Day of Imprisonment

“Damn, what great luck!” Lin Qiqi breathed a sigh of relief at this moment.

She was very excited, which could be seen from her expression. Of course, she was also very nervous, after all, the whole gambling process was too exciting. Although she had been set up by that Mystical Arts Master and had to bet her card ring, the ending was good.

“I won, and I also used this gamble to get rid of that bitch Poison Scorpion. It's as magical as a dream. The most unimaginable thing is that I actually hit the Gambling Ghost's number. Unbelievable!”

She was still marveling at the coincidence of this event.

“Sometimes, luck is also part of strength.” Luo Xi looked around. This was the Under-the-Well Buddha Temple in its normal mode.

It could be said that it was equally eerie. There were many stone Buddhas of various sizes carved into the walls, forming a grotto-style Buddha forest.

It was also very shocking.

The small Buddha statues that crawled out of the well when the second bell rang earlier came from here.

There were really a lot of them, densely packed and extending into the darkness.

There were many stone carvings here, but many were already damaged.

The Buddha Temple was also old and strange. There was a Buddha hall over there, presumably enshrining the Centipede Insect Buddha.

The Buddha statue that was deceived by [Lies].

However, here, who is the only one being deceived other than the Insect Buddha?

“Let's split the loot fifty-fifty. I'll give you some [Memory] first.” At this time, Lin Qiqi came over like a nouveau riche, stuffing a large stack of cards into Luo Xi's hands.

Roughly looking, there must have been more than a dozen.

Obviously, this wasn't much, because the memory cards bet by Poison Scorpion and the Mystical Arts Master alone exceeded twenty.

Not to mention that Lin Qiqi also won Poison Scorpion's card ring.

There must be a lot of cards inside, but unfortunately, this card ring thing is adapted to its user, and the ability of the card ring itself cannot be used directly.

Otherwise, if a Memory Gatherer could snatch multiple card rings, they could become the master of all kinds of abilities.

“We'll split it again later.” Lin Qiqi blinked excitedly.

Centipede Insect Buddha.

Was it a centipede, or a Buddha?

Or just a monster that stole the Buddha's head?

Luo Xi estimated that this place still hid more unknown secrets. The scene wasn't big, but it hid a lot of things.

Seeing that Lin Qiqi was planning to exchange for Buddha incense and fortune telling slips, Luo Xi stopped her.

“You've already obtained seven fortune telling slips, there's no need to continue. Moreover, if you want to collect nine, you need to go to the Cloud Mist Secret Realm. This place requires specific fortune telling slips, and even if you want to exchange, there won't be enough time.”

Luo Xi's meaning was very clear.

Because the entire Youzuo Temple scene would close after the third bell rings, forcing a settlement. Instead of rushing and taking such a big risk, it's better to hold on to what you already have.

And Luo Xi himself was different from Lin Qiqi.

Luo Xi had already obtained eight fortune telling slips, and the last one was also within reach, so he had no reason to give up.

“Okay!” Lin Qiqi knew that Luo Xi was right.

Most importantly, she had already made a big profit through this gamble, so there was no need to take this risk anymore.

So only Luo Xi exchanged for Buddha incense and fortune telling slips, and asked for a fortune telling slip.

“Let me see!” Lin Qiqi leaned over.

“A very bad omen. Empty mountains, birdsong, difficult to find traces; flowers fall, water flows, always contrary. This is indeed not a good fortune telling slip, but, fortunately, it's not the kind that immediately leads to sudden death.” Lin Qiqi smiled and patted Luo Xi on the shoulder.

Luo Xi narrowed his eyes.

“This fortune telling slip may be worse than sudden death!”

“Ah?”

Lin Qiqi was surprised. She looked at it carefully again and clearly saw the problem, frowning tightly.

“Is it bad luck, a curse?”

She could be considered experienced, and some things didn't need to be spelled out to be understood.

“Now that I have nine fortune telling slips, what will the old monk's reaction be if I go to him?” Luo Xi asked Lin Qiqi, who had collected seven fortune telling slips before, so he could only ask her.

“He'll say a bunch of nonsense, then take the fortune telling slips, and give you a cloth bag. Inside there will be five to six functional cards, and also, there will definitely be six [Mana] cards, which means you'll get eleven or twelve cards at once.”

“Indeed very generous!” Luo Xi nodded.

No wonder so many senior Memory Gatherers came to strategize ‘Youzuo Temple’ early in the morning.

This place really had big rewards.

But it depended on luck.

If you were unlucky, like Old Jin, even if you were calculating and cautious, in the end, you would still end up empty-handed.

Moreover, this was in line with Luo Xi's last fortune telling slip: Empty mountains, birdsong, difficult to find traces; flowers fall, water flows, always contrary.

That was, nothing you did would succeed.

The scary thing was that you seemed to be able to see hope, but you could never reach your goal.

“It's best to exchange this fortune telling slip.” Lin Qiqi gave a solution.

“That's what I'm planning to do!” Luo Xi smiled.

You could exchange fortune telling slips here, which was obviously a special way to play. Bad luck could be transferred.

“Let's go out first.” Lin Qiqi pulled Luo Xi to walk out.

At this time, she suddenly remembered something: “By the way, you stayed in the Land of No Light for so long, what else did you encounter?”

“A poor person who was dismembered into eight pieces.” Luo Xi thought of the person in the cell.

The other party's situation was more than just terrifying, more than just despair.

What was even more terrifying and desperate was that this state was unknown how long it would last.

And when Luo Xi left at that time, the last thing he said to the other party was that ‘can’, which was a promise.

Luo Xi didn't know what the past self had promised the other party, nor did he know what terrible reality the past self had seen, what terrifying secrets he had learned, or what kind of plan he had made. He was just stating a fact based on the current situation.

