Chapter 369 'The Game of the Ancestral Gods' The lie before dawn
Is it possible that Yuan Xi's son Xiao Zhuo is one of the four holy envoys?
The deeper level of this question is to verify: in addition to the three holy envoys Jiang Qian has seen: Heiye Langjun, Stinging Moth, and Sha Jin, whether the identity of the holy envoy he has not yet met corresponds to Xiao Zhuo.
Unlike Ayiguli, Jiang Qian has a lasting and effective memory of the appearance and behavior of the people he has met.
When a person grows up, his appearance and behavior will inevitably change, but some fundamental and iconic characteristics are difficult to erase from a person's life unless they are deliberately done. Previously, I had a conversation with the three holy envoys.
The fight gave Jiang Qian 90% certainty of making accurate eliminations.
As for Ayiguli's so-called "face blindness", Jiang Qian secretly thought that she shouldn't take it too seriously.
Sure enough, upon hearing this, Ayiguli immediately showed an "I understand you" expression and said, "You might as well ask me directly if that child is the water ghost envoy you have never seen before."
Jiang Qian smiled and said nothing.
Ayiguli continued: "You have personally fought against three of the four Holy Envoys. Among the three of them, only the Stinging Moth Holy Envoy has the habit of disguising himself. But you have also seen that the direction of his disguise is different.
It’s about hiding your true features, and it’s about showing your personality. So I’m not surprised that you excluded the three of them.”
"But it's a pity that the only 'water ghost' you haven't hit yet, I don't think he looks like him either. At least with my eyesight, I can't see any similarity between him and that kid."
"Well..." Jiang Qian was silent.
At present, apart from the new leader, Yuan Xi's mother and son have the highest degree of participation in this causal mirror. It can be said that the entire incident revolves around these three people. It stands to reason that the three of them are most likely to "carry identities".
The new leader, Yuan Xi, is an adult, and has shown strength one after another. If there is a holy envoy or saint among them, it stands to reason that Aiguli should have identified him long ago.
Excluding Ayiguli's refusal to cooperate, these two people can basically be ruled out.
If Xiao Zhuo is not a chess player, then who else is?
Or maybe, the real "secondary chess piece" has not yet appeared?
Could it be...
A person suddenly flashed in Jiang Qian's mind, a person whose identity was confusing from beginning to end.
"Do you still remember how you were attacked just now?" Jiang Qian looked at Ayiguli again and asked her about the details of the attack.
Ayiguli's eyes fell on the pitcher plant prop. It was a consumable prop. Although it only had one chance to be used, its attack effect still left Ayiguri with lingering fear.
She murmured and recalled: "I followed your instructions and cautiously followed the child. What was his name? Xiao Zhuo, right... He was very flexible and shuttled through the woods very fast. Except for me, no one else could
There is no trace of him. However..."
"However?"
"I suddenly smelled a strange fragrance..."
When Ayiguli said this, she couldn't help but swallow her saliva, her eyes brightened:
"It's a tempting smell. Although I won't interrupt important activities because of a smell, the scent really makes me want to stop! Yes, I think I was bewitched by this prop."
As she said that, she sighed softly and her eyes became a little hateful.
"Well, it's understandable," Jiang Qian said immediately, "Some props will restrain certain species. I don't think I can blame you."
Ayiguli, however, was ungrateful and spoke in a strange tone: "Huh, stop comforting me. I guess you must be doubting now. Is this useless guy in front of you really the official wanted criminal?"
"Oh? Is this your objective evaluation of yourself?"
"You!" Ayiguli gritted her teeth, "Do you think this is what I want? I..."
Jiang Qian looked at Ayiguli, but the other party refused to continue talking.
He noticed that this "stop" was by no means speechless or coy, but a timely termination. It was as if if she said one more word, it would have irreversible consequences.
Jiang Qian softened his expression: "Just kidding, I didn't think that way, let's get back to business."
The more times like this, the more important it is to avoid unnecessary complications.
He brought the topic back on track:
"Based on some of the facts currently observed, it can be confirmed that the cause and effect mirror this time is derived from the grudge between Yuan Xi's mother and son and the leader of the village. Moreover, the number and quality of the super-species props carried by Yuan Xi's mother and son exceed one
The level that low-level license holders should possess. These deviations all point to a mysterious figure who has not yet appeared, but frequently appears in everyone's language."
