Chapter 5: Brazier

When night fell, the cold and damp breath came up, and everyone felt as if they had a cold hand clenched around their bodies. Xie Xi and Shen Yajun approved a blanket and gathered in Ling Youyou's room.

There was a brazier in the center of the room, and the brazier was burning with firewood, and occasionally a little spark splashed out.

Shen Yajun rubbed his hands, moved his body, approached the dancing flames, and said, "Why is there a brazier in only the room of Youyou?" There was nothing in Xie Xi's room with me, and I was just about to sleep, and I almost froze to death. As he spoke, he sneezed, not knowing if he had a cold.

Xie Xi looked at the flames in the basin and groaned, "Perhaps, the room of the Tianyi is different. He fell into deep thought again.

Shen Yajun didn't bother to think about it, and said to Ling Youyou with a smile: "Sister Youyou, look, this room was won back by Xie Xi and I for you." You see how cold our two rooms are, why don't you be merciful and let Xie Xi and I squeeze in with you all night? ”

Ling Youyou rolled his eyes: "Get out!" Xie Xi squeezed it okay, but you didn't help me. ”

"I've got you covered, too." Shen Yajun said angrily, "You can't just cheap Xie Xi, ahh, you can't just take care of Xie Xi." ”

"How can you help me?"

"I made the lighter and the cigarette." Salivating and about to say something more, he suddenly patted his head, "Damn, my Zippo lighter was taken away by those bastards, and I haven't been returned yet." ”

Ling Youyou giggled at his funny appearance, and was in a slightly better mood when he was spoiled by Wang Jiashu. looked at this pair of living treasure friends, and there was a kind of warmth in my heart. These two strangers, who had only known each other for less than a day, gave her the feeling that the orange flames in front of her dispelled the cold of the night.

Ling Youyou saw that Xie Xi had been staring at the dancing flames in the brazier and pondering, not moving, as if he was asleep, and the blanket on his body had fallen off at some point, and he didn't notice it. Seeing his blank and serious thinking, she couldn't help but laugh softly, then got up and went to Xie Xi, put the blanket on Xie Xi, and picked up the blanket that Xie Xi had dropped and draped it on herself.

Shen Yajun looked at it and smiled slightly, without saying a word.

Ling Youyou suddenly sighed faintly and said, "I have a complete falling out with Wang Jiashu this time, and I don't know how to explain to my father when I go back." ”

Shen Yajun was stunned and said, "You broke up with your boyfriend, why did you want to explain it to your father?" He arched his hand and said: "Your circle is really messy, say goodbye." ”

Ling You glanced at him, sighed again, and said, "He is the object that my father designated for me." I am a native of Jiangzhou City, and my family used to be a big family, and my father had several logistics companies in his hands. However, in recent years, the company has been operating poorly and running deficits. My father hopes to get the support of their Wang family through marriage, and if we can get their family's capital injection, our family company should be able to come back to life. Wang Jiashu is a native of Wuzhou City, and their Wang family is also a well-known business family in Wuzhou City. Therefore, my visit to Wuzhou this time is actually the first time I have met him, but we all know what the future will be, and we are not particularly resistant. ”

Shen Yajun was slightly puzzled: "Since that kid's family background is not bad, why did he treat Chu Lun and them subserviently?" ”

Ling Youyou smiled bitterly: "He, like me, has enjoyed all the benefits and benefits brought by the family's wealth and capital since he was a child, and naturally understands the power of capital. Therefore, it is not surprising to worship capital that is more powerful than itself. It is better to say that the more people like us, the easier it is to worship capital that is stronger than themselves. ”

Shen Yajun nodded when he heard this, and seemed to understand a little.

The two of them stopped talking for a while, and the night outside the window became a little darker. Occasionally, there was a birdsong or two, and I knew that maybe the wind was blowing again. The flames in the brazier in front of him were beating, Shen Yajun threw a piece of dried bamboo into it, and the bamboo "crackled" and ignited, and the flames in the basin jumped a little higher.

As if with that "crackling" sound, Xie Xi woke up from his contemplation, he glanced at the two of them, and said softly: "Let's rest early today, and explore the neighborhood tomorrow." ”

"Don't you practice the Dharma?" Shen Yajun asked.

"I don't practice. It's too late, I've studied this method, and I pay attention to it step by step, even if we practice honestly until the day of the Immortal Dao Conference, there is no guarantee that we will all be among the top four. Besides, I've always thought there was one place that was weird. In mission 1, only four of us are allowed to advance, which means that no matter what, it is impossible for three of us to complete the mission. ”

Ling Youyou blinked, propped his chin and pondered, "Perhaps, this game was arranged like this from the beginning, deliberately trying to eliminate some people. ”

"However, this game specifically illustrates that there is a happy ending." Xie Xi groaned.

