Trafford's Trading Club

"I haven’t heard about the tribunal house. But I can burn you my way." The man sneered and shot out the crystals in his hands. The shining crystals were shot out just like bullets.

These crystals were so powerful and fast that they seem to be able to shatter iron.

Ordinary people couldn’t catch the movements with their eyes!

But the ghost in a black robe became a wisp of black smoke before the crystals reached it.

It scattered and reunited... Through this way, it escaped the attack easily.

The man realized a hint of danger but he still kept calm and shot more crystals from his sleeve. He began an incantation and fell back in a high speed... However, he stopped after five steps.

The black ghost was standing in front of the man, face to face... almost sticking to him.

"You are really a dabbler... Top magicians would not recite incantations for more than one second."

The man was still holding the crystal in his hands... but a gaping wound had already appeared on his chest!

The man stared at the wound for a moment before reacting... Nevertheless, he merely frowned and asked, "What are you?"

He was staring.

Suddenly, his body crystallized and broke into many crystal particles, which looked like many broken glass fragments.

These fragments bounced on the ground. Black Soul No.18... who was in a black robe, said in a gloomy voice, "You are a good dabbler, at least you know how to hide yourself."

This man from the very start... was not an actual body.

But Black Soul No.18 was not going to root out his real body. She always regarded the assignment as her first priority.

If this man escaped and didn’t show up again, she would let him go.

But she would play his game if he showed up once again.

Because, she could defeat him with a stinging slap no matter if it was a crystal or himself.

If one slap didn’t work, only one more was needed.

That was how easy it was for her.

The point was that the dream world set up by her had not faltered since the beginning... It was about the past dreams of this potential customer.

She transformed into a black shadow again and sneaked out of the alley secretly.

"Rustling in the wind..."

...

What made Zhao Ru proud was that she had earned money and supported her family to build this two-story house.

The third floor would be finished after this year.

Zhao Ru was pleased while seeing it from far away.

"Hello, Xiao Ru, welcome home!"

"Long time no see, Xiao Ru!"

People greeted her on the way home... Although this village was remote but it was not as cold as the city.

However, everyone had their difficulties. Others would never know the hardships behind the sweet smiles.

It wasn’t easy for a wage earner to go back home and spend the spring festival with their families.

Zhao Ru saw her parents and brother. This was the first time for her to be reunited with her family this year.

This was a meaningful meal.

"When will you start school, bro?"

Her mother cut up a chicken leg and added it to Zhao Ru’s bowl. But Zhao Ru was looking at her younger brother and looked forward to his feedback.

The boy gobbled. He said to Zhao Ru in a low voice, "No need."

"No need?" Zhao Ru was confused.

Her father tried to explain, "Oh, he means he wants to accompany you these days."

Zhao Ru smiled and continued, "Good boy. Your winter vacation will not end before I go back to work."

But the boy put aside his chopsticks and emphasized, "Dad, just tell her I quit school!"

Her mother beckoned the boy to stop. But it didn’t work...Zhao Ru perceived the embarrassing atmosphere in the room.

"Quit school?" Zhao Ru paused for a second. She took a deep breath with subdued anger, "Why did you quit school?"

"Nothing can be learned." The boy said and continued to put rice into his mouth. "I want to find a job rather than staying at school. The college tuition is so high. Furthermore, even after I finished school, I might not find a good job."

"No way. The tuition doesn’t matter. You can’t give up studying!" Zhao Ru said seriously, "You had better go back to school for graduation next year. I will talk to your teacher after the new year! "

"It’s no use." The boy shook his head.

Her mother was trying to stop the boy by kicking his feet under the table.

"Are you trying to hide something from me?" Zhao Ru noticed what her mother did just now.

"No." Her mother denied immediately, "Let’s discuss it tomorrow. Today is new year’s eve, have a good dinner first."

"No! We must make it clear now." Zhao Ru was angry, "Or I won’t eat anything! Fine, I will ask someone else if you still keep silent!"

Seeing Zhao Ru standing up, her father patted the table heavily, "Stop! What are you going to do? Your brother had a fight with others in the school and was expelled! Understand?"

"Had a fight with others?" Zhao Ru turned her head and looked at the boy, "Who are you fighting for? Why did you fight?"

"He provoked me first. It served him right."

"Can you stop talking?" Her father boxed his ears forcefully, "Do you think it’s an honor to compensate for thirty thousand RMB to the one you hurt? Shame on you!"

"What thirty thousand RMB?" Zhao Ru turned to her father suddenly.

"Nothing." Her father stopped shouting and drank the liquor alone.

"Tell me!" Zhao Ru questioned, "Where did you get the thirty thousand RMB? Tell me, mom, tell me!"

"Er... we borrowed it from others."

"From whom?"

"From... from the neighbors..."

"OK, stop!" Zhao Ru wiped her face heavily, "I got it. The money was from me, right?"

Her mother lowered her head.

"That’s the money for building the house! That’s the money you asked from me. You said the government subsidized us and we can build the third floor with thirty thousand RMB. You cheated me..." Zhao Ru screamed, "I really am an idiot!"

"Enough!" Her father got angry, too, "Why can’t we use this money to help your brother? He is our family member."

"Ridiculous! How could you say that?" Zhao Ru pointed at her father and said angrily, "Who provided the tuition fee for him these years? Who provided the money to build the two-story house for him? It’s me! You... halted my education and gave him the chance to go to school. Am I your daughter? How could you treat me like this?"

A big clap---!

Her father slapped her face and stared at her, "Who taught you this?"

Zhao Ru laughed.

She covered her face and smiled coldly, "Nobody."

She went back to her room and carried her suitcase out.

Her mother cried, "Xiao Ru, be polite to your father!"

"No need." Zhao Ru took a deep breath, "I will not come back anymore. Keep the chicken leg for your son."

"Get out here!" Her father was furious, "And never come back!"

"I will."

The firecrackers were rising in the sky of this small village.

She went back this afternoon.

And left in the evening.

...

She woke up suddenly and found herself in cold sweat... but she was still in this simple ’room’.

It was midnight now.

Zhao Ru touched her crystal necklace subconsciously.

Yet, she found that this crystal didn’t make her calm down as usual.

...

...

His name was Cao Yu. At least, he didn’t intend to change his name for the moment.

He opened his eyes.

In front of him was a portrait sculpture made out of crystal in front of him. And it was broken into two pieces.

Cao Yu frowned. It took him a lot of time to make that, yet it was so fragile.

He felt a sense of unease.

This had never happened before. Cao Yu took a deep breath and took out an old thick book from the dresser.

He tried to find some clues in this book.

This old book was his origin of power... He found it in an antique shop ten years ago.

His life changed since then.

He felt as if he was chosen by this book... because he could translate the ancient Egyptian in this book.

The Book of the Dead.