How could she not guess what this little girl was thinking?
It's nothing more than that he picked up a great bargain because of his misfortune, and wanted to use these spiritual items he picked up for free to get help from others.
In this situation, he was able to propose a trade without batting an eyelid. In a sense, this guy is quite thick-skinned.
It’s not that Qi Ji minds such behavior, she’s not that petty.
The main reason is that the quality of these spiritual items is basically not worth mentioning. If they contain divinity, even if it is only a tiny bit, she would still be interested in taking a look at them.
But all these things... for her, let alone being of any use, they don't even have any viewing or entertainment value. She is too lazy to collect them, and doesn't want to let them gather dust in the subspace warehouse.
She herself has a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder and mental cleanliness, and doesn't want to keep useless things in her hands.
After discovering that the "True Creator" did not accept the deal he proposed, Hill came to his senses and realized that his idea of taking advantage of others had been seen through by Him. For a moment, his mind was a little confused:
"My lord! My lord, I am sorry for daring to frame you. Please, please forgive my insolence..."
As she spoke with sincere fear, she bent down and bowed deeply to the darkness in front of her, her eyes closed, and her heart was extremely uneasy.
She was afraid that the other party would get angry because of her offense, and would give up the "Last Kingdom" and never contact her again!
Now she no longer expects the "True Creator" to give her any help. She only hopes that this god, who is currently the only hope of the "Last Kingdom", will not punish her, or at least not give up on the "Last Kingdom".
"Uh……"
Qi Ji had not expected Hill's reaction to be so strong, and she felt helpless. After a shallow sigh, she said in a comforting and relaxing tone:
"That's fine. This is just a discussion that should be done in a 'transaction'. It can't be considered as overstepping one's authority."
After receiving the other party's forgiveness, Hill couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and said gratefully with a feeling of great relief:
"Thank you for your tolerance! I will always remember and praise your generosity and magnanimity!"
Qi Ji's scalp was numb from the flattery. To ease the embarrassment, she quickly changed the subject and said:
"If you can't come up with the price for now, I'll allow you to pay it back later, but as for the material assistance... I can advance it to you now."
In fact, Qi Ji was not very concerned about compensation, especially material compensation. He proposed the so-called "equivalent exchange" principle just to make himself more like a god, so as not to be too generous and attentive and arouse Hill's vigilance.
Besides, what is "equivalent"? It's just her decision, so just show your appreciation. Of course, you can also buy on credit, it's not a big deal anyway.
No matter what, this favor must be done. Otherwise, according to the current situation, Hill will most likely die in the bottomless darkness.
Whether out of his personal simple emotional inclination or out of rational considerations of the need to explore the gray forest world, Qi Ji did not want the orange-haired girl to die easily.
As soon as she finished speaking, she expanded her perception and probed into the mini subspace warehouse she had set up to store supplies. She quickly scanned the area and quickly picked out items that could help Hill.
"then."
With a simple reminder, she took out the item, opened the "Gate of Sacrifice and Gift" at the same time, and threw it directly into the rippling and dazzling waves.
“…Uh?!”
Hill, who had just apologized and successfully begged for forgiveness, only saw an ancient door that seemed to be carved from onyx open in front of him, and then a small object was thrown out of it and fell into his arms.
She hurriedly caught it, and as her palms sank, she felt a gentle warmth.
"This is……"
Realizing that what she had in her hand was the "help" delivered to her in advance by the "real creator", she felt a strong sense of excitement, joy and gratitude, but also a little confused.
Because, the object lying quietly in her palm...looks a little weird.
With the help of the dim light of the candles on the sacrificial array, a complex outline that is difficult to describe in words vaguely appears in the field of vision.
To describe it roughly, it looks a bit like a bunch of iron nails of different thicknesses and lengths that are magnetized and stick together. The overall size is about the size of a fist. Although the shape is covered with spikes, it feels soft and slippery.
Although it is smooth, it is not cold, but instead carries a warm heat.
Under the current lighting conditions, this strange-looking object appears to be a black mass, and no one knows what its true color is.
Looking at the object in his hand, a question mark gradually appeared above Hill's head, and his head couldn't help but tilt slightly to one side a few degrees.
How do I use this thing? What effect does it have?
