Xu Nan had thought Song Cheng was strange for a long time.
If he had merely been an asshole, that would have been one thing, but too many things seemed overly coincidental and exaggerated.
Only now did Xu Nan finally understand where the problem lay!
Song Cheng himself was also a classholder, and a very rare Curse Sorcerer in Pro World!
Strictly speaking, Curse Sorcerers belonged to a spellcaster faction of the Arcane Empire. However, after the Arcane Empire was exiled, this faction gradually declined and developed into a highly miscellaneous profession.
The spells Curse Sorcerers mastered were complicated and bizarre, difficult to describe with common sense.
Like now.
Under Xu Nan's interrogation, Song Cheng finally confessed some details:
"Bloodline Link is only the most basic bloodline curse. It won't cause you any harm at all! I swear to you! May lightning strike my whole family if I'm lying!"
"Pah!"
"Anyway, you have to believe me."
Xu Nan looked at him with a cold sneer.
A zombie had just hopped past them. It had merely given them an interested glance before hopping away again, but Song Cheng had still been scared half to death.
After discovering the existence of Bloodline Link, Xu Nan realized that Lost Paradise could summon familiars to fight for him!
Song Cheng had used the Bloodline Link curse to establish a father-son relationship with him in the mystical sense. Those cries of "Dad" had probably been part of a covert spell, which was why Xu Nan could use Lost Paradise's power to summon him here!
Fortunately, he had discovered this in Lost Paradise in time. Otherwise, who knew how much advantage this brat would have taken of him?
Without another word, Xu Nan summoned Ah Tang.
Ah Tang had been listening to music with headphones on and was somewhat impatient at Xu Nan's summons. However, she now knew that he was, more or less, her master, so she still maintained basic respect on the surface.
She shot Song Cheng a sidelong glance. "Huh? You can summon a second familiar already?"
Before Xu Nan could say anything, Ah Tang pounced over and warmly hugged Song Cheng.
"Then you're my little brother from now on! What's with that outfit? Hmm? Are you guys up to something?"
Song Cheng was completely dumbfounded.
He had been summoned by Xu Nan to an unknown place, where a giant panda was judging him from head to toe. Just one second ago, he had still been fooling around with his girlfriend in their room!
Right, his girlfriend!
Song Cheng jolted. "Dad! Let me go! My girlfriend's still waiting for me in bed!"
Xu Nan smiled faintly. "Sure. As long as you undo the Bloodline Link, you can leave naturally."
Xu Nan was not deceiving Song Cheng about that. The reason Song Cheng could be summoned by Xu Nan was because of the curse. Lost Paradise regarded Song Cheng as Xu Nan's blood descendant.
Once the curse was lifted, Song Cheng would be expelled from Lost Paradise on his own, without Xu Nan having to do anything.
Song Cheng looked embarrassed. After a long while, he muttered, "The curse takes effect very slowly. This spell mainly establishes a slight bloodline connection, then steals some of your spells or skills..."
"Really, believe me. It's harmless to you. It's a win-win for both of us..."
Win-win my ass!
Xu Nan looked thoroughly displeased. He was still so young, yet he had suddenly gained a useless son out of nowhere. How was that a win-win?
He had just checked his bloodline knowledge and found that Bloodline Link was indeed a relatively common curse, not some wicked spell meant to harm others. Even so, Xu Nan still felt as though he had been robbed.
"How many spells or skills have you stolen already?"
Xu Nan demanded coldly.
Song Cheng did not really want to answer, but after looking at Ah Tang's build beside him, he finally gave up. Dejectedly, he said, "...One."
"What!?" Xu Nan asked.
"Elementary Polymorph..." Song Cheng sighed. "I thought anyone who could send my mom away had to be a powerful spellcaster. I never expected you to be a druid."
"And the Elementary Polymorph I stole turns into a goat. It's completely useless!"
Xu Nan studied Song Cheng thoughtfully.
The guy did not seem to be faking it, but could he really be that unlucky? Out of all Xu Nan's spells, he had stolen Elementary Polymorph?
"Fine, transform and show me."
Xu Nan grinned.
He had never seen what Elementary Polymorph looked like when it turned someone into a goat.
Song Cheng looked miserable. "Can't I not transform?"
He was still wearing nothing but red briefs.
Xu Nan sneered. "If you don't transform, forget about going back."
His gaze traveled over Song Cheng. To be honest, the guy did have rather delicate skin. That look sent a chill through Song Cheng's heart, and he immediately agreed.
"I'll transform! I'll transform, okay?"
"But after I do, you have to send me back!"
Xu Nan smiled faintly. "No problem. I'm a man of my word."
Song Cheng reluctantly began chanting in a low voice.
Ah Tang watched curiously. A few seconds later, with a whoosh, Song Cheng transformed into a large billy goat!
He could still speak. "Well? Does this look okay?"
