Chapter 15 Horror Magic

Soon.

The entry ended, and the tent doors closed.

All staff members exited.

The lights gradually dimmed.

The dozen or so people present focused their attention on the stage.

Everyone's mood began to carry a trace of anticipation and curiosity.

Soft music began to play, and a tall man in a tuxedo walked out from the left, holding a deck of cards.

"Welcome everyone to watch our carefully prepared horror magic show. I am the performing magician Gao Yun. Now, the first magic trick I will bring to you is a card show!"

After saying that, the magician Gao Yun began to pick up the cards and perform the card disappearing trick in a methodical manner.

One moment the card was here, and the next it was there, showing some skill.

But no matter how you looked at it, there was not a single element of horror in this guy's performance.

Zhou Xingtong was also a little puzzled, because the person on the stage was not the boss at all.

However, the current magic was still quite interesting, at least watchable.

She patiently continued to watch.

Time slowly passed, and after Gao Yun finished performing the card tricks, he began the next pigeon performance.

Ah!!

Suddenly, a scream erupted from a corner of the audience.

Everyone's attention focused there, trying to see what happened in the dim stage lighting.

Zhou Xingtong was no exception, she quickly straightened her body and looked over there.

She saw in the corner, a burly man, holding a dagger, fiercely pinning a thin man to the ground.

He stabbed the thin man's chest frantically with the dagger in his hand, again and again.

Blood flowed constantly along the ground, and splattered on both of them.

"I'll kill you! Kill you! Kill you!!! Hahaha!"

The burly man quickly stood up from the ground, holding the blood-stained dagger, and suddenly pounced on a stunned staff member nearby.

Bang!

The staff member screamed and wanted to run, but didn't escape, and was also knocked to the ground. A dagger plunged into his chest, his body quickly convulsing, and a large amount of blood continued to flow out.

"Kill you all, kill you all!!!" The burly man stood up again and rushed towards the others.

Ahhh!!

In an instant, everyone was terrified.

All the audience members stood up in horror, and rushed towards the exit in a swarm.

But somehow, the exit was locked long ago.

Watching the burly man holding the dagger, he pounced on two more people.

More and more blood on the dagger, he continued to pounce on the others.

The audience became even more terrified.

Screams and cries erupted, and more than a dozen people began to run around the tent like headless flies.

"Murder!!"

"Call the police!!"

"Mom!"

"Fight him! He's just one person, what's there to be afraid of!!?"

A strong man didn't believe in evil and pounced on him, and then was stabbed through the chest several times by the dagger and fell to the ground.

This made the others even more frightened.

"Hahahaha!!"

The burly man holding the dagger laughed wildly a few times, then suddenly, he tossed the dagger in his hand upwards.

Puff!

The dagger instantly exploded, turning into a piece of brilliant golden gladiolus petal.

The petals slowly scattered, fading and disappearing before landing.

At this time, all the others who had been stabbed through the chest got up one after another.

"Don't be afraid, everyone, the performance just now was all done with the cooperation of the staff."

The burly man raised his hands high, and an invisible gentle force field, like a spring breeze, covered everyone within ten meters around.

Seeing this scene, and discovering that no one had been killed.

The audience members who were still running around suddenly slowed down.

Then there was a sound of relief, and some people couldn't help but take the initiative to go forward and touch the staff's wounds.

But they couldn't feel any wounds at all, and everything before was obviously just a performance.

Now everyone completely believed that those were really just magic performances.

The audience who reacted began to applaud one after another.

But there were also a few people whose hearts were still beating fast, and they muttered and cursed, extremely dissatisfied with this kind of half-real, half-fake intimidation performance.

Li Cheng Yi stood in the middle of the audience, not surprised.

These were all within his expectations.

But it didn't matter.

As long as he controlled the safety issue, didn't let the old, weak, sick, and disabled enter to watch, and paid attention to prevent stampedes, everything would be fine.

Even if there was a real problem, he would be there and no one would be hurt.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

Feeling the evil thoughts constantly transmitted from the evil flower, he felt extremely comfortable.

