Oh, right. It seems like I helped her sell purple crystal coins before.
With that thought, Ye Qian opened the door.
Her gaze swept outside, and she saw the other person holding a bucket, a smile on her face.
"Ye..."
Bang!
The door was slammed shut heavily.
"Ah, no... I came to deliver money. Why are you locking me out?"
After a silence of over ten seconds, Ye Qian sighed and opened the door. "Come in. I'll make you another bucket."
"Oh my, you're doing this... making me sound like a pervert. It's not for that reason this time... Alright, alright, if you insist, I'll reluctantly accept. What can I do?"
Lan Xinyu's annoying demeanor made Ye Qian want to hit her.
This time, she also carried a black bag, which she tossed onto the bed. Ye Qian then realized there was quite a bit of money inside.
"Wait... hold on."
Sitting down on the bed, Lan Xinyu felt something and reached out to touch it, her hand brushing against a foot.
She seemed to recall something, her eyes widening in a tremble.
"A... man?"
"Get lost. What man?" Ye Qian crossed her arms, looking speechless. "Do you think I'm as shameless as you are?"
The blanket was lifted, and a head of long green hair yawned and lazily poked out.
"Ah, who is this?"
"My friend," Ye Qian said awkwardly.
"Friend?" Seeing the neat appearance of the other bed and Ye Qian's disheveled clothes, Lan Xinyu became inexplicably suspicious. "Are you two sleeping together?"
"Don't overthink it." Ye Qian always felt like she was being seen through, and her face involuntarily flushed red.
"I wasn't thinking much of it initially, but why are you blushing? Don't tell me you two..."
"Pah, pah, pah, don't jump to conclusions. We're just good friends."
Ye Qian opened the bag and counted. She found there was actually 90,000 yuan inside.
Surprisingly, she hadn't skimmed much.
"Did you just come to deliver money this time?"
"No." Lan Xinyu denied it decisively this time. "Actually, I've recently made contact with an organization related to supernatural power."
Ye Qian's heart stirred, and she sat down beside her. "Supernatural power?"
"Mhm. After coming into contact with the main world, I've been looking for people who might have similar powers. Then I encountered an organization with many hidden members – the Paradise Secret Society. These people wield great power and aspire to be heroes, using their strength to help others."
"There's such a thing?" Ye Qian's expression turned strange.
Wielding power to help others. Indeed, that's what should be done. That's what truly meaningful.
What were organizations like the Insect Blood Society that she had encountered? Utterly evil organizations.
"Yes, little Ye Qian, don't you want to help others? Moreover, among the members of this organization are students from St. Via Middle School. Knowing them might give you a chance to connect with the upper echelons of society." Her words carried a hint of anticipation.
St. Via Middle School?
This familiar name made Ye Qian's heart involuntarily skip a beat.
"Let me do it."
This time, it was Ye Shan's body that spoke.
Hearing the soft voice of the cute girl, Lan Xinyu turned her head in surprise.
She saw the green-haired girl emerge from the covers, briefly tidy her long hair, and then put on slippers.
The girl was wearing a uniform with some JK characteristics, a blue skirt paired with black stockings. From Lan Xinyu's perspective, she was also a very attractive young girl.
"She's a player too," Ye Qian explained with a smile.
"Is that so? Aren't you going to take a look, little Ye Qian?"
"Mhm, I'm still a bit afraid of danger. I want to wait until I'm stronger before considering it."
"Alright."
This time, it was the girl, Ye Shan, who accompanied her out.
Upon reaching the door and changing into black ankle boots, Lan Xinyu looked at the girl, who was beautiful to an almost unreal degree, with a strange expression. "Your hair... is it dyed?"
"It's natural."
Hearing this, Lan Xinyu fell into an awkward silence.
She thought meeting one exceptionally beautiful girl like Ye Qian was already unbelievable. Now, to see another girl with a completely different style... this was too absurd.
"I've already met with people from the Paradise Secret Society. If I invite you over, I'm sure they'll agree too. Do you have any special abilities?"
"Probably a little," Ye Shan replied uncertainly.
"Phew, it doesn't matter. Let's go together anyway."
Outside, Lan Xinyu directly pointed to a few-thousand-dollar commuter car parked nearby. "Get in."
"Huh, is this yours?"
"Of course. It's nice, isn't it?" she said proudly.
"Mm."
Unlike Earth in her past life, there were few lower-class citizens here who could afford to buy a car.
After sitting in the passenger seat for a few dozen minutes, the vehicle arrived in front of a rather upscale Western-style hotel building. She got out of the car and followed Lan Xinyu inside, arriving at a large, luxurious suite.
Upon opening the door, she saw five or six people at a glance.
"Sorry I'm late. [Redemption], I've invited a new member."
The young man sitting in a seat showed a barely perceptible look of surprise when he saw Ye Shan. He stood up and said, "Hello, please sit. The Paradise Secret Society welcomes you."
