After Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin returned to the campsite, they sat in front of the campfire that Big Bluff had set up and remained silent.
Big Bluff wanted to say something to the two of them, but when he realized they didn't look too good, he focused on cooking instead.
Suddenly, Yang Xiaojin asked in a low voice, "Your rope jumping skill was also copied from me, right?"
Ren Xiaosu nodded blankly. "Yes, the skills I draw are random, so I'm not sure what I'll get."
"Then what other skills did you copy from me?" Yang Xiaojin asked.
"Nothing else," Ren Xiaosu explained.
Yang Xiaojin seemed to heave a sigh of relief.
However, Ren Xiaosu immediately added, "But I know you also have a skill like singing nursery rhymes."
As soon as he said that, the corners of Yang Xiaojin's mouth twitched. She really did not expect Ren Xiaosu to discover this unknown side of her.
Yang Xiaojin suddenly asked, "But I still don't understand why you're suddenly jumping rope."
Ren Xiaosu looked at the campfire in front of him and said numbly, "I don't know either."
Ren Xiaosu had thought that the palace's so-called punishment would probably involve him helping someone or saving someone.
Weren't all the quests from the palace like that in the past?
But he never expected that the moment the bestowment was completed, the palace would make him and Yang Xiaojin jump rope. If they did not complete the task, they would deduct some of their Strength and Dexterity attributes.
Attributes were too important. It could be said that the reason why "Old Xu" was so powerful now was because of his attributes.
As a result, Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin jumped rope for half an hour. Moreover, it was Ren Xiaosu who jumped rope, while Yang Xiaojin and a tree acted as the pillars on either side.
Of course, this was also what Cheng Yu's assistant couldn't understand. Even if they were jumping rope, it should be a girl jumping. Why did he see a guy jumping instead?
Cheng Yu's assistant's spying naturally couldn't escape Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin's anti-surveillance. Therefore, this made Ren Xiaosu even more depressed. Not only did he lose some face in front of Yang Xiaojin, he even lost face in front of outsiders!
Seeing that the punishment mission would last for another seven days, Ren Xiaosu wasn't sure how much more trouble the palace would cause.
Of course, today was not entirely a bad day. At the very least, Yang Xiaojin's ability had advanced once again. Ren Xiaosu was already looking forward to Yang Xiaojin's firepower support in the future. After all, in the past, Yang Xiaojin's single-shot attacks were already so fierce. Wouldn't it be even more fierce now?
They would be entering the Sacred Mountain in seven days, and it was indeed a good thing that everyone's strength had improved.
Ren Xiaosu asked Big Bluff, who was next to him, "Did anything happen while we were away?"
Big Bluff said, "Nothing out of the ordinary. Other than Cheng Yu's assistant who went out with you guys, everyone else stayed at the campsite. However, I realized that the young man in the 8 o 'clock position and the young woman in the 9 o' clock position probably know each other. Although they pretended not to know each other, they made eye contact with each other. The two of them might belong to the same organization. "
Ren Xiaosu took a look from the corner of his eye and realized that the young man and woman were two of the people he thought might be supernatural beings.
Big Bluff continued, "But with so many people going to a place like the Sacred Mountains, it's very normal for someone to cooperate with you. After all, you'll have to have someone you trust take turns keeping watch. Otherwise, you won't even know how you died. There are a total of 31 people here, and it's very likely that there are five or six groups among them. There aren't many true loners here. "
During their break at the campsite, Big Bluff had been observing everyone, while the others were also observing each other. But to Big Bluff's relief, everyone did not seem to be too interested in him as their guide. Their attention was mainly focused on Cheng Yu and the others. Meanwhile, Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin were not among the people who were observing them.
At this moment, Cheng Yu stood up and said to everyone, "Although we haven't reached the Sacred Mountains yet, it might not be absolutely safe here. So there should be someone keeping watch at night. Everyone, I plan to split everyone into two groups. One group will keep watch for the first half of the night, while the other will keep watch for the second half of the night. How does that sound?"
This was a very normal request, but no one responded to it. Everyone just looked at Cheng Yu calmly.
In fact, the people in the group who had come together with them had already discussed the order in which they would keep watch at night. If Cheng Yu made another arrangement, it might very well disrupt their original plans.
Therefore, no one wanted to accept Cheng Yu's arrangement.
Cheng Yu waited for more than ten seconds, but in the end, only two people responded to him. Meanwhile, the others were busy with their own matters and did not even look at Cheng Yu.
Big Bluff whispered to Ren Xiaosu, "The person who responded to Cheng Yu might be someone from the Anjing House who Cheng Yu had arranged to blend into the group in advance. They'll be responsible for coordinating with him."
Yang Xiaojin nodded.
When Big Bluff saw the awkward atmosphere, he continued, "It's actually not that easy for the Anjing House to send everyone into the Sacred Mountains to disgust the Pyro Company …."
As he spoke, Big Bluff was surprised to see Ren Xiaosu get up and walk to the center of the campsite.
Cheng Yu looked at Ren Xiaosu and asked, "What's the matter? Is something the matter?"
Ren Xiaosu said in a serious tone, "Seeing that everyone's rather absent-minded, I'll put on a performance for everyone. 'There's a grape tree in front of Amen, and the green land has just sprouted. The snail is carrying its heavy shell and climbing up step by step ….'"
Cheng Yu was speechless.
Everyone looked at Ren Xiaosu in shock. Big Bluff and Yang Xiaojin were stunned on the spot!
Weren't they talking about keeping watch at night? Why did they start singing?!
After singing the nursery rhyme, Ren Xiaosu returned to Yang Xiaojin's side expressionlessly and sat down next to her. Yang Xiaojin asked in a low voice, "So you've also replicated the skill of singing nursery rhymes?"
"No," Ren Xiaosu said with a livid expression.
Big Bluff tried to ease the atmosphere at the side. "The Young Marshal's singing is very pleasing to the ear …."
"Alright, stop bragging." Ren Xiaosu was on the verge of breaking down. Just how many times was the palace going to punish him every day?
Throughout the journey, everyone had been judging the strength and character of others based on their behavior. Not many of those present were real rookies, and their investigative and judgment skills were top-notch. However, everyone suddenly realized they could not understand Ren Xiaosu at all.
No matter how they looked at him, they could not understand him.
However, this sudden turn of events helped Cheng Yu out of his predicament. The atmosphere earlier was extremely awkward, so it allowed him to skip the topic of keeping watch at night.
At this moment, the young man in the campsite whom Big Bluff had focused his attention on said with a smile, "Since we're all going into the Sacred Mountains together and will be facing the Pyro Company in the future, why don't we all talk about what we're good at? That way, we can assign the tasks that we can do."
The first person he looked at was actually Ren Xiaosu. The young man smiled and said, "What are you best at?"
Ren Xiaosu snapped, "Singing nursery rhymes."
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