Chapter 341 Meeting an old friend in a foreign land

Chapter 341 Meeting an old friend in a foreign land

Chapter 341 Meeting an old friend in a foreign land

The man put down the wine glass in his hand, took out a silk scarf from his suit pocket, and slowly wiped the blood oozing from the wound on his forehead.

At the same time, the gambler returned to his seat and emptied the wine glasses of himself, Pétain and Mary, then picked up the bottle and refilled it.

"I'll appoint you as the next one to insert the coin." The man stuffed the blood-stained handkerchief back into his pocket and pointed at Meilin.

Mary and Pétain exchanged glances and nodded silently.

No matter whether it is the Chinese woman whose origin is unknown, or the strange man whose temperament changed drastically after his head was cut open, or even the strange incident itself called "Gambler", they are all shrouded in mystery and the truth is confusing.

No matter what you want to do, the most urgent task is to decide the winner as soon as possible and end the game so as to break free from the constraints of the gambler's rules.

Thinking of this, Meilin took a deep breath to calm herself down, then picked up a copper coin and held it between her fingers.

"Miss, please don't get into trouble..."

The man pressed his skull, pointed his eyes at the curtained stand nearby, and smiled, "Let's chat?"

"Let's chat." Ning Zhe readily agreed, and the two left their seats one after another and came to the outer edge of the stands separated by a curtain.

Pétain wanted to go and listen to what they had to say, but he was not allowed to leave the gambling table and could only watch the two 'losers' leave.

Fen Wu came to the edge of the stands, leaned against the guardrail and took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket: "Want one?"

"I don't smoke." Ning Zhe shook his head and declined.

"That's good. Smoking is harmful to health." Fen Wu lit a cigarette for himself and took a deep breath. A hazy mist came out of his lungs. "It's a good thing for the promoted to take care of their bodies. After all, the body is the capital of revolution."

"Thank you for your advice." Ning Zhe shrugged. "It would be better if the person who said this was not some lunatic who wants to kill me all day long."

Fenwu couldn't help laughing, and bits of cigarette ash kept falling from his fingers while laughing, and the skull cap on his head was about to slip off.

"Is it so funny?" Ning Zhe was a little confused.

"Sorry, haha, I couldn't help laughing when I saw you talking to me in such a weird tone in front of my wife's face." Fen Wu held the cigarette in one hand and pressed his skull, which was about to fall off, with the other hand, and said with a smile: "My wife's family is quite traditional, which makes her conservative and shy. She is not good at joking with others."

"I agree." Ning Zhe nodded, and looked down to see his bulging chest: "Then I can talk to you in a different identity?"

"No, that's good." Fen Wu suppressed the smile on his face and said, "Like I said before, I think you're pretty good, and even better if we weren't enemies."

"I hope so." Ning Zhe responded indifferently.

Fen Wu took a deep puff of smoke, his eyes flickered across the empty auditorium and dance floor below, and then he said, "To be honest, we don't have to fight to the death. Although the possibility of turning hostility into friendship is small, it does exist, doesn't it?"

"Really?" Ning Zhe raised his eyebrows slightly: "What do you mean?"

"Because from the beginning to the end, all I need is Zhao You." Fen Wu did not turn to look at him, and said to himself: "My luck is very bad, you know this, so I need Zhao You's rule of seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune to make up for this shortcoming. I must get Him. This is a necessary condition for me to continue on this path of ascension."

"So you released Te Ran at Bishuiwan Manor, set an ambush in Chenyugu Prison to try to kill me, and now you've even chased me abroad." Ning Zhe frowned and said, "Three times is the limit. This is the third time you've attacked me. Why do you think I'll just let it go?"

"Because our core interests don't conflict." Fen Wu said calmly: "Zhao You has been separated from you by the gambler, right? But you are still alive and standing in front of me."

"The life of an ascender is fragile. We constantly master new weirdness, make up for old flaws, and then create new flaws, which drive us to continue looking for the next rule that can extend our lives. We are exhausted and running around, and there is no end... The rules are linked together at the flaws, extending the thorny road called ascension. This is a fragile road. Even if we take a step in the wrong direction, we will be doomed."

Ning Zhe understood what he meant.

The life of the ascended is built on a chain of rules that are linked one by one. Any link is indispensable, just like a strong iron chain will break if any link is missing. The rule system built by the ascended with multiple evil spirits will cause the collapse of the entire system if any one of them is lost.

But Ning Zhe didn't.

The gambler took Zhao You away, but he was still alive and well, with no signs of dying from the backlash of the rules.

"Actually, you don't need to be summoned, right?" Fen Wu said faintly.

Ning Zhe said nothing, neither admitting nor denying.

"I don't know what happened in Hejia Village, but I can roughly guess." Fen Wu smoked the remaining half of the cigarette in one gulp, threw it under his feet and stomped it out, saying:

"I was the first one to discover the ghost Zhao You and entrusted Tu Yu to imprison him in that village, because I needed time to explore and understand his specific rules, to judge whether he and I are compatible, to what extent, and how to control him."

Ghosts are not medicine and cannot be taken carelessly. For an upgrader of Fenwu's level, this level of caution is the most basic operation.

"Later, Tu Yu told me that his blockade of Hejia Village had some unexpected changes, and some mortals unfortunately entered Hejia Village by mistake and fell into Zhao You's cage."

"To be honest, I was too arrogant at the time. I thought the worst-case scenario would be that a lucky person would somehow crack the rules of Zhao You and control it. But I didn't expect..."

"It wasn't just those mortals who strayed into He Village, there was also a ghost."

A wandering ghost from outside.

"I guess that must be 'Taiyi'?" Fen Wu looked at Ning Zhe with a smile. The wound on his forehead had started to bleed again and had to be wiped clean.

"If you think it is, then it is." Ning Zhe did not comment.

It's not surprising that Fen Wu knows the name 'Tai Yi'. This guy has the ability to manipulate other people's memories, so it's really easy for him to obtain this level of surface intelligence.

As for Taiyi's core rules and true abilities, Ning Zhe had never told anyone. Even Feng Yuxu, who had personally experienced the Hejiacun incident with him, did not understand the principles and process of his control of Taiyi. Lan Shiwen had always thought that his abilities were something like 'disguise' or 'imitation'.

"Then I'll take that as your consent." Fenwu smiled and lit another cigarette.

(End of this chapter)