Chapter 226 Li Xiuchang: I am at the top this time (two in one)
Zhang Wanzhi held the chess basket in his hand, looking calm and relaxed on the surface, but the knuckles of the hand holding the chess basket turned white, obviously he had used some force.
Motu on the side had no expression on his face, but his eyes could not help but glance at the chess basket from time to time.
The two of them inadvertently showed their care for the chess basket.
On the opposite side, the two Nascent Souls carefully observed every move of Zhang Wanzhi and the two of them, and were also discussing in private via voice transmission.
They also discovered that Zhang Wanzhi and Motu remained calm on the surface, but some unintentional details still betrayed them.
The two of them showed a vague concern for the chess basket.
"Tell me, are there any chess pieces in the chess basket?" the skinny old man asked the red-haired demon cultivator.
The two did not know each other before, but when it came time for life and death, they still actively cooperated and discussed.
"On the surface, there should be no chess pieces in the chess basket. The two of them acted very casually, but if you look closely, you will find that they are very concerned about the chess basket. However, I suspect that they are pretending to deliberately create chess baskets for us. There are chess pieces in it," the red-haired demon cultivator analyzed.
The skinny old man believed it: "I also think they are pretending on purpose. No matter how subtle they are, if we can observe them, there is something wrong."
"So fellow Taoist believe that there are actually no chess pieces in the chess basket. They deliberately showed concern to induce us to exchange the chess basket?"
"This... I'm not sure. I think if they are smarter or don't think of us as fools, they should be able to guess that we can tell that they are acting. After all, their acting is not very good, and once we Seeing that they are acting, they will naturally think that there are no chess pieces in the chess basket and give up the exchange. Maybe this is what they want, and there may be chess pieces in the chess basket! "
The red-haired demon cultivator agreed: "I also have this suspicion."
"Then how to choose? To change or not to change?"
"We'd better keep a closer look. If the faceless monk next to us doesn't push him, we won't make a decision in a hurry."
In their minds...
The superficial casualness of Zhang Wanzhi and Motu is only the first level, showing that there are no chess pieces in the chess basket.
The two people's inadvertent attention to the details of the chess basket is the second level, which means that there are chess pieces in the chess basket.
The two of them may have deliberately shown a subtle concern, which is the third level, which means there are no chess pieces in the chess basket, and they want to induce them to take the initiative to exchange the chess basket.
At present, both Nascent Souls have seen that Zhang Wanzhi and the others are most likely acting on purpose, so the two Nascent Souls believe that they are already on the fourth level. At this time, as long as they give up the exchange, they will win.
But they also suspected that Zhang Wanzhi was actually standing on the fifth floor, that is, Zhang Wanzhi had predicted their prediction.
Now if they want to win, they have to guess which level Zhang Wanzhi and Motu are on.
At this time, Zhang Wanzhi and Motu were also communicating through sound transmission. Motu was a little doubtful and asked: "Is this really possible?"
"Don't worry, the two people opposite are both people who have worked hard in the Wanshan Realm to reach the Nascent Soul stage. If they were not careful, they would have died a long time ago. You can definitely tell that we are acting on purpose!" Zhang Wanzhi said confidently.
"As long as they see that we are acting, they will think that there are no chess pieces in the chess basket, and they will give up the exchange! We are already on the fifth floor this time, and we are bound to win!"
Zhang Wanzhi is full of confidence.
Finally, the faceless monk urged: "The time has come, make your choice, change or not?"
The two Nascent Souls looked at each other and said in unison: "Change!"
They said they still respected Zhang Wanzhi and Motu's city government, and suspected that the two were already on the fifth floor.
Therefore, they chose to stand on the sixth floor and exchange!
Zhang Wanzhi felt a thump in his heart and secretly thought it was not good.
However, he and Motu made amends in time, showing signs of panic, hoping to make the two Nascent Souls doubt themselves with their exaggerated acting skills.
The faceless monk confirmed again: "Are you sure about the exchange?"
"Change!" The two Nascent Souls were actually not so sure in their hearts, but as tribulation cultivators for many years, they still had the courage to do so. They gritted their teeth and insisted on their choice.
"Okay, exchange the chess baskets!"
