After the slave owners went bankrupt, they all wanted to keep me as a mistress.

"Sign it."

Mu Qiu pushed over a pen and placed a storage ring on the table, saying calmly, "The potions and gold coins inside are yours. Otherwise, I wouldn't feel comfortable entrusting the potions to you."

Sophie fell silent.

She knew Mu Qiu was right. The current situation in Dorakeng was a meat grinder. As a mere Gold Rank cultivator, she would have a hard time meeting the princess without any means of self-protection.

But when she looked at the slave contract, a bitter feeling welled up in her throat.

really.

Does this young nobleman have no intention of letting them leave at all?

She then probed the storage ring with her mental energy.

Soon, Sophie fell silent again.

There are very few potions inside.

There are only fifty bottles of Tier 2 recovery potions, twenty bottles of Tier 3 recovery potions, one bottle of Tier 5 battle burst potion, and about ten thousand gold coins.

really.

In this noble young master's eyes, her life... was worthless.

Fortunately, there were still 10,000 gold coins, which was a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.

Seeing the worry in Sophie's eyes, Mu Qiu couldn't help but curl his lips slightly.

A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.

This time, he wouldn't personally deliver high-level potions and gold coins to the slaves.

In that case, the slaves would surely feel grateful to him...

However, if you give the slaves low-grade potions, and then have Vera secretly give them a batch of high-grade potions and gold coins, then the slaves will be grateful to Vera!

As long as Vera plays the good cop and he plays the bad cop, and they ridicule and mock these slaves, in the end, the slaves will only be grateful to Vera and will deeply hate him, their slave owner!

He is simply a genius!

Mu Qiu secretly reveled in his brilliant plan.

With such a flawless plan, who could stop him from going bankrupt? Who could!

The storage ring he just handed over contained the second- to third-tier instant recovery potions he had previously purchased from the Water of Life Merchant Guild in Radiant City.

Vera is now at the Orichalcum level, and Fiona is at the peak of Orichalcum. After she drinks that bottle of Red Dragon Essence Potion, breaking through to Mithril is just around the corner.

Second-tier recovery potions were completely ineffective for them.

Even a Tier 3 healing potion can only treat superficial wounds and slightly restore magic power when their magic is depleted; its effects are negligible.

But for Sophie, who is at the Gold rank, the second and third rank recovery potions are just right for her.

However, it seemed rather shabby for a nobleman to take out a second or third-tier recovery potion.

But it doesn't matter!

Mu Qiu certainly didn't intend to let Sophie go to the Kingdom of Dorakon just like that. He could give her the legendary divine magic scroll he bought from the temple through Vera.

Incidentally, during his stay in Earth City, Mu Qiu also planned to visit the Water of Life Merchant Guild. He had already bought the potions for Fiona, but Vera also needed a batch of potions, and he also needed to buy a batch for Sophie so that Vera could give them to her.

"I hope you will keep your promise."

Sophie finally picked up the pen, signed her real name on the contract, then bit her finger and dripped a drop of blood onto it.

At this point, Mu Qiu also discovered that he could use the detection function to view the other party's attributes.

With a thought, several lines of data instantly appeared before his eyes.

【Name: Sophie】

Race: Human (Witch)

[Status: Mildly hungry, severely weak, mana depleted, plagued by illness]

[Potential Rating: S+]

[Suggested purchase price: 200,000 gold coins]

[Return on investment: 2000%+!]

Risk of betrayal: High

Risk of escape: Extremely high

Overall Risk: High

【evaluate:

Why do nobles harm the common people without any apparent reason?

Why was he burned at the stake without any reason?

If there is no cause, why does the Dharma rope hang idly?

Why is the blue sky covered with miasma without any apparent reason?

It is said: Jackals wear crowns, lambs bear sins, ice and charcoal are placed in the same vessel, and the loyal and the wicked are hung upside down.

(The Wrathful Witch, who made a pact with the Abyss and thus became a witch, is different from the witches who still retain a human body. Having undergone the baptism of the abyss, she has become a witch in the truest sense, and is highly dangerous. Making a pact with her is not recommended.)

Ok?

Mu Qiu raised an eyebrow slightly.

I have a feeling that this witch's background... seems to be involved in a major case in the southern part of the empire?

Judging from the system's tone, it seems like this is a miscarriage of justice?

Speaking of which, how does this system know everything? It knows the slang he used in his past life, it can spout classical Chinese, and sometimes it even greets him with a regional accent. It can also always predict his thoughts...

Mu Qiu gathered his thoughts, picked up the contract scroll, and then pointed to Lina's room next door: "Miss Sophie, you can stay in Lina's room for the next few days. I think you two would like to catch up."

