blueteamnovel Chapter 3801 Hermit Society
Chapter 3801 Hermit Society
Chapter 3801 Hermit Society
But then again, they are just "middlemen", do they need to be treated so seriously?
Angel felt a little strange, perhaps it was related to the "registration" that Xiaolu mentioned before?
"Sorry to have kept you waiting for so long." Xiaolu apologized, "It's mainly because a big customer came to our branch office earlier."
When Xiaolu mentioned the "big customer", his tone was obviously paused, with a barely detectable cover-up. If other people had caught the details in Xiaolu's eyes, they would probably have started to imagine the identity of the "big customer". —— So hidden, he must be a big shot, and he might even be a big shot on the surface.
In fact, Xiaolu was indeed trying to guide Ingres's thoughts, allowing him to imagine and give himself self-suggestion.
But Xiaolu's performance was misguided.
Angell saw the so-called "branch" clearly from a God's perspective. The big customers and managers did not exist...
However, Angel did not expose her, but followed her words and said: "Is it a very big client?"
Xiaolu still had a concealed look on his face: "We need to keep the client confidential. I'm sorry I can't answer that."
Angel seemed to understand something, his expression thoughtful: "It seems that I chose the right person this time."
Xiaolu smiled and said, "If you believe in your choice, we hermits will..."
Xiaolu just mentioned the name of his organization, and suddenly paused, muttering to himself: "I think I said too much, but it doesn't matter... I believe the guests, and I believe that the manager will not care about these."
Angel was calm inside, but he still cooperated and asked, "Hermit Society? Is this the name of your studio? Aren't you guides?"
Xiaolu: "Guide is just my profession, but the Hermit Society is not full of guides. There are also elites from all walks of life."
Angel: “…”Are you sure you are the elites in all walks of life?
"As for whether the Hermits are a studio... I'm not in a position to say. However, for the sake of understanding, Mr. Zuniga can also be considered a studio."
Angel: "..." Don't you mean that the Hermit Society is not a studio? Do you want me to understand it as a secret organization?
Angel: "The Hermit Order, the name alone sounds impressive."
"We're not that powerful. We're just a small gathering of hermits." Although he said so, there was a meaningful smile on Xiaolu's lips.
Xiaolu also knew the principle of knowing when to stop, so he stopped blowing and walked into the alley with Angel with a smile.
The walls on both sides of the alley are covered with cracks, the paint is slightly peeling, and you can see mottled graffiti.
However, as one goes deeper into the alley, the walls inside become smoother and more luxurious, and one can even see the light and shadow of grass and trees projected holographically.
Also because of the holographic projection, the doors and window frames in the alley were covered.
However, Ingres was able to see the eyes secretly looking out of the windows through the God's perspective.
Unless something unexpected happens, they are all members of the "Hermit Society".
Passing through the alley, Xiaolu brought Angel to an ancient gate.
There are clusters of flower shadows near the gate, extending all the way to the doorplate. Through the shadows of the flowers, you can see the words "Hermitage Branch" written on the doorplate.
Xiaolu also pointed to the door at the right time and said, "This is the branch of our Hermit Society. Please come in, sir."
Xiaolu was the first to open the door and walk in.
"It's very big inside and there are many passages. It's easy to get lost. Please follow me closely, sir." Xiaolu said as he took a candle from the wall and walked inside.
The dim candlelight seems to be leading the way ahead.
Xiaolu was right. Although the Hermits were a small group in Angel's eyes, the area they lived in was quite large. There were indeed many forks in this corridor, and some of them even led directly to deeper caves.
To be able to own such a large settlement in the deep underground black market, the Hermit Society must have a certain background.
After walking in the dark corridor for about half a minute, they came to a new space.
As soon as he entered here, Angel's eyes were attracted by the scenes before him.
Pages of books with musical notes float in front of you, forming a suspended staircase leading directly to the "garden" in the air.
Yes, a quiet sky garden appeared in this space.
Rare flowers are planted in the garden, each of which emits a unique glimmer. The color of the flowers is not ostentatious, but a low-key and elegant blue tone, as if it were drawn with the brushstrokes of the starry sky.
