Chapter 363: Follow the Map

After Jiang Qian jumped down from the window of the bamboo house, two figures appeared in the quiet bamboo house.

One was Xiao Yang who had just entered the room to transmit the key Gu, and the other was Shui Zao who had met Jiang Qian once in the promotion ceremony.

In this beautiful place, the two were dressed in simple and ethereal clothes, and they looked like fairies when they stood gracefully.

"Sister Shui Zao, can you rest assured now?" Xiao Yang asked with lowered eyebrows.

Shuizao stood there for a long time, and suddenly looked sideways: "Xiao Yang, what are you nervous about?"

"Me? No, I just... this is the first time I do this." Xiao Yang lowered her cheeks and spoke in a weaker voice, "This is the first time I can send the crown prince candidate to the altar here."

Shuizao was silent for a moment and said: "You should thank Qianlong Wuyong and thank you for today's encounter. If you hadn't met him in the dungeon, you would never have the opportunity to step onto this viewing platform and become the eunuch who sent the crown prince into the game. This is a qualification only for the saint."

After hearing this, Xiao Yang immediately prostrated herself on the ground: "Thank you sister Shuizao for giving me the opportunity. Xiao Yang will do his best to be loyal to you and the Holy Mother!"

Shuizao smiled thoughtfully: "You did a good job this time. You have persuaded Qianlong Wuyong, an official talent who is as chaste as jade, to take the key poison. It seems that your relationship is indeed extraordinary..."

Speaking of the key poison, Shuizao can't help but have a headache.

Everything that should be done while Qianlong Wuyong was unconscious was done, but no key poison was implanted successfully!

It stands to reason that the spoon Gu is a living prop with extremely strong toxicity, but the spoon Gu implanted in Jiang Qian's body has lost its original "effectiveness" without exception, becoming disobedient and behaving in a disordered manner, which is very strange.

Wu Gonggong, the Five-State Guardian, is the best poison master in Shenshan. He can't help with this situation and suggests using soft means to "induce" the matter, which is why Xiao Yang performed a farewell scene.

"Sister Shuizao is too kind! Maybe Qianlong Wuyong also understands that he can't be willful after entering our territory." Xiao Yang bowed her head and declined, secretly frightened by the attack in her words.

Although Shuizao is not a licensed person of power, her identity is the close attendant of the Holy Mother of Shenshan, a role she must not offend.

"Maybe." Shuizao's expression turned cold. "Since he has entered the game, he has no choice but to decide where to go."

"Sister Shuizao, what should we do next?"

"Keep an eye on Ayiguli."

"The Saint?"

"Yes."

Shuizao's tone was completely cold, and there was a hint of fear in her coldness:

"The Saint and the Crown Prince have been in contact for a long time, so it is inevitable that they will fall in love with each other. Although she has repeatedly avoided suspicion, we should still be on guard to avoid making mistakes."

"Xiao Yang understands, and will follow your sister's instructions."

"Get up." Shuizao's tone slowed down a little, "It's time to start."

Xiao Yang then stood up with his head lowered and followed Shuizao step by step, exiting the viewing platform and walking along the long corridor across the mountains.

Turning left and right, I don't know how long I walked, and finally came to the end of the corridor and entered the majestic and magnificent towering hall.

But for some reason, the closer I got to the hall, the more uneasy Xiao Yang's heart became, until I reached the door and saw the scene inside.

In the center of the huge main hall is a pure white statue of the Virgin Mary with a fairy-like face.

On the futons scattered around the statue of the Virgin Mary, three holy women of Shenshan and four holy messengers are sitting, namely:

Holy Lady Elegy, Holy Lady You Mulan, Holy Lady Ayiguli; Holy Messengers Shajin, Holy Messengers Shuigui, Holy Messengers Zhie, and Holy Messengers Anyelangjun.

The seat of the holy lady, the nine-tailed fox Da Jiaojiao, is vacant due to an accidental loss of contact.

The two guardians of Shenshan, the old woman Kuangmang and Wu Gonggong, are standing on both sides, acting as guardians for the three holy women and four holy messengers who have entered a dozing state.

The whole scene conveys a solemn and majestic atmosphere, indicating that the fight has begun.

Xiao Yang was stunned when she was suddenly hit on the back!

Under an irresistible push, her body lightly fell on the empty futon. At the moment when her body touched the futon, Xiao Yang's body seemed to be sucked in and could not move at all!

"Sister Shuizao..."

She looked in the direction of Shuizao.

She saw Shuizao smiling and calm, ignoring her surprise.

Could it be that what you said about keeping an eye on Ayiguli was actually a trap... Xiao Yang suddenly realized, and her heart was gradually swallowed by fear.

She stared at the distant Shuizao with her eyes wide open, until the light in her eyes dimmed, and she knelt upright like a zombie, clasped her hands together, and sat on the pu.

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The sky is vast, the mountains are green, and the water is gurgling.

