To be on the safe side, Xu Lian and Xiao Xixi did not go out immediately.
Instead, he waited for a moment and heard the sound of other people coming out of their hiding places. Then Xu Lian came out of the tree hole. He bent down and stood outside the tree hole, putting his hand on Xiao Xixi's head to prevent Xiao Xixi from hitting his head when he came out of the tree hole.
The cultivation of favorability often starts with these details. This is the experience he has summarized and put into practice a long time ago... Favorability cannot be increased casually.
After this disaster, coupled with such extremely gentle details, as expected, there was a more subtle change in Xiao Xixi's eyes when she looked at him, as if she wished she could merge completely with him, indistinguishable from each other. She was willing to die for him right now, and would die happily.
Xu Lian naturally felt a little warm in his heart, and he had a premonition that Xiao Xixi's favorability towards him would further grow explosively.
Of course, Xiao Xixi's move to actively lure the strange boy away and give him a chance of survival really moved him. Even if it was not for the favorability, he would also like Xiao Xixi.
Xiao Xixi was like a flower bud blooming on a branch. It was beaten by wind and rain and withered on the muddy ground. He happened to pick it up and could still smell its fragrance.
"Let's go."
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Xu Lian took Xiao Xixi's hand and walked towards the gathering place.
Xiao Xixi smiled brightly, her eyes and brows filled with happiness. At this moment, she felt that no matter where this place was, no matter what monsters and demons there were, she had nothing to be afraid of.
A man will die for his best friend, and a woman will dress up for the one who pleases her.
The two arrived at the meeting place.
Seeing that everyone's faces were pale and they were still frightened, it was obvious that they were also frightened a lot.
Only a few people looked calm and composed.
One of them was Jiang Xianyu. She had almost no expression on her face and showed no panic or fear. Come to think of it, she was from the Jiang family, a big family in Taizhou Prefecture, and had a bright future and way out. In order to find her destined Taoist partner, she took the initiative to transfer to this caravan as the captain, and specifically went from Pingyang County to Yuanfu County. If she was afraid, how could she dare to transfer here
One is Zhou Xin, who doesn’t look frightened. Instead, he seems a little excited and expectant. He is looking forward to the game of house later and being designated by Guitong as Jiang Xianyu’s destined Taoist partner. Men are often like this. When their hormones are rising, how can they be afraid
Another person was the female practitioner who had previously offered herself to Xu Lian. She raised her head proudly, without any panic, perhaps because she thought she was not a person with bad luck... The little fairy was so confident.
Xu Lian noticed the abnormal behavior of the strange children. Among this group of strange children, four of them had blood stains on their clothes. They should be the four strange children who had just found the person. There was no doubt that the person who was found was in great danger.
"Brothers, sisters, uncles, and aunts, we have played hide-and-seek. Next, let's play hitting peach kernels, okay?"
The strange children laughed and asked questions.
Everyone nodded and said "OK"... Dare you not agree
Like a magic trick, the strange children took out black peach pits from their coat and trouser pockets. The peach pits looked quite old.
The peach kernels were distributed to everyone, with each person getting ten.
then.
The strange children drew a line on the ground and then drew another line in the distance.
Xu Lian had heard Xiao Xixi talk about the rules of this game before, and judging from the expressions of everyone, he should know the rules.
The rules are simple.
Everyone first takes out a peach pit and places it on the line. Then, use the index finger to flick it towards the distant line. When the peach pit stops, the closer it is to the line, the better.
Because the peach pits that pop out are closer to the line, half of the people can take back their own peach pits and use them to hit the peach pits. The peach pits of the other half of the people who are farther from the line can only stay there, waiting to be hit. Once they are hit, the peach pits will be taken away by others.
Each person has ten peach pits, so they play ten rounds.
After ten rounds.
Those who have more peach pits in their hands can punish those who have fewer peach pits, and they can specify the punishment.
Of course, this is the general rule of rewards and punishments.
