Chapter 72 "The Young Taoist Priest" "Young man, do I look like a human being or...?"
The deceased, Xiao Hei, was actually Li Yuanwai, an eighty-year-old prominent rural gentleman from the old days, who secretly harbored ambitions to steal another man's wife? Players could only remain silent, their breaths of shock echoing around them. For some reason, they could see the resentment, hatred, poison, and... distorted love of the evil spirit before its death in the empty "eyes" of a string of data code. It was possible that Li Yuanwai had been fed with sacrificial offerings, as its black soul had not disappeared. The panel that popped up at the Zhong Mansion quest point also had an option to view the character settlement screen, allowing each player to connect a clue in the ancient town murder case during the game.
【what happened? 】
The screen jittered.
A dotted line guides everyone to see the blood flowing from Xiao Hei's neck.
Because it happened so suddenly, everyone was completely bewildered. What happened? Something had torn open Master Li's head? That's terrifying!
Look, blood is flowing from his neck.
Right-click the control panel to continue searching for answers on the March 3rd map.
A completely new mechanical system voice appeared in Jian Dieda's mind. This prompting voice and the small system, as well as the narrator, were not the same person. In terms of aura, it clearly felt more like the "boss" that the two of them had mentioned, that is, the system's actual ruler in a higher dimension.
Of course, this is just his personal guess. Apart from him, no one really knows that the "Stay-Up-Late Storytelling" event is more than just drawing people into a series of strange folk legends.
They are more like a group of lost souls, always looking for a chance to be reincarnated.
right.
The game is what keeps them "alive".
Instead of dying.
Jane Dieder's idea was nothing short of shocking.
[Special player "GM" mode, please do not allow clicking on the panel.]
The Supreme Ruler has spoken.
The special player "Jian Burang" obediently nodded this time. As an old abstract artist, he raised his hand, which was considered as giving them enough face after knowing part of the system's true purpose.
Question card 2 is another scenario-based dictation question, this time it's about "Changing one's mind frequently".
"Once upon a time, there was a man who loved to keep monkeys. But one day, his food supply ran out. He wanted to limit the monkeys' food intake but was afraid they would rebel, so he said, 'From now on, they can have three grains in the morning and four grains in the evening. Is that enough?'"
The monkeys, of course, were unhappy to hear this.
Upon seeing this, the monkey keeper said, "You think it's too little? Then four in the morning and three at night, does that sound like a lot?"
The monkeys, hearing only that there were four pieces in front of them, mistakenly believed that the food had actually increased, and happily forgot to resist.
[Meaning of the parable: When looking at things, one should see their essence and not be fooled by appearances.]
This time, their panel was updated with testimonies once again.
"Miss Mei! Why are you so stubborn! Sun Youfu is nothing but a down-on-his-luck man, lacking both wealth and talent. How can he compare to me? My family has been making its fortune in pawnshops for four generations. If you come with me, you won't have to worry about those inexpensive cosmetics, clothes, and jewelry. I will make sure you live a much better life, like a fairy!"
"Get out of here! If you don't leave, I'll call for help!"
"Alright, alright, Miss Mei! I'll leave now. Don't cry, don't cry, it's all my fault..."
The argument stopped for a second.
After a while.
A muffled sob could be heard, and another woman, Xiao Hei, emerged from the black mist and came into view of the hidden audience seats in the ancient town.
["Please, don't come again. You are a man of the clan, and you have achieved fame and fortune. Let bygones be bygones... Besides, in this world, only men can rightfully have one wife and one concubine. I am a woman who follows her husband wherever he goes, and I cannot have two husbands..."]
Xiao Mei's voice criticizes the worldly ways of the past. Her dazzling cheongsam tears apart the vulgarity and shallowness of men, and seems to whip the shamelessness of all those who are obsessed with appearances.
She's like a Su Daji (a notorious womanizer).
Crying sadly.
But she wasn't crying and begging to be loved by a man; she was crying to everyone who said they loved her, without considering how she felt.
Even if a prostitute desperately tries to reform herself, she still won't receive respect.
The men insisted on forcing her.
Force her to die?
I have no choice but to become that troublemaker!
—【Men! How selfish! They're even more heartless and ungrateful than prostitutes!】
Xiaomei finished speaking.
The game footage of her accusing Master Li of "crimes" is now very popular.
The onlookers didn't see the real Master Li and Xiaomei, but they could see two shadow puppets on the stage performing a highly dramatic "fight" to the tune of classical Peking Opera – literally meaning a romantic performance.
