In the courtyard of the Chen family residence

The huge courtyard seems to be unobstructed, and the owner of the mansion does not seem to worry about interference from the outside world, because he knows that his home is safe enough. The outside is not as defenseless as it seems, but is full of barriers.

"Such a large open space is enough."

Chen Yunming stood at the threshold of the door and said helplessly to Liu Ruoxi, who was standing in the center of the courtyard. The latter stood in the center with his arms open, as if feeling the surrounding atmosphere. The bright moonlight passed through the bamboo forest and the courtyard. The branches of the willow tree hit her petite body.

"Hey, hey, hey, the magic smell is strong, not bad, it's a good place to perform rituals."

Liu Ruoxi held her chin with one hand and nodded seriously. Then she looked at Chen Yunming and gave him a thumbs up.

"....                                                   What kind of messenger gesture is this..."

Chen Yunming was thinking about it as he walked into the door. He saw two large cardboard boxes placed beside the door. The boxes were filled with all kinds of strange items and looked very heavy. Chen Yunming squatted down, struggling a little. He picked up the first box. The carton could no longer be closed. Chen Yunming could feel its weight. A long object was exposed. Chen Yunming opened the upper cardboard of the box and took a look inside. s things.

"...What are these..."

Chen Yunming looked at the props with unknown meanings inside and said something inadvertently. At this time, Liu Ruoxi was pouring black ink to draw the prototype of the magic circle along the courtyard. But her magic circle was different from other magic circles. The arrays carved by the master are all different. The complex curves and changing patterns really give people a very mysterious feeling. After carving the outline, Liu Ruoxi took out the red shining powder from one side. Carefully drink wine on the outline. Under the moonlight, the entire magic circle emits a strange dark red light, surrounding Liu Ruoxi in the center.

"Is the summoning ceremony so troublesome..."

Chen Yunming had already finished moving things, so he stood aside and watched Liu Ruoxi's operations. However, when he saw a series of such complicated operations, he thought that this was very different from the steps his grandfather had mentioned before. Although the shape and complexity were The level has improved a lot, but the core of the magic circle is still retained by Liu Ruoxi. It seems that she is not an idiot who doesn't understand anything.

"The stronger the heroic spirit is summoned, the stronger the magic circle is naturally needed to maintain its magic power in the present world. This is the basic principle of summoning apostles."

Liu Ruoxi rummaged through various things from the two boxes and placed them in different locations in the array. After each item was placed, she would carefully observe the entire array, as if studying Feng Shui.

"What is the profound meaning of your display like this...?"

Chen Yunming leaned on the branch of a willow tree and asked with his hands crossed. After hearing Chen Yunming's question, Liu Ruoxi immediately stretched out his index finger and shook it from side to side, and said confidently:

"Of course, this is a necessary preparation for the ceremony."

After that, she actually took out a night vision device from the carton.

"....Hey wait! This is so valuable! When did you buy it?"

When Chen Yunming saw the black hood-like thing, he immediately asked.

"Bought with these things."

Liu Ruoxi said calmly while putting the night vision goggles on her head.

"and this...."

Liu Ruoxi took out another strange thing from the box and started tinkering with it. Only then did Chen Yunming remember the large number of express packages he had seen in the dormitory before. He was sure that most of them were items of unknown meaning.

"Oh, by the way, in order to prevent you from buying things randomly like this, my dad said that I will take care of your pocket money next time."

Chen Yunming said suddenly, and then smiled maliciously. However, even so, it still did not extinguish Liu Ruoxi's interest.

"Oh...it's okay. Anyway, I've got almost everything I want to buy. If there's anything else I want to buy, I can just get it from Xiaomiya."

Liu Ruoxi said nonchalantly, seemingly on the premise that Chen Yunming would give her money unconditionally. Listening to Liu Ruoxi's work, Chen Yunming felt that he didn't even have a strong aura, and was completely underestimated by the idiot in front of him.

.However, just when Chen Yunming was about to scare her, he saw her suddenly stand up and turn around to look this way.

"..What's wrong?"

As a result, it was Chen Yunming who was stunned by this scene. Liu Ruoxi, wearing a black night vision device, slowly walked towards Chen Yunming step by step, and at the same time whispered:

"Battle mode (battle mode) --switch. "

"Battle mode! ?"

Before Chen Yunming realized what had happened, he saw Liu Ruoxi pressing the button on the side of the night vision device. Immediately, the position of her eyes emitted a faint green light. The two green light spots were like ghosts at night with residual residue.

The shadows were fluttering, which was particularly strange.

