Xiao System: Diviner Yi Hua
Princess Li Wei 6: Failing Talisman Paper

When entering the labyrinth Li Wei began to feel a strange thing. Even so, he still walked in followed by Wei Wuxie and Zhang Yuwen. However, this strange feeling was clearly not only felt by Li Wei.

It's a rather strange thumping feeling. It's like you're blowing wind in a closed room.

That's how you can define the current situation. However Li Wei had that thought, and he immediately stopped. When he wanted to tell Wei Wuxie, the man seemed to also understand what was happening.

"Am I in love now until my heart starts pounding?" zhang Yuwen asked as he leaned against the stone maze.

Li Wei watched Zhang Yuwen, and realized that Zhang Yuwen was sweating more than he should. The air had cooled down because it was starting at night, so the air temperature should have been cold. Looks like something's wrong here.

They had just entered the stone maze.

Wei Wuxie also felt greater fatigue than usual. "I don't think archery is the only test on the Night Hunt."

Thas right.

From their location hunting was also strange. Usually that Night Hunt was in the forest, so that they could hunt animals. But since the location of the hunt is determined, the kingdom means that it has prepared something for them. They should have made sure of that before they got in.

"If so, don't they not hesitate to make us give up before hunting?" zhang Yuwen asked who had a disjointed breath. It was as if this man had just run fast.

Li Wei suddenly smelled another scent. "Did you kiss her?"

"Zhang Yuwen, you shouldn't waste any wind. You must be tired from holding it for too long, right?" I don't know why Wei Wuxie is so much more talkative now.

Zhang Yuwen who was normally acting leisurely became furious. He pointed at Wei Wuxie like a bandit charging money. "Although I am in your eyes like a lost creature, I am authoritative and charming. How can you call me a waste of wind, and even in front of the Princess?" zhang Yuwen refused.

Li Wei also felt like nagging at Zhang Yuwen. Especially when he heard his words. But that's a little unreasonable. Usually they were also not like this, especially to respond to Zhang Yuwen's mouth that was without restraint. After all, Wei Wuxie was the most peaceful type of everyone Li Wei had ever met.

"Where are you charming from? Do you know how disturbed I was to hear your voice? You can keep our quarry away later," said Wei Wuxie who really looked angry.

Zhang Yuwen obviously wouldn't accept it all. He advanced to punch towards Wei Wuxie, and Wei Wuxie had clearly prepared herself to receive an attack. Look at! Aren't their feelings all so messy?

But from there Li Wei began to notice it.

"Stop! Do you want to fight here? Don't you guys feel a little weird about the atmosphere around us?" the real Li Wei asked was also carried away by emotions.

I don't know why they became like this.

Wei Wuxie looked around her, "There is something strange! It's because we're circling in the same place."

Thas right. Ever since they chose the entrance of the side door, the labyrinth led them towards the same path. Even now Li Wei was still looking at their entrance. In other words, the path they chose was not the right one.

"You're the one who's making a fuss over this little thing that's keeping us out of focus, Wuxie." Surprisingly Zhang Yuwen who usually did not care about other people's comments even smouldered now.

Wei Wuxie pointed towards Zhang Yuwen, "Do you really have a problem with that mouth of yours? Because of your noisy voice, I didn't observe the surroundings."

STACKS

STACKS

The irritated Li Wei stood between Zhang Yuwen and Wei Wuxie. Then, with his right and left hands raised together, Li Wei flicked the foreheads of these two friends at once. Stop any quarrels that are not clear where the mouth from.

Zhang Yuwen rubbed his forehead as he did not expect that Li Wei's finger jolt was quite sore. It seemed that Li Wei did not hold back his strength to stop them. "Mr Princess shut up. I will buy fruit. Let this Zhang Yuwen face the reincarnation of this snow mountain."

"What the fuck! How dare you bribe, Princess Li Wei," replied Wei Wuxie who probably broke the record of speaking the most today.

"Can you listen to me first?" asked Li Wei who had already clenched her hands into the air. Ready to punch these two guys.

Wei Wuxie swiftly pulled Zhang Yuwen's shoulder to sit on his knees on the ground like children being scolded by his mother. Zhang Yuwen clearly did not refute when Wei Wuxie pulled over. Because, it was safer than Li Wei going berserk. The stakes were great if it made Li Wei angry.

"You guys are getting carried away in an uncomfortable atmosphere around this. Even we have also been circling since earlier in this Stone Labyrinth. Don't you realize something's weird?" li Wei asked as she folded her arms around her chest.

Wei Wuxie who was smarter in capturing information clearly understood immediately. "That princess was intentional? There's something that controls us here that we're like we're going around in circles."

Li Wei nodded, "Because we go around in circles this is what affects the heart to the point of feeling angry. It's so weird when we're arguing over something that's usually trivial to us."

Thas right.

