Attending the Party

In the afternoon, Ye Long delivered the items Shen Hui had exchanged for and then left.

Shen Hui put the items away and returned to his room.

He immersed his mind in his world.

Shen Hui immediately used the Elementary World Origin Crystal.

The World Origin Crystal turned into World Origin Power and filled the Death World.

The aura of death grew denser.

There was also a Scenario Progression Card, which he would use later when he needed it.

Aside from that, Shen Hui still had 300 points of World Origin Power.

That amount of World Origin Power wasn't enough to create a particularly powerful Hero.

The Land of New Life couldn't expand any further for now, either.

Shen Hui wanted to use this World Origin Power to enhance the properties of his Death World.

For example, the properties of a technological world included various Rare minerals, petroleum, and other resources.

Further enhancing a world's properties could produce more resources or improve their quality.

The Death World's basic properties were that no life could be born there, and even if life survived in it, its vitality would be drained.

It was also filled with various faint negative emotions, which formed a black-gray mist that spread throughout the world.

Shen Hui didn't know what would happen if he continued enhancing it.

But he could be sure that it would benefit the ghostly creatures and Eldritch Beings he created.

Shen Hui drew World Origin Power into his world, where it turned into specks of starlight and sank into the air.

This World Origin Power began to merge with the aura of death and negative emotions in the air, enhancing them.

In an instant, the air in the Death World grew restless.

The black-gray mist billowed.

The humans on the Land of New Life also sensed the changes outside.

But they had no idea what was happening.

Everyone huddled in the houses they had built, trembling.

They began to pray, too.

They feared that this disturbance might spread to the patch of pure land where they lived.

The disturbance in the Death World soon came to a halt.

The mist formed from death and negative emotions grew even denser.

Shen Hui also received a notification from the World Will.

[Death World property enhanced]

[Death World has gained the Mist of Lost Direction property]

[Mist of Lost Direction]

[Effect: The mist in the Death World will cause creatures within it to lose their sense of direction, walk in circles, or experience hallucinations]

Shen Hui looked at the property he had gained.

"This should be pretty much the same as a Ghostly Wall, but probably a bit more advanced. It can create hallucinations."

"This enhancement isn't bad."

Previously, the mist in the Death World could only interfere with people's vision.

But that was no longer the case.

The Eldritch Beings he created wouldn't be affected.

Now Shen Hui would have an even greater advantage in battles within the Death World.

After finishing the enhancement, Shen Hui began to stabilize his Death World.

Time flew by, and another day passed.

Today was the day of the party hosted by Ye Long and Xiao Xiangyan.

Shen Hui didn't know how many people Ye Long and the others had invited, or what their criteria were.

But from the chat in the class group, he knew that aside from him and Qingxue, around ten other classmates had received invitations.

Based on that scale, Shen Hui estimated that more than a thousand people would attend the party.

After getting up, Shen Hui took the initiative and called Qingxue.

She answered quickly, and her cheerful, excited voice came through.

"Shen Hui, are you getting ready to leave for the Nine Phoenix Pavilion? I'm putting on makeup. Wait for me."

Shen Hui was slightly taken aback when he heard that Qingxue was putting on makeup.

She had always gone to school bare-faced before, and he had never seen her wear makeup.

He couldn't help imagining what she would look like with makeup on.

"All right. I'll call a car and wait for you outside your residential complex."

Shen Hui also changed into a new outfit he had only worn a few times.

Shen Hui was already handsome.

But as the saying went, a Buddha needed gold paint, and a person needed fine clothes.

After changing, Shen Hui looked even more energetic and sunny.

Then he called a car and went to wait outside Qingxue's residential complex.

About half an hour later, Qingxue came out of the complex.

When Shen Hui saw her, his eyes widened.

Qingxue wore a blue-and-white dress with white high heels.

She had light makeup on, and it was clear that she was still a little inexperienced at applying it.

But the makeup made her face look even more pure and lovely.

He was used to seeing Qingxue bare-faced and dressed casually.

Now that she had changed her look, she truly made Shen Hui's eyes light up.

"What's wrong? Does this outfit not look good?"

Seeing Shen Hui's gaze, Qingxue thought he might not like it.

Shen Hui shook his head. "Not at all. It's just my first time seeing you dressed like this, so I'm a little surprised."

Qingxue gave an awkward little smile at his words.

"I didn't want to dress up either. My mom told me to. She said it was a rare big party, so of course I should dress nicely."

Shen Hui nodded in strong agreement.

"Your mom's right. You really do look even prettier like this."

As Qingxue listened to Shen Hui, her face reddened slightly, and she seemed a little embarrassed.

"All right, don't worry about me. Let's go and check out the Nine Phoenix Pavilion. They've booked the whole place today."

Shen Hui and Qingxue took a car to the Nine Phoenix Pavilion.

It was an antique-style building with a classical feel.

Nine lifelike phoenixes with outstretched wings were carved above the main entrance.

They looked as though they might truly fly up into the heavens at any moment.

Shen Hui had passed by here countless times, but today would be his first time going inside.

Many luxury cars were already parked in the spaces nearby.

Among the people Ye Long and the others had invited, there were surely plenty of powerful and influential people.

After taking a look, Shen Hui walked toward the Nine Phoenix Pavilion's entrance with Qingxue.

Staff members were checking invitations at the door.

A line had formed behind them, made up of students from different schools.

They all looked extremely excited, evidently visiting this place for the first time, too.

They carefully handed over their invitations.

Shen Hui saw that their invitations were just sheets of white paper.

They were completely different from the golden invitations Shen Hui and Qingxue had.

Shen Hui and Qingxue joined the line behind them.

But just as it was nearly their turn, a commotion came from the back of the line.

"Please, a bunch of country bumpkins. Move aside and let us in first!"

"I really don't know what Young Master Long was thinking, inviting these people."

Shen Hui and Qingxue turned around and saw three people pushing their way to the front of the line.

They were dressed in fine clothes, looked down on everyone, and spoke without a care.

These three were clearly from powerful and influential families.

The students were displeased.

But they didn't dare offend these people.

They could only move aside.

Before long, the three had cut in line and reached Shen Hui.