Chapter 249: White Orchid Rain Festival (Thirty-one)
The Gambler's Guild President stopped talking halfway through. Not only did he see the entire pawn shop being incorporated into the eldest lady's control panel, but more importantly, he felt an extremely powerful force trying to absorb himself into the eldest lady's control panel.
The pawnshop is no longer the same pawnshop it once was, it has become the private property of the young lady.
The excuses he had prepared to threaten other players and the young lady now seemed ridiculous. Once he was taken into the young lady's control panel and became her servant, the fragments of the faith totem he had obtained would only be returned to their original owners for the young lady.
“I’d like to give it back…”
There was no more time for the Gambler's Guild President to think. In the situation where the attraction brought about by the rules was becoming increasingly powerful, the Gambler's Guild President finally compromised.
Nan Huan was not too surprised. She could write the rules herself now, so she signed a new pawn ticket with the president of the Gamblers' Guild, and reversed the agreement that the other party had made with Yizhihua, and everything returned to the starting point.
The fragments of the faith totem returned to Nan Huan's hands, and the empty door of the pawnshop finally opened again.
"He got it easy," President Alice said angrily, looking at the Gambler's President's back. "The young lady got hurt in exchange for the control of the entire pawnshop. I think we shouldn't make any new agreements with him. We should just lock him up in the pawnshop. The Faith Totem Fragment will still return to the young lady's hands. He doesn't look like a person who would listen to advice."
"It is more valuable to keep him alive than to let him die."
Nan Huan was not angry, nor did he feel any regret. It seemed that he had some other considerations.
The Workers Guild President reacted quickly and understood immediately, "Just now the Faith Totem Fragment returned to your hands, but the system did not notify you again. It seems that the system will only notify you when you get the same Faith Totem Fragment for the first time..."
President Alice didn't understand the meaning of this at first. She was wondering why the gambler president was getting involved in the fragments of the faith totem. Then, she stopped abruptly the moment she stepped out of the door.
"Oh, I understand. For other people, many players don't know that the Gambler's Guild President took a piece of your Faith Totem Fragment. Even if they know, without a system notification, they will not believe that the Faith Totem Fragment has returned to you. The Gambler's Guild President has no way to defend himself. We have one more place to bear the firepower, which is much better than locking him up."
President Alice clapped her hands and understood the key.
Just at this time, they had already come out of the empty pawn shop. The players who had been waiting at the door had been waiting for a while with their necks stretched out. Lingyue rushed over as soon as she saw the eldest lady.
"It's almost time. We have to get back to the High Priest's Palace before dark."
She seemed to have anticipated that the young lady would be fine. She just confirmed it and handed over the insulation equipment in her hand, and reported the current time.
I didn't expect them to stay in the pawn shop for such a long time. Nan Huan raised his eyebrows, but before he could say anything, he heard a not very polite voice coming from not far away.
"President Gambler, didn't you promise us before that we would definitely win this special side quest?" The Judge did not expect that the Corpse Driver and Gambler would come out empty-handed. She raised her voice very high, trying to get the players to focus on the two presidents who actually entered the pawnshop, instead of her who didn't even go in. "Don't tell me that you don't care about these quests because you have already obtained the Totem of Faith?"
The atmosphere in the remaining guilds seemed a bit sluggish because the failure of this special side quest was not just caused by one or two people. However, because the Judge President focused on the "Faith Totem Fragment", they suddenly developed a vague hostility towards the Gambler President.
The Gambler's Guild President had anticipated the current situation since he realized that the transfer of the faith totem fragments had not been reported. In addition, he had just suffered a setback at the hands of the eldest lady, so when he heard what the Judge's Guild President said, his face immediately became very gloomy.
"I think you've made a mistake," he lowered his voice, staring at the president of the Judge with emotionless eyes, "We have never been in a cooperative relationship. You have no right to blame me. If you have the time, you might as well explain to the players in your guild why you didn't even go into the real pawn shop just now."
He has never included any guild or guild leader in the scope of his partners. He is even more disdainful of other people's accusations, especially those of a second-rate guild leader like the Judge who relied on his skills to deceive the players in his own guild. He doesn't take it seriously at all.
As for the other party's accusation about the belief in totem fragments, he did not explain or argue, but rather tacitly agreed to the statement to some extent.
Firstly, the president of the Corpse Drivers Guild had already left, and there was no one to testify for him. There was no systematic broadcast, and the pawn shop had become the private property of the eldest lady. This was magical. Even if they went in now and found the pawn shop empty, they would not believe it.
Moreover, the eldest lady is destined to put the blame on herself, and she can do something small when the players enter the pawn shop to check.
Secondly, he now has a fragment of the Totem of Faith in his hand. Although some players are eyeing it covetously, to some extent, this is also his confidence and bargaining chip. After all, it is stamped by the system itself, and no player dares to question it easily. He may be able to take advantage of this, especially since he is now in the cooling-off period of his personal skills.
