Chapter 26, Chapter 26: Shock
As the only two women in the group, Kang Min and Xiu were arranged to rest in the same tent.
Kang Min lay in the tent, her back to Xiu Chuqi, but she was very uneasy.
Did she discover that I had poisoned her?
Does she suspect me?
"Since you already guessed that I poisoned the pastries, why did you still eat them all?"
"She was lying to me when she said she knew nothing about medicine or poisons, right?"
Kang Min's mind raced with thoughts, and she grew increasingly panicked.
"Could it be that she actually knew I killed that dead man? Was she sent by Qiao Feng?"
“That’s it,” Kang Min gradually convinced herself: “Where in the world is there such a thing as bringing the dead back to life? It must be a play put on by those Beggars’ Sect disciples in cooperation with Qiao Feng.”
"The purpose was to lure me into poisoning him, and then take the opportunity to expose me, so as to find out the real cause of that dead man's death."
"No, I can't just sit here and wait to die, I have to escape!"
Thinking of this, Kang Min sat up abruptly.
The next moment, she regretted it. She shouldn't have acted so impulsively. She wondered if she might have woken up the other person in the same tent and caused them to have an adventure.
Looking back cautiously, a pair of round eyes came into view. Kang Min was startled by the open eyes of the person who had shown off her extraordinary encounter and couldn't help but lean back.
The next moment, her heartbeat returned to its original rhythm.
Simply because the person in front of her was dead.
A lifeless, unseeing dead man.
Kang Min breathed a sigh of relief.
He crawled to the body that had just revealed its extraordinary encounter, reached out to check its breathing, and then felt its heartbeat. Confirming it was undeniably dead, he finally managed a smile.
"You little brat, you scared me half to death."
"So you were just bluffing all along. No matter how powerful you were, you were still killed by my packet of poison."
Kang Min smugly withdrew her hand and took out a handkerchief to wipe it.
She wanted to find some secret manual on Xiu Chu's body, but she was afraid that if she disturbed the corpse and left any traces, she would not be able to explain to the Transmission Elder the next day.
A thought suddenly crossed my mind.
"Once the elders who are passing on their skills discover that this brat is dead tomorrow, they will have to arrange for someone to investigate the cause of death."
"Besides that brat, I'm the only woman in the team. Whether it's preparing the body for the deceased or anything else, they'll only assign me to help. There will always be a chance for me to get what I want. There's no need to rush."
Thinking of this, Kang Min smiled smugly again.
He carefully put the handkerchief away and lay down again.
Even though there was a corpse lying next to her, she felt more at ease than the living people she had met before.
"Go to sleep. You have a play to perform tomorrow, so you need to get some rest first."
With these thoughts in mind, Kang Min slowly drifted off to sleep.
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Having received the Elder's promise to buy pastries the next day, Xiu, satisfied with his extraordinary encounter, led Kang Min into the tent.
Game characters don't need to rest, and the cramped tent isn't suitable for AFK (away from keyboard) characters.
Looking at the poisoned status on his character panel, a sudden idea popped into his head.
"Meditation restores health, while poison depletes health. If I meditate while poisoned, will I recover health faster or deplete health faster?"
In the game, characters are not allowed to meditate while in combat.
But this time is different. We've already tried using the "Show Off" feature, and the character isn't currently in combat. It's a perfect opportunity to test it out.
With this curiosity, I decisively clicked to meditate, allowing my game character to sit properly inside the tent.
A few minutes later, the game character collapsed to the ground, severely injured.
Showing off her extraordinary encounter, she couldn't help but sigh, "It seems that Kang Min's poison is still superior."
A few seconds of resurrection time had passed, and just as she was about to resurrect on the spot after showing off her adventure, she suddenly saw Kang Min, who was in the same tent as her, sit up abruptly.
"Huh, what is she going to do?"
Showing off his adventure, he stopped his hand from clicking the option to revive on the spot and looked at the NPC curiously.
Kang Min was first startled by her own corpse, then reached out and touched the game character, presumably to confirm whether she was really dead.
After confirming that Show-off had actually died, the NPC displayed a smug smile above his head.
Just when everyone thought the NPC would do something else after showing off her adventure, she actually went back to her original position, and a few moments later, a sleeping ZZZ mark appeared above her head.
"ah?"
Some people, completely baffled, showed off their amazing adventures and clicked to revive on the spot.
The game character revived with half health inside the tent.
I glanced at the countdown; there was only a little over a minute left before dawn in the game level.
Showing off one's extraordinary encounters is too much trouble to even go out. Rarely using the Cloud Garment Heart Sutra, Showing off one's extraordinary encounters even forgets about one's own healing skill. Instead, one simply sits down and begins to recover health.
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"ah!!!"
A piercing soprano voice shattered the morning's tranquility.
Upon hearing the sound, the Transmission Elder and the other Beggars' Sect disciples leaped to their feet. They strode to the tent and flung it open.
Just then, I overheard Xiu Chu's extraordinary encounter speaking.
"What's wrong?"
Mrs. Ma across from them was pale-faced, clutching her heart and trembling as if she had been greatly frightened.
She stared blankly at the extraordinary encounter for a long time before shifting her gaze to the Elder of Transmission, finally regaining a sliver of her senses.
She managed a weak smile.
