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Chapter 4 True Lies

The next morning, the song and dance troupe continued to set out towards Xiangye City. According to Xiuyi's suggestion, instead of focusing on the small countryside where there is no money, it is better to hurry up and rehearse the new script and wait until the big city shows its skills. Clarice accepted this suggestion, and from that day on, the members of the song and dance troupe seized all the time to rehearse "Turandot".

Clarice was "ambitious" and vowed to do something big in Wanye City. He would never give up until he took away hundreds of Jinweits.

The value of a Jinweit on this continent is almost equivalent to 200 yuan. Clarice has never seen a lot of money in her life, and hundreds of Jinweits are already the limit of her short-term goal.

At that time, Xiu Yi wanted to know what wonderful expression would appear on her face if she knew that any bottle of potion she refused to drop yesterday could be sold for hundreds of Jinweits.

But thinking about this approach seems a bit too inhumane.

Five carriages, the girls of the singing and dancing troupe occupied four, and the remaining carriage and a truck were the men's territory.

Logically speaking, Xiu Yi was going to be arranged to go back, but Clarice finally "feels compassionate" and did not let Xiu Yi be with other men, but let him be with him in the same carriage.

This makes male actors envious of being extremely handsome and always has benefits.

But Xiu Yi didn't think so. If he could, he would rather squeeze with those men than tolerate the girls' politeness.

Clarice did this because she felt it was time to understand what this young man who fell from the sky came from.

Xiu Yi's words yesterday surprised her. It was impossible for an ordinary boy to have such insights and wisdom.

"Finke, first of all, I should thank you for the advice you gave me yesterday. I didn't expect a young man to know so many truths and be so smart. In addition, I was surprised to find that the script you wrote to me had never heard of before, but it was very outstanding. I believe that as long as it was successfully interpreted, it would definitely become a classic on the mainland. But because of this, I feel very strange, are you really the messenger sent by the gods?"

Shuyi owed Claris: "I'm sorry, Captain Claris, because I didn't know where I was before, and I was afraid that my fierce and cruel master was nearby, so I didn't dare to tell my identity. However, after knowing that this was the Vanisha group, I had already made sure that I was far away enough from my terrible master, so that he could not catch up with me and kill me again, so I can tell the truth now."

Daisy blinked her beautiful big eyes and asked, "So you are a servant? So do you have a terrible master?"

"Yes, beautiful Miss Dess, my master is Imogen Killerry, a branch of the Killerry family in the Frank Empire. He is a sea explorer and a merchant, and a warcraft hunter, a smuggler of alchemy materials."

"An industry that sounds very profitable." Clarice's pursuit of profits led her to summarize a series of carefully woven lies by Shuyi into the core of "money".

"It's really profitable, and my master's business is very big. He has a large fleet and his business is spread across the three continents."

"So why did you run out?"

Shu Yi replied politely: "Imojin Killerry is a very cruel master. He does not allow anyone to go against his will. I worked in the Killerry family for three years and was his attendant. This position may sound dazzling, but getting close to a brutal master is actually a very terrible thing. I have seen Killerry kill people who made a little mistake at work more than once. He tied stones on their legs, threw them into the sea, and watched them sink into the bottom of the sea, screaming desperately and begging for mercy, and then he himself laughed on the boat. Sometimes some giant beasts in the sea swam near the fleet, and he would feed them some entourage as food."

Daisy, Lanti and others covered their lips, their little face turned pale: "Oh my God, this sounds so scary."

Clarice looked at Xiuyi half-believingly: "So how did you come out? How did you know so much?"

"Although Imokin Killerry was very cruel, he was indeed a very capable master. During his three years of life, I learned a lot from him, including cooking and some business methods. You know that sometimes the attendant needs to help the master do some record work, which allows me to understand his master's knowledge well and learn enough ways to settle down. My master came to the Lance Empire a month ago, and his fleet was greatly damaged due to a sea storm.

