Chapter 3499 The Town of Yi

　　Since he was a child, he has had the ability to distinguish different types of fluff. Even with his eyes closed and just touching, he can feel the difference between different types of fluff.

 Sounds a bit ordinary, but it is actually a talent.

And, as he grew older, this talent became more and more powerful.

 He can feel the direction of life force and even the veins of energy by stroking the down hair.

 Then, he weaves the fluff along the energy veins to make it smoother, and even makes the old fluff glow with new power.

Slowly, his ability to weave fluff became stronger and stronger, and he was able to retain some of the energy properties of the fluff of extraordinary creatures.

Even, these woven fluffs can be given some new characteristics.

 Later, after some ups and downs in life, Edward became a makeup and hair artist. My biggest hobby is making wigs.

The wigs he makes are all woven from human hair or the down of otherworldly creatures. Because of his talent, he can also give these wigs some extraordinary factors.

Especially some wigs woven with rare fluff, which are endowed with properties comparable to some alchemy tools.

Edward relied on his talent in braiding wigs and made a big name in Lorenbir.

However, people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong.

 Edward's fame had only just begun to rise when he encountered one of the great disasters that would plague his life.

 One day, a mysterious man in a cloak came to Edward's makeup and hair shop.

 He told Edward that his name was Ronan and he came because of his reputation.

　　Immediately afterwards, he took out a ball of hair stained with unknown blood, hoping that Edward could help weave it into a wig.

Ronan took out a rough drawing. The rough drawing showed the style of a wig. It looked like a women's wig.

Ronan’s request is that it is best to bring out the hidden characteristics of hair.

Although Edward has been able to weave some wigs with extraordinary properties, he is not successful every time. Once in ten, he is lucky.

 So, when faced with Ronan’s request, he told the truth: I can’t guarantee success.

Ronan was very generous: "It doesn't matter, just give it a try. It doesn't matter if you don't succeed."

Looking at Ronan's gentle speaking attitude, Edward decided to give it a try.

After trying it, Edward discovered that this blood-stained hair seemed to have a "living" quality; every time he knitted it, he wanted to follow the life veins in it to soothe it, and the next second its life veins would It will change, as if this ball of hair is playing hide and seek with him.

 There is no accident, there is an accident.

Although he made the hair into a long wig with blood-red highlights, he did not succeed in giving it special characteristics.

However, Edward did not destroy the "living" nature of the hair, he just changed it to look like a wig. This was the limit of what he could do.

Ronan held the waterfall-like long hair, his eyes flashed with fascination, and he seemed to like the wig very much, and he kept praising Edward's skills.

Seeing Ronan's attitude, Edward was relieved: although he did not destroy the "living" nature of the hair, he did not develop the characteristics of the hair as Ronan said. He was also afraid that Ronan wouldn't like him. Ronan could praise him, so he probably liked him, right?

 Later, Edward found out.

Ronan really likes this wig, and he did not destroy the "alive" nature, which is actually in line with Ronan's ideas.

 Ronan himself was unable to discover the nature of "living". Only a talented hairstylist like Edward could sense the "life" in hair.

Ronan liked the wig so much that he took Edward away.

Hmm... This logical relationship seems to be very inconsistent, but in reality many things do not require logic at all, and often, upon closer inspection, they are completely absurd.

When Edward was forcibly kidnapped by Ronan, he learned that Ronan was actually an extremely powerful legendary wizard.

 This shows that Ronan is definitely not from the Southern Region.

At that time, there had been no legendary wizard in the Southern Territory for more than two hundred years. The last one closest to a legendary existence was Isabel, the "King of Dusk" in Castle Black in the fairy tale world. However, even Isabel also left the Southern Territory to pursue the path of legend.

Facing the extremely powerful legendary wizard, Edward could only go with the flow.

 In the next two days, Edward felt like he was constantly traveling through space and time.

 He didn’t even know how many space gates he had passed through.

In the end, Edward only remembered that Ronan brought him into a dark room and said to him: "Your hair-making skills are very good, and the wigs you weave are also very good. It just so happens that Yizhi Town is short of a makeup and hair stylist." , you can go live there from now on."

After finishing speaking, Edward felt like he was pushed into a mirror.

