Honkai: Star Rail, Marry Acheron First Upon Landing Chapter 40

Could a mortal truly resist the allure of Abundance, the pursuit of immortality?

Even if they could resist seeking it, what if immortality was simply offered to them?

Would they still be able to resist the temptation?

The more Lin Shuang thought about it, the more logical it seemed.

If she ignored the fact that she was the one involved.

Considering it from a third-person perspective, Lin Shuang felt that her coming to Xianzhou was probably to join the Abundant Doses.

Volume 1: Chapter 56: Oh no, how can Danshu's affection level also be increased?

At the very least, Lin Shuang felt that if immortality were offered to her, she would at least be tempted.

Perhaps this was why the Abundant Doses were trying to approach her.

Lin Shuang continued to ponder, stroking her chin.

Regarding the Great Annihilation Lord.

The Abundant Doses were not allied with the Great Annihilation Lord, it was merely a temporary cooperation.

If one operation failed, they could just find another suitable host for Phantylia, especially since the formal start of the operation was still far off.

If the Abundant Doses truly intended to win her over, they wouldn't be paying attention to Tingyun anytime soon.

After all, Tingyun already knew Lin Shuang, and she was someone Lin Shuang had saved from the Abundant Doses.

If the Abundant Doses were to assassinate Tingyun now, it would be no different than provoking Lin Shuang.

Setting aside the fact that the Abundant Doses were trying to recruit her, even if only to avoid pushing a neutral party into outright opposition.

Anyone with a brain would put the assassination of Tingyun on hold and wait to see the outcome of Lin Shuang's situation before making any further plans.

She wondered where Phantylia was hiding at this moment.

Returning to her previous spot, Lin Shuang sat down again, poured herself another cup of tea, and took the opportunity to put the secret order back.

After pretending to take a sip of tea and waiting for the second cup to cool, Lin Shuang decided to take her leave from Danshu.

Just then, Danshu suddenly said:

"Little friend Lin, I dare to ask, may I touch your hands?"

"Hmm? Why is that?"

"I feel that your hands seem to show signs of excessive strain. Perhaps you've been working too hard recently. If you don't mind, I can write you a prescription to soak your hands in a medicinal bath when you get back. It should relieve the fatigue."

Hearing Danshu's words, Lin Shuang was startled. She could sense that?

After a moment's thought, she extended her hands to Danshu.

Perhaps sensing the warmth of her palms, Danshu carefully held Lin Shuang's fingers and pressed all the way to her palms.

Danshu's hands felt different from her general demeanor; they were somewhat rough but strong and steady.

After holding them for a while, Danshu released Lin Shuang's hands and took out paper and a pen from her bosom to write blindly.

Lin Shuang wanted to take the paper and pen to help, but Danshu refused.

"No need to help. I'm worried you won't recognize the medicinal herbs from Xianzhou. It would be troublesome if I wrote the wrong characters."

As she spoke, Danshu, even while looking up, held the paper with one hand and the pen with the other, writing at lightning speed. Her handwriting wasn't beautiful, but it was neat.

For a blind person to write, and to write so accurately, must have taken immense effort.

Even though Danshu could see now, she was still writing blindly while looking up.

In the past, when she was blind, she must have suffered greatly to achieve this level of penmanship.

Just a glimpse was enough to make Lin Shuang sigh.

Those who have lost something are indeed bound to suffer greatly.

Without paying attention to Lin Shuang's gaze, Danshu quickly finished writing the prescription, as if she had done something commonplace.

Danshu skillfully put the pen back and handed the prescription to Lin Shuang.

"Get these herbs according to this prescription and soak your hands once a day. After seven days, the treatment will be complete. However, to prevent recurrence, please control the workload on your hands."

She advised Lin Shuang with a touch of fussiness, almost like a real-world doctor-patient interaction.

For Lin Shuang, who knew Danshu's true nature, this scene was quite peculiar.

Thinking this, Lin Shuang looked down at the prescription. It didn't contain any Bright Marrow Pill, so she figured it wouldn't be some outlandish remedy.

However, she barely recognized any of the herbs from Xianzhou and would have to find a physician later to look at the prescription.

Sensing that Lin Shuang had taken the prescription, Danshu blinked her vacant eyes and added:

"When I have free time, I often sit at the Ruomu Pavilion. If you ever have a headache or fever, or if you have any questions or unexpected situations regarding this prescription, you can find me there."

"To be able to find a physician for free is more than I could ask for. Thank you for your generosity, Miss Danshu."

Lin Shuang responded politely. Danshu also nodded while sipping her tea, not refusing the thanks and flattery.

Just as Lin Shuang was about to leave, the system inexplicably popped up again, making its presence known.

[Target: Danshu]

[Affection: 55 (Seems to be expecting something from you)]

[Relationship: Doctor-Patient]

["You can even win over the villains, I underestimated you."]

