Chapter 65: One in Ten Thousand

My thoughts were wandering, and Wu Tian’s masked face gradually blurred in front of my eyes.

How long ago was that? I seemed to see that dark underground tomb again. As a young boy, I had prised a piece of ancient jade from the wall. The jade was carved with a strange face, half smiling, half frowning. I also remembered that in the deserted village, it seemed that there was also such a symbol on the plane that took Yang Sheng away. There was also this strange mask in the old forest in the northeast, the “home” of the young fox.

Is it all Wu Tian?

Seeing my reaction, Wu Tian seemed satisfied and immediately removed his mask. He said, “Chen Chengyi, have you remembered something?”

I said in a lost voice, “Hungry Ghost Tomb, it was you?”

Wu Tian looked at me and asked in return, “Do you really want to know everything? You can talk about it when you can survive.”

“Live? Even if it involves me, you don’t want him to live?” Hearing this, Xiao Chengqian was a little out of control. I guess he hadn’t thought about this outcome, so he was anxious and looked like this.

Wu Tian glanced at Xiao Chengqian. Even though his expression was neither sad nor happy, he still made people feel that he was a little amused by Xiao Chengqian’s words. He said, “I originally thought you weren’t smart enough, but doing this today was unexpected. You endured until this moment before making your move, but because you want to get Chen Chengyi’s spiritual awareness better, I will use a spell to temporarily connect your soul with Chen Chengyi’s, so that you won’t harm Chen Chengyi because you’re afraid of hurting the mouse.”

So that’s it. No wonder Xiao Chengqian waited until then to strike.

“No wonder I calculated this game with the I-Ching, there are great variables, but it only concerns myself, I didn’t calculate that the variable was you.” Wu Tian finally just lightly summarized it, that he could still maintain such composure after such a laborious endeavor failed and he was even bitten in return, would make people think that this person is very remarkable.

The wind blew, and the snow fell harder and harder. Xiao Chengqian and I were both silent. In front of such a Wu Tian, anyone would feel powerless.

After Wu Tian finished talking to Xiao Chengqian, he turned to look at me and said, “The small game is broken, but the big game may not necessarily be broken… You will die yourself. Xiao Chengqian knew that only if you rushed out would there be a chance to break the game, but if you rushed out, you would also face a dead end, and you would have to go. According to the hexagram, the possibility of breaking the game is one in ten thousand.

What does that mean? I frowned, and Xiao Chengqian’s face suddenly turned pale.

“I’ve only revealed a little bit of my thoughts, and you’re so self-righteous. What do you think of the second half of my sentence that I didn’t reveal?” Wu Tian was probably still angry. He said this to Xiao Chengqian, as if he was deliberately provoking Xiao Chengqian. Xiao Chengqian looked at Wu Tian blankly, and suddenly, inexplicably, he fell to his knees with his hands on the ground, exuding a desperate posture.

Xiao Chengqian must know more, but now in front of Wu Tian, he has no way to tell me, or he doesn’t want to say anything because of some taboo.

Wu Tian, however, was too lazy to bother with Xiao Chengqian, and looked at me and said, “Even if there is only a one-in-ten thousand chance, I won’t let you leave this altar. I might as well think about how to use you, and this matter will end here.”

After Wu Tian finished speaking, he glanced behind him. Two of the ten cultivators who had originally followed him came toward me and Xiao Chengqian. It seemed that things had changed a bit, but in the end, it was like a fish in someone’s hands. It struggled a few times, but it couldn’t escape its fate of being caught.

What’s even more frightening is that Wu Tian has proven his identity, and all the mysteries seem to have been solved, but it’s like there’s a bigger fog shrouding me… It’s really scary to die in this kind of confusion.

Amidst the falling snowflakes, the two cultivators walked towards us, and for some reason, Wu Tian never made a move.

My group of relaxed friends no longer had relaxed expressions… But at this moment, Xiao Chengqian, who had been kneeling on the ground, suddenly looked up, then turned around sharply, and pushed me hard to the edge of the altar, on the steep yellow earthen slope.

Although it was just a yellow earthen slope, because of its steepness, it was like a cliff. I fell heavily on the yellow earthen slope. I was a little lost in that moment. Of course, I believed in Xiao Chengqian’s loyalty to me, but I didn’t understand why he had to do this. In fact, what kind of help did it do?

“Wu Tian, don’t forget, the time has come.” Xiao Chengqian’s voice echoed in the wind, and my body rolled down unconsciously.

“Chengyi, your master is in Guidaowan. Get on that ship, the black ship. Even if there is a one-in-a-million chance, I believe in you. Go and break the situation.” Xiao Chengqian’s voice, which seemed a bit blurred during the process of rolling down, came into my ears intermittently.

I could feel that he was afraid that I wouldn’t hear him, so he shouted almost with all his strength. During the fall, I kept tumbling and falling because of the steep slope, and I had no way to think carefully about anything. I just let the boiling emotions fill my whole body!

My master is in Guidaowan? And I’m going to break the game?

I fell heavily down a huge steep slope and stopped tumbling when I landed on a relatively flat gentle slope below the steep slope.

The Yellow River was roaring and rushing less than ten meters below me, but at this time, there was another sound that was even louder and more magnificent. It was the sound of a crowd. I couldn’t hear the specific content, but I could tell that it was a prayer.

This can also be seen as a form of incantation. Prayer is also a form of incantation, and the power of prayer of more than 10,000 people is unimaginable.

I felt severe pain all over my body. I tried to move my limbs, but since the loess slope was not made of rock, I did not break any bones.

Or, everything was predestined, and I was destined to go to the so-called Ghost Beach.

I didn’t care about the prayers of those people, and I didn’t bother to be shocked… What could be more shocking than my master in Guida Bay? Even though I had received a message from Lin Chen before, that my half-master was in the village, and Xiao Chengqian said that my master was in Guida Bay, it seemed to be somewhat contradictory, but I would never doubt Xiao Chengqian’s actions!

And Guida Bay, that mysterious Guida Bay, I never thought it would really be hidden here. Of course, I didn’t know how to get there, but Xiao Chengqian had already explained it clearly enough, telling me to get on the black boat.

Due to the severe pain, I walked a little unsteadily, almost struggling to walk towards the edge of the Yellow River… The place where I fell was right at the edge of the tidal flat, and behind the tidal flat was the backwater bay, where the black boat was moored and had already begun to move slowly.

I don’t know what kind of person can get on this black boat that seems to be different from the others.

I jumped down the steep slope and walked across the mudflats, which were a bit slippery. I didn’t care about the cold winter, and I plunged into the icy Yellow River… The crowd was praying, and no one paid any attention to me, the ‘variable’. I waved my hands and began to swim desperately in the water.

Can I swim faster? I gritted my teeth and swam as hard as I could. I had no other choice but to use this most clumsy method.

Fortunately, the current in the backwater bay was relatively calm, otherwise I would have been swept away by the surging Yellow River.

But even if the black boat was sailing slowly, I couldn’t keep up with it by swimming. Moreover, even though the current was relatively calm, it still had a huge impact, making my body unconsciously follow the flow of the water. The cold water and my somewhat stiff body made me feel inexplicably desperate.

I didn’t want to waste the chance that Xiao Chengqian had so painstakingly secured for me. I knew that I was carrying the one in ten thousand.

So, all I can do is not give up, but I can only not give up…

However, things did not go as I had imagined. The black ship suddenly stopped, and then headed towards me, who was still desperately paddling in the water!

I looked up in shock. Why? Was the black ship not controlled by the Holy Village? Was it helping me? Or was there some other reason?