In the center of the garden is a circle of black marble square.
New pages of books are also floating in this small square. These pages are pulled by a large number of light butterflies, forming a spiral staircase that winds upwards.
Ingres looked up and saw a floating pavilion made of black jade at the end of the stairs.
Floating light butterflies scattered high and low around the pavilion not only provide bright light, but also look like a twinkling starry sky when viewed from below.
Ingres had seen this floating garden before when he used the God's perspective. However, when he saw it at that time, it was completely dark and there was no light effect.
It also looks quite bleak.
It was not until they came in that some logistical staff of the Hermit Order seemed to inject light into this floating garden.
With the interplay of stars and light butterflies, this garden looks so dreamy.
"Sir, what do you think of this place?" Xiaolu couldn't help but ask when he saw Angel's "shocked" face.
"Very beautiful, very high-end. It has a completely different style from the black market deep underground, but it's equally shocking." Angel didn't lie this time.
Xiaolu seemed to have heard Ingres' sincerity, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up.
This is the "marketing strategy".
The hermits would like to make a name for themselves, and the first impression is the most important. They spent a lot of money to set up this scene, wasn't it just for this scene in front of them?
Although Xiaolu was very pleased with herself, she knew very well that if she wanted to maintain the situation, she couldn't "care" too much about these details.
"As long as you like it, sir." Xiaolu paused and said, "Sir, you can go to the pavilion upstairs and wait. I'll go call the manager over. I don't know if the manager has sent the big client away yet..."
As Xiaolu was talking, he walked to the side.
After three or two steps, he pushed open an air door out of thin air.
It was dark behind the door and nothing could be seen, but Xiaolu turned around, smiled at Angel, and walked in.
Angel took a deep look at the door, then stepped onto the book page stairs pulled by the light butterflies and walked step by step to the black jade pavilion above.
The pavilion was covered with starry sky curtains on all sides. Ingres lifted a corner of the curtain next to it and walked in.
There wasn't much furnishings inside, just a table and stools on both sides.
However, the atmosphere of the starry sky and light butterflies did not disappear, giving people the illusion of being high in the sky.
Ingres randomly chose a stool and sat down, seemingly waiting, but in fact he was observing Xiaolu's movements from a God's perspective.
The door that Xiaolu opened on the marble square just now was indeed a space door.
The place it leads to is an attic hidden in the dark.
In the attic, a group of hermits were slapping the face of a little girl in witch costume, but the little witch seemed to have fallen into a coma and could not be woken up no matter how hard they slapped her.
When Xiaolu came in and saw this scene, he frowned and said, "The little witch hasn't woken up yet? Is she pretending to sleep?"
Everyone around looked at each other in bewilderment. After a long while, a man in a suit and leather shoes came out and said, "Little Witch has a history of being grumpy when waking up, but her history of pretending to be asleep is zero."
In other words, maybe he wasn't pretending to be asleep.
Xiaolu's heart skipped a beat, as if he had thought of something. He quickly turned to look at the man in the suit: "Kalen, has Bambu been put into the book by the little witch?"
The man in a suit called Karlain shook his head: "No, Bambu is still maintaining the projection on the wall of the alley outside."
Hearing that Bambu was not put into the magic book, Xiaolu breathed a sigh of relief: "Stop asking it to maintain the projection and come here quickly. People are already in, so it doesn't matter what's happening outside."
More than ten seconds later, a little elf with star-shaped butterfly wings on its back flew into the attic.
When Xiaolu saw Bambu, he immediately rushed forward and quickly asked about the situation in front of Bambu's wide eyes.
After a while, Xiaolu sighed, turned around and said to everyone: "Bambu can't contact the little witch's consciousness... If nothing unexpected happens, the little witch should have been targeted by the fashion monster and entered the challenge space."
"When we built the Starry Sky Garden, we actually envisioned that it would attract fashion monsters. But we didn't expect the timing to be so awkward. She entered the challenge space just when the guests came." Xiaolu said helplessly.
