At the same time, many people were lamenting because they had lost a lot of money.
Mo Ling burst into laughter, "The reversal was so quick! I'd rather be slapped in the face a few more times. Turning 500,000 into over 1.5 million, that's so satisfying!"
The other young members of the Mo family around her looked at her with a mixture of envy and regret. They had bet too little; even if they tripled their bets, they wouldn't have made much money.
"Second brother, Chu Xu is quite capable. He can even come up with such a strange solution."
Looking at Chu Xu in the arena, Mo Ling suddenly found him much more pleasing to the eye.
Mo Beihan, however, kept frowning as he analyzed, "The match girl actually gave a hint. She said, 'Are you cold? Do you want to buy my matches?' The point of that sentence wasn't to buy matches; everyone was misled."
The key is "Are you cold?" This question should be interpreted in reverse; it's implying that the animal is very cold. Look at its thin, worn clothes, the constant snowfall on its head, and its bare feet—all these things suggest it's cold and needs warmth or shelter from the snow. This is the crucial point in breaking the rule.
"Wow, second brother, you're amazing! Your analysis is so insightful!"
Mo Ling tilted her head to look at Mo Beihan, and her next words made him blush with embarrassment, "But why didn't you say so earlier?"
"I deduced this from the result!"
Mo Beihan was a little embarrassed and glared at her. "Listen carefully, these are valuable experiences that you might need in the future."
In the center of the field.
Xia Tianqiong suddenly felt a contract power surrounding him, indicating that the match girl had agreed to form a contract with him.
Under normal circumstances, even after breaking the rules, the supernatural might not be willing to sign a contract with humans.
The next step is either to subdue it by force or to use ghost money as a condition to lure it into signing a contract.
This time it went very smoothly; without any words, the matchstick girl directly sent a contract invitation.
The contract with the lord of the demons requires confirmation from the human before an invitation to the contract can be sent. However, the invitation to the contract can be sent directly without asking the human, as do the contracts of equality and the contract with the human lord.
Xia Tianqiong assumed it was an equal contract and, without much thought, agreed to sign it.
The true purpose of the Match Girl is not in combat, so there's no need to force her to sign a human-master contract.
Moreover, according to Xia Tianqiong's principles, as long as someone voluntarily signs a contract, it should be an equal contract.
Unexpectedly, after signing, it turned out to be a contract between a human and a sovereign.
"Why did you voluntarily sign a human master contract with me?"
"No one has ever been willing to shield me from the wind and snow. I want to stay with my older brother forever. If my older brother dies one day, I'd rather die too."
The little girl's match had burned out, leaving only a small piece of wood in her hand.
It tilted its head back, its dirty little face full of serious expression.
Xia Tianqiong ruffled its messy hair, her face full of kind smiles. "We have a big family. In the future, there will be many people, no, many ghosts, to shelter you from the wind and snow and drive away the cold."
Next, he put the match girl into his body and returned to the lounge through a special passage.
Then she went to the restroom, released Chu Xu, and let him return to the audience seats, while Xia Tianqiong herself teleported away.
Although Chu Xu was in the mirror space and couldn't see the outside world, Xia Tianqiong had the delivery ghost relay what was happening outside to him in real time and explain why it did so.
That way, even if someone brings up related topics with him, he can keep up with the conversation and won't give himself away.
The match continued.
More than 500 people signed up, but only 136 wild ghosts were prepared for the first round.
Many players complained that Ye Gui was not prepared enough, but when the competition actually started, they found that there were too few players.
Sometimes, a single strange occurrence can eliminate several contestants.
After all the players had taken their turn, there were still more than twenty wild monsters that had not been solved.
According to the competition rules, the next match will be an exhibition match, in which contestants will be randomly selected from those who have already advanced to continue breaking the rules.
Failure will not affect your qualification for advancement; success will grant you the right to choose the odd one for the next round.
Chu Xu sat between Mo Beihan and Mo Ling, laughing and bragging, and then he was chosen again.
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