Hell Emperor

Chapter 22 Nan ​​Linghe-Answer
After returning to the wine country, there was a wooden box beside Ye Jie. As soon as he entered the hall, he saw Nan Linghe waiting anxiously in the corner.

"Ugh...Brother Jie, I'm so scared."

Seeing Ye Jie return, Nan Linghe immediately came up to meet him, with some lingering fear still on his face, staring at Ye Jie with watery eyes.

"Don't worry, you are safe, he will never come to trouble you again." Ye Jie raised his eyebrows.

"That's great..." Nan Linghe patted her chest. Since Ye Jie had said so, she could relax. Her eyes couldn't help but glance at the wooden box at Ye Jie's hand, "Brother Jie, what are you doing?" Did you come back with a box?"

Ye Jie smiled: "This is a gift for you, please open it and take a look."

"Gift?" Nan Linghe blinked. The worries she had just felt were instantly filled with unknown surprises. Although she still didn't know what kind of gift Brother Jie brought back, she was very happy no matter what kind of gift it was.

Nan Linghe opened the wooden box and saw a large, round and solemn stone platform polished from fine black jade. The surface of the stone platform was glowing with crystal clear luster and felt smooth and delicate. The edges were engraved with The exquisite carving patterns are extraordinary in appearance. If you feel it carefully, you can also detect the amazing flow of spiritual power from the stone platform.

"This is... the stone platform for practicing martial arts?" Nan Linghe covered her mouth and exclaimed, the surprise in her heart was beyond words. A blush appeared on her face, and she looked at Ye Jie with tender eyes, "Brother Jie , Isn’t the luck stone platform expensive?”

Ye Jie waved his hand and smiled: "Speaking of which, it's all thanks to the boy who came to trouble you. In order to express his apology to you, he insisted on giving me all his virtues. I can't stop him."

Nan Linghe opened his eyes wide and nodded repeatedly: "Then he is pretty good!"

Ye Jie moved the stone platform and soon returned to the basement with Nan Linghe.

As soon as she entered the door, Nan Linghe noticed a difference. When she left, there were still a lot of discarded debris. The basement, which looked very messy, had now become completely new. The mountains of garbage were gone, and the dust and cobwebs were gone. It had been cleaned, and a layer of new mud had been laid on the old and cracked brick walls, making it look neat and tidy at first glance.

All these changes made Nan Linghe slightly stunned. He thought he was in the wrong place. It wasn't until he saw the wooden table used to sharpen ink not long ago and the four spiritual stones placed beside it that he came to his senses. Realize that you are back home.

"Brother Jie, did you do this?" Nan Linghe's eyes looked at Ye Jie with even more surprise.

Ye Jie laughed: "Since you said this is home, of course it has to look like home. How can it be too dirty and messy?"

Ye Jie looked around, chose the south side with the best feng shui, put down the stone platform, inspected it carefully and said:

"This is the first new piece of furniture we have added. It is indeed worth 50,000 Yin De. It is specially used to assist in spiritual practice. As long as you sit on it and use your spiritual power, you can speed up your practice by 30%. The effect may not be the same as directly absorbing it. Compared with the spiritual power in the spirit stone, the advantage is that it can be used for a long time. Even if it only speeds up by 30%, in the long run, it can also save a lot of practice time."

After placing the good luck stone platform, Ye Jie looked at Nan Linghe again, and saw that the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, and there was a deep smile in her bright and clear eyes. He couldn't help but ask:
"Speaking of which... I don't know the results of the imperial examination yet. Did you pass it?"

"Yes! I passed!" Nan Linghe nodded repeatedly, and the waterfall of black hair hanging down his shoulders also trembled.

When mentioning the test results, Nan Linghe couldn't help but puff up his mouth and his nose turned up, looking quite unconvinced:
"I thought I could answer at least six questions correctly, but I only got three questions right... By the way, what are metal, wood, water, fire, and earth? What are the five elements? There were three similar questions, and I got them all wrong... "

"What on earth are you talking about?" Ye Jie was stunned, with a bit of confusion in his eyes, "Show me the test paper quickly."

After opening the examination paper, he saw that he had answered the first three questions correctly and all the last four questions wrong. Nan Linghe couldn't help but tilted his head: "Why did I answer the first three questions correctly? Did I get all the questions four, five, five and six wrong? It's impossible. ...The invigilator Ma Mian must have made a mistake!"

