mtl008 Chapter 654: Drawing Water from a Bamboo Basket and Empty Game
Chapter 654: Drawing Water from a Bamboo Basket and Empty Game
"How could these little brats be so stupid? Look at the redwood of the Free and Unfettered Sect, and then look at our sect's. How could He Yonghuai be so stubborn? Doesn't he even think that if he has searched three times without finding any clues, the clues might be fake? The more I look at it, the angrier I get. Don't you think so, Jie Ting?"
The Ninth Elder of the River Basin Sect watched as He Yonghuai was completely outmaneuvered by Hongmu, and who knew how many more times he would have to fall into the trap.
Jie Ting stopped staring blankly and looked at the screen, saying:
"Not only He Yonghuai, but also the Hehuan Sect and the Mechanical Sect have fallen into her trap."
This was the umpteenth time Jie Ting had heard the Ninth Elder mention Jiang He. He looked up some related videos and watched them for a while, discovering that the cultivators of the Xiaoyao Sect, not just Hongmu, were all incredibly audacious.
The idea of switching clues is brilliant. If it fails, the Free and Unfettered Sect will suffer no loss. If it succeeds, a group of people will be completely fooled by her. Those who are not so bright, such as He Yonghuai and other cultivators in their sect, will probably have to hit a wall a few times before they realize that they have been tricked.
The cultivators from the River Basin Sect were not an isolated case. After Ye Qingti of the Joyful Union Sect arrived at the shore, he directed the cultivators of the Joyful Union Sect to jump into the water to search for clues. However, the truth was that the monsters in the water were ferocious, and they could only climb ashore or wait for the ferryman's boat to dock.
Li Yi gripped the oar, wondering if he could keep going like this, or his palms would be raw and chafed.
Why are all these boats carrying the same group of cultivators? He didn't know the specific sects they belonged to, but he could roughly identify which sects they were from by the patterns on their robes.
For example, the River Basin Sect, the Righteous Alliance, and the Joyful Union Sect have all come three or four times.
If Li Yi hadn't been clear about the two spaces he had planned, he would have suspected that the difficulty was too great, causing them to fail to identify the clues.
Li Yi and his clones were busy transporting people everywhere, never stopping for a moment.
I thought that now that the official announcement was out, everyone would be heading off to fight for survival against the eliminated cultivators.
Why do we keep going back to the water?
Li Yi almost suspected that these cultivators were just trying to fool him.
He was exhausted and couldn't help but reflect on the note he had left in the box.
It simply says "water area," just like the previous note that guided the cultivator to the water area. If someone is intelligent, they can find out by going to the water area again. As long as they ask, he will give them clues about the destination.
Even the most foolish cultivator, after going through the hidden space once, would realize the clues weren't there, and then they should target him instead.
Li Yi gazed at the water where cultivators were repeatedly thrown in, and pondered carefully.
Could it be that his interconnected clues are too difficult, trapping people here?
Thinking of this, Li Yi pinched his thigh. This wouldn't do. He still had seven clues about the final destination, and he had only sent out three of them. He had to send them all out before he could leave work.
He is still ferrying people across the river, and he is set up as an NPC in the competition, only able to give clues when certain dialogues are encountered.
Li Yi was starting to miss the second two cultivators who came to see him: a chubby boy and a bespectacled man.
It has to be said that the chubby guy was really lucky; he only had to say one sentence to him to get the clue.
At the time, Li Yi was still naively thinking that the cultivators who participated in this year's sect competition were either smart or lucky, and that he might be able to meet his KPI soon. However, after waiting and waiting, he found that five groups of cultivators who received the slips of paper from the box had smashed spirit stones and then crossed the river by boat.
He's really getting tired of it.
Li Yi, punting the boat, once again threw He Yonghuai and the others into the whirlpool.
What a boring and tedious job.
Li Yi rowed the boat back. Once these groups reached the waters, they would board the boat, cross whirlpools/walk along stone paths, undergo a test of their inner demons, fight monsters, and then be teleported out of the secret room.
He knew the process perfectly well, and the monsters in the stone passage were also completely naked.
A batch had already been killed, and Li Yi was controlling another clone to restock.
He felt the absurdity once again. Even cockroaches, monsters with extremely strong vitality, could be wiped out. Didn't they find anything amiss?
When will these cultivators realize that the clue isn't in the hidden space, but on him?
Ye Qingti of the Hehuan Sect glared angrily at Li Yi. Her clothes were constantly getting wet and then drying again. She had been suspecting that this so-called clue was a hoax from the beginning. Otherwise, how could she have explored the hidden space several times along different routes, and even explored the area below the water, yet still not found any clues?
Just as Ye Qingti was about to question Li Yi, the ferryman on the boat...
Wan Qiziye and Li Songcheng, having obtained the clues, decided to return to the water area once more.
As luck would have it, Wanqi Ziye ran right into a group of cultivators.
It was the Hehuan Sect cultivators led by Ye Qingti.
"The River Basin Sect? Oh ho, you just came out of the water, you're all wet."
Li Songcheng appeared to be joking, but his gaze was actually scrutinizing him. Judging from the demeanor of the Hehuan Sect cultivators, they might have gone to the waters several times to salvage something or find clues, he wasn't sure.
Now that Ye Qingti has seen Wan Qiziye, his anger has shifted from the ferryman to Wan Qiziye and the others:
"What, you guys are going to cross the water too? I told you, this clue is fake."
Ye Qingti poured out his grievances.
Wanqi Ziye and Li Songcheng exchanged glances, both seeing surprise in each other's eyes.
Li Songcheng disregarded his vigilance and stepped forward:
"You say this clue is fake, what evidence do you have?"
“I, Ye Qingti, never lie. We’ve searched back and forth several times, turned the bottom of the water upside down, and cleared the stone passage behind the stone gate, but we still haven’t found any real clues. Do you think these clues are fake?”
Wanqi Ziye lowered his head and pondered:
"If you say it's fake, then it's fake."
The actions of Ye Qingti and others further confirmed his further thoughts.
Wan Qiziye suspected that the clues were fabricated by others. If it turned out to be true, and someone like Ye Qingti got caught up in this mess, it would be a waste of time and effort, and all their efforts would be in vain.
Li Songcheng looked confused, as if he had been caught in a trap:
"They are two identical notes as clues."