Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

The next day, early morning.

This was the second day after Luo Xiu arrived in Songyuan City, and he was awakened by the crisp chirping of orioles outside the window.

He stood up from the bed and glanced towards the window sill. The two-tailed white cat transformed by Intis was still sitting there quietly, which was reminiscent of a puppet.

"...Intis." Luo Xiu called softly.

The puppet on the window sill finally reacted. Intis Cat turned its head and stared at Luo Xiu with its dark green eyes.

"Meow~" Intis arched his back, stretched the cat's body, and then jumped off the window sill lightly and jumped to the ground.

As the green mist filled the air, Intis transformed back into a human form, half-kneeling on one knee, and saluted Luo Xiu as a servant.

"During your rest period, no new 'Black Fang' appeared." Intis said.

"I understand." Luo Xiu nodded.

But Intis did not stand up, but raised her head and looked at her "Lord" Luo Xiu with clear eyes.

"Although 'Black Fang' did not appear, but..."

Intis muttered before continuing, "There are many guards from Songyuan City who surrounded this place ten minutes ago."

Intis's shoulders were slightly raised, and her body was shaking slightly. It could be seen that she was a little scared inside.

Luo Xiu was stunned for a while, and then quickly came to his senses.

Intis, who was born in the "Blood of Thorns", is naturally afraid of the official power of the Nolan Empire.

Even though she has withdrawn from the "Blood of Thorns" and has a clean identity, this fear is still deep in her bones and cannot be easily eliminated.

"It's okay, Intis." Luo Xiu said with a smile, "It has nothing to do with us. They are just here to investigate the situation related to 'Black Fang'."

"Besides, I have already told the owner of the tavern, the old knight Isaac, that we will not be implicated."

With that said, Luo Xiu took off the fine beige robe from the rack and put it on, looking clean and reserved.

"Get on my shoulder, Intis." Luo Xiu said softly, "I will take you to see."

…

Wolfhound Tavern, entrance.

The owner of the tavern, former "Knight of the Throne" Isaac Neves, sat carelessly on the bench in front of the door, folding his hands on his chest and looking around with sharp eyes.

A huge ax, the blade of the ax slashed diagonally downward into the ground beside Isaac. The somewhat rusty ax handle reflected a dim, deep yellow light in the sunlight.

"Lord Isaac..."

In front of Isaac, a sergeant wearing fine steel plate armor was bending deeply and asked with a smile on his face, "Are you injured?"

"Hmph." Isaac's sharp gaze immediately glanced at the sergeant, making him tremble unconsciously.

"Injured? Just two insects crushed to death."

Isaac said in a cold voice, "Buveld, you are insulting me."

"Don't dare, don't dare..." the sergeant named Bouveld quickly said with a smile, "You, you are serious..."

"If you want to investigate anything, hurry up." Isaac said coldly, "Don't disturb my tavern business."

While Isaac was scolding the sergeant, footsteps came from behind him.

Isaac turned around and saw the "priest" from yesterday, walking out of the tavern with a smile on his face.

"Good morning, Sir Knight." Luo Xiu greeted with a smile.

"Master Knight", this is the affectionate name that the people of the Nolan Empire give to all official "knights".

Isaac nodded, even as a substitute for greeting.

When the sergeant in front of Isaac saw someone walking out of the tavern, he quickly changed his attitude, walked forward, and said:

"Martial law has been imposed here, and we are conducting an investigation! According to the lord's decree, any..."

"Come back, Bouveld." Isaac's deep voice stopped him.

"You want to collect evidence that I killed them; you want to investigate. There are accident scenes around this tavern."

Isaac said with a serious tone: "Don't worry about my guests, you are not qualified."

"Yes, yes..." Bouveld nodded repeatedly. He was sweating profusely and did not dare to say any more words.

While one of them was being scolded and the other was being scolded, Luo Xiu had passed by them with the Intis cat and walked out of the cordoned off neighborhood.

…

Songyuan City, Golden Street.

This is the block where the Bank of El Dorado is located. Luo Xiu and Intis are walking on this street filled with luxury.

"The previous one was..." Intis asked with some confusion, her eyes were clear and her lips were slightly open.

At this time, Intis has transformed from a civet state into a human form again.

She is wearing a large-brimmed hat, with gauze covering up from the brim, covering just half of her face; a delicate and elegant vintage layered pleated dress hangs along the contours of her graceful figure, showing her dignified and noble demeanor. .

"That is the garrison officer selected by the [Supreme], Intis."

Luo Xiu was in a happy mood and patiently answered Intis, "They are not extraordinary beings, they are just officials selected by the [Supreme] rulers to manage ordinary guard soldiers."

"...So that's it." Intis nodded imperceptibly, as if he understood something.