Soon, the voice of the "True Creator" sounded in her mind, answering her questions:
"You can call it 'Shadow in the Moonlight'. It can be activated by injecting enough spiritual power into it. It can transform your body into 'moonlight' in a spiritual sense for a long time, ignoring the constraints of gravity and the obstacles of conventional physical matter until the spiritual power is exhausted.
"It can be used repeatedly. Each time it is 'charged', it can be used continuously for forty minutes to an hour... 'One minute' is roughly equivalent to the time it takes for the heart to beat sixty times."
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"I see. Thank you..."
Hill mobilized the spiritual power that had been mostly recovered in her body and tentatively injected it into the "Shadow in the Moonlight" in her palm, but soon discovered that the thing was already full of spiritual power and she no longer needed to "charge" it in advance.
It will start to work if it is stimulated with a little spiritual power and in a specific way.
"Praise the 'True Creator', I will repay your kindness as soon as possible!"
Bowing to the air again, she put the dark and soft "Shadow in the Moonlight" into the inner pocket of her coat, squatted down and knelt in front of the candle circle again.
"That's it for today."
Seeing that there was nothing more to say, Qi Ji took the initiative to end the conversation:
"If you make it back to the 'Last Kingdom' safely, please pray to me at a convenient time and I will contact you then."
"I'll keep your advice in mind."
Hill habitually wanted to point four times clockwise in front of him to draw a matrix, but he soon realized that this was the prayer gesture of the "Pure White Gate". It was too blasphemous to pray to other gods under the nose of the "True Creator", an outer god.
So she hurriedly lowered her half-raised right hand and nodded to the candles on the sacrificial circle.
"……correct."
Qi Ji was about to close the Redmormon Mirror, but suddenly remembered something and sent a message to Hill who was about to pack up:
"Try to pray to this name."
After saying this, she packaged a small piece of memory in her mind and sent it directly to Hill's brain.
"Well, this is..."
Hill felt a little dazed, and then a not-so-long description emerged in her mind.
"Okay, I'll pray right away."
Without any doubt or hesitation about the instructions of the "True Creator", she immediately agreed and did it.
She clasped her hands together, clenched her fists, and gently placed them on her chin. She closed her eyes, her pink lips slightly moved, and she prayed devoutly in a voice that was almost a whisper:
“…splendid than diamonds, more infinite than the starry sky; one-third of the Creator’s spirit, a miracle walking in the world; — the original master!”
After reciting this three-part sentence that was clearly the name of a deity, she paused for a few seconds, then continued to recite silently, finishing the complete prayer:
"We, humble and loyal followers, offer you our humble but pious faith, and pray that you will cast your sacred gaze from your infinitely lofty kingdom and bless your believers..."
After completing this simple but sincere prayer, she remained in her original position and waited for a response.
Qi Ji also concentrated, paying attention to whether any information appeared in his mind.
But after waiting for more than ten seconds, he did not receive any information at all, unlike when the starry sky girl chanted the name of "Original Master" before, she received prayers with the same content.
"It seems that the gray world can really block all prayers. Asking Hill to chant the name of the 'Original Master' has no effect at all..."
Originally, Qi Ji was thinking that since he knew his honorific name, could he let Hill pray directly to him in the future? This way, he wouldn't have to use the out-of-control angel "Moon" in the sealed space as a transit point all the time.
Now it seems that this idea cannot be realized for the time being. The situation in the gray world is very special. Whether it is the nine gods or himself, there is no way to directly respond to the prayers of that land.
She couldn't help but sigh softly, and finally instructed Hill:
"Help me collect relevant information about your 'Pure White Gate'. If it is detailed enough, I can use it to cancel your debt for accepting 'Shadow in the Moonlight'."
The "shadow under the moonlight" was actually the spoils that Qi Ji had looted from the yacht of the magician Bona during the battle in the Twilight Sea. It was a spiritual equipment belonging to the "Moon" realm.
In terms of level and quality, it is much higher than the "Secret Veil" spell, but who is Qi Ji? She doesn't care about these equipment. For her, the information about that land is much more important than these trivial things.
"I see……"
Hill opened his eyelids, his face hesitant.
The "True Creator" wants to obtain information about the "Pure White Gate"... What is his purpose?
