This Damned Thirst for Survival

Jiang Luo leaned back, folded his arms and looked at Qi Ye, "You said this before the second round."

Qi Ye's expression froze, and his handsome face was a little uneasy, "But I will definitely be the first in the third level."

"There is no reminder for the top three in the third round," Qi Ye said seriously, "We are at the same starting point, Jiang Luo, I will not lose to you."

Jiang Luo smiled and said: "But I also want to be No.1."

Hearing these words, Qi Ye laughed in satisfaction, "Are you finally going to be serious?"

Lu Yi, who was in the front row, turned his head and asked curiously, "Qi Ye, did you transfer here specifically for Jiang Luo?"

Uncomfortable flashes across Qi Ye's face, "I just want to experience what it's like to go to school."

Jiang Luo raised his eyebrows, "You never went to school before?"

"I went to an ordinary university, not majoring in natural sciences and social studies." Qi Ye looked at Jiang Luo's face, his eyes wandering unconsciously, "I used to learn this knowledge at home."

Lu You was overjoyed, "In that case, you might become the bottom one?"

"How is it possible," Ye Xun said with a poisonous tongue, "Lu Yi, Qi Ye is stronger than you."

Lu Youdao: "But my ranking in these two levels is above Qi Ye."

Qi Ye: "..."

He took a deep breath, feeling aggrieved, but he couldn't refute, because what Lu Yi said was the truth.

Wenren smiled and said, "Let's have dinner together tonight."

Classes ended at six o'clock in the afternoon, and the group went to the restaurant for dinner.Wen Renlian and Jiang Luo walked last, Wen Renlian said in a low voice, "Qi Ye is well protected by the Qi family."

Jiang Luo nodded, "Although he looks irritable, he is quite simple."

"The talent is also very good." Wen Renlian glanced at Qi Ye in front of him from the corner of his eye, and smiled, "The appearance is also handsome."

They were passing by a basketball court, and a basketball flew towards them, hitting Jiang Luo straight.Qi Ye took two steps back to catch the basketball in time, frowned, and cursed loudly: "You don't look at people when you play ball?"

He kicked the basketball back and straight to the other end of the court.

After seeing the basketball was far away, Qi Ye looked back at Jiang Luo, "Are you okay?"

Jiang Luo laughed, "The basketball didn't even touch me."

Wen Renlian's eyes swept over them, and his smile deepened.He took two quick steps and came to Zhuo Zhongqiu's side, "What do you think of Qi Ye?"

Zhuo Zhongqiu glanced back, and said critically: "It's okay, I'm not very good tempered."

Wen Renlian said unhurriedly: "Then consider him as a backup."

As the object of Jiang Luo's new love affair, Qi Ye is quite qualified.

But if you take Qi Ye and Chi Youbi, there is still a gap.They were not sure if Jiang Luo would like people like Qi Ye, after all Chi You was the representative of a gentle gentleman.

During the meal, Qi Ye took advantage of the opportunity and sat next to Jiang Luo. As soon as he sat down, the others looked straight at him, and he shivered, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Ye Xun asked: "Qi Ye, have you ever been in a relationship?"

Qi Ye said with a straight face, "No, I'm not interested."

"Then what kind of person do you like?" Ge Zhu was curious.

Qi Ye frowned: "Why are you asking these questions?"

Jiang Luo smiled sideways and looked at Qi Ye, with black hair hanging down his shoulders, pointing casually: "You have to satisfy their curiosity, then they will let you go."

Looking at Jiang Luo like this, Qi Ye suddenly remembered the scene where the black-haired young man jumped down from the tree to kill the Spider-Man, his throat tickled, and he quickly looked away, "I don't know what kind of person I would like .”

Seeing that Qi Ye was about to get annoyed, the others stopped asking.

After the meal, Jiang Luo parted ways with them and went to Tianshi Mansion.Before the game comes, he will live in the Tianshi Mansion.

