Trafford's Trading Club

Chapter 1512: Chapter 239: The Storytelling Lamp God

The time it took for the Red Lamp Spirit to think wasn’t very long… Probably only more than half an hour, and it had already come out of the Magic Lamp again.

It didn’t seem as aggressive as it did at the beginning; the Red Lamp Spirit now appeared exceptionally silent.

“Mr. Lamp Spirit, it seems you have a result, don’t you?” Boss Luo had an impeccable professional smile on his face… He always considered the identity of the Club Owner as a profession, used to distinguish between himself and himself as the Club Owner. It was just a gradually fading emotional issue, not well resolved.

“I’d really like to say that your fake smile is annoying…” The Red Lamp Spirit shook its head, “But why do I feel you are genuine?”

Luo Qiu said softly, “Because I hope that every customer who completes a transaction can obtain what they truly desire.”

“This is my answer.” At this moment, the Red Lamp Spirit waved its hand, and a patterned card shot towards Luo Qiu.

Boss Luo received it, flipped it open and glanced at it—the boldly written on the patterned card was: Soul.

Boss Luo smiled slightly and said, “It seems that compared to the other two things, Mr. Lamp Spirit regards his own soul somewhat lightly.”

The Red Lamp Spirit sneered, “As long as I don’t die anytime soon… my soul is equally important, but at least before I die, it still belongs to me. Once I leave the Magic Lamp, possessed with the powerful Magic Lamp Genie power, I will definitely not die easily.”

Luo Qiu slowly put away the card and wished, “I also hope Mr. Lamp Spirit can live a long life.”

“Cut the nonsense… I’ve already agreed to your terms!” The Red Lamp Spirit restrained the anger in its heart at this moment, “Quickly make your third wish already! You sly fellow!”

“Indeed…” Boss Luo nodded, contemplating, “But to suddenly let me make a wish, I’m not quite sure what I should wish for.”

It had already signed the contract to sell its soul, just for the other party to make the third wish, yet now even sold itself, but the other party was hesitating… How could the Red Lamp Spirit bear it now? Its voice suddenly became sharp, “I’ve already agreed to your request!!”

“No no, please don’t misunderstand.” Luo Qiu apologized at this moment, “Please believe, I have no intention of making things difficult for you, esteemed Mr. Lamp Spirit… The promised wish I will certainly fulfill. It’s just that…”

“Just what?” The roots on the forehead of the Red Lamp Spirit were almost jumping out, and its nostrils even sprayed a stream of Yan Liu. It gritted its teeth, “Just what!?”

Luo Qiu said solemnly, “Just that since it’s rare to have the opportunity to make a wish, of course, one must think well about exactly what wish to make… can’t waste it, right?”

——Didn’t you just use up two wishes to ask two boring questions… Now you actually tell me you need to think seriously and can’t waste it?

The Red Lamp Spirit was furious; if dignity wasn’t completely lost, it really seemed like it wanted to transform into a giant man at that moment, stomp the opponent like an ant directly!

“Already waited a thousand years, even thousands of years… Would you still care about this little time?” Boss Luo said nonchalantly, “Mr. Lamp Spirit.”

The Red Lamp Spirit took a deep breath—it did not want to be so enraged, the problem was that its original personality was explosive, and it hadn’t collected itself much all these years trapped in the Magic Lamp—in this trapped environment, it only made the already not-so-good personality even worse.

“Fine, I will wait for you here!” The Red Lamp Spirit snorted coldly, “Wait until you’re willing to make a wish!”

Feeling like being a Magic Lamp Genie in this profession, it had completely lost face in just one day… The Red Lamp Spirit’s gaze seemed to be about to spew fire, magically conjured up a chair, sat on it, crossed its arms… bounced its leg.

“By the way, what typically happens to those who fail the trial?” Boss Luo suddenly asked.

