Chapter 410: Remains of the Zhou General (22)
Suddenly, her eyes fell on Xu Qianjia and Lan Yongji's hands - there were no bracelets.
Tao Zi chuckled softly twice and winked at the three people at the other table. The three people also reacted and looked a little amused.
Qiu Xuanhuan never gave Xu Qianjia face and asked directly, "Master Xu, you don't have a bracelet?"
Xu Qianjia's expression changed, but soon returned to normal. He smiled and said, "Bad luck. I chose the wrong road."
Jiu Qingling smiled and smoothed her hair, revealing the bracelet on her wrist: "Then we are really lucky."
His face darkened, but fortunately Wang Xu spoke up at this moment: "The situation is unclear right now, so don't get into an argument."
This remark was meant to point out that Qingling and the other two were good, but it also stopped Xu Qianjia from counterattacking.
As night fell, there were so many people in the inn that there was no room to sit down. Except for a small number of people, such as Wangxu, everyone else was standing. Many cultivators even had to risk standing outside the inn.
This time when day and night changed, the old man did not disappear, but still sat in the same place.
Wang Xu stared at her and was the first to speak calmly, "Senior, has the time come?"
The old man closed the account book in his hand and raised his head slightly. The entire inn suddenly disappeared. Some of the monks standing on the second and third floors did not react fast enough and almost fell to the ground.
All the ghosts in the city disappeared at this moment, and there was silence.
Tao Zi stood steadily on the ground, Xi Jing and others leaned closely beside her, looking around vigilantly.
The old man's expression remained unmoved, and his tone was extremely calm. "Several years ago, General Zhou and the other ghosts gradually lost their sanity. To prevent harm to the human world, he split himself in two, and also divided Xu City in two. Daytime was order, night was disorder. The ghosts were at their strongest during the day, but were infinitely weakened at night, recovering only 30% to 40% of their strength at specific times. As time passed, the weakening effect became less and less effective, and the ghosts' killing desire grew stronger, and Xu City was also on the verge of collapse. For this reason, General Zhou specially invited you to come and kill him and destroy the city."
Thirty to forty percent of the strength... That's right, how could a ghost that has lived for three thousand years only have the strength of the Nascent Soul stage?
Lan Yongji was the first to lose his patience and asked, "What does the tasker use it for?"
At this time, the old man answered every question: "The object in the hand of the tasker can kill General Zhou."
The eyes of many non-taskers flickered.
Yan Wenxuan looked at the eager eyes around him and said to confuse people: "Can non-mission personnel rob?"
The old man said, "It's not possible until the token is complete. Once the token is complete, anyone can compete for it."
A disciple of the Tiandao Sect asked, "What do you mean?"
"There are three tokens in total: poisoned wine, a sword, and a ghost tiger talisman. Each token is divided among eighty-one people. Only those tasked with the same identity can snatch and merge them. No one else can."
Yan Wenxuan felt a headache after hearing this. Why were there so many messy rules in this relic? It was really annoying.
Wang Xu grasped the key point and asked politely, "Senior, according to what you said, we need to combine the eighty-one bracelets into one before we can kill General Zhou?"
"Yes and no." The old man raised his eyes and said, "After the Zi hour passes and the Chou hour begins, the eighty-one bracelets will automatically merge into one, forming a token. At that time, whoever has the most bracelets will automatically possess the token. The three tokens can only be in the hands of three people. After the Chou hour ends, General Zhou will go find these three people. As for how to use the token, you can figure it out on your own."
Tao Zi frowned. She finally discovered that this relic was fundamentally different from the other ruins - the other ruins were for training, while this relic was more like General Zhou's death game.
She slowly asked the question that concerned everyone the most: "If non-taskers have already received the opportunity, what about the opportunity for those who do? Or does it mean that if you can't become one of those three people, you can't have the opportunity?"
The old man smiled faintly and said, "The holder of the token can only obtain the opportunity by killing General Zhou. The opportunities of the other taskers are related to the number of bracelets. The more bracelets you have at the beginning of the first hour, the better the reward you will get. If you have no bracelets, you will not get any reward. If the initial token holder has the token stolen during the first hour, the opportunity will be the same as that of the other taskers."
The disciples of Tiandao Sect frowned slightly. This rule was encouraging the monks to kill each other.
Xi Jing suddenly raised a question: "Since General Zhou is determined to die, why does he set up so many rules?"
When everyone heard this, they realized the problem and looked at the old man.
The old man glanced at Xi Jing, a smile growing on his face. "General Zhou's point is that if you can't even abide by these rules, then he might as well become a disaster for the world. It's better than dying at the hands of a bunch of losers. Do you have any questions?"
Wang Xu asked, "General Zhou has split himself into two. So, are we facing the daytime General Zhou or the nighttime General Zhou?"
"When the tokens are united, the Daytime General will disappear, and the restrictions on Xucheng will disappear. What you will face is a Nighttime General with the strength of a Daytime General."
After figuring out the meaning of these words, everyone's faces turned grim, and the old man still looked slow and unhurried.
Tao Zi suddenly asked, "General Zhou doesn't want to die at night, right?"
When the old man answered her question, there was a hint of gentleness in his tone that was imperceptible to others: "Yes, he just wants to eat people to increase his own strength."
Everyone wanted to ask more questions, but the old man stopped answering and said with a smile: "Everyone, time is running out. Please seize this last chance."
Before she finished speaking, she mysteriously disappeared and everyone returned to the inn.
The scene changed too quickly, Xi Jing was in a trance for a moment, and before she could come to her senses, an evil ghost pounced towards her. Fortunately, Tao Zi reacted quickly enough and protected her in time.
This was the case inside the inn, not to mention outside. Within just a few seconds, several weak individuals had already lost their lives.
At the same time, people inside and outside the inn were divided into three groups: one group of taskers, one group of non-taskers waiting for the arrival of the hour of Chou, and another group of non-taskers guarding the taskers.
Without a doubt, among these people, the one who should not be provoked the most is Wang Xu.
Li Xiu's voice was very low: "Sister Tao, the color of the bracelet has changed."
Tao Zi took a quick look and saw that Wangxu and Lixiu's bracelets had turned yellow, hers and Qingya's bracelets had turned red, and Axiong and Huaseng's bracelets had turned black.
Many taskers also noticed it and their expressions became complicated.
Jiu Qingling looked at the red bracelet on her wrist, then at Qiu Huanhuan's black bracelet. The two looked at each other and stood together tacitly. Jiuzhuanmen and Chunqiumen thus reached a cooperation.
Cheng Luo touched the black bracelet with a smile, and his eyes swept over those who also wore black bracelets. Many people took a step back and became alert.
For a moment, the situation was deadlocked and no one dared to take the first step.
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