Trade Association brought back the supernatural ingredients.

Perhaps it was because Chen Lun’s heroic act in Snow Crystal City had become known to the other high-level members of the trade association, and Rosa had declared at the time that Jack was her best friend, seeing the circus as a top-tier partner—all this information had spread throughout the trade association.

As a result, the third batch of supernatural ingredients Chen Lun had commissioned was also delivered by the messenger along with the others.

However, this batch of supernatural ingredients was missing one crucial item.

“Hmm…? Why is there only Spirit Silver? Where’s the Sunset Chrysanthemum Dew?”

Chen Lun stored the third batch of supernatural ingredients into the Blood Poem Ring, then holding a fist-sized piece of Mottled Silver Ore, he asked a chicken the size of an ostrich.

Cluck, cluck, cluck…

The big rooster crowed softly, looking somewhat aggrieved.

Chen Lun understood the meaning of the trickster doll through his beast speech ability that went beyond Max Level.

“The stock of Sunset Chrysanthemum Dew was recently bought out?”

He was somewhat surprised.

With no other choice, Chen Lun once again took out the Silver Halo Coin, summoning Rosa’s dedicated Messenger.

Ding!

The concentric circles in the middle of the silver coin rotated at a very slow frequency.

A distinct sound wave transmitted into the Spirit World.

Soon, a fully armed Silver Dragon Knight appeared in front of Chen Lun.

Atop its helmet was a dragon decoration, and on the cape behind it was the emblem of the Silver Dragon Family—an interlaced pattern of dragon wings.

Chen Lun discovered through Peek Life that this supernatural creature was called a “Silver Dragon Knight,” a kind of “Guardian” unique to the Silver Dragon Family.

Their strength was potent, comparable to Mr. Jar.

Using it as Rosa’s exclusive messenger seemed like an overkill.

The Silver Dragon Knight clanked to its knees, hands held high in supplication.

Chen Lun was taken aback at first but then handed the hastily written letter to it.

The contents of the letter indicated that he had successfully returned to Amber City with Noah, and through Noah’s mouth, he sent some greetings.

The request for help came only at the very end.

He hoped Rosa could find a way to procure “Sunset Chrysanthemum Dew” quickly or provide some clues about this supernatural material.

The Silver Dragon Knight stood up with the letter in hand, banged its chest twice with its fist, and then turned to leave.

Not a moment of dragging its feet, not even a tip was required.

A model among Spiritual Realm Messengers!

Chen Lun let out a sigh.

He then glanced at the big rooster trembling beside him, and for some reason, he felt it even more despicable.

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Rosa’s reply came quickly.

That very night, it was delivered.

Chen Lun was brewing in the basement when the Silver Dragon Knight arrived.

Chen Lun took the letter and immediately opened it to read.

Rosa straightforwardly exposed Chen Lun’s “hypocrisy” in the letter, saying with a teasing tone that if he needed her help, he could just ask directly instead of hiding behind Noah.

Then she mentioned that Sunset Chrysanthemum Dew, being a supernatural material, can only be stored for a limited time and there are not many buyers, resulting in the trade association having a scarce inventory.

She accessed the trade association’s orders and found that a wealthy noble from Yellow Iron City had bought all the Sunset Chrysanthemum Dew available at the Silver Dragon Trade Association recently.

If Chen Lun wanted to obtain this material in a short time, there was a simple way.

The “Secret Venue” of the Silver Dragon Trade Association would be held the day after tomorrow in the nearby Yellow Iron City, and as the organizers, they were well aware that a seller would be offering this material there.

This was a kind of “high-level membership” sale meeting, generally only open to the trade association’s high-level customers, most of whom were nobles of the Empire, while a small number were Transcendents hiding among the common folk.

Chen Lun would just need to possess a high-level Token to gain entry to the venue.

Last, Rosa also included the specific address.

‘A Secret Venue? It must be something like a small auction…’ Chen Lun sighed to himself.

Things were not going smoothly, but at least there were clear leads now.

‘I must help Floey advance to Mid Sequence before Maggie returns.’

He resolved.

After storing the letter, Chen Lun looked up to find that the Silver Dragon Knight had not left.

It stared blankly at the freshly brewed wine on the table, seemingly quite interested.

“Want to try some?”

Chen Lun chuckled and poured a small cup, handing it over.

The Silver Dragon Knight with a snap opened the visor of the helmet, revealing the trickster doll’s white-scribbled face, then poured the wine into its helmet.

It pounded its chest twice, gave a thumbs up, and then turned to disappear into the Spirit World.

“?!”

Chen Lun was left bewildered in place.

‘Is the Silver Dragon Knight just a skin? No, that can’t be right… This must be a different kind of trickster doll… Wait, isn’t this still the trickster doll?!’

In the end, Chen Lun came to a conclusion.

He had been tricked.

He decided that next time he had a chance, he would ask Rosa what exactly a Silver Dragon Knight was.