"What do you like to drink? Sakaran mead? Or Blue Island coffee?"
Several exquisitely shaped and brightly colored wine bottles flashed from his hand. The gray-robed magician was like an enthusiastic landlord entertaining guests. Jiangshan Ruhua, who was sitting in the corner, did not seem to notice him at this time. What he was asking, his eyes wandering around were suddenly recalled by Duan Qing's reminder: "Ah? Ah, this, this... I still won't drink anymore."
"This is not the leader of the Jiangshan Adventure Group I know." After shaking his head, Duan Qing then changed the wine bottle in his hand to a white tea cup like a magic trick: "Then please Let’s have some tea. The special product of Changfeng Land in the Holy Mountain is “Zhagong”, a treasure that both the Zhuangsi and Hulun tribes have recently been competing for. "
"Thank you." He nodded slightly to express his gratitude. This time, Jiangshan Ruhua really took the steaming teacup: "Speaking of which...are you really the Mo Shang Qingshan?"
"What is there to hide now?" Duan Qing shrugged helplessly and "transformed" into a white teacup again and smiled at the other party: "In the battlefield dungeon back then, I was as handsome as the big brothers and seniors. The memory is still fresh, but now that I think about it, you are fully capable of becoming a professional player."
"Stop saying these things that hurt me."
The fragrance of tea made Jiangshan Ruhua's expression lighten up, and the expression that appeared in the heat again was mixed with a bit of a wry smile: "Now that I think about it, Brother Mo... ah no, Brother Lin's performance in the battlefield dungeon was also... It's quite impressive, and it doesn't look like an ordinary person at first glance, including the later Battle of Fars Fortress and the Battle of Zaraha City - ah, I'm sorry, I'm talking about this now, don't you really want to mention it? "
"It's true that it's all in the past, but it hasn't reached the level of "traumatic stress" yet. Duan Qing, who was sipping his tea, smiled and shook his head: "On the contrary, that time was also a happier time in my virtual game world, and it was quite fun to recall."
"...It's worth it for me, Jiang, to be recognized by the strongest player in the world." Jiangshan Ruhua let out a few relieved smiles: "If you don't dislike it, my team and I will still be your friends. If you need anything, just ask."
"I'm glad to hear these words." Duan Qing put away his smile and shook his head: "But this time I invite you here not to return any favors, but to "ask for opinions." "
"You are also the finalist of this competition we are holding. You should know this, right?"
It seemed that the topic had finally been brought to the main topic. The two people holding the teacups leaned slightly forward towards the center of the small table. Duan Qing, who had placed the teacup on the table, also raised the corners of his mouth and turned a picture of Tania with his backhand. The city map and the parchment pages recording the contestants' information were unfolded in front of the two people: "You should have watched the previous games as much as the audience and players. Anyway, in order to make a name for ourselves, we We never take any confidentiality measures.”
"Of course, I've seen it." Touching his nose, Jiang Shan Ruhua took the lead in retracting his gaze from the map in front of him: "To be honest, compared with those top experts from the big guilds, I myself I don’t think I have the strength to compete with him on the same stage.”
"There is no such thing. Since you can pass the preliminary round and the main match, which are like two big melees, you are a person with the same strength and qualifications." Duan Qing smiled and pointed at Jiangshan Ruhua: "And I can see it. Come out - you are also a person who has been "reforged" by the furnace, right? "
"How do you know?" Jiang Shan Ruhua opened his eyes: "When did you - wait a minute, can you tell me?"
"That's right, I'm the same person."
Pointing to his own face, Duan Qing's smile wandered among the white mist rising from the hot tea: "I passed through the furnace because of an accident. My character level was washed to level one, and my attribute points were also washed away again. It's gone - it's just washed into a "to be selected" state, rather than disappearing completely. "
"That's right, that's right! It's like having fifty more attribute points out of thin air! Hahahahahaha!" Jiang Shan Ruhua laughed loudly: "I don't know why no one of them discovered this. If everyone knew that this was like reincarnation. method of rebirth, then doesn’t everyone have several extra attributes of equipment out of thin air?
