A day later, in Black Robe Town.

The market was noisy, bathed in the glow of red lights and green wine. Beautiful girls in exotic attire weaved through the neon lights, while mature and sexy women unabashedly displayed their allure. The darkness couldn't hide the flowing laughter, and the dazzling scene built a prosperity that didn't belong to this era.

Ash's arm was bumped, and he turned his head to see a stunningly beautiful woman, whose figure could only be described as a miracle. Her long, wavy hair and deep V-neck dress only enhanced the profound allure that seemed to draw all gazes. Even the slightest brush, even clothed, made Ash feel how smooth and elastic the spot of contact was.

She gave Ash a slight smile, unconcerned, and continued walking down the street. Such beauties were everywhere here, the street was full of dazzling choices, countless like heaven.

And that was also the most regrettable part.

The entire street was like this, no exception.

Including him and Igula beside him.

"People of the Blue Bird Divine Era are what, all just chirping birds?" Ash covered his face and sighed, "How could anyone follow such a Great Skill?"

"Blood Moon's strict pursuit of appearance also trends this way. If you've been to Blood Moon University, you'd hardly see any unattractive students there, even ogres have clear brows and beautiful eyes," Igula said calmly. "If the Blue Bird Divine Era is more developed than Blood Moon, it's understandable that the obsession with beauty would overflow."

"Why are you so calm!?"

"You know, before I was captured by the Blood Frenzy Hunters, the people I collaborated with didn't know my real face. Guess what identity I used to interact with them?"

"Since you're so familiar, you go buy the stuff yourself; I'm going back to the hostel—"

"I can't manage alone," Igula said as he hooked Ash's collar and dragged him along. "Tamasi needs to heal, Harvey can't stop eating, so the only ones free to move around are us."

After accepting the gift from the Transcend Sect and departing on a Transcend brand motorcycle, they arrived at the most bustling trade hub of the Qinri Alliance—Black Robe Town.

Black Robe Town was under the direct jurisdiction of one of Senluo's largest sects, War Temple. Though named War Temple, their ideal was to pursue peace, but the means to achieve this ideal involved using war to destroy all wars. This was a very feasible ideal because they could realize it by simply unifying Senluo, and the ideal of the War Temple would naturally be fulfilled.

In this Senluo Wasteland, there were definitely many who longed for peace and unity, so the thriving of the War Temple was almost inevitable, even without the presence of a Divine Sect, there would be peace sects, governance sects, and more.

However, Black Robe Town's relation to the War Temple wasn't significant, its specialty was that it belonged to the legacy of the Third Divine Era: the Blue Bird Divine Era.

As mentioned before, the Fire Cat Era created the Divine Fire System to peacefully transition to the next Divine Era. Fire Cat Mages succeeded; there was no war between Fire Cat and Blue Bird, but perhaps because there was no bloody conflict, some ideals of the Blue Bird Divine Era were quite outrageous.

Black Robe Town held a legacy known as 'Mirror of Flowers,' precisely derived from the Blue Bird Divine Era's Mirror of Flowers Great Skill. This Great Skill's ideal was: everyone becomes a beautiful girl.

Ash was quite certain that this ideal also had a prefix 'everyone but me,' but since Great Skills were the obsessions of the deceased, they naturally didn't need that prefix.

The Mirror of Flowers was exactly this Great Skill's derivative legacy; within its influence, everyone irrespective of sex, age, and status transformed into various forms of beautiful girls. For men, it goes without saying, but females would also change—hairstyles, makeup, and even clothing would alter, truly a one-click transformation.

Although Ash admitted this was somewhat interesting, as Igula had said, the Blood Moon Kingdom also had this trend, so it was understandable for some people in the Blue Bird Divine Era who had too much time on their hands.

But now Senluo was in the age of Wasteland, everyone was busy purging heretics, it wasn't yet time for spiritual indulgences—so why did Black Robe Town, possessing the Mirror of Flowers, become a trade center?

Because the Mirror of Flowers had another feature: Technique Spirits' slumber. Within the influence of the Mirror of Flowers, all Technique Spirits would sleep, and mages could pour in as much Magic Power as they liked but couldn't make them work. Furthermore, with bodies transformed into soft, fragrant beautiful girls, even the most flawless Weak Mages could only sell cuteness here.

It was said that even Four-winged Technique Spirits couldn't resist the hypnotic effect of the Mirror of Flowers, and many suspected that the Mirror of Flowers' actual body might be a Divine Being from the Void Realm.

No one had Combat Power, which equaled safety; everyone became different-looking beautiful girls, which equaled anonymity.

And these two aspects were precisely the prerequisites most needed for trading.

Mirror of Flowers' Black Robe Town might have once been simply a paradise where people pursued beauty, but in the Senluo Wasteland, it had become the most trusted trading place among different sects.

Perhaps some mages would think about sniping at people from outside Black Robe Town, but the Mirror of Flowers only worked at night. Outside the town during the nighttime, the Green Strangle Gang would handle uninvited guests.

By day when the Mirror of Flowers ceased its effect, everyone would return to their original states. Either to cover their identities or because it was too shameful, everyone would wear black robes or other clothes to cover their bodies, and this was the origin of the name Black Robe Town.

As the largest distribution center in Senluo, Ash and his group came here not only to replenish supplies but also to seize the opportunity to purchase Technique Spirits. Technique Spirit trades were common in other nations but rare in Senluo; most Technique Spirits circulated only within their sects.

