"It's best not to," Yang Qinglan said.

"Why?" both siblings looked at her.

Yang Qinglan picked up the once magical Evangelical Book from the table.

The book no longer radiated light nor possessed the attribute of floating, just laying open on the table like any ordinary hardcover book.

All the pictures and text had disappeared. The snow-white pages showed signs of burn marks which were strange, resembling some type of script.

I've been waiting for you — all three understood the meaning of this sentence simultaneously.

"If the Lord of Radiance could leave text on the 'Bible·Knight,' he could surely reveal something to other Evangelical Book holders too. They might have prepared sufficiently dangerous traps, waiting for us to turn up," Yang Qinglan said, her fingers brushing over the scorched text.

"So what do we do? I don't want to be a drag, holding you both back!" Li Qianxia said despairingly.

"Are you really concerned about holding us back, or do you just find this fun and want to have a go at it?" Li Changzhou glared at her.

"Pig head, pig brain, pig body, pig tail~, always the obedient child who never fusses about food~, sleeping until the sun is high in the sky~, never brushes teeth nor gets into fights!" Li Qianxia used this tactic, akin to whistling to change the subject.

As she sang, she also prodded Li Changzhou's shoulder with a two-finger jab, as if he were a pig, a keyboard, an annoying person.

Yang Qinglan smiled and said, "Your brother grows stronger, you grow stronger; I grow stronger, I can earn more Game Coins for you, and get you more powerful skills to choose from."

"Li bro? Your nickname for each other is so gross!"

"..."

Yang Qinglan gave Li Changzhou a look that meant: your sister, you deal with her.

"Honestly," Li Changzhou looked at the table, seeming to think, "as someone who has a younger sister, I'm not too fond of being called... um... 'brother.' It feels a bit awkward."

"Exactly, only I can call him brother," Li Qianxia said as she clung to Li Changzhou's arm, defiantly glancing at Yang Qinglan.

Yang Qinglan decided to handle the two of them personally.

"They're back, they're back! We're back!" the tabletop suddenly exhibited a small radish and a butterfly.

They "held hands," excitedly spinning around, as if...

"Like when we used to go to the fair as kids, and my brother would win a music box for me by throwing rings," Li Qianxia nodded, pleased with her own analogy, her emotions spilling over.

"Little Radish, what was your mission?" Yang Qinglan asked.

"Um—," Little Radish needed to think, "to trouble Edison, but not kill him."

"Did you accomplish it?" Li Qianxia asked caringly.

The main quest for the Black Card failed, but it would result in being hunted by three white card players who also failed their main quest. If they don't kill the adversary, neither party can continue in the game.

"Accomplished it!" Little Radish put her hands on her hips, proudly saying, "Butterfly and I were hiding behind a pile of stones near the railroad tracks when Edison was chased by a werewolf, I threw a rock at him from a kilometer away and hit him right on the forehead, causing a bump!"

"A kilometer..." even Yang Qinglan was speechless.

"What about the mission rating?" Li Changzhou asked.

"Still an F!" Little Radish spoke as if it were obvious, not understanding why he would even ask.

F.....an even lower rating than Li Changzhou's E, only worth 5 Game Coins, with 100 worth.

Forget about Turquoise Pool. Even Li Changzhou couldn't help but feel he should give Little Radish some small change to ease her struggles, lest the animal protection organization accuse him of animal abuse.

"Bro, Little Radish and Butterfly have been following us around. Even though they're not that useful, let's buy something for her this time. I won't buy anything," Li Qianxia couldn't stand it anymore, really worried that Little Radish and Butterfly might suddenly die.

"Alright!" Li Changzhou deeply agreed, "Little Radish, Butterfly, each of you can pick a level B or C skill, and we'll pay for it."

Little Radish covered her mouth, her eyes wide as those of an anime character, then...

"So great! So great! We've struck it rich!" she grabbed Butterfly's hand and they joyfully spun around.

"Woo-hoo~," Butterfly was also very happy.

Considering it was stuff from 1880 and given an F rating, their options were not plentiful.

Little Radish chose Edison's 'Phonograph Magic,' which allowed her to leave a three-second lasting image in the same spot, and her real body would turn invisible for those seconds, useful for escaping.

Butterfly chose the Werewolf's 'Flying Pounce,' able to pounce over a hundred meters, very good for escaping.

Neither were expensive, just C-level skills with many imperfections; total cost: 900 Game Coins, paid for by Li Qianxia using Li Changzhou's money.

"Learn not to hoard money, upgrade the skills," Yang Qinglan said again to Li Changzhou, "Black Death God and Photo Transmission."

"Okay."

'Black Death God's Descent' was a B+ level, upgrading to A level required 3200 Game Coins; 'Photo Transmission' was A level, upgrading to A+ level needed 6400.

Total: 9600.

After Li Changzhou had paid 900 Game Coins, he had 6835 left, Li Qianxia 1950, Yang Qinglan 2750, totaling 11535.

After the deductions, they had 1935 left.

The A-level 'Black Death God's Descent' gained a 'Soul Hook' special effect; the souls of the killed would be hooked away to become slaves of the Death God, up to three, lasting for ten minutes.

The A+ level 'Photo Transmission' no longer consumed Intelligence; one could teleport directly to the places captured in the photos without needing to look at them again.

"An S- level 'Photo Transmission' probably wouldn't even need a photo, just directly be 'Teleportation,'" Li Changzhou anticipated.

He could then go wherever he wanted!

"To move from A+ to S- it needs 12,800 Game Coins, let's save up," Yang Qinglan mused.

"Why is it all going to him!" Li Qianxia exclaimed.

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