To be specific, no matter what kind of attribute restrictions it is, you can easily get rid of it - eh. "
"You don't seem to have any powerful equipment." Pointing to the armor and weapons on his body, Jiang Shanruhua stared at himself: "Why, there is no one who can take advantage of you. Or a fancy weapon?"
"That's not true, it's just that I haven't encountered many good equipment that I like." Duan Qing gestured slightly to the elemental staff behind him, and shook his head with a smile: "And as far as I know, I want to borrow this It is not an easy thing to complete "rebirth" in a way. I have not researched the conditions and methods for joining the furnace... Brother Jiangshan must have borrowed Tania's furnace, right? "
"Yes." Jiangshan Ruhua nodded and stared: "Did you guess it again?"
"It's just that we used the same furnace - you see, we are really destined." Duan Qing pointed to his feet: "But since the two successful cases were realized in the same furnace, then" location "This element may account for a large proportion... Hmm, interesting. "
"You must have heard everything, right?" The gray-robed magician sat there and pondered for a moment, then whispered to the purple rune that lit up in his hand: "Are you interested in investigating?"
"You know how to leave such a thankless task to me." A female voice sounded from the other end of the purple rune, and there was a trace of resentment in the mature and lazy voice: "Okay, okay, I’ll do it for you, young master.”
"do not mind."
Spreading the purple runes into threads all over the sky, Duan Qing smiled and nodded again at Jiang Shan Ruhua, whose face was full of black lines: "In short, you definitely have the strength to challenge me now, otherwise I wouldn't have invited you here. "
"Uh, then -" Jiang Shan Ruhua, who was holding a tea cup, asked cautiously: "Why did you come here specifically for me?"
"This process has been repeated many times. The time and location of the competitions with the previous challengers have been discussed in advance." Duan Qing explained in a calm voice: "Of course, in this meeting with you, among them There is one more item, which can be regarded as a merciless request from me."
"I know you may still be a little worried, or - you think that challenging me alone may be asking for death." Having said this, the gray-robed magician adjusted his clothes and looked like What emotions are brewing: "So I thought about it for a while and prepared to leave this choice to more challengers later: Do you want to choose a few teammates to participate in the finals?"
"Teammate?" Jiangshan Ruhua was slightly startled: "What do you mean?"
"Of the remaining challengers, you can bring a few challengers to join this final duel."
Twisting his fingers slightly around the tea cup he put down, Duan Qing continued to explain in a calm voice: "That means one more fight for justice. Whether it's a fight together or a wheel battle, I can accept it. How about it?"
"You, what do you mean?" Jiangshan Ruhuateng stood up after coming back to his senses: "Are you looking down on me? You think I can't beat you, so you want to give me a hand, right?"
"I don't mean this at all, I just think... ahem, it would be good to save some time." As if he had already guessed that the other party would react like this, Duan Qing raised his finger unhurriedly: "Of course , I’m not confident enough to defeat all of your remaining contestants on my own, so I only allow you to select people of comparable strength to be your teammates, and this can be discussed in detail—”
"It's not necessary. I, Jiang, act in an upright manner. Everyone else has already fought one-on-one, so why should I insist on using more to defeat less?" Jiang Shanruhua interrupted angrily and stood up, shaking his hand vigorously. : "If I really do this, it will be a trivial matter for me to follow the truth and be criticized by everyone! How can I deserve this opportunity that I finally got? How will my friends, my subordinates, and my team members treat me afterwards? ?」
"This is why I came to you specifically to discuss it." Duan Qing smiled bitterly in the face of the angry accusation: "I want to arrange the next schedule like this, naturally there is some selfishness on my part. After all, if No"
"Precedent", I think it will be more difficult to convince others by using this excuse again... ahem. "
"I am definitely not looking down on Brother Jiang to make such a suggestion. On the contrary, it is precisely because we have a chance and friendship with each other, and your ability and level are also the most suitable, that I am willing to say such a thing. .”
