I, Stone Golem, only want to forge.

Old Ke saw that Siri was so surprised when he asked him this question.

He then patted the face of his so-called "father" in the coffin even harder.

He began to explain:

"Most of the paladins from my faction are orphans. This dead man is what we used to train. We've always called him that back then, and we're used to it now."

You can call him Ye.

"So that's what you call your father? Is it just a substitute? Looking at his appearance, he really doesn't look like a man."

"Oh, this guy was indeed a man, but he had a penchant for purifying succubi. After purifying too many, he ended up looking like this. It's good that he's dead now; when he was alive, he always had a flamboyant air about him."

It took Sri a long time to try to understand this sentence.

He thought for a long time.

I still don't understand, what's the connection between purifying a succubus and growing up to look like this?

Why would purifying a succubus turn you into one?

He hesitated for a long time before finally letting out a weak, awkward laugh:

"The situation at your Vatican is quite complicated, huh?"

Shortly after Siri finished speaking, Ye slowly opened his eyes in the coffin and saw Old Ke.

Ye Cai groggily got up, rubbing his forehead, and asked directly, though his voice was still clear and pleasant, and still didn't sound like a man's.

"What is it?"

Siri handed over the ice crystal.

"Help me check this curse. You've dealt with those demons and devils quite a bit, you should know more about it than I do."

"You always have something to say when you come to see me. Can't you just come to visit me casually?"

Ye pouted and muttered something, but still obediently took the ice crystal and examined it carefully.

Old Ke shuddered, nudged Sri beside him, and whispered a reminder:

"Don't you see? That kind of energy?"

Siri seemed to have something stuck in his throat, unable to speak for a long time, but he could only nod in agreement.

"It does resemble a succubus, huh?"

His mind was even more confused.

No, how exactly does the Vatican purify succubi?

After staring at it for a while, Ye could only tilt her head, twirling a strand of hair that fell beside her ear with her fingers, and muttering to herself.

"The Church of Curse has no record of this, but it is probably not the work of any living being; it is more likely to have arisen naturally."

And is this ice element crystal? It looks a bit strange.

Sri immediately chimed in:

"I also find it a bit strange, it feels too full of life... So, is this natural curse from the Arctic ice caps?"

Ye nodded.

"It seems so, in my opinion."

After saying that, he held the ice crystals in his hands, closed his eyes, and whispered something.

"I'll try purifying it. If it comes from the Arctic ice cap, I should be able to sense something."

After he finished speaking, his entire body suddenly emitted a white light.

Siri, however, recognized with his sharp eyes that it was not holy light, but it was somewhat similar.

It feels a bit like moonlight?

Not long after, the ice crystal suddenly changed shape, and then Ye Jin's golden hair suddenly turned dark blue.

He quickly put the ice crystal down, frowned, looked at the two of them, and asked with a puzzled expression.

"The curse on these ice crystals does indeed originate from the Arctic ice fields, but this is just... well."

He was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly fell into deep thought.

Seeing that there was a moment, Sri quickly asked Old Ke.

"Is Mr. Ye's hair suddenly turning blue because of evolution?"

Old Ke nodded, but didn't explain. Instead, he looked at Ye and urged him on.

"Don't just leave me hanging! What's going on?"

Ye thought for a moment, then said.

"Generally speaking, even a curse bestowed by nature will take one or two days to recur after it has been purified."

But the moment I finished purifying it, it showed signs of regeneration.

"So?" Old Ke asked.

"It's too hasty, as if this is the only ice crystal that can serve as its vessel."

After listening, Sri immediately retorted.

"That can't be right, can it? From what I've seen, there are almost countless ice crystals. How could they suddenly run out of carriers?"

Ye shook his head and pointed to his hair.

The hair that had turned deep blue was now slowly returning to its golden color.

"That's what's strange to me. Do you see my hair? After I cleansed the curse, my hair would turn blue, but not this dark, and it wouldn't fade so quickly."

