The host stepped forward, bowed his head to Jiang San with a slight apology, and said, "Mr. Jiang, according to the rules, if you answer the last question incorrectly, all your points will be invalid."
"It can't be...it can't be like this..."
Jiang San seemed to have not heard what the host said. He was still unwilling to accept the reality and kept repeating one sentence.
The group of idiot fans felt extremely distressed when they saw Jiang San's appearance, and quickly went up to comfort him.
Seeing that Jiang San had lost his mind, the host shook his head helplessly, turned to Qin Tian, smiled slightly and said, "Sir, based on the current points, you are the champion of our conference."
Tieguai Li was so happy when he heard this that the corners of his mouth almost split to the back of his head. If it weren't for the inappropriate occasion, he would jump up and down and cheer for Qin Tian.
Qin Tian was a little surprised. He didn't expect that he would be the champion. He wondered if the host had found the wrong person, so he pointed to his nose to confirm and asked, "You said I am the champion?"
The host nodded and said with a smile, "Yes, you have twelve points this time. After Mr. Jiang's points are cleared, you will be the contestant with the highest points. Now you can follow me on stage to receive your prize."
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Qin Tian was pleasantly surprised and asked curiously, "What is the prize this time?" ??
"Uh..." the host smiled mysteriously, "Young master, you will find out when you follow me on stage to open the prize."
"Debt collector, go quickly!" Tieguai Li urged impatiently and excitedly.
Qin Tian nodded and then followed the host onto the stage.
The host stretched out his hand and turned it over, and a dark red wooden box about thirty centimeters long and five centimeters wide appeared in his palm.
The wooden box is engraved with incomprehensible Sanskrit. You don't need to think about it to know that it is a Buddhist scripture. It is surrounded by golden copper strips, and even the copper strips are carved with lifelike dragon and phoenix patterns.
There is also a talisman attached to the buckle of the wooden box.
It can be seen that this prize is very rare, otherwise it would not be placed in such a high-end wooden box.
Seeing that the prize was about to be announced, everyone's eyes were fixed on it.
"Look, look, this year's prize is about to be announced."
"Last year it was the Great Sage, the year before that it was Yue Lao, and more than ten years ago it was Erlang Shen. I don't know which god will announce the prize this year."
According to the practice of previous years, the prizes of the annual lantern riddle competition will be awarded in person by the prize sponsors.
At this time, the man with the gossip said confidently, "As I said, this year's prize is a brocade cassock, so the person who will award the prize this year is naturally a meritorious Buddha."
"Who knows if the box contains a brocade cassock?"
When they saw Qin Tian standing on the stage, about to receive the prize of the lantern riddle competition, those stupid fans were so sad that they really hoped that the person standing on the stage was Jiang San.
But looking at Jiang San's unwillingness to accept reality and his decadent look, they couldn't bear to show jealousy and envy, so they could only comfort him.
"Mr. Jiang, the prizes have already begun to be awarded. Don't be sad. This year, just treat them like country bumpkins once. Anyway, you have won the championship five times in a row."
"Yes, you have already got Yue Lao's red thread and the Great Sage's monkey hair. Even if you don't get this year's prize, it doesn't matter."
"Mr. Jiang, please open up more."
Jiang San felt a lot better after listening to those comforting words, and nodded in agreement, "You are right, I have already received so many rewards, and I don't care about those one or two."
"Last year it was the Great Sage's monkey hair. I don't believe this year's prize can be better than last year's prize."
"That's what Young Master Jiang said."
As soon as the words finished, the host on the stage used a burst of energy to uncover the talisman sealed on the wooden box.
When the talisman was removed from the wooden box, the wooden box opened automatically, revealing a dazzling red cassock inlaid with countless gems, which emitted a dazzling light under the light.
When you are shrouded in light, you can feel a burst of Buddha's light shining all over you, and you feel an unprecedented sense of purity in your heart.
"The prize for this lantern riddle competition is a brocade cassock sponsored by the Buddha of Merit."
When the host finished speaking, everyone present cheered.
