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After getting the bow and arrow for himself, Ji Dong began to train like crazy.
Apart from the necessary time for rest, he basically lived on the training ground.
Recalling his experience in the last [Film], Ji Dong reflected on his own shortcomings in detail.
As a young man born and raised in a peaceful, tranquil, and happy world with abundant resources, Ji Xiao’niao was only a newcomer who had spent less than half a month in the [Peach Blossom Spring] when he entered [Separation of Flesh and Bone].
When facing the pressure of survival, his way of thinking many times still, inevitably, remained in the mindset of a peaceful world.
Now in retrospect, Ji Dong felt that he was too emotional and not thoughtful enough. Even if he could find the correct customs clearance route, he would mostly rely on emotions instead of logic.The foothold of decision-making can even be said to be a little bit arrogant.
If he did not have two reliable teammates, plus some of the incidental factors that could only be classified as “luck”, there was an 80% chance he would have perished in the Research Institute.
Ji Dong is used to being a person who knows how to self-examine.
So he thought seriously for a long time and thought that in addition to making himself more sensible and decisive when thinking about problems in the future, another very important point was to get stronger!
The experience of two consecutive [Films] taught him that in the face of the bizarre and unpredictable storyline, only if he is strong enough could he cope with those sudden cruel and severe tests more calmly, while also protecting others around him.
So Ji Xiao’niao fell into a kind of magical trance of “I must become stronger”, and was addicted to training and could not extricate herself.
He forced himself to adapt to his new weapon in a short period of time by practicing intensely until he was comfortable with it as the arm moved the finger.
He also spent points to further strengthen his physical fitness and dynamic vision, and rented a coach-type artificial intelligence in the training ground. He began to learn some physical techniques suitable for close combat. He refused to leave the training ground without exhausting himself every day.
The twenty-day preparation period flew by.
On March 15, it was time for all the participants in the [Peach Blossom Spring] to enter the [Film].
Ji Dong, Ren Jianmo, and Mo Tiangen came to the Hourglass Cube on time and waited in line to enter the [Film].
“See you later!”
Before walking into the corridor, Mo Tiangen turned back to his two companions and greeted them.
“Okay, see you later.”
Ji Dong replied with a smile and a wave of his hand.
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However, classmate Ji Xiao’niao never imagined that the phrase “see you later” was actually a FLAG he inserted for himself.
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When Ji Dong saw the unknown item approaching quickly, his body responded before his consciousness, and he simply spun on the spot for half a circle, evading the hard object that was going to hit him. Before it touched the ground, he stretched out and caught the copper pot in his arms.
“Hey, the little brat moves quite well!”
A sharp and shrill voice, not quite male nor female, could be heard from not far away, obviously aimed at Ji Dong, “Get up, it’s time to work.
Ji Dong jolted and was completely awake.
He clutched the copper pot and leaped up from his bunk, while in this instant, the worldview directly instilled into his mind by the [Peach Blossom Spring] quickly flooded in, allowing him to immediately understand his situation.
This [Film] called [Painted Wall of Souls] was taking place in a rather huge mansion.
Or more accurately, a demon nest.
And Ji Dong was a human being hidden in the monster’s nest. His current identity was a servant.
That’s right.
For now, the monsters in the room still treat him as their own kind.
Only the “ghosts” hidden in the mansion know their true identities and will play a game of hide-and-seek with them, daring humans who blend into the pile of monsters, at the beginning of the night…
While processing all this information in his head, Ji Dong hurriedly got up from the big bunk bed, and with swift movements, quickly sorted out his appearance.
Since he entered a [Film] with an ancient background, he naturally could not maintain the appearance of a short-haired guy wearing a t-shirt and jeans.
The [Peach Blossom Spring] had already made his curls grow to his shoulders, enough to put up in a bun, and it had also automatically input into his brain how to tie his hair, dress, and wear the era-appropriate shoes.
Furthermore, the [Peach Blossom Spring] made it plain to Ji Dong that in this [Film], the watch on the participant’s wrist is visible only to them. It was invisible to any other living thing, including the room full of demons or even other participants.
As for the prop that Ji Dong brought from the [Peach Blossom Spring]—the black bow named [Lone Silence] turned into a small, inconspicuous iron bracelet, quietly circled around his wrist. The seven arrows that came with it turned into seven tassels on his hairpin; as for the [Energy Storing Explosive Candy] that contained his pre-stored power, it was now in a small blue cloth purse, tied to his belt.
In addition to these two props, Ji Dong felt something sticking from his coat while he was putting it on.
He alertly examined the environment around him, then quickly reached into his coat to pull out a corner of the thing and lowered his head to quickly catch a glimpse of it.
It was a small wooden tile not much bigger than a mahjong tile, polished smoothly, with only a layer of varnish to reveal the original wood color, with two golden inscribed words that said, {Gold A}.
Ji Dong sifted over the material in his head and concluded that the [Peach Blossom Spring] did not provide information on what the wooden plaque was for.
All he could do was delicately tuck it inside his lapel.
After quickly tidying himself up, Ji Dong blended in with the group of servants and followed behind seven or eight “people” through a corridor to the back hall.