The faceless monk waved his hand, and the two sides exchanged chess baskets.
Once the exchange of chess baskets is completed, there is no room for regrets and everything is settled.
Zhang Wanzhi and Mo Tudun could no longer pretend, and the pretended annoyance on their faces suddenly turned into real annoyance. There was no trace of acting and they looked more natural.
"How is this possible, how is this possible..." Zhang Wanzhi said with disbelief on his face.
He has already reached the fifth floor this time. The two little Nascent Souls opposite are actually on the sixth floor?
This is definitely a scam!
They are just bullshit, like a blind cat encountering a dead mouse.
Yes, that must be the case, maybe they are just on the second floor!
He overestimated these two people!
Zhang Wanzhi looked unwilling. He cared more about losing the game than not being able to regain his freedom.
The chess baskets had been exchanged successfully, and no one had any need to continue the performance. When the two Nascent Souls saw the expressions of Zhang Wanzhi and Motu, they immediately understood that they had won!
They were excited, ecstatic, and extremely excited!
Won!
Be free!
"Hahaha!"
The two Nascent Souls hugged each other and celebrated this hard-won victory.
The faceless monk said calmly: "Please open the chess basket and confirm the result of the game."
"This is a confirmation!" The skinny old man thought to himself, but he still stepped forward and opened the lid of the chess basket.
As a result, he froze for a second.
The bloody Nascent Soul took a step forward and was stunned.
Then, as if they didn't believe in evil, their consciousness frantically scanned the inside of the chess basket, a thousand and eight hundred times in an instant.
But there was no trace of the chess piece!
When Zhang Wanzhi and Motu across from each other saw this situation, they looked at each other and suddenly thought of something.
The two people quickly stepped forward and opened the lid of the chess basket. A dark chess piece floated quietly inside the chess basket.
For a moment, countless thoughts flashed through the two people's minds, and they couldn't help but feel the joy of regaining something lost.
They thought they had lost, but they didn't expect to win. Their moods were ups and downs, but at this time, the two of them still maintained their superficial composure.
Zhang Wanzhi reached out and picked up the chess piece, raised it and said to the other side: "Stop looking for it, the chess piece is with me."
"This...how is this possible!"
"You two bitches, you obviously won, but you still show off and play tricks on us!"
The two Nascent Souls fell from the thirty-third heaven to the eighteenth level of hell in an instant. At this time, their eyes turned red and they started to curse.
They thought Zhang Wanzhi and the two had deliberately acted like they had lost just to make fun of them.
Little did they know that Zhang Wanzhi and the two were quite surprised by this victory.
At this time, Li Xiuchang, who was isolated, watched the whole game and smiled without saying a word.
The moment the two Nascent Souls chose to exchange chess baskets, he couldn't help but curl up his lips, knowing that the victory was decided.
When he stepped forward to check the chess basket, he saw chess pieces in the chess basket on the right.
But before he told Senior Brother Zhang the results, many thoughts passed through his mind...
He thought of the poor chess skills of the two senior brothers. Although chess skills cannot represent IQ, but...
He thought again of the exaggerated acting skills of the two senior brothers.
I thought of the many unreliability of Senior Brother Zhang Wanzhi.
So, by some strange combination of circumstances, at the last moment, Li Xiuchang told his senior brothers the wrong information, telling them that the chess piece was in the left chess basket.
He admitted that there was an element of gambling involved.
It turns out he was right!
As expected, Senior Brother Zhang was as unreliable as ever. He lost the process, but achieved the wrong victory.
There is another reason why Li Xiuchang made such a decision, and that was due to the divination of senior brother Gui Wuyan.
Senior Brother Gui told Senior Brother Chen Changsheng that only Senior Brother Chen and him could come together to rescue Senior Brother Zhang and Mo.
Senior Brother Chen Changsheng's role has already been played in the first game.
Li Xiuchang was thinking, what is his role?
If he only acts as a tool in the second game, what role can he play?
Therefore, he chose to tell Senior Brother Zhang and Senior Brother Mo the wrong information.
In this wave, senior brother Zhang Wanzhi is standing on the fifth floor, the two Nascent Souls are standing on the sixth floor, and he, Li Xiuchang, is standing on the top floor!