"So, that [Supreme] old knight, his words have such a strong deterrent effect on that sergeant?"

"Yes, Intis." A smile appeared on Luo Xiu's face and he said as a compliment, "You learn quickly."

…

After a brief chat between Luo Xiu and Intis, they arrived at the main entrance of the Golden Country Bank.

The bank door made of pure gold entered Luo Xiu's field of vision at the first time.

The magnificent decoration style fully demonstrated the business philosophy of the Golden Country Bank, "money first".

Although Luo Xiu had often come here in his previous life, when he saw this extremely luxurious door again, he couldn't help but feel a strong sense of shock in his heart.

Since Intis came to the Golden Country Bank first, Luo Xiu let Intis go in front and he followed behind her.

The bank waiter soon noticed the two of them and greeted them with a smile.

"Ah, it's you, Ms. Index."

The waiter recognized Intis, who was the lady of the Carlos family who came to the bank to visit Vice President "Gonzalo Manston" some time ago.

"Hello." A faint smile also appeared on Intis's face, and she said, "Like last time, I'm here to visit Mr. Gonzalo Manston."

"Okay, I understand."

The waiter bowed slightly and responded with a warm tone, "Ms. Index, you are a distinguished guest of the Golden Country Bank! Mr. Gonzalo said personally that he always welcomes your visit."

The brief greetings ended here, and the waiter also noticed the person behind Intis.

"Who is this?" the waiter asked.

"My brother, Ross Carlos." Intis replied with a faint smile, "I should have told you about him."

She didn't notice that the corners of the eyes of the "Lord" behind her were twitching slightly, and a slightly surprised expression appeared on his face.

When he heard the name "Ross Carlos", the waiter's eyes suddenly brightened, and he bowed deeply to Ross at a 90-degree angle, and said excitedly:

"Are you the brother of Ms. Index? Lord Gonzalo told me that he has been in spiritual contact with you for a long time and is eagerly looking forward to meeting you..."

"Well, so I came."

Ross smiled, and his surprised expression quickly returned to calm, saying, "I came to the 'Gold Country Bank' this time to talk to Mr. Gonzalo Manston about some subsequent investment plans."

"That's great, Mr. Ross." The waiter bowed again, and made way for Ross and Index, saying, "I will introduce you now."

...

Gold Country Bank, inner hall.

The "Golden Window" with flowing light is hanging in the middle of the hall, and various colors of light float on its pale gold screen, showing various new market trends, business information and other content.

People wearing all kinds of clothes were concentrating on the screen of the Golden Window, and then bursts of cheers or curses like heat waves broke out.

"It's still as lively as last time." Intis sighed.

She and the waiter were chatting about some topics about the bank. Luo Xiu occasionally joined them to chat, but more often, he was thinking about other things.

At the first sight of meeting the "waiter" next to him, Luo Xiu recognized his identity.

——This seemingly ordinary waiter is the real president of Songyuan City-Gold Country Bank, Qiao Dewen Florence!

"Waiter" is just his disguise, he is the real owner of this "Gold Country Bank"!

Qiao Dewen... Like in his previous life, he still doesn't like serious work as always, but Intis can know him in advance. Is it a coincidence? Or is there some other reason...

Luo Xiu thought about it, but did not relax his vigilance.

Because, in addition to giving the waiter's real name, the panel also gave his true "supernatural level".

Jodewen Florence, he is not only the president of the Golden Country Bank, he is also a "saint" of the fifth level of [Nothingness]!

In his previous life, when Luo Xiu first came to Songyuan City, his supernatural level was only the third level of destiny. At that time, detecting this bank president could only get a bunch of question marks...

I didn't expect that he was actually a believer of [Nothingness], or even the fifth level of destiny!

With his current strength, if he wanted to fight with this president Qiao Dewen who had hidden his identity, he might not be able to get any benefits...Luo Xiu quickly analyzed the current situation. Qiao Dewen didn't seem to have any malice, so he tried to show his kind side as much as possible.

Intis, who still didn't know anything, was chatting with Qiao Dewen. Qiao Dewen smiled and seemed to be in a good mood.

"Huh..."

Luo Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, joined their chat, and asked, "You said before that Mr. Gonzalo Manston wanted to meet me, is this because...?"

Since Qiao Dewen chose to disguise himself, then he would cooperate with him and play the role of "Luo Xiu Carlos", the good brother of the family... Luo Xiu thought so.

"Oh, Mr. Luo Xiu, it's like this."

Qiao Dewen turned around, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a smile was forced on his face, saying:

"You asked your sister, Ms. Index, to come to the bank and make three investments. Two of them were very successful, proving your extremely unique business vision."

