After Jiang Qian jumped down from the window lattice of the bamboo house, two beautiful figures loomed in the quiet bamboo house.
One is Xiaoyang who just entered the room to deliver the key poison, and the other is Shui Zao who met Jiang Qian once during the promotion ceremony.
In this beautiful place, the two of them are dressed in pure and elegant clothes, and they look like fairies when they stand tall and graceful.
"Sister Shuizao, can you feel at ease now?" Xiaoyang asked with a lowered eyebrow.
The algae stood there for a long time, then suddenly looked sideways: "Xiaoyang, what are you nervous about?"
"Me? No, it's just... my first time to do this kind of thing." Xiaoyang lowered her cheeks and her voice faded, "This is the first time that I can present the candidate for the crown prince to the altar here."
Shuizao was silent for a moment and said: "You should be grateful to Qianlong Wuyong, for today's opportunity. If you hadn't met him in the dungeon, you would never have had the opportunity to step onto this observation deck and become the chamberlain who sent the prince into the game.
.This is the qualification that only a saint has."
After hearing this, Xiaoyang immediately prostrated on the ground: "Thank you, Sister Shuizao, for giving me the opportunity. Xiaoyang will do his best to be loyal to my sister and the Holy Mother!"
Shuizao smiled thoughtfully: "You did a good job this time. You were able to persuade Qianlong not to use such a guarded official talent to take the spoon. You did it. It seems that your relationship is indeed extraordinary.
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When it comes to spoonworms, algae will give you a headache.
I have done all the things I should do while Qianlong is unconscious, but not a single keyphrase has been successfully implanted!
It stands to reason that the Key Gu is an extremely poisonous living prop, but without exception, the Key Gu implanted in Jiang Qian's body lost its original "effectiveness" and became disobedient and behaved very strangely.
The five-state protector Wu Peipei is the greatest master of poisoning in Shenshan, and he is helpless in this situation. He suggested using soft methods to "induced" to solve the problem, and this is how Xiaoyang staged a farewell scene.
"Sister Shuizao is so ridiculous! Maybe Qianlong Wuyong understands that when he enters our realm, he can't do anything he wants." Xiaoyang bowed his head and spoke humbly, secretly shocked by the impact in his words.
Although Shuizao is not a powerful card holder, her identity is that of the attendant of Our Lady of the Holy Mountain, a role she must not offend.
"Maybe." Shuizao's expression turned cold, "Now that he's in the game, it's not up to him where he goes."
"Sister Shuizao, what should we do next?"
"Keep an eye on Ayiguli."
"Saint?"
"right."
Shuizao's tone was completely cold, with a hint of fear in the coldness:
"The saintly girl has had a lot of contact with the prince, and it is inevitable that she will fall in love over time. Although she has repeatedly avoided suspicion, she still needs to be careful to avoid missing important events."
"Xiaoyang understands, I will obey my sister's instructions."
"Get up." Shuizao said in a slightly slower tone, "It's about to start."
Xiaoyang then stood up with a low eyebrow, followed Shuizao step by step, exited the observation deck, and walked along the promenade across the mountains.
After turning left and right for an unknown amount of time, I finally came to the end of the corridor and entered the majestic and magnificent towering hall.
But for some reason, Xiaoyang's heart became more uneasy the closer she got to the palace, until she reached the door and saw the scene inside.
In the center of the huge main hall is a pure white statue of the Virgin with a fairy face and a moon-like appearance.
On the tufts scattered around the statue of the Virgin, there are three sacred mountain saints and four holy messengers, namely:
Saint Elegy, Saint You Mulan, Saint Aiguli; Holy Envoy Sha Jin, Holy Envoy Water Ghost, Holy Envoy Thorn Moth, Holy Envoy An Ye Langjun.
The holy girl Nine-tailed Fox Da Jiaojiao lost contact due to an accident and her seat became vacant.
The two sacred mountain guardians, Mad Python Old Woman and Wu Peipei, were standing on both sides, acting as guardians for the three saints and four holy envoys who had entered a state of slumber.
The whole scene conveyed a solemn and majestic atmosphere, indicating that the fighting had begun.
Just when Xiaoyang was stunned, she suddenly received a palm from behind!
Under an irresistible push, her body landed lightly on the empty futon. The moment her body came into contact with the futon, Xiaoyang's body seemed to be sucked, making it difficult to move at all!
"Sister Shuizao..."
She looked in the direction of the algae.
I saw the beautiful girl with algae smiling, taking it calmly, completely ignoring her surprise.
Could it be that when you said to keep an eye on Ayiguli, you were actually in the game... When Xiaoyang suddenly realized this, her heart was gradually swallowed up by fear.
She stared at the algae in the distance with her eyes wide open until the light in her eyes dimmed, and she knelt upright like a zombie, clasping her hands together and sitting on the tufts.
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The long sky, green mountains, and gurgling green water.
Jiang Qian jumped out of the window lattice and came to a pristine landscape. It was no different from the scenery he looked out of the window.