But more and more things happened that they could not have predicted—when the opera reached its climax, Xiao Mei, who was all plum blossoms and no one else, pushed the dead man off the stage, and Xiao Hei fell in front of the white curtain.
Tears streamed down Xiao Hei's face.
A small wooden voodoo doll, its heart broken in two, fell from its body.
"Sigh...why, why did Xiaomei reject my love letter again..."
"I offer incense and respectfully ask Heaven, 'Next time, will you and I be able to stay together for a hundred years?'"
Then the screen disappeared again.
Little Black's black body, which had little stored energy, soon became moldy and deteriorated like a puppet with a broken rope. In the horror game memories after the color faded, it turned into a small scarecrow covered with cracks.
The scene at Zhong Mansion was restored to its original state, and the cooldown time for the second run, led by the host, was set to six hours later.
A system pop-up window appears.
Please assist four players in upgrading their items within six hours.
[Requirement: Do not reveal your true identity]
[Reward: Chance to trigger a world quest. Note: This quest is based on a real-world scenario.]
After it was over, Jian Dieda opened his eyes briefly, and an extra hand immediately appeared on his arm, helping him to stand still. He lowered his head and whispered, "Stand here."
As the long-haired man forcefully pulled and protected her to the side, Jian Dieda smelled Zhong Ding's body fragrance, and her heart warmed up.
The two of them stood together. Zhong Ding's leg was still lame, but his body seemed to have gained some strength. He couldn't help but want to convey his feelings to him, but in the end, he couldn't say anything more.
"Master, it's time to invite the guests in." Fifth Master's arrival has made romance impossible.
Just then, the government delivered a case file concerning the funeral arrangements of Master Li, along with the household registration information of the three parties involved.
Master Zhong took off his cloak and covered his legs with it, released the two people's hands, and then asked Lanlan to push the wheelchair to check on them.
Master Jian didn't want to talk anymore.
Why doesn't Lanlan contact him?
Didn't he know he was lame? Wouldn't it make the same if someone pushed him?
This hypocrite is hard to judge.
What's even more frustrating is that the little system says he can't be reckless, but as someone who seems to like men, he really can't resist the powerful personal charm of this devilish genius.
Right now, apart from the basic clue chain, everything is going wrong, and the origin of the large gash on Master Li's neck is still unknown.
He first claimed the successful guidance points, then continued to deceive everyone by pretending to be an NPC, and even treated himself as an outsider.
He didn't know that Fifth Master was different from the previous person, because Fifth Master had mistaken him for a "person in the room" taken in by Zhong Ding.
The Zhong family has a tradition passed down through generations that if they want to avoid extinction, the head of the family must keep a secret passed down orally and also have to endure a certain amount of physical pain and suffering that is not ordinary. Therefore, they must marry and have children early, otherwise they will die young and cause the lineage to end.
Fifth Master initially thought they were just acting, until he noticed that Zhong Ding had given away the gold ring.
Among the guests were many beautiful young women and handsome young men, but the young Taoist priest's nonchalant attitude was hardly that of someone who would stoop to the rank of a high-ranking official.
Fifth Master felt speechless that such a big matter had been decided so easily, and it seemed that even the nephew's gold ring hadn't been properly worn by Master Jian.
The Zhong family planned to wait until they saw the group off before sitting down to properly probe Jian Dieda's intentions.
For example, whether they would sleep together on the third night, Zhong Ding probably forgot whether the kind-hearted Taoist priest was willing to cover for him.
In front of outsiders, Master Zhong, who wanted to appear very proper, managed to do just one thing—behave properly. But just as he was about to get up, Jian Dieda caught up and put his arm around his spine, replacing Sister Lanlan. Master Zhong froze, and his left hand, which he quickly withdrew, braced itself on the side of the wheelchair. He secretly observed the Taoist priest's profile with slight disbelief. The young Taoist priest, with his neat and clean features, saw this and reached out his left hand to grab Zhong Ding's left sleeve, aiming to leave the shy and desperate conservative old man with no way to escape and forbid him from maintaining his composure.
He could have protected this great celestial master from the wind and rain.
Seeing their interaction, Furong Dan must have become curious. "No wonder, Master Zhong and Master Jian, it turns out you two have quite a good relationship?"
Zhong Ding remained silent, his expression somewhat serious. Jian Dieda, who had taken the initiative, had overturned his perception of a macho man.