'Fear +1'

'Fear +1'

'Fear +1'

The fear kept refreshing continuously, lasting for more than twenty times before stopping.

Most of these people only provided one or two points of evil thought value.

The individual's evil thoughts were very few.

But there were a lot of people!

A total of more than a dozen people added up, and in less than half an hour, they provided him with a total of 24 points of evil thoughts.

Although it couldn't compare to traditional powerhouses like Zhuang Yi Jing, this method was better because it could be continuous, constantly cutting leeks, and constantly changing newcomers.

Then, everyone cleaned up the scene, Li Cheng Yi went on stage and performed a few small magic tricks such as lighting a wooden board with his bare hands, and the performance ended.

The audience was arranged to leave one after another.

Some were still full of excitement, and some were scolding and had ugly expressions.

Then, it was the next show.

Li Cheng Yi didn't always use one routine, but changed different methods.

Such as sudden fires, dressing up in terrifying appearances, using shadow flashes to scare people, and so on.

From 7:40 in the evening, the performance ended at 11:00.

Although the number of people who came in each show was not large, the evil thoughts harvested were quite stable.

By the time it was completely over, the collection of evil thoughts had finally reached a little over 100.

This method of accumulating little by little was much faster than Li Cheng Yi had imagined.

"Cheers!"

After the show, in a nearby luxury restaurant.

Li Cheng Yi booked a large private room and invited all the staff to dinner.

"Thanks to everyone's great help in today's first performance! To express my gratitude to everyone, today's salary will be doubled!"

Li Cheng Yi raised his glass to toast everyone.

Wow!

Suddenly, everyone present cheered.

"President Li is generous!!"

"President Li, will you come tomorrow?"

"Continue tomorrow, but you can change the method." Li Cheng Yi smiled. "Here, I would also like to thank Mr. Gao Yun, the magician. He provided a lot of extra inspiration."

"Where, where, President Li is too polite. In fact, high-end costumes and props can create a horror effect more easily." Gao Yun smiled.

He was the expert in this area that Li Cheng Yi had specially hired.

Magician was just an amateur level, his real strength was in horror movie shooting.

In other words, he was actually a horror movie director.

"I have recorded many of Mr. Gao Yun's suggestions one by one. Next, I will set up a magic studio and invite everyone to join and sign contracts. Those who are interested can discuss cooperation with my secretary, Xingtong."

Li Cheng Yi smiled slightly.

He was in a very good mood now.

After so long of grinding, he finally found a truly stable way to absorb evil thoughts.

In comparison, the absorption of flower qi was not difficult now, the core difficulty was in evil thoughts.

So the horror magic path could even be expanded. Into horror performances, escape rooms, and even horror movies.

Li Cheng Yi really wanted to know, if he made a movie, whether he could absorb the fear created by himself as the protagonist.

If he could, then he could completely go to the theater with the audience when his movie was released, so as to absorb it up close.

From Gao Yun, he got a lot of new inspiration and ideas.

These ideas were legal and compliant. Much better than the way he used to cause trouble. It wouldn't cause big trouble.

After a meal, only a small number of people found Zhou Xingtong to sign contracts and join the studio.

The rest all left under various excuses. Obviously, they were not optimistic about this project.

Most of them probably thought that he, Li Cheng Yi, was just playing around and it was impossible to last long.

Li Cheng Yi didn't care.

He hired Gao Yun to help create the script for the next performance and offered a high price of one million.

Surprised, Gao Yun was emotional, patted his chest and said that he would definitely complete the task.

After a good meal, everyone dispersed.

Li Cheng Yi and Zhou Xingtong got into the car back to Yong An Yuan.

The car window was lowered, and the cold wind blew in, making Zhou Xingtong's drunkenness clear up a lot.

She looked back at the boss.

"Boss, are you really going to take this seriously?"

"Why not? I like this kind of performance. Isn't it very happy to bring relaxation to everyone after repression?" Li Cheng Yi said with a smile.

"Then," Zhou Xingtong hesitated, "Boss, where did those golden petals you made before come from?"