There were no strict examinations, and the atmosphere seemed quite relaxed. The people inside were relatively casual.
Chapter 49: The Ritual Points
Sitting on the sofa, the man next to her's eyes sparkled. "Your hair is so beautiful. Is it dyed?"
"It's natural," Lan Xinyu answered for her.
"I'm truly sorry, but I have to go to work at the divination club later, so I can't stay too long," the man called Redemption said specifically to Ye Shan.
"It's okay, but... divination?" Ye Shan showed a look of confusion.
"Yes, this is an Observer of the Paradise Secret Society. He has a certain degree of predictive and manipulative ability. While it's not completely accurate, he's very famous at the divination club," Lan Xinyu replied with a smile.
"That's amazing," Ye Shan made an astonished expression at the right time.
"You flatter me. It's just a small ability. As for predicting the future, forget it. I just use some information to infer what's about to happen."
After Redemption finished speaking, he waved to everyone and took his leave.
"I didn't expect Lan Xinyu, a newcomer, to be able to invite a new companion so soon. Is this your ally from the main world?" a young, petite girl asked with a giggle.
"Yes, shouldn't my own people be trustworthy?"
"Redemption believes she's trustworthy, so I have no problem. For the society to survive, it needs purity within. I hope all new members don't have excessive selfish desires and maintain basic trust in their companions."
As this girl, who might have been around ten years old, spoke, she didn't realize that Ye Shan's mysterious thread had swept across the scene.
Then she caught the thoughts of one of the men.
"Are you worried about your promotion?"
Surprisingly, the strength of the team members here was extremely unbalanced.
The leader before was LV10, while most of the other teammates were between LV1 and LV5. It wasn't impossible that some Level 1 individuals were ordinary people.
Yet, there was one man who was stuck just below the threshold for promotion.
"I can't analyze if this guy has malicious intent for now. As it stands, this organization is quite pure."
Even if there were private thoughts, they couldn't be immediately figured out.
"Speaking of promotion, I still don't have a good method."
When she infiltrated the Insect Blood Society's stronghold alone, the only information she obtained was a promotion plan for "World Forgers." Undoubtedly, this was not suitable for Ye Qian; the difficulty was too high, and failure would be fatal.
Perhaps inspired, when she was eating earlier, she inadvertently thought of the distant loli Dragon, and her heart ached for the child like a mother.
"If I remember correctly, when the system described the loli Dragon, it used the character '祂'."
'He', this character often represents a god.
For example, the God of Prayer Light, whom the Prayer Light Church worships.
Even if it's not a god, it represents that the being possesses divinity.
And promotion involves requesting the god of the corresponding domain, or an existence outside the mortal realm.
She didn't know what the corresponding domain was, but regarding an existence outside the mortal realm, it wasn't stated that it had to be a match.
"If I wanted to pray to Amiya, could she hear me?"
Amiya currently had no divinity. Because she was referred to with 'she,' Ye Shan didn't hold out much hope, but she decided to try anyway while in the hotel.
"First, the prayer incantation."
This thing was dangerous because if the sentence structure used became one that pointed to a deity and was unclear, it could very likely end up pointing to some unknown existence.
One must know that this world not only had true gods but also a large number of unknown evil gods and hidden entities.
For most beings, merely making contact meant risk.
"I need to find a way to target Amiya precisely, and I have to use a clone to pray."
In another location, Miss Battle No. 1, currently Ye Shan's least useful body, began preparing the ritual.
"The process of prayer requires offering items that the deity desires. So, for a loli dragon..."
Snacks!
"It feels a bit strange, like no god would need something like that."
Offerings should be things like candles, flowers, plus spices and essential oils, maybe add some clocks, pendulums, and glass.
These are all easy to prepare, and besides, she wasn't short on money anymore.
Once that was settled, facing a table in front of her, Ye Qian began to think about the corresponding incantation based on the system's description.
"First, Amiya is the last dragon in the world. From a prestige perspective, words like 'final' are indeed good... so let's go with 'End'? Standing outside the world like a towering mountain range, so the first line is 'The Dragon of the End, standing outside the world'."
"From the Desolate Abyss, the second line will be 'Overture of the Boundless Desolation'."
"The last dragon, even though it's down on its luck now, I think they must have been glorious once. To reshape past glory... the third line will be 'You are the Remolder of Ancient Divine Shadows'."
Then she threw in another sentence casually.
Done!
"Alright, let me give it a try."
Miss Battle No. 1 took several deep breaths and approached the ritual site she had set up. She knelt on one knee, entering a state of devout prayer.
"The Dragon of the End, standing outside the world."
"Overture of the Boundless Desolation."
"You are the Remolder of Ancient Divine Shadows."
"The Monument of Endless Glory."
"I hereby request your gaze."
"With the offering before me."