Spring Banquet (5)

The Days I Clear Escape Games Pretending to be an NPCCh39 - Spring Banquet (5)

The man at the head of the group wore a ginger outer robe covered by a blue coat, his hair was held up using a jasper hairpin, and a jade xiao hung by his waist; overall, he looked refined and scholarly.

Behind him stood two beautiful women. The one on the left was graceful and gentle while the one on the right was pretty and pure; both of them shared some resemblance to each other. The woman standing on the right looked to be eight or nine months pregnant and was currently stroking her bulging belly. TvW9rf

Ren Yifei: ...Your luck with women is not bad ah, junior brother.

Just as he was lamenting, he saw the gentle and beautiful woman on the left looking at him with resentment. Her eyes were filled with emotions as if she had wanted to say something but held back.

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He was stunned, but before he could understand what was going on, the man in the middle let go of the two beauties and walked over hastily, "Senior brother, why has your hair come loose?"

After asking that, he knelt down on one knee and his fingers naturally brushed the hair that was scattered over Ren Yifei's shoulder. His movements were gentle as the corners of his mouth were pulled into a smile. He looked amiable and was indescribably intimate. SiHTUd

Huh?

It was the first time Ren Yifei had encountered such a miraculous thing and was so shocked that he didn't even have time to reject the other's actions.

The junior brother mentioned in the resume was a gentle person. At least, his eyes seemed so focused and affectionate whenever he looked at Ren Yifei. It was as if they still had the same loving brotherly relationship.

Their relationship seemed closer than just being brothers— only a little bit.

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In addition, the eyes of the beautiful woman from before seemed to be even more resentful and intense.

A question arises: Who is giving the green hat to whom?

Ren Yifei turned sideways to avoid the host's hand and blocked it with his fan. His expression remained cold, seeming to hate that he could not write the three words 'Don't touch me' on his face.

Although his junior brother, Qing Hong, had a smile on his face, he still didn't let go. LJr8T

Ren Yifei took advantage of the situation to change his sitting posture, changing from a kneeling position to a more relaxed position.

Sitting like that requires both legs to be bent and the body to tilt. This made the ancients feel that such a sitting posture was arrogant and disrespectful. But with loose hair, it exuded an unconstrained and bold aura.

He was able to relieve the oppressive feeling caused by Qing Hong simply by changing his sitting posture. He asked coldly, "You want to be my valet?"

"If that's what senior brother likes, then what's wrong with being a valet?" Junior brother Qing Hong said in a low whisper. His eyes continued to stare at Ren Yifei while his fingers gently combed through his hair. 3JtATg

The black silky hair was incredibly soft and smooth, allowing his fingers to run through it without any resistance.

The roles may be provided by the instance but the feeling was the players' own. Ren Yifei felt the tingling sensation of his hair being combed as he looked directly at the other party, intending to find some clues in his eyes.

These actions, which could be considered as harassment, didn't trouble him in the slightest since actors don't feel any unnecessary shame while acting. Furthermore, it's not like he hasn't filmed passionate scenes before.

What he is troubled by was how to categorise the relationship between the two martial brothers. This would determine the direction of his future adjustments. tyE5e2

On the way here, he thought that it was just a simple incident of 'fellow marital brothers having a fight', but never would he have expected such developments afterwards.

The resume is really 'simple'— in short, the crucial points were not mentioned. But even if it was mentioned, what about the emotions involved?

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With so many demons present, there may be only two people who actually have a relationship with He Jun. One of them is the host of this banquet, junior brother Qing Hong and the second person is the hostess of this banquet, his junior brother's wife.

Because the left position is for the person with the higher status, the beauty on the left should be his junior bother's first wife?

The host of this banquet was He Jun's junior brother. He was also a powerful big demon, otherwise, how could he have invited so many other powerful demons. There was a saying that the status of your friends is also proof of your status.

Therefore, there was no doubt that the host of this banquet is a big demon.

The big demon's wife was now looking at He Jun with a kind of undisguised adoration in her eyes. Meanwhile, the big demon's first reaction when meeting his senior brother, He Jun, was to flirt?

Don't say that hair pulling is not flirting. Even if it was not flirting, it definitely counts as flirting. cevjlI

The junior brother is taking liberties with his senior brother? The junior brother's wife also adores the senior brother? Are both husband and wife the same— are they giving each other a green hat?

