Earth's Best Gamer

“We’re travelers. It got dark when we arrived here, so we thought we could come in and have a rest!”

That was Ji Ye.

It was a lousy reason, but it was doubtlessly a versatile one.

After all, this was only a temporary combat world, and there was no need for a water-tight false identity and background.

“A monk and a swordsman!

“By the look of it, you’re both no stranger to martial arts.

“But here’s my advice. You are better off spending the night elsewhere. It’s not so clean around the Lanruo Temple!”

However, Yan Chixia apparently didn’t mean to get to the bottom of it all. Instead, he frowned and spoke to a spot somewhere behind them with a slight frown.

According to the movie, Yan Chixia now lived in the Lanruo Temple to hide from the swordsman who had been trying to compete with him to take away the title “The Best Swordsman in All Land”. He wasn’t here to target Granny Tree Demon specifically.

For now, the two parties each went their own way. As long as the demon only killed bad men who couldn’t withstand the seduction, Yan Chixia couldn’t be bothered to care about the other side.

“Thank you, sir, for your kind reminder.

“However, we’re both quite daring men and fear no ghosts or demons!”

Ji Ye smiled.

He wasn’t exaggerating. With a treasure with extraordinary power such as the Totem Wolf Skin, he could destroy normal ghosts and demons without breaking a sweat.

“Sir, may I venture to ask what your name is?”

Obviously, he knew the answer already.

Because when Yan Chixia stopped moving, Ji Ye could directly sense the information of this man, who had a beard not much smaller than Lu Zhishen’s.

[Yan Chixia (Standpoint: Friendly)]

[Level: Extraordinary Rank-4]

[Rarity: Commander]

[Description: A master of profound magic and swordsmanship. He was a renowned fierce judge in the 26 provinces to the east and west of Shanhaiguan, and he hated corrupt officials most. Because treacherous officials were in power, he temporarily lived in seclusion in Lanruo Temple to avoid the gratitude and resentment in the world.]

Once they combined this with the information they obtained on Black Mountain, the enemy camp, Ji Ye roughly understood the meaning of what the female shopkeeper in purple said before, that it could enhance “the mutual understanding among different human civilizations”.

In the Battlefield of Providence, those who completed some hidden requests would obtain certain information, which involved the information that concerned the entire world of the Battlefield of Providence.

For instance, the capability and background of the heroes in the camps of both sides, the total number of people of one’s own camp…

With the passage of time in the battlefield, even the position information of the personnel in both competing sides would be gradually obtained by the other party.

This undoubtedly meant that if most of the personnel on one side had been killed, it would be almost impossible for the remaining one or two to hide by means of alacrity skill or invisibility cloak to delay it until the end of the Battlefield of Providence was over.

Of course, such a situation where the two sides agreed not to attack each other and to practice peacefully in the Battlefield of Providence with a faster flow of time was possible.

But at the end of the day, camp characters formed in the Battlefield of Providence wouldn’t always follow the player’s will.

In the end, they would cause the war to break out all the same.

“My surname is Yan. As for my given name, it’s not worth mentioning.”

Picking up his sword, Yan Chixia headed back into the house. But he turned back to look at Ji Ye after only two steps.

“You’re a good-looking man and remind me of myself when I was young. One word of advice; be wary at night, and don’t get obsessed with some foolish idea!”

Yan Chixia had a strange feeling.

In the past, when facing those who thought themselves bold and wanted to stay overnight in Lanruo Temple, he would give his advice once at most. If the other party insisted, he wouldn’t be bothered to talk to them anymore.

But today, these two men felt different, especially the young man who was holding a sword. Yan Chixia couldn’t help but say a few more words.

“Is it really because he looks like me when I was younger…”

He was still murmuring in bewilderment when he turned around and walked into his own room.

“…”

Ji Ye stood in the clearing, looking slightly dumbfounded.

Theoretically, he should feel proud of being complimented by a famous hero.

Come one, Master Yan. With your big beard, small eyes, fat lips, and receding hairline, you aren’t good-looking by any standard!

“Chief Lu, let’s sleep in separate rooms, and be careful tonight.”

Ji Ye knew that Yan Chixia was in the habit of making jokes, so he could only shake his head.

After that, he gave Lu Zhishen the instruction.

“Alright!”

Lu Zhishen nodded.

Ji Ye had already told him about Lanruo Temple before they entered.

Now that two living men were sleeping in the temple, that thousand-year-old tree demon would definitely send some underlings to seduce them.

But Ji Ye couldn’t wait to have such an opportunity!

