Chapter One Hundred: Deduction

  Feng Xiao Xiao couldn't help but follow the trend, and whenever he had some free time, he would run to Mount Hua to take a stroll. His goal was to trigger some hidden quest or learn some advanced internal skills. Every NPC on Mount Hua had been questioned by Feng Xiao Xiao at least 180 times, yet he still hadn't found any clues.

  On this day, Feng Xiao Xiao came to Mount Hua again for his search mission. There were indeed many people wandering around the mountain. Feng Xiao Xiao hadn't walked far when he saw a familiar figure - it was Xiang Yao. But Feng Xiao Xiao wasn't surprised at all, because this was already the sixth time they had met unexpectedly on Mount Hua. Xiang Yao's purpose, of course, coincided with Feng Xiao Xiao's.

  The two familiar people greeted each other and proceeded to investigate the hidden mission together.

  Ran all over the mountains and fields, but ended up with nothing as usual.

  The two of them listlessly came to rest by the side of the road.

  After climbing mountains for half a day, they felt tired even when sitting down. The two of them simply lay down on the grass by the side of the road.

  Wandering carefree and silent, fiddling with his own sword in hand.

  Feng Xiao Xiao gazed at his sword, and the pain in his heart began to throb again. Although it had been some time since then, the wound on Feng Xiao Xiao's soul clearly had not yet healed.

  Xiao Yao suddenly and inexplicably said: "When can games have day and night cycles?"

  The wind was blowing gently, and he turned his head to look at his face. Xiao Yao was staring blankly into the sky. Feng Xiao asked: "How did you suddenly think of this?"

  "I really want to see the stars! It's been ages since I've seen a starry sky!"

  The wind is whispering, and I'm stunned again. Thinking carefully, when was the last time I wasn't like this? Struggling day and night in games, and spending most of my remaining time on bed, let alone seeing stars, I've almost forgotten what the sky looks like.

  The wind was sighing for itself working so hard in the game, and suddenly Xiao said: "Speaking of stars, I remembered a joke!"

  The sighing wind was interrupted and asked: "What's so funny?"

  "Have you heard of Sherlock Holmes?"

  "After a long silence, Feng Xiao Xiao finally replied: 'Which Holmes?'"

  "Ah, great detective Sherlock Holmes!"

  "The wind whispered again after a moment of silence: 'If what you said is true, I think your previous question was an insult to my intelligence!'"

  He smiled and said, "You know that? Then you must also know his assistant Watson?"

  "Of course I know, don't waste words, just speak up!"

  Holmes and Watson went camping in the countryside one day. At night, they set up their tent to sleep. In the middle of the night, Holmes woke up, saw the starry sky, and called out to Watson: "Watson, looking at these stars, what do you think?" Watson replied: "I thought of the solar system, the Milky Way, the beautiful legends about constellations, the endless cycle of life, and maybe on some star in the sky, there's also life like us, staring back at us!" Then Watson asked Holmes back: "What did you think of?" Holmes said: "Oh, Watson, didn't you realize our tent has been stolen?"

  The wind howls with wild laughter.

  Xiaoyao smiled and said: "How is it? Pretty funny, right?"

  The wind howled back with an even more frantic laughter.

  "If I could have reasoning skills as excellent as Sherlock Holmes!"

  The wind slowly stopped laughing and asked: "What do you want to do?"

  "With a carefree smile, he counted on his fingers: 'I can now unravel many secrets, like the Qing Yi people, like those assassins who were very active recently, and also like what you encountered at the mountain top with "Wind, Flowers, Snow and Moon"!'".

  "What's all this? I had almost forgotten!"

  "Time really can wash away everything!"

  The wind whispered with a frown: "How did we suddenly become sentimental while talking?"

  "I'm at a loss because I've lost direction in the game!"

  The wind whispered unclearly: "Direction, what direction?"

  Xiaoyao Dao: "The direction of progress, I now have all the martial arts skills at the top level, and there is no new martial art for me to continue practicing. Do you think I've lost my direction?"

  The wind whispered suddenly: "I said, why did you suddenly come up with a Holmes and say you want to have his reasoning skills, what's the secret! I think you want to rely on his reasoning to do hidden tasks!"

  "Who says it isn't?"

  The wind whispered: "I'm looking at that hidden task! It's mainly about luck, you're just like me when I completed it, reasoning is useless!"

  "Come on, it's useful! For example, if you hear the grocery owner say he wants to eat wild rabbit, you immediately think of the hunter by the forest. That's simple reasoning!"

  "Alright, I won't argue with you, so how are you going to reason this out now?"