"That person!" Ayiguli said immediately.
In fact, it was not difficult to realize this. After Jiang Qian explained to her what he saw there, Ayiguli realized it.
"Yes!" Jiang Qian nodded approvingly.
Ayiguli's eyes brightened slightly, as if she had found some comfort from the negative emotions just now: "What should we do next?"
Even if these deviations are read, it is actually difficult for the two "outsiders" Jiang Qian and Ayiguli to change the facts that have happened. After all, what they can do is limited. According to Jiang Qian's original thinking, Ayiguli
Li could even predict Jiang Qian's answer, which was nothing more than: "just wait and see what happens" or "wait and see" and so on.
But this time she guessed wrong.
"I want to go and talk to Yuan Xi."
Jiang Qian looked directly into Ayiguli's eyes, watching her expression gradually change from calmness to surprise.
Added: "I don't want to interfere with any results. I want to know the ins and outs of the whole thing. It's best to talk about it from her perspective."
"Why?" Ayiguli was even more puzzled. It sounded like this matter had nothing to do with their purpose.
"Curious." Jiang Qian said calmly.
Ayiguli was silent.
This was equivalent to not answering, but as a secondary chess player who obeyed orders, she could not find any basis for refutation.
There was no way, even if they did nothing, they still had to survive this long wait.
"let's go."
The two briefly checked the surrounding situation, and found the body of an adult man not far from where Ayiguli was shot. It seemed that he had suffered an unexpected attack and died.
The two of them did not continue to explore, but set out for the village.
It was already late at night.
Most of the people living in this village have fallen asleep, and only the leader's hut is lit with lights.
The door was closely guarded by personal guards with high vigilance.
Jiang Qian and Ayiguli approached quietly. With their methods, they were not easily noticed by ordinary people.
"Is Yuan Xi being held here?" Ayiguli couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
"Not here."
"Then why..."
"Shh."
Jiang Qian made a gesture, and Ayiguli shut up knowingly.
She quietly looked at Jiang Qian's side face under the moonlight, looking at his attentive listening expression, and felt an inexplicable dependence in her heart.
However, as soon as this feeling appeared, she was immediately aware of it and extinguished it without hesitation!
She narrowed her eyes and looked away.
In the leader's room, intermittent conversations were coming:
"What? No one came back?!" This was the leader's voice, full of anger.
"It's... the person who went out to chase the child. So far there is no news..." Jiang Qian had the impression that this voice came from a guard captain-like figure next to the leader, similar to the leader's "senior follower".
Then, there was a sigh: "I know... look for it again!"
"yes……"
The conversation was brief, but the message conveyed was thought-provoking.
"That child seems quite difficult to deal with." After a while, Jiang Qian said to Ayiguli.
"He has props on him. It's strange that ordinary people can get benefits from approaching him!"
"Yes, so we have to move quickly, otherwise it will be too late."
Ayiguli said "hmm" and followed Jiang Qian's movements.
Although she wasn't sure what Jiang Qian meant by "it's too late"...
The two bypassed the leader's house and found the dying Yuan Xi in an abandoned, empty thatched hut.
Outside, the leader's cronies were guarding the door, and not even an animal could approach.
Inside the door, Yuan Xi was lying in a haystack, her face was pale and mournful, her original long hair was scattered on both sides of her body, her eyes were looking blankly at the roof of the shed, as if she was looking further away, and the blood gradually staining her body made her look...
It looks shockingly beautiful.
In the silent darkness, Jiang Qian and Ayiguli stood side by side, silent for a long time.
Just when Ayiguli suspected that Jiang Qian was about to give up and speak, Jiang Qian quietly removed his invisibility armor and threw it towards the roof above his head.
One of the functions of the invisibility armor is to hide all traces and clues of what happened inside the building.
In this way, people outside will not notice their intrusion.
After this "throw", Yuan Xi finally noticed the existence of the two of them.
She raised her eyelids slightly and fluttered her eyelashes, but she didn't show much surprise when facing these two strangers meeting for the first time.
