Chapter 292
Chapter 292
“Xiao Qin, I can’t handle her,” Lu Jing said.
Lu Jing didn’t need to tell him that. Qin Weiyi could already see it for himself.
After catching Lu Jing’s whip, Miss Xie signaled to the surrounding ghosts with a glance.
The ghosts began closing in on the group again, moving at the same sluggish pace as before. In stark contrast, the saliva beneath them was rising rapidly.
In just this short span of time, it had already accumulated to calf height.
Jian Fan noticed.
He frowned.
At this rate, the saliva would probably reach them in less than an hour.
He had no idea what kind of harm it might cause, but his instincts told him it was anything but harmless. Until they figured out what it was and how to deal with it, the only course Jian Fan could think of was to avoid it for now and worry about the rest later.
The ghosts were closing in, and the saliva was rising. Their situation could only be described as extremely dangerous.
As the mastermind behind all this, Miss Xie was quite pleased with how things were progressing.
She even beamed at Lu Jing and said, “You’re quite good with that whip. You’ve won my favor, so I’ve decided to take you as my thirty-seventh husband.”
Lu Jing: “???”
Get lost.
There was so much wrong with Miss Xie’s statement that, for a moment, no one knew where to begin.
Should they focus on the fact that she had already taken so many men as her Groom? Or that her behavior was exactly like some philandering young master taking concubines? Should they first celebrate Jian Fan’s good fortune in finally escaping disaster? Or marvel at how Lu Jing had ultimately won her over with his combat prowess?
While Qin Nan’s thoughts were running wild, Miss Xie spoke again.
This time, she was addressing the ghosts around them.
“You are not to touch the prettiest one or the one with the whip.”
The ghosts nodded one after another. “Rest assured, miss. We understand.”
Qin Nan: “?”
Even after getting Lu Jing, she still refused to let Jian Fan go?
Was this the legendary principle that only children made choices, while adults naturally took everything?
Just then–
A whip suddenly appeared out of thin air in Yang Zhen’s hand.
Clearly, once Yang Zhen realized how dire the situation was, she didn’t hesitate to spend her Points and decisively exchanged them for a whip.
She had never wielded one before, but it wasn’t as if she had never seen one used. She swung it forward a few times. Naturally, her first attempts were poor, but after several tries, she gradually began to get the hang of it. Although she was nowhere near as skilled as Lu Jing, her movements at least looked convincing. More importantly, she successfully stopped the ghosts’ advance.
Yellow Hair let out a small sigh of relief.
But before he could finish exhaling, Miss Xie suddenly leaped into the air with ease. After executing a full 360-degree flip, she landed even closer to them. At the same time, she reached out and caught Yang Zhen’s whip as well.
Everyone: “…”
Damn it!
Miss Xie held one whip in each hand and still looked entirely at ease. Even with Lu Jing and Yang Zhen pulling together, they couldn’t make her budge an inch.
“Tsk. Your whip skills are rather mediocre,” Miss Xie said disdainfully.
Yang Zhen: “…”
“Just what kind of monster is she?” Yang Zhen muttered under her breath, her head beginning to ache.
The situation had only just eased, yet now it was dire once more.
If neither Lu Jing nor Yang Zhen could do anything, were they really all going to die here so soon after the scenario began?
Their Points weren’t absurdly high or anything. Did the Realm of Death really need to be this ruthless with them?
Qin Weiyi felt that the Realm of Death was becoming increasingly malicious.
Still, he wasn’t the type to sit around and wait for death.
He had already opened the Points Mall and was searching for an item they could use.
No matter what, they had to survive the night first. Once morning came, they would have the entire day to search for clues and come up with a suitable plan.
Qin Weiyi still hadn’t managed to make sense of the situation when an idea suddenly occurred to Jian Fan.
He thrust out a hand, and a bouquet of flowers appeared in his grasp.
Qin Nan was the first to notice.
Flowers? Wasn’t that the item used to raise Favorability?
While Qin Nan was still wondering what Jian Fan intended to do, Jian Fan held the bouquet out toward Miss Xie. “Flowers for a beauty.”
For Jian Fan, saying something like that was already a rare feat.
Even Qin Nan was stunned.
He couldn’t tell whether he was more shocked by Jian Fan’s actions or by the words that had just come out of his mouth.
Miss Xie’s eyes lit up when she saw the flowers, though her expression remained composed. “Are you sure you want to give those to me?”
Jian Fan nodded. “Yes. They’re for you. I hope you like them.”
At that, Miss Xie’s face blossomed into a smile.
She released one hand.
Seeing this, Yang Zhen immediately withdrew her whip. Miss Xie pointed lightly with her free hand, and the bouquet floated out of Jian Fan’s grasp toward her.
The flowers soon settled into Miss Xie’s hand.
She lowered her head and gently breathed in their fragrance, smiling. “I like them very much.”
At the same time, a notification sounded in Jian Fan’s mind.
“Miss Xie’s Favorability +10. Current Character Favorability: 30.”
Jian Fan raised an eyebrow.
Sure enough, flowers were meant to be given to girls.
Yang Zhen had already retracted her whip, but she didn’t dare make another move. Miss Xie’s abilities ran far deeper than they had realized. If Yang Zhen attacked again, she feared they would end up trapped in the same stalemate as before. For now, she merely glanced at Jian Fan from the corner of her eye and asked, “What do we do?”
Everyone else was looking at Jian Fan as well.
No one had expected him to suddenly give Miss Xie flowers. He must have had a deeper reason for doing it; they simply couldn’t figure out what that reason was.
“Miss Xie, may we negotiate?” Jian Fan asked.
Miss Xie didn’t answer. She merely arched an eyebrow at him.
“We would like to live one more day. Could we ask you to spare us tonight?” Jian Fan said. Then he added, “We can pick more flowers for you. Our lives have more important uses.”
At his words, Miss Xie genuinely looked torn.
She lowered her gaze to the bouquet in her hand.
She looked at the flowers, then at Jian Fan.
Was she actually considering his proposal?
Qin Nan stared in disbelief.
Things could develop like this?
He found the whole situation absurd. Miss Xie was absurd, but Jian Fan, who had set all this in motion, was clearly even more absurd.
Miss Xie’s indecision didn’t last long. She soon made up her mind.
“No one can say what tomorrow will bring. I don’t care for promises about tomorrow or some other day. I care only about today,” Miss Xie said. Her gaze swept over the group. “How about this? One bouquet, one life, one night.”
In other words, one bouquet could buy one person one more night of life?
They had no other options at the moment, so Miss Xie’s offer was worth considering.
But…
“How do we know you’ll keep your word?” Yang Zhen asked.
Miss Xie scoffed. “That’s your problem. Believe me or don’t.”
Yang Zhen fell silent.
“How credible do you think she is?” Qin Weiyi asked Jian Fan.
Jian Fan wasn’t certain either. “Let’s test it.”
Qin Weiyi understood what he meant.
He was just about to open the Points Mall and exchange for a bouquet when Qin Nan beat him to it.
Qin Nan had opened the Points Mall the moment Jian Fan made the proposal. Now, he had already sent a bouquet toward Miss Xie.