Xu Nan looked at the billy goat's horns and thought they looked quite imposing. He nodded. Unfortunately, the red underwear had been torn apart by the Elementary Polymorph, scattering into fragments across the ground.
"Not bad." Xu Nan gave an approving evaluation. The goat was much larger than he had imagined, which at least proved this transformation spell was not completely terrible.
Ah Tang was slightly surprised. "So you're a goat spirit!"
"Can I leave now?" Song Cheng raised his goat horns.
Xu Nan nodded. "Go on."
Song Cheng's expression changed drastically. The next second, a mysterious force descended upon him and directly expelled him from Lost Paradise!
Ever since learning about Bloodline Link, Xu Nan had been thinking of ways to remove the curse.
Fortunately, the Ron Sorcerer bloodline was extremely powerful. Previously, the system had assumed Xu Nan accepted the existence of the curse, so it had not offered a removal prompt.
After Xu Nan discovered it, an option to remove the curse appeared.
What a joke. He was not Xu Nan's real son, so how could Xu Nan possibly allow Song Cheng to keep stealing his abilities?
What Xu Nan had carelessly forgotten, though, was that Song Cheng had still been in goat form when he removed the curse.
Not long after, the system gave a prompt—
Activity Points +3000, from Qi Zijun
Xu Nan was slightly startled. "Did that scare the girl to death?"
Fortunately, after a while, the system gave another prompt—
Activity Points +1000, from Qi Zijun Activity Points +2000, from Song Cheng
It was fine. She was probably still alive.
Although Xu Nan could not understand why the points had come in two batches, he temporarily set the matter aside and cheerfully headed toward Buried Bone Barren Village with Ah Tang.
"Huh? What's that smell on you?"
Xu Nan looked at Ah Tang in surprise.
Ah Tang puffed out her chest, looking a little shy.
"I started wearing perfume too."
Earth, inside a hotel.
Qi Zijun was feeling miserable. Although Song Cheng had been coaxing her at the side, her mood had gradually stabilized.
Still, her recent bizarre experiences had given her quite a headache.
For example, she would happily go out on a date with her boyfriend, only to find that every entertainment facility had been booked out by someone.
Or take getting a room today. She had just finished showering and was waiting to happily achieve life's great harmony with her boyfriend... when a goat suddenly fell from the sky and could even speak!
It had scared her unconscious on the spot.
Song Cheng had only managed to forcibly wake her from her faint using a Curse Sorcerer spell.
Although Song Cheng explained that everything had been an illusion, Qi Zijun was not an idiot.
She always felt that Song Cheng was hiding something from her.
"You've been spending a lot of time with that Xu Nan lately. Tell me, what exactly is going on?"
Qi Zijun snorted coldly.
Song Cheng looked at the severed Bloodline Link and felt like crying without tears. "Can you not mention Xu Nan? Ever since I met him, I've felt like my life has started getting darker and darker."
He instinctively hugged Qi Zijun, hoping to comfort his girlfriend.
Who knew that the next second, she would shove him away?
"Get lost!"
"Why do you smell like someone else's perfume?"
"And where did the underwear you were wearing just now go?"
"Song Cheng, explain yourself properly!"
"If you don't make this clear today... I... I... I'll go find that Xu Nan!"
In that instant, ten thousand alpacas galloped through Song Cheng's heart.
Lost Paradise.
Xu Nan was still leisurely strolling through Buried Bone Barren Village. In fact, ever since he had made Song Cheng turn into a goat, he had been receiving quite a few Activity Points from the couple.
The fact that they had continued producing points until now made him marvel at how productive the couple was.
However, his attention soon returned to Buried Bone Barren Village.
He knew nothing about this dungeon.
At first, he had thought it was an ordinary monster-fighting dungeon. Buried Bone Barren Village sounded like the kind of place where one fought Undead Creatures.
But after further exploration, he discovered that was not the case.
Buried Bone Barren Village was a gathering place for Undead Creatures, but the undead here were not particularly aggressive. Whether it was the Skeleton Soldiers limping past Xu Nan or the hopping zombies, they were all quite friendly.
When Xu Nan passed by, they would even greet him in Common Language.
It was called a barren village, but it was actually quite lively. All kinds of Undead Creatures had gathered here, seemingly treating it as a settlement.
Although Xu Nan and Ah Tang had entered the village, none of the undead found their presence strange.
He and Ah Tang wandered around the village for a long time, but they never found anything unusual.
Fortunately, before long, the system finally issued a prompt—
The second participant in Buried Bone Barren Village's nineteenth anniversary celebration has entered. The dungeon has officially begun! Please use the most spectacular circus performance to conquer the undead audience here! The victor will have a chance to inherit Necromancer Kane's gift!
Xu Nan stared at the prompt for several seconds before glancing at Ah Tang.
"Can you smash stones on your chest?"
After hearing that, even the bamboo in Ah Tang's mouth slipped to the ground!
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