Seeing that Nan Linghe was determined and convinced that his answer was correct, Ye Jie felt a little helpless: "Wait a minute... didn't I tell you that if you have any questions, just ask the dice?" Nan Linghe's eyes widened: "But the answer to the dice is wrong!"

"What?" Ye Jie's mouth twitched, "Tell me why the answer to the dice is wrong."

Nan Linghe pointed to the fourth question on the test paper, took out two dice and threw them on the table, but saw that there was not a single point on the two dice. He couldn't help but asked Ye Jie: "Brother Jie, did you see it?" ? How can the answer to this question be zero? "

Ye Jie raised his forehead and said, "The answer to this question is really zero."

Nan Linghe didn't believe it and read the title: "There is a troll in Dongsheng Shenzhou. It needs to eat one living person every day. There are seven heads, eight bodies, twelve arms, and twenty-two legs... There are so many things to eat. Why can’t you have enough to eat all day?”

Ye Jie explained patiently: "The purpose of this question is to tell you that the monsters in the east are ferocious in nature, choose people to eat, and only eat living people. No matter how many corpses are given to them, they will not eat them. There is not a single living person in the question. Isn’t it just zero?”

Nan Linghe opened his mouth wide, made a sound, looked at the next question, and threw the dice at the same time. The two dice added up to only one point: "What about this question? There are zombies in Hezhou, Xiniu. Three zombies need to eat three people. In the time of one stick of incense, nine zombies eat nine people. Isn’t it the time of three sticks of incense? Or...is it actually the time of nine sticks of incense?"

Ye Jie's eyes twitched: "The purpose of this question is to tell you that there are strange types of monsters in the west. In addition to zombies and living skeletons, there are also werewolves and vampires. The beast-shaped hall master and blood pool hall master of the Western Yama Temple are those Two races of monsters. As for the answer... Even if a hundred zombies eat a hundred people, it only takes one stick of incense. They start eating at the same time, not one by one."

Under Ye Jie's explanation, Nan Linghe also showed a thoughtful look in his eyes, but there was still one unanswered question in his mind: "What if there is a zombie that eats very slowly?"

Ye Jie took a deep breath: "...You'd better read the next question quickly."

"next question……"

Nan Linghe threw the dice again, and this time both dice were four. She put her hands on her hips and said confidently: "Isn't the answer to this question four? There is a one-legged mandrill in Luzhou, Beiju. I went to the market to buy a pair of shoes. Shoes sell for eight copper coins, and you only need to buy one, but don’t they cost four copper coins?”

"...You only buy one pair of shoes?" Ye Jie was almost defeated by her, "The purpose of this question is to tell you that the Immortal Sect in the north is so powerful that even monsters have to tuck their tail between their legs. When buying shoes, you need to buy one pair. When a demon buys shoes, he also needs to buy a pair, even if it is a one-legged demon, so the answer is eight copper coins."

After listening to Ye Jie's explanation, Nan Linghe looked at the test paper, then looked at the dice beside him, and couldn't help but cover his mouth and exclaimed.

"So, the answers given by the dice are all correct." There was a bit of surprise and disbelief in her eyes, "What kind of magic weapon is this? It's so powerful!"

Ye Jie almost lost his breath: "It's not that the dice are great, it's that you are great, but you missed the correct answer perfectly... In short, if you encounter this kind of question again in the future, don't think about it, just believe in the dice. "

Nan Linghe nodded slightly, picked up the spirit stone on the table beside him, held it in both hands and handed it to Ye Jie: "Brother Jie gave me such a powerful dice magic weapon. I, I have nothing to repay, only this." A few spiritual stones, I hope Brother Jie won’t dislike them.”

"...I told you it was just an ordinary dice."

No matter how Ye Jie explained it, Nan Linghe didn't believe it at all and insisted on forcing the spirit stone over.

Ye Jie couldn't refuse, so he reluctantly accepted the three spirit stones. Nan Linghe, who was beaming with joy, put the dice close to his body as if he had found a treasure. Now even if Ye Jie wanted to get the dice back, it would be impossible.

After some rest, Ye Jie reminded her: "Since you have successfully passed the imperial examination, now go to the Guangwang Palace and become an official ghost!"

(End of this chapter)