Huh? Is it so easy to increase the male lead's favorability?

"Look at our Penglai score?"

Bai Xiuyuan pulled Xu Yuan and searched among a pile of magic mirrors that displayed the scores of various sects.

Xu Yuan fell silent when he looked up at his personal ranking.

Without waiting for an answer, Bai Xiuyuan looked strangely at Xu Yuan who was standing there frowning: "What's wrong?" he asked, following the direction of Xu Yuan's gaze.

The top three scores were marked in large numbers, with the first place being the most eye-catching.

At this moment, the first place was followed closely by the three characters "Ji Yunmiao", and the score of 120 points was still rising! However, with only 120 points, the second place was nearly 40 points ahead.

What does 40 points mean? You can only get 40 points by killing five demon beasts in the late Yuanying stage.

On the first day, everyone basically stayed on the periphery and didn't encounter any high-level monsters. If the score increased so rapidly...then they could only steal points from other disciples.

Xu Yuan came back to his senses and exchanged glances with Bai Xiuyuan: "No way? He doesn't look like that kind of person."

The figure of Ji Yunmiao, who had been bullied in Penglai half a year ago but endured it silently, immediately appeared in Bai Xiuyuan and Xu Yuan’s minds.

He is a bit stubborn, but he certainly doesn't seem like the type of person who would steal points from other disciples.

Has Ji Yunmiao’s strength reached this point?

When a glimmer of light appeared on the horizon, this thought emerged in Bai Xiuyuan and Xu Yuan's minds at the same time.

At this moment, Ji Yunmiao's score has reached 200 points.

It ranks first, far ahead of the second place by nearly 80 points.

"Have you noticed that there are a lot fewer people on the top 100 list tonight?" Bai Xiuyuan narrowed his eyes and asked Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan nodded: "And their points were basically cleared in batches. This means that they formed a team but their points were snatched away by others."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a cursing voice behind him: "I told you not to go! You insisted on going, and now you see what's going on! It turned out to be a trap! We were all wiped out!"

"Didn't you say first that you can seek wealth and honor in danger?"

Two voices were heard.

Xu Yuan and Bai Xiuyuan looked back and saw several dusty disciples following their master and blaming each other.

"Shut up!" The master was not a good person either. He flicked his sleeves to blow up a wind blade, turned around and glared at the group of people, and shouted.

He turned around and saw Xu Yuan and Bai Xiuyuan looking back. His eyes were suddenly filled with poison. He glared at the two of them fiercely and said in a cold voice, "Penglai's disciples are really good at tricks!"

After he finished speaking, he led his disciples around a corner and left without looking back, leaving Xu Yuan and Bai Xiuyuan staring at each other in bewilderment.

"No, did we in Penglai provoke him?"

Bai Xiuyuan couldn't swallow this insult, so he stood up and wanted to go find that person to argue.

Xu Yuan grabbed him and pondered for a moment: "From what he said, his disciple was 'sent' out by our Penglai people?"

Hearing this, Bai Xiuyuan's thoughts suddenly became clear. He calmed down and sat back in his seat: "You mean..."

Xu Yuan nodded: "Ji Yunmiao used himself as bait to set a trap to lure those who wanted to take points. In the end, he 'gave' all the points away."

"What a smart move!" Bai Xiuyuan exclaimed, "It doesn't violate the island rules of Penglai, and it can also help you score points quickly."

As he spoke, he seemed to have thought of something and frowned slightly, "But such a high score is too eye-catching. He is only in his twenties. If someone with ulterior motives takes notice of him, then—"

"No." Xu Yuan interrupted: "His score ranking will not always remain so high. Didn't you notice that there was a long gap between his last two waves of score increases?"

"The trap has been discovered!" Bai Xiuyuan slapped his thigh and suddenly realized: "So he can't rely on this method to quickly score points next time."

Xu Yuan nodded when he heard this.

More than half of the disciples who entered the barrier in the back mountain have now come out. Those who remain have either seen through Ji Yunmiao's trap or are from some well-known large sects.

As long as Ji Yunmiao continues to act on his own, it will become increasingly difficult to score points later on.

……

"Two hundred and nine? That's about right, right? How would you rank with this score?"

Wen Jin and Ji Yunmiao asked as they walked.

"I don't know. This is my first time participating in this kind of competition." Ji Yunmiao glanced at Wen Jin and shook his head. "I guess around tenth place. We scored quite quickly later, but we hardly scored any points during the day."

"Don't talk about us, talk about yourself." Wen Jin corrected: "The most I played was to pick up the jade token."

Ji Yunmiao laughed when he heard that and nodded: "Yeah, I scored points pretty quickly later."

Wen Jin looked at him, caught the smile on his face, and his mood improved. "That's right! Don't let it slip, or else the white will turn black."

"Yes." Ji Yunmiao continued to nod: "But it is all thanks to the talisman that Master gave me. Otherwise, with the strength of the late Nascent Soul stage that I can use, I would not be able to deal with three or four Nascent Soul stage disciples at once."

Wen Jin was very pleased to hear this, and the corners of his mouth rose: "Why do I feel that you are getting better and better at talking."

"Just learn more from Master, you will eventually learn it." Ji Yunmiao lowered his eyes and said.

"You seem very lively now, especially when you smile." Wen Jin turned his head to look at him and deliberately mentioned the smile that just flashed across the corner of his mouth.

Ji Yunmiao's expression froze, and he pursed his lips: "There seems to be a monster over there."

He actually changed the subject directly.

Wen Jin smiled and shook his head, following him helplessly as he quickly left.

In a blink of an eye, another day has passed and we are almost reaching the top of the mountain.

The first rays of sunlight in the morning shine through the dense leaves, casting patches of light on the ground.

Ji Yunmiao's gaze fell on the shadows of the two people standing side by side, and he felt a little subtle.

Wen Jin's shadow raised his hand, stopped, and pulled his shadow.

Above my head, on a tree, a tiny bamboo pit viper was hanging among the branches, hissing and sticking out its tongue.

"It's bad!" Wen Jin said, "We were only concerned with guarding against people, but we forgot that spirit beasts can also detect situations for their masters!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a cold voice came from above her: "Where are you two going?"