It took him a while to stop there. When I found an opportunity, I stole some alchemist things from the master, including potions and flying cloaks. Then I escaped smoothly with the flying cloak. But unfortunately, I didn't realize that the flying cloak also had its own limits. After I flew over a distance, due to the insufficient energy supply of the cloak, I fell down. I was so panicked and flew everywhere, so I didn't know if I had flew out of my master's control."

"So that's how it is." The girls made a sound of understanding, full of sympathy for Xiuyi's experience.

The highest level of lies is to pay attention to the use of details and the intimacy of one's own situation. Xiu Yi's lie not only reveals some details that everyone is not clear about, but the point is that this is very similar to the environment he is in. They are all fleeing servants who are evading pursuit. However, the real situation is that he is about to face the pursuit of the entire Lance Empire, not the pursuit of other merchants.

The contrast between the two is obvious.

The girls would not care about taking in a fugitive servant of a noble merchant. It was nothing great, but they certainly did not dare to go against the entire empire.

The advantage of this is that when faced with some special circumstances in the future, he can adopt the same approach as a real fugitive without worrying about being seen by others. Moreover, this is in line with the random speculations of the girls last night. People are always willing to believe in their unreasonable speculations. If they can confirm their guesses, they will feel smart and satisfied.

Another realm of lies is the division between long-term goals and short-term goals. Many lies are always successful for a period of time, but as time goes by, they will gradually be exposed to everyone. If the boundaries of lies and the time it takes to confirm it, then this lie will face terrible consequences. Xiuyi used a distant foreign merchant as a guise, or rather a medium-term cover. It sounds very proof, as if you can check whether such a businessman exists at any time, but it will take some time to truly prove it.

And during this period, Xiu Yi is safe and impeccable. By the day you truly prove it, he has already drifted away.

The final advantage of this lie is that because this lie is so similar to the facts he has experienced, he can express his feelings for the past without any need to hide his hatred and disgust for the environment he once lived.

In terms of emotions, he is unwilling to have any beautiful imagination and concealment of the past.

This lie itself is false, but it is completely true in terms of emotion.

This is a true lie.

To Xiuyi's surprise, Claris didn't seem interested in the lie he had carefully woven. Her eyes were emitting a greedy light at this moment: "Alchemist's prop? Are you saying that you have an alchemist's prop that allows people to fly in the air? Oh my god, where is it?"

Xiu Yi had no choice but to answer: "Due to exhausting energy, it was useless. In fact, when I fell down, it was scattered in the wilderness."

"Oh, you prodigal son!" Clarice was excited: "You should know that even a piece of scrap is enough to put it away. The materials needed to make it are quite precious. As long as it is charged, it is still a good treasure and it can be sold for a big price. Oh my god, should we go back and get that thing back immediately?"

Clarice began to murmur.

This woman put Jinshan on her back, but she was thinking about the illusory flying cloak. In fact, the alchemist could indeed make such things, and Xiu Yi could do it. It was not a lost technology, but the requirements for materials were too high. Looking at the world, I am afraid that only the materials hidden in the ring that Xiu Yi owns are qualified to make. However, Xiu Yi does not intend to do this.

Hines is right, the alchemist's pursuit is magic, not craftsman. He has the ability to resonate with the wind element. Instead of spending energy and materials to create a flying cloak, it is better to let himself master the wind-type magic as soon as possible and then let himself fly. The great wind-type magicians can all fly in the sky, but they really consume too much mana, and they are not what they can master now.

Maybe finally came back to the taste, Claris asked Xiuyi: "How much are your potions worth?"

Xiu Yi thought about it and replied: "I'm not very clear either. You know that not everything is very valuable for an alchemist."

"Then I'll wait until you sell them before talking about it." Clarice said deflatedly.

The girls were used to Clarice's fanatical worship of money, and Daisy asked Xiuyi excitedly: "What about your little black dog? What about those two birds?"

Xiu Yi smiled and said, "They are my long-term partners. One of these two birds is called Hong and the other is called Green, and they are husband and wife. This little black dog..."

He noticed that when he pointed at the little demon dragon and said the little black dog, Xu let out a dissatisfied growl in his throat. Noble creatures should not be despised.

