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Chapter 348 Scorpion

"...Why aren't you talking to me?"

……It's noisy!

Lan Huaiqing closed his eyes and began to wonder how his friends could tolerate such a noisy person yelling in their ears.

"Why are you ignoring me?"

Miao Kaijie, who had been swinging between the branches, suddenly fell down and stopped at a height where he was face to face with Lan Huaiqing. He tilted his head and asked him.

Lan Huaiqing was caught off guard by his move and almost hit his forehead: "...What are you doing?!"

"I'm talking to you." Miao Kaijie hung upside down on the tree with his arms hugged, like a hanged ghost.

Lan Huaiqing: ...

Lan Huaiqing suppressed his throbbing veins and took a deep breath: "What did you say?"

"I say, have you seen over there? It seems like someone is fighting." Miao Kaijie exerted force with his calves, suddenly turned over and jumped up to sit on the branch, pointing in a direction.

Lan Huaiqing looked into the distance and saw an astonishing heat wave erupting from the depths of the distant mountains and forests. The scorching heat could even be felt here.

The flames shot up into the sky, and then a hurricane arose from the ground. For a moment, the wind roared violently, blowing the trees crooked and almost blowing Miao Kaijie away.

"Wow, wow." Miao Kaijie hurriedly tightened the silk thread, quickly forming a strong net to hold him firmly in place. "Is the fight so exciting?"

Lan Huaiqing thought he was going to go over, but he suddenly let go of the silk thread and let himself be blown away by the wind.

Lan Huaiqing frowned and turned around to catch him: "What are you doing?"

Lan Huaiqing's action was beyond Miao Kaijie's expectations. She crawled out of his arms as soon as she landed.

"You, why are you suddenly——"

Lan Huaiqing:?

Lan Huaiqing looked at Miao Kaijie, who was covering his face shyly, and couldn't understand.

Miao Kaijie blushed shyly, "You're too proactive..."

Lan Huaiqing: ...

Lan Huaiqing suddenly wanted to know how the Yu Shi gang could suppress their murderous intent towards him.

This man was able to live this long probably because of the kindness of the people around him.

Miao Kaijie saw that he was speechless and chuckled, "Why did you even think about going over there? You definitely have to run in that situation. What if you end up getting hurt?"

"What if it's a teammate?"

"Teammate?" Miao Kaijie was stunned, then said, "If he wasn't sure of his chances, he wouldn't have easily accepted the fight, right? Why couldn't he win a battle he was sure of? If he couldn't win, why would I go there?"

Lan Huaiqing: ...

Lan Huaiqing was shocked by his logic: "Then if you go and help him, won't that mean you've already fought him?"

"What do you mean if I get injured?" Miao Kaijie was shocked by his idea. "What if getting injured now affects my subsequent performance?"

Lan Huaiqing: ...

Lan Huaiqing's expression was very complicated.

This person has such a bad character.

Miao Kaijie, however, felt that he had no problems at all. Chen Mo was not a belligerent person, Qin Xiao didn't need to worry, and Mo Hanyu knew what to do when the time came.

More importantly, he didn't detect the aura of these three people from the conflict just now, and if these three people were to fight, they wouldn't be in that posture.

So Miao Kaijie left with peace of mind, without any hesitation at all.

"...You're not planning on just watching like this forever, are you?" Lan Huaiqing thought for a moment, then couldn't help but ask, "What if they all gather and defeat your teammates first, leaving you alone? Do you want to fight all five of them alone?"

"How is that possible?!" Miao Kaijie was stunned. "Then we can only blame it on bad luck, right? Then we can just admit defeat. It's not worth it to lose our lives for a game."

Lan Huaiqing: ...

He no longer knew what to say.

“…It seems like a fight has broken out over there.”

Yun Wangmei consciously looked into the distance. After his and Qin Xiao's unremitting efforts, they finally saw the end of the plain - the winding and towering mountains.

Yun Wangmei could feel the abnormal fluctuations of the Yuan Qi in the mountains, obviously someone was fighting. He believed that Qin Xiao also felt it, so he asked him.

Qin Xiao took a look and said, "No need, let's go from the other side."

He did not sense any familiar aura, so it would be beneficial to him no matter who he defeated.

After hearing this, Yun Wangmei said nothing more.

"Qin Xiao, do you have a plan?" Yun Wangmei thought for a while and asked.

"No." Qin Xiao sensed his surroundings and walked in a certain direction.