He was not in a hurry to release the beast king, but instead followed the memory in his mind along the way, sometimes slowly checking in detail, sometimes looking around in the air, so that the information that should have been unrelated gradually matched:
Whether it is the terrain or the geological landforms here, they are all the same as the geological map he found in his old house.
There is only one professional in the Jiang family who is engaged in geological research, Jiang Qian's father Jiang Xuesong.
At this point, the question that originally lingered in Jiang Qian's mind finally became clearer - is his father Jiang Xuesong related to the sacred mountain?
Otherwise, how could my father draw a "geological map" so close to the location of the sacred mountain?
If this is the case, whether my father's accident was an accident or someone deliberately did it all needs to be redefined.
Or should I say that "everything" I saw was just my "delusion"...
Jiang Qian is in no rush to draw conclusions.
He continued to explore further, seeking more details, but refused to release the snake to lead the way.
It's not that he doesn't want to go straight to the point and enter the so-called "Sacred Mountain", but that he simply can't control the snake!
Jiang Qian didn't eat the spoon poison at all.
He just used the magic of priestly props to confuse people with the truth they saw and convinced them that he had swallowed the key poison.
This clerical prop is called "Magician's Gloves". Judging from its function, it is really a wonder! It is said that it helped Ji Ming escape from danger.
If he didn't have such a life-saving artifact in hand, Jiang Qian would not have stepped into such a place of right and wrong.
Now, the key Gu that was supposed to be Jiang Qian's shackles is lying in his four-panel display window, alive and well. Therefore, the person who raises the Gu will not notice anything wrong for the time being.
Once the other party uses Gu to control him, Jiang Qian will know it immediately.
The situation on Mount Sacred Mountain is complicated and confusing, so it’s best to be cautious.
For Jiang Qian, any convenience gained in exchange for being "controlled by others" is not enough to tempt him.
There is another consideration without getting straight to the point.
Besides him, there were three other princes competing for the throne.
In this case, there is actually no point in running too far ahead. It will only become the first to be criticized. It is better to give up a step first and give others the opportunity to trade off and waste each other. You can wait and see what happens first to avoid deviations.
Therefore, Jiang Qian continued to search according to the drawing, using the map left by his father as a guide to move toward the far enough "center" of the drawing.
The geological map drawn by his father Jiang Xuesong was not only very professional, but also well detailed. Jiang Qian made no mistakes along the way and successfully entered an original ecological town.
This small town was the first human settlement on the way to the "center" of the map, so it attracted Jiang Qian's special attention.
The town is unknown and not large, but it has a unique fireworks atmosphere.
Jiang Qian wandered around like a normal tourist, looking along the way and trying to find some information that would be beneficial to him.
He found that the life pace of the residents in this small town was slow, leisurely and very comfortable. People spoke and acted slowly and harmoniously among themselves.
Along the way, you can often see people gathering in twos and threes, playing a chess game that Jiang Qian has never seen before.
So Jiang Qian observed it for a while out of interest, and finally saw some clues.
The logic of the game is very simple, consisting of a total of twelve chess pieces and a ten-by-ten grid chessboard.
The twelve chess pieces are divided into two categories: four "main chess pieces" with outlines of double wings, four wings, jackal heads, and hook patterns, and eight blank "auxiliary chess pieces."
The game can accommodate up to four camps at the same time, with one main chess player leading two auxiliary chess pieces into battle to kill the enemy. Each move of the main chess piece can take two steps, and the auxiliary chess piece can take one step. When an enemy chess piece appears on the forward route, the player will take the lead.
One side can engulf the opponent's chess pieces, and the last surviving chess piece on the board wins.
If there is a tie, the points captured by both sides will be counted to determine the winner.
In addition to these hard and fast rules, there are also the words "no regrets when making a move, and no words when watching the chess" printed on the chessboard, which are unspoken rules that have been established by convention.
This kind of game does not arouse much interest in Jiang Qian. What arouses his interest is other reasons.
"Old man, I seem to have never seen this chess piece before. Does it have any origin?"
While the final game was newly opened and all parties were arranging the chessboard, Jiang Qian asked the old man watching the game next to him.
"Just follow the rules for the things passed down from the older generation. The origins have long been impossible to find out!"
"That's it... By the way, old man, have you ever seen this kind of gameplay: There are four camps on the chessboard. Is it possible for three or two parties to join forces to restrain one of them, and then wait for one party to be eliminated before the showdown?"
Jiang Qian chatted casually.
The old man was also a little confused for a moment: "This kind of gameplay is cheating! Besides, in the end, the winner on the chessboard can only be one family. Even if they can join forces in the early stage, they will kill each other in the end. Why do you need to do this?"
"You are right. If you know in advance that you will eventually turn against each other, even if you join forces, you will definitely have reservations. The power of joining forces will not be as strong as fighting separately."
"Yeah, that's right!"
The old man was nodding in agreement, but was patted by his neighbor who was watching chess next to him. He said "Watching chess without saying a word" and ended the conversation.
Now that the chessboard has been rearranged, a new round of fighting will begin.
So that's it... Jiang Qian also took the opportunity to say goodbye to his old man and set off again.