"Sorry to bother you," Jiang Qian said.
A concise opening statement once again attracted Yuan Xi's attention.
Her eyes slowly focused on the two of them, with hesitation, wariness, and even sarcasm in her eyes.
In the end, these emotions condensed into a sneer that appeared on her beautiful face.
"You should be able to tell that we are not from the village, and the reason why we show up here is really helpless." Jiang Qian began to look for a suitable starting point for the topic, "If we must express our identity, then we can only say
, we have some interactions with the child’s father.”
As soon as these words came out, Yuan Xi's pupils trembled significantly, and she pursed her lips, as if she was trying to pretend to be "indifferent".
But this covert reaction was in vain whether it was for Jiang Qian or Ayiguli.
Ayiguli even exclaimed in her heart: What kind of bastard idea is this? How can you be so willing to poke people's weak spots when they are down and out?
But then I thought about it, what's the point of cheating? Maybe I didn't see that Brother Jiang seemed to be compassionate when he "tortured" the beauty...
Ayiguli thought she knew very well what kind of character Jiang Qian was, and she accompanied him from the beginning with the mentality of watching a good show.
"I know you are confused as to why we will appear at this time. Forgive me for not being able to tell you, but I will try my best to help you."
Jiang Qian slowly approached and squatted down to ensure that Yuan Xi could see his face and expression clearly, thus showing his sincerity.
He looked at the injured mother with a touch of compassion, making it impossible to see the slightest bit of hypocrisy.
"unnecessary."
Yuan Xi finally spoke, but what he said was rejection.
But Jiang Qian didn't care. Instead, he understood Yuan Xi's refusal: "Well, you really don't need it, but it doesn't mean your son doesn't need it either."
Yuan Xi was startled when he heard this, and his eyebrows frowned slightly.
Jiang Qian continued: "Do you really think your son Xiao Zhuo can escape the pursuit of the village?"
There is no answer to this question, because this is what Yuan Xi is most worried about!
"I know that your son must be carrying a treasure given by 'that person', and you firmly believe that he can escape for a while, otherwise you would not risk your life and push him away resolutely. But you
I overlooked something."
Jiang Qian looked at Yuan Xi and expressed her most pressing concerns in a firm tone:
"You have overlooked one thing. He is your son. Wherever you are, he will appear. Just like what happened tonight...he can't escape."
"No..." Yuan Xi finally let go. Jiang Qian expressed her deepest worries.
It’s so heartbreaking...Ayiguli was silent on the surface, but sighed inwardly.
"I said I would help you, you can trust me."
Jiang Qian's tone was firm and gentle, and his expression, demeanor and even voice conveyed convincing energy:
"As long as you give me a reason to take action. You know, people like us have amazing abilities."
Yuan Xi's sad face flashed with hesitation, but more of it was hope! Her mentality had collapsed once not long ago, and now she was like a desperado grasping at straws, even if there was a glimmer of hope, she would go through fire and water.
"You... know him?"
Yuan Xi was asking, she was staring at Jiang Qian, hoping to get the answer she was looking forward to from him!
Ayiguri suddenly realized when she saw this: It turned out that Yuan Xi regarded them as her man's companions! They were also super species players and powerful helpers, which made her see the hope of influencing the current situation...
…
To be precise, Jiang Qian has been creating such an "illusion" in his words.
Yuan Xi misunderstood that they were friends of "that person", so she subconsciously grasped at this life-saving straw. As soon as it was verified, she would reveal everything Jiang Qian wanted to know!
And Jiang Qian got it right again. He did not give a direct answer, but he got the answer:
"Based on our friendship, we won't just sit idly by and ignore his child."
…
The wind in Yinshi is slightly cold.
Someone came from the forest, dragging the heavy bones and wading past the edge of the village.
The livestock under the nearby thatched hut started to stir strangely, and the barking of dogs broke through the quiet night!
Then, the barking seemed to be contagious, spreading rapidly in the village, one after another, and gradually became deafening and loud.
Many people were awakened from their sleep, peering through the window lattice of their homes, only to see a vague figure walking towards them from the vague darkness...