"Thank you, little...master."

Sophie was about to call him "brother" when she remembered the contract she had just signed, so she awkwardly called him "master."

Not long after Sophie left, Fiona returned as well.

As soon as she entered, she started talking loudly:

"Master! I've just discovered a shocking secret!"

"Hmm? What secret?"

Mu Qiu raised an eyebrow.

Fiona closed the door first, then lowered her voice and whispered, "After that purple-haired lady went into Lina's room, I eavesdropped at the door for a little while!"

"That woman, she seems to be the real witch!"

Fiona had expected her master to praise her after she revealed the news, and Vera to be quite surprised.

To her surprise, Vera just looked at her with a look of pity for a fool.

"You didn't notice before?"

Mu Qiu was silent for a moment, then sighed, stepped forward, placed the bottle of Red Dragon Elixir Essence in her palm, and said earnestly:

"Fiona, your information is outdated."

"Here, drink this potion first. In a couple of days, I'll go to the temple and ask if there are any brain-boosting potions that I can get you a few bottles of."

Fiona: "!!!"

The red-haired female knight's eyes widened, and it took her a while to react: "M-Master, you and Miss Vera discovered it a long time ago?! How come I didn't notice?"

Vera glanced disdainfully at Fiona's lewd chest: "Who told you to always focus your knowledge on your breasts? You cow-girl knight, you're on night watch tonight too."

"No way! I want to sleep in a bed too! Give me back my single bed, you shameless little elf!"

"That single bed has already been taken. If you want to sleep, you can only sleep in your master's bed as a lowly princess knight, okay?"

"...So, does that mean Miss Vera is also a lewd elf?"

Fiona suddenly discovered the blind spot.

If sleeping with your master is considered vulgar, then it seems that Miss Vera's distance from her master exceeded negative numbers last night, didn't it?

Unexpectedly, Vera swept up her long silver hair, raised her chin, and revealed a confident and elegant smile: "Hmm~! You're right. For a noble elf like me, to save face for a lewd knight like you, I'll reluctantly pretend to be a lewd elf."

"Why is your lewdness just an act?! You lewd sprite, you're just judging people through a lewd filter!"

Amid the noise, Mu Qiu climbed into bed and closed her eyes.

Then, the moment he opened his eyes, the scene before him suddenly changed.

He found himself standing on a vast, smooth, mirror-like black ground, reflecting a magnificent scene above.

A vortex dome, composed of pure shadows and countless shattered stars slowly rotating, is breathtakingly beautiful, yet exudes a cold and aloof aura that keeps people at a distance.

"?"

Mu Qiu blinked.

Am I already asleep?

Can you fall asleep this quickly?

He remembered that he seemed to have just closed and opened his eyes...

Mu Qiu thought for a moment, then reached out and rubbed his arm.

Ouch, it still hurts a little. Can you feel pain in your dreams?

[Host, is this the first time you've dreamt of an abyss?]

No / No

Suddenly, the system's guidance voice rang in my mind.

"Is this...a dream?"

Mu Qiu had some doubts.

Why does he feel like he hasn't slept at all?

Moreover, why is "no" the only answer option this time?

This is clearly his first time in the Abyss!

"……no."

Although reluctant, Mu Qiu found that he had no choice when faced with a multiple-choice question.

Good news, this is a multiple-choice question that won't be difficult for those with decision-making difficulties.

The bad news is that this multiple-choice question only has one option.

【So you're a master of the Abyss! I guess you don't need the Abyss map anymore. The Abyss map feature won't be unlocked when you enter the Abyss in the future.】

As compensation, you have received a random Abyss Hall token. You can use the token to teleport directly to that Abyss Hall. The token is not consumed, but it needs to be charged. The maximum charge is 2/2, and it will automatically recharge once every twelve hours.

The token of the Abyss Palace?

Mu Qiu subconsciously looked up ahead.

At the far end of the field of vision, in the center of the mirrored hall, floated a massive, unimaginably dark throne.

And on the throne...

A voluptuous, almost perfect female figure was lying lazily on it.

She wore a pure black long dress, her fleshy buttocks pressing against the hem, her snow-white and smooth thighs exposed to the air, and her long silver hair was draped freely, some of it spreading on the throne and some hanging in the air.

Her face was exquisitely beautiful, yet she gave off an arrogant feeling, as if she were a goddess looking down on mortals.

Just then, the woman on the throne seemed to tremble almost imperceptibly with her closed eyelashes.

He didn't open his eyes or make any movement.

But Mu Qiu felt as if a gaze was fixed upon him from the shadows.

The feeling of being looked down upon with an arrogant gaze... made Mu Qiu frown somewhat unhappily.