The three of them were able to make friends because Wei Wuxie and Li Wei did not have the slightest problem with Zhang Yuwen's mouth. Wei Wuxie's serious attitude also did not hold back this Zhang Yuwen, let alone manage him. But today they are out of their own habits. It was because there was something that stirred up emotions and fatigue in their hearts.

Waita minute.

Zhang Yuwen thought for a moment. "Didn't the Princess say that the Princess kissed something?"

Is correct.

Why did I forget it? Because of these two different appetizing creatures I forgot.

"But now there is no smell" Li Wei said after trying to confirm.

"Isn't it because it's already carried away by the wind? The Stone Labyrinth is an open labyrinth on top of it," Wei Wuxie said as he pointed at the top of the labyrinth that was like the lip of a ravine.

"This maze of stones is created naturally due to the influence of rainwater and other natural activities. That's what I've heard. So it is not strange if there are plants and moss attached to the stones. And, it does not rule out the possibility of animals or plants that when inhaled the aroma can make a mess of the brain. Even we unconsciously choose the same path constantly" Li Wei said.

"But if there is a plant or an animal, why does the smell go away? We can ask the wind! Obviously that can't be a definitive answer" Zhang Yuwen said as he scanned around the labyrinth.

And, Li Wei immediately looked at Zhang Yuwen who was now prying stones at the labyrinth wall, "What did you say earlier?"

"I didn't steal anything, Princess. It's just a stone, and I'm examining it" Zhang Yuwen defended as he threw away the wood he used to pry the small stone stuck on the stone wall.

Suddenly Li Wei was tired by himself.

"What did you say?" li Wei asked again to be sure. He just doesn't want to speculate wrong.

Zhang Yuwen recalled, "Obviously it can't be ..."

"Not that!" said Li Wei who was exhausted, even though they had just started to enter the stone labyrinth.

It's very dangerous if they don't find the cause. They would be lying on the ground due to exhaustion. The hunt tonight is no ordinary hunt. It's like they're also hunted by something.

In fact Zhang Yuwen was impressed to be the one whose tongue moved faster than the brain*, so he sometimes forgot what was mentioned. Even if he remembered, then it was only a small part of it. He also repeated the word he thought 'ever' said before.

"That's in the wind .." said Zhang Yuwen who tried to remember.

^^^* - A parable of the tongue moving faster than the brain is one who speaks without first thinking. Once again someone did not understand 😅^^^^

^^^PLAK!^^^

"That's it!" li Wei said as he struck Zhang Yuwen's upper arm for getting the idea.

Zhang Yuwen could only rub his upper arm miserably. Another case if this Li Wei was not as strong as a cow! Zhang Yuwen immediately got up from his kneeling position, and this time brought Wei Wuxie up again to stand up. Just so that Wei Wuxie would not get a blow from Li Wei either.

Unfortunately Zhang Yuwen's considerate attitude was coldly reciprocated by Wei Wuxie. The man instead brushed Zhang Yuwen's hand away with a flat face. That made Zhang Yuwen let go of his hand grip on Wei Wuxie.

Just this time Zhang Yuwen felt he had no allies.

"Daughter, we can't ask the wind" said Zhang Yuwen who suddenly wanted to cry from being oppressed.

"Not directly, Yuwen! It's just the meaning. He meant the wind," Li Wei explained with a happy smile on her face.

It's like they managed to win a bet at a gambling establishment!

Wei Wuxie again quickly understood. "Daughter, if the smell did exist, would it have been carried by the wind?" wei Wuxie asked, but this man had already gotten a picture.

Li Wei nodded. "If it is carried by the wind, the smell will not last. But if the 'object' is still there, and we can tell where it smells if it goes around." Li Wei pointed towards Zhang Yuwen when he mentioned that.

Zhang Yuwen somewhat exasperatedly turned the direction Li Wei pointed at, "Don't point at me if talking about the smell. So, what are we supposed to do? Looking for the origin of that thing and destroy it?"

"Better so. But we don't know what this thing is yet" said Wei Wuxie who seemed to disagree with Zhang Yuwen's suggestion.

"Is this not from a ghost?" zhang Yuwen asked with a terrified expression.

Li Wei thought. "If it's a ghost illusion, then it could be. Ghosts can also mislead the way, and this is also a region that is rarely visited. But this is not a ghost. Didn't you see the amulet placed on the labyrinth door?"

So, for that possibility Li Wei could remove it.

Wei Wuxie nodded her head. "Initially when I saw the talisman, I thought that the Royal Oracle had also participated in setting up the place. So it's not strange that this place has some magic tricks."

Thas right. Especially when Ling Xiao was also in the ranks of the organizers of the Night Hunt. Even Seer Ling Xiao could move the stone statue with his strength. It's not difficult for Oracle Ling Xiao to trouble them.

"For now we need to find the cause of this confusion of our emotions and thoughts. Or, we won't be able to advance to the next location" explained Li Wei who realized that they had spent their time arguing.

