Chapter 382: You're Not Human

Pfft!

Mu Zixi immediately burst out laughing, unable to hold it in.

This laughter caused all thirty-six guards to fight back smiles, but as the escort troops, they had to remain serious and not laugh!

Hiss!

A brief hissing sound came from somewhere unknown.

Xu Xiaoshou turned around to look, seeing only stern faces and unsure who had made the noise.

The young boy opposite him turned pale, not expecting that after Xu Xiaoshou had held back for so long, he would come up with such a name.

But...

"Ge, you really recognized me! I knew you wouldn't forget me!" The boy cried as he tried to push aside the long spears, but he was struck and sent flying.

Xu Xiaoshou was shocked.

Even a name like Xu Xiaojiji, you can accept it?

What won't you endure just to get into the Chengzhu Fu?

What's your angle?

"Wait, is it really you?" Xu Xiaoshou's face lit up with surprise.

Xu Xiaojiji lay on the ground, struggling to get up halfway when he heard the words. His foot twitched, and he face-planted, eating dirt like a dog.

Xiao...?

"Shoudao Zuzhou, Beidong Zhi, 1."

He wiped the mud from his mouth, tears streaming directly from his eyes.

"It's me! It's Jiji! Ge, you finally remembered!"

Xu Xiaoshou shivered with discomfort.

This is just too much—I can't handle this level of persistence!

He carefully examined the boy and realized he had no trace of Lingyuan at all.

An ordinary person?

Impossible!

This guy must have some big secret!

Is he an assassin? From the San Zhu Xiang group?

Xu Xiaoshou wasn't sure, but if it were a Wangzuo-level assassin showing up like this...

Honestly, Xu Xiaoshou thought it was overkill.

I'm just a mere Xiantian level—why go to such lengths?

"Xu Xiaoshou."

Mu Zixi tugged at his sleeve and gently shook her head.

Even she could see something was off about this guy.

Xu Xiaoshou frowned, thought for a moment, and instead turned to the guards, saying, "Let my brother through."

He wasn't afraid of enemies out in the open; he just feared this guy vanishing and causing trouble in secret!

Keeping him close was the safest option.

The guards looked confused.

"Shoudao Huaiyi, Beidong Zhi, 38."

Anyone with eyes could see these two had no connection at all, yet Xu Xiaoshou was claiming him as a brother?

Even Xu Xiaojiji himself was in total disbelief.

He'd tried this ploy so many times, and no one had ever paid attention—now, it actually worked.

And the way it succeeded was so bizarre!

"Is it because my acting was too good? Did I fool him?" Xu Xiaojiji wondered, unsure whom to doubt.

The guard took a deep breath and said, "Are you sure?"

"Um."

Xu Xiaoshou nodded calmly. "My brother? How could I not recognize him?"

"He has many 'brothers'!" the guard warned.

"No."

"From now on, he has only one brother!"

Xu Xiaoshou smiled and stepped forward, extending his hand to the boy on the ground.

In that moment, under the reflection of the full moon, Xu Xiaojiji seemed to see a divine glow emanating from behind Xu Xiaoshou.

"Ge!"

He cried out and lunged forward, hugging Xu Xiaoshou tightly.

"Damn, wait!"

Too late!

With a bang, the moment Xu Xiaojiji touched Xu Xiaoshou, blood burst from his body, and he collapsed.

"Shoudao Huaiyi, Beidong Zhi, 1."

Mu Zixi watched from behind, her heart skipping a beat, her face paling.

This situation—she knew it all too well!

Xu Xiaoshou sighed.

"My foolish brother, just calling me 'ge' would do—you didn't have to hug me."

He stepped forward to offer a pill, but unconsciously, through his "Zhijue," he saw the boy's cracked chest heal in an instant.

"This..."

The recovery speed was almost as fast as his own "Shengsheng Buxi"!

What on earth is this guy's background?

He hesitated for a moment but still went ahead and handed over the pill.

"Ge!"

Xu Xiaojiji's eyes were tearful; without saying more, he swallowed the pill tearfully and instantly bounced back, full of energy.

