【Chapter 098】 Mutual Calculation
【Chapter 098】 Mutual Calculation
It was understandable that the four people who had blocked their way on the Ladder of Inquiry were hostile to them. But they didn’t know the other four people, so why were they looking at them with unfriendly eyes?
It's totally incomprehensible.
Nangong Chenyu calmly released his spiritual sense to look at the other teams.
When the members of other teams gathered, they were either mocking their teammates or keeping silent, but the looks they gave each other were very unfriendly.
Teenagers have little experience and have not experienced any setbacks, so what they are thinking is written on their faces. If it weren't for the wrong occasion, many people who were divided into one team would probably fight each other directly.
From this perspective, it seems that there are conflicts and hatreds between all the members of the same team.
In this way, the difficulty of the assessment will be greatly increased.
Sure enough, every move of all the monks who took part in the assessment after entering the gate of Yunjue Palace was watched by the top leaders of Yunjue Palace. Otherwise it would be impossible for there to be conflicts between the players of each team.
Nangong Chenyu believes that he is not someone who can swallow his anger. If someone gave him a cold look, he would definitely draw his sword. And the person who announced the rules just now didn't say that you can't kill teammates.
However, for every member missing from the same team, each person will need five more monster cores. If there is one less after that, the number will double. So, if there is only one person left in a team, this person needs to obtain...
Nangong Chenyu began to calculate in his mind: five, ten, twenty, forty, plus five, a total of forty-five demon cores were needed.
With this calculation, if he and Ye Yisheng eliminated the rest of the team members, without stealing other people's monster cores, they would have to kill at least ninety monsters.
The eight people assigned to his and Ye Yisheng's team had the lowest cultivation level of the tenth level of Qi Refining, and the highest level of the twelfth level of Qi Refining.
Since it is an assessment, I think no external force should be used. Therefore, it should not be difficult for them to eliminate the remaining eight people.
While Nangong Chenyu was thinking about these things, the four people in his team and the four people in Ye Yisheng's team had already looked at each other. The eight people exchanged glances, obviously communicating through telepathy. It seemed that the eight people had reached an agreement on how to deal with him and Ye Yisheng.
At this time, a male cultivator who had reached the twelfth level of Qi Refining came forward and suggested, "Why don't we two teams complete the task together?"
The others echoed.
"I think so."
"That's fine with me."
"I agree."
“…”
In the end, only Nangong Chenyu and Ye Yisheng did not express their opinions.
All eight of them set their sights on the two of them.
Nangong Chenyu and Ye Yisheng looked at each other and said at the same time: "I agree too."
The male cultivator who had reached the great perfection of the twelfth level of Qi Refining was named Qin Yongzhi. He felt that he had the highest cultivation among the ten people, so he naturally thought that everyone should listen to him.
So he began to give orders: "Since everyone has no objection, let's go kill the monster first."
After saying that, he took the lead and walked in one direction.
The rest of the people looked at each other and followed.
The nine hundred people in the open space soon scattered throughout the woods.
Away from the crowd, Qin Yongzhi winked at his follower Wu Jun.
Wu Jun received instructions to slow down. When Nangong Chenyu and Ye Yishen approached, he immediately tried to get close to them and asked about their backgrounds in a roundabout way.
When he heard Nangong Chenyu and Ye Yisheng say that they had no background and were just independent cultivators, he couldn't hide the joy in his eyes.
The others seemed to be chatting with each other, but they were actually listening to the conversation between the three people with their ears perked up.
There were ten people in the group, each with different thoughts.
After walking forward for a quarter of an hour, three flaming tigers appeared within the spiritual awareness range of the ten people.
Qin Yongzhi, who was walking in the front, stopped and looked back at Nangong Chenyu and Ye Yisheng: "You two go ahead."
The others cooperated and made a separate path.
Nangong Chenyu stood still, looking relaxed: "My cultivation is low, in case I fall behind, I think it's better for me to walk behind!"
The cultivation level he showed to the outside world was only the ninth level of Qi training, so there was nothing wrong with what he said.
"Don't look at me just because I have reached the eleventh level of Qi Refining. In fact, I have never fought with monsters." After saying that, Ye Yishen took two steps back.
Others looked at the two with contempt.
"I just asked you to walk in front, but I didn't ask you to fight the monster." Qin Yongzhi said impatiently, "Besides, there are so many of us. If we see a monster, we will definitely attack together."
"Okay then." Nangong Chenyu looked reluctant.
Ye Yisheng: Just compromise like that?
After walking a few steps forward, Nangong Chenyu noticed that Ye Yishen did not follow him, so he turned around and looked at him.
Ye Yishen hurried to follow.
Although they knew that others would not attack them for the time being, Nangong Chenyu and Ye Yisheng were still on guard against others.
