Soul Trigger

Chapter 60: Rats and Shit

After pulling out the rat's tail, Li Zhanxiang looked much more depressed. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said:

"This thing needs to be replenished with your own spiritual essence, but it must be properly preserved because it is essentially a part of my flesh. If it rots completely, it will lose its effectiveness."

Ji Li took the cold rat tail and felt curious holding it in his hand.

There was no bleeding when Li Zhanxiang removed the tail, but a shallow layer of muscle could be seen on the cross-section of the bone. There were some wrinkles and evenly distributed short hairs on the surface of the tail, as well as some gray-brown stains. It was exactly the same as a mouse's tail.

I can't try it out on site, but...

Ji Li felt a slight burning sensation in his left arm, and the logic frame of the Ascension Protocol appeared in his retina: -
[Personality Fragment: Sticky Shit Long Tail]

[Soul quality: inferior]

[Features: Rat Spirit. Attach will fragments to the body of the rat. The number depends on the upper limit of the Well of Souls.]

【Cannot be materialized.】
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Ji Li's face turned green instantly, and he dropped the tail with a start, looking at Li Zhanxiang with disbelief in his eyes.

Li Zhanxiang: “?”

Jin Misa: “?”

A pair of children: "(chewing)"

Ji Li: "...Why do you want to smear shit on your tail?"

Li Zhanxiang: “!!!”

Jin Misa: “?!”

Two children: "(vomit)"

Then, Ji Li heard the laughter of Bunny Girl pounding the table:

"Hahahahaha you really are a rat! Li Nianxiang!"

Jin Misa laughed so hard that she was out of breath.

Li Zhanxiang's face turned pale and he picked up his tail. He quickly took off his coat and wrapped it around his tail and handed it back to Ji Li:
"……Feel sorry!"

Jin Misa laughed even louder: "...Don't you even pretend?!"

Ji Li looked at him strangely, then took the thing:
"…You still have this habit?"

"Old Ji, you don't understand rats!"

Jin Misa bent her waist, put her nail-painted hands behind her pleated skirt and raised them with a smile:

"It's the habit of mice to have shit stuck to their tails! Hahahaha!!!"

Ji Li didn't care whether it was shit or not, it was just a matter of washing his hands, but the main thing was that this development shocked him a little:

“…Smile, smile, smile, come on, let’s get down to business!”

Seeing that Jin Misha was still laughing, Ji Li directly covered her mouth with the hand that had touched the mouse's tail.

The latter's face changed, and he dodged frantically like a nimble mountain dog. He also tried to grab Ji Li's hand and put it into his mouth to fight back.

The two of them fought back and forth for a while, and it ended with the rabbit flying off the chair in surrender.

Ji Li looked at Brother Zhan Xiang:
"Go on."

Li Zhanxiang took a deep breath, and endured the strange looks from the other two people eating. He lowered his head and said:
"In addition to this tail, I will also give you a discount on this commission..."

"That's not necessary."

Ji Li, who was wiping his hands with the wet tissue handed to him by Rabbit, interrupted him:

"You can take it however you want."

Li Zhanxiang was stunned: "...Are you...are you sure?"

"I'm sure." Ji Li nodded.

"After all, I'm just a newcomer. If Brother Shit is willing to do me a favor and help me if I encounter any problems in the future, that would be the best."

"Although your tail is a bit shitty, it is shit that comes with your heart, so I won't take advantage of you any more."

...Can you please stop bringing this up? Shushu's mouth twitched.

Besides, how can I be worthy of doing you a favor, since you are a newbie who has been beaten up by a giant demon?

Brother Xiang didn't know what to say for a moment, but Ji Li's measured advance and retreat also made him feel relieved and a little fortunate:

“Thank you for your generosity…”

He had originally prepared himself for a heavy loss, and now the result is not bad, except that the problem of smearing shit has been exposed, which is a bit embarrassing. But everyone is awakened, so it is normal to have some little quirks with each other.

At least that's what he thought.

By the way, how did he know there was shit on it? I didn't realize it myself. I thought there was no smell either. Maybe it had dried up?

At this time, the bunny girl next to him pulled Ji Li, put her mouth close to his ear and said seriously:
"Old Ji, aren't you going to rip him off?"

"Don't worry, I have my own sense of discretion."

"Be careful not to be taken advantage of..." Everyone around was watching, and Rabbit gently hit him on the shoulder, not knowing what to say.

Ji Li just smiled at this——

It's easy to be taken advantage of, but that depends on what the other person thinks of themselves.

If Li Zhanxiang still thinks that he is just a "newcomer", he will definitely not do this.

Not to mention the rat's tail, rat's nails and rat's hair, even the rat's whiskers had to be pulled out.

But Shushu has already seen how he chased after the Spirit Eater and got beaten up, so he will only regard him as a "strong man", so he has the potential to develop into a network of contacts.

Only by knowing when to advance and retreat can you go long-term. The magnanimity of the weak is called stupidity, while the magnanimity of the strong is called free and easy. What's wrong with making a little concession in exchange for goodwill?

Ji Li gained a lot from this trip. The rat people gave him a reward, which was just a reward, at most some spiritual props.

Although this sticky tail is stained with shit, it is also a piece of inferior personality. It is necessary to be tolerant and not to go too far. If you don't understand this, Old Ji will not live to this age. After explaining this to Rabbit Girl, Rabbit Girl said that you are more knowledgeable, and then teased him for being an old fox.