The Judge's Guildmaster was a little too proud of himself for a moment, but after meeting the Gambler's Guildmaster's cold gaze, he realized that he usually used his skills to make players believe in him, which was something he was accustomed to, but the Gambler's Guildmaster did not buy it at all.
However, because they have to deal with a guild alliance together, even if the Gambler's Guild President does not recognize their alliance in his heart, he generally will not refute it. But now he is openly drawing a line between himself and all of them. Could it be that this fragment of the faith totem has other effects that make the Gambler's Guild President confident?
"Alright, alright, if there's anything, we can go back to the High Priest's Mansion and talk about it," a player from an unknown guild in the crowd laughed and pointed out a more important issue, "It's getting dark. If we don't go back, the system's rules will be triggered."
Looking at the Guild Alliance, they had no interest in watching the quarrel here and could not even see their backs.
The two guild leaders finally gave up, and the Judge guild leader walked away with his players in a haughty manner, as if he would rather lose the battle than the fight.
However, no one knew what the Gambler's Guild President was thinking. He did not leave immediately. Instead, after the crowd gradually dispersed, he seemed to be looking for someone.
Magic Hand had been following him and was a little confused when he saw this, "President, what are you looking for?"
Due to the authority of the Gambler's Guild President, he hesitated for a long time before mustering up the courage to ask, "Did something unexpected happen during the special side quest just now?"
He always felt that his president's condition was not right. After all, his president's personal skills were quite special. For general side quests, he could use his personal skills to know the approximate results before starting, and then work towards a certain direction to get what he wanted.
Even if the results of the side quests are not very good, he will not have any major emotional ups and downs.
But this time, he always felt that something was wrong with his president. After coming out of the pawnshop, he was very anxious.
After all, under normal circumstances, the president of the Judge would simply ignore the shouting of the president.
"We'll talk about the side quest later." After all, Vice President Magic Hand had been with him for a long time. President Gambler did not blame him for asking too many questions, but just did not give a direct answer. "Didn't I ask you to keep an eye on President Miao Jiang before? Did she have any special reaction during the time I was in there?"
The Gambler President has always been concerned about the fact that President Miaojiang did not complete the blossoming side quest but did not seem to be punished according to any rules.
In particular, President Miaojiang, who was originally very interested in the fragments of the faith totem, actually took the initiative to give up entering the pawnshop.
The Gambler's Guild President had not figured it out before, but now that he had seen some things in the pawnshop, he had another idea that he urgently needed to confirm, so he asked President Miao Jiang at this time.
"President Miaojiang?" Magic Hand was a little puzzled. He didn't understand why his guild leader asked this question right after coming out of the side quest. However, he still reported his observations very diligently. "She didn't seem to care about this side quest at all, nor about the clues. During the whole process, she didn't communicate with the players from other guilds, or the Assassin and Judge guild leaders who came out earlier. Instead, she kept talking to Vice President Doll. Her face looked very serious."
"The content of the conversation was encrypted, so I couldn't hear it." Before the Gambler Guild President could ask, Magic Hand had already revealed everything he knew, "But I found something a little strange."
It was already late, so the two could only talk as they walked. Standing at the end of the team, Magic Hand hesitated to add this information, but because of the unusual attention from the Gambler's Guild President, he hurriedly gave a precautionary measure.
"I don't know if it's a strange place, maybe I'm just overthinking it."
"Stop talking nonsense and just speak directly."
"I noticed something was wrong with President Miao Jiang's arm. She kept scratching her arm at a frequency that a normal person wouldn't have, as if she had some kind of itchy skin disease, but I didn't notice this problem with her yesterday."
After all, it was something that the Gambler's Guild President had asked him to be careful of before entering the pawn shop. Magic Hand did not dare to take it lightly, so he saw it very clearly.
"In other words, the other party's current state began after the butler announced the completion of the mission this morning?"
The Gambler Guild President did not expect to find out again. He immediately knew what was going on. "Wait a minute, I need to confirm something..."
Almost when the last player entered the High Priest's Palace, the sun in the sky suddenly set, as if to trap them here, and it immediately became dark.
"Everyone, you must be exhausted after running around outside all day, right?"
The butler appeared at the gate without knowing when. Looking at the tired players returning, a false concern appeared on his face. "The water has been delivered to everyone's yard. After everyone drinks it, you can rest."
Although there were not many players entering the pawn shop, most of them had been exposed to the sun, so everyone was not in good condition.
Despite this, everyone was still wary of the housekeeper's statement.
What does that mean? Don't you need to feed the flowers tonight?
"Since you have all blossomed as sacrifices to the Saint, it will take time for the flowers to grow well. However, this depends on your luck and cannot be forced."
The butler seemed to be able to guess what the players were thinking. He added slowly before leaving, "But it's not safe at night after all. It's better for everyone to rest early."