 When he opened his eyes, he found that he had arrived in a small town with sunshine.

 The town looked quite lively with people coming and going.

 It’s just that everyone’s expressions are not very good, like numb walking zombies.

 Seeing Edward's appearance, they just glanced at him with sympathy, shook their heads and continued to live in the small town.

 Edward turned around, trying to find the mirror he had entered, but found that there was nothing behind him.

 It was as if the mirror before was just a dream, and he had traveled to this world.

After Edward searched for the mirror to no avail, he asked people in the town about the situation, but no one paid any attention to him. Even if he told him that he was thrown into the mirror and it was caused by a wizard named Ronan... the people in the town still ignored him.

However, judging from the details of their expressions, they knew about Ronan...

At this moment, Edward understood that perhaps, everyone here was sent here by Ronan.

 In the next few hours, Edward continued to question the townspeople in the town.

Perhaps it was Edward's persistence that moved a town citizen. He told Edward: "Just live here, you can't get out."

“Besides, it’s getting dark soon. If you still want to maintain yourself, you’d better find a room to hide in.”

 Another month has passed.

 Edward understood why the people here were numb.

 Because they all know that they cannot leave this world...The power of their souls has been marked by this "world".

The moon that hangs high above the Yi world at night, as long as it shines on a person, it will consume the power of the person's soul and be marked, completely becoming a person of this world.

The people in the town are numb because their soul power is constantly being consumed. They look like humans, but in fact they have lost too much emotion and have turned into living zombies.

 Edward was very lucky. On the evening of the first day he entered the town, he was taken in by the mayor.

“I took you in because of the rules. Everyone who enters the town of Yi will be taken in by me on the first day, but only on this day.”

“After that, if you want to hide from the moon and absorb your soul, you must own a house.”

As for how to own a house of his own in the town, the mayor told him: "You can show your abilities. If your abilities are useful to the town, I will temporarily lend you a house. The house lent to you, Your rent is waived for the first month, but for the next six months, you have to pay me double the rent.”

As for the "medium of exchange" in the town, or "money", it is the power of the soul.

  Food, clothing, housing, and transportation can all be exchanged with others by consuming the power of the soul.

As for "how" soul power is traded, it is actually very simple. As long as a living being is illuminated by the moon at night, the soul power on his body will float out. These scattered soul powers can be condensed into a special coin.

 In the town of Yi, this kind of coin is also called: soul coin. From these rules, we can know that if you want not to be marked by this world, you must not be illuminated by the moonlight.

 If you want to maintain yourself, you cannot be exposed to the moonlight.

 But if you want to live here, you must use the soul coins obtained after the moonlight shines.

There is only one way: either be marked by this world, or make money from other people.

At that time, Edward didn't know the hidden dangers of being marked, but he secretly felt that this would definitely not end well...

 So, if Edward wanted not to be marked, he could only agree to the mayor's request. Rent a room and open a makeup and hair salon to earn other people's soul coins.

 Edward showed off his talent as a makeup and hairdresser in front of the mayor. He can make wigs, and also knows how to dye hair and put on makeup.

To the mayor, this insensitive town does not need a makeup and hairdresser.

 If you can’t even live a good life, who would care about your hair style?

 So at first, the mayor did not take a fancy to Edward's talent. He just said: "According to the rules, you can stay here tonight, but you can leave tomorrow."

Edward was stunned. He understood that once he had no house to live in, he would become one of those people outside who gradually became numb because of his lack of a fixed place to live.

That night, Edward felt sad about his bleak future. He seemed to see his bleak future.

 The next day, however, things took a turn for the better.

The mayor agreed to rent him a room.

 Edward didn’t understand the reason at first, he just thought it was a stroke of luck.

Later, after Edward's makeup and hair salon opened, he realized that it was the mayor's wife who had turned a deaf ear.

The mayor doesn't care about appearance, but his exquisite and elegant wife has great needs for appearance.

The mayor's wife later became a frequent visitor to Edward's makeup and hair salon, and also introduced many of her sisters.

 They were also the ones who helped Edward get through the most difficult period.

 At the same time, he also got a lot of secrets about the world from the mayor's wife.

  For example, this world is called the Yi world.