"...Do you have other plans?" Looking at Duan Qing's silence for a moment, Jiangshan Ruhua seemed to have calmed down a little: "Do you have a plan? Or is it other arrangements? Isn't it convenient to talk about it now?"
"It's really inconvenient to say this. Anyway, I will never trap you in injustice."
Duan Qing, who pushed a new steaming cup of tea in front of the other party and put his hands down in a comforting posture, also showed an apologetic face: "I can also assure you that if you are willing to choose "multiple people" "Challenge Mode", I will try my best to fight with you with all my strength. Not only will I give a satisfactory answer and explanation to all the viewers, but I will also be worthy of your efforts and efforts that have persisted here. "
"I'm not boasting. I've played so many challenge matches before, but I've never really given it a try. There's no way Duan Feng Lei and his ilk can force me to use my full strength." Duan Qing said this and winked at the opponent. Own eyes: "If you can force me to use all my strength, it will definitely be exciting, right?"
"If you say so...hehe, I'm a little bit more expecting it." Looking at the gray-robed magician's face quietly, Jiang Shan picturesque for a while, then he grinned: "Of the rest of the people Let me choose?"
"I really want to say this, but I'm afraid you, the lion, will open your mouth." Duan Qing said as if he couldn't bear it: "Well, you can tell me who you want to choose first."
"I won't go too far. I'll just choose two people I'm familiar with." Jiangshan Ruhua, who raised a new tea cup in front of him and enjoyed the fragrance of tea, thought for a moment: "Those two people from the Void Adventure Group, Fuchen and Yiwei Dujiang, they should also be qualified people, and their strength is similar to mine."
"It's very appropriate and fair." Duan Qing gestured and clapped his hands: "Where is the location?"
"I've had so many benefits. You must choose the location." Jiangshan Ruhua replied nonchalantly: "And the time of the competition, it's up to you to decide."
"The time is tomorrow." Duan Qing pointed to a corner of the city map that had been laid out on the table: "As for the location... Haha, I did find a good location."
[In view of the general environment,
"After all, if I choose complex terrain that is beneficial to me, then this "multiplayer challenge" will lose its original meaning. "
After another period of discussion, the sturdy figure belonging to Jiangshan Ruhua walked out of the room, and Ciyu Ninglan, who had been waiting for him for a long time, smiled and nodded to him, indicating that the other party should follow him. Without too many words, the two figures who were moving forward one after another then passed through the door on the side of the parliament hall. They walked through the central circular square in the rainy and sunny weather for a moment, and then disappeared into the distance. In the dark passage closest to the square: "Well, the legendary Tania underground passage... wait a minute, let me look at my adventurer's manual."
"Mr. Jiangshan Ruhua should not be here for the first time. At least in the last Tania preliminary competition, you and your team should have entered this area." The code-word Ninglan Touya was leading the way. He said without replying: "As long as there are systematic records in the adventurer's handbook, you won't get lost."
"I still have this level of adventurer quality." Jiangshan Ruhua, who was still constantly comparing his surroundings, replied absently: "But for tomorrow's battle, it's better to collect as much information as possible."
"Since you have mentioned the specific location, you will not go anywhere else." Ningyu Ninglan, who was walking in front, shook her head and replied, "Don't worry about this."
"What am I worried about?" He said this casually, Jiang Shan Ruhua kept looking around: "Where is that place? What is that place called "Dark Arena". "
"Just an ordinary underground black boxing match
The venue used. "The code words sounded in front of him. Ninglan covered her mouth and smiled lowly: "It's not as exaggerated as what Mr. said - ah, we're here."
The seemingly winding underground passage flew quickly under the guidance of Ningyu Ninglan, revealing the suddenly wide-open passage intersection after the corner in front. Two burly men waiting at one of the passage entrances also led the way. Wearing a black armor that was almost bursting, he turned his head. The expression and movement he was about to scold just now disappeared the moment he saw the person clearly: "Hey! You two! This is not a random place - Eh ?Yes, the Queen of Night Shadow?"
"Welcome back! My Queen!"