Just as Liu Ruoxi pressed the switch, there was a sound from under her feet. Then she kicked on the spot and moved to the front of Chen Yunming as if she was floating without relying on her feet. At this moment, she

, she stretched her arms and waved her right arm suddenly, and the sound of mechanical chains and friction reached Chen Yunming's ears. The next moment, a golden knife appeared out of thin air in her hand.

"Woo~!"

However, what was waiting for her in front of her was Chen Yunming's hand knife. She let out a low cry and knocked her foot down, and took it into Chen Yunming's arms. Faced with this situation, it was naturally impossible for Chen Yunming to get out of the way.

He moved his hands away from the position between the two of them and let Liu Ruoxi fall into his arms.

"Boom--"

It was completely different from the romantic scene Chen Yunming imagined. The night vision goggles worn on Liu Ruoxi's head hit his nose perfectly. The clear pain was immediately transmitted to his brain, which made Chen Yunming a little bit overwhelmed. When he came back to his senses,

When I came, I saw Liu Ruoxi holding her head, with her face half-covered, still looking at Chen Yunming with an innocent(?) expression.

"Obviously such a swift attack was still resisted by Xiaomiya. He is worthy of being a knight of Hanoi."

Well, obviously Liu Ruoxi was not putting on an innocent face, but an expression of surprise.

"..Ah...forget about Heelys, knives are very dangerous, and there are night vision goggles."

Although for Chen Yunming, the operation just now was quite cool, especially the flick, but he still had to remind Liu Ruoxi. Otherwise, it would be even more embarrassing for her to wander around with the golden dagger. Wonderful.

"Are night vision devices dangerous too?"

After hearing this, Liu Ruoxi obediently took off the night vision device and put it back in the box. She immediately lifted up her sleeves and began to disassemble the device on her arm that could eject the knife into the palm of her hand. But before Chen Yunming could take a breath, Liu Ruoxi immediately He took out other things from the box and asked excitedly:

"Xiao Gong, is there anything else you want to try?"

Soon, the good summoning of heroic spirits turned into a middle school item appreciation test meeting under Liu Ruoxi's semi-force. However, Chen Yunming, who had always obeyed her, had no choice but to accept it. On the second floor of the mansion, A man and a woman stood by the window, silently watching Chen Yunming and Liu Ruoxi playing in the courtyard.

"I'm still worried that Yun Ming will be disappointed because he didn't become the Master. It seems that my thoughts are unnecessary."

The middle-aged man smiled and said relieved. The woman next to him also smiled and looked at the other end of the courtyard with eyes full of love and said slowly:

"The relationship between the two of them is closer than we imagined. Yunming doesn't care at all that he was not selected. On the contrary, he is happy for Ruoxi."

"Huh, brat, the rabbit won't eat the grass from the edge of the nest. It's better for him to just grab the grass from the edge of the nest and eat it. But that's fine, it will save me the trouble of finding out the details of my future daughter-in-law."

The middle-aged man laughed and cursed, it seems that this man should be Chen Yunming's father, Chen Weishu. The other woman is naturally Chen Yunming's mother, Dai Jiayin.

As soon as Chen Weishu said this, Dai Jiayin laughed unconsciously. She stretched out her hand and patted Chen Weishu gently and said:

"Both of these children haven't even realized this yet."

Although the two of them did not object to Chen Yunming and Liu Ruoxi being together, they did not deliberately match them up. Let nature take its course is the best choice, and young people have to leave their affairs to be resolved by young people.

"But then again, wouldn't it be dangerous for someone like Ruoxi to participate in this Holy Grail War?"

Dai Jiayin thought of this dangerous fight and asked with a worried look.

"Don't worry, there is Yunming following her. Although Yunming is not very bright sometimes, he can still basically grasp the importance of things."

"I hope... I don't know what happened to Shuxing..."

"Shu Xing...heh, why are you mentioning that person who betrayed the family?"

Upon hearing this name, Chen Weishu's expression flashed with gloom, and his eyes seemed to be filled with many emotions.

"But no matter what, it is still the child we once loved..."

Dai Jiayin looked into the distance with an expression of hope and regret. However, as soon as he finished speaking, the two of them gradually fell into silence.

This is a quiet but anything but ordinary night. The moon emits mysterious light, shining on the earth. In the quiet mansion, only the sound of play comes from the courtyard from time to time. In contrast, there is silence here. But it made people feel a little sad. But soon, the atmosphere returned to normal again, and Chen Weishu spoke first:

"I'll go over there first."
Chapter completed!