Sure enough...Luo Xiu nodded and said, "Actually, I also took some risks. But it's great to be able to gain something."

...

The three of them chatted all the way, and unknowingly, they had arrived at the door of Vice President Gonzalo Manston's office.

"Please come in, two distinguished guests."

Qiao Devin bowed slightly, paid the waiter's salute to Intis and Luo Xiu, and said, "Sir Gonzalo is waiting inside. I wish you a wonderful morning."

Then, Qiao Devin turned around and left, and Luo Xiu watched his back disappearing around the corner of the corridor.

"……call."

After watching Qiao Devin finally leave, Luo Xiu breathed a long sigh of relief.

Intis turned his head to look, and then realized that his "lord"'s face showed a rare tension.

"What's wrong?" Intis asked softly in confusion, but Luo Xiu just shook his head.

"That 'waiter'... is very strong." Luo Xiu said softly and vaguely.

But soon, the tension on his face disappeared and returned to his usual calm expression.

"However, he has no ill intentions towards us." Luo Xiu said in a relaxed tone, "Go in and let us visit Gonzalo first. This is our original arrangement."

While speaking, Luo Xiu raised his hand and knocked lightly on the door of Gonzalo Manston's office.

…

After waiting for a while.

"——Come in." A gentle voice came from the other side of the door.

Luo Xiu signaled to Intis with his eyes, and Intis came to the door, and she pushed open the door of Gonzalo's office.

When the door was pushed open, Intis saw a familiar face.

Vice President Gonzalo Manston, holding a wine glass in one hand and a newspaper in the other, was sitting behind the expensive and heavy solid wood desk, looking at the visiting guests with plain eyes.

When he recognized that the visitor was Ms. Index Carlos who had visited before, Gonzalo had a smile on his face.

"It's you, Ms. Index. It's been a long time since I last saw you. You have become even more beautiful."

Gonzalo stood up, his face flushed. He might have drank a lot of manor red wine before, and he looked a little tipsy.

"Thank you for your compliment." Intis smiled and nodded.

"I'm trying to get someone to contact you and ask you and your brother to come to our bank. I have good news to share with you." Gonzalo said with a smile.

"Then you can save yourself the trouble, Mr. Gonzalo."

Intis smiled, and then turned sideways, allowing Luo Xiu's complete figure to enter Gonzalo's field of vision.

"This is my brother, Luo Xiu Carlos, whom I introduced to you."

"..."

"Are you Mr. Luo Xiu of the Carlos family?"

Gonzalo opened his eyes wide with joy in his eyes.

"Hello, it's an honor to meet you." Luo Xiu smiled, then walked up to Gonzalo and extended his right hand to him.

Gonzalo also stretched out his right hand and shook hands with Luo Xiu.

"Finally meet you, Mr. Luo Xiu!"

Gonzalo's tone was a little excited. He shook his clenched hands and said, "Mr. Luo Xiu, I think we must have many topics in common."

"Yes, yes, sir."

"Actually, I came here this time to take a look at the investment I entrusted my sister to make."

Luo Xiu responded with a smile, and then asked Gonzalo the question he most wanted to know the answer to:

“I wonder, what’s going on with those investments today?”

"..."

Gonzalo smiled and did not immediately answer Luo Xiu's question. Instead, he raised his left hand and stretched out two fingers.

"Twenty thousand?" Luo Xiu frowned.

In the Bank of El Dorado, the basic "equivalent currency" in circulation is "commercial securities". The original capital of Intis's investment is 100,000 commercial securities. If there is only the income of "20,000 commercial securities", then what will happen to Luo Xiu? It didn't meet his expectations.

Luo Xiu first gave a conservative figure, and Gonzalo shook his head, which made Luo Xiu feel relieved.

"...Two hundred thousand?" Luo Xiu continued to ask tentatively.

Luo Xiu only saw a mysterious smile appear on Gonzalo's face. He shook his head and then announced the correct number:

"——Two million! Mr. Luo Xiu!"

"..."

"Take the young master?" Luo Xiu blurted out.

"——Two million! Mr. Luo Xiu! Two million Golden State Bonds!"

Gonzalo again repeated the numbers he had reported previously.

"The 100,000 bonds you used to invest have now increased by twenty times!"

"..."

Seeing Luo Xiu's somewhat astonished expression, Gonzalo smiled even more.

"You are a true businessman, Mr. Luo Xiu."

"You have a unique vision and far-sightedness that ordinary people cannot imagine; you have a real spirit of exploration and an adventurous spirit that dares to challenge; from you, I see the beautiful qualities that all big businessmen should have!"

Gonzalo Manston, he said without any hesitation in his praise:

"——This is the greatest operation I have ever seen in my career!"

…

Happy Children’s Day everyone! ovo