Feng Li was not in the Tianshi Mansion.Jiang Luo went to the study alone to read, and Feng Li came back with two direct disciples when the moon was on a branch.

Feng Li called Jiang Luo to him, took a sip of tea and asked slowly, "How many books did you read today?"

Jiang Luo answered one by one.

Feng Li nodded, and took out a talisman book from the cabinet and gave it to him, "After you finish reading those books, take this one to practice."

Jiang Luo took it over and took a look. The book was full of ancient talismans that hadn't been handed down to the public.He put it away in his hand and asked, "Master, where have you been today?"

Feng Li raised his eyes and glanced at him, "I went to Chi's house."

Jiang Luo: "The Chi family?"

"The descendants of the direct line of the Chi family are gone, and the side line of the Chi family invited us to come to witness the side line take over the Chi family," Feng Li said coldly, "The evil ghost who has been entangled with you is the last line of the Chi family. bit."

"Yesterday I hurt him, but I let him escape at the last moment." Feng Li leaned back, "Chi You is indeed the strongest among the direct descendants of the Chi family. Even if he dies, he still has such strength. And Compared with him, those collaterals are no good."

The Chi family mastered the art of puppet soul refining, which is ancient and powerful.Such a technique is in the hands of people, and it would make other people feel uneasy, for fear that one day they will become puppets in the hands of the Chi family, and their souls will be refined by the Chi family after death.According to common sense, the Chi family should have been besieged by everyone until the puppet soul refining technique was destroyed.

Anything that is too powerful will only lead to disaster.

But the Chi family has been developing steadily until now, after all, there are only two reasons.One is that the technique of puppet soul refining is extremely difficult to master. From the past until now, only the direct descendants of the Chi family can master this technique.The second is that although each of the direct descendants of the Chi family is a genius who is one in a million, none of them can live past the age of 30.

When it was Chi You's turn, there was one more thing to add.Chi You has a kind and gentle personality. Although he has mastered the puppet soul refining technique, he rarely uses this technique. On the contrary, he often forms good relationships, which makes people in the metaphysics world feel at ease with him. No one thinks that Chi You will use puppets to refine souls. Soul Art does something that is not good for them and bad for the metaphysical world.

Jiang Luo listened quietly, but being strong but not able to live past thirty sounds like a curse.

Jiang Luo: "Master, is it possible that only direct descendants can master the art of puppet soul refining?"

Feng Li: "At least until now, there is no collateral lineage that can grasp it."

Jiang Luo: "Then Chiyou is dead, and the direct line is broken. Will no one be able to truly master the puppet soul refining technique in the future?"

Feng Li said coldly: "But the Chi family should still not be underestimated. Even if you only master one or two puppet soul refining techniques, it is still remarkable."

But judging by his expression, it is obvious that he does not regard the Chi family's offshoots as the same thing.

Jiang Luo was thoughtful, "Master, what exactly is Yuan Tianzhu?"

Feng Li glanced at him: "Once you get it, you will know it naturally."

"As my disciple, if you haven't got the Yuan Tianzhu," Feng Li said calmly, "then you don't have to come back from Xiangxi."

Jiang Luo: "..."

In order to return from Xiangxi, Jiang Luo ran to the study and stayed up all night.After ten days like this, Jiang Luo finally finished reading a whole shelf of books.

After reading the book, Feng Li stared at him to practice talismans again.During this period, Jiang Luo saw Senior Brother Qiao a few times, but Senior Brother Qiao seemed to have returned to normal, and Jiang Luo didn't see any trace of Chi You from him.

A month passed in a blink of an eye, and it was time for the third round of the competition.

Early in the morning, Jiang Luo put on his schoolbag and went downstairs.Feng Li was waiting for him in the hall. There were brushes and cinnabar on the long wooden table in the hall. Feng Li burned incense to clean his hands, and said to him, "Come here."

Jiang Luo walked over.

Feng Li said, "Sit."

After Jiang Luo sat down as promised, Feng Li dipped a brush in a bowl of water, and suddenly raised his hand and shook Jiang Luo.