A strange aura appeared in their territory, and the three Flame Tigers who were resting immediately walked out of the cave. Seeing ten humans from afar, the three flame tigers roared warningly one after another.
Nangong Chenyu stopped and said, "They are three late-stage level one flaming tigers."
"Only three, but there are ten of us." Qin Yongzhi signaled Nangong Chenyu to continue moving forward.
Just when Nangong Chenyu and his ten men were thirty meters away from the Fiery Tiger, the Fiery Tiger, which had been standing still, suddenly stretched out its front paws and ran towards the ten men.
"Let's work together to kill the Fiery Tiger. Whoever dares to escape will not get the demon core we get next." Qin Yongzhi's words were obviously meant for Nangong Chenyu and Ye Yisheng to hear.
"I don't know whether the others will escape or not. Although my cultivation is low, I will definitely not escape." Nangong Chenyu promised solemnly.
Ye Yisheng replied: "I won't run away either."
The two looked at the others with burning eyes.
Others: If they don’t express their views, it seems like they will run away.
"I certainly won't run away."
"I won't run away either."
"Me too."
Soon the flaming tiger came closer and everyone stopped talking.
Seeing the flaming tiger rushing towards them, Nangong Chenyu and Ye Yisheng launched two harmless attacks and then quickly dodged to the side, leaving the field to others.
The others tacitly tried to lead the Flame Tiger to where the two were, but the two would not just stand there and wait foolishly.
After that, the two of them would occasionally launch sneak attacks on the Flame Tiger. Occasionally, the attacks would miss the target and hit other people instead of the Fiery Tiger.
Just now, a male cultivator named Ji Su was hit by the lightning released by Nangong Chenyu. Although he was not injured, the lightning made his short hair stand on end.
Taking a few steps back, Ji Su yelled at Nangong Chenyu in frustration, "Fellow Daoist Nangong, the Fiery Tiger is so big, and you can still attack me. Did you do it on purpose?"
Nangong Chenyu apologized insincerely: "I'm sorry, Fellow Daoist Ji, I was originally aiming the lightning attack at the Flame Tiger, but who knew that the Flame Tiger would suddenly move."
Ji Su glared at Nangong Chenyu: "Stay away from me."
The attack Ye Yishen cast was a common fire spell. The power is average, but the flames often fall on other people. Everyone was wearing robes that could not be burned by ordinary spiritual fire, but their hair suffered.
"Ahhhh, my hair!"
"That was close. Luckily I dodged quickly."
"Fellow Daoist Ye, can you see the point accurately when you cast a spell?"
"I'm sorry, everyone! I've never fought a monster before, and I got nervous when I saw three flaming tigers. When I got nervous, I couldn't control the accuracy of my spells."
Ye Yisheng's tone was full of apology.
But everyone felt uncomfortable after hearing it.
For ten people, three late-stage level one flaming tigers can be dealt with in a quarter of an hour at most. But Nangong Chenyu and Ye Yishen made things worse, and it took the ten people two quarters of an hour to kill three flaming tigers.
The battle was over. Except for Qin Yongzhi, the other seven people looked at Nangong Chenyu and Ye Yisheng with burning anger. It was because the seven people's hair was either stood up by lightning or burnt by fire.
As for why Qin Yongzhi was fine, it was naturally because Nangong Chenyu still needed him to act as a peacemaker.
Seeing the appearance of the seven people, Qin Yongzhi tried hard to suppress the corners of his mouth that were raised, and ordered Nangong Chenyu and Ye Yisheng: "You two go dig out the demon core of the Flame Tiger, and then clean up the Flame Tiger's cave."
"good."
The two of them agreed readily.
While the two of them went to dig out the monster core, the eight of them gathered together and communicated with each other through their telepathy.
Ji Su: [I can’t stand it anymore. I want to kill both of them right now. 】
Others said: [I also want to kill them both immediately. 】
After the battle, all eight people realized that Nangong Chenyu and Ye Yisheng could not help kill the monster at all. On the contrary, the two of them would only be a hindrance. Initially they were planning to deal with the two on the last day, but now it seems that keeping the two would be a hassle.
Qin Yongzhi comforted them: [Calm down first, the higher-ups of Yunjue Palace might be watching us. Even if we have to kill two people, we can't do it ourselves. 】
Ji Su immediately responded: [I have beast-attracting powder here. We can use the monster to kill two people. 】
Qin Yongzhi asked: [How much beast-attracting powder do you have on you? 】
The others also looked at Ji Su, fearing that he would use the beast-attracting powder against them.
Ji Su took out a porcelain bottle: [Only half a bottle. 】
Qin Yongzhi looked at his follower Wu Jun: [The task of sprinkling the beast-attracting powder on the two people is left to you. 】
[Brother Qin, rest assured, I promise to complete the task. 】Wu Jun took the porcelain bottle.