Ji Li said that this is called the ways of the world, those who are the big brothers understand it, and those who don't can only be little Karami. Rabbit poked his head in dissatisfaction and shouted that he wanted to learn a few more tricks of being a big brother, to find out whether Ji Li was just bragging or had real skills.

When his sight returned to the present, Brother Xiang looked much better when he raised his head again.

Perhaps because Ji Li was quite generous in terms of compensation, he was silent for a few breaths, then took out his phone and added Ji Li's Shanjie account:

[The Skaven Quartermaster sent you a document called "Labyrinth"]

[Skaven Quartermaster: My research on the entire Aries Academy reflection world is all here]

[Skaven Quartermaster: It contains a small ectoplasm circuit that I developed myself, and my understanding of the labyrinth and limbo cluster.]

Ji Li took a quick glance, put it away calmly, glanced at Jin Misha who was also peeking at the side, and gave her a look:
If you use Big Brother’s tactics, there will always be surprises in the future.

Jin Misha hummed and said that she would ask an expert to help her research whether the goods were genuine. She took the phone that Ji Li handed over and started to look through it.

"Come to think of it, why do you have a tail out of nowhere?" Ji Li asked curiously.

Li Zhanxiang smiled. He felt quite benefited from Ji Li's attitude just now. After sitting down again, his tone became warmer:
"In pursuit of power, there is always a price to pay."

"From your looks, you should be a relatively unique 'Splitter', and your girlfriend is a 'Delusion Breaker'..."

Before he could finish his words, Jin Misa, who was standing next to him, turned her head to the side with a "poof", and rice grains sprayed everywhere, and she started coughing violently.

Ji Li looked at the rice grains stuck to his bowl of chicken in silence, patted Jin Misha on the back to calm her down, and pointed at his phone, which was held in her hand and had rice grains all over the screen:

"Wipe it clean for me."

"Sorry!" the rabbit apologized, coughing.

Li Zhanxiang also immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing and coughed lightly:
"Your... um, 'companion'! Is a delusion breaker. The two over there should be from the same branch, but I am a little different."

"I am a 'mourner'."

Information about "Mourner" emerged in Ji Li's mind:

The mourner becomes an awakened person after actively or passively integrating the "personality relics" into himself.

Their spirits will continue to be eroded by the remaining evil will within the relics of their personality, as the price they pay for borrowing deep evil power with their human spirits.

The advantage is that it can maximize the power of personality relics, and their ability strength and ability promotion are also related to the high strength of the fused personality relics.

This made Ji Li think, it seemed that the function of the soul space had a touch of each of these different development systems, with the main focus being all-round?
At this time, Li Zhanxiang opened his lips, revealing two strange canine teeth, and said incoherently:
“That’s it.”

"Rat vampire?" Ji Li was curious.

"That seems to be called a bat, right?" Jin Misha, who was wiping the table, made a wing shape with her fingers beside her ear.

"Actually... they're just rats. These are two rat teeth." Li Zhanxiang smiled awkwardly:

"Although they look a bit strange, they are the relics of personalities that come from an evil entity close to the level of demons. They are also one of the 'resources' that the magic mirror has given me in advance."

There seemed to be some story behind the Rat Man, but he didn't have much interest in asking about it. Who doesn't have a story behind them?
but……

He glanced at Jin Misha beside him and noticed that Ji Li was looking at him. Jin Misha, who was still wiping her phone, shyly stretched out her finger to help him wipe a grain of rice off his face.

Just sprayed.

Ji Li: "Just put it back in your mouth."

"Come on brother, open your mouth and feed you, ah~"

"……roll!"

Looking at Jin Misha who was shaking with laughter, he was a little curious about how this guy became a Reflection Walker.

"Although these two teeth have been completely digested by me, I have grown this rat tail, which is also a part of my ability. It allows me to have some habits of a rat. It will grow back after being pulled out, but it will take some time." Li Zhanxiang continued.

"No wonder you're afraid of cats... Rabbit, do you have any special skills? Can you dig holes?"

"I can bleat."

"Fuck you."

Watching the two people's banter, Li Zhanxiang couldn't help but feel a little dazed, and a hint of envy flashed in his eyes unconsciously.

After a few seconds of silence, he stood up:

"Then I have almost finished explaining everything...Everyone, I will take my leave now."

"I have given you what I should give you, and my commission has been completed. I will probably be leaving Aries College soon, so I'll see you later."

"Brother Shit, why don't you steal a few sips of oil before leaving?" Jin Misha said.

Li Zhanxiang's mouth twitched:

"I have to report back to the magic mirror immediately. For me... this is just the first stage of paying off my debt."

After saying goodbye to Ji Li and others, Li Zhanxiang left first.

As soon as Li Zhanxiang left, the two people who were eating frantically over there stopped, sat upright, looked straight ahead, and dared not move.

"...What are you two doing?" the rabbit asked in confusion.

"Eat...I'm full." The two of them didn't dare to breathe.

"You've been locked up for three months and have been relying on spiritual essence to sustain you. Aren't you hungry? Keep eating."

Ji Li took a bite of the chicken in the bowl. The two men looked at each other and then began to eat carefully.

After Li Zhanxiang left, the atmosphere suddenly became silent. Jin Misha and Ji Li were whispering to each other, glancing at the two of them from time to time.

The two of them just felt more and more terrified, until finally, the mummy Xin Yuxing couldn't help it anymore:

"You...are indeed a human, right?"

(End of this chapter)