Jiang Luo closed his eyes subconsciously, and clear water fell on him in twos and threes.Afterwards, Feng Li dipped a brush in cinnabar and stood in front of Jiang Luo.

The black-haired young man's eyelids moved, Feng Li said, "Don't move."

Jiang Luo didn't open his eyes again.

Feng Li turned the brush in his hand, turning it upside down.Holding the slender black pen holder with his slender fingers, he gently tore open the collar of Jiang Luo's shirt.

The neck is exposed and the collarbone is exposed.Feng Li's light-colored eyes reflected the appearance of a black-haired young man. He lightly tapped Jiang Luo's shoulder twice, and the two little men who had already folded jumped onto Jiang Luo's shoulder to hold him Jiang Luo's clothes.

Feng Li just finished writing.

The red cinnabar coiled around Jiang Luo's neck and even his heart, forming a complicated talisman, like a coiled vine.Feng Li drew without haste, and when the last stroke was completed, the talisman flashed golden light and disappeared from Jiang Luo's body.

Feng Li put away the brush, looked down at the young man, and said, "Okay."

Jiang Luo opened his eyes and looked at himself, but saw nothing, "Master, what did you draw?"

"A life-saving talisman," Feng Li asked his disciples to pack up his things, and said to Jiang Luo, "The third level is different from the first two levels. Be careful first."

Every word that the judge teacher said could be a reminder, Jiang Luo remembered it in his heart, "I know."

Feng Li nodded: "Go."

Jiang Luo packed up his clothes, picked up his backpack and left Tianshi Mansion, heading to the school to meet his classmates.

A group of people got on the plane and arrived in Xiangxi three hours later.

This time, it was still Teacher Wan who led the team. After Teacher Wan and the staff handed over, Jiang Luo and his party boarded the bus for another four hours.

The bus was transferred to a medium bus, and finally sat on the bread bumping for an hour before arriving at the destination. When they finally got out of the car, several of them vomited.

After they had finished vomiting, they walked into the rest area sleepily.

The competition will start tomorrow, and they will spend the night in the rest place tonight, but the room prepared for them by the competition party is extremely simple, like a makeshift building, and the red bricks have not yet been painted with white paint. 22 quilts are spread from the beginning to the end against the walls on both sides, which is a Datong shop.

The luggage in Lu Yi's hand fell to the ground, and he opened his mouth wide, "Are we going to live here?"

The staff smiled and said, "Are you happy? How lively you young people live together at night."

"Is there a place to take a bath?" Zhuo Zhongqiu asked.

The staff took them to see the bathroom and toilet. The bathroom was a plastic shed with several plastic basins and foot baths inside.As for the bathroom, it is a traditional rural style.

The whole group was speechless, and after returning to the Datong bunk, they resigned themselves to finding nine bunks.

Zhuo Zhongqiu was a girl, they let Zhuo Zhongqiu fall asleep against the wall, and the others lined up, nine of them occupied almost half of the mattress in an instant.

Jiang Luo counted the number of beds, "That's not right, there are only 22 beds."

After the second round, it was obvious that [-] people had successfully advanced.

"Eight people withdrew from the competition," the staff regretted. "Actually, five people ate fungus in Yunnan. After returning, they were admitted to the hospital. They didn't recover after lying down for a month."

Jiang Luo and his party: "..."

Sigh.

People from Baihua University were the first to arrive. They had traveled all day today, only ate a Chinese meal on the plane, and vomited again after getting off the bus. I only got a box of instant noodles, a box of soda water and nine ham sausages.

Even Ge Zhu, who was able to bear hardships, turned slightly pale, "The competition party is too ruthless."

Jiang Luo sighed. As the only one in the group who could cook, he asked the staff for an iron pot, and asked his companions to collect firewood, find some forest vegetables, and set up the iron pot on the spot. .

Wen Renlian squatted aside and watched curiously, and specifically told Kuang Zheng, who was looking for vegetables, "Don't make a mistake."

