The whole family went mad, but the junior sister turned the tables and her luck soared.

As the saying goes, it's not that you're afraid of not having something, it's that you're afraid of your opponent having it.

Xie Shiqing was initially skeptical of Yun Yici's words, but seeing how decisively she left, he became more convinced.

When he followed her through this desolate village, which was almost like ruins, he became 80% convinced. There was no other reason than that Yun Yici felt as familiar with the place as if she were returning to her own home.

Yun Yici was also very satisfied with Xie Shiqing. The system notification kept ringing in her ears: "Xie Shiqing's favorability +1 +1 +1..."

Before long, Xie Shiqing's favorability rating rose to 30, and at the same time, the system notified her that her luck had increased by a total of 3 points.

Yun Yici had a general idea of ​​what was going on: 10 points of favorability with a lucky person could be converted into 1 point of luck, and luck was similar to her luck value.

Her current luck value is only 3 points, which sounds like she's at the point where she'll trip over her feet and have trouble even drinking water.

Xie Shiqing was willing to treat her as a temporary companion, so basic trust and goodwill went without saying, which allowed her to get a free advantage.

Xie Shiqing followed behind the girl, walking for a long time in the cold, lonely night, but did not encounter a single person.

He couldn't help but say, "This village is only about ten miles in circumference. We've been walking for so long and haven't encountered a single person. I'm afraid that evil god has some strange motives. Why don't we go find your sword first?"

Although Xie Shiqing was proud, he was not arrogant. Finding the evil god before everyone else was one thing, but successfully killing him was another. He didn't want to do the work for someone else.

Yun Yici thought to herself that it was because she had noticed someone nearby and had taken Xie Shiqing away in advance.

She turned around and said, "It's too late, thank you, fellow Daoist..."

Before she could finish speaking, she felt a gust of wind sweep past the back of her head. Relying on muscle memory, she quickly crouched down to dodge the fatal blow.

At the same time, Xie Shiqing glanced at Yun Yici and didn't see her movements clearly. He only saw the beautiful girl in front of him who was talking to him suddenly turn into a rotting monster that smelled of stench.

He let out a miserable scream, his composure as a noble young master of the immortal sect completely gone.

The next second, without thinking, he swung his sword and instantly cut the monster to the ground.

Through a series of coincidences, the two managed to work together seamlessly.

Seeing this, Yun Yici was afraid that if she stood up, Xie Shiqing would chop her up without her knowing why. She tremblingly raised the withered wooden stick in her hand, "Brother, don't be impulsive, we're on the same side."

Xie Shiqing was panting heavily, clutching his chest, when he suddenly heard Yun Yici's voice, and his movements froze.

The arrogant, handsome young man lowered his head expressionlessly and met Yun Yici's eyes.

Yun Yici immediately understood and showered him with compliments, saying, "Thank you, Fellow Daoist, for your stunning swordsmanship. Your heroic figure is unforgettable. It is truly my honor to travel with you."

Xie Shiqing coughed lightly and awkwardly said, "I didn't see your movements clearly just now, and I thought you were that monster in disguise... tricking me into coming here..."

He couldn't continue speaking, so he reached out his hand to help her up.

As Yun Yici stood up with his help, she heard the heavenly voice of the system rapidly adding points: "Xie Shiqing's favorability +20, equivalent to 2 points of luck value, the host's total luck value is 5 points."

"Your favorability with the chosen one has reached 50, which unlocks one chance to draw a prize. Would you like to use it now?"

Her eyes lit up. She hadn't expected that this accidental move would significantly increase Xie Shiqing's favorability towards her, and she even had a chance to win a prize.

However, she only has 5 points of luck right now, so she can't draw anything good. To maximize her benefits, she should save her draw chances until her luck value is higher in the future.

Yun Yici turned around and carefully examined the monster that Xie Shiqing had knocked down to the ground.

The monster still had a human form, but it lay on the ground lifeless, exactly the same as the monster that had appeared when she and Yun Hao encountered danger earlier.

Xie Shiqing hesitated and said, "This shouldn't be an evil god, could it be one of those missing villagers?"

The information they received when they entered the memory bead was that the village worshipped an evil god, and their trial objective was to kill the evil god.