He wanted to explore the secret of the Day of Imprisonment, but Luo Xi didn't plan to escape from here.

Luo Xi didn't like the word 'escape'.

“I don't like it now, so it's safe to say I didn't like it in the past either. So, escaping confinement has never been my first choice. Let's make a bold guess, I actually want to destroy this place,” Luo Xi laughed.

“What are you laughing at?” Lin Qiqi asked from the side.

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“It's nothing.” Luo Xi waved his hand. The two quickly climbed out of the well. Many Reminiscents outside were also hurrying about. Upon closer inspection, many were unlucky. You could tell just by looking that they had obtained very poor sign interpretations.

There were as many as three carrying 'sin' on their backs. They walked incredibly slowly. 'Sin Monk' was just a title, not the same person. You could see that these three Sin Monks were all different.

Some were tall, some were fat.

Besides the Sin-carrying Monks, there were also those with evil ghosts clinging to them, and even one person shivering in place with a large 'misfortune' character on their head.

“That's the Misfortune sign interpretation. Once you have that character on your head, everything goes wrong. You take one step and stumble three times.” Lin Qiqi pulled Luo Xi, walking around that person, saying that even getting close could be contaminated with misfortune.

Bad luck all day long.

“That person is finished, at least for this cycle day. They won't be able to accomplish anything. They might get hit by a car crossing the street, or be hit by something falling from a height while walking downstairs. Participating in a checkpoint scene challenge will definitely trigger the most terrifying hidden plot.”

“Really? Then this sign interpretation isn't entirely useless.” Luo Xi's eyes lit up.

He had always adhered to one rule.

Everything has good and bad aspects. When the bad aspect reaches its extreme, then, correspondingly, the good aspect will also be very high.

It just depends on how you use it.

In other people's eyes, it's being possessed by the God of Misfortune, but in Luo Xi's eyes, it's a hidden plot trigger.

So Luo Xi walked over.

The person glanced at Luo Xi, but didn't react much. Seeming to want a drink, they took out a water bottle and were just about to drink when, somehow, the water bottle slipped and fell, hitting a sharp rock and breaking open, spilling all the water inside.

That bad luck was indeed quite fierce.

It was clear that this Reminiscent had resigned himself to his fate.

He didn't dare to move, as movement might bring some kind of bad luck.

“I have a sign interpretation that might neutralize your 'misfortune' sign interpretation. Are you interested in exchanging?” Luo Xi was concise and went straight to the point.

The other person looked at Luo Xi: “I'm already like this, and you still want to trick me? Why bother? You can't fleece just one sheep, that's too bullying.”

“I'm not tricking you!” Luo Xi took out his worst sign, 'Lonely mountain, bird song, hard to find traces; falling flowers, flowing water, always contrary'. He waved it in front of the other person: “You're also a veteran, you have the ability to analyze and distinguish. The sign interpretations in Youzuo Temple can actually influence and neutralize each other. And if you observe carefully, you'll find that most sign interpretations are like only half a poem. If you put two sign interpretations together, it's like a complete poem, right?”

Anyone who studies sign interpretations a little will realize this.

So it's not a secret.

Sure enough, the person nodded: “You continue.”

Luo Xi smiled: “Look at my sign interpretation, 'Lonely mountain, bird song, hard to find traces; falling flowers, flowing water, always contrary'. It seems bad, but if you treat other sign interpretations as the previous line, it seems you can resolve the misfortune. Because even misfortune can only follow 'falling flowers, flowing water, always contrary; bird song, lonely mountain, hard to find traces'. You can only hear its voice, but not see its person. Misfortune is the same. So I say neutralizing bad sign interpretations has a basis.”

That Reminiscent's eyes lit up.

Indeed, he found this explanation reasonable. In the past, some people had discovered the effect of combining sign interpretations, but this situation was difficult to grasp, because the meaning of the sign interpretations was sometimes ambiguous. Combined with other sign interpretations, whether they could neutralize was unknown. It might even deepen the misfortune.

Similar things had happened before.

“Sign interpretations influence each other, and the result is indeed not necessarily what you want, but your current situation is already extremely bad, there might not be anything worse. Since that's the case, why not try? If you fail, it's just death anyway. If you succeed, then it's reversing your fate, from now on...”

“Stop talking, I'll exchange.” That Reminiscent really listened to the advice.

It was also because Luo Xi's words were spoken from his perspective, as Luo Xi said, try it. If you fail, you fail. Anyway, the situation can't get any worse, but if you succeed, things will really be different.

“I also have a worst sign here, I'll use this to exchange with you.” The other person took out a sign interpretation.

Obviously, he also knew that even if he used the Misfortune sign interpretation to exchange, the other person wouldn't agree, so he might as well save some trouble and be more honest.

“Perilous bloodshed comes one after another, clouds gather and mist scatters, fate is difficult to discern!”

This was the fate sign the other person took out to exchange.

Obviously, this wasn't a good sign interpretation. Perilous, confused, full of too much uncertainty.

In this Reminiscent's eyes, it was one of the worst besides the Misfortune sign interpretation, and it couldn't be combined with other sign interpretations to form a poem. Naturally, there was no way to neutralize and resolve the misfortune and God of Misfortune possession.

Luo Xi glanced at it and had no opinion.

Because relative to his 'Lonely mountain, bird song, hard to find traces; falling flowers, flowing water, always contrary', anything else was acceptable.

Neither of them had any objections, and the exchange was successful.

“Let's get to know each other. If there's a chance, we can cooperate.” The other person took the initiative to propose this idea, which was exactly what Luo Xi wanted.

So the other person learned Luo Xi's name, and Luo Xi also learned that this person was called 'Xiao Cheng'.

Judging by that God of Misfortune-possessed appearance, he was indeed very depressed.