Now it is Guitong's game, and the rules of rewards and punishments are decided by Guitong. This is very scary, and any punishment is possible.
"Let's get started."
A spooky child announced with a smile.
The other strange children stared at everyone with their big black eyes without whites. Anyone who broke the rules while playing would be punished immediately.
Everyone silently took out a peach pit, stood in a row, came to the front of the line, squatted down, and placed a peach pit on the line.
It would be a lie to say that they were not nervous. Everyone was tense.
This game tests the control over strength. The higher the control over strength, the closer the popped peach pit will be to the line in the distance.
We are all practitioners, and we must have great control over power. Often, victory or defeat depends on a fine line.
People with high cultivation levels will definitely have better control over strength, but this is not absolute. Some people are naturally sensitive to strength, and even if their cultivation levels are lower, their control over strength will not necessarily lose to those with high cultivation levels.
Of course, in addition to the factor of controlling power, there is also an element of luck. If the peach pit that pops out collides with someone else's... then there's no telling where it will stop.
This is interesting.
People who are very confident in their control over strength, of course, hope to win the competition with their strength, and do not want the peach pits they eject to collide with those ejected by others, so as to avoid being interfered with.
People who have no confidence in their control over strength hope to win by luck, hoping that the peach pits that everyone pops out will collide with each other, and it all depends on luck.
So, this is also a psychological game.
"Ready, set."
The strange boy raised his pale arm and waved it downwards.
Everyone's already bent index fingers exerted force and tapped their own peach pits, causing the peach pits to fly out and fly towards the line in the distance with a "whoosh".
Xu Lian, Jiang Xianyu, Zhou Xin and Lao Yuntou, four people whose strength has reached the Ming Jin stage, all ejected peach cores with energy. Others did not dare to let their ejected peach cores collide with the peach cores of the four others, otherwise they would be smashed to pieces.
Therefore, in this first round, the peach pits ejected by everyone maintained parallel lines without any collision, and all stopped steadily in front of the line in the distance.
Of course, this was just the beginning. Everyone had ten peach pits, and it was not the time to make trouble or fish in troubled waters, so no one deliberately flicked them crookedly.
If at the end of the game, some people have too few peach pits in their hands, they will definitely become anxious and deliberately flick them off the mark, causing a collision, thus leaving the outcome to be determined by luck.
"The peach pits you eject are close, so you can hit the peach pits."
The strange boy walked over, checked the location of the peach pit, picked up half of the peach pit and returned it to Xu Lian and others, and left the other half of the peach pit there, waiting to be beaten.
Xu Lian noticed the peach pit that Xiao Xixi popped out and found that it was left there, which meant that she lost a peach pit!
Since they are all practitioners, their aim must be very good and they will definitely hit the target, and her peach core will definitely be taken away by someone else.
Sure enough, when hitting the peach pits, most of them hit the target, only a few missed, because they were aiming at the same target at the same time and a collision occurred when they were hit.
Xiao Xixi's peach pit was also hit and taken away.
Xu Lian frowned. He had to help her. Otherwise, as the game went on like this, the peach pits in her hand would become fewer and fewer. If she ranked behind others, she would face punishment.
"Round two."
The ghost boy acted very quickly, not giving anyone time to think of a countermeasure.
Everyone stood in front of the drawn line again, squatted down, placed the peach pits on the ground, and stretched out their bent index fingers.
“Ready, set, go!”
The ghost boy waved.
Everyone popped out the peach pits.
The strange boy picked up half of the peach pit and left the other half there.
As expected, Xiao Xixi's peach pit was left there again. Her control over her strength was not very good and she was not close enough to the line in the distance.
This time, Xu Lian was well prepared, with only Xiao Xixi's peach core in his eyes.
When hitting the peach pits, he knocked other people's peach pits away. He would rather miss the target himself than let others hit Xiao Xixi's peach pit, thus helping Xiao Xixi keep the peach pit.
Round three.
Xu Lian did the same thing and saved Xiao Xixi's peach pit.