After the eight of them had discussed it, they headed towards the Flame Tiger's cave.
In the cave, Nangong Chenyu and Ye Yisheng sat on a smooth stone. The stone occupied by the two men was the cleanest place in the entire cave. The stone is one meter wide and two meters long, just enough for two people to sit on.
After entering the cave, the eight people immediately frowned.
Qin Yongzhi originally wanted Nangong Chenyu and the other man to stand up and give his seat to him. Thinking that the demon core was still in the two of them, he asked, "Where is the demon core of the Fiery Tiger?"
Nangong Chenyu patted the bag hanging on his waist and said, "I put it away."
Seeing that he had no intention of taking it out, everyone else stopped doing it.
"You didn't contribute anything, how dare you take it away?"
"that is."
"Hand over the demon core quickly."
The others also stared at the Qiankun bag on Nangong Chenyu's waist. It looked like if Nangong Chenyu didn't take out the demon core, they would grab it.
“Why didn’t we contribute?” Nangong Chenyu asked himself and answered: “From the beginning to the end, we were all helping to kill the Fiery Tiger. And we were the ones who dug out the demon core.”
Ji Su asked with a fake smile: "Are you helping to kill the flaming tiger?"
"Why not?" Nangong Chenyu asked back.
Ji Su snorted, "Did your attacks hit the Flame Tiger? Did they cause any damage to the Flame Tiger?"
"How come there isn't any?" Nangong Chenyu added, "Anyone with eyesight can see it clearly."
There's no way to respond to this.
No one present saw it.
But I can't say that I didn't see it, otherwise I would have to admit that I am blind.
Seeing that everyone was so angry that they were like puffer fish, he did not take any action. Nangong Chenyu felt a little regretful in his heart, he still wanted to counterattack!
Qin Yongzhi raised his hand, signaling others not to speak. He extended his hand to Nangong Chenyu: "Give the demon core to me for safekeeping."
"It doesn't matter whether I keep it for you or for me. Anyway, each of the ten of us needs five demon cores to complete the mission."
Nangong Chenyu was as steady as an old dog and didn't care about Qin Yongzhi's sharp eyes at all.
At times like this, it’s time for Wu Jun to go online: “Your cultivation is so low. What if you run into people from other teams and they snatch your Qiankun bag? Among the ten of us, Brother Qin has the highest cultivation. It’s most appropriate for him to keep the monster core.”
“That’s wrong!” Nangong Chenyu stretched out his index finger and shook it: “It is precisely because Fellow Daoist Qin has the highest cultivation level that he is not suitable to keep the monster core. If the monster core is left with Fellow Daoist Qin, others will feel uneasy.”
He knew that Nangong Chenyu was trying to sow discord, but what he said was the truth.
The few people who had just forced him to hand over the demon core were now silent.
Even Wu Jun was speechless.
Qin Yongzhi's face was so gloomy that water seemed to drip out of it. He looked at Nangong Chenyu deeply, and murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
Then he winked at the others, and walked to the place farthest away from Nangong Chenyu and the other man, and sat cross-legged.
The others quickly followed.
The eight people began to communicate with each other through their telepathic consciousness again.
Nangong Chenyu and Ye Yishen didn't care about being isolated at all. They were even in the mood to practice.
From time to time, the roars of monsters could be heard outside the cave.
“Awooo~Awooo~Roar~Roar~Pipipi~Hiss~Hiss…”
Just by listening to the sounds, you can tell that there are many kinds of monsters.
The fastest way to collect all the monster cores is to hunt monsters at night. Because most monsters come out to look for food at night and rest in caves during the day.
Midnight.
Feeling the breath of a stranger approaching, Nangong Chenyu suddenly opened his eyes. In the darkness, he and Wu Jun, who was two meters away, stared at each other.
"Fellow Daoist Wu, do you want to launch a surprise attack on us?"
Wu Jun was choked for a moment, then smiled awkwardly: "I'm here to tell you to go out and kill the monsters."
"Now?"
"Yes, there are many monsters at night."
"There are indeed many monsters at night!"
Nangong Chenyu turned to look at Ye Yishen.
Ye Yisheng was already ready to fight when Nangong Chenyu said the first sentence.
"Let's go out and kill the monsters." Nangong Chenyu said.
Ye Yisheng said "hmm".
In order to facilitate the operation, Wu Jun took the porcelain bottle containing the animal-attracting powder in his hand.
Nangong Chenyu's spiritual sense took in everything in his mind. He even had the leisure to communicate with Ye Yishen: [This Wu Jun probably wants to sprinkle beast-attracting powder on us. 】
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