allonlinenovel Chapter 176 Undercurrent
Chapter 176 Undercurrent
All the people on the rock look up and see it.
Carrying the east wind up to the clouds.
Once the spring is broken, there is no power left.
The lazy bird fell to the ground and picked it up.
"What is this riddle? It's so hard to guess!" A group of children were looking at the riddle in front of an old woman, using their limited brains.
"This is an easy one to guess. The answer is kite, right, old lady." As a top student among the children, Yaoyao guessed what the riddle was at once.
"That's right, Yaoyao is really amazing. Can you tell me how Yaoyao guessed it?" The old woman said with a smile.
“Of course you can. ’Everyone on the rock can see it’ means that when the kite is flying in the sky, people on the ground can look up and see it.
"Carried by the east wind up to the clouds" means that the kite flies high into the sky with the help of the east wind.
"When the kite string breaks, it loses all its strength and falls to the ground, leaving no one willing to pick it up." This accurately describes the state of a kite when its string breaks, losing its strength and falling to the ground, leaving no one willing to pick it up.
"Wow! So cultured, Yaoyao is so amazing!" Paimeng exclaimed.
Hearing this familiar voice, Yaoyao turned around and saw Ying and the others applauding her.
Yaoyao suddenly felt a little embarrassed, "I'm not that good. I just learned some word analysis and can solve some simple poems."
"Yaoyao is amazing. Even Keli couldn't think of this."
Kelly exclaimed in admiration.
"Hey! It's the little fox fairy!"
"I've seen the real person!" The other children's attention was attracted by Tong Xin. After all, the hero who saved Liyue was quite conspicuous according to Tong Xin's description: a male with fox ears and nine fox tails, seven or eight years old, and extremely powerful!
"Little Fox Fairy, can we take a picture together?"
Looking at the crowd surrounding him, Tong Xin felt a little surprised. When did I become so famous?
"Ying, look, you are not as famous as Tongxin." Paimeng said with a smile.
Ying rolled her eyes at her and said, "If you can cut a demon god in half, you'll be famous too."
"Hehe, forget it. I know my own strength very well. I will never be as powerful as Tong Xin in my lifetime."
Ying glanced at Paimon and muttered softly, "Who knows if you were sent by the guy who sealed me to monitor me? You eat so much but don't grow any taller. Maybe you're even stronger than me."
"Ying, what are you talking about?" Paimon saw Ying muttering softly and wanted to come over to listen.
"There's nothing to say about you being so pretty. Just lay an egg for me next time." Ying casually passed it off.
"Huh? Lay eggs? Do you think I'm a chicken?" Paimon grabbed Ying's hair in dissatisfaction.
"Little Paimeng dares to rebel against Tiangang! Let me show you how I will deal with you!" Ying grabbed Paimeng and rubbed him in his hands.
After Tongxin finished taking photos, the group moved on to the next attraction: balloon shooting! The grand prize was a clay figurine of the Golden Emperor—of course, only the surface was gold.
"Shooting ball! This is easy, let me do it!" Ying said confidently.
"Wow! Is that clay figurine of the Golden Emperor real?! If I get first place, wouldn't that cover my food expenses for half a year?"
Paimon's eyes were sparkling, and he had already imagined a scene in his mind where Mora would buy a lot of delicious food.
"Boss, how much is it per time?" Ying asked.
The boss said with a smile: "Ten thousand Mora per time, how many of you are there?"
"Ten thousand Mora! This is enough to order several dishes!" Paimon said subconsciously, but then he looked at the glittering clay idol of the Emperor and said, "Damn it!"
Ying was about to pay when Tong Xin stopped her and took out a Mora coin with a face value of 100,000 and handed it to the boss.
"Sister Ying, please keep your money to buy food for Paimon. I'll treat you this time!" Tong Xin said generously. Anyway, he is very rich now and doesn't need the 100,000 Mora.
"Oh! A rich second generation!" The boss's eyes lit up, he was going to make a fortune this time.
"Everyone, there are a total of 30 balloons here. Hit 60 of them with our bows and arrows and you can choose a small doll of your choice. Hit 90 and you can choose a large doll. Hit 100 and you can choose a life-size doll. Hit them all and you'll get the ultimate clay doll of the Golden Emperor! arrows at a time. This not only tests your strength, but also your endurance and accuracy. Please note that you are not allowed to use any elemental powers."