Otherwise, they would have completely missed the game just like the five brothers who ate the fungus and were lying in the hospital.

Kuangzheng's family is used to hard times, and he knows better than Wen Renren what edible vegetables look like.But he nodded seriously and walked into the forest after helping Jiang Luo set up the stove.

Half an hour later, Kuang Zheng came back, not only bringing back a handful of vegetables, but also a long-eared rabbit whose fur had been treated.

Jiang Luo had already started a fire, surrounded by a group of curious people.When they saw the rabbit in Kuangzheng's hand, their eyes lit up, "Roast rabbit?"

Jiang Luo rubbed his chin, "Yes."

In less than 10 minutes, the water in the iron pot boiled, and Jiang Luo put eighteen packets of instant noodles in it.

Probably because people in this line of work will consume their bodies and need to eat more food to replenish their energy. Regardless of whether they are male or female, each of them can eat scary.On the surface, he looks gentle, but he can finish three bowls of rice in one bite without feeling overwhelmed.

After putting the instant noodles, Jiang Luo put the two tomato slices that Wen Renlian had asked for from the staff into the pot, put some seasonings in an appropriate amount, and left some for roasting rabbit meat.

The vegetables were put in at the end, and while the red soup was tumbling, green vegetables and ham sausage were sandwiched between the wavy instant noodles.

The eyes of everyone staring at the iron pot after a tired day were almost red.

Lu Yi wiped his saliva, and ran to borrow bowls and chopsticks from the staff.

Qi Ye didn't know how many times he exclaimed, "You can actually cook."

"It's just cooking instant noodles, isn't it a trivial matter?" Jiang Luo neatly put the rabbit on the fire to roast, tilting his head towards him and raised the corners of his lips, "Why, I think I'm too powerful, so I'm not going to fight for the No. 1?"

Qi Ye whispered: "We still have to grab it."

Probably because he was ashamed to say such things after eating the food cooked by others, his voice was as low as a mosquito.

Jiang Luo was amused.

The aroma of tomato instant noodles spread throughout the rest area. Teacher Wan also came to have a meal, and said cheerfully: "This instant noodles, the boiled one and the soaked one really have two flavors."

After Jiang Luo said it was ready to eat, ten pairs of chopsticks quickly reached into the iron pot, and the instant noodles were reduced by half in an instant.

Jiang Luo was served a bowl of instant noodles by Lu Yi graciously first. He was sipping the noodles comfortably, and when he lowered his head to drink the tomato soup, he heard the rolling sound of a suitcase pulley that was gradually approaching.

Jiang Luo looked up and saw a pale contestant walking slowly.

This man coughed in three steps, with regular facial features, but his body was so thin that he looked sickly, his face was bloodless, even the hand holding the suitcase was pale and slender, and the blue blood veins emerged clearly.

The contestants also saw them, smiled weakly at them, and walked over slowly, "Hello."

"Hello," Jiang Luo withdrew his scrutiny and smiled kindly, "Who are you?"

The lip color was dyed a bright red color because of the red soup.

"My name is Liao Si," Liao Si coughed in a low voice, "Are you eating?"

This man seemed to have exhausted his strength in speaking a few words, but the eyes that glanced at the iron pot out of the corner of his eyes conveyed his meaning implicitly and tactfully.

Jiang Luo said politely, "Do you want to eat together?"

Liao Si smiled: "Thank you."

He put his luggage aside, sat down beside Jiang Luo slowly, took the bowl and chopsticks that Lu Yi handed him, and gently filled a bowl of instant noodles from the iron pot.

"Delicious," Liao Si breathed out lightly, turned his head and said softly to Jiang Luo, "This journey almost killed me."

He looked very weak, and with his appearance, it was considered a success to get this far.Jiang Luo asked, "Where are you from?"

Liao Si smiled shyly, "I'm from Xiangxi."

Jiang Luo: "... Hard work."