By the fourth round, some people had lost three peach pits in a row and began to get anxious. They deliberately flicked the pits crookedly, causing many people's peach pits to collide with each other, disrupting the order. They could only rely on luck.
Of course, Xu Lian, Jiang Xianyu, Zhou Xin and Lao Yuntou are the exceptions. In the face of absolute strength, luck is useless. No matter how they collide, they cannot affect the peach cores of the four. The peach cores with strong energy will only shatter when they collide with others.
Fifth round.
Round 6.
The seventh round...
Until the end of the tenth round.
Guitong ranked everyone according to the number of peach pits in their hands.
Zhou Xin and Lao Yuntou tied for first place, both of them had twenty peach pits, and each made a net profit of ten peach pits.
Jiang Xianyu ranked third, with twelve peach pits, which was a bit strange. With her strength, she should have twenty peach pits, but why only twelve? Because she earned two peach pits in the first two rounds, and after she knew she would not be at the bottom, she did not want to earn peach pits from everyone in the next eight rounds... She deliberately missed them.
Xu Lian ranked fourth and had eleven peach pits. He only earned one peach pit in the first round... and spent the remaining nine rounds protecting Xiao Xixi's peach pit.
There are more people ranked fifth, ten peach pits, no profit or loss.
Sixth place, Xiao Xixi, except for the loss of a peach pit in the first round, the remaining nine rounds were all saved by Xu Lian.
Starting from the seventh place, there are very few peach pits. Either because of their weak strength or bad luck, they have lost too many peach pits.
"Brothers, sisters, uncles, and aunts, the game of hitting peach pits is over. The first four people will receive a reward, and the last four people will be punished."
There was a smile on the ghost boy's pale face. He was very polite, but it made people shudder.
The four people at the back were all scared to death, not knowing what punishment they would receive.
The strange children gathered together and discussed with laughter.
"What is the reward? We don't have anything good to give as a reward. We can only use the relics left by those who passed by before as a reward."
"How to punish?"
"I want to see if I can put my head back after it's been unscrewed, hehe."
"Okay, okay, I want to see this punishment too."...
The rewards and punishments were agreed upon so casually.
Without seeing the strange boy make any movement, Xu Lian felt a weight in his hand, and he received a relic left by a passerby.
The same thing happened to Jiang Xianyu, Zhou Xin, and Lao Yuntou, each of whom received a relic.
Now no one cared about what relics they got. Everyone looked at the bottom four people with pity. Twisting their heads off and putting them back together, such punishment undoubtedly meant death.
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The four people's faces were pale, they were frightened to the point that they were almost as pale as the ghost boy... They were trembling all over, and there was extreme fear in their eyes.
"Let's get started, four brothers."
The weird children looked at the four people with smiles, their eyes full of anticipation, wanting to see the performance of the four people twisting their heads off.
The four knew they had no chance of survival and that staying would mean death, so they had no choice but to fight!
Immediately.
The four of them looked at each other.
Two people chose to escape quickly!
One of them was so angry that he lost his mind. He pulled out a long knife and slashed at the group of weird kids. "I'll twist my head for you to see. I'll chop off the heads of you weirdos first!"
Another person rushed towards Xiao Xixi and fiercely threatened Xu Lian, the strongest person in the team, "Help us deal with Gui Tong, or I will kill her!"
Xu Lian's eyes turned cold, and he was about to take action, but he saw a strange child raising a hand with five fingers spread out.
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A bloody hole instantly appeared between the eyebrows of the four people, and they fell to the ground and became corpses.
The corpse emitted black gas, which soon turned into black smoke and dissipated, leaving not even the clothes behind.
This group of weird kids were very angry.
"There are rewards and penalties for playing games, so how can you cheat?"
"These four brothers are too dishonest, so we have no choice but to get rid of them."...
Everyone was silent, their pupils all contracted, having witnessed with their own eyes the horror of the strange boy. He was indeed not a terrifying existence that ordinary practitioners could contend with.