617: Chapter 615 This wine is wrong!

Seeing Zhang Qiang finish absorbing the spirituality value inside, Chu Xuan took back the spirit pearl, his smile undiminished. "This is just to make up for delaying you from taking the Mission Train to the Dark Place to complete missions and improve your strength; consider it a small compensation."

"That's not the same. Although the missions are matched based on strength, it doesn't mean they are necessarily safe. One wrong move, and you could still die."

Zhang Qiang shook his head. "Besides, I summoned the Mission Train again two hours ago, but it hasn't appeared yet. There are two possibilities..."

Zhang Qiang pondered. "Either there are no missions currently suitable for my strength, but that's almost impossible, considering that outside of the country, almost everywhere else is filled with The Gloom.

So, only the second possibility remains: under the influence of the rules, people above level 10, even if not explicitly forbidden from using the Mission Train to travel to the Dark Place in the outside world, must be subject to some kind of restriction."

Chu Xuan's gaze narrowed. He checked the chat channel and flipped through it casually; sure enough, he saw quite a few people discussing this matter.

Clearly, Zhang Qiang was not an isolated case.

Chu Xuan was thoughtful and said slowly, "Then it must be the latter."

At this moment, Zhang Qiang added, "It's no problem for me to help suppress the Specter inside these people.

But with less than 40 hours left before the world mission begins, when we are all teleported away, they will become a significant hidden danger."

"I will have it dealt with before the mission begins."

Chu Xuan had already calculated the time in his mind; he could enter a dream one more time before heading to the Cangyun World.

During their conversation, staff members brought over people with Specters inside them from time to time. Chu Xuan selected a few who were already on the verge of losing control and stripped the Specter from their bodies.

The rest were arranged in an open space not far away, waiting quietly.

Naturally, no one raised any objections to Chu Xuan's methods, and those who came for help dared not have any complaints.

This ability of Chu Xuan's to strip away the Specter had become their only salvation.

Among those suffering from the eruption of the Specter within them, the more painful they were, the more humble and sincere they appeared, terrified that they might do something wrong and cause Chu Xuan to abandon them.

It wasn't until Chu Xuan's accumulated spirituality value exceeded 35,000 points and no new people arrived that the process of stripping away the Specter came to an end.

At this time, Chu Xuan walked towards Duan Lingxi outside the crowd. The latter instinctively stepped back, and just as she was about to speak, Chu Xuan spoke first:

"I know there is no Specter inside you."

Duan Lingxi was stunned, then smiled sweetly. "As expected of my idol, I knew I couldn't hide it from you."

"So, you came here just to see me?" Chu Xuan asked with a smile.

Duan Lingxi was about to speak.

Chu Xuan said in advance, "If that's the case, then you've seen me now, so you can go."

"Uh..." A trace of astonishment flashed across Duan Lingxi's face, and she quickly said, "I..."

Duan Lingxi's words had just left her mouth when she was interrupted again by Chu Xuan.

"You wouldn't happen to be trying to say that you came here to join the official organization and want to be my subordinate general, would you?" Chu Xuan shook his head:

"But you're already level 10, and only now thinking of coming over; it shows you aren't sincere. You should just leave."

Duan Lingxi widened her big eyes, her face full of disbelief. "No! How come you've already blocked my path before I've even said anything?"

"From now on, except for those with a Specter inside them, no other miscellaneous people are allowed to enter." Chu Xuan's gaze was indifferent.

"Wait!"

A flash of light appeared in Duan Lingxi's hand, and she brought out a pile of soul crystals. With tears streaming down her face like rain, she looked incredibly pitiful:

"Idol, to tell you the truth, some strange things have happened to me, and I also seem to have offended some big shot. This is my greeting gift to you. Please, considering how obedient and sensible I am, let me stay by your side."

Chu Xuan's eyes flashed.

Unlike in the dream, this time Duan Lingxi didn't wait for him to expose her and voluntarily confessed the purpose of her visit.

Not only that...

Chu Xuan took a deep look at the soul crystals Duan Lingxi was holding; there were 55 in total.

He still remembered that in the dream, he had asked Duan Lingxi for 100 soul crystals, but she had said she didn't have enough and could only give 50.

Logically, Chu Xuan had used the soul crystals he received in the dream, so when the dream ended, Duan Lingxi would naturally lose those 50 soul crystals.

And yet now, Duan Lingxi had actually produced another 55 soul crystals.

Added together, that was a total of 105.

Looking at her expression at this moment, as well as the slight reluctance and pain she was faintly revealing, Chu Xuan immediately felt that this Duan Lingxi probably still had some stock left.

Putting all these things together, this Duan Lingxi was really not an honest person.

"Idol, please make sure to accept this greeting gift, I beg you..."

Duan Lingxi said with a bitter face, her eyes filled with tears. "I know you are powerful and of high moral character, and wouldn't look down on this little thing, but this is my small token of sincerity, please accept it."

"Considering how sincere you are... very well then." Chu Xuan nodded slightly, took the 55 soul crystals from her hand, and then said slowly:

"Before the world mission, you may stay by my side at any time. Unless you leave on your own initiative, no one will be able to harm you."

"Thank you, Idol!" Duan Lingxi broke into a smile through her tears, her eyes full of admiration. "I knew it, with your kindness, you definitely wouldn't ignore me."

"That goes without saying." Chu Xuan put the soul crystals back into his space and then said with a smile, "Wait for me a moment; I have something for you too."

After saying this, Chu Xuan vanished and arrived 50 meters underground.

Gaga Chicken was lying in the Life Tree House, drinking large gulps of high-grade life essence.

In the nearly one thousand grids inside the Life Tree House, more than half had already brewed high-grade life essence. A rough calculation estimated there to be about 2,000 jin.

Chu Xuan reached out, grabbed a 1-liter beaker, filled it up, and then his figure flashed again, teleporting back to the outside world.

"Courtesy demands reciprocity; this is for you." Chu Xuan handed over the beaker filled with emerald-green wine and smiled. "This should have quite a significant benefit for you."

"Wow! Idol, aren't you being too good to me?" Duan Lingxi smelled the intoxicating aroma of the wine, instantly felt revitalized, was deeply moved, and accepted the beaker with a face full of joy.

Chu Xuan didn't give her time to check the specific information through the System. His voice was faint, as if it carried a soul-captivating magic:

"Drink it up quickly while you can; this can increase your maximum health points. If it's exposed to the air for too long, it will lose its effectiveness..."

Upon hearing this, Duan Lingxi became anxious and immediately took a large gulp.

"Good wine!"

Duan Lingxi's eyes sparkled. But in the next second, her expression changed abruptly. "Wait... this wine isn't right! Why does it also add spirit attribute and stamina?"