Liao Si smiled wryly and said, "I'm not in good health. I haven't worked so hard all the way here, but I don't seem as energetic as you."

Jiang Luo smiled and said, "Do you know where we are from?"

Liao Si smiled slightly, "Only Shanhai University and Baihua University will gather so many contestants in the third stage. Besides, I watched the live video on the website, and I don't know anyone else, but I will always recognize you." This No.1."

Teacher Wan suddenly said "Hey", "Your name is Liao Si, and you are from Xiangxi. Are you a descendant of the old Liao family who drove corpses in Xiangxi?"

A group of people looked at Liao Si instantly, and Liao Si nodded with a calm smile, "Yes."

"The descendants of Lao Liao's family have grown up," Teacher Wan said with emotion, "How is your father?"

"Father is in good health," Liao Si didn't seem to want to talk about it, he looked at the rabbit, and reminded slowly, "Has the rabbit been roasted?"

Jiang Luo lowered his head and saw that the rabbit had been roasted to a honey color, with layers of oil particles sliding off the skin, it was indeed healed.

He took the rabbit down and distributed it among the crowd with a dagger, especially giving Kuangzheng a rabbit leg.

Liao Si also got a piece of tender meat. He tasted it carefully, and said with a sigh that it was delicious.

Everyone ate up a pot of tomato instant noodles, and the sweet and sour soup was drained. They rested for a while and took Liao Si back to the room.

Liao Si chose the bed next to Baihua University, on the left side of Jiang Luo.

In the dense forest, the mobile phone has no signal.Fortunately, Lu You brought two decks of playing cards with him. While they were playing, the rest of the contestants also arrived at the scene one after another.

22 people squeezed into the Datong shop without any shortage.

When there were more people, it became lively. As Liao Si said, most of the 22 contestants were from Shanhai University and Baihua University.Others are scattered and come alone.

The competition party still has some conscience, instead of letting the contestants heat the hot water themselves, they provided hot water.After everyone washed up in the simple environment, the judges, teachers and staff walked into their rooms.

There were quite a few of the six judges, and the one standing at the front was Feng Li.Feng Li's expression was calm, and his body was never stained with dust due to the bumpy road. The staff standing beside him held a tray in his hand. On the tray were yellow paper, cinnabar, black dog's blood, and a stack of written talismans.

The staff said: "In view of the fact that Bai Yefeng was possessed by the evil spirit in the last level, we are now going to check the physical condition of all the contestants, please cooperate."

Jiang Luo raised his eyebrows and couldn't help laughing: "It's a surprise."

Looking at this posture, even if Chi You was really hiding in the crowd, he would be picked out.

Sitting next to him, Liao Si's hair was gently scattered in front of his forehead. Looking at the judges and teachers who had begun to detect the contestants from the rear, he said softly: "This is the first time I have seen six teachers appearing together."

Soon, the judges came to Baihua University.

The six judges have different images, but each has its own characteristics.There was also a bald monk among them. The bald monk looked at Jiang Luo and the others with a smile, "These are all acquaintances of the teachers."

Finally, his eyes fixed on Ge Zhu. Ge Zhu sat cross-legged with his back straight, but his head was lowered, unable to see his expression clearly.

"Ge Zhu," the bald monk sighed vaguely, his voice lowered, "Are you still planning to come back?"

Jiang Luo looked sideways at Ge Zhu, and the corners of Ge Zhu's mouth were tightly pursed, "Master Chengde, the Xiaodao has already entered the Taoism."

Master Chengde smiled wryly, shook his head and stopped talking.

Feng Li walked up to Jiang Luo, "Raise your hand."

Jiang Luo withdrew his gaze and raised his hand as he said.

Beside him, Liao Si was being inspected by Zhuo Zhengyu.First, the black dog's blood was dotted between the eyebrows. If the black dog's blood did not respond, then a talisman was used. After the talisman did not respond, it was determined that the person was not possessed by an evil spirit.

