The Seven Mysteries (3)

<<If Chongyun ends up exploded, the system will take away 30,000 Moras and 160 primogems from the Host as compensation for letting the trial character suffer damage.>>

(WHAT! That's too harsh for a penalty!) Alexy thought.

<<Why don't you try standing in the system's shoes?>>

<<Clock is ticking>>

<<9:50>>

<<9:49>>

<<9:48>>

...

<<Kaeya is summoned>>

Before Kaeya could ask what he needed, Alexy said:

"Use your Cryo power to cool him down!" Alexy said while pointing at Chongyun.

"Got it!" said Kaeya.

Kaeya dashed to near Chongyun and used his Elemental Skill, Frostgnaw, and applied some ice on Chongyun. And the young exorcist stopped attacking Noelle.

"Look like it works!" Alexy was relieved.

However, after about 3 seconds, Chongyun swirled around like a beyblade again, trying to attack both Noelle and Kaeya.

<<9:00>>

<<8:59>>

(No, what do I do now?) Alexy was sweating. (Ah right, let's ask Herbalist Gui!)

<<Herbalist Gui is summoned>>

"Herbalist,..."

"No need to ask, I can't cure that. Pure-Yang spirit is a permanent condition to the body, it can't be cured, one simple has to cope with it." the young herbalist raised his hand up and made a sign that he couldn't do anything about Chongyun.

But before Alexy could lament more, Herbalist Gui said:

"However, I don't say that we can't calm him down. Because pure-Yang spirit is intrinsic to Chongyun's body, you can't use Cryo power, which is an outside force, to calm him down. We have to use something that affects the inside. Simply put, let he eat something with abundance Yin energy, something cold."

"Like ice-cream?"

"Yes,...but not quite, it has to be the type with special ingredients. And I happen to have the ingredients." Herbalist Gui said.

Before Alexy could say "Herbalist Gui, you save me, thank you so much!", the herbalist said: "1,000 Moras for each of the ingredients, no haggling!"

"WHAT! I thought you are an ethical doctor, it turns out you are just a seller." Alexy shouted.

"Sorry, I don't want to, but I can't give these to you for free!" Herbalist Gui said with an apologetic face.

Alexy could only shake his head and remembered what Paimon told him about the importance of Mora, which is the only currency that the system accepts, aside from primogem, which is only used to purchase wishes.

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<<Alexy Tsarevich: -2,000 Moras>>

<<Herbalist Gui: +2,000 Moras>>

<<Obtained: 1 Qingxin, 1 Mist Flower Corolla>>

(Now the system is a bank or something!) Alexy thought.

"Please summon Chef Mao, he can help you, if you haven't met him, you can find him in the list of AIs." Herbalist Gui said and returned to the system's dimension.

<<Chef Mao is summoned>>

"Alright, just give me the ingredients, it won't take long." Chef Mao said after he saw Chongyun, without the need of an explanation. After taking the ingredients, he returned to the system's dimension, leaving Alexy alone watching the fight.

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<<4:00>>

<<3:59>>

<<3:58>>

(Have you done yet, Chef Mao?)

<<Obtained: 1 Icy Popsicle>>

(Finally, it's done! But how to feed it to Chongyun, if I'm not careful, the ice-cream may be ruined.)

"Boss, have you found the solution?" Kaeya shouted while he was fighting.

"Yes, but..."

"Summon LISA!"

"Uh, ok!" Alexy followed what Kaeya said without hesitation.

<<Lisa is summoned>>

"Stand back, Cutie Pie, I'll handle this!" said Lisa.

(What the..., since when I'm Cutie Pie?)

Seeing Lisa, Kaeya and Noelle both dashed far away from Chongyun. The 1* catalyst, Apprentice's Note, appeared in Lisa's hand.

"This is not the best, but for you, it's enough!"

BANG BANG BOOM

Purple lightning appeared from the ceiling and shocked Chongyun three times. The young exorcist fell down after the 3rd zap, his body kept convulsing, black burn marks could be seen on his face.

"Is he dead?" Alexy asked.

Lisa looked at him, smiled gently and shook her head.

"Here, put this into his mouth!" Alexy said and gave the popsicle to Kaeya, preferring to stay in a safe distance from Chongyun.

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"Ummm...ummm!"

After waking up, the first thing Chongyun feel is the flavor of popsicle inside his mouth. Many don't like the flavor of this icy popsicle, but Chongyun does.

Seeing the others' worried faces looking at him, Chongyun knew immediately what happened. He tried to stand up but realized that he couldn't, his arms and legs kept shaking and sometimes convulsing, which is quite painful even though he practices martial arts.

Kaeya came near Chongyun and took the half-finished popsicle out of his mouth.

"I'm so sorry..."

"It's ok. The important thing is that you are fine now. Let's leave here!" said Alexy, trying to get the destroyed musical instruments out of his head.

---

The group walked out of the Music room's inventory, with Kaeya helping Chongyun walk out.

(After this, I must find a way to compensate this school.) thought Chongyun while looking back at the mess he made.

Meanwhile, Alexy was looking at the quest's progress.

<<The Seven Mysteries>>

<<Progress: 1/7>>

(1/7, this means that the shamisen ghost is gone for good. But there's still 6 of them. Ugh, I want to go home and sleep now.)

As Alexy's eyes wandered through the school yard, he realized something and he felt a chill down his spine.

"Why are you so pale? Are you alright?" Noelle asked with a concerned face.

"Where...is...the...first principal's...statue?"

Hearing Alexy's words, Chongyun suddenly came to realization. According to Alexy's words before coming here, they were suppose to investigate the statue first. But when they came to the school, they just thoughtlessly went to the Biology room first, and neither Alexy nor Chongyun took notice to see if the statue was there. And now it was nowhere to be seen, just that thought alone would send chill down anyone's spine.

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Meanwhile, in the kitchen,

'MUAHAHAHAHA, so much food, the guards are so fortunate with a caring chef like that. But they are too scared to eat now, let this one eat all of these in your stead!" Paimon laughed and said.

BAM BAM

The first principal's statue hit the table of food and destroyed it. But Paimon was not crushed under its fists.

"Hey, how dare you ruin food like that?!!!" Paimon shouted at the statue, which immediately turned around and tried to catch Paimon with his hands. But Paimon successfully escaped from its grip.

"BLEW...BLEW...catch me if you can!" Paimon said and flew away, and the statue immediately chased behind her.

Unfortunately for Paimon, she slammed into something hard when trying to leave the Dining Hall, she looked up and saw a human figurine, beside it were the black ghost and a movable stairs. Behind her was the principal's statue.

"Ha...haha...ha...Paimon thinks we could talk things out..."

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AR: 6 (125/1500 EXP)

Primogem count: 310

Mora count: 29, 675