Chapter Eighty-Seven: Preparations

  McDonald's. Chen Le's temporary resting place.

  Chen Le took a glance at Aikesu and said: "Let's wait for Fei Cui to arrive, we'll continue talking after he comes."

  Aegs looked at Maddie in confusion, and Maddie explained helplessly: "Fitz is a necromancer invited by Master Arthur. I don't know what happened just now, but both Master Arthur and Fitz seemed exhausted. Fitz asked me to bring Master Arthur back first."

  Aegys clenched his fists and gritted his teeth at the mention of the Lich, but he quickly let go. He knew that offending this Lich would be a grave mistake, as it could prevent him from configuring the Vengeful Spirit Crystal, making his guilt even greater.

  Soon, a voice came from the door. "Arthur Xiao You, I'm here." Fei's voice was calm, as if it were just friends visiting each other.

  Chen Le suddenly sat up, then said to Fei Zhi, who was standing at the door in a black robe: "Master Fei Zhi, you've finally arrived. It was really too dangerous on the road just now!"

  Aikes took another look at Maddy, who smiled wryly because he didn't know what had happened to Chen Le and the others either.

  Aegisthus began to carefully size up Fizz.

  The black robe, the snake-headed staff, and that pale, unnatural skin, but it was the thick hair that finally made Egwene's eyes widen in recognition. Egwene studied the image carefully, for she felt certain she had seen it somewhere before.

  Chen Le suddenly jumped out of bed and excitedly said to Fei Teng: "Old man Fei, how did you come so quickly?"

  It's clear that these two are going to put on a big show.

  Faye quickly got into character: "Arthur buddy, I've finally figured out what's going on with that mysterious skull we talked about last time."

  Chen Le knew it was true, but the development of things was clearly not like that: "Oh, Fei Tuo old man, I remember saying he was your key to breaking through, how, is there a clue?"

  Faye nodded and began to chant, soon the small room was filled with black smoke, Aigis's expression clearly showed a hint of disgust.

  A flash of grey light, and a skull with a body as white as snow appeared before everyone's eyes. He walked in a dignified manner, then stopped in front of Fei Zuo and bowed his head in a noble gesture.

  A skull that understands etiquette? What a joke! Even Maddy, who claims to be a magical outsider, knows that skulls can only execute the most basic commands. As for etiquette, I'd advise you to fantasize about how to slaughter dragons instead.

  Fei coughed and Skull immediately brought over a stool. Fei smiled and sat down.

  Everyone else was shocked by the skull's performance, but Fei had a calm face.

  Chen Lenuo was furious, he rushed to Fei Zuo's face and shook his clothes. While shaking, he asked: "Old man Fei Zuo! Quickly tell me what's going on!"

  Fei is a magician, Chen Le is a warrior. Although Chen Le didn't use much strength, Fei's small body really couldn't withstand it.

  That skull's expression was very strange. Logically, a skull's expression shouldn't change because it's just bones, but this skull's expression was indeed somewhat eerie, giving people the feeling that it was smiling!

  Chen Le stopped swaying and instead went to find that skull. The skull seemed to have discovered Chen Le's intention, it wanted to run.

  But Mai Di took a step ahead and blocked the door, leaving Skull with no choice but to gaze at Chen Lele with a bitter smile.

  Feyz felt dizzy at this time, but he could still speak: "There is a human soul on the skeleton!"

  "What! A human soul? Can a skull also be possessed by a human soul?" Chen Le was shocked, he really didn't understand.

  Faye nodded and said, "Right, originally skulls rely on the soul fire in their eye sockets to move, but this skull doesn't have any soul fire. I've done many experiments to test this skull, trying to figure out why it's different from other skulls."

  He sighed and said, "But they all failed. That skull was different from ordinary skulls in terms of ability. One day, he even wrote his thoughts on paper, which shocked me at the time. This skull was wise. It wasn't until I conducted experiments on the soul that I found out what made him different."

  "Alright, Old Fei, don't say any more. We're not people of your kind, you don't need to explain so much."

  Faye showed a regretful expression, then said: "Alright, I think I'll ask you when are you planning to get down to business. But first, let me say that the extraction of the Vengeful Spirit Crystal is best done at midnight!"

  It was already moonlit at this time, and occasionally you could still hear the roar of monsters outside.

  Chen Le sighed and said: "So be it now. Does Lord Aegrys have any opinions?"

  Aigas grunted and said, "Do as you like."

  Fay nodded and left with his staff.

  Chen Le walked ahead with Fei Zi.

  On the way to the east-facing city wall, Chen Le and Fei Zou both saw countless people directly lying on the ground and sleeping. Although the attacks of the past two days had weakened a lot, the fatigue of the previous few days still existed.

  "Master Arthur!" Whether they were soldiers or civilians, whether they were able-bodied or disabled, as long as they could speak, they would respectfully call out when they saw Chen Le.

  Chen Le was enjoying this heartfelt praise. Fei Tu's head remained lowered, his expression unseen.

  It wasn't until I reached the stairs leading up to the city wall that I realized there was truly no one around.

  Fei Zhi finally spoke out his feelings: "Master, I don't know why those people hold you in such high esteem?"

  Chen Le smiled and said: "Fei Zhi, you're a necromancer, perhaps you've never truly helped anyone before?"

  He nodded and said, "Yes, in my past life, my daily task was to constantly kill those I thought should be killed."

  Chen Le smiled and said, "This is also a way to help people, but it's the most despicable way to help people. You killed those fishmongers in the village, although some of the bullied people might be grateful to you, but more people saw your brutal side, and the reputation of the necromancer was ruined like this."

  Fay nodded thoughtfully, also regretting his past mistakes.

  Chen Le stopped and pointed at the sky, saying: "Fei Zuo, maybe I won't live as long as you, but I think I can help you in some ways."

  "The general feeling of the Lich's evil is because it is defined as evil by the people of the world. Even if you think you are right, it cannot change the way the world views you. I know that you followed me just to ask for my help in rebuilding that Dark Sanctuary, I agreed to help you, but you must do things according to what I say."

  "Regardless of right or wrong, light or evil, these are just the surface of power. The true definition of right and wrong lies in a person's heart, it depends on how you use this power."

  "It's just like what we're about to do, the Vengeful Spirit Crystal looks like an utterly evil thing that would even disturb the spirits of the dead. If it were in peacetime, you might be thrown onto a stake and burned alive, but now, no one will stop you, on the contrary, they'll find ways to help you."

  "Because they know that what you're doing will help them. So, Fei Yu, remember this: necromancy is a very convenient magic, and if we have our own territory in the future, I'll let you summon skulls to help the common people at the bottom, so they can understand that skulls aren't scary, but rather likable."

  Fei Zhi kept his head down all the way, it was clear that he was trying hard to digest what Chen Le had said.

  Two people soon arrived on top of the city wall.

  On the city wall, a gloomy wind blows from time to time, and occasionally you can still hear the cries of resentful spirits.

  Chen Le pointed at the seemingly boundless starry sky and said, "Go, Fei Zhi! This is the first step to change the image of a Lonesome Soul Master!"

  "Unlock Quest! Change the appearance of the Lich Mage, quest reward: Get the Dark Council building. Time: Unlimited."