Chapter 155
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Lou Yan stared tightly at the shop and said, “Did you all see that?”
The others followed his gaze and asked in confusion, “See what?”
“Count Grey’s shop.”
Lou Yan took out a black business card from his suit pocket and handed it to Li Sanxin, asking again, “Can you see it?”
Li Sanxin held the card and stared straight across the street. After about ten seconds, he shook his head regretfully, “I can’t see it.”
It seemed that not everyone could see Count Grey’s shop just by giving them the business card. Those who could see it were probably the ones Count Grey had recognized and given the card to voluntarily.
Lou Yan grabbed the right hand of Lu Haoxiu and walked in the front, saying to the others, “Hold onto me and Little Lu, don’t let go.”
Hearing this, everyone immediately reached out and grabbed the clothes of the two people.
Little Yu held the hem of Lou Yan’s coat and stood on his right side, Li Sanxin put his arm around Ye Buyan’s shoulder and held onto Lou Yan’s arm from behind Little Yu, Duan Zege held Lu Haoxiu’s left hand and stood on the far left. The four people stuck close to Lou Yan and Lu Haoxiu, forming a group and slowly moving across the street.
Li Sanxin and the others were all focused on the other side. As they got closer, they suddenly felt a blink, and the small shop in front of them suddenly changed its appearance. The entrance was filled with green plants, and the signboard full of fairy-tale charm was written with the big characters “Count Grey’s Shop” in cute floral letters.
They looked up in astonishment at the shop, unable to understand how it had suddenly appeared. Li Sanxin tightened his grip on Lou Yan’s arm, “Yanzi, I can see it now.”
Duan Zege said hoarsely, “I see it too.”
Ye Buyan and Little Yu nodded repeatedly, indicating that they also saw it.
Lou Yan nodded and led the way into the shop with Lu Haoxiu.
The musty smell hit them as they entered the shop. In the moment they entered, the thick darkness in front of Lu Haoxiu slowly faded away, his vision began to recover, and the silence around him was broken. He could actually see and hear things!
Lu Haoxiu was stunned for a moment, then excitedly almost jumped up, “Brother! Brother! My vision and hearing have recovered! I can see things!”
Before everyone could feel happy for him, they heard a gloomy voice lazily say, “Welcome, guests, to Count Grey’s shop~”
They turned to see a handsome man with silver hair and green eyes, wearing a gray suit and a gray top hat, standing behind the counter with his hands resting on it, curiously looking at them with drooping eyelids.
This man had pale skin, exuding a sense of loss, with a deep dark hue in his eyes, as if he had never had a good night’s sleep, looking like a twenty-something-year-old shut-in who played games day and night at home.
Lou Yan spoke first, “Long time no see, Count Grey.”
Count Grey replied good-naturedly, “Long time no see,” then looked at Lu Haoxiu and smiled, “Guest, are you here to redeem your soul?”
Lu Haoxiu nervously swallowed and took out a half-rotten apple from his pocket, carefully placing it on the counter and looking up at Count Grey, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to steal this apple… it was just an accident. Um, I used my ability to remotely pick up objects and took this apple. I didn’t know it was a product in your shop. I’m really sorry… I’ll return it to you now, can I?”
Count Grey glanced at the rotten apple and then at the anxious Lu Haoxiu, raised an eyebrow, and picked up the rotten apple, taking a look around, “Guest, I can accept returns.”
Lu Haoxiu instantly showed a look of joy, but before they could feel happy for a few seconds, Count Grey lazily said again, “But this rotten apple has been used once, and since you took the goods without my permission, guest, this red apple cannot completely redeem your soul… Let me think, this can only redeem one-fifth of your soul.”
Lu Haoxiu was about to cry, “Can only redeem one-fifth?”
Lou Yan frowned imperceptibly and took out a blood bell from his pocket, placing it on the counter, “What about this?”
Li Sanxin also took out a memory pen and placed it next to the blood bell, “And this.”
“Blood bell and memory pen?” Count Grey perked up a bit. He picked up the blood bell and sniffed it, “Hmm, the scent of anomaly aura isn’t strong. It seems you haven’t used it much… This is a good item.”
He then picked up the memory pen, opened it, and looked at the ink, sighing, “Oh, a memory pen that has been used one-third of the time. Although it is a good thing, it cannot be reused. Its value is not as high as the blood bell, but it’s much sturdier than the blood bell.”
Count Grey readily accepted these two items, “With these two items, you can redeem three-fifths of his soul.”
That means there are still two-fifths of the soul left unredeemed.
Lou Yan was thinking about what else he could give when Ye Buyan walked from behind the crowd to the front of the counter. He turned to look at Lu Haoxiu and coolly said, “Lu Haoxiu, take out the things from my pocket.”
Lu Haoxiu was shocked by Ye Buyan’s sudden appearance, only then did he see Ye Buyan, “Oh my god, Little Ye, what are you doing here? How’s your body? Shouldn’t you be resting in the hospital? Can you stand up now?”
Ye Buyan: “…Deal with your own matters first, take out the things from my pocket.”
“Oh, okay.” Lu Haoxiu quickly touched his pocket and took out an ancient silver bracelet.
Ye Buyan gestured for Lu Haoxiu to put the silver bracelet on the counter and then looked straight at Count Grey, “What about adding this?”
After returning from the amusement park, Ye Buyan found something in his own clothes pocket. It was a silver bracelet named the “Curse Silver Ring.” Its function was to curse others at the cost of one’s own flesh and blood. It was a very evil and anomaly item, and Ye Buyan had no use for it. If it could help Lu Haoxiu, he would be willing to give it away.