But just a few steps they walked, before long some paper scarecrows as big as five fingers flew into the air. Then, it was not long before it burned in the air. The three of them could only be glued.

The paper scarecrow was flying from various directions, and it was the emblem of the participant. Although it is unknown who, but if the participant's emblem burned in the air means their failure in the Night Hunt. As explained by Teacher Ling Xiao earlier, the bow they chose was attached to talisman paper. So if the owner has used the bow to throw arrows for five times, the talisman will activate and burn the arrow.

If it passed or succeeded, then the talisman paper would fly towards Master Ling Xiao waiting for the results. So no one can lie about who managed to shoot or not. The talisman paper has been made based on the blood of its owner. Li Wei remembered he was asked to injure his finger slightly to mark his talisman paper.

But the talisman paper burned in the air. Also, in large quantities. Some are not far from the three of them.

Failure signal. No one has graduated a single person.

"Hasn't what failed in the Hunt Tonight have been enough now?" zhang Yuwen asked in a tone of disbelief.

Perhaps the influence of the illusion was not only felt by the three of them. Others are also carried away by illusions and feel that they have found their quarry. Until they shoot.

The other guess of Li Wei was that they might attack each other due to being carried away by emotions.

I don't know.

It's just ...

The hunt tonight is even more serious than the training of the palace warriors!

***

The officials waiting in the square clearly felt worried for their children. Clearly they knew how difficult the Hunt Tonight was. However, everything has been decided in the High Court. No one can argue or feel unfair.

So that when some burnt talisman paper in the air appeared, cold sweat already filled the foreheads of the officials. Guess who failed, and pray to God. It might have been a long time since they had forgotten to pray, but they hoped that the talisman paper burning in the air did not belong to their child.

More than anything, King Li looked calmer than the others. It made her Empress ask, "Does Her Majesty not worry about Princess Li Wei?" tanyanya while pouring tea on a bowl belonging to King Li.

"Li Wei failed even once I won't be disappointed" explained King Li easily. However, he never wanted Li Wei to live in a state of politics or combat.

Wang Zeming asked permission to speak. "Your Majesty, Princess Li Wei has always tried her best."

However Li Wei was indeed from childhood very talented. Even when it was only taught a little as by Wang Zeming just yet, Li Wei quickly understood it. The girl was actually more potential than all her siblings, Li Jun, Li Chen, and Li Shen.

King Li had three sons and one daughter. The four children were born to different mothers. Although his youngest son, Li Shen was under Empress's responsibility because Li Shen's mother died giving birth to him, King Li also did not see the potential of Li Shen. Only to his daughter, Li Wei.

However, the heir to the throne is always determined from the instructions of the Gods. So that if one day God has lowered his instructions through the royal fortune teller, then King Li must accept it. Even though he himself began to have assumptions about who he was.

Actually the real fight started from the moment the participants entered the Stone Labyrinth.

Shortly after, a soldier with a face covering, well. The man knelt before King Li to report the results of their surveillance. Including the report from Li Jun who was watching directly near the Stone Labyrinth.

"Your Majesty, we bring back those who failed. Some get carried away with emotions, and fight. But the ones who put up with all that are still quite a lot," reported the man from the Army that Night.

Obviously the news made some officials even more anxious. In this kind of situation, before the exam was over, all of their information was still confidential. So that if the Night Hunt is completed they can find out the end result.

Ling Xiao who had been silent all of a sudden turned his head. "Hasn't anyone found that thing yet?"

"Not yet, Seer Ling. However, Princess Li Wei's group was already aware of her existence and was searching."

Wang Zeming smiled understandably. "That's why I'm not surprised" he told King Li.

Ling Xiao nodded with a very calm expression. But the calmness changed when the data sheet of the Night Hunt participants simply opened. The one who saw him was not only Ling Xiao, but all the officials who were in that place, including King Li. From the exposed sheet, a new talisman paper came out and flew into the air.

As it is known that the talisman paper already has a sign from its owner, namely blood. If the mark reacted, then the owner of the talisman paper was the cause. In that case, the talisman paper was a new talisman paper that Ling Xiao tucked in the participant data. Indicates if the paper talisman has not been attached to its owner. Meaning the owner also just came to the location of the Night Hunt.

King Li noticed Ling Xiao's mysterious back. The man saw something else that no one else would normally see. But Ling Xiao said nothing about it. Even Ling Xiao released a single talisman paper into the air. A new talisman paper for new participants.

This talisman paper went by more late than anyone else. Could it be that the man who was the subject of the debate earlier had actually come?

Ling Xiao nodded without being asked by King Li.

"Tell Prince Li Jun, the participants increased by one," Ling Xiao ordered the Night Army man who reported earlier.

Look the Gods have always sided with Princess Li Wei. When the girl believes, her trust becomes real. The man surnamed Hua came in the Night Hunt.

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