Chapter 107 - Liuxi Village 13 (1/2)
Ch107 – Liuxi Village 13
The invisibility cloak had a time limit. Xiao Lou’s group of three left while Xie Qi continued to monitor the movements of Grandma Sun. After running away, Xiao Lou whispered, “Early this morning, the prompt said there was only one gem left. Group Leader Yu, which one do you think it is?”
Yu Hanjiang thought about it and said, “The one in the ruined temple, the village chief’s home, Grandma Qin’s home and the two in the wheat field outside the village have been found by us. The gem in the village’s easternmost house is likely to have been found by challengers searching the village. So perhaps the one left is in the pond?”
Xiao Lou suggested, “Do you want to go and see?”
Liu Qiao told them, “The two of you go to the pond. I want to go up the mountain to see. Last night, people stole the roosters and dogs and headed in the direction of the west mountain. I think these animals should still be on the west mountain.”
Xiao Lou felt some worry. “You are acting alone. What will you do if you encounter some danger?”
Liu Qiao stated, “It doesn’t matter. I have the flight card and can run.”
Xiao Lou smiled. “Then be careful. We will soon come to the west mountain to meet you.”
Liu Qiao nodded and turned away.
Yu Hanjiang looked at Xiao Lou and whispered, “What do you think of this girl?”
Xiao Lou looked in the direction of the disappearing Liu Qiao and said, “She is very smart, otherwise she wouldn’t be able to reach 4 of Spades alone. Our contract still has a spot. If she wants to join us then I’d like to bring her with me.”
Yu Hanjiang frowned. “I am worried that the next stage of the secret rooms will have a certain number of people. The intermediate contract has five people and the advanced contract is 8~15 people. If the number isn’t enough, we might be matched randomly. It is better to find the right team members in advance then be matched to pig teammates. Do you want to add Liu Qiao? Wait until we go to the main city and understand the rules of the next stage.”
Xiao Lou nodded. “Yes. She might not team up with her since she is looking for her sister.”
The two of them chatted as they turned in the direction of the pond. Along the way, they met a number of challengers entering the village to search. The village had 18 challengers but only one gem remaining. It was naturally a race against the clock. The challengers were in a hurry and no one paid attention to Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou. They were busy searching the villagers’ houses.
Just then, a girl at the edge of the pond wondered, “I didn’t catch a fish. How did I catch a box?”
The girl was obviously a bit slow. She was fis.h.i.+ng in the pond and caught a wooden box, but she didn’t think it was a gem. Her companion reacted first and immediately ran over. “Shh… keep it down and see what’s in the box.”
Still, she was a step behind. A man suddenly rolled down from the tree, set them in place with Balance and s.n.a.t.c.hed the wooden box from the girl’s hand.
The woman was angry and turned red. “This is what I caught. Give it back to me!”
Her companion gritted her teeth. “Directly robbing a girl’s things, do you have no shame?”
The man sneered. “The rules didn’t say that we can’t steal. You can only blame yourself for being too weak if you are robbed.”
He excitedly opened the box and as a result, the box was empty.
The man squinted. “Empty?” Soon, he found that his legs couldn’t move. Suddenly, the man turned around and saw a masked person, gender unknown, holding a crystal red chrysoberyl in his hand. They spoke coldly, “I’ll repeat your original words. I stole this and you can only blame yourself for your weakness.”
The man spoke these words and quickly disappeared. Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang were near the pond and happened to see this scene of ‘the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.’
Xiao Lou lowered his voice and said, “If I didn’t see wrong, the person in the mask directly took the gem out of the box just now, right? He didn’t get close to the box. Perhaps he has a card to grab things from a distance?”
Yu Hanjiang nodded. “These challengers are very strong. No matter what the others are doing, we will go up the mountain first.”
Xie Qi, who was in charge of listening, suddenly spoke through the heart channel. “Professor Xiao, Grandma Sun and the villagers are discussing going to the west mountain to find their roosters and dogs. Grandma Sun and Grandma Qin are taking them to the west mountain!”
Xiao Lou replied, “Group Leader Yu and I are going to the west mountain. Little Xie, you and Shao Qingge should always take care of the village chief. If someone tries to rob you then use Teleport to escape. We will come back as soon as possible to support you!”
Xie Qi’s clear voice entered his ears. “Don’t worry!”
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Once Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang came to the western mountain, Liu Qiao was surrounded by people.
It was the man and woman who tied up Xiao Lou with the white silk that day. These two people were blocking Liu Qiao’s way. It was unknown what card skills they used but Liu Qiao had fallen down from the tree. Her face was stained grey and her hair full of leaves, but she looked very calm. “I told you that I don’t have a gem on me.”
The woman chuckled. “Do you think we’ll believe that? After coming out of the temple that day, we saw you flying from a tree. The first gem must’ve been found by you!”
The man spoke cynically. “Little girl, hand it over quickly and we’ll spare your life.”
Liu Qiao spoke coldly, “I really don’t have it. If you don’t believe me then you can come to search me.”
The woman looked suspiciously at Liu Qiao and approached, trying to search her body. Xiao Lou was rus.h.i.+ng forward to help when Yu Hanjiang suddenly grabbed him. “Don’t worry.”
The next moment, a cute Little Red Riding Hood appeared at Liu Qiao’s location. There was a little girl less than 1.4 metres tall, wearing a red cloak and head covered with a large hood. She had a white and tender face as well as a warm smile that melted the heart.
The woman who was going to search Liu Qiao’s body found that the other side had become a little girl and was slightly stunned. Then she heard a little girl with a childish voice ask seriously, “Are you my grandmother?”
The woman’s face changed. “What is this nonsense?”
Little Red Riding Hood heard this answer and her cute face changed in an instant. Her features twisted at a breakneck speed and she turned into a grey wolf. Her mouth opened and she bit the woman’s arm with sharp teeth!
The woman made a pig-like cry. “Ahhhh…”
In the distance, around 10 metres from her original position, Liu Qiao stared cold-eyed at this scene. She saw Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang and nodded at them, but she didn’t come over. Instead, she turned away quickly.
Xiao Lou sighed with relief. No wonder why Liu Qiao dared to act alone. The card she mentioned, Little Red Riding Hood was very strong.
Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou ignored the couple and quickly followed Liu Qiao. Liu Qiao stopped under on a tree in the distance to wait for them. The moment she saw them, she flew down the tree and spoke calmly, “I was just caught by the couple. The woman had a strange card that neutralized my skills and caused me to fall down from the tree.”
She held out her hand to wipe the mud from her face and picked the leaves from her hair. “I didn’t acknowledge you because then they could easily guess that the gems are in our hands.”
Xiao Lou smiled and said, “You did the right thing.”
Yu Hanjiang directly asked, “What is Little Red Riding Hood?”
“Upgrading it unlocked the second skill, Little Red Riding Hood and Grandma Wolf. You can replace the controlled person with Little Red Riding Hood and become the target of the wolf attack.”