To their surprise, there wasn't a single living villager who could provide information when they entered; it was likely that the entire village had been murdered.

Before Yun Yici could answer, she noticed a thick, sticky smell of blood in the wind. Her expression changed, and she grabbed Xie Shiqing and ran.

Caught off guard, Xie Shiqing was pulled a few steps by her: "Why are you running?"

Although spiritual energy can be mobilized within the image-recording bead, flying with a spirit sword is prohibited in order to restrict their movement.

Without turning her head, Yun Yici said, "Something is catching up with us, run!"

Xie Shiqing didn't believe in superstitions at all. He turned his head and happened to meet the eyes of the Yun siblings, who were wearing the same white family-patterned robes as Yun Yici.

Behind them was a humanoid monster, only half its body remaining, approaching them at incredible speed, followed by a surging horde of corpses.

The monsters that Xie Shiqing had just slain were constantly rising from the ground to join the ranks behind him.

"Fuck, what is that?"

"An evil god."

Yun Yici answered as he ran. Judging from the situation, Yun Hao and the others must have found the evil god first, but they couldn't kill him and could only flee in panic.

Upon hearing Yun Yici's words, Xie Shiqing immediately deflated, running away while saying incredulously, "This is an evil god? How does it resemble a god? No, this isn't us killing an evil god, it's clearly the evil god hunting us."

Faced with an evil god that one person could not kill, Yun Yici understood in an instant.

If finding the evil god makes it easy to kill, then the nature of this trial changes.

The Nanhua Sect deliberately set the difficulty of the trial targets to a level that they could not kill alone.

Because this trial is essentially a form of discipline.

The Nanhua Sect doesn't want the most skilled disciple; it wants to select the disciple who best meets the sect's standards after removing family affiliations.

If she wasn't mistaken, just like the three members of the Yun family who instinctively banded together as soon as they entered the trial, apart from Xie Shiqing who was acting alone, the other six people in this trial were still in a state of separate operations.

"Yun Yici, you...you're not dead?"

While Yun Yici was pondering, the Yun siblings, who had fallen behind, had already caught up quickly.

Before Yun Yici could speak, Xie Shiqing said, "She's with me. Even if you die, she won't die. Don't try to attach yourself to my people."

The young master of the Xie family is sharp-tongued and timid, but fiercely protective of his own.

Yun Hao was so frustrated by Xie Shiqing's words that he couldn't catch his breath. As he ran, he threatened Yun Yici, "Don't forget that you are a member of the Yun family. Do you think the Xie family will take in a stray dog ​​if you fail the trial?"

He was certain that Yun Yici would not pass the personal training trial, so he hurled insults at her without any mercy.

"Oh right, right, right, besides your family, you don't have any other leverage to threaten people, do you?"

Yun Yici didn't bother with him. If she couldn't pass the trial, she would die. What did she care about the Yun family or the Xie family?

The four were running forward when they suddenly saw six people in different styles of robes running towards them from all directions.

Yun Yici immediately recognized these as the other trial participants, and even Xie Shiqing and the others changed color: "Are they really hunting us down? Is the purpose of this trial really to kill the evil god?"

The other six also saw that all the trial participants were present. One of them murmured, "Could this trial be an elimination system? Only those who survive to the end can join the immortal sect?"

Yun Yici's fingertips twitched slightly. She had already lost her sword. Among these trial participants, she was outnumbered and had no advantage. Even if she relied on Xie Shiqing to successfully kill the evil god, she might still be seen as ungrateful.

No wonder her mission progress was negative; it was a truly hellish start.

If she fails the trial, there's no point in saving up her lottery chances. She might as well gamble on whether her 5 points of luck can get her something good.

Yun Yici looked at the elegantly dressed young man running alongside her and said, "Thank you, Shiqing!!"

Xie Shiqing turned his head in a daze and saw that the girl was a step behind him. Then she took a quick run and jumped onto his back.

Xie Shiqing stumbled slightly from being pulled along, but quickly regained his balance. His face flushed red as he was about to scold her when he heard the soft, warm girl on his back say, "Lend me some good luck!!"

What's with this "borrow some luck" thing?