"Find someone to hand out candles yourself," the uncle said after entering the ancestral hall and taking off the cloth bag.
Cang Fu said to Song Hexian who was handing out candles, "You don't have to give them to me. I'll keep them tonight."
"I want to stay as a bride tonight." The young man with glasses shouted.
Are you serious?
Everyone's eyes were fixed on the young man with glasses, even the girl with short hair.
The bespectacled young man pointed at Cang Xi and said, "If he survived last night, I can definitely do it too."
A young man with an afro immediately said, "Then I also want to stay as a bride!"
"No, I'll stay." The greasy-looking uncle argued.
There are fifteen players left, and except for the sensible ones, everyone is vying for the identity of the bride.
"Uncle, which one of us do you think will stay?" The young man with glasses asked the NPC to make a decision.
The uncle glanced at everyone, stared at Cang Xi and said, "You can't stay."
Cang Xi snorted coldly, "Oh, I promised you to choose, but you excluded me."
The uncle said plausibly, "You were a bride yesterday, you can't be a bride again today."
Anyone who chooses a bride will die. Cang Ji doesn't know why he didn't die, but he can't be a bride again.
Either the river god was dissatisfied with him, or the man did something to prevent his own death.
The immortality of the bride will have a great impact on the village, so the bride must die. Of course, the one who cannot die must be replaced by one who can die easily.
Cang Fu scanned the circle of players with squinted eyes. He didn't expect that someone would compete to be the bride. It seemed that he was acting too gentle.
"I can't be the bride, you didn't tell me earlier." Cang Xiu said, throwing the candle.
He looked at the uncle with a half-smile, and when he saw that he had nothing to say in reply, he threw the candle to Fan Qi.
"You guys can discuss it slowly, I'll leave first." Cang Fu waved his hand and glanced at Jing Yuxing before leaving.
Jing Yuxing said to the uncle, "Uncle, go out and watch him. We have discussed it and let you know."
The uncle muttered something about trouble, and went out to guard the people, but he didn't even see Cang Fei's shadow when he went out.
Cang Li walked out of the door and didn't go far. He climbed up to the roof by using the pillars outside the ancestral hall, and could still hear the players talking.
"I will be the bride tonight, you all go back." Jing Yuxing announced as soon as the uncle left.
"Why!" The young man with glasses disagreed.
Jing Yuxing glanced at him coldly and said, "I'm better than you."
"You think there is no danger in being a bride? No, the bride is the most dangerous part. Whoever stays behind will die."
"You can survive even if you hide." The young man with glasses was a little unconvinced.
We are all newcomers, why can Zang stay and he can't? How are they different?
"You think Zang is a newcomer, but no, he is not a pure newcomer." Jing Yuxing explained the situation to everyone.
"Zang is the chief judge. He has the right to evaluate all newcomers. He can survive because he has strength."
"Only god-level players can be the chief judge. A new person has been selected, which shows that Zang is very strong."
"Isn't he a scholar who studies mythology?" the short-haired woman asked curiously.
Fan Qi pulled the short-haired woman and said, "Miss Bai Xin, please listen to what Brother Jing has to say."
Bai Xin said sorry and asked Jing Yuxing to continue, and then a group of newcomers learned about the chief judge.
"Why didn't you say it in the first place?" After hearing this, the young man with glasses continued to find fault.
"I didn't know there was a presiding judge at first." Jing Yuxing explained, "Except for me, you are all newcomers."
"It is impossible for the system to assign the identity of the chief judge to a new person. This copy may be an exception."
"Mr. Jing is not hiding anything from us." Song Hexian glanced at everyone, "Only when the newcomers survive can they have a chance to learn the truth."
Jing Yuxing is pretty good, at least he can tell newcomers a little bit about the escape game.
If they are unlucky and encounter a very vicious person, they may all be tricked to death on the first day.
"You still want to steal the bride's identity when you have no ability, pfft." Fan Qi couldn't help laughing.
"Asshole, are you looking for death?" The young man with glasses glared over.
"I will be the bride tonight." Jing Yuxing added, "If there is no danger, you can choose your own bride tomorrow."
Everyone had just learned the news about the presiding judge, and their moods were a bit complicated. They were frightened by Jing Yuxing and no longer dared to argue.
"It's time to go." The uncle urged at the door.
Jing Yuxing responded and said, "Song Hexian, please keep an eye on them."
Song Hexian responded, "As long as I don't seek death, I will do it when I can."
Jing Yuxing didn't say much. It's hard to persuade the damn ghost with good words. Some people like to seek death, and others really can't help.
Cang Fu was quite satisfied with Jing Yuxing's arrangements. He watched a group of people being taken away by the uncle and jumped off the roof into the ancestral hall.
"Why are you back?" Jing Yuxing asked slightly surprised.
"Come back and get the candle." Cang Fei said and walked to the statue.
He knocked on the spot where the candles were lit last night. Perhaps the time limit had not yet come and the candles did not appear on both sides of the statue.
Jing Yuxing came over to see the situation and asked curiously, "Zang, you asked me to stay, why?"
"You'll know later." Cang Xi then arranged, "Stand outside the door."
Jing Yuxing was confused. Was it because he couldn't keep up with Zang's thinking, or was he really too stupid to understand?
Cang Ji didn't bother to explain. He waited until dark and saw the candles were lit, so he took them down directly.
The candles were taken away, and the statue's facial features were unable to appear, so Jing Yuxing didn't see any flaws.
"Why are you taking the candle?" Jing Yuxing was completely confused by Cang Xi's behavior.
"Shut up and leave." Cang Fei thrust the candle into Jing Yuxing's hand.
Jing Yuxing followed with candles in both hands and reminded, "We can't get back to the village without an NPC to lead the way."
"There's no need for that old man." Cang Fu said in a disgusting tone.
He blew his whistle, and soon a trace of loose soil appeared on the ground, and outsiders did not show up.
Cang Fu ordered, "Take me down the mountain to the village."
Gugu got the order and crawled forward from the ground. Cang Fu called Jing Yuxing to follow him.
Jing Yuxing asked curiously, "Is this the assistant assigned to you by the system?"
Cang Rao threatened him and said, "You'd better not talk to me. What if you were not scared by the ghost but were scared to death by me?"
Jing Yuxing wanted to say that he was an old player, but when he thought of Cang Fu's various operations, he had better keep his mouth shut.
It's not unusual to be slapped in the face, but it would be very bad to be slapped in the face by a new person. He will doubt himself.
Cang Rao took the candle and ran away. The river god could not show up through the statue, so he followed the red candle to find someone.
Jing Yuxing always felt like there was something staring at him from behind, but when he looked back, he couldn't see anything.
"Hang, even though I really don't want to ask." Jing Yuxing tried his best to keep his tone normal.
"Then don't ask." Cang Xi said without looking back.
Jing Yuxing didn't care and said in one breath, "Is there something following me? I looked several times and didn't see it."
How could Cang Xi not know that they were being targeted? He had been entangled by a force since he got the candle.
He turned around and took away the candle, and told Jing Yuxing, "Follow the traces on the ground, it will take you to the village."
Jing Yuxing frowned and said, "Will you be in danger?"
"Wealth is in danger. Don't waste the time I bought for you." Cang Xiu urged him to leave quickly.
Jing Yuxing knew he couldn't afford to delay, so he left a prop for Cang Xiu and said, "This is a protective shield. I have already enabled the use permission."
When Jing Yuxing left the nearby area, the thing chasing them from the ancestral hall showed its true form.
