game?

What the hell?

One of the guests dared to shout into the air: "Who are you? Are you too ugly to be seen by others? We are not here to play with you, we are here to attend the Jade Banquet!"

The voice laughed in the darkness, and the sound made people's scalps tingle.

Wang Wei: "Stop talking, this is its trap."

"You, what are you laughing at? What's so funny? You are a monster! You are really sick." The man didn't listen to the advice and he became angry.

"You're calling me a monster?" The voice on the other end lowered its voice. "You interrupt others and insult their appearance. Aren't you a monster?"

“Ka-chi—”

A subtle sound was heard, and the pupils of the guest who had been standing there just now dilated. His expression was full of confusion and fear. Suddenly, someone beside him screamed, and he turned his head to look at the guest beside him.

Following the guest's line of sight, he looked down at his own body - his entire body was like a piece of meat being cut up by a butcher, his bones completely peeled off, his bones and blood blended together. Thousands of insects in his blood stood up straight, transformed into scale insects that looked like flying feathers, and flew towards the light covering the sea.

For a while, there was constant vomiting in the hall and heart-wrenching screams, which was comparable to the execution ground in Hell.

silk!

I hope you understand the truth about the death of Rong Fei's maid. She was cut in the throat by this disgusting thing like a silk nematode.

After the throat was cut, the bug quickly turned into a flying insect and disappeared. Who would have thought that this was the murder weapon?

Only Rong Fei and Shi Yao were not at the scene. They are the biggest suspects, but aren’t they mortals?

"The monster doesn't deserve to live in this world. We have wiped him out. You are safe now." The voices regained their brisk tone, as if they were seeking credit.

Wang Wei: "What game do you want to play? I'll play with you."

"Really? You have good taste. You made the right choice to play with me." Those voices revealed happy emotions.

"Are you crazy? Do you want us all to die?" Some guests were dissatisfied with her decision and stepped forward to stop her.

Huo Feng appeared and stood between the man and Wang Wei. Wang Wei patted him on the shoulder and chuckled, "It said that if you refuse, you will die. I think you want all of us to die."

She turned to the trembling guests and the remaining jade masters and said, "If you play, you still have a chance of survival. If you don't play, you will die. This is the rule. Those who don't play, stay away from me. I'm afraid that you will die and splatter my blood."

The man wanted to attack but was stopped. This was indeed the only way to survive. One after another, other people expressed their intention to participate.

"This is a guessing game. Anyone who is not dumb can complete it. There are still twenty-one of you left. The chances of winning are still great. But think carefully before you speak."

The voice echoed in the empty Rongbao Building, and this time no one objected.

An hourglass appeared on the table at some point, and everyone gathered around the round table, getting ready with the help of the light.

"Each question has an hourglass timer. If you exceed the time limit or answer incorrectly, I will kill one person at random. You are in large numbers, so don't panic."

Its words of comfort only deepened people's inner fears.

"First question: Six-eyed needles, blue octopus thorns, feathers wrapped around hooks, the mortal world is overturned, question -"

"You are thinking about the names of the six poisons in the question, right? I am familiar with them." A young man in white stepped forward. "I am a doctor at Jichuntang and have studied poisons for many years. The six eyes are spiders, the sharp needles are scorpions, the blue octopus is an octopus with blue stripes on its body, the upright spines are pufferfish, the feathers should be from a jinnbird, and the hooked mouth is even simpler, it is the herb Gelsemium elegans. I have never seen these poisons mixed together, but they should be very deadly." He analyzed the question at a rapid speed and came to a conclusion.

"Question - what are the symptoms after taking this poison?"

After hearing the question, everyone looked confused. What kind of weird question is this?

The doctor hesitated for a moment and said, "So you want to ask about the symptoms. I am not qualified to teach you. I have never seen this poison before, so I cannot describe the symptoms."

"The time has passed. If you don't give the correct answer, someone will die."

The survivors became more panicked and began to look for handy equipment to protect themselves.

Wang Wei analyzed slowly, "You don't want to kill everyone. With the power you just displayed, if you really wanted to kill them all, you wouldn't have wasted your time playing this game. You knew from the beginning that someone in this group could answer your questions."

"Smart, you figured out my purpose so quickly." The voice laughed, "So, you can find someone who can answer this question. If he doesn't want to answer, force him to answer. I only want the answer, not the process."

Everyone had originally shared a common hatred for the enemy, but now that group of people who were hiding somewhere had provoked a civil war among everyone with just a few words.

For a time, everyone was suspicious of each other, fighting against each other, and forming groups to fight.