Jiang Qian jumped out of the window and came to a pristine landscape. It was no different from the scenery he was looking at from the window.

He was not in a hurry to release the beast king Tengshe, but walked along the way according to the memory in his mind, sometimes walking slowly and carefully, and sometimes looking around in the air, so that the information that should be irrelevant gradually matched:

Whether it is the terrain here or the geological landforms, they are exactly the same as the geological map he found in the old house.

The Jiang family only has one professional engaged in geological research, Jiang Qian's father Jiang Xuesong.

At this point, the question that had been lingering in Jiang Qian's mind at first finally became clearer - his father Jiang Xuesong was actually related to the sacred mountain?

Otherwise, why could his father draw a "geological map" so close to the location of the sacred mountain?

If so, whether his father's accident that year was an accident or someone did it deliberately, all these need to be redefined.

Or is it that "everything" he saw was just his "delusion"...

Jiang Qian was not in a hurry to draw a conclusion.

He continued to explore forward to find more details, and was reluctant to release the snake to lead the way.

It was not that he did not want to get straight to the point and enter the so-called "sacred mountain", but that he had no way to control the snake!

Jiang Qian did not eat the spoon Gu at all.

He just used the magic of the divine props to confuse people with the truth they saw and convinced them that he had swallowed the spoon Gu.

This divine prop is called "Magician's Gloves". From the function point of view, it is really a wonder! It is said that it helped Ji Ming escape from danger.

If it were not for such a life-saving artifact in hand, Jiang Qian would not have stepped into such a place of right and wrong.

Now, the spoon Gu that should have become Jiang Qian's shackles is lying in his four-panel window, alive and well. Therefore, the person who raises the Gu will not notice anything wrong for the time being.

And once the other party uses his skills to control himself with the Gu, Jiang Qian will know it at the first time.

The situation in Shenshan is confusing, so be careful.

For Jiang Qian, any convenience gained in exchange for "being controlled by others" is not enough to attract him.

There is another consideration for not getting straight to the point.

In addition to him, there are three other candidates for the crown prince.

In this case, it is meaningless to run too far ahead, which will only make you the first target of public criticism. It is better to give others a chance to win and lose, and wait and see what happens to avoid deviations.

Therefore, Jiang Qian continued to follow the map, guided by the map left by his father, and moved to the "center" of the map that was far enough away.

The geological map drawn by his father Jiang Xuesong was not only very professional, but also detailed and appropriate. Jiang Qian did not take any detours along the way and successfully entered a primitive town.

This 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 nameless and small in scale, but it has a unique atmosphere of fireworks.

Jiang Qian wandered around like a normal tourist, looking around along the way, trying to find some useful information.

He found that the residents of this small town had a slow pace of life, leisurely and comfortable, and very comfortable. People talked and acted slowly and harmoniously.

Along the way, he often saw people gathered in groups of three or two, playing a chess game that Jiang Qian had never seen before.

So Jiang Qian observed for a while on the pretext of interest, and finally saw some tricks.

The logic of the game is very simple, consisting 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 double wings, four wings, jackal heads, and hook patterns, and eight blank "sub-chess pieces".

The game can accommodate up to four camps at the same time, with one main chess leading two deputy chess to fight the enemy. The main chess can make two moves in each move, and the deputy chess can make one move. When the enemy chess piece appears on the current route, the first party can engulf the opponent's chess piece, and the chess piece that survives on the chessboard wins.

If a tie occurs, the chess pieces eaten by both sides are counted and the winner is determined.

In addition to these hard rules, the chessboard is also printed with the words "No regrets after making a move, no words when watching chess", which is a conventional unspoken rule.

This kind of game does not arouse much interest in Jiang Qian. There are other reasons for his interest.

"Old man, I don't think I have ever seen this chess before. Is there any origin?"

While the final game was just starting and the parties were tidying up the chessboard, Jiang Qian asked the old man who was watching the chess game next to him.

"It's a thing passed down by the older generation, just follow the rules, the origin has long been lost!"

"Is that so... By the way, old man, have you ever seen this way of playing: there are four camps on the chessboard, is it possible for three or two parties to join forces, restrain one of them, and then decide the winner after one party is out?" Jiang Qian chatted casually.

The old man was also a little confused for a while: "This way of playing is cheating! Besides, the winner on the chessboard can only be one family in the end. Even if they can join forces in the early stage, they will kill each other in the end. Why do this?"

"You are right. If you know in advance that you will turn against each other in the end, even if you join forces, you will definitely have some reservations. The power of joining forces is not as good as fighting alone."

"Yes, that's it!"

The old man was nodding his head, but was patted by the neighbor who was watching the chess next to him, and the topic was ended with a sentence "Watching chess without saying a word".

Now the chessboard is rearranged, and a new round of fighting is about to begin.

So that's how it is... Jiang Qian also took the opportunity to bid farewell to the old man and set off again.

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