267: Xu Le: I want this magical treasure!

Everyone looked at the Beautiful Woman, their expressions changing drastically. Xiong Jingxiang glared fiercely at Nan Wuji. Compared to the taboos committed by the two women, the prohibitions he had broken were far more numerous and fatal.

Not only had he exposed the names of the two women, but he had also exposed the identities of the entire group.

As it happened, the Beautiful Woman was an evil spirit of unknown strength!

When Xu Le entered, he knew something was wrong. With his five senses, he had actually failed to detect the crowd crouching there; just now, when Xu Huan and the others entered, he had again failed to detect the people outside.

Inside and outside the fence, it was as if they were two different worlds.

But he didn't react, because he was hungry and wanted to eat first.

With his five senses, he was certain that what was in the pot was meat that humans could eat—ordinary pork!

Just as Xu Le stood up, a burly man among the travelers took a step ahead, snatched the spatula from the Beautiful Woman, and scooped into the pot, only to scoop up nothing.

?

The burly man was somewhat surprised and placed the spatula into the large pot again, only to find that the pot was just a phantom. He was like a monkey trying to scoop the moon from the water, unable to catch anything.

"Ghost, Ghost!"

The burly man stumbled about, only then realizing that the "Ghost" was not the pot, but himself.

He was like a Ghost without a body, easily passing through the crowd.

"Ah—"

The crowd immediately exploded in panic.

Tian Miao was like an octopus, wanting to jump onto Xu Le, but fortunately, Wang Xueting blocked her in time, keeping her separated.

"Quiet!"

Xiong Jingxiang shouted loudly, her voice drowning out all the noise. She then continued, "I am a professional who handles these types of supernatural incidents. Everyone, don't panic, let me handle this."

Whoosh!

The travelers obediently hid behind Xiong Jingxiang and the others, looking fearfully at the Beautiful Woman and the pot beside her.

The students behind Xiong Jingxiang puffed out their chests and stood at the very front. Nan Wuji looked at Xu Le provocatively, but realized Xu Le wasn't even looking at him. When he saw Xu Huan, Wang Xueting, and Tian Miao all crowding very close to him, his expression became even uglier.

"Xu Huan, Wang Xueting, come over here! Let's work together to block the evil spirit and protect these ordinary people."

The two women didn't respond. Xiong Jingxiang shot a warning glance at Nan Wuji, fearing that this liability would get the two women killed; many evil spirits had the ability to curse through names.

She watched the Beautiful Woman warily and took out a talisman. As soon as she activated it, she saw the talisman turn gold.

It wasn't an evil spirit, but a Spirit Treasure!

Xiong Jingxiang's breathing suddenly quickened, and Xu Huan also secretly told Xu Le immediately.

In the Spirit Realm, besides evil spirits, there were also some Spirit Treasures that had lost their masters. They would set up tests to search for their own masters.

The Beautiful Woman chuckled, "As you can see, I am just a Spirit Treasure looking for a master. However, whether you want to eat meat or want me, you must pass my game!"

Xiong Jingxiang's expression did not relax in the slightest. A Spirit Treasure was not an evil spirit, but Spirit Treasures also had their own personalities.

In fact, many Spirit Treasures had nasty personalities and liked to drag people into tests, only to play them to death.

She took a deep breath, "We don't want the Spirit Treasure, please let us leave!"

The Beautiful Woman looked on the verge of tears, "You... do you really want to spurn my good intentions?"

Xu Le sensed a wave of charm, but with a slight resistance, he shook it off.

The others, however, were crying and shouting that they wouldn't spurn her. Even Xiong Jingxiang couldn't help but agree.

"Giggle, since you have agreed, come over and take your cards, then you can eat the delicious meat." The Beautiful Woman's smile instantly brightened.

"No! We still need to discuss this." Xiong Jingxiang's expression became even uglier.

The Beautiful Woman's expression instantly turned cold, "You traitor, you are not worthy of playing my game!"

Feeling uneasy, Xiong Jingxiang immediately summoned her ancestral spirit—a golden Orange Cat with a golden bell hanging around its neck.

Jingle, jingle, jingle...

The golden bell rang, but her face sank.

In the Orange Cat's perception, the only thing in the whole world was a terrified burly man; she had also turned into a "Ghost."

"Captain!" "Teacher!"