Jian Dieda bumped into him and forcefully grabbed the arm of this tall, strong, sheltered housewife. "Good man, someone's asking you. Will you be with me? Tonight, I'll have you serve me a bath and put me to bed."
"Stop talking nonsense, stop now!" Someone said, sounding impatient.
Master Jian: "Oh."
Bai Xiaosheng was surprised, "The two of you have a really good relationship."
"It's because of fate; we felt an instant connection the moment we met."
Master Jian added a mental rant.
"Luckily, I managed to negotiate a lower price during our first meeting."
Master Zhong was mortified.
Furong Dan giggled.
Everyone agreed that Master Jian had won first place in the "Competition to Become Brothers with Master Zhong".
The little system was also speaking in his mind.
"Taoist brother, I hereby declare that you have won first place in the contest to capture Master Zhong's heart with fire."
“His heart rate is 180 in real time. The stimulation you give a cripple is more effective than a stair climber.”
With the composure of an old artist on his face, Master Jian shamelessly said:
“I told him that he was also infatuated with me.”
Afterwards, the normal NPCs—Zhong Ding, Fu Rong Dan, and their group of three—are continuing the story and telling everyone that the supernatural phenomenon they just witnessed was Zu Zhan. If the nine of them team up to solve the case, the lights will illuminate, and gods and ghosts will appear. If there is any unexpected event, he will also extinguish greed, anger, and ignorance.
The purpose of this process seems to be to rationalize and incorporate the rulebook.
The group closed the door and returned to the Zhong residence to summarize the current situation.
When the last person, the female player Elk, closed the door, everyone was left behind in the Zhong family's foyer. Everything that had just happened was still vivid in their minds. This time, Furong Dan changed her perspective and asked everyone a question:
"Do you think it's possible that Master Li was the culprit who actively summoned the demon?"
The expressions on everyone's faces suddenly became complicated.
Before they came to this case, they would not have suspected the deceased. But just as great literary works can reflect the darkest side of human nature, who said that the deceased was an innocent victim? Could he be the instigator of everything, one of the real culprits in the skinning murder case?
"If it was him, how did he do it? What were his and Sun Youfu's normal figures like before they 'gained weight'?"
Master Jian asked questions when he didn't understand.
Yes, what he inquired about was before he gained weight, but no one could imagine whether an eighty-year-old man could kill a twenty-year-old. Bai Xiaosheng thought for a moment and said, "Master Li's ancestral home is in the north, and he is not as weak as everyone thinks. He is a tall and strong old man. On the contrary, Scholar Sun is truly from a family of scholars."
The deer frowned slightly: "Is Master Li a stranger in this place?"
The details entangled in the ancient town's unsolved case are basically inseparable from the clan's anti-intellectual and harmful ancestor worship movement. As an excellent player, this is not her first time playing a folk culture game. Her judgment tells her that the truth cannot be separated from one word.
god.
Locals, outsiders, and the mysterious backlash against the ancient town's gods—if the next round allows them to further explore the storyline of Sun Youfu encountering Master Li and from another perspective, Master Li's actions should be exposed.
When Master Li's chat box reappeared, the investigation team in the ancient town had already spent a relatively peaceful afternoon.
"Beep, the newbie demonstration function is over. Everyone, grab your gear and press F to enter the map."
The mysterious "script host" appeared first, and as soon as he finished speaking, the panel in the player's field of vision turned into a map of the Cilonggou nighttime respawn point recorded in an ancient book. The difficulty level of the route could also be seen near different geographical locations.
"Ding-dong," "Ding-dong," new progress notifications were sent to everyone's task panel (Mandarin Duck Butterfly Mirror).
Four of the nine players clicked to refresh their positions on the spot. A mournful and terrifying female ghost sighed in their ears. The theater lanterns opened the second chapter of the decryption file. A decaying, yellow plum-colored scroll suddenly popped out. It was a 2D landscape painting the size of a card.
In addition, each of the nine of them is a Q-version ancient costume puppet, and each person has three game states: walking and thinking (frowning), getting the answer (smiling), screaming, vomiting blood and falling to the ground (death and elimination).
It was getting late.
Master Zhong walked to the altar at the front of the procession and started calling for the spirits again, ringing the summoning bell once more at the wandering ghosts they were looking for to continue questioning.
Blood-red mist seeped through the floating windows and dialog boxes, and everyone saw with their own eyes a house halfway up the mountain and an ancient Fujian house with an exterior that looked like peeled human skin.
Players entered one by one, and the game took them to the nightmare memory hall of Master Li for the second time.