I had only heard how precious the brocade cassock was before, but now I saw it with my own eyes and realized the magic of this brocade cassock.
"I didn't expect that the prize at this conference would really be a brocade cassock."
"It is indeed a treasure given by Guanyin Bodhisattva. Just looking at it makes me feel very magical."
"I heard that this cassock is made of special gold threads and is inlaid with more than a hundred rare gems. It can also ward off evil spirits. This is much more powerful than any previous prize."
"No, no matter in terms of value or function, this brocade cassock of Merit Buddha is indeed much more powerful than previous prizes."
"I heard that the meritorious Buddha reluctantly gave up this brocade cassock as a prize. I didn't expect it to be true."
"I didn't expect this little brother to be so lucky. He got such a big prize for the first time. I'm really envious."
At this time, the host pressed his hands to everyone to signal for silence.
"The Buddha of Merit just communicated with me, saying that he was involved in personal matters and could not come to present the awards to the players in person. I will take care of the prizes for this lantern riddle competition."
As he spoke, the host handed the wooden box to Qin Tian.
Qin Tian looked at the cassock in front of him and curled his lips, as if he wasn't very interested.
Turning to look at the audience, he saw Tieguai Li's excited and excited expression, telling him to hurry up and continue. Qin Tian knew that this cassock was what Tieguai Li wanted.
"I don't know why Tieguai Li likes this."
Qin Tian murmured and prepared to reach out to pick it up.
"This brocade cassock is mine!"
At this moment, a roar suddenly sounded from the audience.
Looking around, he saw Jiang San with red eyes. He pointed at Qin Tian angrily and shouted, "This man is not worthy of having this brocade cassock. I am the champion of this year's lantern riddle competition."
Originally, Jiang San had already accepted the fact of defeat, but when he saw that this year's prize was a brocade cassock, he suddenly lost his composure.
A gem on this brocade cassock can be sold for at least tens of millions of merit points, and more than a hundred gems, that is more than a billion.
This is a temptation that no one can refuse.
In addition, there was only one final question between Jiang San and Jinlan Kasaya. If he had not answered the last question incorrectly, the Jinlan Kasaya would have been his.
Therefore, Jiang San could not accept it no matter what.
Seeing that Jiang San was still arrogant, the host said helplessly, "Mr. Jiang, I have revealed the answer to the riddle to you. The fact is that you did not answer it correctly. According to the rules, the champion of this competition is indeed this young man."
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"What bullshit rules."
Jiang San waved his hand and lost his mind and shouted, "I remember very clearly that the answer to the last question is clearly the word 'hui'."
"Remember clearly?"
Qin Tian heard something intriguing in this sentence. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Jiang San and asked, "What does it mean to remember clearly? Lantern riddles are solved at the moment. When do you need to remember clearly?"
Facing Qin Tian's questioning, Jiang San, who had lost his mind, suddenly calmed down, with a trace of panic and guilt flashing in his eyes.
"Isn't it okay that I read a lot of books about lantern riddles before taking part in the competition? Isn't this also okay?" Jiang San shouted angrily.
"Really?" Qin Tian still looked doubtful and raised his eyebrows and asked, "Don't you have read the answer before?"
Before this, Qin Tian felt that it was strange that Jiang San answered the questions so fast, as if he knew the answer in advance.
Before others could even see clearly what the puzzle was, Jiang San had already told the answer, which made Qin Tian very puzzled.
Until now, Qin Tian caught a fleeting hint of panic and guilt from Jiang San's eyes, which made Qin Tian more sure of his thoughts.
Jiang San became angry and shouted, "Stop talking nonsense here. I have won the championship of the Lantern Riddle Competition five times in a row. Do I need to cheat?"
The group of idiot fans around him also echoed aggressively.
"That's right, our Mr. Jiang is the most talented man in Chang'an City. How could he cheat!"
"You, a country boy, got an advantage here and still acted like a good boy, slandering our Mr. Jiang!"
"We Mr. Jiang answered twenty-eight lantern riddles correctly. He should have been the champion of this competition. Get out of here, you bastard!"
