Chapter 163

After a series of explorations, Bai Yan discovered that repeatedly imprinting the four runes seemed to allow him to gradually increase the team's influence.

His swordsmanship training had reached a bottleneck, and he had completely mastered the heavy sword technique, but the concept of having no sword was something Bai Yan could not understand at the moment.

Even if one can unleash Invisible Sword Qi, it is still essentially the form of a sword.

There's no way around it; Bai Yan is no match for Jingliu.

With a master's millennia of cultivation, the disciple is relatively inexperienced in the ways of the world. How could he possibly elevate his understanding of swordsmanship to such a high level?

Therefore, Bai Yan decided to look for solutions in other passenger areas.

For example, authority, power, and so on.

Kevin is about to accept the Chimera Project, which will allow his strength to advance by leaps and bounds.

Bai Yan can defeat Kevin in his normal collapsed state using only the Luoshen Transformation technique.

However, if it's Asura Kevin after the Chimera Project, then the Ultimate Ascension must be used.

As for "Savior," he had absolutely no confidence.

After a day of engraving training, Bai Yan decided to take a break.

"The Herrscher from the Pre-Civilization are far too powerful, and they're appearing much faster than we remember. There's a big problem here, but even Mei and the others have no clue."

"The power of the Herrscher of Binding is so terrifying, how exactly do we deal with it...?"

"In the end, it was made into the Divine Key."

With this in mind, Bai Yan began to ponder a solution.

The only way to break through a constraint is to use brute force to break its critical point, then follow up with a control skill and kill it in one move.

Three people might not be enough; it would be best to bring in a few more.

It's best to prevent the tragedy of such restrictions from happening again.

—How about we bring Elysia in for some intensive training?

Knock knock knock.

"Please come in." Bai Yan opened his eyes in confusion and responded.

Then he saw the girl he wanted to recruit for the training camp.

But then Elysia silently closed the door behind her, and then looked at him with a mysterious gaze.

"What's up?"

"Uh-huh—it's nothing serious, I just wanted to play games with the lonely Fu Yan to relieve some stress."

"Oh, thank you. What is it that you mean by 'some'?"

Then, Elysia took out a delicate coin and said excitedly, "Truth or Dare!"

"..."

"Eh? Fu Yan, you don't like it? It seems we need to find someone else. Let me think about it..." Elysia pondered seriously.

Snap!

She suddenly snapped her fingers.

"Let's play chess. The loser has to grant the winner a request!"

Bai Yan suddenly felt like laughing.

He used to only play board games with his sister Rita.

But he held back and said with interest, "Although I don't know much about your board games, I'm quite happy to have you with me. However, it would be best to define the boundaries of the requirements, otherwise I'm afraid you Elysia, won't be able to handle it if we go too far."

Volume 1: Chapter 188: Group Photo

Yiwei-San'er] Er ["Check mate."

Bai Yan took the white queen and gently pushed her in front of the red king, speaking calmly.

Elysia looked at Bai Yan pitifully.

"Looking at me won't help, the game is over, Elysia."

"Hmm... Can't we just let them win? It's so embarrassing to be reduced to only 4 pieces!"

Bai Yan smiled without saying a word.

But Elysia quickly regained her composure. She rallied, as if her earlier disappointment had never existed.

"Sigh, so Fu Yan wanted to ask someone to do something for her. How come I never noticed before? But it's okay, if it's Fu Yan, I have no problem with it!"

Elysia patted her chest twice and raised her chin confidently.

Only then did Bai Yan begin to think about what he wanted the other party to do.

I was just thinking about how to crush the opponent on the chessboard. As for the requirements, we're all on the same side, we see each other all the time, how could I be too unreasonable?

Bai Yan sized up Elysia.

She usually doesn't seem to wear makeup. Generally speaking, unless a person's blood, skin, and other aspects are in extremely good health, you can often see imperfections of varying degrees when they don't wear makeup.

But Elysia is different now. In addition to her special natural physique that allows her to go toe-to-toe with Kevin, the pure positive effects of merging with "Great Freedom Heaven" have further enhanced this aspect.

Therefore, perhaps "I am as lovely as a flower" is a declarative sentence.

Natural beauty, healthy beauty.

Bai Yan remembered Sister Tazi's little quirk and couldn't help but smile.

After being stared at for a while, Elysia gradually felt her face getting hot.

