Puppet Alchemy Shop
Seeing the person who pushed open the door, Lu Li was immediately stunned. She was both unfamiliar and familiar. She was wearing a black women's robe, which showed off her tall and perfect figure. Her figure was well-proportioned, with large breasts and small breasts. Her skin was snow-white, and her face had an alluring light red glow. Her bright red lips looked so tempting that one would want to take a bite.
His long, black hair, reaching his waist, accentuated his refined elegance, and coupled with his alluring eyes that seemed to tempt one to commit a crime, he would undoubtedly be a goddess adored by countless men in modern society. It's just that those men probably don't know his gender; if they did, the number would likely be... well, even more?
"Xu Haoran?" Lu Li's voice was filled with doubt, because half of Xu Haoran's face now resembled the Perfect Witch, making Lu Li somewhat uncertain. However, he quickly recalled the final scene of the Merfolk instance, where the Witch merged a point of light Integration Xu Haoran's body. In that case, such a transformation was not surprising.
However, the other party's current appearance really made Lu Li feel a little strange. Compared to the last time they met, she was a good-for-nothing, decadent, pretentious uncle, but now she has turned into a tall, mature woman who is tempting to commit crimes.
"Life's encounters are truly fascinating," Lu Li chuckled.
"You still have this perverse sense of humor, don't you?" Haoran glanced at Lu Li, looking at his long hair and wide, skirt-like pumpkin-shaped trousers, and made a sarcastic remark in a rather neutral tone.
"Well, I can't help it. My hair grows really fast these days. Even if I cut it, it'll grow back quickly the next day. As for the pants, the ability they come with makes them hard to give up. They're really too big for fighting. I'd like to change them, but I don't know how to modify magical items," Lu Li said helplessly.
"On the contrary, you've changed so much." Lu Li looked at the other person's figure, emphasizing the word "big." His attire clearly indicated that he was male, while Xu Haoran's appearance alone was absolutely feminine.
"I don't have time to argue with you." Sister Hao Ran glanced at Lu Li with disgust and said to the one-armed man beside her, "I've already signed the list with Theseus, so hurry up and take me to my accommodation."
"Please come with me, Mr. Strange Light, Mr. Xu." The one-armed man said expressionlessly. After a brief pause, he walked ahead without turning his head and said, "If Mr. Strange Light wants to modify magical items, you can go to the shops in Materials Street."
"Really? I'll go see it when I have the chance." Lu Li nodded. Following the one-armed man, Lu Li was assigned a private room and told that he should go to Building A of the teaching area at eight o'clock the next morning to choose a tutor. He could use the rest of the time as he pleased.
Then the one-armed man took Xu Haoran away, presumably to arrange Xu Haoran's dormitory.
The room assigned to Lu Li wasn't large, but it was quite exquisite. It contained a floating bookshelf, a desk and chair, a bed, and nothing else. Lu Li down in the chair and began to think about what he had seen and heard that day.
Leaving aside the location of Fairy Tale Town, let's just talk about the Theseus Magic Society. Although its address is in the east of Fairy Tale Town, it's more like they're in a separate space. Lu Li stood up, opened the window of the room, and looked outside.
It was a vast grassland stretching as far as the eye could see. Apart from the nearby castle and the river not far away, everything was green. Of course, you could occasionally see some saber-toothed tigers running around.
The one-armed man then led Lu Li through the various buildings of the castle, including the accommodation area, the teaching area, and so on. As the names suggest, one area that particularly interested Lu Li was the teleportation area.
This grassland is so vast that even running at full speed would take a considerable amount of time to get out. It's clear that there are other ways to get out besides traversing the grassland, so this teleportation area must be able to teleport people directly out. I just don't know where they'll land.
Another thing that interested Lu Li was the Materials Street. He had initially thought it was a place for witchcraft materials, but the man with the severed arm had mentioned that there were shops there, making Lu Li realize that it should be a commercial street.
"It's still early, we can go take a look." Lu Li thought for a moment, then left his room and headed towards the commercial street that the one-armed man had pointed out earlier.
Walking down the street, Lu Li noticed that the population here was quite good. Compared to Fairy Tale Town, there were more people here, but it lacked some of its unique characteristics.
Upon entering the so-called Materials Street, it instantly became lively, with a noticeable increase in the number of pedestrians. Lu Li noticed that most of the people here were wearing long brown hooded robes, and upon closer inspection, he discovered that almost everyone here had a disability.
Some had severed hands, some had severed feet, and some even had all four limbs severed. They used all sorts of things to serve as their limbs. Some added a wooden stick and hooks to their hands, like pirate captains. Others attached the limbs of wild animals, most commonly saber-toothed tigers.
Looking at these people with missing limbs, Lu Li recalled the tolls that the saber-toothed tiger collected on the grasslands, and the one-armed man's words about having to cross the moat full of crocodiles without a secret order. This Theseus Magic Society seemed to have a particular fondness for tampering with other people's limbs.
The Materials Street is lined with all sorts of shops and stalls, where you can find all sorts of strange things: large eyeballs, insect arthropods, wailing withered grass, bright red minerals, and even the corpses of humanoid creatures, all with clearly marked prices, and many people bidding to buy them.
The items being bid on were all sorts of strange things, but surprisingly, the largest amount of currency was colored pebbles imbued with knowledge. These knowledge pebbles, obtained from the River of Wisdom, had very strong purchasing power.
This reminded Lu Li of the little girl in the Fairy Tale Town who sold fireball spell wands. Her fireball spell wands were so expensive; was there something special about the spell?
Besides the street stalls, there are also many shops on both sides of the street. The names of these shops are quite representative, such as the one that Lu Li is looking at now: Puppet Alchemy Shop.
Stepping into the shop, one sees shelves filled with alchemical items, shimmering with various magical glows. At the counter, only an old man is dozing off. The shop's doors are wide open, as if no one is worried about stealing the alchemical items from the shelves.
"Guest, is there anything I can help you with?" Just as Lu Li was observing his surroundings, a Puppet on a shelf suddenly jumped out. Only then did Lu Li realize that it was actually the Puppet called Pinocchio.
"My grandfather is still sleeping; you can't wake him. Just ask me if you need anything," Pinocchio said. "But you'd better hurry; the young lady from Fairy Tale Town invited me out for the night, and I'm leaving soon."
After saying that, Pinocchio took out a handkerchief, applied some perfume to it, and rubbed his long nose until it shone. He even took out some ring-shaped objects and put them on his nose to test their comfort.
The readers are currently divided into two camps: one supports Lu Li's cross-dressing, and the other doesn't. So, Xu Ming- jun doesn't know what to do. You decide.