Chapter 291
Yuxun Ge didn’t want this deal to fall through; she still hoped to gain more information from Wuren. As she followed Wuren, she switched languages and tried to chat with her...
From Feng Ran, she had learned 555 languages, and with her self-taught skills in the languages of the Xuangao (a fictional race) and the Dragon Clan, plus her native Chinese, she now spoke 535 languages. Surely, Wuren, one of the nine Moon Emperors, wouldn’t only know the Moon Fox language!
But to her surprise, Wuren remained silent the entire way… Yuxun Ge felt like she was talking to a wall.
At first, Wuren’s expression was icy, but as Yuxun Ge went through 300 languages, her demeanor became calm. By the time Yuxun Ge finished listing all 535 languages she knew, Wuren actually turned her gaze away, refusing to look at her.
Yuxun Ge: “…………”
**Chapter 377: The Divine Game: The Little Painter 4**
Yuxun Ge still didn’t give up. She began to gesture in sign language, offering to help Wuren understand her game rules, translating as much as she could.
Of course, she had her own motives; she wanted to gauge the difficulty of Wuren’s tasks and how many rules she had to follow.
Wuren understood her immediately and didn’t hesitate. Since she had decided to use Yuxun Ge’s ability to translate the languages of the myriad races, even forgiving her for the theft, she wouldn’t let this opportunity slip away.
Using a skill, Wuren enveloped them both in a thick fog, a technique Yuxun Ge had seen when she had negotiated with Wuren in her goblin form in the City of Midnight Sun.
Once a temporary safe spot was established, Wuren sat cross-legged, sending out mist to dampen the sand in front of her, and began writing rules in the desert sand with her fingers.
Yuxun Ge couldn’t understand the first few rules, but by the fifth, she noticed that it was identical to her second rule.
Yuxun Ge immediately patted the sand and began gesturing to Wuren.
First, she clearly examined both their outfits from head to toe, noting the absence of red. Then, she lightly scratched her wrist with her nail, drawing blood, and pointed at it. She then took out a blank canvas and animatedly gestured to Wuren.
Though Wuren lacked talent in language, she was exceptionally clever. After seeing the rule, the first thing she did was check their clothing. Not finding what she wanted, she cut her arm to draw blood, instantly guessing the content of the rule.
The key wasn’t the blood, but the color—paintings were forbidden to contain red!
Wuren’s frown relaxed. Her game’s difficulty was already at an abyssal level, with as many as 45 rules to follow, and the penalties for breaking them were severe.
No matter how long Yuxun Ge could survive here or how many times she could help her, at least her proactive attitude in fulfilling her promise earned Wuren’s recognition.
In fact, as long as Yuxun Ge sincerely helped her translate once, the lost ticket wouldn’t be a total loss. Ten times would be her asking for too much, but she wasn’t worried about Yuxun Ge deceiving her; Yuxun Ge was smart, and smart people understood the balance of gains and losses.
Tickets were indeed hard to come by, but if she could get a reliable translator, Wuren would even be willing to collaborate with Yuxun Ge long-term. She just needed to think of a way to get Zai Jiu Xun Ge to learn the Moon Fox language once they returned.
Wuren wrote down 45 rules in total, but Yuxun Ge only understood five of them.
— Paintings are forbidden to contain red.
— Painting in the oasis is prohibited.
— Painting is forbidden from 1 to 3 AM.
— Attacking players ranked with a tail number of 5 is prohibited.
— Attacking players whose completion rate exceeds 50% is prohibited.
— This round of the game is limited to using no more than 10 languages.
There was no discernible pattern or logic, and it was unclear what kind of rewards could justify such complicated rules and the penalties for breaking them.
After doing everything she could, Yuxun Ge didn’t leave Wuren’s side; she wanted to see how Wuren painted.
Wuren naturally sensed Yuxun Ge’s intentions. She wanted to say that she had never played this game either and would have to figure out how to paint through trial and error. She had participated in thousands of divine games and had never encountered a repeat.
But expressing that in sign language was too difficult. After hesitating for a moment, she decided to warn Yuxun Ge with gestures.
Wuren felt no embarrassment about this; communication wasn’t absent in the battlefield of the world. Everyone communicated this way. She had even used sign language with Grapefruit before—when the other party was about to kill her, she had said she had something important to say, and while Grapefruit paused to listen, she made her escape.
Wuren pointed at Yuxun Ge, then made a slicing motion across her neck with her hand, pointed at herself, and finally spread her hands.
Yuxun Ge: “…” The aura of the Moon Emperor suddenly felt so down-to-earth…
But she understood Wuren’s meaning: her life or death was of no concern to Wuren.