The surrounding barriers disappeared, and Li Xiuchang walked up to the two senior brothers and celebrated the victory with them.
However, Li Xiuchang vaguely felt that something was wrong with the way the two senior brothers looked at him.
The faceless monk said calmly: "You have already won two games. According to the agreement, you can leave here. Do you want to leave directly or continue with the third game?"
"Of course we left. Do you think we like to play games with you?" Zhang Wanzhi said impatiently.
"Leave." Motu confirmed.
Of course Li Xiuchang agreed with the two senior brothers' decision.
They didn't have the slightest curiosity about the third game.
If they want to play a game, they go back and play slowly, why are they stuck here for a meaningless third game?
"What a pity. This is the third game specially prepared for you." Faceless Monk rarely showed some regret, "Since you have decided, I will send you away."
Li Xiuchang breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the faceless monk still kept his word and had no intention of breaking the contract.
But then he remembered something and asked, "Can my two Nascent Souls be returned to me?"
"They lost the game and have no right to leave." Faceless Monk refused.
What about tomorrow?
Li Xiuchang cursed in his heart, these two Nascent Souls were his prisoners, but they were taken over by the faceless monk.
But just two Nascent Souls really don't count. He suggested: "Why don't we kill them? These two people are tribulation cultivators. Living is a waste of spiritual energy."
When the two Nascent Souls heard this, they wildly greeted Li Xiuchang's eighteenth generation ancestor.
Even if they were trapped here, as long as they could survive, they could at least survive. Li Xiuchang didn't want to give them any way to survive.
The faceless monk thought seriously for a moment and nodded: "This does not violate the rules of the game."
The two Nascent Souls immediately transferred all the curse words in their hearts to their mouths, and furiously spat out at Li Xiuchang.
"Just wait, we won't let you go even if we act like ghosts!"
"I will haunt you for the rest of my life, so that you will never have peace and die a happy death!"
The faceless monk waved his hand, and an invisible pressure in the space directly crushed the two Nascent Souls.
Then I saw two ghosts slowly condensing...
Li Xiuchang opened his mouth, these two guys really... hit the mark!
I promised to be a ghost, but I actually did it!
They said they would haunt them for the rest of their lives, so of course they had to help them realize their wish.
It can only be said that the explosion rate of magic cultivators is really high, and the probability of demon cultivators dying and leaving ghosts is quite high.
Although the skinny old man is not a demon cultivator, he is still a calamity cultivator.
Maybe those who do too many bad things will easily turn into ghosts after death.
Li Xiuchang suspected that the biggest obsession of these two guys might be to revenge themselves.
Two ghosts condensed and formed, and sure enough, they rushed towards Li Xiuchang the next second.
"You couldn't defeat me in life, how dare you act so recklessly after death?"
Li Xiuchang quickly captured the two new ghosts, sealed them and put them into a gourd magic weapon.
This gourd magical weapon was bought together when we bought Wangcai. It has not been used for a long time.
I didn't bring the Rainbow Soul Flag with me when I went out this time, so I had to use this gourd magic weapon first.
The faceless monk quietly watched Li Xiuchang put away the two ghosts, without saying anything. He only said: "If you want to continue the third game, you can come in at any time."
After saying that, with a wave of his hand, Li Xiuchang felt a repulsive force push him out.
When he came to his senses, he found that he was already standing in a mountain col.
Not far from him, there was the huge wooden fish.
"You finally came out." Chen Changsheng came over with a smile. He never left, waiting for Li Xiuchang and others to come out outside Muyu.
He was very confident that Li Xiuchang and the others could leave Muyu, or that he was very confident in Gui Wuyan's judgment.
Although they won the game and succeeded, Zhang Wanzhi and Motu became increasingly unhappy as they thought about it.
In the Muyu space before, the two of them could still hold it in.
Now that he came out, Zhang Wanzhi was the first to hold it in no longer. He looked at Li Xiuchang and said with a faint smile: "Xiuchang, it seems that you have no confidence in us?"
Li Xiuchang secretly thought that it was not good. His actions just now had indeed offended his two senior brothers.
Although the result was good, the process fully demonstrated his distrust of the two senior brothers.