[Beep, the second phase of the "Human Food Bureau" instance has finished loading. Maximum number of players for this round: eight]
[Task Reward: 8 slices of salted pork that were secretly hidden in an old lady's floral-patterned undershirt during the famine in the ancient village, to be shared equally]
The final result is determined by the system.
[Current completion rate: 0.]
Master Jian said, "There are only eight salted meats, so the probability of eliminating any of them is the same."
After the game rules were clarified, Master Jian noticed that the two players in the team who hadn't spoken much looked grim; they probably felt their chances were slim.
Not a cold-blooded person, Master Jian couldn't reveal his true identity; it was simply a matter of his stance since entering the Infinite Game instance.
"I'm sorry I can't carry you all up to the top and clear the whole game. My skills are limited, but I act freely and no one in the world cares. Even if someone did care, what are people anyway?"
"I respect people's opinions, but I don't take them seriously. When faced with life and death, people often can't even take care of their own safety. At this time, talking about morality and principles is no match for protecting yourself. Therefore, let's not cause trouble for each other. I also hope that the first thing you righteous people should learn in this instance is not to clear the instance or save someone, but to protect yourselves."
"Remember, just being alive is enough."
"You are all your own number one."
"No matter how scary the monster is, don't be afraid, just face the nightmare directly."
Everyone was amazed by the incredibly handsome host who spoke without any pretense, and they all agreed that he was truly a special player of the system. The magic weapon fragments that the system had just distributed included some food and house furniture with Qingyang Town characteristics, as well as luggage and travel expenses to help them return to the source world.
None of the demon hunters retreated.
Master Jian was satisfied.
He opened a new map.
Welcome to the nighttime exploration of "Tales of Qingyang Town"!
The screen has been switched to night mode.
Visibility is currently very low.
[Monster Compendium: Not yet unlocked]
Side Quest: 50%
After Xiao Hei's remaining memories were fully retrieved, the two altar lamps and the plaque of "Flesh and Blood Temple" appeared again as people walked through the temple gate to worship the gods. They began to feel the fear of entering the haunted house environment again.
In many horror movies, there is a subtle portrayal of unknown monsters, namely, that the creature that can summon the defensive cries and psychological responses of the lower-level animals in the food chain is the one at the top.
This instance is no exception.
The few stray dogs that were brought out of the village at that time.
A hare in the bushes, an owl overhead.
Even the ducks on the riverbank further away are terrified that the temple is haunting them.
Xiao Hei had no choice but to release the large wolfhounds who were terrified and let them run far away. Then the scene went dark, and an unknown deity with its eyes covered by a red cloth stood with Xiao Hei and accepted its kneeling worship.
As luck would have it, the sculpture, though its expression was unclear, was draped in a bright red cloak with auspicious bat patterns, resembling the robes worn by the Celestial Masters on Zhong Ding.
Jian Dieda was stunned, scratching his chin expressionlessly. He thought back to the day he transmigrated, wasn't this the temple where Zhao Laosi and the others met him? But the statues back then didn't seem to look like this.
Subconsciously observing Zhong Ding's facial expression, he suddenly felt that the incense smoke in the temple, used to summon back the soul, was eerily similar to the half-face makeup that a female demon had ruined.
The game location in the top left corner then automatically displays the following to him:
Cilonggou.
BOSS: Unknown statue (???)
Date: March 3rd
—“The Occasion of Master Li's Invocation of the Gods”: [Throwing divination blocks] [Lighting incense] [Sound of kowtowing on the prayer mat] [“Immortal Lord Sui, Immortal Lord Sui, please share the pork, I beg for the return of the soul, Heavenly Mother, grant me three cups, believers pray for your possession.”]
—"The occasion for Master Li to invoke the gods": ["I want to exchange thirty years of my lifespan for the fulfillment of my wish to marry a beautiful bride."]
—"The occasion of Master Li's summoning of the gods": ["I want to become the person she likes, to become a dashing and handsome young man again, to be her Liu Mengmei, to be her Xu Hanwen."]
When the players finally understood Master Li's wish, they gasped in shock.
Putting aside how familiar this eerie scene of inviting the gods was to them, what exactly was the unlucky day that night of the third day of the third lunar month?
What exactly did Sun Youfu, Xiaomei, and Master Li do together on the night of the third day of the third lunar month? Was this the result that the demon who was secretly observing everything hoped to see?
The men and women in ancient costumes below the stage were now completely silent, utterly bewildered by this retelling of the crime of passion, presented in the form of stop-motion animation.