Xiuyi smiled bitterly and stroked his head to comfort it: "His name is Xu. Remember to use the word him when you call him. He is a very dignified creature. He doesn't like others calling him a little black dog, so you can call him by his name directly."

"Xu?"

"Yes."

"I didn't expect him to have a personality. Can I hug him?"

"Well... Maverick usually means being difficult to get close to. So I suggest you give up this idea. Xu doesn't like to be close to others, even if the other person is a beautiful woman, of course, the same kind of beauty is exceptional." Xiuyi explained.

Lanti comforted him: "No matter what, you are free. Don't worry, although the leader of the group is greedy for money, he will not do the thing to sell you back to that hateful master. You can live a good life here."

Claris stared at Lanti: "Bad words are always said behind others' backs. Lanti, pay attention to your words, what does it mean that I am greedy for money... although that is the fact." Claris was a little discouraged when he said the latter sentence.

Daisy smiled and said, "No wonder you are so outstanding. You can make delicious meals and write scripts for the leader. It is especially rare that you are so proficient in business. It turns out that your former master is a businessman." Speaking of this, she suddenly put her heart in her hands and looked up at the sky as if reciting a poem: "No wonder people always say that heroes come from the grass, and the harsh environment makes people grow. Oh, maybe all the difficulties and setbacks are the tests of God for us. As long as we get out of the difficulties, we will be greeted by the blue sky..."

Xiu Yi was slightly stunned. After thinking about it carefully, he felt that what Daisy said at this moment was quite reasonable. If it weren't for the dangerous survival environment of Purgatory Island, he might not have worked hard and studied hard, so now he might not have such a huge amount of knowledge and wealth...

Of course, Daisy's feelings at this moment were not directed at Xiu Yi. Her real thought was that perhaps the suffering of Purple Lolan is a harbinger of their future glory. As for what price they have to pay in suffering to become outstanding people, this was automatically ignored by the little girl.

People are always happy to see the good side and are unwilling to dig into the difficult process.

After thinking about it, Xiu Yi said, "Although I have already told me about my identity, I still hope you can keep this secret for me. There are so many people in the group, it is always unfavorable to spread it."

"Don't worry, Fink, we won't say it out. But how should we explain to others?" asked Dess.

"Just say I am a noble young man. I accidentally got into trouble while testing the alchemist's flying cloak, and then I met you. What's the reason?" Xiu Yi smiled.

"Oh, you're such a liar." The girls laughed together.

Yes, Xiuyi sighed. He was going to lie on Purgatory Island, but he didn't expect that he would lie on Purgatory Island.

It seems that God has put him here just to make himself a liar.

Clarice asked him: "Fink, since you have escaped from your terrible master, can you tell me where you are going next?"

Xiuyi replied: "I have something to go to Xiangye City and will stay there for a while. After that... I plan to travel around."

"Oh, that's great. We have to stay in Shanye City for a while. After all, it's hard to get a big city. We have to fight for more performance opportunities. So that we can continue to live together, right? And since you are planning to travel around, you don't care where you go. You can go with the singing and dancing troupe. Everyone likes to eat the dishes you cook." Lanti said excitedly. In this way, even if Fink can really sell his potion in Shanye City, there is no need to worry that he will leave immediately.

Xiu Yi said lightly: "If you welcome me, I have no objection. But I am very worried that my trip will not go smoothly. In fact, my fierce and cruel master will definitely send someone to catch me. Although I left some false clues to confuse my master, those false clues can only delay some time, and sooner or later they will catch up with me. So I think my trip will not be too pleasant, and I don't think I can be with you for too long."

"Of course we welcome you. But you don't have to worry too much about your master's pursuit. He is not His Majesty Strick, and it is impossible for him to stretch his hand so long." Clarice sent an invitation.

After seeing the extraordinary conversation and his wise mind of the boy in front of him, Clarice has begun to fall in love with the boy, so the invitation at this moment is sincere from the heart and has nothing to do with money.
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