Is it possible that I'm still holding the script of a heartthrob?

Ren Yifei thought about the original owner's three drops of blood that were stolen a hundred years ago.

Ah, it is not that simple. jb7QvY

Ren Yifei pressed down his opponent's wrist, "Aren't you afraid of other people laughing when saying such things?"

"If senior brother doesn't laugh then no one dares to laugh," the host of the banquet raised his head and looked at the demons who were watching the show.

The other people at the banquet had been secretly staring at them and wondering if the relationship between the two martial brothers was not as good as it was rumoured to be. The moment they saw him turn his head, they all went back to their bantering as if nothing had happened.

Can't afford to mess with any of them, scatter! Scatter! fG U3O

Ren Yifei grabbed the other party's wrist, twisted it and flung it away. His face was neither angry nor upset as he appeared to be very calm, "Don't delay in entertaining your guests."

After being thrown away like trash, the other man was not angry and still looked at him intently, "I'll listen to senior brother... I'll talk with senior brother later."

Having said that, he stood up and walked to the stage.

From beginning to end, the two ladies he brought with him kept staring at them. Y5EZJe

One of them had a complicated expression on her face as if she wanted to say something. The other one was touching her stomach with a smile that was not exactly a smile.

When junior brother Qing Hong stepped onto the stage, everyone in the banquet became silent.

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"I am very delighted that all of you could attend this banquet. This banquet is first and foremost an event to enjoy the flowers. As everyone knows, I have many flower and wood spirits under my banner and spring is a good time for the bees and butterflies to pollinate."

He paused for a moment and the demons below all showed a tacit expression. rqVXWU

Most of the demons who turn into flowers and trees are beauties. They can either be male or female, and they can either be elegant or glamorous, so this speak about flower pollination... hehehe.

"Secondly," as he continued, his eyes intentionally or unintentionally swept past Ren Yifei, "My son will be born in a few days, and after he is born, there will be an even bigger banquet here."

The players who were attending the banquet had put on an act of drinking wine while the players who are not qualified to attend the banquet had to fearfully explore the instance.

The majority of players who had gone through mid-end games before did not wait in their room. They either used some kind of prop or went out by themselves. In conclusion, each had their own schemes and weren't actually sleeping in their rooms. TbMqiO

The players who went out of their room would go find their companions first if they had companions and if they didn't have any companions, they would go out fully armoured.

Many players showed their skills and displayed their own unique abilities. At this time, the courtyard was extraordinarily lively.

They were all veteran players so it didn't take long for them to notice that something was wrong.

However, no one who was walking around had any better ideas because the main problem was the directions. They were all completely different from the route they had explored earlier during the day. After walking down one path, they wouldn't be able to find their way back when they turn around. t 6RJC

Thus, some players were stuck in strange places where they could feel something following and spying on them from the shadows.

"We've walked past here," the fox demon player pointed at a scratch, "Look at this, it's the mark we left behind."

These two players were a team and had probably come in together. They seem to be extremely tacit and trusting of each other. They walked back to back, with one of them facing forwards and the other one facing backwards. This enabled them to change directions at any time and always be on alert to possible attacks.

His companion was a leopard demon whose tail was whipping around as he carefully inspected the vibrations coming from the walls, "There is something odd about this corridor. Listen..." WA5mN9

The fox demon player put his ear against the wall and heard a strange sound. It was a very faint and regular sound with an average interval of one beat per second.

Goo-dong, goo-dong.

"What's that sound?" He asked his companion.

The leopard demon player was just about to speak when suddenly, the floor beneath his feet moved. It became soft and flexible with rhythmic pulsing. Even the walls on both sides moved like rolling waves. QcsN9m

"What is this?" The fox demon player shook off the sticky substance in his hand. Just a moment ago, he became unsteadily and reached out to hold on to the wall only to get a handful of a sticky substance.

They noticed that the floor and walls were secreting a sticky liquid which caused their hands to become numb and painful moments after touching it. The surface of their fingers even began to blister and fester.

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The two looked at each other and immediately wiped the mucus from their hands onto their clothes.

"Come on, something is not right here," they made a decisive decision and ran wildly toward the front. XLwrJI

The corridor trembled even stronger as more mucus was secreted. No matter how good the players' balance was, they couldn't prevent themselves from slipping forever.