"Are you an assassin?"

Xu Xiaoshou leaned down, getting straight to the point.

The boy was stunned by the direct question.

"This... so straightforward?"

"Ge, I'm not... you, you've got it wrong..."

"Are you lying to me?"

"No! I am not!"

Xu Xiaoshou glanced at the information bar—nothing changed—and furrowed his brow.

He remembered triggering a type of information before, called "Shoudao Qipian."

But strangely, the way this type triggered was very unpredictable, with no clear pattern.

Sometimes lies would trigger it, sometimes not.

Was there some restriction?

Xu Xiaoshou hesitated, then continued, "You're really not an assassin?"

Xu Xiaoshou: !!!

In that instant, his hairs stood on end!

What the hell is this thing—playing games like this!

Xu Xiaoshou looked at the boy just inches away and felt the thick aura of death.

But he didn't show his inner shock.

This kid is still pretending!

Can't expose it!

Suppressing his racing heart, Xu Xiaoshou tried to recall the difference between his two questions.

"There's no difference—why would the same information trigger with different answers..."

Different answers?

Xu Xiaoshou grabbed the boy's hand, pulled him up, and pointed to a nearby tree.

"This is a tree?"

"Huh?"

The boy was startled.

What kind of question is this?

We were just talking about something else—how did you switch topics like that?

"Shoudao Huaiyi, Beidong Zhi, 1."

"Answer me," Xu Xiaoshou said.

The boy hesitated. "Yes."

"You can only answer 'yes' or 'no.'"

"Yes!"

The boy didn't hesitate; to enter the Chengzhu Fu, he had to keep up with this guy's pace.

Even if the pace nearly threw out his back.

Xu Xiaoshou checked the information bar—no change?

Oh, right... it is a tree!

"Say 'no.'"

Xu Xiaojiji: ???

Ge, my dear ge, what are you trying to do?

He nearly knelt down!

Maybe we should end this and cut ties—I'll go find another brother?

"Hurry up," Xu Xiaoshou urged.

Xu Xiaojiji looked helplessly at the sky.

Xu Xiaoshou's eyes lit up with excitement!

There it is!

Only when it comes to 'yes' and 'no' can it detect lies?

Or more precisely, 'yes' and 'no'—this pair of opposites—is the key condition to trigger "Shoudao Qipian"?

Whether necessary or not, Xu Xiaoshou didn't know, but with this switch, he could really play around with this system!

Xu Xiaoshou suppressed his joy and turned to the magnificent palace behind the guards, asking, "Chengzhu Fu?"

"Um."

"Yes!"

"Say 'no.'"

Xu Xiaoshou smiled contentedly.

He pointed to the sky.

"The moon?"

Xu Xiaojiji felt insulted.

Xu Xiaoshou's lips curled up, his inner laughter almost spilling out. He looked around and saw nothing else to point at.

He turned to the boy.

"You're a person!"

Xu Xiaojiji's face showed utter humiliation—he was on the verge of tears!

The air went quiet for a second.

Xu Xiaoshou was taken aback.

Where's the information?

"Shoudao Qipian" went where? This damn system, acting up again?!

Suddenly, his pupils shrank.

Wait!

No "Shoudao Qipian" for "not a person"—does that mean he was telling the truth?!

"You... you say you're..."

The boy rolled his eyes in exasperation. "What exactly do you want? I can't take this anymore!"

"Say yes!"

Xu Xiaoshou roared.

"Yes!" Xu Xiaojiji responded fiercely.

"Shoudao Qipian, Beidong Zhi, 1."

In that moment, Xu Xiaoshou's mind went blank.

He slumped to the ground, trying to scrutinize the boy, but unluckily, clouds covered the moon...

Xu Xiaoshou grabbed him in a hug.

"I was wrong!"

"Ge, you're my ge!"

Xu Xiaojiji: ???

He froze for a while, then exploded in frustration!

"Ahhh!"

What kind of lunatic have I run into?!

Is this guy even human?!

"Shoudao Zuzhou, Beidong Zhi, 1."