The years when I was an old man

Under the locust tree, Huo Yutong frowned and looked at me anxiously.

After a while, she slowly spoke:

"On the sixth day of the sixth day, why are you gambling with Jin Wushuang? Do you know that Jin Wushuang's thousand skills are already superb. He has devoted himself to studying them all these years, even if you..."

I was stunned for a moment, and Huo Yutong immediately realized that she seemed to have said something wrong, and she immediately changed her words.

"Even if Mello is reborn, there is no guarantee that you can defeat him. How could you be so willful and treat your own life as a child's play?"

I looked at Huo Yutong silently and spoke slowly:

"Are you caring about me?"

Huo Yutong was stunned and she fell silent.

I looked up at the green mountains and green forests in the distance, and said slowly:

"Since I can remember, I have been like a weed in the mountains. You said that I don't cherish my life, but you are actually wrong. I just don't know what the meaning of my life is. My father died and my mother disappeared when I was young. The only master who taught me a thousand skills also suddenly disappeared. If I hadn't been lucky, I might not have survived many times..."

As I said that, I turned my head, stared at Huo Yutong, and continued:

"Do you think I would still care about life and death if I grew up in this kind of environment?"

Huo Yutong also looked at me, and her eye circles were actually a little red.

Turning her head, she quietly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.

"I'm sorry, Chu Liu. If I can, I'm willing to bet this game for you!"

There was sincerity in Huo Yutong's eyes, and I shook my head slowly.

"There is no such thing as gambling substitution in the Star Reaching List, and I don't need anyone to take my place. I just want to ask you, why do you want to help me?"

As soon as the words came out, I looked at Huo Yutong expectantly.

At this moment, I wish she could give me a satisfactory answer.

Huo Yutong raised his head slightly and looked into the air, tears hanging in the corners of his eyes.

After a while, she slowly shook her head and said:

"I have something that I really can't say right now. On the sixth day of the sixth grade, I can only say I'm sorry!"

I smiled, pale and feeble, indifferent and self-deprecating.

"You have nothing to apologize to me for. It's just a chance meeting between you and me, and we are destined to be strangers!"

As soon as I finished speaking, I turned around and headed back to the arena.

The moment I turned around, I suddenly saw Mr. Wu and Uncle Zhong outside the gate, standing under the tree, silently looking in our direction.

I didn't say anything and just left.

At the entrance of the stadium, Su Mei stood there blankly like a statue.

Now I just have a strange feeling.

Everything seems to be different from what I thought.

When I returned to the arena, Jin Wushuang was shaking the folding fan with his hand and looked at me impatiently.

"Did the Thousand-Hand Jade Fox teach you any life-saving methods before the competition?"

There was a sneer of disdain at the corner of Jin Wushuang's mouth.

"I advise you not to waste your efforts. Don't talk about her teaching, she is the Thousand-Handed Jade Fox herself. She is also defeated by me!"

I ignored him and walked directly to my seat.

Huo Yutong at the door suddenly spoke, her voice gentle but decisive.

"I don't care how you bet. But I have to guarantee one thing. Anyone who hurts Chu Liu will pay his life for his life even to the ends of the earth!"

Huo Yutong's words caused the scene to fall into a state of sadness.

No one expected that Huo Yutong would actually say these words.

Jin Wushuang ignored her, but looked at me and said disdainfully:

"I understand being afraid of losing, but it's your fault to find someone to scare me. Originally, I might have softened my heart and let you go. But today, I need your life!"

As he spoke, he threw the folding fan on the table with a bang.

He raised his hand and said in a commanding tone towards Zhang Fan:

"What are you waiting for, let's start!"

Zhang Fan frowned, and she slowly walked to the gaming table and said:

"In the second game of the semi-finals, according to the wishes of both parties, there will be two games. The winner will enter the finals. The first game is the dice game, and the content of the comparison is the third-grade sky lantern game among the twelve games of Thousand Doors!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Fan raised his hand.

Two staff members came over holding a copper candlestick respectively.

On top of each candlestick, there are three pillars in the shape of a triangle.

There are conical tips on the pillars, which are specially used for candles.

Two candlesticks were placed in front of me and Jin Wushuang.

Zhang Fan made an inviting gesture toward the two of us and continued:

"Dice is all about setting, throwing and controlling. Among them, the most testing technique is the method of setting the dice. It is said that those who can play dice to perfection among thousands of sects can rotate the dice on the upright paper, and Paper can last for tens of seconds. There are also experts who roll dice on the water, and the dice can stay in the water for more than ten seconds. Of course, these only exist in legends..."

As she spoke, she pointed to the candlestick and said:

"As for the dice game among the twelve Qianmen games, the most difficult one is the third-grade sky lantern game. Both sides need to play the dice at the same time, and three rotating dice need to be set up on these three lamp posts. The dice falls first. To lose, I wonder if you two heard clearly?"

Jin Wushuang looked confident, and he reached out to touch the candlestick.

Suddenly, he smiled mysteriously at me and said:

"Get ready to start!"

"Wait a moment!"

I followed.