She nodded obediently; this was no surprise. Wuren acted with integrity, but she wasn’t a saint. She was translating for Wuren as a price for the World’s Tomb, and if Wuren were to protect her throughout, then it would be Yuxun Ge who would have to pay the price.
The two began to fly through the desert, searching for the exotic races Wuren sought.
The blazing sun overhead parched their throats, but Yuxun Ge, no matter how many powers she had, was reluctant to summon the Fountain of Light just to quench her thirst; she bore it stoically.
Wuren had fewer restrictions when using her skills, but when she summoned mist for the second time to condense water, she noticed Yuxun Ge’s gaze.
She shifted the water sphere to the left, and Yuxun Ge’s eyes followed. When she moved it to the upper right, Yuxun Ge’s gaze followed again.
Wuren dropped the water sphere on the ground, wetting the sand, sketching the towers of the City of Midnight Sun, drawing the Fate Not on Time, then pointed at three hands on a clock, drew an arrow, sketched a potion bottle, and finally condensed another water sphere.
She flashed Yuxun Ge a smile she thought was friendly, pointed at the potion bottle, then at the water sphere, implying: one bottle of Moon Sand for one water sphere.
Yuxun Ge: “…” So it’s outright robbery now!
She wasn’t surprised that Wuren suspected she had Moon Sand; all the players who had entered the tower in those days were now being hunted by the Xuangao. But even if Wuren suspected, she couldn’t be sure how much Yuxun Ge had.
The Xuangao were likely in the same boat. According to Zhao Shuying, the Xuangao had been seeking the item repairman daily to fix the Fate Not on Time, so it was likely that the first suspicion still lay with the Fate Not on Time itself.
Under the scorching sun of the desert, the Moon Emperor with nine tails squatted on the ground, selling water to herself, perhaps already imagining the scene of Yuxun Ge pulling out a handful of Moon Sand to buy water spheres. Though her expression remained noble and elegant, those nine tails behind her were already wagging joyfully.
Yuxun Ge silently summoned her powers, calling forth the Fountain of Light, and returned Wuren a smile: I graciously decline.
Wuren: “…”
During this time, Yuxun Ge also released Tulan; she couldn’t keep her cooped up forever. It wouldn’t do to have to explain later if they found themselves in a tight spot. However, she still had Tulan shrink down to stand on her shoulder to avoid drawing too much attention.
Wuren glanced at Tulan again and again. Tulan, who had initially looked at Wuren with sparkling eyes, eventually moved to the other shoulder of Yuxun Ge, distancing herself from Wuren… clearly having transitioned from a die-hard fan to a casual observer.
They flew for a long time, encountering various exotic races along the way. Many of them would actively avoid Wuren upon seeing her fox tails, but occasionally, a few would approach. In those moments, Wuren would turn and run without a care for her image.
**Chapter 378: The Divine Game: The Little Painter 5**
Yuxun Ge had to use several acceleration skills to catch up. She noticed that Wuren was purposefully searching around, not for exotic races, but for something specific.
The exotic races they encountered on the way were the same.
Finally, Wuren’s eyes lit up, and she quickened her pace. Yuxun Ge looked ahead and saw an oasis, with a blue beam of light shooting up into the sky from the southeast corner.
The oasis was vast, filled with trees, small houses, markets, and watchtowers, resembling a small city. Outside the oasis was a semi-spherical transparent shield, where many exotic races were already moving about with their pets. The moment Yuxun Ge stepped into the shield, a notification rang in her ears.
—【Welcome, player, to the safe zone. Attacking is prohibited in the safe zone.】
But immediately after, two more lines followed.
【Ding—You have violated a game rule. A divine punishment will be randomly drawn.】
【Divine punishment complete. You have lost 4 points of constitution.】
Yuxun Ge stared at her left foot, which had just crossed into the oasis, lost in thought…
Wuren had already moved on, and Yuxun Ge hurried to catch up, heading straight to the center of the oasis. There, she saw a stone tablet with an 8-minute countdown on top, inscribed with a passage.
【Game: Kings and Thrones】:
Once the countdown ends, this safe zone will be fully sealed off and transformed into a battle zone.
Players in the battle zone will automatically be divided into red and blue teams, with each team having 1 minute to prepare and decide the location of their throne. When the preparation time ends, the location of the flag bearer will become the throne’s location, and the game will officially begin.
【Victory conditions for the red team: Insert your red flag into the opposing throne.】
【Victory conditions for the blue team: Insert your blue flag into the opposing throne.】
【If the flag bearer dies, that team immediately loses.】
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