The boss explained the rules of the game and then made way for them to start preparing.
Yaoyao and Keli both focused their attention on the big doll, while the life-size doll was Tongxin's responsibility.
Ying picked up a bow, looked at it, and nodded after finding nothing wrong with it. The people in this world were quite simple and honest, without so many traps.
However, when Ying saw the arrow, she was speechless. This arrow has no feathers. Doesn't this make it a random trajectory?
I take that back, you simple-minded Gil, this is indeed a commercial country, it’s all about tricks!
The first one is that the first dozen or so shots from Yingxian were easier to hit because the targets were densely packed. You could hit a few of them with any shot, but later on you started to get less accurate.
In the end, Ying hit 76 balloons, which was pretty good. Next was the children's group. The first to come on stage was Paimon. Paimon was okay at the beginning, as he hit a few of them easily, but it was terrible at the end, as he only hit 25 balloons in total.
"Paimon, you can't even get a small doll!" Ying said while holding back her laughter.
"I just didn't perform well this time! I still have one more chance, and I will definitely get the doll next time!" Paimon has set a goal for himself.
Next up was Klee, the daughter of the goddess of luck. In one game, Klee was hit by 93 balloons in total. As the saying goes, as long as you are lucky, this kind of random trajectory is no different from opening the balloon for me!
The boss was stunned by this scene. This is not possible! There is a cheat!
When it came to Yaoyao, she was worse than Klee, but it was just like she was on fire. She didn't aim but still hit the target, and finally got a good result of 78 balloons.
The heavyweight contestant Tong Xin makes a brilliant appearance. The boss said that the use of elemental power is not allowed, but Yun should not be considered elemental power.
With Yun's blessing, Tong Xin's arrows never strayed from his target. Even the boss who saw this was beginning to doubt his life! Did this kid secretly unlock his elemental power?
But it looks like there are no elements attached! How strange!
In the end, Tong Xin won the grand prize and took the golden clay doll away under the boss's tearful gaze.
In the second round, since the final general had been defeated by Tongxin, the boss had to give him two life-size dolls of his own choice. Klee shot 94 balloons again and got another life-size doll. Yaoyao performed exceptionally well and also shot 90 balloons. Ying didn't change much and still got more than 70. This time the pressure was on Paimeng. It would be embarrassing if he couldn't get any.
Paimon worked hard and quickly reached 29, only one arrow away from the last target. Paimon still had ten arrows in his hand. The first arrow missed, and the second arrow also missed! The third, fourth, fifth... all missed, until the last arrow.
"I must hit it this time!" Paimeng muttered to himself, took a deep breath, drew the bow, and the arrow turned and hit a balloon next to him. It hit him!
The boss handed the doll to Paimon with emotion and said, "You are the unluckiest person I have ever seen. No one has ever shot so few people here."
With just one sentence, I gave Paimon a silence and critical hit. Why did I suddenly want to throw this doll on the ground?
But none of this mattered anymore. Paimon looked at the golden Emperor doll and said, "Ying, come and see if this is real gold!"
Ying took it and tried the weight, then turned to look at the boss.
"Only the surface layer of this is real gold."
The boss nodded, "That's right! Only the surface layer is real gold. Besides, I don't have the money to get pure gold!"
"Ah? You are deceiving consumers!" Paimeng said dissatisfiedly.
"I didn't say that what I'm selling is pure gold. Just tell me whether this clay figurine contains gold. Besides, it's worth a lot of money. There are at least 20 Moras. Someone who likes it may offer a higher price." The boss waved his hand and said.
"That's right! I'll pay 50 for this clay figurine of Mora!" Keqing said, walking over from somewhere.
"Ah! Keqing, when did you come here?" Paimeng looked around but there was no place to hide.
"Well, I came here a long time ago, but you didn't see me, Paimon. Ahem, Tongxin, I want that clay doll. I wonder if you can sell it to me." Keqing said a little embarrassedly.
"Of course, I prefer the life-size doll to the clay doll!" Tong Xin agreed readily.
Keqing was holding the clay figurine of the Golden Emperor with a look of satisfaction on her face, but when she saw the strange looks from Ying and the others, she coughed twice in embarrassment.
"Ahem, well, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first." After saying that, Keqing couldn't wait to leave.
I can only say that everyone in Liyue is a fan of the Emperor, and Keqing is a twisted fan of the Emperor. She opposes him on the surface but secretly collects clay figurines of the Emperor. This is typical behavior of a black fan.