Old Ke glanced at the hair, then looked at the ice crystal, seemingly lost in thought.

"Were you temporarily mistaken for the Ice Elemental Lord?"

"Temporarily treat him as an ice elemental lord?" Siri repeated.

"Yes, that's right. He's realized he was wrong and is canceling the status."

Sri's eyes narrowed, and after a brief pause, he spoke with a doubtful tone.

"Logically speaking, an ice elementalist shouldn't admit their mistake so easily, unless there's another ice elemental lord nearby? And this ice elemental lord became so by purifying curses, just like you?"

As soon as Siri finished speaking, he looked up and exchanged a glance with Old Ke.

The name came to mind at the same time for both of them.

An entity that knows about ice crystals and can also create inexplicably living things.

It's obviously only Murphy.

How come they've only been out for a short time, and Murphy's side has already stirred up some trouble again?

And it's also related to curses, so this inspiration will never run dry, right?

How can anything come to life?

Ye had no idea what the two were thinking, and simply denied it to himself in confusion.

"But that's impossible. To become an elemental lord simply by purifying a curse, one would have to completely remove the curse mark. How is that even possible?"

He looked at the ice crystals again. Although he couldn't see the mark, he could tell from his intuition that the curse on them had not been completely eradicated.

What's going on?

"Isn't that strange? Ice element crystals can resonate within a certain range."

If you're cursed, you'll either be cured along with everything else, or you won't be cured at all.

What does it mean that half of the treatments are cured and the other half are not?

Ye's curiosity was piqued.

"Could you take me to the place where you found these ice crystals?"

Siri didn't answer, but looked at Old K, waiting for his reply.

Ye looked at Old Ke expectantly.

Old Ke shrugged and then nodded.

He was actually thinking to himself that if Murphy could really deal with the curse, he also had some things he needed to deal with and wanted Murphy's help with.

……

Soon after, the two arrived at the entrance to the goblin mine.

Why are there goblins here?

Ye looked at Old Ke with a puzzled expression. Based on his understanding of Old Ke's personality, he would choose between the goblins and Old Ke.

"These goblins are different; they've become intelligent."

After giving an explanation, Old Ke followed Siri into the mine.

Ye followed closely behind.

However, upon entering the mine, they suddenly heard the sound of refined iron clanging together.

Clang! Clang!

It looks like someone is mining?

Old Ke looked at Sri and asked what was going on, but Sri just shook his head to indicate that he didn't know either.

However, since the three of them were quite strong, they didn't pay too much attention to it.

Becoming slightly more cautious, I lowered my pace and made less noise, then quietly crept over.

However, when they arrived at their destination, they were dumbfounded.

The mine, which had been filled with spider eggs and ice crystals, was now completely clean.

And not far away, there was an elf and a spider?

Yes, it is indeed a spider, but it has an extra collar and some runes on its body.

The elf is directing the spider to continuously dig up ice crystals and spider eggs.

"Miss Sylph? What are you doing here?" Siri immediately recognized the elf and called out.

"Huh? Hey? You guys are back?"

Sylph turned to look at the three of them, and was immediately startled. Fearing they might make a move, she quickly patted the spider and explained to them.

"Mr. Murphy gave me this machine and asked me to help him dig up all these spider eggs and ice crystals."

Old Ke and Srui looked at each other in bewilderment.

Just as I suspected, it really was Mr. Murphy's doing.

"Do you need my help?" Old Ke asked.

Sylph waved her hand and then pointed to the depths of the cave.

"Ah, no need, this thing digs very quickly, and there's another one inside."

"How about we go to Mr. Murphy's place first?" Sri asked Old Ke.

"Okay," Old Ke said.

"Wait a minute, so who is Murphy?"

Old Ke was completely baffled by this suddenly added name.

"Oh, he's a stonemason."

Sri explained.

"Hmm, a stone craftsman... huh?"

Ye realized what was happening, looked at the two of them with clear eyes, and questioned them.

"Are you kidding me?"