[Reward: One White Draw]

Seeing these lines, Lin Shuang's eyelids twitched. This was truly beyond her expectation.

Danshu, as a story character, didn't have a special model, yet she still triggered the system's prompt.

Could it be that the system judges who can gain affection based on their importance in the story?

In the Xianzhou storyline, besides the playable characters, Danshu was quite influential and very important.

If we only consider non-playable characters in the story, Danshu's importance was indeed not low.

In that case... could Lord Kafka also be a target?

What about Phantylia?

However, Danshu's affection was only 55, and it yielded one White Draw.

Could it be that playable characters have higher requirements? But the rewards would also be better. For important supporting characters like this, the requirements are lower, and the rewards correspondingly decrease?

Lin Shuang had been wondering why, apart from the very first time, all the subsequent draw opportunities were Green or Purple, and she hadn't seen any White ones.

It seemed they were hidden here.

Lin Shuang tapped her chin, pondering the system's rewards.

Just then, Danshu's voice pulled Lin Shuang's attention back from the system prompt.

"Little friend Lin? What are you thinking about? Why did you suddenly space out?"

"Nothing, I was just thinking that if I had known I would meet Miss Danshu today, my friend probably wouldn't have had to wait in line for so long."

Lin Shuang smiled and offered a casual excuse.

Danshu didn't say much after hearing this. After bidding farewell to Lin Shuang, she didn't look back.

When Lin Shuang returned to the consultation area, Qingque had already finished seeing the physician and received a prescription.

Qingque, now reunited with Lin Shuang, waved the prescription in her hand and said with a smile:

"Hehe, the money for today's prescription and medicine can be directly reimbursed by the Diviner. Huh? Lin Shuang, you have a prescription too, did you just see a doctor?"

"Not exactly. I just ran into a physician while wandering..."

Lin Shuang shook her head, briefly explaining her encounter with Danshu.

However, as she listened to the description, Qingque felt increasingly that something was off. Eventually, she couldn't help but ask:

"...A blind pharmacist, you couldn't have possibly met the Head Alchemist of the Alchemy Commission, Danshu, could you??"

"She did say her name was Danshu."

Lin Shuang didn't deny it and nodded in agreement.

"Wow, you just met the Diviner at the Divination Department, and now you've immediately met the Head Alchemist at the Alchemy Commission. Your luck is incredible. I'm afraid I'm going to lose money today."

Hearing the first half was fine, but at the last sentence, Lin Shuang pouted.

She knew it, Qingque couldn't go three sentences without mentioning gambling.

Volume 1: Chapter 57: From Today On, I'm a Riddler

After returning from the Alchemy Commission, Qingque naturally couldn't go back to her post.

So, she dragged Lin Shuang along to play cards for half the day.

Changle Heaven was as lively as ever.

Lin Shuang had a great time playing cards.

Midway through a game, just as it was her turn to switch out, Lin Shuang remembered she still had three draws left.

Two from Fu Xuan and one from Danshu.

Three draw opportunities in one day, Lin Shuang had never had such a "rich" experience.

With that thought, Lin Shuang turned and ducked into the restroom to open the system's draw interface.

One White Draw, one Green Draw, and one Purple Draw.

Naturally, she had to start with the lowest tier.

She silently chanted "Draw!"

A flash of white light, and a small, solid-feeling, transparent white bottle appeared before Lin Shuang:

[Blank Full Bottle (Imitation Upgrade): Can be used to store a certain energy source, but can only be bound to one item and cannot be unbound.]

["It's just an energy storage card, of course it's been upgraded. But then again, it's just a storage bottle, who would be so bored as to make it legendary quality."]

Lin Shuang looked at the Full Bottle that landed in her hand, her mood completely unfazed.

Looking at the small glass bottle that felt so familiar, she desperately wanted to twist open the cap right now and shake it.

But this thing absolutely required binding to be used, and it couldn't be unbound.

This made Lin Shuang very uncomfortable. Getting a toy but not being able to play with it – wasn't that just torturing her?

Furthermore, this item only had one binding chance. This left Lin Shuang, a hoarder, somewhat unsure of where to use it.

And also...

Was the connection between white card draws and characters relatively weak?

She fiddled with it in her hand for a moment, Lin Shuang really didn't feel that a Full Bottle had any connection to Danshu.

She recalled that her first white card draw also had nothing to do with Acheron. Perhaps it was the rule for low-level draws.

She casually stuffed it into her pocket, setting it aside for now, and Lin Shuang looked back at the draw interface.

This time, she got a purple card directly. Let's continue!

Swish—

The light representing rarity flared up, and then a new item dropped into Lin Shuang's hand.

It was a deck of Tarot Cards, intricately carved with exquisite secret patterns.

[Tarot Cards: Paper cards stained with a few threads of fate. Perhaps you can try using them to be a qualified riddle master.]