After all, if you dare sell Technique Spirits to other sects, you couldn't get over it yourself—how could you trade with heretics? Are you aiding the enemy? Is your loyalty not absolute?

Even the Qinri Alliance was the same; they merely assisted each other in resisting the Four Pillars God Sect, not meaning they became a community of shared interests. There were only so many positions in the Divine Era; their relationships were zero-sum, life-or-death gambles, not cooperative-win scenarios.

Therefore, the circulation of goods between sects depended on merchant convoys—formal sects bartered goods like the Transcend Sect; informal sects simply looted, like the Tribulation Fire Temple.

But Black Robe Town was different; here, as long as you don't tell and I don't tell, everyone anonymous as beauties, direct trades between different sects occurred without middlemen making a profit. Many sects had stalls here, and the War Temple tacitly permitted their presence.

In Igula's words, this place was like an underground black market where everyone used beautiful girls' avatars.

Just the content of the trade...

Ash glanced at the store by the road, not mentioning the bomb-swords and other weapons, he understood the sale of potent elixirs, but how come there were also corpses for sale? If he had known, he would have called Harvey over.

Besides these, Black Robe Town indeed had many items that caught the eyes of Ash and his crew. Like how the Transcend Sect still preserved production lines for fantasy creations such as solar-powered motorcycles and musical instruments, other sects also had some similar legacies, like "Eternal Clean Water Source," "Eagle Eye Glasses," "Senluo Fixed Point Maps," and other practical tools.

There were even entertainment products like the "Gray Fox Light Screen," but since it could no longer connect to the Gray Fox servers, it only retained basic functions such as telling time, shooting videos, calculating, and note-taking (comes with 1000 episodes of Gray Fox series).

"Ice cream cones!"

"Lemon tea!"

"Grilled fatty skewers!"

Within a short walk, Ash's mouth never stopped moving, his hands constantly switching foods, running before each snack stand pointing at this and that, then gesturing for Igula to pay.

"Is it because your body changed, so your brain is influenced by hormones?" the Swindler said while taking out his wallet, "We are not here for a shopping spree."

"Here, try this."

"I'm not as greedy as you."

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"Open your mouth, ahh—ahh—how does it taste?"

"Average."

"We'll buy some to take back for Harvey and Tamasi to try." Ash spoke cheerily, "The food factory town, Transcend Tower, we've been entangled with Silver Lamp these past few days and haven't had proper rest. Even though you can handle it, I can't. I had Liss with me back in the Gospel, now it's just you guys..."

"What," Igula scoffed, "do you want us to act all spoiled with you like Liss? You could look for Harvey, although he's not as youthful as Liss, I bet him acting spoiled won't feel out of place."

"You think it was only Liss who acted spoiled towards me? I was also acting spoiled towards her." Ash laughed, "Adults are just kids forced to mature."

"That's just you."

"Humph, you'll understand once you have a daughter," Ash sniffed, "And since the Mercury Wooden Horse hasn't given us any updates about Silver Lamp, there's no use in us rushing—"

"Are you looking for me?"

Ash and Igula swiftly turned around and saw a silver-haired beauty appear behind them. She pointed to a nearby open-air drinking area, signaling them to follow her, and then went over to sit down and order.

This wasn't the first time Mercury Wooden Horse personally maneuvered the Believers of the Four Pillars to meet them, and Ash and his companions were accustomed to these sudden meetings, so they joined her at the table.

The open-air drinking area was crowded, with many people gulping down drinks boldly, enjoying the bliss of being tipsy—Mages are actually hard to intoxicate, because magic power nourishes the body, and after one or two years as mages, they are basically immune to alcohol and minor troubles like diarrhea. But in the Mirror of Flowers, mages became fragile again, able to experience the joy of numbing their minds.

However, Ash and Igula were here to discuss business, only ordering two standard beverages.

"Good evening, Ash."

The silver-haired beauty said, "I heard that Silver Lamp took the Sonic Strum Great Skill from the Transcend Sect, I thought you would be implicated... Where's the Necromancer?"

"He's in the hotel." Ash said, "He turned into a dark-skinned loli and doesn't dare to come out."

Harvey clearly wouldn't care about his appearance, but his body had lost several pounds due to the Blood Seed infection, and he had to constantly eat and use the Technique Spirit to speed up absorption to compensate for the loss of life energy.

"So, Ash, tell me about your experiences in the Transcend Tower," the silver-haired beauty didn't hide her curiosity, "How did you manage to leave? Did you fight your way out?"

"Strange."

Igula suddenly said, "How can you tell who is who between us? We both are affected by the Mirror of Flowers, Ash has red hair and scarlet eyes now, completely unlike his original appearance. Or rather, how do you recognize us?"

"Maybe it's the aura," the silver-haired beauty smiled, "The difference between you two is quite significant. As for how I recognized you... If you satisfy my curiosity, I might just tell you."

Ash and Igula exchanged glances, then Ash said, "We were indeed almost dragged down by Silver Lamp, but the eyes of the Transcend Sect are sharp, they know I'm the hero helping them—"

The silver-haired beauty remained expressionless, "If you're going to lie, could you at least bring a Spirit Mage? That would at least be somewhat challenging."

"Simply put, the Transcend Sect needed my help," Ash shrugged, "and besides..."

"They took quite a liking to Harvey."

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