There was no mistake. Ji Ye wanted the two of them to separate because he was interested in Granny Tree Demon’s “camp”. He wanted to use this opportunity to find out which side she was on.

That way, he would be able to take action directly tomorrow.

But if he and Lu Zhishen stayed in the same room, their combined capability might threaten the other party, and they might not come.

That way, they would waste an opportunity to obtain information!

Yes, that was it.

…

Splash!

Pushing the door to the meditation room open, Ji Ye took out a white bead from his baggage and put it on the wall.

Immediately, the room was lit up. This item that looked like a legendary luminous pearl was, in fact, a miniature solar lamp exchanged from a technological settlement.

Thud!

After that, Ji Ye took out another thing—a fist-sized red crystal.

[Ruby Crystal]

[Level: Extraordinary Rank-1]

[Rarity: Refined]

[Description: A crystal artifact that contains special Extraordinary artificial blood.]

This Ruby Crystal came from Fatty Zhu’s gaming settlement, and it could maintain the Extraordinary power of the man-made blood inside.

Since they were in the world of A Chinese Ghost Story, this Ruby Crystal, which was only used to replenish the blood when necessary, would doubtlessly have an additional use.

It could be used to draw talismans!

Yan Chixia, the strongest man on their side, only had a capability of Extraordinary Rank-4.

Theoretically, Black Mountain, the strongest of the other side, should be no more than Extraordinary Rank-5.

Ji Ye and Lu Zhishen might not have foundations solid enough to fight someone like that alone, but put together, they might stand a chance.

However, they saw from the information that the background of the other party was a “general”, so it was possible that his underlings were ghost soldiers just like those of Old Demon Black Mountain in the movie.

Even if the soldiers didn’t have high levels themselves. but if they formed a battle formation, even an Extraordinary master couldn’t make it through by sheer force.

In a moment like this, the formation skill of Ninth Uncle was without a doubt the best choice to make an attack!

Thud!

Smearing some Extraordinary man-made blood on his fingers, Ji Ye concentrated for a moment.

He quickly raised a hand, and in a split second, he drew an exorcism talisman on the other palm.

“Eh…”

He raised an eyebrow as soon as he completed the talisman.

Without turning back, he gave a wave of the hand with the talisman and smacked it backward.

Hum!

The talisman drew with the Extraordinary man-made blood suddenly glowed in striking red light.

Boom!

Immediately after that, a dark figure flew away, as if it had been struck by a heavy hammer. It crushed into the wall of the room, bounced back, and fell to the ground. It then lay motionlessly after a twitch!

What level was Ji Ye’s exorcism talisman? Why was it so surprisingly formidable?

As a matter of fact, after getting rid of the Soul race, Ji Ye had stopped spending EXP on talismans.

So far, he had nearly reached Lesser Mastery in the exorcism talisman.

It had been so effective because the thing that was repelled was a mere shriveled dead body that had been completely drained with a few locks of hair on its head.

In the movie, those killed by the thousand-year-old tree demon were all turned into such corpses and hidden in the attic in the house. Because Ning Caichen’s finger was cut by a nail when he closed the door, the blood attracted the shriveled corpse here.

Because Ning Caichen was the protagonist, he was treated differently and wasn’t harmed himself.

Ji Ye didn’t bleed, but the Extraordinary man-made blood was obviously much more attractive than human blood to the corpses.

Although he wasn’t a protagonist, he had killed the leader of the Soul race before, so a few dry corpses wouldn’t give him any trouble.

“Well, there was the sound of fighting!”

Opposite Ji Ye’s room, Yan Chixia sat cross-legged on the bed, cultivating. His eyes snapped open after the first noise. He immediately rose to his feet and fetched his brass sword.

Although he had said that he wouldn’t meddle with the other party for a thousand years…

He was more warmhearted than he appeared to be. When evil deeds happened right next door, of course he couldn’t just sit there and watch!

Boom, boom, boom…

However, when he opened the window—

He saw that in the opposite room, Ji Ye had also opened the window and tossed some purified shriveled bodies out.

“Well, I see that I’ve underestimated the young man!

“Although these shriveled corpses aren’t that difficult to handle, even accomplished martial art practitioners couldn’t help but feel shaken when facing them and become panic-stricken. He indeed resembles me when I was younger…”

Seeing that Ji Ye even cupped his fists at him from across the hall, Yan Chixia was surprised and made the rather “self-important” comment.

Ting! Ting! Ting!

Just then, they heard a melodious tune, which flowed in the night air like a stream in Lanruo Temple.