Xu Yun drank a glass of water.
This was already the fifth time he drank water in just half an hour.
Although the power was cut off at the island office, the water was not cut off.
At this time, a candle was lit in the house, and the family of three were sitting around... playing poker!
Yes, playing cards!
"Speaking of..." Xu Yun looked at the playing cards in his parents' hands, and said, "I remember that every year during the Bone Night Festival, the playing cards used to draw cards, the backs are similar to the ones we play now."
"That's right..." Xu Ying showed a slight smile: "Actually, it should be said that the poker cards we play are all imitated from the poker cards of the ghost game."
Xu Yun looked at the deck of cards in his hand, put a 3 of spades next to a 3 of hearts to form a pair, and then took out these two cards.
Just after placing the cards on the table, Xu Yun suddenly said a word.
"What if... we, mark the cards in advance?"
"what?"
"Make a mark on the back of our cards of this kind, and then replace the cards we draw. Then, when the cards are drawn for the second time at night, is it just..."
"Xu Yun!"
"For example." Of course Xu Yun is not someone like Yao Chunxue with a flawed IQ, "there are some patterns on the back. How about drawing the middle pattern a little darker with a pen?"
Huang Shanyun's strange situation after entering the Forbidden Mountain, the delay of this year's Bone Night Festival, and his father's words are enough to make Xu Yun believe that... everything will never be as simple as he imagined! Joker game, by no means a "game"!
Drawing a joker card may mean that some kind of terrible fate will be encountered!
Whatever it was... of course he'd do his best to avoid it!
"Xu Yun," Xu Ying showed an extremely anxious expression, "Don't do that!"
Xu's mother was also taken aback, and persuaded repeatedly: "Yes, Xu Yun, this is not a joke! You do this... the consequences will be unimaginable!"
However, Xu Yun was quite calm: "In the rules of the ghost card game, there is absolutely nothing that prohibits marking on the cards. Isn't it?"
As soon as these words came out, Xu Ying and his wife were startled.
This... Is this a loophole in the rules
"Father... in the future, if I get married, the number of people in the family will increase. Under normal circumstances, on the night of the Bone Night Festival, cards will be drawn three to four times, as many times as there are people in the family. Year after year, sooner or later One day, the family will draw a joke card, won't it?"
The biggest risk of drawing a joker in a joke game is the increase in population. The Xu family actually had quite a few servants, but they would naturally let them go home on the night of the Bone Night Festival.
"Don't do that. Even if you want to do that..." Xu Ying lowered her voice when she said this; "Don't even think about making a mark! It's ridiculous!"
"I've made up my mind, Dad."
"Shut up! Absolutely not!"
Xu Ying was naturally very frightened at this time, after all, Xu Yun's thoughts were too shocking. But... He didn't expect that someone had already done that!
And at this moment... Xu Yun recalled what happened at Hongluo Academy during the day.
It is now approaching the end of the year, and the Moon Shadow Festival is approaching. For a qi trainer, the Moon Shadow Festival is like a college entrance examination, a critical moment to test whether a qi trainer can be recognized. Moreover, the Moon Shadow Festival will also select candidates for priests. Priests are not for life, but for any Qi trainer, becoming a priest is the ultimate dream.
During the day today, because it was the Bone Night Festival, there was only one class in the afternoon, so it was announced that the get out of class would be dismissed. The instructors of Xu Yun and others' class repeatedly emphasized various precautions for the bone night festival at night.
"In short, according to the normal heart, just draw cards as in previous years. Don't think too much when you draw a joke card, but you must draw cards no matter what. The game of ghost cards is set by the Moon Shadow God. You are a qi trainer , know this better than the average person.”
Every year, "obey the rules of the joker game" will be emphasized by the instructor, and all the rules will be rewritten in detail on the blackboard, so that no one will forget the rules.
"Mentor," at this time, a person suddenly asked a question: "This year's Bone Night Festival seems to have come very late, what is the reason?"
The instructor looked over, and the person who asked the question was Su Qingchan, one of the best Qi trainers among the students who were graduating this year.
"This question..." The instructor smiled wryly, and said, "This year's Bone Night Festival did come very late. According to the records of the Island Office, before this year, the latest record for the Bone Night Festival was also in June, and that was already 20. It was recorded three years ago."
As soon as these words came out, many people looked at each other in blank dismay.
"Why did the Bone Night Festival come so late this year?"
"I do not know… "
"Do you think it's because... Huang Shanyun entered the Forbidden Mountain? No one has entered the Forbidden Mountain in recent decades, right? Is it because of this reason that the Moon Shadow God?"
For a moment, everyone's eyes turned to Huang Shanyun in the class.
However, Huang Shanyun's expression did not change at all.
Since she entered the Forbidden Mountain, many people dare not get close to her, because Huang Shanyun has become a "blasphemer" in their eyes. The will of the Moon Shadow God is absolutely not allowed to be violated!
"Don't talk nonsense!" The instructor immediately stopped everyone's discussion: "The Bone Night Festival is just a tradition of Backwater Island for many years. It doesn't necessarily mean anything..."
However, that's what he said, but the students under the desks, one after another, had suspicion in their eyes. The Bone Night Festival is one of the weirdest festivals on the backwater island. Although the elders have claimed for many years that the game of ghost cards is harmless, many people have begun to disbelieve this statement. People have speculated about what it means to draw a joke card. Especially Qi trainers, they are most concerned about this point.
"Mentor." At this time, a girl with slightly short hair asked, "Is it true that drawing a joker card means bad luck?"
This is a relatively broad statement. Of course, it has not been publicly acknowledged by the qi trainers.
"This kind of argument has no basis. After all, the ghost card game is just a game under the leadership of Moon Shadow God. Don't think too much about it, but you must take it seriously."
Obviously... the mentor is either hiding something, or really doesn't know anything.
However, Xu Yun obviously believed that the former was more likely.
And he believed that Su Qingchan thought the same way.
On this island... It seems that the older generation is hiding a lot of things from their younger generation. For example... They know very little about the history of Deadwater Island.
The truth they are hiding... what is it