Nan Wuji and the others exclaimed, but there was no response from the other side. They were instantly frozen with fear.

Countless taboos regarding the Spirit Realm flooded into their minds: Do not expose your identity; do not expose your name; unless necessary, do not use force; do not lose or share your Beacon...

At this moment, they had truly left the training base and truly made contact with the Spirit Realm.

Everyone began to take the cards.

Xu Le also went to take one; it was a simple character card.

Life: 2, Attack: 1, Defense: 0, Skill: None.

As soon as he held the card, he felt a connection established with it, as if it were an important partner.

"Brother, this is too terrifying!"

After Xu Huan took her card, she found Xu Le with a pale face and immediately showed him the card.

They hadn't seen each other for a few months, and the other party had become increasingly comfortable calling him Brother.

Xu Le looked over, but it was just a blank board; clearly, the card could only be seen by its owner.

Xu Le mobilized his five senses to the fullest, and the card before him finally became clear.

Life: 10, Attack: 5, Defense: 1, Skill: Summon Golden Dragon.

Wang Xueting also crowded over and generously displayed her card as well.

The two women's cards were almost identical, except for the last Skill, "Summon Snowman," which was different.

Tian Miao looked at the two women, hesitated for a moment, and did not come over.

Xu Le looked at everyone's expressions and could be almost certain that all the Spirit Tamers' cards were similar to theirs.

But he was an exception. Was it because she couldn't sense the presence of the Ghost?

But why did he only have 2 Life points, and his Attack was pitifully low? It seemed even worse than being discovered.

After the Beautiful Woman finished distributing the cards, her voice became cheerful, "Thank you all for your support. I will now announce the game rules: The cards in your hands can be divided into three factions, which are linked to your Life."

"In the upcoming trials, as long as you eliminate two factions, you can choose to end the game early and leave this place; when only one person remains, they will automatically become the game champion and can obtain what you desire! Giggle... Now, I declare the game started."

Game? What game?

When everyone heard that it was related to Life, they immediately became anxious.

But with the burly man and Xiong Jingxiang, two "Seniors," in front, no one dared to act rashly.

The Beautiful Woman picked up the spatula and began to ladle out meat soup. Neat earthen bowls were arranged in two rows, five in each row.

Everyone knew the first round of the game was related to the meat in the bowls.

For a moment, no one knew the specific rules, and everyone was afraid of falling into a trap, so no one dared to step forward.

"No one coming up? If no one comes, I will designate someone!" The Beautiful Woman looked at the crowd, smiling sweetly, like a Bodhisattva.

However, no one would be deceived by this facade.

Xu Le's stomach growled again, and he walked straight up, "What's the deal with this meat?"

"Take whichever bowl you want to eat."

"Can I only choose one bowl?"

"One bowl per person. If someone else is willing, you can choose more. But that person won't have a choice."

After the Beautiful Woman finished speaking, those who had previously been afraid to eat the meat soup were immediately tempted. That meat soup sounded like it might be a treasure!

Xu Le looked at the crowd; as expected, no one was willing to share their meat soup with him.

"Brother, I'm not hungry. If you want it, you can have my bowl."

After Wang Xueting finished speaking, a blush flew across her face. Although she had called him Brother Xu Le before, calling it out in public this time had a special feeling to it.

Nan Wuji: ヽ('⌒´メ)ノ

Xu Le waved his hand in refusal and focused his five senses fully. He discovered that among the ten bowls of meat soup, two were permeated with a rich aura of Life, two with an aura of sharpness, and two with an aura of heaviness.

He immediately understood that among the six bowls of meat soup, they represented Life, Attack, and Defense respectively.

Among the remaining four bowls, three were just ordinary meat soup, and the last one was permeated with an aura of death; he guessed it contained poison.

Glancing at the two women behind him, Xu Le pointed at the six bowls of meat soup from before and began to recite the nursery rhyme, "Little rooster, whoever I point to, I will choose."

After reciting it twice, Xu Le finally selected the meat soup with the rich aura of Life.

He took a sip of the soup first, then ate the meat and gnawed on the bones, and finally ate the lotus root inside. Although it was just a small bowl, he ate it with immense satisfaction.

The meat tasted good.

He had decided: he wanted this Spirit Treasure!

At the same time, the Life value on his character card increased from 2 to 3.