Versatile Mage: I Awakened Nine Stars

It was dusk, and the bonfires on the hillside were dimly visible.

Villagers with painted faces sang and danced.

The groom, dressed in brand new linen clothes, walked out shyly amidst the laughter of the crowd, holding a wooden stick tightly with his nervous hands.

This is a ritual passed down from ancient times.

Legend has it that if a man fell in love with a woman at that time, he would knock her unconscious and take her into a cave. After one night, they would be considered to have had sex in the cave.

But because there are too many yellow hairs to be grooms every night, the pure love warrior turns against Tiangang in anger.

Since then, weddings have become more and more grand and lively. Not only do they have to confirm the matchmaker's words, but they also have to invite old relatives and friends to witness them.

Thinking of the girl named Lingling, he couldn't help but feel hot in his eyes.

That girl was perfect and pure, like a fairy descended from the earth.

He swore that he would protect her with his whole life.

Lingling was hidden among the ladies, with her head lowered, sitting quietly on the bluestone. Her peaceful temperament was particularly charming.

Next, he only had to break through the crowd and symbolically tap her on the back of the head with a wooden stick, and the ritual was complete.

At this time, Lingling was bowing her head in deep thought.

As for this "wedding" that was like playing house, she didn't mind it.

These ancestors with rich wilderness survival experience are not easy to deal with.

She once looked for some natural laxatives such as croton, but her aunt soon stopped drinking them and patiently taught her how to identify the properties of the medicine.

He also tried to escape from the village, but was soon found again by the warm-hearted uncle who returned from hunting.

After hearing that her parents were missing, these villagers enthusiastically built a thatched house for her. If there were any leftover prey, they would share some with her without hesitation.

Lingling sighed, hoping that Sister Yumian could seize this opportunity and escape.

……

As night fell, the villagers celebrated another happy marriage, unaware that a slender shadow had carefully left the village and disappeared into the forest.

"Hey!"

The sudden sound in the silence made Ding Yumian tremble.

Turning around, a figure also wearing desert training uniform appeared.

"Is it you?" Seeing that she was an acquaintance, she couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

"You didn't go far?"

Tong Zhouzheng shrugged and said with a wry smile: "Have you ever heard of an air wall?"

"So, what is the scope of activity?" Ding Yumian asked thoughtfully.

Ashen is a game enthusiast, and she is familiar with it. Naturally, she also knows about this invisible air "barrier" that limits the player's activity area.

"There is only this village and this forest," Tong Zhouzheng sighed.

These days, he has not been idle. He has walked everywhere he can, but he is still confused and unable to understand the true meaning of this "inheritance".

The two shared with each other what they had seen and learned during this period.

Unexpectedly, everyone's experiences in the forest were surprisingly similar. They were defeated by a black dragon, but were rescued by a nine-colored deer and guided to the village.

"Lingling said that she had encountered exactly the same scene," Ding Yumian said thoughtfully.

"It's a bit like a cutscene in a game?" Tong Zhou was saying, and was suddenly startled.

He escaped by relying on space magic that transcended time.

But from the perspective of this era, it should have been absolutely impossible for him to escape from that village.

"So, being arrested is also a mandatory plot?"

"Not necessarily," Ding Yumian shook his head and said, "Because Lingling doesn't know magic, she is just treated as an ordinary outsider living here."

As she was speaking, she suddenly paused.

"What's wrong?" Tong Zhouzheng asked doubtfully.

"I think your guess is right." Ding Yumian's eyes as calm as a lake slightly raised.

She suddenly remembered Lingling's complaint in the note. No matter what measures were taken, as long as she wanted to escape from the village, these villagers would always bring her back in various ways. The coincidence seemed to be set in the dark. The law of cause and effect is generally irresistible.

"If we treat it as a game, then being arrested should be a mandatory plot. The real test of this game should be that we find a way to gain permission to move freely in the village after being arrested." Ding Yumian spoke slowly, thinking. Bian said: "Because Lingling doesn't know magic, her game difficulty is lower than the two of us. She obtained this right from the beginning, so there must be key information to break through the plot hidden in the village."

"Not necessarily," Tong Zhouzheng shook his head and said, "This may be a teamwork game. Maybe, there is no so-called test of regaining freedom after being imprisoned."

"Maybe." Ding Yumian was noncommittal. She took out the note written by Lingling and handed it to Tong Zhouzheng, "You should also take a look. This is the information Lingling collected during this period."

"That ghost girl did a great job!" Tong Zhou was overjoyed.

Being able to be the vice-captain of "Ruoshui" is indeed more than just a close friend!

He admitted that he was a bit skeptical about her becoming vice-captain at first.

"By the way, Lingling has been taken to the bridal chamber now. We have to save her." Tong Zhouzheng just finished his praise. After a sudden thought, he realized that such important matters had not been done yet.

"No need," Ding Yumian shook his head and said, "She has her own way."

When she first received the note, she lost her bearings for a moment.

But Lingling thought very carefully, and in order to reassure her, she told her her plan in detail when delivering meals in the next few days.

"What a smart girl," Tong Zhouzheng praised.

"We don't have much time, let's sort out the information first." Ding Yumian sat on the stone and meditated.

She read this note many times.

First of all, the villagers hate Jiuselu.

In the village, there is another taboo that cannot be mentioned, that is, the dead "witch" who was once the guardian of the Nine-Colored Deer.

Then, the villagers all worshiped the king of this dynasty.

After Ding Yumian was arrested, he even beamed with joy and rushed to tell each other, saying that "there is hope for atonement."

"Did you see anything?" Ding Yumian asked after Tong Zhouzheng put down the note.

"After the end of the totem era, it is understandable that 'witchcraft' has become a taboo of the era. It seems reasonable for the people to take advantage of the situation and hate totems. There seems to be nothing wrong with worshiping the king of the dynasty. The only contradiction is that the so-called 'atonement' actually means atonement. What crime?"

Tong Zhouzheng frowned and said: "I don't think they have committed a crime at all. They live like they are in paradise. Apart from not having enough to eat, they are carefree and have no labor or military service. They live in such conditions." , shouldn’t be too bad among civilians, is this also called a criminal?”

"This is also where I'm confused." Ding Yumian thought about it and stood up, "Maybe I need to go back to that thatched house."

"Are you crazy?" Tong Zhouzheng was stunned: "You just escaped."

"You probably haven't played many games," Ding Yumian said, "If the player is offline, the plot will never be able to unfold."

"Gone", Ding Yumian waved his hand and disappeared into the night.

In the distant firelight, the laughter of the villagers can be faintly discerned.

Tong Zhou was thinking deeply.

I have to admit that Ding Yumian's words make sense.

Even for a moment, he wanted to "throw himself into a trap".

But then I gave up this idea when I thought that he was outside, communicating with me from afar, and that if something unexpected happened, he would be there to take care of me.