In front of the lanterns lit on this panel, there are four unbroken ci (lyric poetry) titles:
The Peony Pavilion ① - Unlocked Plot: Xiaomei's Secret Meeting with Master Li (Viewing Progress 100%)
Dream of the Red Chamber ② - Unlocked Plot: Sun Youfu's Strange Encounter in the Mountains? (Viewing Progress 0%)
"The Promise of the Cold Kiln" Part 3 - Unlocked Plot: Sun Youfu and Master Li? (Viewing progress 0%)
"Flowers in the Mirror" Part 4 – The innkeeper of the Mother and Son Inn? (Viewing progress 0%)
The deer, quick-witted as ever, said, "Could this landscape be a kind of live map that requires evidence gathering? For each location we find, we need to complete a riddle game?"
The answer is probably correct. That's right, the ancient human skin palace lantern on the stage was actually the legendary revolving lantern. As each ghost story passed under the lantern and among the players, they could stop the scene by answering a question about an ancient literary work correctly.
As theatergoers, they had to watch the entire series of murders in Qingyang Town in order to piece together the first complete storyline.
But why does the protagonist of this fourth ci title become a female NPC whose full identity is unknown?
Master Jian had been observing the situation quietly, but his next answer gave the players a clue.
"Is a butcher who kills and robs for profit more terrifying, or a weak wife and young children who dare to run an inn in a deserted village and are never targeted by bandits?"
What they wanted to say was, of course, that it was the butcher.
Master Jian: "I'll give you one more chance. If you were Sun Youfu, on the night of the third day of the third lunar month, if you didn't have time to go home, would you choose to run to that slaughterhouse, or to the teahouse with only orphans and widows? Are there any differences between these two scene maps for a horror game?"
There's definitely a difference! Everyone would choose the teahouse, while the slaughterhouse is definitely a foreshadowing of the monster chase.
Master Jian shook his head.
No one thought carefully about his words. The seemingly normal surface of the ancient town's world had lulled the players into a false sense of security. They were like people accustomed to the values of the ordinary world, assuming that the innkeeper's wife and her son were safer, ignoring the arrhythmia checkup package that was most common in ghost stories.
No.
But that's completely wrong.
These guys still need to be tormented.
Actually, both are terrifying if you think about them carefully. It's just that people's common sense makes them think that the elderly, the weak, the sick, the disabled, and pregnant women are vulnerable groups, and women and children don't seem to be aggressive.
Unfortunately, if human eyes can only see appearances, how could they see through the chilling aura emanating from these demons, the soaring bloodlust, and the piles of white bones and human flesh on the ground?
Could this be how Sun Youfu fell into the trap?
The "Auto Explore" feature seems to have heard the different thoughts of the host and the players.
The giant eyeballs spun, the scene reloaded, and a yellow talisman with a burnt hole vaguely appeared from the ancient book. Then, a line of ancient text with faded ink and a locked, sealed urn appeared.
—This round's riddle: "Unable to gaze at each other across the Zen gate, I only wish to share this bowl of wine."
Please select—
1. [Move] God's white porcelain plate.
2. [Steal] God's white porcelain plate.
3. [Smash] God's white porcelain plate.
(Clue/Hint)
(1. Please deduce the correct procedure for operating the chart based on your Four Pillars of Destiny.)
(2: The purpose of Master Li's request to the gods was to arrange a marriage.)
This is another beginner trial task that only the host can see.
The last time Jian Dieda prayed to the Bodhisattva was long ago. As an atheist, he looked at the creepy game panel in front of him and saw that the item descriptions, which were still locked, included three crescent-shaped Holy Grails and three NPC character cards for asking the gods.
Finally, recalling the ages of the main characters, he tapped four spots on the plate with his peach wood sword. He certainly didn't do anything sacrilegious; the priceless antique white porcelain plate, after spinning once, revealed its bottom, which contained a gossip poem.
"On this day, I wish you peace and well-being."
"The stars of fortune, longevity, and prosperity revolve together."
"..."
Fortunately, he had crammed on astrology the night before. What seemed like a casual tap was actually a mental calculation. And the direction he calculated based on Xiaomei's birth chart was indeed correct. The fortune teller was calculating the fate of his beloved, and the star chart on the plate was a typical case of a woman with a "Hurting Officer" star.
The audience in the small world tipped him.
Master Jian didn't waste time going to thank his family. He placed his left and right hands on the offerings. The white porcelain plate, which possessed spiritual power, was a spiritual object that had helped Master Li. It also gave his magic tool, which was a Taoist practitioner, a kind of resonance with divine power.