"Yes, get out of here, you don't deserve this brocade cassock."
With the support of this group of idiot fans, Jiang San became more confident. He straightened his back and pointed at Qin Tian, and said with an arrogant look, "Boy, I advise you to get out of here now, otherwise I will
I’m not polite to you anymore!”
Seeing that Jiang San was getting angry and seemed to be trying to steal the cassock, the host quickly stepped forward to dissuade him.
"Mr. Jiang, this competition is a prize sponsored by the Buddha of Merit. You can't break the rules."
"screw you!"
Jiang San kicked the host to the ground and shouted angrily, "It's just a host, but he really thinks of himself as a character. What the hell?"
After finishing speaking, Jiang pointed at Qin Tian with three fingers and gave orders to the guards accompanying him: "Go and snatch the brocade cassock from him, be careful not to get it dirty!"
Following Jiang San's order, four sturdy men rushed towards Qin Tian.
Seeing this, the host quickly got up from the ground, grabbed Jiang San and persuaded him earnestly, "Mr. Jiang, this is a lantern riddle contest. Aren't you afraid of being punished by the Buddha of Merit for robbing the cassock?"
Jiang San looked disdainful and snorted coldly and said, "You said it yourself, the Buddha of Merit cannot come today. As long as the Buddha of Merit cannot come, it is not my decision!"
"This brocade cassock must be mine today!"
"Bang bang bang..."
As soon as Jiang San finished speaking, there was a fierce fighting sound from the other side of the stage.
Jiang San smiled proudly, turned around with a sarcastic look on his face and said, "Young fool, you still dare to fight with me? You really don't..."
Halfway through his words, he discovered that the people who had fallen on the stage were actually his guards, while Qin Tian was still standing intact.
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"This... how is this possible?" Jiang San couldn't believe it, pointed at Qin Tian and said in surprise, "How can you, a Void Returner, defeat these guards like me? They are at the peak of human immortality!"
"It's just a few people in their peak stage of immortality. It's not enough for debt collectors to beat them, hahaha..."
Tieguai Li stood aside and laughed loudly.
Qin Tian also sarcastically said, "You, a low-class guard, want to steal something from me? Who is it that overestimates one's ability?"
"That's unreasonable!"
Jiang San was so angry that he clenched his fists loudly and his back molars were almost broken.
If it weren't for his poor cultivation, Jiang San would have definitely rushed forward at this time.
Suddenly, Jiang San smiled coldly, with a hint of chill hidden in his eyes.
"Oh, it doesn't matter if you can beat a few of my guards. If you have the ability, you can beat the next one!"
As he spoke, he took out a monkey hair from his storage ring and placed it in front of Qin Tian with a look of arrogance on his face.
"This is the monkey hair that defeated the Buddha. If you obediently hand over your brocade cassock to me now and kowtow to me for mercy, I will spare your life today."
"Then...that's the Monkey Hair of the Great Sage. Is Jiang San crazy?"
"Run quickly. If the Great Sage comes out, we won't be able to leave!"
"Run!"
Looking at the monkey hair in Jiang San's hand, everyone present felt a chill go down their spines. They were so frightened that they fled in all directions, panicking. The scene was in chaos, lanterns were knocked down, and the fire spread instantly.
The host looked at the scene in front of him with a look of despair, "It's over, it's over, the lantern riddle contest is going to be ruined..."
Tieguai Li and Lu Dongbin looked at each other, and they could see nervous expressions in each other's eyes.
If Sun Wukong was here, Tieguai Li and Lu Dongbin wouldn't panic. After all, they were all acquaintances.
However, Sun Wukong's monkey hair does not have the consciousness of Sun Wukong himself, and will only unilaterally obey the instructions of the person who summoned it.
Tieguai Li looked at Lu Dongbin and asked with a confused expression, "Brother Lu, what should we do? To fight or not to fight?"
Lu Dongbin's face was solemn, and his brows were knitted together. "Although it is just a monkey hair of the Great Sage, it has also inherited a lot of the Great Sage's cultivation. I'm afraid the two of us are no match."