Count Grey recognized the Curse Silver Ring as well, and he looked meaningfully at the group in front of him. “Your items really exceed my expectations…”
He picked up the Curse Silver Ring and examined it. “A new Curse Silver Ring, unused. It can redeem another fifth of your souls. Do you have anything else?”
After pondering for a moment, Lou Yan asked, “Can the spinal whip be used as payment?”
Count Grey looked at him with some confusion. “Whose spinal whip?”
“Mine,” Lou Yan said, opening his hand to reveal a bone spike emitting a chilling aura. “This is the kind of bone it is, made from my extracted spinal cord.”
Lu Haoxiu looked at Lou Yan tearfully.
Lou Yan was willing to extract his own spinal cord for him!
Count Grey blinked, somewhat amazed by the bone in Lou Yan’s hand, then shook his head regretfully. “Its power can only be fully realized when it is on your body. Once this type of bone is away from your body for a long time, it will gradually lose its anomaly aura and become ordinary bone. Therefore, even though I would like to have one of your spinal whips as a collectible, I cannot accept it as a trade item.”
Lou Yan withdrew the bone spike, pondering for a moment. “Can the Seize Life Phone be used as payment?”
“The Seize Life Phone, haha,” Count Grey chuckled, his deadpan demeanor slightly brightening. “Although the Seize Life Phone appears to be a mysterious item, it has self-awareness and can be considered an anomaly. Count Grey’s store does not accept anomalies as trade items.”
Lou Yan massaged his temples, continuing, “Can the Mental Recovery Syringe be used?”
“No.”
Lou Yan and the others proposed many items for exchange, including money, gold, jewelry, but Count Grey was not very interested. They could see that Count Grey’s attitude was that the remaining one-fifth of Lu Haoxiu’s soul was the most “valuable” part, and Count Grey had a big appetite. He did not care about the rarity or value of the items, only whether they suited his taste and interests.
But so far, they had not offered anything that made Count Grey change his mind.
Finally, Count Grey yawned, ending the conversation wearily. “I can release four-fifths of his soul first. When you can bring me something satisfactory for the last part, then come back to trade. Guests, I’m going to sleep now. Let’s call it a day…”
Lu Haoxiu quickly asked, “Count Grey, will my five senses recover?”
“They will recover, but not completely,” Count Grey said. “Since you took away four-fifths of your soul, four of your senses will recover.”
With that, Count Grey waved his hand. The group felt a gust of wind push them out of the shop, and the next moment, they were standing on the roadside, with “Count Grey’s Store” disappeared from sight.
Lou Yan was the first to react, and the first thing he did was to turn to Lu Haoxiu. “Little Lu, how do you feel?”
Lu Haoxiu subconsciously said, “I’m fine, I…”
He froze, touching his ears and then his eyes, realizing that he could still hear sounds and see things. Suddenly, tears filled his eyes, and his face turned red with excitement. “My vision and hearing are back! Ahhh, this is great! Among the recovered senses are my eyes and ears!”
Lu Haoxiu was satisfied! As long as his vision and hearing could be restored, he didn’t care about the rest!
Li Sanxin asked worriedly, “Can you feel which sense you lost?”
Lu Haoxiu, unable to contain his joy, earnestly felt his body. He could smell the various scents in the air with his nose, so his sense of smell had returned. The lost sense was either touch or taste.
Lu Haoxiu pinched his arm and felt no pain. With that, he confirmed that he had lost his sense of touch. He wasn’t disappointed; smiling brightly, he said, “I’m sure now, I lost my sense of touch. That’s alright, it won’t affect my daily life!”
He was even a little happy. It was fortunate that he lost his sense of touch rather than taste. Even though losing the sense of taste wouldn’t affect much, Lu Haoxiu couldn’t bear to eat tasteless food all the time; it would be like living in h*ll!
“Hehe,” Lu Haoxiu laughed foolishly. Feeling grateful, he said, “Brother Lou, Brother Li, Little Ye, thank you for the things you brought out… I’ll try to find other mysterious items to return to you in the future!”
“I don’t need mine,” Ye Buyan immediately said, “Even if you give me the Curse Silver Ring, I won’t use it. No need to return it.”
After a pause, he added uncomfortably, “You saved my life by using the rotten apple back then, so I also bear responsibility for your situation.”
Lou Yan ruffled Lu Haoxiu’s hair, while Li Sanxin smiled and said, “We don’t need you to return them, but you can try to find a mysterious item that Count Grey likes and exchange it for the last part of your soul.”
Lu Haoxiu immediately stood tall and confidently said, “Okay!”
With that, he immediately went to check on Ye Buyan’s condition. There was no way. Ye Buyan’s miserable appearance at Mount Xiaoqing was deeply engraved in Lu Haoxiu’s mind. Lu Haoxiu was very worried that this top student was overexerting himself.
Ye Buyan was not accustomed to his warm and sincere concern and just barely managed to answer each of Lu Haoxiu’s questions.
Seeing Lu Haoxiu’s carefree appearance, the others were more or less worried.
Can life go on normally without the sense of touch?
Not necessarily.
Perhaps the loss of the sense of touch is even more terrifying than the loss of sight or hearing.
But they didn’t say it out loud while Lu Haoxiu was in such a good mood.
Lou Yan sighed and exchanged glances with Li Sanxin and Duan Zege.
Losing the sense of touch meant not feeling injuries on the body, and Lu Haoxiu didn’t have strong self-healing abilities, which was very dangerous. In that glance, the three of them understood each other’s thoughts. They must quickly retrieve the last part of Lu Haoxiu’s soul.
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