Lord Shenxiu
Chapter 321: The Church (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 321: Chapter 321: The Church (Please Subscribe)

Whisperer Bar.

Zhong Shenxiu expertly crafted cocktails one after another, drawing the excited screams of numerous female office workers.

It had been half a month since his return.

The male patrons welcomed this, of course, because his return had attracted a lot of young women.

In the same bar, where there were more beautiful women, business was always a bit better.

And during this period, Shenxiu had also helped Jones advance, becoming an "Extraordinary" person, and had taught him some basic knowledge of mystery teachings.

According to his estimate, it was impossible for Jones to touch the Scarlet River in this lifetime, and even the Pure White Wilderness would require at least a decade of settling before he could attempt it.

At the same time, Gross’s people had come looking, and both sides established a stable communication channel, then sent over a large amount of advanced mystery teachings.

Most of Shenxiu’s time was actually spent reading in the secret chamber below the bar, only occasionally coming up for a drink as a diversion.

"Hey... look who’s here?"

At that moment, he saw the short and slightly chubby Angel walk in. He smiled and said, "Angel, long time no see."

"Long time no see..." Angel’s expression was a bit strange: "I mean... I haven’t seen you for a long time."

"You haven’t been to the bar for a long time either, otherwise you would know that I returned half a month ago..."

Shenxiu sniffed, "What would you like to drink today?"

"Surprise me!"

Angel yawned lazily, looking somewhat listless, and seemed to ask offhandedly, "Didn’t you go to Isreal before?"

"Yes, to open up the market there!"

Shenxiu picked up a cocktail shaker, "Now that the business there is stable, I’ve come back."

Hmm, and I picked up quite a few things, got a little upgrade.

"Isreal is a nice place, I mean... did you happen to see some old friends? Uh, I heard it’s a good place for encounters..."

Angel was organizing her words, hesitating.

"Are you asking about Alice? Indeed, I saw her; she’s doing well lately and even visited my bar for a drink, with a gentleman named O’Neill..."

Shenxiu smiled and placed a crimson cocktail in front of Angel: "Bloody Mary, improved version!"

This was a real blood drink, akin to a magic potion crafted by those versed in mystery teachings.

But Angel didn’t notice any of this, she indignantly picked up the glass and downed it in one go.

Then immediately, her expression shifted, and she let out a breath, appearing like an office worker who had been working for many days, finally relaxing and almost about to fall asleep.

"This drink is really good, tasty, very comfortable to drink..."

She leaned on the bar top, murmuring softly, "It tastes similar to the drinks I’ve had at the club, but slightly different..."

"Club?"

Shenxiu casually inquired.

He felt something off about this woman, suspecting she had encountered the mystical like Jones had before, thus he had purposely prepared the real Bloody Mary.

Now, judging by the symptoms, her spiritual contamination was significantly alleviated, but the information she revealed was somewhat unusual.

’Is Jamie blind? In just half a month, two people I know have encountered the mystical. Can Byron City still be called peaceful with this going on?’

Shenxiu complained inwardly, watching as Angel’s expression gradually changed.

Angel seemed to have thought of something, her eyes a bit hazy, "Yes, ever since that incident with Alice, I’ve also been quite interested in the mystical... Later, through a friend’s introduction, I joined a gathering, which was at a club that covertly recruits members. I didn’t quite like it there because the atmosphere was very... decadent, but the cuisine and drinks were really good, having a strange allure... Sorry, I don’t mean to say that the drinks here are bad, but they really are different."

Angel said, "That feeling, it’s just like the ’Bloody Mary’ I had today..."

Zhong Shenxiu’s gaze slightly hardened, ’At this level, it seems she’s even more involved than Jones...’

He smiled faintly and asked, "Then, I’d really like to try it out sometime. Could you tell me its name, and where it is?"

"Hehe... that’s a secret. About it, I can’t reveal too much information, even if I want to talk about it, I can’t..."

Angel, as if drunkenly, muttered in reply, "It’s like there’s some inexplicable force stopping me."

’A Secret Keeper’s oath of secrecy?’

Zhong Shenxiu immediately thought of something. Although the Secret Keepers’ main domain is history, they also have the ability to witness contracts.

Various rituals for forming contracts mainly refer to this entity.

And once ’witnessed’, the contract is unbreakable!

It’s said that within the Special Affairs Bureau, there are many experts in this area, specialized in dealing with preventing information leaks and such, mainly managing ordinary people who have incidentally witnessed the mysterious.

Of course, the requirements for spirituality in such rituals are not high; typically, ’Extraordinaries’ alone are sufficient to arrange them.

And other factions of the mystically inclined also quite favor these rituals, utilizing the Secret Keepers’ witness to contracts as their unique way to ensure trustworthiness.

’It looks like that club doesn’t have much to do with the Special Affairs Bureau... an evil organization that suddenly emerged?’

Zhong Shenxiu asked, settling for a lesser request, "Then, what is the club called?"

"That I can tell you... It has a very strange name, called... ’Flaying’!"

With her final words, Angel relaxed from body to mind and let out a yawn, and fell deeply asleep.

...

In the wee hours of the morning.

Angel woke up from the sofa, feeling exceptionally refreshed.

It was that kind of vibrant feeling that she probably hadn’t had this month, right?

"Where is this...?"

She looked around, her eyes somewhat bewildered, and then her expression changed as she checked her clothes and found them all in order, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don’t worry, this is the bar’s office, and I don’t have a hobby of drugging or... collecting corpses," Zhong Shenxiu said while eating a sandwich, speaking quite matter-of-factly, "You passed out last night..."

"Yes."

Angel replied guiltily, "Thank you..."

After thinking for a moment, she solemnly warned, "Mr. Li Wei, that club is not simple, and I’d like to ask you to stop focusing on these matters. Well... goodbye then!"

Angel rushed out of the bar and silently thought to herself, ’Li Wei is a good person, he should not get involved in this, it’s too dangerous.’

As she left, a Special Affairs Bureau investigator stepped out of the shadows in the alley, casually noting, "March twenty-first, target entered Whisperer Bar, left after one night..."

He quietly followed Angel until he saw her return to school, only then did he turn away and quickly merged with the crowds.

After several detours, he entered a church.

This church was built very grandly, marked by a huge clock tower.

Si Sui Church!