Volume Four, Chapter 40, The Secret of the Ghost Card Game
Xu Yun drank a glass of water.n∈n∈,.
This was the fifth time he had drunk water in just half an hour.
Although the island office has cut off power, the water has not been cut off.
At this time, a candle was lit at home, and the family of three were sitting around... playing poker!
Yes, playing cards!
"Speaking of it..." Xu Yun looked at the playing cards in his parents' hands and said, "I remember that every year, the playing cards used to draw cards on the back are similar to what we are playing now."
"Yes..." Xu Ying smiled: "Actually, it should be said that the playing cards we play are all imitated based on the playing cards in the ghost card game."
Xu Yun looked at a stack of cards in his hand, put a 3 of spades next to a 3 of reds, formed a pair, and then took out the two cards.
As soon as he put the card on the table, Xu Yun suddenly said something.
"What if...we mark the cards in advance?"
"What?"
"Make a mark on the back of our cards, and then replace the cards we draw. That way, when the second draw in the evening, will it be..."
"Super!"
"For example," Xu Yun is certainly not a person with a flaw in IQ like Yao Chunxue. "There are some patterns on the back. What if you draw a pattern in the middle with a pen a little deeper?"
The strange situation that Huang Shanyun came out after entering the Forbidden Mountain, the great postponement of this year's Bone Night Festival, coupled with his father's words, was enough for Xu Yun to determine... Everything would never be as simple as he imagined! The ghost card game is definitely not a "game"!
Drawing a ghost card may mean you will encounter some terrible fate!
Whatever that is... Of course he has to do his best to avoid it!
"Xu Yun," Xu Ying showed an extremely anxious look, "You don't do that!"
Xu's mother was also shocked and persuaded repeatedly: "Yes, Xu Yun, this is not a joke! If you do this... the consequences are unimaginable!"
However, Xu Yun was quite calm: "There is no sign on the card game rule at all, right? Isn't it?"
As soon as these words were said, Xu Ying and his wife were stunned.
Is this... a loophole in exploiting rules?
"Father... In the future, if I get married, the population in my family will increase. Generally, at the night of the Bone Night Festival, I have to draw cards three to four times, and the number of people in my family will draw as many times as possible. Year after year, sooner or later, the family will draw ghost cards. Isn't it?"
The biggest risk of drawing ghost cards in the ghost card game is the increase in population. The Xu family actually has many servants, but they will naturally go home on the night of the Bone Night Festival.
"You don't do that. Even if you have to do that..." Xu Ying said this, lowering her voice; "You don't even think about doing things like marking! This is ridiculous!"
"I've decided, dad."
"Stop it! Absolutely not!
Xu Ying was naturally very frightened at this time. After all, Xu Yun's thoughts were too shocking. However... he didn't expect that someone had done that!
At this time... Xu Yun recalled what happened at Hongluo Academy during the day.
Now it is approaching the end of the year. The Moon Shadow Festival is coming. For a Qi training master, the Moon Shadow Festival is like a college entrance examination, which is a critical moment to test whether the Qi training master can be recognized. Moreover, the Moon Shadow Festival will also select candidates for the priest. The priest is not a lifetime basis, but for any Qi training master, becoming a priest is the ultimate dream.
During the day today, because it was Bone Night Festival, the class was announced to be over because there was only one course in the afternoon. Xu Yun and others were in the class. The instructor repeatedly emphasized the various precautions for Bone Night Festival at night.
"Anyway, according to your normal mind, you can draw cards like in previous years. Don't think too much about drawing ghost cards, but you must never avoid drawing cards anyway. The ghost card game is set by the Moon Shadow God. If you are a Qi training master, you must know this better than ordinary people."
Every year, "Abide by the rules of the ghost card game" will be emphasized by the instructor, and all the rules will be written in detail on the blackboard to avoid anyone forgetting the rules.
"Teacher," suddenly a person asked a question: "This year's Bone Night Festival seems to be coming very late. What is the reason?"
The tutor looked over and asked the question, Su Qingchan, one of the best Qi training masters in this class, is facing graduation.
"This question..." the instructor smiled bitterly and said: "This year's Bone Night Festival is indeed very late. According to the records of the Island Office, before this year, the latest record of the Bone Night Festival was also in June, and that was already twenty-three years ago."
As soon as these words were said, many people looked at each other.
"Why did this year's Bone Night Festival come so late?"
"I don't know..."
"Do you think it's because... Huang Shanyun entered the Forbidden Mountain? No one has entered the Forbidden Mountain in the past few decades, right? Could it be because of this reason that the Moon Shadow God?"
For a moment, everyone's eyes moved towards Huang Shanyun in the class.
However, Huang Shanyun's face did not change at all.
Since she entered the Forbidden Mountain, many people dared 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 spoke out and stopped everyone's discussion: "Bone Night Festival is just a tradition in the Death Island for many years. Drawing ghost cards does not necessarily mean anything..."
However, saying that, the students under the desk were full of suspicion. The Bone Night Festival is one of the strangest festivals on the Dead Water Island. Although for many years, the elders have claimed that the ghost card game will not be harmful, many people have begun to disbelief. People have speculated what it means to draw ghost cards. Especially the Qi training masters care about this most.
"Teacher." At this time, a girl with slightly short hair asked, "The so-called "drawing the ghost card means bad luck, is it a fact?"
This is an obvious and widespread statement. Of course, it has not been publicly recognized by Qi trainers.
"This statement is unfounded. After all, the ghost card game is just a game led by the Moon Shadow God. Don't think too much, but you must take it seriously."
Obviously... the tutor was either hiding something or really knowing nothing.
However, Xu Yun obviously believes that the former is more likely.
And he believed that Su Qingchan thought so too.
On this island... it seems that the older generation has hidden a lot of things from their younger generations. For example... they know very little about the history of the Dead Water Island.
What is the fact they hide...? (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!