"But that explanation doesn't say what makes a perfect ending." Ling Youyou said.

"I guess it should be all seven people to pass to be considered perfect, otherwise there is no need to arrange a seven-player game, but under normal circumstances, only four people are allowed to advance. When only four people clear the level, it is a normal ending, and when all seven people clear the level, it is a perfect ending. These are all speculations, though. At present, the intelligence is not enough. We need to take a closer look at this place. Another point, the secret room that Lu Min and they found in the last group, we haven't found out where it is. We'll have to find it on our own, and I'm willing to bet Chu Lun wouldn't tell us even if they found the secret room. ”

Shen Yajun and Ling Youyou both nodded in agreement.

Ling Youyou suddenly seemed to remember something and asked, "That's right." During the day, why do you know that the cigarette is not burning? Also, Why does a cigarette not burn? ”

Xie Xi smiled slightly and asked, "Have you noticed that it is particularly wet and cold here?" ”

Shen Yajun and Ling Youyou glanced at each other, both hugged the blanket wrapped around their bodies tightly, and at the same time nodded in firm and deep agreement, Shen Yajun added: "It's really cold. Ling Youyou's lips were a little blue from the cold, "It's too cold." ”

Xie Xi stood up, draped his blanket on Ling Youyou's body, then moved his frozen and stiff body, and said slowly: "At the same time, have you noticed that the seven houses from Tianyi to Tianqi are built very far apart, and there are large open spaces between each house. ”

"Why is that?"

Ling Youyou watched Xie Xi drape his blanket over himself, and his heart skipped a slight beat, like a small flame. She thought that this was like my blanket before, laughing.

"Fire prevention. Have you ever heard of Liu Bei's battalion for 700 miles, and Lu Xun set fire to the Battle of Yiling? When they are connected together, they can easily burn with each other. Bamboo, on the other hand, should be something that is relatively easy to catch fire. When we were led around the courtyard by Fang Mian, I noticed that some of the rooms had blackened marks from the fire. ”

"Huh?"

"So, I thought at the time, if these bamboo huts are easy to set on fire, I might as well take advantage of the demon attack on the third day to lure a group of demon beasts into the house, and then set fire to a batch of them. So, while the NPCs weren't paying attention, I secretly wanted to order a bamboo house to see if it was easy to light it. It was at this time that I discovered that no matter how much I lit these bamboos, I couldn't light them. ”

"Why?" Ling Youyou said curiously.

"I don't know why. I guessed, though. Maybe it has something to do with the cold and humid air here. Have you noticed that when we stayed in the mountains and forests, although it was a little cold, it was bearable, but when Fang Mian led us to this courtyard, the feeling of clammy and cold suddenly intensified several times. ”

"When you say that, it seems to be true." Ling Youyou said recalled.

Xie Xi took a light breath, and the breath that came out of it flew into a white mist in the air, and then dispersed, "So, I guess, since the first fire in this courtyard, someone has placed some kind of immortal magic trick here, and the moisture in this courtyard has been aggravated, and everything can't be ignited." In order to prove this conjecture, I went to the outside of the courtyard to try it, and outside the courtyard, the dried bamboo on the ground was ignited at once, that is, only this courtyard was cast. The bet I made with Chu Lun just took advantage of this feature. ”

In the end, Ling Youyou was already dumbfounded, this perfect observation and reasoning ability was simply making people fall to the ground, "Great God, please accept my worship." She and everyone else are estimated to be the same, when she was led into the courtyard by Fang Mian, although she knew that this game was a matter of life and death, she could only look at everything around her with the mentality of visiting and traveling, like Xie Xi, every detail was observed in detail, which was simply staggering.

"However, in this small courtyard, there is another doubt that I haven't figured out, I was thinking about this just now." Xie Xi groaned again.

Ling Youyou closed his eyes and pondered slightly: "Don't say it yet, let me guess." She pondered for a moment, then suddenly opened her eyes, looked at the brazier in front of her, her eyes suddenly brightened, and said, "I know." It's the brazier of this heavenly room! You said that everywhere here is not lit, but the bamboo in this brazier can burn! As he spoke, as if he was doing an experiment, he said to Shen Yajun: "Give me a cigarette." Shen Yajun handed her the cigarette as she said, she leaned over to the brazier, the cigarette was instantly infected by the flames, she took the cigarette to her eyes and looked at it carefully, on the lit spark, the smoke floated up, exuding the smell of tar and nicotine.