She did not want to speculate maliciously about the "True Creator", but after all, He was the most important and powerful backing of the "Last Kingdom" of the "Pure White Gate" in the past two hundred years, and it was He who helped this city overcome difficulties time and time again.
If He had not existed, they would have probably perished under the successive disasters.
If the True Creator wanted to harm the Pure White Gate... what should she do? What would be the consequences? Could she be responsible for such a risk?
Qi Ji could of course see Hill's worries and concerns, but she did not deliberately comfort or explain, because she knew that if she specifically clarified things at this time, it would make things even more obvious.
It would be better to let Hill think about it herself. This would also help her exercise her thinking ability so that she would not become too naive and have no defense against the great existence.
After all... not every great being is as friendly as himself.
When faced with an existence that is at a level far superior to one's own, the most basic sense of vigilance is necessary.
After cutting off contact with Hill, Qi Ji waved his hand and threw the Reed Mormon Mirror back into the storage space, then looked up at the starry girl in front of him.
This guy had been staring at him from the beginning, and Qi Ji did not deliberately hide his actions, so the Starry Sky Girl saw clearly the interaction between him and Hill just now.
Qi Ji showed it to her on purpose, just to let this guy fill in his own mind about what he called "things to do".
"Master, are you... done?"
Seeing Qi Ji put away the Reed Mormon Mirror, the Starry Sky Girl asked cautiously.
When she was communicating with Hill just now, she had been standing silently by the side, not daring to disturb them at all. She looked similar to the emperor and three other people who were gathered not far away.
Qi Ji glanced at her, put on a stern face, raised her chin slightly, and said in a very cold tone:
"temporary."
Qi Ji could see that the Starry Sky Girl knew a lot about that gray and white world.
Because when she first took out the Redmormon Mirror and opened it, she looked at this strange mirror of unknown origin and asked in a rhetorical tone: "Whirlpool?"
Obviously, this "vortex" refers to something related to the Gray World or the Mirror of Redmormon, which means that she is not completely ignorant of that world.
Qi Ji actually wanted to ask her what she knew, but the actual situation obviously did not allow him to do so, because if he asked this question, he would definitely be exposed.
So Qi Ji could only suppress his restless curiosity and pretend that everything was under control.
"If you have nothing else to do, please go back to the Star Realm."
Qi Ji was silent for a few seconds, then said in a cold voice, trying to get this dangerous person away:
"What I have to do is rather complicated, with too many variables. A person of your level will add many variables just by existing in this world. I don't want to make the problem more troublesome for no reason."
What she said made sense. As a character whose level was far beyond that of ordinary demigods and close to the realm of gods, even if the Star Girl did nothing and just stayed where she was, the influence she released unconsciously was enough to interfere with things around the world.
I believe that Star Girl will understand such basic common sense.
The reason this guy came here is because he sensed the breath of the "Original Master" and wanted to find me; now that it has been confirmed that I really exist, he should not stay here, right?
"Okay, I get it now……"
Fortunately, the starry sky girl did not raise any objections and agreed directly, but her exquisite face drooped suddenly like a listless cat.
"Um……"
Qi Ji felt that she looked so pitiful, so after thinking about it, he decided to comfort her.
She flew her body several dozen centimeters higher, then stretched out a hand and gently touched the head of the starry girl, feeling the soft and thick texture of her long hair shining with starlight:
"Okay, okay, don't be so disappointed. If nothing unexpected happens, I should be able to find you in no time."
As for how long it will take? Of course, I will have to wait until I recover all my strength and memory~!
Anyway, it all depends on your words.
Moreover, for a mythical creature like the Star Girl who has almost infinite life, decades are just a blink of an eye. Even if I stay in the mortal world for hundreds of years, she will not get impatient waiting.
And for Qi Ji, a hundred years is enough time to do a lot of things.
"Yes, I understand. $@￥%@ is very sensible and will not cause any trouble to the master..."
The starry girl narrowed her eyes slightly, stretched out her slender white neck as if enjoying the caress, nodded gently, and spoke softly, just like a little girl who was going to school for the first time and saying goodbye to her parents.
"…What did she just say?"
Qi Ji noticed that there was a string of syllables whose meaning was incomprehensible in the Starry Sky Girl's words just now.
Logically speaking, Qi Ji has a built-in language translation function, and any language will be automatically parsed into an understandable symbol system in front of her.
