The most melodramatic rebirth in history

Chapter 58 Fun with Lantern Riddles
Outside the Miaoyin Pavilion, one after another, beautiful young women with veils covering their faces appeared, carrying pipa, guqin or qinzheng, bowing slightly before sitting upright.

Immediately afterwards, their delicate fingers curved and twisted, gently plucking and stroking, sometimes soothing and quiet, sometimes passionate and soaring, with a melodious and graceful rhythm.

Every string and bridge trembled, transforming into melodious notes that echoed gently through the strange night sky filled with the setting sun.

Unbeknownst to them, the beauty of the rhythm captivated the hearts of everyone present.

In the next instant, everyone tacitly closed their eyes, tilted their heads slightly, and listened quietly.
After an unknown amount of time, all sounds ceased, and the surrounding streets fell silent. Only then did everyone open their eyes with expressions of rapture.

"The music has ended, but I still feel like I haven't had enough. It truly lives up to its name, Wonderful Sound Pavilion!" Feng Ling exclaimed sincerely.

Upon hearing this, the others slowly came to their senses.

Immediately, at Xu Niangzi's prompting, a pretty female host quickly suppressed her inner turmoil and stepped forward to casually pick a beautiful, colorful little lantern about the size of a fist.

"Uh, cough cough!"

Many people, their eyes fixed on the young woman who was slowly taking down the note to examine it closely, coughed and cleared their throats with a serious expression, but secretly felt a little impatient.

After waiting for more than ten seconds, the quiz finally began!
"Add one more person to the household, guess the character?"

"Wow, that's awesome!"

"Congratulations! You answered correctly and won your first lantern! Keep up the good work!"

As she spoke, the young woman smiled and tossed the delicate little lantern in her hand into the crowd.

The honest-looking man who had just spoken up to answer the question stretched out his hands and caught the lantern with a big smile, looking as if he had found a treasure.

"Wang Tiezhu, how the hell did you guess that?"

The others pretended to ask a question, but inwardly they thought with envy, "This guy's reaction is too fast!"

"I don't know either!"

Wang Tiezhu scratched his head awkwardly, holding the lantern with great embarrassment: "Well, my family is poor. My mother only gave birth to me. I figured that families that have new additions to their household are usually wealthy, so I just answered randomly!"

"You think this is acceptable, you little rascal?"

Upon hearing this, everyone was thunderstruck, cursing inwardly and scoffing, "This guy is really a fool... but he's got the luck of a fool!"

"Every little bit turns to gold, guess the word?"

The female host seemed to have no intention of giving everyone time to speculate, and calmly read aloud the slips of paper taken from the new lanterns once again.

The answer is: "All!"

His naive, almost annoying voice echoed through the room once again. Many people scoffed and waited with disdain for him to embarrass himself and lose points.

"Congratulations, you got it right again!"

A hint of surprise flashed in the beautiful eyes of the female host, and she blankly tossed the small lantern in her hand.

Everyone stared in disbelief as Wang Tiezhu stepped forward, took the lantern, and grinned, revealing a row of white teeth. They immediately realized they had been tricked.

"Hiss! We underestimated him; this guy was deliberately toying with us!"

Realizing what had happened, everyone was furious.

At that moment, they ignored Wang Tiezhu, who was again belittling himself and feigning weakness, and instead focused their attention on the third small lantern that the young woman had reached out and taken.

"Huh, she's not taking the bait? That won't do! I must win first place! As long as I have the hundred taels of gold for first place, I can cure my mother's illness, and my mother and I can live a good life!"

A struggle flashed in Wang Tiezhu's eyes, and he silently vowed to himself that he must win first place.

"Surrounded by mountains on all sides, and all the mountains are connected. Guess the Chinese character?"

"Field, the field of farmland!"

"Planting flowers requires weeding, one person takes one knife. Guess the word?"

"Transformation, the transformation into a celestial being!"

"January 1st, not today. Guess the character?"

"Ming, the Ming of dawn!"