The Red Lamp Spirit impatiently said, “They will fall into a Phantom from which they cannot extricate themselves! This is a reflection of the things closest to their heart’s desire, things unattainable in reality… dreams of things they desire! Once obtained, who would want to let go? So those who fall into the Phantom do not want to leave, and the final fate is the same, that is, to starve to death!”

Boss Luo suddenly glanced at the Magic Lamp on the table, “It doesn’t seem to have the function of creating illusions.”

“It’s set by the previous person who summoned me,” the Red Lamp Spirit impatiently said, “He invited a powerful Wizard, set up this mind-trying passage, and finally killed the Wizard… There should be many corpses outside? Among them, there should be one belonging to the Wizard—who cares about these? I’m just concerned about who can pass the trial!”

Boss Luo couldn’t help but ask curiously, “Since this isn’t the test given by the Magic Lamp itself, but by outsiders’ claims… Does the Magic Lamp itself accept the ultimate result of the trial?”

The Red Lamp Spirit immediately said irritably, “Did you not pass the trial successfully and summon me out?”

Luo Qiu said indifferently, “I didn’t encounter any illusions on the way.”

“Didn’t?” The Red Lamp Spirit furrowed its brows, then shook its head and said, “No matter, you successfully summoned me out, didn’t you? Only those with pure minds can obtain the recognition of the Magic Lamp… Uh, wait, what’s going on?”

It was only then that the Red Lamp Spirit realized a problem it initially overlooked—The Magic Lamp’s attitude was very ambiguous!

It neither acknowledged nor rejected—it didn’t even give any information to the Red Lamp Spirit, who was the Magic Lamp Genie, but quietly recorded the summoner’s initially made two inquiries as fulfilled.

“Strange… This is the first time I’ve encountered such a situation.” The Red Lamp Spirit mumbled quietly… But there was no damage to the Magic Lamp whatsoever.

Only this ignoring, yet automatically increasing its own number of fulfilled summoner’s wishes, made the Red Lamp Spirit utterly perplexed.

At this moment, the Red Lamp Spirit couldn’t help but widen its eyes and stare at its dwelling place—the Magic Lamp, which at this moment had no luster. Even placed among many lamps, it seemed the least noticeable one, almost like it said: I don’t know either, don’t dare to ask.

…What a joke?

The Red Lamp Spirit shook his head, wondering what the Magic Lamp was up to, as long as it didn’t reduce the number of wishes he could fulfill… he wouldn’t care about anything else!

“Hey! Have you thought it through?”

“Mr. Lamp Spirit, can you reverse time?” asked Boss Luo seriously: “Like turning back the passage of time.”

“Reversing time? That’s simple!” The Red Lamp Spirit laughed heartily without a second thought: “Isn’t it just turning back time? I thought you were going to wish for something… wait, what did you say?”

“Reverse time, turn back the passage of time.” Luo Qiu thought for a moment and suddenly, with a somewhat unrealistic hope, said: “Just let my time go back to four years ago.”

The Red Lamp Spirit silently observed the summoner in front of them for a while and then expressionlessly said, “Speak human words.”

“Can’t do it?” Boss Luo’s tone seemed to carry a hint of disappointment.

Actually, the answer was almost predictable the moment the question was asked… the unrealistic hope he held was all that remained of his humanity.

“If I could turn back time, I would go directly back to the beginning, why would I…” The Red Lamp Spirit shook his head: “Listen, although theoretically the Magic Lamp can fulfill all human wishes, there is a limit! Because it originally almost considered the limit of human needs! The rule of setting three wishes is also to avoid human greed breaking this limit… Time is the most powerful force in the world, stronger than any other power! In the face of time, I too will have a day of demise… Turning back the passage of time, I can’t do it! Choose another! But why do you want to reverse time? Is it because of something regretful? That’s simple, you can wish for me to help you make amends… The dead can be resurrected, damaged things can be restored! As long as the cause of regret does not exist, naturally there is no need for regret… Shouldn’t a person look forward?”

“You are right.”