To be precise, it is a distrust of their abilities.
Li Xiuchang smiled coquettishly: "Brother, it was all a misunderstanding. I was too nervous at the time. I made a mistake and it was too late to correct it."
"Oh." Motu responded lukewarmly, obviously not believing it.
"What's going on?" Chen Changsheng asked curiously.
Zhang Wanzhi snorted and said nothing.
Mainly because I'm embarrassed to say it.
Li Xiuchang didn't trust them and told them wrong information. There was nothing to be ashamed of.
The key is that under the misleading of such wrong information, they actually won the final victory!
What does this mean?
This shows that Li Xiuchang is right to distrust him.
This shows that they are indeed unreliable.
If it weren't for Li Xiuchang's misdirection, they would have lost.
In the end, this victory seemed to be the result of Li Xiuchang alone.
Seeing that Zhang Wanzhi was unwilling to tell, Chen Changsheng asked Li Xiuchang.
Li Xiuchang briefly explained the matter.
Chen Changsheng burst into laughter, and then started talking to Li Xiuchang: "Just tell me, should you be deceived? If Xiuchang doesn't deceive you, how can you win?"
Zhang Wanzhi was speechless.
Motu said in a calm tone: "Cultivation is good. In a blink of an eye, you are already in the Nascent Soul stage, right? As you grow up, your wings become stronger."
Zhang Wanzhi also echoed: "Yes, he is no longer the little monk who always rubs against my flying boat when he first started, but now he is the powerful Nascent Soul."
Li Xiuchang was sweating profusely. He couldn't stand the strange annoyance of the two senior brothers, so he excused himself:
"I did this mainly because of Senior Brother Gui."
"Returning to a mute? What does this have to do with him?" Zhang Wanzhi asked doubtfully.
"Senior Brother Gui had to ask me and Senior Brother Chen to come together during the roll call to help the two senior brothers out of trouble. I was thinking, if I don't make any changes, how can it be effective? So I..."
Li Xiuchang expressed his thoughts at that time.
I'm sorry, Senior Brother Gui, I didn't mean to blame you... Who told you that you can't speak?
Zhang Wanzhi and Motu's expressions softened slightly after hearing this. They were not really angry with Li Xiuchang, but more out of embarrassment.
"Okay, don't say any more, you should go back quickly." Chen Changsheng said to smooth things over.
Zhang Wanzhi suddenly looked at the big wooden fish and said, "How about taking this wooden fish back?"
Being treated like this by the owner of the wooden fish, of course he was not willing to just give up.
So he came up with the idea of seizing the wooden fish.
Mo Tu said: "This wooden fish is extraordinary. Staying with us is equivalent to having another eyeliner for the other party. This may not be a good thing. At least the other party can know our location at any time."
Chen Changsheng also advised: "Bring it back to the Xianchen Sect. If the other party comes to the Xianchen Sect one day and asks for wooden fish, I'm afraid it will bring us a lot of trouble."
Zhang Wanzhi rolled his eyes: "How about Lao Chen, you can set up a few formations to seal the wooden fish here, which will cause him some trouble."
"Forget it, you may not cause less trouble to others." Chen Changsheng has always been unwilling to make enemies for no reason. "It is better to dissolve enemies than to make enemies. The other party has not been cruel to us and has left room for it. There is no need to deepen it. Conflict, if you have a chance in the future, you can consider making friends with him.”
"Fine."
Seeing that both Chen Changsheng and Mo Tu said this, Zhang Wanzhi had no choice but to give up.
Chen Changsheng looked around and said: "Ascension from here may not correspond to the Immortal Yin Realm. It is better to ascend in a familiar place."
Different regions in the same world may have different corresponding upper realms, and they don't know whether the corresponding upper realm here is the Immortal Shadow Realm.
Motu nodded: "Okay, then let's go to the place where the dog and the man and woman ascended before."
Li Xiuchang and Chen Changsheng parted ways.
Chen Changsheng's clone still wants to continue exploring other worlds and has no plans to return to the Immortal Shadow World.
As for the big wooden fish, few people moved.
Chen Changsheng's clone planned to stay in place for a while to see if he could meet the owner of the wooden fish.