"That's just an electronic projection effect, it's not real." Li Cheng Yi replied.

"Then there were two times, you were clearly on the right side of the venue, how did you suddenly get to the left side?" Zhou Xingtong couldn't help but continue to ask.

"That's magic, it loses its mystery when you explain it." Li Cheng Yi smiled.

Zhou Xingtong was silent.

Looking at the boss Li Cheng Yi in the car, she suddenly had a strange feeling.

The person in front of her was clearly in front of her, so close, but gave people a feeling of being very far away.

Mysterious.

Dangerous.

Strong.

Neurotic.

A burly, neurotic boss who likes beautiful flowers, also practices very strong fighting skills, works part-time as a magician, likes to create terror and panic, and then laughs wildly in the crowd.

Such a contradictory combination made Zhou Xingtong feel a chill on her body.

She didn't know how Li Cheng Yi viewed her. But being too close to such a person made her feel a little scared involuntarily.

"Don't be afraid." Li Cheng Yi said softly. "Dead-end people need to constantly face the pressure of death, so there will always be various ways to vent. It's normal to be a little strange."

He comforted her softly.

Zhou Xingtong's pupils shrank, feeling a shudder that her body and mind were completely seen through.

She had just felt fear in her heart, and it was immediately noticed by the person in front of her.

Such sensitivity.

And at this time, Li Cheng Yi had already shifted his attention to his evil flower imprint.

As his attention focused, a line of information feedback surged from the imprint and flowed into his mind.

'Evil Thoughts: 107% (can freely allocate to different flower god positions)'

This was all of his evil thoughts now, and in just one night, he had completed the evil thought evolution of a main flower!

It could be seen how much potential this method had.

'So, which flower god position should be evolved first?' After joy, Li Cheng Yi also began to think.

Wisteria was well-balanced in all aspects, but not outstanding.

Gladiolus had strong attack and defense enhancements, and its flower language could also cover many places for use. It was used most frequently.

Magnolia's flower scale armor was very weak, although it was very balanced, its defense, physique, speed, and strength were only less than half of Wisteria's. Obviously, its main power was concentrated in flower language.

The remaining two flowers, Impatiens noli-tangere's flower qi was not full, and Sunflower had reached the ultimate form, so it could not be evolved, and evil thoughts were meaningless.

'Wisteria, Gladiolus, Magnolia... Which one should be evolved first?'

Li Cheng Yi instantly thought of the scene where his defense was easily cut open by Eleventh Flying Flow Flying Instrument.

He immediately made a decision.

'Gladiolus!'

Gladiolus had good attack and defense improvements, especially its solid flower language, and its wide range of use. It was very helpful for improving overall protection.

With a thought, he moved.

Suddenly, one hundred points of evil thoughts quickly flowed into the Gladiolus grid.

'Gladiolus Flower Scale Armor: Secondary Evolution Degree 100%, Evil Thoughts: 100.'

'Evolution begins.'

In an instant, a trace of pale golden light lit up from the Gladiolus grid in the evil flower imprint.

Seconds later, the light went out.

The secondary evolution of Gladiolus completed the invisible fusion form evolution.

The strength did not increase much.

But Li Cheng Yi didn't care, now that he had found a way to stably absorb evil thoughts. Then tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, it would be fine to get some more.

The flower qi in this season was still the end of Gladiolus, and since there were many varieties of Gladiolus, he could continue to absorb it in Long An.

But soon, a new message flowed into Li Cheng Yi's mind.

'Evolution complete.'

'Due to the primary usage of a single type of evil thoughts in the main evolutionary process,

The flower scale armor has undergone evil thought mutation – after wearing the flower scale armor, can summon a fear-oriented random secret sword once. (Warning: the summoning ritual is completely random, may appear a powerful secret sword with strong side effects, please be cautious)'

Looking at a series of evolutionary upgrades.

Li Cheng Yi's emotions, which had been stable just now, widened his eyes at this moment.

'Single evil thought evolution, actually has this effect!?'

(End of this chapter)