"What does this mean?" President Alice was completely confused. "Even if a flower blooms, it still depends on luck. It depends on whose flower has a better appetite and sucks people dry before it can grow, right?"
When she arrived at the courtyard of the guild alliance, she could no longer control her voice.
President Barbie didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She felt that since coming out of the pawn shop, the president's worldview seemed to have changed. "It's just that there are no more tasks to make the flowers bloom. We still need to take care of the flowers. Maybe they will attack again tonight. That's why the housekeeper reminded us to be cautious and not attack the flowers."
"By the way, Miss," President Barbie thought of something and turned to look for Miss, "I'll have to trouble you to take a look at the water later..."
She was halfway through her words when she realized that the four players from the guild had not yet entered the yard.
The eldest lady and the president stood outside the yard, looking towards a certain location in the middle of the mansion. Nineteen and Lingyue were standing behind them, and they didn't notice anything happening on their side.
"Are you sure that thing is in this yard right now?"
Bei Xi looked at the depths of the courtyard that Nan Huan was pointing at and confirmed with him.
"The blue flame was not completely extinguished when it was in the pawnshop. Before it realized that my blood was harmful to it, it gave up the pawn tickets and left the pawnshop directly." Nan Huan crossed the layers of courtyards and wanted to see farther, but his sight was blocked by the courtyards. "I saw it when I entered the High Priest's Mansion just now. Although it was only for a short moment, it should be correct."
Those burning pawn tickets can be extinguished with her own blood, but she still doesn't know what this evil god's mark is used for, and whether its sudden appearance here has anything to do with Man Wugui.
"Also, in Yizhihua's pawn ticket, we saw that after the wish was successful, the black gas on Yizhihua's body turned into a blue flame. It seems that the black gas was only in its original form before it turned into a mark. Now there is still so much black gas deep in the High Priest's Mansion. I wonder what it wants to do by running here?"
"It's definitely not a good thing," Bei Xi had a deep understanding of blue flames. "We can find out when we find a time to explore the High Priest's Mansion. But aren't you planning to go to Bailan City to look for another thing tonight?"
Nan Huan raised his eyebrows. He still couldn't get used to Bei Xi's amazing intuition. "How do you know? I haven't even..."
"Um..." President Barbie raised her injured arm and waved it in front of her, finally attracting the attention of Nan Huan and Bei Xi. "You two, how about we solve the problem at hand first? Then we can discuss whether we should go out and explore the High Priest's Mansion at night?"
"The water has been cleaned out, and it's ready to drink," Nan Huan reached out and knocked on a few cups, and the black air entered her body. "But the housekeeper didn't force us to drink water tonight. It seems that the luck he just mentioned is this. It has been proven last night that only by drinking water with black air can the flowers bloom bigger. We don't need to argue about this, and we can't win. Just drink the water we brought with us."
There is still some time before returning to their rooms, so everyone is gathered in the eldest lady's yard.
Bei Xi watched as they had been out for the whole day and saw that many flowers had grown. He thought of another problem, "As the flowers grow, their aggressiveness may increase. Everyone should be careful and try not to destroy or attack the flowers. Everyone should distribute the potions in their hands to ensure that everyone has enough potions..."
Because a lot of things happened in the pawn shop and it was very troublesome to explain, everyone decided to wait until the attack of the flowers was over before gathering together to synchronize information and discuss the fact that the eldest lady was going out.
Compared to the more harmonious atmosphere in Guild One, the courtyard on the other side seemed a bit deserted.
The Gambler's Guild President stayed in his room. Although he did nothing, his eyes were always looking through the window, as if he was always paying attention to the yard of the Miaojiang Guild President next door.
Guild President Miao Jiang seemed to be uninterested in everything in front of her. Despite what the housekeeper said, the players of their guild had been gathering in Guild President Miao Jiang's room, as if waiting for something. They had no intention of growing flowers at all. The four pots of flowers were thrown in the corner of the room.
The president of the Corpse Drivers Guild had gained quite a lot. He was now the only one who knew who the exact trader was. He only had to wait until tomorrow morning and leave the High Priest's Mansion to go find the person directly. However, he did not reveal this news to other players in his guild. After all, to explain this, he would inevitably have to point out that he had lost many of the Corpse Drivers' skills.
He pulled his collar carelessly and naturally to cover the gradually decreasing finger marks on his chest, and discussed with the players in his guild about what might happen to White Orchid later.
The remaining Assassin's Guild President and Judge's Guild President returned to their own yards to discuss the matter, and realized that their guild had been busy running around all day, doing a lot of work and receiving a lot of cold stares, but in the end, they did not enter the pawn shop and did not get any clues. Tomorrow night would be the time to choose the real trader.
Now there is a gambler president who has obtained the fragment of the faith totem, which is simply internal and external troubles, so under the dim light, everyone is whispering and plotting some plans.
I don’t know how much time had passed, but the light in the Gambler’s Guild’s room was still on, but he was not in his room.
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