Yun Wangmei didn't know why, but he followed him trustingly without observing him at all. "So, do you want to stay like this forever? Just sit on the mountain and watch them fight?"

"What's wrong with that?"

In the blink of an eye, the two arrived at the foot of the mountain. Qin Xiao looked around and chose a route.

"Do you want to fight with them?" Qin Xiao suddenly turned his head to look at him.

"I—" Yun Wangmei was speechless. He did have this thought, but he couldn't put it into words. He was afraid that this idea would be ridiculous in Qin Xiao's eyes.

"It's okay, you can go." Qin Xiao said, "I have my own way, and you can naturally have your own."

"I can understand if you want to break up now." Qin Xiao stopped and looked at him. "Although I don't quite understand your idea, but seeing that you have been restless, it seems that you don't agree with my method. Then you can find a shortcut of your own."

"...Are you angry?" Yun Wangmei asked cautiously.

"No." Qin Xiao shook his head.

"Actually... it's not that I don't agree." Yun Wangmei scratched his head, a little embarrassed, "However, I did find it quite novel and exciting at first. But gradually, I felt... that it was a bit unfair."

Yun Wangmei touched his neck and smiled: "I think we should knock them down head-on and make them admit defeat sincerely."

"...Is that so." Qin Xiao remained noncommittal. "Then next time we meet, you go and deal with it."

Yun Wangmei was stunned: "Huh?"

"Don't you want to defeat your opponent openly? Next time, just come and I'll watch." Qin Xiao thought for a moment, afraid that his words might be misinterpreted, and added, "If you can't solve it, I'll help you."

...How should I put it? Yun Wangmei always felt that something was wrong, but after listening to his words, he felt that there was no problem, so he agreed.

The two of them returned to silence, but Yun Wangmei suddenly felt a little awkward.

Qin Xiao continued to move forward as he pleased until he reached the edge of the cliff, when he realized something was wrong and found that he had taken the wrong road. He said "Oh" and turned around to find his way again.

After they walked a little further, a girl who looked about fifteen or sixteen collided head-on with them. Yun Wangmei quickly took a stance, and Qin Xiao took a step back, signaling him to attack.

"Wait, wait a minute!" The girl seemed to be panicking, shaking her hands repeatedly with a look of fear on her face. "I don't mean to offend you. Can you help me? Let me go?"

"No."

When Yun Wangmei frowned and wondered whether the girl was in danger, Qin Xiao's emotionless voice sounded in his ears.

"Well, please..."

The girl's tears were like delicate and fragile flowers in a rainstorm. There was some beauty in the mess, which made people feel pity and want to comfort her.

"Why do you ask us? Since you don't want to come here to fight against others, why bother to participate in this competition?" Yun Wangmei was puzzled, but he did not take action in the end.

"Because, I--" The girl had just begun to speak when she was suddenly stabbed in the heart from behind.

The sharp tip of the knife emerged from the girl's tender chest. The girl opened her mouth but could not speak.

Qin Xiao appeared behind the girl without knowing when, and lifted her up with the long knife in his hand. The girl struggled in pain, and Qin Xiao pushed the knife in three inches, successfully hearing her heartbreaking cry.

"Qin, Qin Xiao!" Yun Wangmei looked at him suddenly, incredulous, "You, no matter what—"

"Tsk." Qin Xiao finally couldn't help it and glanced at him with disgust.

Yun Wangmei suddenly recovered and found that there was no blood on the girl's pierced chest. She was just holding the handle of the knife and trying frantically to break free.

"This is--?"

Yun Wangmei looked at the girl in astonishment, then turned to look at Qin Xiao.

"Substitute." Qin Xiao didn't explain too much. He turned the blade and cut the "girl" in half at the chest like a butcher cutting an ox.

Without any blood spurting out, the "girl" revealed the soft straw inside, and with a "bang" it turned into a broken straw doll with a piece of red paper fixed on it. It fell from the air and was caught by Qin Xiao.

However, before Yun Wangmei could look, there was another "bang" and the doll disappeared.

"Attributes?" Yun Wangmei had never seen this kind of attribute before and was a little surprised.

“…It’s not an attribute.”

Qin Xiao suddenly seemed to see something, his voice became slightly lowered, and he looked in one direction.

Deep in the woods, under the shadows, an emerald green scorpion slowly crawled out from the shadows, then slowly climbed up Qin Xiao's legs and feet, and finally landed in his palm.

"……what you up to?"

Qin Xiao looked at the scorpion in his palm and asked with a frown.