Someone pointed the finger at Wang Wei, "I've felt that you're very strange since just now. That person died, and everyone was scared to death, but you didn't even blink. There's definitely something wrong with you. Tell me! Are you in cahoots with that monster?"

Huo Feng stepped in front of Wang Wei and said, "Don't accuse a good person. She has been trying to find a solution to the problem. You are the ones who are still arguing here without finding anything. The most urgent thing now is to find a way to find the answer instead of suspecting each other."

"Sizzle--" Before the man could react, a nematode suddenly jumped out of his body, and the thin and sharp silk thread cut him in half. Huo Feng was pulled back by a force behind him, so the blood did not splash on him.

I hope to take him away from this place of trouble first.

"You are the monster! Your whole family is a monster!" Those voices gnashed their teeth in anger, and the hourglass was shaken to fall faster. "You are out of time, tell me the answer quickly, I want the answer!"

It became impatient, and the sound traveled among the crowd. The nematodes in the guests' bodies came back to life. They began to feel severe pain all over their bodies and vomited continuously.

Du Ximiao was glad that she didn't ingest much, but something was still crawling out of her ear. She suppressed her nausea and fear. Yuan Xiang looked after her while standing in front of her, ready to resist any possible attack.

At this time, a faint voice came from the crowd.

“Is it, is it paralyzed on one side of the body? The face will crack and open with many worm-like eyes, and the limbs will grow... black feather scales. The poisoned person will only have one breath left and will not be able to die completely. It’s like a curse... and, and there is no antidote.” A jade master stood up, and in just a few words her back was soaked with sweat.

"Oh?" The voice became interested. "How did you know?"

"Someone in my former master's family encountered this symptom. Although I don't know how they were poisoned, it sounds very similar to the description in the question, so I dare to answer it." The Jade Master's voice was trembling.

"Congratulations, you got it right." There was not much time left in the hourglass.

Everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they heard this. Someone found the Jade Master who answered the question and asked, "Is your master's family the Rong family? I heard that her mistress and others have been poisoned by a similar strange poison."

"No, my master's family is not from Fangqiu." Master Yu denied hurriedly. Everyone around looked at her with suspicion. It was hard to say that the strange things that happened in the Rong family's territory had nothing to do with Rong Fei and the Rong family.

Could that sound be caused by Rong Fei?

Then the voice asked again: "Next question, what do I hate the most?"

What kind of personal question is this? You are just a formless voice. Everyone feels speechless and helpless. You don't ask a life-threatening question like this!

"I'm kind enough to give you a very obvious hint - there is a world beneath the throne, the most precious treasure among the treasures is the soul of a hidden dragon, mortals love the immeasurable bones, but who knows the poor man with the wind disease."

It was a crossword puzzle, but was it obvious? Everyone scratched their heads and pondered, and someone was lying on the ground writing something.

"What is under the throne?" Du Ximiao and Yuan Xiang stood in a corner. She recalled, "The throne is usually called the dragon chair. If it is a riddle, it may be either the extended meaning or the throne itself..."

"It's jade, right? You hate jade the most." Huo Feng answered first, and a thin layer of water had just fallen from the hourglass.

"How did you know?" The voice snorted coldly, sounding a little irritated.

Huo Feng analyzed, "Under the throne is the word 'king', and Qiankun is that point. The word 'treasure' in the 'treasure among treasures' tells me it is 'jade', and the 'infinite' in the third sentence means priceless here, and 'bone' should be the remains of an ancient body, and only this kind of bone is called dragon bone stone, and there are also jade stones hidden deep underground. Originally, jade was just a stone to the world, and it was not valuable, but because of the later processing and carving, it became a priceless treasure. It's just the last sentence that I can't understand."

Wang Wei turned around and glanced at Huo Feng. She was usually not good at guessing riddles, but she didn't expect that he could come up with the answer so quickly.

Some people hate jade, but both the Rong and Shi families made their fortunes from jade.

"You're awesome, but you won't be so lucky for the next question." The voice spoke very quickly, as if venting its dissatisfaction, "Last question, why did I do this? Tell me my real purpose, and I'll let all of you go. The countdown begins—"

The hourglass began to fall for the third time, and everyone was whispering. It was asking about the essence of the matter, but they only came here because of Quan Yuyan's admiration for the event, and they tried their best to get an invitation. Who would have thought that coming here would cost them their lives.

Someone suggested looking around the building, maybe there might be some clues, so people started moving around.

Wang Wei: “No hint this time?”

The voice seemed to chuckle: "What do you want to know?"

Wang Wei: "I need to see your true form before I can tell you my answer."

Suddenly, a shadow flashed above the round table. The man was covered from head to toe in a white robe. Now he was even more dazzling under the pale beam of light. Everyone was startled by the figure.