…
"Senior Brother Zhang, can these two ghosts in my body ascend with me?" Li Xiuchang asked.
They rushed to the ascension site and were preparing to ascend.
Li Xiuchang did not meet the ascension conditions of Wanshan Realm, and at this moment he was carrying two fourth-level ghosts, which also did not meet the ascension conditions.
He had to get help from two senior brothers to return to Xianyin Realm.
Zhang Wanzhi said indifferently: "It doesn't matter if I take you one or three, but you should give the ghost to Lao Mo first. We will share it, and the pressure will be less."
Li Xiuchang handed the gourd magic weapon containing the ghost to Senior Brother Motu.
He himself hid in the beast bag at the instruction of Zhang Wanzhi.
"There may be some pressure on you when you ascend, which is similar to when you ascended by yourself before. Don't worry." Zhang Wanzhi said.
Li Xiuchang hid in the beast bag and didn't know what was happening outside.
He only knew that after a moment, he suddenly felt a little pressure, and then he felt dizzy, and it was that familiar "motion sickness" feeling.
Feeling this motion sickness, Li Xiuchang knew that he had successfully ascended.
However, he was not released immediately. After a quarter of an hour, Li Xiuchang finally left the beast bag and breathed the fresh air outside.
"Just now, the elders of the Ascension Pavilion were chasing us." Zhang Wanzhi explained.
Li Xiuchang understood that he would definitely be chased after ascending.
They ascended to the Western Region of the Immortal Shade Realm.
Next, the three of them hid their auras, disguised themselves, and flew back to the Xianchen Sect.
Outside the Xianchen Sect, the three of them took off their disguises and entered the Xianchen Sect from different directions.
"Finally back!"
Li Xiuchang returned to Donggeng District and relaxed.
This journey was full of twists and turns, and he experienced a lot of dangers. Only when he returned to Donggeng District did he feel at ease.
All the members of Donggeng District gathered at the door to welcome Li Xiuchang and the other three.
Even Wenwen and Senior Brother Gui were there!
"I heard that you almost lost all three of them on this trip?" Xia Sijun teased.
Zhang Wanzhi's old face turned red, but Motu couldn't see the change because of his thick beard.
At that time, Zhang Wanzhi volunteered to take Li Xiuchang to travel in the lower world, but they didn't expect that they lost Li Xiuchang, and finally had to save him.
Li Xiuchang paved the way for the two brothers at the right time: "Senior Sister Xia, although this trip has many twists and turns, it is also these experiences that have made me grow a lot. Isn't this the meaning of experience?"
Xia Sijun snorted and said, "Next time you go out, I and your senior brother Lu will accompany you."
Li Xiuchang thought to himself, don't do that, I will be fed with dog food all the way?
Lu Yang said in a gentle voice: "Let's go, I have prepared wine and food for you to welcome you."
When they heard that there were good wine and food, Zhang Wanzhi and Motu's eyes lit up, and they surrounded a group of people and walked towards No. 13, Donggeng District.
The little turtle jumped steadily onto Li Xiuchang's shoulder, patted his chest and said: "Xiuchang, my good brother, you are finally back! During the time you were away, I gave all my life-saving skills to Jinjiao. When you see its changes, you will be surprised!"
Li Xiuchang's eyes twitched: "What did you teach it?"
"Don't worry, I strictly follow your instructions. What I taught it is what Chen Wugui taught me when I was a child."
That's good... Li Xiuchang was relieved.
With Senior Brother Chen Changsheng's steady character, he will definitely not teach some messy things.
When they came to No. 13, Donggeng District, a group of people sat around the table, eating, drinking and chatting, having a good time, just like a family.
"To be honest, when I was trapped in that big wooden fish, what I missed most was your wine, the cook. I thought that if I was trapped for thousands or tens of thousands of years and couldn't drink your wine, it would really make me crazy!" Zhang Wanzhi drank it in big gulps.
Motu suddenly said, "I don't think about that. As long as I think about being trapped with you for thousands or tens of thousands of years, I lose my appetite."
There was a burst of laughter all around.
After eating and drinking, Li Xiuchang returned to his residence and went to see Jinjiao as soon as possible.
He also wanted to see how Jinjiao was trained by the little turtle.