Ch 97: The Power of Gold Coins

Before Mi Ya Xing could think further, a familiar wind brushed his cheeks, and a familiar oversized wooden mallet enlarged before his eyes. Ignoring Lan Bao, who was crouching with his head down, the person attacked him directly with clear intent.

“Wait—”

Dodging to the side, before he could utter two words, the wooden mallet swung toward him again. Rui Bu Si didn’t listen to the intruder’s explanations at all.

This isn’t the real world, but if attacked, people in the real world will suffer the same harm.

“Heh, with this little skill, you dare steal my things?”

Besides this sarcastic remark, Lan Bao was stammering an explanation, but he was completely ignored.

The glittering gold “ground” made dodging attacks difficult. He was hampered and hesitant, but his attacker was not.

This won’t do; I’ll be hit sooner or later.

Let’s gamble.

Spotting a huge gold coin nearby, after dodging an attack, he feigned a fall, quickly picked up the coin, held it up to block himself, and hid behind it. The attack stopped.

This thing is pure gold! So heavy?!

“Put down the gold coin and get out.”

“Well, we can—” He had just peeked out from behind his gold coin shield when, without seeing anything, his intuition made him quickly lower his head. A gust of wind brushed past his hair.

During magic practice, she’s never been this energetic.

Perhaps… this is the power of gold.

He gave Lan Bao a signal, and Lan Bao nodded understandingly, raised his hands to show he hadn’t stolen anything, slowly stood up, and with unprecedented speed, opened the door: “Mi Ya Xing, quickly!”

Dropping the gold coin, he ran back. Lan Bao stood by the door, grabbed Mi Ya Xing’s hand, pulled him out forcefully, and they both fell to the ground. From inside the closed door, they heard the sound of a heavy object hitting the wall.

“Good, good.” Mi Ya Xing knew that as soon as he put down the gold coin, Rui Bu Si would immediately attack. Forget about the whole “put down the coin and leave” offer.

“Rui Bu Si doesn’t seem to recognize us at all! She won’t listen to me, or you. How are we going to successfully awaken her consciousness?”

Besides, Rui Bu Si loves money. With piles of gold coins in front of her, it’s hard to make her believe it’s all a fake made of past memories?

After all, she’s poor in reality.

“Since it’s all her memories, they might be interconnected,” Mi Ya Xing said, getting up and brushing off his clothes. “Let’s find a version of her who is easier to persuade, and then come back here.”

The other doors were arranged haphazardly, but this one was not only bright but also had a large empty space around it.

“Then…” looking around, Lan Bao couldn’t tell if the version of Rui Bu Si behind that door would be easy to talk to. “Which door should we open next?”

“Hmm, good question,” Mi Ya Xing showed a smile familiar to Lan Bao. “Since I opened the last one, let you open the next one.”

Huh?

Thinking of that terrifying attack ability, Lan Bao instinctively trembled. Although he felt a little braver lately because he wanted to protect Yi Jing, but…

But he was still scared…

“Do you want to save your friend?”

“Yes!”

“Okay, let’s randomly choose one,” he pulled Lan Bao to a door. “Open it.”

“O-okay…” Trembling, he pushed open the door, closed his eyes, and after a long while, he didn’t feel any attack coming.

“This is…” such a familiar scene.

“This is Meng Academy’s classroom,” Mi Ya Xing said, completing Lan Bao’s unfinished sentence.

The classroom was empty. All the chairs were pulled out, and various stationery was on the desks, as if the people who were in class had suddenly disappeared.

“Since it’s a memory, why is there no one here?” Next to him, a desk held Meng Academy’s characteristic manuscript paper. The style was different, but the background was still a pentagram array.

The manuscript paper was blank.

On the blackboard, several words were written in white chalk—”Your three most important people”.

“The most important… three?!” Lan Bao also saw the words on the blackboard. “That’s so hard to choose.”

Indeed.

Sometimes, having more options than just one makes things even more difficult.

Considering the previous experience, Mi Ya Xing slowly walked forward. Each desk he passed had the same blank manuscript paper.

Then, on the desk in the middle of the row closest to the teacher’s desk, there was faint writing. For some reason, he glanced at Lan Bao before going over to pick up the manuscript paper.

The handwriting of the person who wrote this was casual. Two names were written on the left and right corners of the pentagram, and one in the center.

—Naiya, Naiya, Yan Si.

“Mind-Reading Magic, Heaven knows, Earth knows, you don’t know, but I know.”

The paper was written with a mischievous and playful mood.

The owner of the paper seemed to be preparing to show it to someone.

Yan Si?

He looked at the name in the center. The two Naiyas on either side, did they refer to Yan Si?

“Mi Ya Xing, the classroom door seems to be locked and won’t open. Hey? What are you looking at?”

“Nothing.” Instinctively, he turned the manuscript paper over and put it back on the desk.

“There’s nothing here, let’s go.” He seemed to have discovered some secret, but he couldn’t reveal even a corner of it.

Meng Academy currently has five Naiya Princess crystals.

Could Yan Si be one of them?

What is her relationship with Rui Bu Si?

The previous Naiya was Wu Youqing thirty years ago. Why would Yan Si… appear on this paper?

His mind raced, and he pulled Lan Bao out of the door without saying anything.

“Let’s try another door.”

Would the next door hold clues about “Yan Si”?

Reaching out to push it open, a bustling market scene unfolded before them. The most eye-catching was the large sign directly in front of them, instantly capturing all their attention—

?Bu Si Miracle Doctor, surpassing Miracle Doctors.?

Mi Ya Xing, Lan Bao: …

Rui Bu Si’s magic isn’t healing-type. Is this… a scam?

“Ah, you two look extraordinary. Want a reading?”

A very unsettling smile, a very unsettling tone, a very unsettling attitude.

“Mi Ya Xing,” Lan Bao whispered in his ear, “I’m familiar with this; she wants our money.”

However, neither Lan Bao nor Mi Ya Xing had brought any money with them.

“You two?”

Seeing that they didn’t react, Rui Bu Si asked again.

Although they were well-dressed, they didn’t look wealthy. Oh~ she understood. Rich kids running away from home wanting to make their own way in the world.

“Isn’t this place for treating illnesses? Can you also tell fortunes?”

“Of course!” She couldn’t stand anyone questioning her abilities. She narrowed her eyes. “Do you two have any money?”