This smoke can be lit again.

"I see, this brazier is not some kind of treasure!" Shen Yajun shouted.

Xie Xi shook his head and said, "I also guess if this brazier will be a treasure, but I can't see anything famous when I look at it over and over again." Maybe there's something I haven't found. ”

Ling Youyou and Shen Yajun both checked the brazier, but they didn't find anything, and finally had to say, "Since that's the case, then we'll go to the neighborhood tomorrow to investigate other information." Xie Xi nodded.

After a while, Xie Xi dragged the reluctant Shen Yajun out of Ling Youyou's room. After a night without a word, the three of them went back to their rooms to rest.

……

Early the next morning, after Fang Mian brought breakfast again, he instructed everyone to practice the method diligently, and then Edgeworth left.

Each of the seven had breakfast in their own room. Soon, the three of Xie Xi took advantage of the bright morning sun to get out of the room, preparing to explore the neighborhood as planned. As soon as the three of them went out, they saw that the four people led by Chu Lun over there also got out of the house at the same time.

When Chu Lun saw Xie Xi and them, he took the initiative to smile and greet, "There was a little dispute yesterday. However, we have discussed that everyone is in the same boat, and there is no need to fight over small things. Today is the second day of entering the game, and according to the previous groups, we will hear the cry of the strange monster in the middle of the night tonight. The crisis is imminent, and if the infighting continues, neither of us will be able to please us. So I thought we might as well cooperate today. ”

Chu Lun changed his domineering posture yesterday, and at this moment, with a warm smile on his face, he couldn't help but feel good for a moment.

Xie Xi exchanged a look with Shen Yajun and Ling Youyou, and they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, this person is worthy of being the successor cultivated in the big family, although he is young, but the city government is not shallow, and he has already packed up his emotions in just one night to seek cooperation.

Although Fang Ling, Xia Wei, and Wang Jiashu were still a little unhappy on their faces, Chu Lun's cooperative attitude was enough to suppress their spread, and he seemed to have absolute authority on their side.

Xie Xi groaned slightly: "How to cooperate?" ”

Chu Lun smiled slightly and said, "Have you practiced the exercises taught by Fang Mian?" ”

Shen Yajun said lightly: "I have practiced." Any questions? ”

"Don't you think there's anything wrong?"

Xie Xi and the three of them glanced at each other.

Chu Lun smiled slightly and continued, "So you didn't see it. I studied the recipe taught by Fang Mian, this recipe is gradual, even if you practice honestly for more than ten days, it is not very useful, I think finding the secret room is the key to changing the plot. ”

Xie Xi nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Chu Lun saw that they were all calm and unsurprised, and couldn't help but feel bored, and put away a little bit of showing off, and continued: "It's good if you don't object." I'm also worried that you're trying to shut up in your room and practice the Dharma and get it wrong. Then we'll now have the same goal - to find the secret room with all our might. At present, finding the secret room that Lu Min found in the last group is the most important thing. ”

"Pathfinder? We're going to do that too. But how are you going to find your way? Xie Xi asked.

"With this small courtyard as the center, the four of us on our side will look for the east, and the three of you will look for the west, no matter which side finds the secret room, you must notify the other side, and you can't go in alone and abandon the other side. What do you think? Chu Lun's eyes flashed.

Xie Xi smiled, he only then understood why Chu Lun wanted the three of them to cooperate, after all, the mountain road of Yunluan Peak was rugged, with mountains and mountains, and the situation was unknown, it was indeed too difficult to rely on the four of them to explore the way. But after yesterday's dispute, they were worried that if Xie Xi and the three of them found the secret room, but sneaked in and left them, then everything would be over, and this is why they have today's goodwill.

Xie Xi nodded and said, "Okay." Then you ......"

"We've found it here, and we'll let you know. I've tried it before and the phone works in this world. When the time comes, we will contact us by phone. My number is: ......"

Xie Xi didn't expect that mobile phones in this world could be used, but it was useless to be able to use them, Xie Xi didn't buy a mobile phone at all - he couldn't afford it at all. He glanced at Shen Yajun, Shen Yajun nodded, took out his iPhone, and wrote down Chu Lun's number.

Chu Lun saw that Shen Yajun had written down the number, nodded and said, "That's good, it's a word." "Reach out.

Xie Xi stretched out his hand and slapped his hands with him: "A word is a certainty." ”

The two groups of people split into two ways and began to explore this magical Yunluan Peak.