"However, it's a good thing that she is targeted by the fashion monster. As long as the task is not too difficult, the little witch should be able to pass it."
"As for the guests outside..."
Xiaolu turned to look at Bambu and said, "You can stay outside. You have all the bounty information of the major book page merchants."
Bambu patted his chest and put on an expression that said "I am very reliable". "Don't worry, leave it to me. Although the master is not here, I can't use the abilities in the magic book. But it's just to retrieve some information, no problem!"
Xiaolu gently touched Bambu's head and said, "Then you come out with me. You will disguise yourself as... the manager's fashion monster."
Bambu: "Where is the manager?"
Xiao Lu didn't hesitate and said directly: "Just say that the manager went to send a big client and hasn't come back yet. Anyway, after you follow me out, just pretend that you don't understand. You only need to be responsible for retrieving the information, and leave the rest to me."
Bambu nodded obediently, fanned his Starry Butterfly wings, and landed on Xiaolu's shoulder.
"We can't keep our customers waiting for too long. I'll be leaving first. Keep an eye on the little witch. Also, the light effects outside can't stop, at least not until this order is finished."
After saying that, Xiaolu took Bambu back to the floating garden outside.
Ingres also withdrew his gaze at the right time.
I didn't expect that I would gain something new just by taking a look.
A little witch who entered the challenge space... If I get a chance later, I can go and see if I can get any new tasks.
But what surprised Angel the most was the elf named Bambu.
If nothing unexpected happens, it should be a special form of fashion monster.
This was the third "special form" fashion monster that Angel had seen in the Modern City. The previous two were his Turing and Yuri's Youyou.
Angel is not quite sure what kind of special form of fashion monster this Bambu is, but from the conversation with Xiaolu just now, we can know that Bambu seems to be able to store and process information?
This is very similar to Turing.
It seems that the special forms of fashion monsters have powerful information summarization capabilities?
While Ingres was thinking, Xiaolu had already lifted the curtain outside the pavilion and walked in.
Angel saw Bambu on Little Green's shoulder the first time. He was shocked at first, but then he looked at Little Green seriously: "This is... a special form..."
When Xiaolu saw Angel's "shocked" expression, he nodded with satisfaction in his heart.
Letting Angel meet Bambu is also part of building a "first impression", and it seems to be very successful so far.
However, although Angel was acting "shocked", the solemnity in his expression was not a disguise. Previously, he thought that the hermits would have some "grassroots" feeling, but now it seems that they have pets, can create such a large territory in the deep underground black market, and can also create a dreamlike starry sky garden.
Even if the Hermit Society is really just a startup, it should never be underestimated.
This level is much better than many studios on the surface.
Xiaolu: "Yes, it's called Bambu, a special form of the Starry Illusion Butterfly - the Starry Butterfly Spirit."
The special form of the Starry Illusion Butterfly, the Starry Butterfly Spirit?
Angel narrowed his eyes. This was a high-level fashion monster. In terms of level, it was even a little higher than Turing.
Of course, in terms of rarity, Turing is even rarer.
But this also shows that the Hermits Society is not ordinary. In other words, there are capable people in the Hermits Society!
"This is the first time I see a Starry Butterfly Spirit. It's incredible..." Angel looked at Bambu deeply, his tone full of emotion.
Bambu seemed a little scared by Angel's stare and shrank into Xiaolu's hair.
Xiaolu stroked it soothingly, then turned to look at Angel: "Excuse me, sir. I just went to look for the manager and found that he had gone to see a client off and has not returned yet."
"But it's okay. I can help you deal with it. Sir, are you willing to accept my handling? Or should the guests wait for the manager to come back?"
When Xiaolu said this, he deliberately showed an expectant look.
Angel naturally knew what Xiaolu meant and nodded gently: "Then I'll trouble you."
Xiaolu immediately smiled and sat down opposite Angel: "I know the guest is in a hurry, so I won't waste any more time and let's get straight to the point."
"We can help customers check the bounty lists of various book sellers. All they need to do is pay a small commission and we can help them choose the most suitable sales channel."
"By the way, we also have a free inquiry method here. I wonder if you would like to know more about it?"