"So it is a physical entity. I thought it was nothing else." Seeing the figure of the man, some guests secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Wang Wei jumped up, landed on the round table, and stood next to the white robe. Huo Feng also walked to the front of the crowd.

The man in white robe was much taller than her. She raised her chin slightly, glanced at the white robe, and then turned her body towards the guests and Jade Master under the round table.

"I already know his identity." Wang Wei tilted his head, "Do you want me to tell you?"

"Go ahead." The several voices seemed very calm at this moment.

"He is Shi Yao, the head of the Shi family."

Everyone was silent for a while. They couldn't believe that they were being chased by a sickly person.

Wang Wei saw their suspicion: "He set the questions and set up the trap in order to let everyone know about him and everything he had experienced. Isn't that right, Shi Yao?" At the end, she added, "The methods he used are all disgusting."

The people in the audience were extremely surprised. Some of them gasped and stared at the man in white robe carefully.

"I heard that when Master Shi was still a young master, his health had always been poor. How come he is learning...mystical arts now?"

"He barely managed the family business, and everyone thought he was ill, but who knew he was playing dirty tricks here!"

"Don't judge a person by his appearance. We have wronged Master Rong."

The man in white robe laughed loudly towards the sky, he threw away his cloak, and in an instant his voice returned to that of Shi Yao, and the strange voice that was speaking with him also disappeared.

"When did you realize it was me who did it, Mo Wei?" He turned and looked at Wang Wei who was standing next to him.

"From the moment they started fighting that disgusting thing, I was basically sure it was you. Although you and Rong Fei disappeared together, I tend to think that Rong Fei would not do such a thing."

"So in your heart, I am such a despicable person." His voice returned to its usual calmness. "I thought I would have a gentle image." His words were resentful, but his tone was flat.

"Is Rong Fei's disappearance related to you?" Wang Wei asked directly.

"Is it related or not?" Shi Yao paused, "She is already such an adult, and has a naturally healthy body, so it's not surprising that she ran away anywhere."

"If you dare to do anything to the Rong family, I will make sure you have no place to stay in Fangqiu!" Liang Pan had never suffered such a loss before, and he did not look happy towards Shi Yao.

Shi Yao also changed his usual gentle manner and sneered, "When did Boss Liang become so affectionate? It's nothing more than that the business can't continue. Without the source of stones, your gambling house can't continue. Why don't you cooperate with me?"

Liang Mile's nickname disappeared completely today. He said with a stern face: "I will not cooperate with you. Everyone in Fangqiu Jade Bank knows that since your parents have encountered misfortunes in the past few years, the Shi family has also fallen into decline. We have not said or done anything because of the hard work of your parents and ancestors. Not only do you not inherit the family business well, but you are destroying it wantonly. People like you deserve it!"

Shi Yao had a cold face. He raised his hand and controlled the nematodes in Liang Pan's body. Liang Pan's eyes instantly overflowed with silver threads and his pupils were full of blood. He could not help but wail.

Suddenly, a shiny object flew by and hit Shi Yao's hand hard. It was a broken bone plate.

He stopped casting the spell, ignoring the cut and bleeding wound on his hand, and looked at Wang Wei next to him. The fragments were picked up by Wang Wei during the chaos.

Liang Pan, who broke free, was helped up by others. He was out of breath and looked at Wei with gratitude. He also mentioned to others that she was his former customer and was trustworthy.

"Didn't you promise me that you would stand by my side?" Shi Yao rubbed his chest with the heel of his palm, the corners of his mouth drooping a little.

"When do you believe what others say? If I don't agree with you, how can you get in?" Wang Wei said bluntly, "Shi Yao, you really acted well. The hypocritical mask was almost growing on your face. I almost couldn't tell whether you were truly pitiful or just pretending to be merciful."

Shi Yao laughed at himself: "Your tone now is really a mixture of yin and yang." Wang Wei moved closer to him and whispered in his ear, "Don't feel inferior. I know people like you very well," just like he knew himself at the beginning.

"The source of all your resentment should be your body. When I first saw you, I realized that you were about to die. You looked young, but you looked like an old corpse. I saw a wheelchair in the corner of your warm room. Your legs were once unable to walk. Later, for some reason, you gradually recovered, married into the Rong family, and became the leader of the family." She paused, "All these actions cannot be done by ordinary people. Who is helping you behind the scenes?"

Shi Yao lowered his head and smiled: "I have long discovered that Mo Wei is different from others. You seem to be very similar to those who helped me, so I really want to be friends with you."

He faced the audience and looked down at them. "My story is very long. I trapped you all here today just so I can tell it—"

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