"Furthermore, I'm worried that if we try our best, we will alarm the heavens, and then the Jade Emperor will know about our private activities in the lower world."
Seeing the nervous expressions of Tieguai Li and Lu Dongbin, Jiang San smiled proudly, "What? You know you're scared? I'll give you some time to think about it, but don't keep me waiting!"
Tieguai Li looked at the brocade cassock in Qin Tian's hand, and then at the monkey hair in Jiang San's hand, with a tangled look on his face.
Seeing that the brocade cassock was about to be obtained, but this Jiang San was cruel and unreasonable, and even used Sun Wukong's monkey hair to snatch the prize from the conference, Tieguai Li felt very unwilling.
But no matter what, the opponent has Sun Wukong's monkey hair in his hand, and it is not impossible for Qin Tian and the others to fight hard, but this will definitely alarm the Jade Emperor.
It's just not worth it.
Helpless, Tieguai Li looked at Qin Tian and asked uncertainly, "Debt collector, how about we..."
"no!"
Before Tieguai Li could finish speaking, Qin Tian replied resolutely, "I won this, why should I give it to him? Why do you want me to kneel down and beg for mercy for him? He deserves it too?"
Hearing this, Jiang showed a ferocious look on his face and was furious: "Very good, the bones are very hard. I want to see if your mouth can still be so hard later!"
"Wait a minute!"
Just when Jiang San was about to blow his breath into the monkey hair, Qin Tian stretched out his hand to stop him.
"What? Are you afraid now?" Jiang San smiled coldly, his murderous intent becoming more intense, "But it's too late!"
Qin Tian jumped up holding the wooden box and jumped to Lu Dongbin and said, "No, I want to introduce my identity to you. I am, and this person next to me is my client. If you attack me now, you are just hindering me."
It’s a debt.”
"?Ha ha ha ha……"
Jiang San laughed as if he had heard some funny joke, and then he couldn't help laughing and said with a mocking look on his face, "I thought you were going to say what next, but this is it?"
"What, to put it bluntly, you are just a bad debt collector. There are a lot of people like you in the bank. Don't think that adding the two titles of 'Heavenly Court' will make me afraid of you."
"Don't tell me who you are, you are the debt collector of the Three Realms. I will kill you today!"
After the words fell, Jiang San blew in a breath of Qi, and the monkey hair turned into a clone that was exactly the same as Sun Wukong.
Wearing a purple gold crown with phoenix wings on his head, a tiger skin skirt around his waist, and a golden iron rod in his hand.
Even if it is just a clone of Sun Wukong, he can still feel a strong sense of oppression from the other party.
Jiang San looked like a dog fighting against the power of others, sneered twice, pointed at Qin Tian and gave orders: "Great Sage, please help me kill these three guys, and be careful not to break the wooden box in his hand."
"Okay! Boy, look at it!"
The clone couldn't help but rushed towards Qin Tian with an iron rod in hand. The speed was extremely astonishing, and even before he could even speak, The figure had already appeared in front of Qin Tian.
When Qin Tian reacted, the wooden box in his hand was snatched away by the opponent. At the same time, the golden iron rod was less than one centimeter away from him.
"Debt collector!"
Without thinking, Tieguai Li pushed Qin Tian away and at the same time raised his crutch to block it.
boom!
There was a muffled sound in the air, and the next second Tieguai Li's body shot back like a cannonball.
"Brother Li!"
Lu Dongbin was shocked. He didn't expect that just a clone of Sun Wukong could be so powerful, and he could throw Tieguai Li away with a stick.
Without any hesitation, Lu Dongbin cast a spell and landed behind Tieguai Li, catching the opponent's body firmly.
"Brother Lu, be careful!"
Before Tieguai Li could thank Lu Dongbin, he looked up and saw his clone flying towards him. He raised the iron rod in his hand and was about to drop it.
Lu Dongbin shook one hand, took out his sword, and raised his hand to block it.
clang--!!
"Good weight!"
Lu Dongbin only felt that his entire right hand was trembling, and the blade of the sword was trembling even more. It felt as if the sword could not hold up and break at any time.
