Yin Xiu fell into deep thought.
"Why didn't it bind the item after picking it up? Is it impossible to bind this item to it?" A strange creature was puzzled when it saw Yin Xiu holding the item without moving it.
"Is it because his strength isn't up to par with this item, so he can't bind to it?"
"Is there such a restriction? I don't recall there being any such restriction."
"What else could it be?"
The monsters were puzzled, and their gazes toward Yin Xiu gradually turned questioning.
The town mayor smiled and said, "It's because they didn't receive a medal. All those who are promoted must first receive a medal before they can become part of us."
The monsters nodded. "That's possible."
"I did take the medal first."
The monsters turned their gazes toward Yin Xiu once more.
Yin Xiu lowered his head, his gaze falling on the black medal beside him. The cool silver frame paired with the black pattern inside was very simple, but the pattern on it seemed somewhat familiar.
It was a black butterfly without any patterns. Yin Xiu remembered seeing it last time on Ye Tianxuan's tongue. The jet-black butterfly was about to take flight, as if Ye Tianxuan had a black butterfly in his mouth, which left a deep impression on him.
This pattern... is exactly the same as Ye Tianxuan's tongue print.
He only remembered that Ye Tianxuan's tongue print was the result of signing a contract with a monster. The tongue print was the contract, and the ring was a prop, which meant that this pattern represented the contract.
Yin Xiu's subconscious told him that he couldn't take this thing; who knew what kind of contract was contained within the medal?
Yin Xiu put away the strange props, but did not take the medal.
Seeing that he accepted the items but not the contract, the other monsters were very confused. "What's wrong with you? You took the items, but you don't want to become the dungeon boss?"
Yin Xiu shook his head. "No, it's just that I haven't gotten what I want yet."
The strange creature beside him slammed its fist on the table and stood up, "That's an S-rank item, after all! As a boss item for a mid-level dungeon, it's more than enough! Aren't you being a bit too greedy!"
Facing their resentful gazes, Yin Xiu remained unmoved. "To become the boss of a mid-level dungeon by killing one Yin Xiu? You're underestimating me too much, aren't you?"
The spider lily swayed, "This result is based solely on your hunting count and does not include Yin Xiu, as it is not yet confirmed whether Yin Xiu was actually killed by you."
"Yeah! What if Yin Xiu isn't dead yet? You've got it wrong! Giving you a mid-level dungeon item is already generous! What more do you want!"
Yin Xiu slowly raised his eyes and stared at the giant spider lily. "I want a... tool that can grant wishes."
Upon hearing this, the surrounding monsters fell silent, the air instantly stiffening. The monsters seemed to subtly emanate a sense of danger towards Yin Xiu. "What do you need that for?"
"Or rather... how did you know about this item?"
The item description for a player is "fulfilling a wish," but a monster's item doesn't have that feature. The fact that it can say that and find its way here clearly means that the player came here for that item, which means it's not a monster at all!
Despite the threat emanating from the monsters and the tense atmosphere, Yin Xiu remained calm. "I just want to know how to obtain it."
"What are you going to do with the items you get from other players? Are you perhaps a player yourself?"
"It's quite unexpected that players could get here. Take back what you said earlier, you do have some skill."
"Once you've come, it won't be so easy for you to leave."
Seeing a group of dungeon bosses slowly rise and display their anger towards him, Yin Xiu didn't move. However, the giant spider lily shook at Yin Xiu, saying, "As long as you accept the medal and become one of us, no matter what you were before, from the moment you accept the medal, everything here will be no threat to you."
"If you want to leave alive, this is your only way."
The other shore flower's statement basically confirmed Yin Xiu's suspicions: accepting the contract would allow him to become a monster through it. However, he didn't know how this contract differed from Ye Tianxuan's, since Ye Tianxuan had a contract but was still a player.
Faced with the menacing dungeon bosses, in this situation, it's practically impossible for ordinary players not to collect medals.
Either you take the medal and become a monster, or you die here and become a corpse.
But since it is Yin Xiu who appears here, he will never be limited by two choices.
"The only path? Not necessarily." Amidst the gazes of the monsters, Yin Xiu reached out and removed the mask from his face, looking at them with a sinister smile. "Am I qualified to be the third option?"
When the mask was removed, all the dungeon bosses were stunned, and the hall fell silent.
"Hiss... How come he looks a bit like Yin Xiu... So many years have passed, has my trauma from him become so deep that I'm hallucinating?"
"Hallucination my ass! This is clearly Yin Xiu!! I'd recognize his face even if it were ashes!"
"Huh? It really is Yin Xiu? Holy crap? Holy crap, holy crap! What is Yin Xiu doing here?!"
The once arrogant dungeon bosses instantly retreated a large distance, staring at Yin Xiu in horror, "You...you weren't dead? How did you end up here?"
"Oh no, the one who claimed to have killed Yin Xiu and came here is you...you..."
"You killed yourself?!"
The monsters here have all fallen for the same trick as those hunters. They never thought that the person who killed Yin Xiu was Yin Xiu himself. How could someone carry a corpse and claim it was him, and then go around proclaiming that he was dead?
The moment the mask was removed, panic erupted in the entire hall. Everyone lost their imposing aura as if they were a dungeon boss and almost everyone wanted to run away.
They came to confirm Yin Xiu's death, not to make Yin Xiu confirm their death!
After so many years without encountering this unlucky killer, I suddenly ran into him again. Seeing that face immediately triggered my psychological trauma.
"Don't leave!" Yin Xiu drew his sword and held it in front of them. "Whoever leaves first without my permission will be killed."
The entire group, which was poised to escape and leap out, suddenly shrank back, completely bewildered. "If only they hadn't come! What were we doing watching this?" they thought. Now they just wanted to slap themselves twice.
"You, I remember it's you." Yin Xiu's blade suddenly pointed at the monster with snake scales on its face. "I remember you said you would kowtow to me twice? Now do it."
The monsters were stunned, their gazes fixed on that particular monster. The atmosphere became awkward. That casual remark had actually become a prophecy. It really was Yin Xiu!
Seeing the atmosphere getting a bit tense, Yin Xiu kindly tried to lighten the mood, "If you don't kowtow for a minute, I'll kill a monster until you do, how about that?"
As soon as he said this, the monsters around him swarmed forward and immediately slammed the monster's head to the ground.
"Bang! Bang! It's banging!"