"Congratulations to you, you, and all of you!"

"Alright, the first round of the lantern riddle guessing game is over. A total of fifty-two people have been eliminated, and the remaining ten will qualify for the second round. Please give them a round of applause!"

As all twenty-three lanterns were handed out, Madam Xu immediately stepped forward and gave a shout, which was met with continuous applause and cheers.

Despite the presence of hundreds of people, most were actually there just to have some fun.

Naturally, most people won't be hostile to the winners; at most, they'll feel a surge of emotion and envy.

"Tch, what's it to us? How boring, just messing around!"

Wang Tao was very dissatisfied. He had been sitting there for half a day, watching others get excited and happy, while he hadn't even gotten a single lantern.

It's no wonder this arrogant guy was angry; he had been holding back his temper all along.

"Tsk tsk~! I misjudged Wang Tiezhu; he's a promising prospect!"

Seeing Wang Tiezhu, who got five lanterns and became the third place in the first round, Feng Ling secretly admired him.

He was just watching the show, putting on an act, not taking it seriously. At most, he would occasionally chime in with a couple of questions when it was his turn.

Just kidding, would someone who becomes the god of assassination be mentally deficient?

As for their reaction speed, it's enough to scare those smug contestants to death.

Ahem, let me tell you behind Feng Ling's back, this guy relied entirely on his hand speed to rank up in his previous life!
"Brother Wang, don't be upset. It'll be our turn soon, won't it?" Zhang Yi was slightly annoyed, but he smiled gently and added confidently, "Don't be fooled by the fact that we lost twenty-three lanterns. If we average it out among ten people, it's only two or three more than us. Besides, those who answered incorrectly earlier had a lot of lanterns confiscated!"

"Brother Zhang is right, it was Brother Tao who was impolite." Upon hearing this, Wang Tao was overjoyed, sat up straight, and bowed to Zhang Yi to apologize.

Just now, Wang Tao did not deliberately suppress his voice, so his words were clearly heard by the five wealthy businessmen in the VIP seats.

"It's alright, just be careful!"

Zhang Yi reminded him in a low voice, and only then did his expression subtly change and relax.

Wang Tao's words and actions made Zhang Yi lose face somewhat, after all, he was the one who brought the person with him.

"Now we will begin the second round of riddle guessing, with the riddles twice as difficult! Including the ten distinguished guests in the VIP seats, there will be a total of twenty riddle guessers. Please be prepared!"

With a nod of approval from Madam Xu, more than twenty beautiful young women took the stage again to play heavenly music, once again making everyone feel as if they were in heaven and floating on air!

So much so that when the second round began, no one noticed the female host reaching for the lamp.

"One big and two small, guess a character?"

A crisp sound rang out throughout the entire venue, and then the entire place fell silent. It was still the dead crow with its eyes closed!
"One big...two small, guess...one word!?" The young woman blushed slightly, looking awkwardly at the group of bewildered men. She reminded them repeatedly with some annoyance, finally managing to enlighten them.

"tip!"

Coming to their senses, a handsome young man excitedly blurted out the answer, looking quite proud of himself: "The 'point' of the hook frame!"

"What are you looking at? You country bumpkin! Worship me, idolize me, hahaha~!"

Wang Tao glared disdainfully at Wang Tiezhu, who seemed about to speak but hesitated, and thought smugly to himself, "Finally, I've gotten my revenge. You guys had it so easy answering before. This time, with me here, you won't get points as easily as before!"

“It’s ‘Nai’, right… but there’s clearly a ‘two’ in it too?” Wang Tiezhu muttered to himself, full of doubt.

"What did you say? I think you're just a moron, a complete idiot..."

Wang Tao arrogantly stood up, angrily pointing at Wang Tiezhu, who had already sat in the front row, his words filled with insults and provocation.

"You...!" Wang Tiezhu was furious, his eyes bloodshot, wishing he could rush forward and fight Wang Tao to the death.

