Xiaolan and Jasmine looked at each other, "Is it possible that the disasters of that year also disappeared?"
"That's right," Meili put down the water glass and said seriously, "when the giant moon appears, disaster appears. When the giant moon disappears, disaster disappears as well. That year, the people in the village got through it safely, but during the Mid-Autumn Festival the next year, The giant moon came again, and the villagers thought of many ways and tried to wash away many things along the river, but to no avail. At this time, one person suggested that they try using young girls..."
At this point, Merry frowned and closed his mouth.
"It seems it worked, right?" Jasmine asked softly.
Merry sighed and nodded.
"After that, every Mid-Autumn Festival, Moon Village will choose a girl and use her sacrifice to exchange for the peace of the whole village."
The three of them were silent for a few seconds.
Xiaolan opened her mouth again, "What does this have to do with Jin Xianlei?"
"As you can see, the Moon Villagers are composed of two big clans. The people in the village are either the Mai clan or the Lang clan. No one is willing to choose sacrifices from their own clansmen, so Jin Xianlei was created. The three Jinxians of the two clans competed against each other, winning two out of three games, and the sacrifice was chosen from the clan that lost the Jinxian Tournament that year."
Xiaolan opened her mouth slightly, and after listening to Meili's words, she lowered her head in thought.
"But I lost the first game," Meili said with a worried tone. He coughed a few more times, "I really tried my best. I'm sorry. Only if you all win can we have a chance to save the young girl from Lang's family." life."
"But..." Xiaolan caught a glimpse of the two people's gazes from the corner of her eye, raised her head and said, "Even if we win, someone will still die."
Meili was startled for a moment, then quickly smiled and said, "I told you, this is just a game."
Xiaolan's pupils flickered a few times, and she pursed her lips and nodded.
Jasmine noticed Xiaolan's expression, reached out and put her hand on the back of Xiaolan's hand, patted it a few times, and then faced Meili and said, "Are there any rules for this Jinxianlei? Do you just want to hit me casually?"
"Of course not," Merry's smile widened slightly, and he could faintly see the two small tiger teeth on the right side of his mouth, "Hey, have you seen that golden sword? You can only use gold to attack in the ring. Jin Xian Ge is a symbol of villagers' piety. A few days before the competition started, I have been practicing using Jin Xian Ge, but... I still don't know how to use it. Alas, in the final analysis, I am still too weak. "
"You are so skinny, but you still have to fight with a strong man with unfamiliar weapons, which is already amazing," Xiaolan quickly comforted, "Don't worry, Jasmine and I can win the remaining two games."
Meili looked at Xiaolan and said, "But you are also very thin."
Eh.
Xiaolan was choked by these words and didn't know how to answer them.
"I don't know how we matched up with teammates at this level, but we three girls were assigned together," Meili said dissatisfied, "I don't know what the remaining two over there are like."
Jasmine first remembered what she heard when the two of them were among the crowd of Mai people, "There is a girl and two boys over there."
"how do you know?"
"We heard it when we were outflanking the Mai clan." Xiaolan stretched out her fingers and started to pull. "The person you are fighting against is a boy. So, Jasmine and I are fighting against a boy and a girl."
After saying that, Xiaolan turned her head to look at Jasmine, "Which one of us will go to the one the day after tomorrow?"
"I don't care." Jasmine shrugged.
"It can't be indifferent," Merry sat up. "If there is really a man and a woman over there, then it will depend on which of you is more suitable to fight a man or a woman, and then we will arrange the appearance."
Jasmine glanced at Xiaolan and said quickly, "If I don't fight a woman, I can't do it."
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"Moli, what are you talking about? Didn't you enjoy beating me when you first met me?"
"You are you, and girls are girls," Jasmine faltered, "That's it, I'll beat the men, and Xiaolan will beat the women."
Meili looked at Xiaolan and said, "Are you okay?"
Xiaolan pouted, "What's wrong with me? I don't have any problem. I'll hit anyone."
"Then...then it depends on the order of appearances over there," Merry pretended not to notice the flirting between the two, "I do have a route where I can overhear the plan over there, so I should come here. The one I stepped on on the first day was right next to the Mai clan’s Jinxian tent.”
Xiaolan and Jasmine knew the news well, and Jasmine said anxiously, "Then let's go and listen quickly."
"There's no rush," Meili raised his hand to interrupt, "At this time, they are probably about to rest anyway, and... although there are only the three of us in the tent now, there are many young adults from the Lang family surrounding our tent outside the tent. Those who are guarding must be the same with the Mai clan. If you want to eavesdrop, it is best to find a suitable time tomorrow and sneak in while the Mai clan is handing over."
Merry actually thought about this.
"Meili," Jasmine suddenly sounded a lot gentler after agreeing to Meili's plan, "Well, but if we both win, then...can the game judge you to have passed?"
This is also an issue that must be discussed.
Merry gave a pale smile and said, "I don't know either."
"Ah? Aren't you an experienced player who has been playing for two or three times?" Jasmine's eyes widened in shock.
Merry blinked and tilted his head, "Why do you think so?"
"Because you seem to have analyzed all the situations clearly," Xiaolan praised without hesitation, "and even stepped forward a little bit. I feel like the only thing you lack is for us two fools to fight in a group."
Meili's pale cheeks finally turned crimson.
"About this, I have one last important thing to say," Merry cleared his throat. "No matter who goes to the arena the night after tomorrow, I hope you two won't go out early, and don't let anyone see the contestants over there. They look like that, so tomorrow, let me eavesdrop on their plans..."
"Are you healed?" Jasmine hit the nail on the head.
"We will disguise ourselves before eavesdropping," Xiaolan put on her clothes and hat, "and...actually someone from the Mai clan has already seen us, but she doesn't know we are Jin Xian yet."
"But you'd better practice in the tent tomorrow. That Jin Xian Ge is really not easy to use."
Jasmine waved her hand, "You don't have to worry about these things, we know it well."
After understanding their mission and blowing some funny lies, the three of them lay down on the three beds in the tent. The moment their heads hit the pillows, sleepiness surged over them.
Before going to bed, Xiaolan ran to Jin Xiange's side and touched two of Jin Xiange's swords. The cold touch of copper and iron gave her a sobering blunt blow. Thinking of the cold smell of the gold and iron horses, Xiaolan Lan fell asleep.