  "Mount Hua is just that big, the task must be hidden in those few NPCs on the mountain. I was trying to deduce some clues from their words, but unfortunately, my skills are not up to par yet. If only I could be like Sherlock Holmes, it would definitely work!"

  He turned his head to see the wind blowing, with a thoughtful expression on his face, muttering: "Mount Hua is just that big!" Xiao Yao said discontentedly: "Hey, did you hear me talking?"

  The wind suddenly sat up and said to Xiao Yao: "I have an idea!"

  Carefree Path: "What idea?"

  Feng Xiao Xiao excitedly said: "Do you remember the mountain path of Mount Hua? It's cut off halfway up by a cliff, and the top of the cliff is shrouded in mist, so you can't see what's on the other side! Everyone says that the other side is an area that hasn't been opened yet, which is why there isn't a bridge!"

  Xiao Yao Dao: "Of course I know! What's wrong?"

  The wind whispered: "I think that the clouds are so deep there, and everyone can't see how wide the cliff is at the bottom. Maybe it's not very wide. Can we jump over to take a look?"

  "Want to jump over and take a look?" he repeated in an unbelievably casual tone.

  "The wind nodded and said: 'That's right! Although everyone says that the other side is a place that has not been opened yet, but the official has never said so, right? Maybe there are some hidden tasks on that side.'"

  Xiaoyao Dao: "Listening to your analysis seems to make some sense!"

  "Perhaps that place was set up that way, no bridge would be built, at the beginning everyone's level is low, their agility is poor, so they can't get through, when their level gets higher and their agility improves, they will naturally be able to pass!"

  Xiaoyao said again: "Listening to you say this seems even more reasonable!"

  Feng Xiao Xiao laughed and said: "This is exactly what you just said by reasoning!"

  Wandering Daoist: "What if the cliff is too wide and I don't make it across?"

  The wind whispered a bitter smile: "Of course, he would fall down and die!"

  "Ah, I wonder what it's like to fall from such a great height and die!"

  The wind whispered: "You said if you die like this, how many levels will you drop?"

  Carefree Road: "The drop in levels should all be the same, just 1 level!"

  The wind whispered and jumped up: "What's there to fear about being 1st level? Let's go give it a try!"

  "I'm just guessing, it's not ruled out that I'll be reduced to level 0!"

  The wind whispered: "That's nothing to be afraid of, anyway you've lost your direction forward, no fear starting from 0!"

  After a moment of hesitation, he finally made up his mind: "Well, let's go!" As soon as the words were spoken, a carp suddenly flipped over from the ground.

  The two of them ran along the path and arrived at the edge of the cliff.

  The cliff is indeed shrouded in mist as the wind whispers, and if only the width of the outside of the cloud is considered, it's hardly worth mentioning.

  "It's actually better if we don't jump together, one person can go first to test the waters, if it's really too wide then at least the other person won't make a futile sacrifice."

  Carefree Path: "Makes sense, I'll jump over and take a look first!"

  "The wind whispered: 'It's my idea, of course I'll try it first!'"

  The two of them were deadlocked in their argument, until Xiao Yao suddenly became impatient: "Damn it, stop arguing! You're the one with the superior lightness skill, but even you can't be sure if you'll make it. What if you easily pass through and I don't? Wouldn't that be a great injustice for me to die?! Anyway, as long as I can get past, you definitely will too!"

  The wind was blowing gently, and suddenly he patted Xiao Yao's shoulder and said, "It's up to you then!"

  Xiao Yao smiled lightly and said, "Don't worry!" He then took off his sword and handed it to Feng Xiao Xiao, saying, "Hold onto this for me first. If I accidentally drop it later and lose the sword, that would be a pity!"

  The wind whisks away the carefree sword, a pair of swords in hand, an expression of life and death.

  Carefree Morning Wind nodded firmly and said: "I'm going!"

  The wind was strong and powerful, and he nodded his head in encouragement.

  He took a few steps back, took a deep breath, and quickly started to sprint, using his lightness skill "腾腾腾" to dash several steps to the edge of the cliff. With a burst of strength, he leaped out, and in the blink of an eye, he was swallowed up by the clouds and fog.

  The wind was blowing gently, and both ears were perked up straight, listening intently to see if there was any sound coming from the other side.

  Nothing was there, but the wind whispered and I only heard my own heart beating "thump thump" wildly.

  The wind was howling, and the wait at this time could be described as "a second is like a year". After such a difficult wait of about 4 years, the wind finally heard Xiangyang's voice clearly: "Return my sword first!"