Unfortunately, the other party was a truly powerful person, so even though he was wronged, he could only swallow his anger and bear it.

"What do you mean, 'you'?" Upon discovering that the other party was only at the fifth level of cultivation, Wang Tao's eyes were full of disdain: "If you're not satisfied, then come and beat me up if you dare!"

"Foolish!" Feng Ling said calmly from the side, giving Wang Tao a disdainful look, which angered the guy so much that he turned around and glared at him with a murderous look.

"Third Senior Brother, tone it down! Brother Zhang has had a gloomy face the whole time!"

Hu Meier and Li Si, who were sitting nearby, also felt that Wang Tao had gone too far this time, and hurriedly whispered a warning to him.

Upon hearing this, Wang Tao suddenly remembered that Zhang Yi was sitting silently beside him, and his heart skipped a beat.

"Miss Miaoxuan has not yet revealed the answer, so it is too early to argue about who won or lost!"

Zhang Yi's eyes flashed coldly as he glanced at Wang Tao in a deep voice. The latter instinctively trembled and immediately sat back down.

"Hoo..."

After receiving Zhang Yi's nod, the woman named Miaoxuan breathed a sigh of relief. She had been hesitant about how to handle the matter.

Wang Tao was brought by the young city lord after all. If they didn't pull any strings and he lost by taking the lead, wouldn't that be a loss of face for Zhang Yi?

But this person is so arrogant and domineering, if we let him off the hook, it would be tantamount to condoning him!
"Congratulations... Wang Tiezhu, you got it right again! This lantern is yours!"

With a loud announcement, Miaoxuan tossed the small red lantern in her hand to Wang Tiezhu, who was looking excited.

"Impossible, impossible! I don't believe it! I think you're just deliberately trying to mess with me! This lamp belongs to me, and no one can take it away!"

With a loud bang, a man and a woman were separated by a surging shockwave, leaving everyone present quite surprised.

"Eighth level!?" Wang Tao's eyes sharpened as he warily stared at the young woman opposite him who had saved the honest man. He thought to himself: What a pity.

He originally planned to kill Wang Tiezhu after stealing the lantern, but Miao Xuan messed things up for him.

"This Miaoyin Pavilion is truly remarkable, hiding its talents and abilities without revealing its true nature!"

Feng Ling calmed down and carefully examined the area. Surprisingly, among these women who were generally at the eighth level, he found two at the ninth level and one... at the tenth level!
"Who exactly is that tenth-level woman in the Myriad Sounds Pavilion? Why does her aura feel so familiar?"

Just as Feng Ling was puzzled, a voice abruptly interrupted his train of thought.

"Enough! Wang Tao, give the lantern back and sit down here!"

Zhang Yi was furious. He slammed his hand on the black iron chair, stood up and roared.

Even with Zhang Yi's good temper, he was still quite angry at Wang Tao's series of outrageous actions.

How embarrassing!
It's all about losing face!
"Take it!" Wang Tao snorted coldly, angrily throwing the object in his hand, thinking to himself, "Who the hell cares! And who the hell are you, Zhang Yi? What gives you the right to order me around like that?"

"Miss Miaoxuan, let's continue!"

Seeing that Wang Tao, who was sulking, had sat back down, Zhang Yi gestured to the young woman to invite her to sit down, and then sat back down himself.

"According to the rules, one lantern is deducted from the person who answers incorrectly. However, due to special circumstances, the other party has never received one before. Therefore, I have decided to implement a negative point system. They will owe us one for now!"

Madam Xu had been watching every move in the arena closely, and without any mercy, she issued a new rule specifically to target scum like Wang Tao!
"Pfft~!"

Wang Tao was so angry he almost spat out blood. He wanted to start a riot, but when he noticed Zhang Yi glancing at him, he had no choice but to suppress his displeasure.

Life is not about persevering because of hope; it's about seeing hope because we persevere.

The world is full of chaos and troubles; may the sages offer you a pure land for your souls.

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(End of this chapter)