"I just saw a centipede. I'm terrified of centipedes, and I accidentally screamed. I'm so sorry to have disturbed everyone's rest."
"Haha, it's alright," Elder Transmission of Skills said without suspicion, "We should have gotten up and set off anyway, so it's not a disturbance."
"However, sister-in-law, you are indeed a bit timid. After all, you are a woman of the martial world, and you should try your best to overcome this fear."
Madam Ma lowered her head and said, "Yes, I understand."
Taking the opportunity, Kang Min followed the elder who had passed on his skills and left. Even after they had walked to a place where they could no longer see the strange encounter, Kang Min's heart was still pounding wildly.
God knows how terrified she was when she opened her eyes and saw Xiu Chuqi sitting right next to her.
She had clearly already made up her mind.
After waking up in the morning, scream and pretend to be frightened to attract the Transmission Elder and other Beggar Clan disciples.
Then, pretending to know nothing about it, they would cover up the cause of the girl's death and frame an unknown mysterious person.
Who knew that while the screaming was genuine, the fear was also real!
What kind of good person wouldn't be terrified if they woke up and saw the person they killed the night before sitting right next to them?
Kang Min was absolutely terrified!
The fact that she could still muster the energy to find an excuse to fool people shows how determined she is.
Are you alright?
A hand was placed on Kang Min's shoulder.
A voice that terrified her came to her ears.
"ah……"
Kang Min desperately covered her mouth, managing to suppress the scream that was already on the tip of her tongue.
My heart started pounding wildly again.
"I just checked, there are no centipedes in the tent. No spiders, rats, or snakes either. There aren't any around either. Elder Chuan Gong and the others cleaned it very thoroughly yesterday."
Why did you lie?
Kang Min has always been bold.
She is not afraid of good people because good people have no power to hurt her.
She is not afraid of evil people, because she is worse and more vicious than evil people.
But the person who put his hand on her shoulder was an exception.
"Wait, is she really human?"
Kang Min was certain she was dead last night. No heartbeat, no breathing. She should be dead!
A person she had personally confirmed was dead stood behind her, even placing a hand on her shoulder.
Just thinking about it made Kang Min feel like she couldn't breathe.
At that moment, she even felt that hand was icy cold, as if it carried the scent of the red spider lily that had returned from hell.
She dared not turn around, nor could she ignore the other person's question.
Just as Kang Min's mind was racing, another rough voice came from behind her.
"Miss Xiu, Madam Ma, we are about to depart."
"Okay, I'll be right there."
The hand that had been on Kang Min's shoulder was withdrawn.
Kang Min couldn't help but collapse to the ground.
"I survived... I survived."
The next moment, an even deeper despair enveloped her.
The Beggars' Sect disciples carrying the sedan chair came to invite her.
She was even forced to share a sedan chair with that thing, who knew whether it was human or ghost.
Kang Min felt she had difficulty breathing.
Everything went black, and he fainted.
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Beggar Clan disciple: "Ah, Madam Ma, what's wrong?"
Not far away, the voice of a Beggar Clan disciple came, and the Transmission Elder leaped over to it.
A moment later, the Elder of Transmission carried the unconscious Kang Min back to the group.
Elder Transmission of Skills: "Miss Xiu, Madam Ma has fainted. Could you please take a look at her?"
Showing off one's unexpected encounters is also a source of curiosity.
She checked Kang Min's character status and found that the other person had a fear buff with thirteen layers.
"Fear: When frightened, the number of stacks accumulates. There is a chance of fainting when the stacks reach ten or more. The character dies when the stacks reach twenty."
"Countdown: 9:59"
"She's fine, she's just been frightened. Let her sleep for a while, and once she's had enough sleep, she'll calm down and wake up."
Elder Transmission of Skills: "I see."
The Transmission Elder said, "Does the young lady have a way to wake her up early? The space inside the sedan chair is cramped, and it might be difficult to settle her while she is unconscious."
"Of course, we can just dispel it for her. But the dispelling fee is 50 gold, you pay first."
A huge exclamation mark appeared above the NPC's head.
Elder Chuan Gong: "Hahaha, I suddenly remembered I have something to do. I need to buy some pastries for you, Miss Xiu, when I pass through town later. I, Old Lu, am not the kind of person who goes back on his word."
The Transmission Elder said, "Anyway, Madam Ma is riding in a sedan chair, so it doesn't matter whether she's asleep or awake. There's no need for her to travel on her own; let her get some rest."
The Transmission Elder said, "It will be a bit of a hassle for you, Miss Xiu, to travel with us."
The NPC, having obtained the answer, left in a disheveled state, instructing his disciple to settle Kang Min in the sedan chair.
Those with sharp eyes can see a speech bubble appear above the head of an NPC who has walked away.
The Transmission Elder said, "Isn't that too cowardly? Deputy Chief Ma only cares about looks when choosing a wife."
The Transmission Elder said, "What's the use of just looking good? It's a waste of money!"
"well."
Even after showing off his extraordinary encounter, he couldn't help but sigh.
I feel a little depressed.
"The NPCs in this game level don't seem to have much money. Forget about the Prince of Pingnan, even Lu Xiaofeng is probably worth more than them."
"I've already adopted a low-profit, high-volume strategy, but they still think it's too expensive. Can I really make money at this stage?"
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