What surprised the Red Lamp Spirit quite a bit was—having lost the initiative from the beginning—it actually felt from this bizarre summoner a sense that he was truly listening seriously… Hmm, an illusion! It must be an illusion.

So Boss Luo smiled slightly, “Mr. Lamp Spirit, I wish to make my third wish.”

The Red Lamp Spirit instantly perked up his ears, rubbed his palms together, and became impatiently excited.

Then, Boss Luo slowly said: “Can you tell me about your life story… from birth to the present.”

“You said… what?” The Red Lamp Spirit’s mouth opened wide—its eyes widened again, mouth agape… it couldn’t even remember how many times it had been surprised in this short span.

Luo Qiu calmly said: “I truly don’t have too many needs… Since what I need Mr. Lamp Spirit can’t accomplish, how about you tell me about your life. It must be lonely, always residing in the Magic Lamp, fulfilling wishes for those qualified to summon you, and then returning to the Magic Lamp, over and over… Don’t you want to talk?”

“You…” The Red Lamp Spirit frowned and suddenly looked at him with a strange expression, “Could it really be that you’re a fool?”

“I’ve already made my wish… the last one.”

After a long silence, the Red Lamp Spirit slowly breathed out… It gently patted its palm, and the pitch-black giant room was suddenly swept by waves of reddish-brown smoke.

After this, the surroundings lit up… It was a very spacious and bright room, on a fairly exquisite large bed, a pregnant woman was in the throes of labor, surrounded by numerous servants.

Outside the room, more people were anxiously waiting—the expression on the face of a dignified man was among them.

What was before them was all a phantom created by the Red Lamp Spirit—so lifelike as if they genuinely existed… At this moment, it slowly said in a deep voice: “One day, the king of this country was anxiously waiting outside the Queen’s room, because the prince of this country was about to be born.”

Upon hearing this, Boss Luo curiously blinked, “This should be an ancient kingdom of a certain period… the child hasn’t been born yet, and at that time there was already the technology to determine the baby’s gender?”

“Don’t interrupt!” The Red Lamp Spirit glared furiously, “I said it’s a prince, so it’s a prince!”

Indeed it was like that, Luo Qiu nodded obediently.

“The prince was born smoothly.” The Red Lamp Spirit straightened his thoughts and continued with the story inside the room—accompanied by the change in its voice, the surrounding scene also began to flash like a merry-go-round.

“The prince was like a favored child of heaven; the day he was born, the entire country ushered in a harvest, an unprecedented harvest, hence he received the love of all the people.”

“He was smart, strong, and sturdy; he was the pride of the kingdom. Without a doubt, he would succeed the king’s throne, becoming the new king. Everyone believed that under the prince’s leadership, the country would lead a happier life, including the king thinking so.”

“Quickly, the prince turned ten years old. He became even stronger, and the teachers in the palace no longer had anything to teach him. To let the prince learn more knowledge, to become wiser, the king commanded that skilled individuals from all over the country be sought to become the prince’s teachers.”

“Finally, one day, a powerful wizard came before the king.” The Red Lamp Spirit paused for a long time at this point, then took a deep breath, using an almost indifferent voice: “The Wizard possessed incredible Mana; on the first day he met the king, using his formidable strength, he gained the king’s approval and appointed the Wizard to the prince as his new teacher.”

“But the king would never have anticipated, from this moment, the empire’s fall began…” The Red Lamp Spirit abruptly halted.

It stood before Boss Luo, clenching its fist tightly, rage causing veins to appear on its menacing face… Meanwhile, it trembled all over, demonstrating its internal unrest, the realistic fantasy figures around further twisting intensively.

The Red Lamp Spirit at this moment seemed like a volcano about to erupt, a powerful force more insistently leaking out… But soon, the Magic Lamp shot out a chain, constraining the Red Lamp Spirit.

It had to gradually return to quiet, sighed suddenly, then looked once more at Boss Luo, “Do you really want to hear this story?”