Because of the writhing soft ground and slippery mucus, the two almost fell after taking only two steps. Before they could complete the first ten metres, the entire space tumbled and turned upside down.

The two players couldn't stable themselves and slid backwards.

The corridor squirmed like a living organism and it began to secrete mucus everywhere. The mucus pooled under their feet but it didn't fully submerge their shoes yet. rQsl0V

The players were like small insects that had fallen into a pitcher plant. No matter how hard they struggle, they still fell backwards.

"Dagger! Quickly!"

The walls and floor gradually merged together as the lines on them vanished, and the oil lamps slowly disappeared as the entire corridor assume its real appearance.

It was a flesh-coloured circular tube with many capillaries and tiny tentacles that secrete a sweet-smelling digestive juice. n39Ddj

The two players had to stop themselves from sliding down by using props to pierce the wall of the tube. They were shocked by the changes, "Could it be that we... are inside the demon's oesophagus? Ah—"

Within these few seconds, the clothes and skin that were stained with mucus began to melt like mud dissolving in the water, and the players felt a burning pain on their skin.

"What should we do now?"

"I'll try," the fox demon player grasped the dagger with one hand to support his body and stretched out his other hand which turned into a ball of fire. KxGwR

The golden-orange flame with a temperature of more than a thousand degrees charred the tissue black almost as soon as it touch the wall.

The damaged wall churned even more.

"Ah!"

A thick tentacle suddenly stretched out from the shadows behind them and wrapped around the leopard demon player. Before he could even react, it violently pulled on him. RgpndO

The fox demon player reached out to catch the leopard demon player, but it was too late.

"Save me!" Only the leopard demon player's terrified screams were heard as his body disappeared into the darkness.

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The fox demon player had no time to grieve since he was too busy to take care of himself at the moment. The mucus produced a sizzling sound as it burned his skin while even more tentacles reached over and wrapped around his arms and body.

The tentacles were extremely powerful and the fox demon player was pulled off despite his desperate struggle. 6VX1of

"No! No—"

Another figure slid down into the darkness. The flame in his palm was still burning while his eyes were filled with disbelief.

The pipe slightly rolled as if it was swallowing something.

After three or four seconds, the pipe returned back to looking like a long corridor and the oil lamps on both sides were still glowing. The only difference was that the players had disappeared. LC9dYl

The players at the banquet were unaware of the tragic experiences of the other players. They were still digesting what the host of the banquet had just said.

The name of an instance serves as an important clue. This instance was called Spring Banquet, then, the purpose of this banquet was also an important clue.

Seeing that it was about time, the woman with the bulging stomach summoned the little old man and gave him some orders.

After a while, the maids entered in one line with their right hands linked to another maid. In their left hand, they held a square tray containing all kinds of food. 5Ppwo

It was time to start the feast.

He had originally thought that the banquet for demons should serve plates of bloody meat and bowls of raw brains, but the actual outcome was unexpectedly good.

The meat with bones was cut into smaller pieces and placed on the left side of the small square table, while the boneless meat was placed on the right side. Four to five kinds of dipping sauce were arranged in the middle, along with a bowl of broth that was also placed on the right side. Aside from those, there were also fresh fruits, silver wine jars, drinking cups and so on.

Overall, it could be considered as extravagant. UBscbF

It was just that the ingredients were wrong, causing several of the players to turn green. They reluctantly ate a few bites of fruits and did not touch the meat unless they had to.

They were all human meat, there were even whole palms that had been boned and cut like chicken feet.

The little old man on the side also smiled as he told them that these ingredients are all fresh and that he hoped they would enjoy the food.

Isn't it more than fresh? They were still living players not long ago. fDl7K

If they weren't veteran players who have been through hundreds of battles and have rolled out of a pile of corpses, they would've vomited the moment they saw these things. They might even be exposed immediately and become a part of these ingredients.

The same ingredients were also served to Ren Yifei, causing him to furrow his eyebrows.

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He Jun doesn't eat red meat, it was impossible for his junior brother to not know this. Was this a deliberate attempt to provoke him?

"Why isn't He Jun eating?" The woman on the host's side took the lead to ask a difficult question. She rubbed her round stomach with one hand while looking at Ren Yifei with a fake smile, "Could it be that you're not satisfied with our hospitality?" AMXdbd