"Ring ring ring".
A creaking sound, so slow it sent chills down one's spine, came from beneath the ancient village from the Republican era. The sound was so slow it was almost unsettling. Along with it, the stench of rotting human corpses filled his nostrils. The peach wood sword that Master Jian had used to suppress the coffin lid of the Three Corpse Gods within him was now completely broken.
It seems that some ruler of this strange world is watching this mortal man from above.
"What’s wrong with you."
The bells and tripods emitted sounds.
As he approached the young Taoist priest, he quickened the wheelchair's speed with both hands, and soon reached the left end point, joining the young Taoist priest.
Inside the brightly lit mansion, at the soul-summoning ceremony, the young Taoist priest stood motionless with his head bowed in the empty hall, looking as if he had lost his mind.
The place was bathed in a warm, reddish light, creating an atmosphere that made it seem as if the two were performing a special ceremony before their wedding night.
"You won't allow it?" "Wake up." "I am Zhong Ding."
Master Zhong spoke softly, and the others didn't notice anything amiss at first. It wasn't until Zhong Ding pulled Master Jian aside that they were surprised to find that the young Taoist's face had turned deathly pale, and his bewitched expression and handsome features had been triggered by the backlash of Taoist magic!
"Aaaaaah!!"
One player was terrified. Zhong Ding was so tense that his muscles ached from fear. He quickly hugged Master Jian tightly, as if to protect him. The two knelt down together, facing the altar of the deity with which they had to confront.
Right in front of everyone, the next second, both of them suddenly started bleeding from all seven orifices! Without warning, whispers and the eerie laughter of a female ghost appeared, suddenly trapping everyone together and popping up a dialog box for an unknown character.
"Young man, may I ask you a question?"
"Look at me, am I a man or a god?"
"You are God! You are God!"
Xiao Hei immediately kowtowed.
The god that had secretly lived in the ancient town for countless years chuckled, its huge and terrifying black eyes gurgling on the numb white face of the sculpture. A hole appeared on its face, and two black eyeliners were faintly visible, stretching into two large slits. The next second, its mouthful of serrated fangs opened wide.
"Congratulations, you answered correctly. God will grant your wish."
Things took a strange turn.
But this is enough to prove that the prize for clearing the host's dungeon in this segment is to ask the God. It is uncertain whether this God is a mutated demon or a native original god, but He can definitely give players some clues and answers that are common in suspense films.
Meanwhile, in another void, Master Jian discovered the correct way to unlock the next target.
Picking up the two Holy Grails, Jane saw a prompt that instructed him to "ask for instructions" three times.
He hadn't offended any characters yet, so he quickly decided to do as instructed. After all, it was practically common sense for players to be polite to NPCs in an infinite-flow survival game. Nobody would intentionally be so impulsive as to attack someone unless that person was a professional, brainless cannon fodder henchman assigned by the author for readers to vent their anger on.
Thinking of this, he continued to look at the props in his hand for playing this divination game, and the results were all "one positive and one negative" three times.
The image became a little whiter.
The system prompted again: [Continue].
If I'm not mistaken, the "one upright, one reversed" should mean that the ancient temple chalice in the dish, with its eerie and sinister color, has received divine approval.
He had just seen Xiao Hei's throwing technique and didn't know if he would make a mistake again. But the bigger problem at the moment was that there were three cards in front of him. Was it up to luck to figure out which 'Heavenly Mother' was sitting there with the blindfold on the seat?
Luck is always an important factor for a gamer, but he himself admits that he has bad luck. If the player doesn't get the correct "god" on the first summon, what bad things will suddenly come up with the other two cards?
He was really unsure this time, so he could only try it out blindly.
A second or two later, another "snap" sound came from the ground, and this time both Holy Grails landed face down.
His first actual divination resulted in a random "No Cup" result, and everything went black before his eyes.
The candle went out, but he was transported to a feast where people ate the dead. He didn't know where he was; he only saw a large number of guests, all of whom were dead.
A fantastical, eerie, bright red stage was set up in the middle of the night.
In Qingyang, it is considered a joyous death if a person dies after the age of eighty, so the household follows this contrasting spirit of ecstasy in everything from decorations to banquet arrangements.
He also saw the same one from last time.
That unfriendly guiding NPC—the woman with the well mouth.
"Young man, do I look more like a man or a god?"
-----------------------
Author's Note: Where is Master Zhong? You are in dire straits.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com