For example, most of the people here were arrested, and one of the arrestees was Ronan.

For example, those captured are not necessarily humans, there are many humanoid, even inhuman creatures, and even wild beasts. However, the beasts and monsters live outside the town.

For example, although the town of Yi looks very deserted and deserted, it is still better than outside the town. There are dangers everywhere outside the town, not only ferocious beasts, but also some unfathomable horrific disasters.

The mayor’s wife revealed a lot of this kind of news, but the news that excited Edward the most was—

“According to legend, there is a way to leave the ritual world and return to the outside world.”

“I don’t know the specific method, but it seems to be going somewhere. But where that place is, it’s a mystery.”

"Oh, that's right. If you want to leave this world, there is an absolute prerequisite, and that is... you must not be marked by this world."

 At this time, Edward felt deeply lucky.

 Since he entered here, he has never been illuminated by the moon once. The soul coins he earned were all obtained from other people.

 As long as there is no mark, it means that he has a chance to leave here.

 Yes, Edward never wanted to stay in Yi Zhi Town, he wanted to leave.

He wanted to touch more down and weave more wigs; he wanted to return to Lorenbir and see his family who always scolded him for being rebellious.

 He also wants to become a strong man and no longer be trapped by others.

 Edward began to actively earn coins, preparing to pay off his debts while continuing to explore ways to leave.

 However, just when Edward deposited five hundred soul coins, something happened.

 —The moon is red.

 He thought of something the mayor's wife told him: Legend has it that the moon in Yi World occasionally turns red. Once it turns into a red moon, even if you hide in the house, you will still be illuminated by the red moon.

At this time, if you don’t want to be marked by the red moon, there is only one way: consume soul coins to resist the red moon.

At that time, the mayor's wife just told Edward about the "red moon" as an anecdote. Because the moon has never been red since the mayor's wife entered this world. I only heard the legend of the red moon mentioned by the elders.

 Unexpectedly, the red moon really appeared, and it was only half a year after Edward came to Yi World.

 That night, Edward continued to consume soul coins to support a protective shield.

 In the protective shield, he successfully spent this sad night.

 When the red moon dissipated the next day, he had less than fifty soul coins left on him.

Although he was helpless, looking at his empty money pocket, Edward understood that he had to start making money from scratch again...

 In the following life, Edward started saving money again.

 It is worth mentioning that Edward’s makeup and hair business is very popular, completely beyond the mayor’s original imagination. In the eyes of the mayor, this is just a small street, and few people will pay for the appearance.

 But the reality is completely contrary to what he thought.

Under the leadership of the mayor's wife, not only noble ladies will come to patronize his shop, but also many men will come to customize their makeup and hair styles.

 After all, Edward is a man, and men understand men’s needs better.

There is almost no man who comes out of Edward's Hair and Makeup Shop who doesn't praise him.

A sloppy person can turn into an elegant gentleman when he enters the makeup and hair salon. Edward's craftsmanship is nothing short of magic.

This method of makeup and hair has even spread to other small towns and even distant big cities...

 More people flocked to Yi Zhi Town to come to Edward for customized makeup and hair.

  It can be said that Edward made a lot of money by relying on his craftsmanship.

 It is worth mentioning that since the last red moon event, a certain mechanism seems to have been triggered. Every six months, the red moon will arrive as scheduled.

 The Red Moon Incident is no longer a legend, but has become a habit of "seeing each other every half a year".

　 Today Edward is no longer worried about the Red Moon incident. He has now earned a lot of soul coins. Not only has he paid back the money he owed the mayor, but he also has a lot of savings. Even if the Red Moon incident happened once a month, he could afford it.

 The good news is not just about making money.

 Because people from big cities would come to his makeup and hair salon to customize makeup, he also got a secret information from the mouths of these big city people.

This secret information is related to leaving the ritual world!

It is said that if you want to leave the ritual world, you must first find the "secret place".

The so-called "secret places" are those places that are not seen by ordinary people, are hidden in special spaces, and are surrounded by special rituals.

There are many "secret places" in the Yi world, but it is difficult for ordinary people to find secret places.

 Because, most of the secret places are in dangerous wilderness.

 (End of this chapter)