This is not enough, the judges will also write a talisman on the students on the spot to prevent them from being invaded by evil spirits during the competition.

When Jiang Luo got better, the others got better too.Feng Li took one last look at him, and followed the judges and teachers to the next group of people.

Liao Si looked at the incantations on the back of his hand, and smiled vaguely, "The teachers are very skilled, and they didn't stagnate at all after drawing so many incantations."

Jiang Luo said: "After all, it is the Six Great Families."

He got up and walked to Wen Renlian, patted Wen Renlian, "Wenren, which of the six people is from the Chi family?"

Hearing people said repeatedly: "It's the second from the left."

Jiang Luo looked to the second from the left, and saw a serious middle-aged man.He was writing a talisman for a student, there was no abnormality on his face, but there were beads of sweat gradually secreting from his forehead.

"That's Chi You's uncle," Wen Renlian sneered for a moment, "a useless trash."

Jiang Luo smiled, "I rarely hear you say such things."

"Because what he did is disgusting," Lu Yi also snorted coldly, "Ten years ago, someone asked him to do something, and he almost killed the family because of his carelessness. On the young Chi Youge, it must be said that Chi Youge secretly performed the ceremony on his behalf without his permission."

"Brother Chi You has a good temper, and he actually took the blame for this. He has been scolded for many years." Lu Yi clenched his fists. ...It was because Brother Chi You had more friends and became more popular, that everyone discovered that Brother Chi You was such a good-natured person that he was not someone who would do those evil things, so they returned Brother Chi You's innocence. "

Jiang Luo almost thought he heard it wrong.

Let Chi You take the blame?

He almost laughed out loud, is this serious?

Let Chi You take the blame, but Chi You obediently recited it, not only did he recite it, but the person who made him take the scapegoat has lived well to this day?

"What happened to the Chi family who blamed Chi You?" He asked enthusiastically. Although this family uncle is still alive, other people are not necessarily.

Wen Renlian said in a cold voice: "Apart from the infamy, they are still alive and well."

Jiang Luo was taken aback.

how is this possible.

With Chi You's ruthless and cruel nature, how could he allow others to bully him without revenge?

Jiang Luo frowned, feeling a faint sense of weirdness.

"Over the years of the Chi family," he asked, "hasn't anyone died in the collateral?"

Another voice came from behind him, "Over the years of the Chi family, all members of the direct line have died, but none of the collateral line have had an accident."

Liao Si slowly sat beside Jiang Luo, smiled at Jiang Luo and said, "Is it strange if you say so?"

strangeness.

Very strange.

According to Chi You's character, he would never let anyone who made him suffer.

It stands to reason that those people who dared to let Chi You take the blame should have been revenged by Chi You long ago.

Jiang Luo wanted to ask more questions, but the six judges had already checked all the students, and the staff smiled and said, "Everyone go to bed early."

It was getting late, Jiang Luo gave up the idea of ​​continuing to ask, and returned to his bed with Liao Si. Before lying down, he suddenly looked up at Liao Si who was slowly arranging the pillow, "How do you know about the Chi family?" ?”

"Because I'm curious," Liao Si smiled subtly, "I'm a corpse hunter, and I wanted to see Chi You's body after I knew Chi You was dead, but I'm not in good health, so hurry up When we arrived at Chi's house, Chi You's funeral was over."

"Staying in Chi's house for a few days, I knew a lot of things."

Jiang Luo didn't find anything suspicious, he nodded and lay back under the quilt.

The lights were turned off, the moonlight penetrated through the window, and the moonlight in the forest was extremely clear and bright. Jiang Luo breathed the cold evening breath, and gradually fell asleep.

But when he was about to fall asleep, his scalp hurt, and he woke up instantly from his sleep.

Looking sideways, it turned out that Liao Si had inadvertently suppressed his hair. Jiang Luo rubbed the center of his brows, and said in a low voice, "Liao Si, you have suppressed my hair."

Liao Si raised his arm and said apologetically, "I'm sorry."