“Dinner’s ready!”
The tall, thin middle-aged man who hurled the copper pot at Ji Xiao’niao, who seemed to be a steward, was beating a copper plate with a wooden spoon and calling numerous lads to come and eat with his indistinguishable voice “Get up, eat, and get to work! We have a lot of distinguished guests tonight, so you have to be quick-witted!”
When the steward was talking, he could see a long thin, forked tongue darting out of his mouth.
——This is a snake demon!
“What’s the use of having more guests coming…”
At this time, a small demon beside Ji Dong pouted and muttered.
“It’s not our turn anyway…”
“Hey! You little brat, you’ve got some nerve!”
The middle-aged steward’s arm suddenly stretched, and he hit the little demon on the head with a wooden spoon.
“I told you to be more efficient, but you still dare to talk a lot of nonsense, do you not want to live!”
The blow drove the small demon to fall back two paces, he scowled and shut his mouth in distaste.
Ji Dong lowered his head, along with several other people, and looked at the wooden table.
On the table was a large wooden bowl of mixed grain porridge, as well as the unleavened doughy steamed buns. There were three or five side dishes and a bowl of red pepper. Two of the side dishes had meat in them. According to the standard of food in ancient times for servants, this was considered sumptuous and plentiful.
However several small demons lips’ curled as they skimmed the table, “It’s steamed buns and porridge again. I have no appetite when I look at it…”
However, despite what they said, they still scooped up a large bowl of porridge, tore the steamed buns into pieces and soaked them in it. In the porridge, topped with chili peppers and side dishes, they squatted at the table, and gobbled down.
Ji Dong: “……”
He remembered Ren Jianmo’s reminder, not to eat a single grain of rice if he wished to not die!
“Hey, why aren’t you eating?”
One of the little demons raised his head and asked when he noticed that Ji Xiao’niao, who was huddled beside him, didn’t go get the bowl and chopsticks.
Ji Dong immediately covered his stomach with a look of pain on his face, “I don’t know why, but when I woke up today, my stomach felt uncomfortable…”
“Oh.”
The little demon nodded in understanding.
“Your quilt must have fallen off at night and the cold air entered your stomach.”
——Well, it turns out that demons can also get gastrointestinal colds.
Ji Dong nodded his head hurriedly, and silently remembered this new “information”.
“Hey, isn’t this a loss for you?”
The little demon’s eyes twinkled and suddenly showed a mocking smirk at Ji Dong, “The good things from the banquet, you are not blessed to enjoy it!”
——No thanks, I don’t want to eat it.
Ji Dong said in his heart, but the expression on his face was full of regret, “That’s right, I also feel pity!”
“Hey, aren’t you unlucky?”
Another little demon next to him heard the conversation between the two and interjected, “Tonight’s banquet is rare; even though we won’t be able to sample those guests, the remaining food and wines will be sent to the kitchen. We would be able to have a taste, but you are unfortunate to suffer a stomach pain tonight.”
Hearing this, Ji Dong’s heart jumped.
To these demons, obviously these “guests” weren’t the top quality “guests” available. Rather these “guests” were spoils of war that would get divided among others. It was just that the servant demons had too low of a status to even compete.
Ji Dong wasn’t sure about this so-called division for eating flesh, drinking blood, or something else.
“Brothers are right.”
Ji Dong followed the words of the two, shook his head regretfully, and then tentatively continued, “I almost forgot when the last banquet was held…”
He felt his heart hammering in his chest after uttering that, and his palms were sweaty. He was scared the two small demons would say to him, “it’s only been three days,” and then brutally reveal his human undercover identity disguised among the demons.
Fortunately, Ji Dong heard the answer he was expecting.
“That’s true!”
A small demon skimmed, “The last time a banquet was held, it must have been two or three months ago, right? And only two people came, I heard that the blind bear and his wife fought at the table over the guests!”
Another small demon ate a mouthful of porridge and wiped his mouth.
“I heard that the ‘outside’ world is chaotic, fewer and fewer people are coming! Maybe we’ll have to wait a few more years!”
Ji Dong: “……”
From the conversation just now, he felt that he knew at least three things.
First, the so-called “guests” should be those poor mortals who did not know the details of the mansion; the ones that didn’t know that as long as they entered the house and ate the food at the banquet, they would never be able to leave.
Secondly, those “guests” who entered the mansion by mistake are very important to the monsters in the house. They were far more than the occasional meal, but the treasures that everyone was looking forward to “grabbing”… As for what to do, he didn’t have enough clues yet.
The last point was that these monsters seemed to be bound by some kind of restraint, and they could not go out on their own “hunting”, and they must sit and wait for the lost sheep to come to the door. And that sometimes mean, they had to “wait a few more years”…
……
Ji Dong’s fingers gently rubbed twice on his chin, pondering and trying to get clues from this conversation.
——What does the “outside” that these little demons mentioned refer to?
——If it’s just a mansion, why can’t they go out?
Thank you for the chapter 💕
Our little boy becoming stronger and smarter!
Thank you for new chapter
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
INTERESTING! This is a change from the usual historical scenarios
I wonder what brother dagen and ml’s identity is.