Afterwards, Ying took the little ones to travel around, and during this period, the news of the little fox fairy spread to the leaders of all the treasure-stealing groups.
"Boss, do you want to do something? As long as we catch that little fox fairy, we won't have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of our lives!"
One of the younger brothers couldn't help but say.
The leader slapped the younger brother.
"You really don't know the strength of that little fox, do you?! Do you think you can fight better than that demon god?"
The little brother who was beaten shook his head repeatedly, "No competition, no competition. Boss, we don't need to fight hard, we can drug him."
The leader glanced at him and slapped him. "You can think of something, but I can't. Where can we get the medicine to charm the demon god?"
"Maybe those crazy researchers at Xumi will have a solution."
The younger brother said with a chuckle.
"By the time you get there, they would have already left." The leader kicked him and then took out a small bottle from his pocket.
"This is a drug developed by Zhidong. It's said that if a demon inhales it, it will make him unconscious for a whole day. I don't know if it's true or not, but it's worth a try. And those people seem to have given a bottle to each treasure-stealing group.
I really want to try it out, but it seems that there is no time for us to experiment. We must act quickly, otherwise the Moraco we have obtained will fly away."
A laugh filled with greed echoed in the forest.
"Hahahaha!"
"Is the information true? The potion that can make the demon god unconscious for a day has been distributed to various treasure-hunting groups. It seems that this year's Lantern Festival will not be peaceful." Ningguang said dimly.
"Do we need to eliminate all those treasure-stealing groups in advance? This will make things much simpler." Ye Lan casually ate the pastries on the table and said nonchalantly.
"No need. Since they want to play games, let's play big and wipe out all the forces in one fell swoop. However, the safety of the people of Liyue is something I must consider.
Evacuating the people is not an option. If people are still worried during the Lantern Festival, it will show how unbearable our Liyue is. We must find a way to gather them outside Liyue Harbor and encircle them.
I'll leave this matter to you. I don't think you'll let me down." Ningguang smiled and looked at Ye Lan.
"Oh~ You really know how to make things difficult for me. Okay, okay, I'm going to waste a lot of brain cells again. It's really a torture to eat two pieces of your snacks." Ye Lan had no choice but to accept the job.
"Haha, how about I buy some more for you next time?"
"No, I don't dare eat your dessert anymore. God knows when you'll drug me and sell me out." Ye Lan rolled her eyes.
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"Wow! Brother Tongxin, look at that kite in the sky, it's so beautiful!" Keli shouted excitedly as she looked at the colorful kite flying in the sky.
"If Klee likes it, let's make one too," Paimon suggested.
Ying was watching right beside me. When Paimeng said this, it was obvious that he wanted me to do it. She could only offer some suggestions at most.
"Really? Klee wants the Dudu style!" Klee said happily.
If Dudu heard this, he would probably roll his eyes. How could he know me?
"Yaoyao knows how to make it. Come with me and let's go buy some materials first." Yaoyao said.
"All you need is some bamboo, cloth, and thread, and you can draw the pattern you like."
Soon they bought all the materials, and Yaoyao took over the production. During this time, Qiqi also finished all the work for Bubulu, and finally had some free time to come out and play.
Facing the setting sun, several people made their kites and wanted to fly them into the sky, but there was not a trace of wind at the moment.
"Without wind, the kite can't fly." Klee said a little disappointedly.
"It's okay, Keli, we'll come back tomorrow, there will definitely be wind." Yaoyao comforted Qiqi.
"Don't be sad. If there is no wind, just create some. Don't forget that we have two people who can use the power of wind element." Paimon's words made Klee's eyes light up and she looked at Tongxin.
"Hehe~ Watch me." Tong Xin waved her little hand and the green tail lit up in the sky, and a strong wind gradually rose in the sky.
"Oh my God! Why is there such a sudden strong wind?" A woman's exclamation came from the distance.
Tong Xin scratched his head embarrassedly, as he had used a little too much force. Ying smoothed her hair and said, "Let me try."
After saying that, Ying kicked out of the air and a tornado whizzed past.
.......
"Um...Sister Ying, why don't we wait until tomorrow?"
Ying's face turned slightly red. She just used her ultimate move subconsciously.
The wind element fluctuations here naturally attracted the drinking Wendy. Through the flowing wind, he roughly understood what was going on. Hey! Here's his chance to improve his favorability!