Fu Yan's unrestrained gaze from above, coupled with her seemingly aloof yet actually kind demeanor, made the pink-haired girl even more shy.

"Then Elysia will be my doll for a day."

Suddenly, just as she was wondering whether she should speak up to ease the tension, Bai Yan made an unexpected request.

Doll?

Why be a puppet for a day?

Wait a minute, what kind of doll is it? What material is it made of?

Gradually, Elysia turned red to the roots of her ears.

Bai Yan noticed this and a thought struck him.

"If Elysia is treated like a doll, she can't resist. Of course, I won't do anything excessive either. The main thing is that it's hard for this kind of punishment game to make the person being punished happy."

Elysia stared wide-eyed at Bai Yan in disbelief.

—I never expected you to be like this, Fu Yan!

However, Bai Yan's hand was already on Elysia's shoulder.

"I'll have someone get me a set of things. I'm going to enjoy the happiness of having a life-size doll today."

"..."

Three hours later.

Elysia gazed at herself in the mirror, a sense of tranquility gradually settled over her.

This makeup look seems tailor-made for her, perfectly matching her temperament while highlighting her jewel-like eyes.

She carefully observed every detail of herself in the mirror and found that everything was so perfect.

However, because she had been sitting upright for too long, she felt that her body, starting from her navel, didn't belong to her.

At this moment, as long as she doesn't speak, she is a quiet and beautiful shrine maiden.

The kind with a big bow on its head.

"Done!"

Finally, Bai Yan packed all the cosmetics into the box, breathed a sigh of relief, and announced that the mission was accomplished.

Only then did Elysia finally transform into a dynamic beauty.

She turned her head, looked up, blinked, and tossed her hair, her eyes sparkling.

"How was my skill? Not bad, right?"

"Uh-huh!"

Elysia turned her head happily, then said with a hint of resentment, "Fu Yan is really something, those kinds of remarks were just too..."

Bai Yan said meaningfully, "Too what?"

"Hmm!"

Realizing she'd been tricked, Elysia immediately shut up and admired her shrine maiden outfit once more.

"That's perfect! I couldn't do that myself. Fu Yan is amazing!"

She admired the mirror for a while, then jumped away from the mirror and went to Bai Yan's side, gently taking his arm.

"Are we going out now? Should we go on a date somewhere?"

Bai Yan paused, looking into Elysia's eyes.

He was already on edge because Aponia had seen through him before. If Elysia saw through him too, he would be in deep trouble.

"Wearing a shrine maiden outfit on a date is out of the question. Besides, I'm currently serving a prison sentence. If I just go out like that, what will become of Mei's prestige?"

"But it's such a waste that someone dressed up so beautifully can only stay in the Abyss."

Bai Yan pondered for a moment, then snapped his fingers and said, "Okay, I'll grab my whisk, put on my Daoist robe, find Aponia, and we'll take a group photo of the three religions here to commemorate this moment. Then you can go out and have some fun."

"Huh?"

Elysia imagined it: a witch, a Daoist priest, and a nun—it's quite interesting.

But she still shook her head. "I came here to visit Fu Yan, how can I leave you here alone?"

Bai Yan smiled upon hearing this, "Elysia is so nice."

"Hmm!?"

Bai Yan then had someone deliver a Daoist robe over.

Elysia's eyes lit up after she put it on.

A moment later, the two of them dressed like this and ran to find Aponia.

"..."

Aponia made no comment on this, but simply complied with the request for a photo.

"Are you ready?" Elysia asked, looking at the camera.

Bai Yan gave an OK sign.

"I'm going to press the shutter now! Ready—"

As soon as she finished speaking, she quickly left the camera and rushed between Bai Yan and Aponia, instantly striking a pose.

"Eggplant!"

Click!

The dazzling light flashed and disappeared in an instant.

Elysia put away her camera with satisfaction.

"And that's how we got our first memorable group photo!"

"Okay! We'll wash them after we get out. Each of us will get one. Remember not to tell anyone, okay? This is our little secret."

Aponia walked over and glanced at the image on the camera.

The Daoist priest on the left is handsome, casually holding a whisk and smiling; the witch in the middle is radiant, with a large, bright red bow on her head; while the nun on the right looks down, seemingly praying to God for forgiveness for the sins of the other two.

In the end, the nun accepted the photograph.

"Elysia," Aponia suddenly called out to her.

"Hmm? What's up Aponia?"