However, Sun Wukong's clone's strength was so overbearing that Lu Dongbin was unable to reverse the current situation. Whenever he let go of the long sword in his hand, the iron rod would hit him head on.
"Brother Lu, let me help you!"
Tieguai Li rushed forward with his crutch in hand. Seeing this, Tieguai Li turned around to avoid the opponent's attack.
Although it did not cause any substantial harm to the clone, it could be regarded as rescuing Lu Dongbin from the predicament.
This was just a clone of Sun Wukong, but it was difficult for Tieguai Li and Lu Dongbin to resist.
If Sun Wukong comes in person, the difference in strength can be imagined.
Soon, the three of them got into a melee again, and the entire Chang'an Avenue became a battlefield for the three of them.
Jiang San stood aside leisurely holding the wooden box that his clone had snatched. Looking at Tieguai Li and Lu Dongbin sweating profusely, he gloated and sarcastically said, "Hmph, a lame man and a swordsman also want to defeat the Great Sage."
The clone is really overestimating his abilities."
Qin Tian was standing aside at this time, watching the inextricable fight between Sun Wukong's clone and Tieguai Li and Lu Dongbin.
The speed of the three of them was very fast, and the speed in their hands turned into afterimages, making it impossible to see their movements clearly.
Qin Tian couldn't help but feel speechless. He was indeed a famous figure in the God Realm, and no one dared to join in their battle.
Jiang San looked at Qin Tian standing alone in the corner with no intention of taking action. He couldn't help but sneered and said, "What? Wasn't it very arrogant at first? Why don't you even dare to take action now?"
"To put it bluntly, isn't he a waste? If I had known better, I would have handed the brocade cassock to me so directly. Now the brocade cassock has fallen into my hands, and you three have to die in my hands. What a pity!"
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Qin Tian couldn't help laughing and said lightly, "Who said I don't dare to take action?"
As he spoke, Qin Tian shook his right hand and transformed into a rusty long sword.
"A rusty sword?" Jiang San frowned, then sneered, "I thought you had any powerful abilities, but it turns out it's just a rusty sword."
Qin Tian smiled slyly, leaned forward slightly, prepared himself for a dash and said, "One rusty sword is enough!"
As soon as the words fell, Qin Tian's figure suddenly disappeared from the spot. Jiang San looked startled and looked around for Qin Tian's figure.
The next second, a cold light suddenly fell from the sky. Looking up, he saw Qin Tian holding a rusty sword and shooting it down, with the sharp blade facing his eyebrows.
Jiang San was so frightened by this sudden scene that he collapsed on the ground with a thump, and shouted in panic, "Great Sage, help me!"
Swish——
In an instant, the clone fighting with Tieguai Li and Lu Dongbin suddenly appeared next to Jiang San and swung a stick upward.
boom!
Qin Tian only felt that his entire right hand was about to be broken off by the shock. The Dragon Song Sword came out of his hand, and was then thrown ten meters away by the opponent's stick.
If Tieguai Li and Lu Dongbin hadn't caught him in time, he might have flown out of Chang'an City.
"Debt collector, are you okay?" Tieguai Li asked with concern.
Qin Tian hid his trembling right hand behind his back and shook his head strong and calmly, "It's okay."
Then, Qin Tian looked at the clone standing in front of Jiang San with a solemn expression.
I wanted to capture the thief first and capture the king without using the power of the identity token.
But I didn't expect the clone to be so fast, but it rushed back to Jiang San from more than ten meters away in an instant.
It seems that it is impossible not to use the power of identity tokens.
Jiang San stood up and looked at Qin Tian with eyes that seemed to burst out of fire.
"You little brat, you actually carried out a sneak attack. You are really despicable and shameless. Today I will crush your inner elixir to pieces, cut off your hands and feet and stuff them into a urinal. Otherwise, it will be difficult to relieve the hatred in my heart!"
Tieguai Li looked troubled and pulled Qin Tian and said, "Debt collector, why don't we withdraw first? The clone of the Great Sage is really powerful. We don't want this brocade cassock."